June, 3052 Following ComStar Primus Myndo Waterly's resignation on the grounds of 'poor health', all of the members of the First Circuit, ComStar's ruling council, were .held in protective custody for a period of three weeks. During this period ComStar's new Primus, Shari lar Mori, got full control of the reins of ComStar's huge organization. Within 72 hours of Primus Mori's elevation, all HPGs within the Inner Sphere had been reactivated. The Interdict was formally revoked. As of June 28, Precentors Tharkhad, Rasalhague, and New Avalon have been attending to their duties in public once again. All have spoken of their faith in Primus Mori, and in Precentor Martial Focht. Meanwhile, several units of the ComGuard are not returning to assigned stations, but seem to be setting a course toward the Free Worlds League. Speculation is growing that Thomas Marik, formerly a ComStar Precentor, has offered asylum to the Waterly faction of ComStar. A faction of ComStar holds that the old way, with ComStar as the instrument of Jerome Blake's vision, is their sacred duty to preserve. That faction chose to relocate. Mori and Focht chose to let them go peaceably. The 'Word of Blake'laction may well cause trouble, and armed trouble at that, in the future. If we reread these words in the future, bitterly, because a war has taken place, it would be well to consider just what havoc a ComStar system-wide war across the Terran System and all the Successor Houses would have caused. The less honorable minority factions among the Clans would have been happy to pick up the pieces. Anastasius Focht, as Precentor Martial, had a tough choice to make. In BattleTechnology's opinion, he made the best choice he could. ComStar Splits: 'No New War' Says Mori July 3052 Speculation was confirmed as Precentor Atreus Demona Aziz accepted Captain General Thomas Marik's invitation to establish a base for ComStar in the Principality of Gibson. A peaceful schism is occurring as HPG personnel, ComGuards, ComStar Educators, etc, packed for the long voyage into the center of House Marik territory. "No action will be taken against our unenlightened brothers," said a spokesman for Primus Sharilar Mori. "They are acting according to their consciences, and as they were trained to believe. Some of us have managed to free our minds sufficiently to examine the evidence; these are the people who fear independent thought, preferring dogma to the pain of reexamination. They are at least being honest; we have little fear of spies remaining behind. "At all cost, We must avoid a new war in the Inner Sphere. We have less than fifteen years now before the Clans come at us again. We cannot afford to be weakened when they do." 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