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THE COMSTAR ORDER

4 The Waterly Era 59Introduction

4 Covert Operations 59HISTORY OF COMSTAR

5 Rosebud 59The Rise of Blake

6 Flush 61Linking the Stars

6 Spread of the Corn Guards 62The Amaris Coup

7 War of 3039 64Long Road to Terra

8 Aftermath 64Liberation of Terra

8 The Clan War 65Hilton Head Complex

9 Year of Peace 66Collapse of the Star League

9 Conflict Renewed 67Reconstruction

10 Counterattack 67Birth of ComStar

11 Battle for Tukayyid 69Operation Exodus

11 Operation Scorpion 72The First Circuit

11 NEW ORDERS 75Operation Silver Shield

11 New ComStar 76The Foundation Years

14 Reformation 76Prosperity and Principles

14 United We Stand 77Expansion Years

14 Organization 80Mercenary Review Board

15 Rank Structure 81Public Image

16 The First Circuit 81Creation of ROM

16 Reformation-Era ROM 82A New Order

18 Com Guards in the Reformation 82Death of Blake

18 Corn Guards-Deployment As of 3055 84A Brotherhood Divided

18 The Sol System 86The Purification

19 Relations with the Inner Sphere 87The Word of Blake

20 ComStar Personalities 89The ComStar War

24 Primus Sharilar Mori 89Puppet of the Primus

24 Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht 89Dance of Death

25 Precentor ROM Victoria Parrdeau 89Dark Hours, Dark Deeds

25 Word of Blake 90Marik Gives In

26 The Renegades 90The Consolidation Years

28 The Marik Alliance 91Karpov Ascendant

28 Monkey Warfare 92ComStar Strikes

29 Organization 93The Veddar Affair

31 Current Doctrine 95War Renewed

32 Politics 95Slow Change

33 Word Of Blake Personalities 96Civit War

35 Precentor Blane of Gibson 96Kurstin the Mad

35 Precentor Martial Trent Arian 97Age of Enlightenment

39 Precentor Demona Aziz 97Calm Before the Storm

44 Precentor ROM Alexander Kernoff 97The Explorer Primus

44 NEW BATTLEMECHS 98The Tripitz Affair

46 ComStar Nexus 98The Jolly Roger Affair

49 ComStar Raijin 100The Mysterious Dragoons

50 Word of Blake Grand Crusader 102The Tiepolo Years

51 GAME SUPPLEMENT 104Old Business

51 Comstar Archetypes 105House of Cards

51New Avalon Institute of Science

52Circles Within Circles

53Fourth Succession War

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COMSTAR

WritingBlaine Pardoe

DevelopmentMike Nystul

Editorial StaffSenior Editor

Donna IppolitoAssistant Editor

Sharon Turner MulvihillEditorial Assistant

Diane Piron

Production StaffArt Director

Jeff LaubensteinProject Manager

Dana KnutsonCover Art

Tony SzczudloBack Cover Art

Dana KnutsonCover Design

Dana KnutsonJeff Laubenstein

IllustrationAllen NunisMike JacksonEarl GeierDana KnutsonRick Harris

Color PlatesJeff Laubenstein/Scott RosemaNick SmithTakehiko ItohTake Kasakura

Layout

' 0Tara Gallagher

Keyline and PasteupErnie Hernandez

Author's Dedication :To Cynthia and Victoria with all my love

BATTLETECH, 'MECH, BATTLEMECH and MECHWARRIORare Trademarks of FASA Corporation, registered in the U . S .Patent and Trademark Office . COMSTAR is a trademark of FASACorporation . Copyright © 1992 FASA Corporation .All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America .

Published byFASA CorporationP .O. Box 6930Chicago, IL 60680

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'THE COMSTAR ORDER

INTRODUCTION

ComStar is dedicated to fulfilling a single, divine mission :preserving the glorious Star League's technological legacy in orderto prevent a new Dark Age. Founded in 2788 by the Blessed JeromeBlake, ComStar guards and maintains the hyperpulse generator com-munications network and other valuable technologies developedduring humanity's golden age, guarding knowledge that might havebeen lost forever were it not for the foresight of our Blessed Founder .

Blake recognized two great responsibilities in the wake of thecollapse of the Star League : preserving as much of the currentlyavailable technological knowledge as possible, and preventing theSuccessor States from seizing the interstellar communicationsnetwork and misusing it to destroy each other . In 2788, Blake tookcontrol of Terra and declared it a neutral world . He offered secureinterstellar communication to all Successor States that wouldpledge to respect the neutrality of the hyperpulse generator stationsand personnel. The Inner Sphere leaders recognized that opencommunications were crucial to their survival, agreed to Blake'sdemands, and the blessed Order of ComStar was born. Blakecreated the First Circuit to administer ComStar's affairs and fos-tered a "secret brotherhood" mentality among ComStar's membersin order to keep the secrets of the Star League safe .

After Blake's death in 2819, Conrad Toyama of Dieron tookcontrol of ComStar . He replaced its corporate structure with a rigid .religious hierarchy, and shrouded its activities in mystic rituals .Toyama declared himself Primus, the highest authority in ComStar,bequeathing that august title and its responsibilities to every leaderof ComStar who followed him .

Initially, Primus Toyama's carefully crafted religious mysteryserved Blake's vision by fostering the belief that the sacred magic

COMSTAR CLASSIFIED REPORT

This classified document is an historical briefing for use by ComStar personnel ranked acolyte and higher

only. As part of our blessed Order's Reformation, Primus Mori authorized this document covering the

development of our Order from the fall of the Star League to the current schism resulting in the Word of Blake

organization. This document provides the facts of each Primus' rise and fall, recounts ComStar's efforts to bring

Jerome Blake's vision to the /nner Sphere, and illuminates the missteps certain members made over the years .Our Blessed Order's hopes and concerns for the future, and our understanding of events within the Word of Blake

in the Free Worlds League appear in a separate section at the end of this document .

This document was transmitted via a secure channel . Notify ROM immediately if any copy received shows

signs of tampering by Word of Blake .

-Nonda Toolippi, Adept XIX-delta Norash Murrilvellthiun, Adept XV-sigma Adien M'Ripon,Adept I-omega Research Team-chi/ComStar History ComStar Archives, Terra 26 May 3055

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of HPG transmissions could only be wielded by ComStar adepts .ensuring that no Successor State would attempt to take control ofthe Star League's technological legacy . One faction of ComStargradually forgot the true meaning of Blake's vision, however,convinced that its mission lay in conquering humanity rather thanprotecting it . These apostates reached the zenith of their powerunder Primus Myndo Waterly, who nearly succeeded in handing theInner Sphere to the Clans . Only Precentor Martial AnastasiusFocht's intervention prevented Myndo Waterly from destroyinghumanity in order to save it . Focht, a true disciple of Blake and along-time opponent of Waterly, ended her misguided rule by forcingher retirement from the primacy. Waterly's successor, Sharilar Mori,has launched a much-needed reform of our blessed Order . Underthe leadership of Primus Mori and the Precentor Martial, ComStarhas returned to fulfilling its original purpose as the enlightenedguardians of the Inner Sphere .

[ComStar no longer represents the word of Blake . PrimusMyndo Waterly carried Blake's true vision in her heart and in herleadership, and the traitors Focht and Mori cut her down before shecould bring to fruition Blake's grand design . This document is theirversion of events from ComStar's inception, and they have rewrittenhistory to serve their ends . We have corrected the most blatantrevisions that the "New ComStar"presents here as truth, but readcritically. We in the Word of Blake fight to preserve Blake's trueintent : we offer asylum to all who believe in Primus Waterly's visionforhumanity's future . Captain-General Thomas Marik will soon takeher place, to lead us forward to our destiny . Join us, and helpredeem the Inner Sphere!]

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