In order to understand the events of ComStar's 'Peace Summit' this spring, we need to consider what the differences are between the two factions in what used to be ComStar, and the relationships and level of trust which each one of the Successor Houses has with each of the two factions. May, 3052 On Clans-occupied planets across the Inner Sphere, Com Guard forces attacked the Clan garrisons at the same time as the treaty-controlled battle for Tukayyid began. In many cases, planetary militia garrisons sided withthe Clans against ComStar's 'Operation Scorpion'. On Alyina, remnants of the defeated Tenth Lyran Guard came out of hiding to fight with Jade Falcon troops. ComStar attempted an Interdict on the Federated Commonwealth, the St Ives Compact, the Capellan Confederation, and the Draconis Combine simultaneous with the strike. 'Alternate forms of communication' are cited as the reasons ComStar failed to silence the two major Houses on the Clans front. The Capellans took a simpler course; ,armed military intervention was resorted to as ComStar facilities on key worlds were occupied by Capellan Armed Services troops. ComStar's business is communications, but their internal communications seem not to be working. BattleTechnology reporters were allowed to use the 'pony express' command circuit, courtesy of a very High Ranking Personage in the Davion family, to interview Precentor Martial Annestacius Focht with the Com Guard troops on Tukayyid. When he was questioned about Operation Scorpion, Focht's famous 'cool' deserted him. He questioned our reporters closely, then abruptly dismissed them. They'd be willing to take oath in a court of law that he hadn't known! BattleTechnology News ComStar Betrays Truce With Clans Shakeup in ComStar: 'No New War' Kurita Limits ComStar Agreement Federated Commonwealth Signs for Fifteen Years ComStar to Remain in Rasalhague ComStar Seeks Accord With Capellans Marik Refuses to Meet with Focht Mori Invites Leaders to 'Peace Summit' ComStar's 'Peace Summit' A Failure? Back to BattleTechnology 20 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1993 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com