ComStar's 'Peace Summit':
A Failure?

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by Hilary Ayer

April 30, 3053 Hilton Head Compound, Terra

On the surface, new Primus Sharilar Mori's ambitious 'Peace Summit' is a disaster. Seven leaders of the Inner Sphere were invited to take part in the meeting; she offered military intel from the Battle of Tukayyid to the attendees. Everyone sent envoys; even Rasalhague's Prince Haakon Magnuson chose not to attend in person.

The worst moment for Mori must have been the challenge from Tai-sho Henry Sobrioff, Ambassador from the Draconis Combine. The Combine no longer recognized ComStar as an impartial arbitrator for mercenary contracts. As other Successor Houses rose to join in the condemnation, Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht, newly arrived from his trip around the Inner Sphere, turned condemnation into guidance. He suggested a new impartial Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission, to be made up of representatives from each government. The Federated Commonwealth won the point of location: the Commission's new home is to be Wolf's Dragoons' world of Outreach, already the premier mercenary hiring hall.

But ComStar won a seat on the board of the Commission. ComStar will continue to have a voice in mercenary affairs. Remember that mercenaries are the 'swing factor' in deciding disputes between Inner Sphere territories! And at a special I preparedness meeting' held just before the ambassadors took ship for home, a resolution was introduced reminding the Houses of the Inner Sphere that the Clans were the enemy of each of them, and that working together against them was essential.

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