Faction: ComStar

Name:  ComStar

Background:
Founded in 2788 by Jerome Blake, ComStar guards and maintains the HyperPulse generator communications network and other valuable technologies developed during the era of the Star League, holding advanced technology that would otherwise have been lost during its collapse. 

• Total (Inhabited) Systems: Facilities on roughly 98% of all inhabited systems within the Inner Sphere.
• Dominant Language(s): English

History:
When the Clan Invasion occurred in 3049-3051, one of the leaders of ComStar, Anastasius Focht, proposed a deal to the ilKhan of the opposing Clan forces, Ulric Kerensky, in which the invading Clans would fight the forces of ComStar on the remote Rasalhaguese planet of Tukayyid. To fight the Clans, Focht revealed the existence of the ComGuard, the elite, near mythical military branch of ComStar that had been hidden since the fall of the Star League.

The ComGuard forces clashed with the invading Clans on Tukayyid, and used their tactics and knowledge of clan weaknesses to attain an almost absolute victory against all but one of the opposing clans. Humiliated, ilKhan Kerensky was forced to accept a 15 year truce with the Inner Sphere.

Following the Battle of Tukayyid, Focht returned to Terra to confront radical Primus Myndo Waterly, who had hoped a Clan takeover of the Inner Sphere would lead to control by ComStar. Focht killed Waterly and tried but failed to cover it up. However, Precentor Demona Aziz of Atreus knew the truth and left Terra with a group of followers. With the permission of Thomas Marik, the new Word of Blake would occupy land on the world of Gibson.

Following the revealing of the ComGuard, ComStar became an even more predominant force in the Inner Sphere. The ComGuard were deployed all across the Inner Sphere to act as guards of HPGs on wartorn planets, and also were called on to act as Second Star League peacekeepers following the Whitting Conference of 3058. In this guise, ComGuard forces went with Prince Victor Ian Steiner-Davion to the Clan homeworld of Strana Mechty, where they participated in the Great Refusal, during which they were defeated by Clan Jade Falcon.

ComStar would be dealt a major blow when the Word of Blake captured Terra in Operation Odysseus. Anastasius Focht chose not to recapture the planet, believing that the Clans were a greater threat. Soon all of ComStar would be moved to Tukayyid.

Military:
The Com Guards, formerly referred to as the ComStar Guards and Militia, is the military arm of ComStar. Kept hidden by the supposedly politically neutral organization until after the Fourth Succession War, the Guards are a force on par with the militaries of the Successor States. Originally serving as garrison troops for ComStar's HPG compounds, they have shifted towards a role as defenders of the Inner Sphere, most famously their victory against the Clans in the Battle of Tukayyid.

Available Player Slots: 1

Available Stables: The Comstar player may not join a Stable. 

Available Sponsors: The Comstar player may not take any sponsors.

Special Rules:  

•  The Comstar player may not modify their mechs.  (Rule change...see below)
• The Comstar player may purchase mechs at a 20% discount.  
• They also repair mechs at a 25% discount.  
• The Comstar player earns 2 extra fame and 2 extra CP's when he receives credit for a partial or solo kill of a Word of Blake or Clan mechwarrior.
• Repair / Modification abilities of a C Rated Stable: 

1. Omni-mech Configuration Swaps (+/- difference), 
2. Critical location swap, weapon facing swap. Cost 50,000 C-Bills per critical moved/changed  (Moving ammo location, turning rear mounted weapons to front facing or arms).
3. Variant Swap (+/- difference), 
4. Inner Sphere weapon / equipment swap (Can swap out weapons systems for cost of  weapons system added, only Level 1 or 2 weapon systems may be added this way)  
5. Add or remove Jumpjets for the cost of the jump jets if added.  
6. Add Armor for the cost of the armor if added.  Note: you do not get to sell back the removed weapon / jumpjet / armor removed...those are taken to cover the labor costs of the modification. 
7. Clan Weapon Swap (Clan weapon for Clan weapon only)
8. Can't swap armor types (Ferro Fiberous, Stealth), chassis types (endo steel), Engines, Myomers, Clan tech for IS tech.

Special Technology:  I-Narc - And all special I-Narc munitions,  Improved C3

Available Starter mechs: (Italic means I don't own the mini)
(Includes mechs available with the 20% discount, BOLD are recommendations)
Assassin ASN-21, ASN-23
Blackjack BJ-1, BJ-2
Centurion CN9-A, CN9-AH
Chameleon CLN-7V
Cicada CDA-2A, CDA-2B, CDA-3C
Clint CLNT-2-3T, CLNT-2-3U
Cossack C-SK1
Crab CRB-27
Falcon FLC-4N
Firefly FFL-4A
Firestarter FS9-H, FS9-S
Hermes HER-1S, HER-4S
Hoplite HOP-4B, HOP-4C
Hunchback HBK-4G, HBK-4H, HBK-4J, HBK-4N, HBK-4P, HBK-4SP, HBK-5M, HBK-5N
Hussar HSR-200-D
Javelin JVN-10N
Kintaro KTO-18, KTO-19
Lineholder KW1-LH2, KW1-LH3
Locust LCT-1E, LCT-1V, LCT-3V
Mercury MCY-102, MCY-97, MCY-98, MCY-99
Mongoose MON-66
Nexus NXS1-A
Ostscout OTT-7J
Panther PNT-9R
Phoenix Hawk PXH-1
Raptor RTX1-O, RTX1-OA, RTX1-OB, RTX1-OC, RTX1-OD, RTX1-OE, RTX1-OF
Sentinel STN-3L
Shadow Hawk SHD-2H
Spider SDR-5V
Stinger STG-3G, STG-3R, STG-5M
Strider SR1-O, SR1-OB, SR1-OC, SR1-OD, SR1-OE
Tarantula ZPH-1A, ZPH-2A, ZPH-3A, ZPH-4A
Thorn THE-N
Trebuchet TBT-5N
UrbanMech UM-R60, UM-R63
Vulcan VL-2T, VL-5T
Wasp WSP-1A
Whitworth WTH-1, WTH-1S, WTH-2
Wyvern WVE-5N, WVE-6N, WVE-9N


All Available Mechs: (Listed by C-Bill base price)

Comstar	C-Bills Cost	Tons	BV
UrbanMech UM-R60	1,471,925	30	454
Locust LCT-1V	1,512,401	20	356
Locust LCT-3V	1,553,801	20	434
Locust LCT-1E	1,574,201	20	484
Mercury MCY-98	1,580,441	20	484
Stinger STG-3R	1,615,440	20	320
Wasp WSP-1A	1,646,640	20	336
Thorn THE-N	1,653,120	20	484
Stinger STG-3G	1,662,240	20	438
Mercury MCY-97	1,734,941	20	380
UrbanMech UM-R63	1,760,525	30	494
Stinger STG-5M	1,768,440	20	352
Mercury MCY-99	1,796,441	20	471
Mongoose MON-66	1,979,480	25	633
Locust IIC 4	2,122,291	25	701
Firefly FFL-4A	2,203,500	30	649
Nexus NXS1-A	2,213,959	25	626
Falcon FLC-4N	2,249,390	30	523
Cossack C-SK1	2,362,440	20	374
Javelin JVN-10N	2,400,840	30	487
Panther PNT-9R	2,485,711	35	664
Hermes HER-1S	2,701,270	30	596
Mercury MCY-102	2,711,740	20	408
Hussar HSR-200-D	2,790,840	30	577
Whitworth WTH-1S	2,859,734	40	753
Whitworth WTH-1	2,912,934	40	771
Spider SDR-5V	2,984,540	30	514
Firestarter FS9-H	3,046,950	35	500
Whitworth WTH-2	3,080,934	40	784
Blackjack BJ-1	3,147,225	45	795
Firestarter FS9-S	3,241,688	35	551
Wyvern WVE-6N	3,241,765	45	797
Sentinel STN-3L	3,292,030	40	614
Cicada CDA-3C	3,306,334	40	656
Hunchback HBK-4P	3,377,876	50	960
Ostscout OTT-7J	3,409,201	35	497
Ostscout OTT-7K	3,422,701	35	372
Hunchback HBK-4H	3,425,876	50	850
Hunchback HBK-4N	3,437,126	50	843
Blackjack BJ-2	3,441,575	45	858
Hunchback HBK-4SP	3,446,876	50	854
Vulcan VL-2T	3,462,900	40	523
Hunchback HBK-4G	3,467,876	50	851
Wyvern WVE-5N	3,470,865	45	883
Vulcan VL-5T	3,558,100	40	744
Tarantula ZPH-3A	3,560,416	25	631
Hunchback HBK-4J	3,560,876	50	853
Centurion CN9-A	3,563,501	50	772
Clint CLNT-2-3T	3,572,380	40	672
Hunchback HBK-5N	3,575,876	50	903
Centurion CN9-AH	3,589,751	50	749
Tarantula ZPH-1A	3,627,918	25	636
Hunchback HBK-5M	3,643,001	50	932
Cicada CDA-2B	3,692,968	40	523
Cicada CDA-2A	3,705,218	40	567
Wyvern WVE-9N	3,725,340	45	951
Tarantula ZPH-2A	3,727,916	25	732
Assassin ASN-21	3,765,814	40	596
Raptor RTX1-OE	3,820,964	25	517
Assassin ASN-23	3,882,014	40	609
Raptor RTX1-O	3,917,449	25	655
Raptor RTX1-OA	3,918,622	25	702
Clint CLNT-2-3U	3,951,080	40	943
Tarantula ZPH-4A	4,015,416	25	771
Raptor RTX1-OB	4,030,340	25	533
Crab CRB-27	4,050,876	50	965
Hoplite HOP-4C	4,065,909	55	836
Phoenix Hawk PXH-1	4,067,540	45	838
Raptor RTX1-OC	4,156,512	25	780
Raptor RTX1-OD	4,228,387	25	428
Trebuchet TBT-5N	4,293,501	50	864
Hoplite HOP-4B	4,335,759	55	994
Strider SR1-OB	4,348,750	40	798
Lineholder KW1-LH2	4,515,668	55	987
Shadow Hawk SHD-2H	4,539,383	55	918
Strider SR1-OE	4,572,750	40	864
Raptor RTX1-OF	4,589,324	25	959
Lineholder KW1-LH3	4,608,668	55	935
Chameleon CLN-7V	4,623,375	50	839
Kintaro KTO-18	4,699,808	55	864
Strider SR1-OC	4,716,250	40	759
Strider SR1-O	4,732,439	40	738
Kintaro KTO-19	4,749,408	55	857
Strider SR1-OD	4,795,439	40	713
Strider SR1-OA	4,809,439	40	613
Hussar HSR-400-D	4,821,440	30	534
Wolverine WVR-6R	4,827,683	55	957
Chameleon CLN-7W	4,857,000	50	1,101
Rifleman RFL-3N	4,860,000	60	797
Ostroc OSR-3C	4,918,400	60	976
Strider SR1-OF	4,947,250	40	878
Griffin GRF-1N	4,957,108	55	1,021
Merlin MLN-1A	4,960,000	60	1,039
Dervish DV-6M	4,980,668	55	868
Ostroc OSR-2L	4,982,400	60	970
Ostroc OSR-2C	5,025,600	60	951
Ostsol OTL-4D	5,032,960	60	1,034
Wyvern WVE-10N	5,037,590	45	1,098
Champion CHP-2N	5,037,600	60	839
Centurion CN10-B	5,073,254	55	1,078
Ostsol OTL-4F	5,096,960	60	1,023
Night Hawk NTK-2Q	5,126,625	35	863
Scorpion SCP-1N	5,201,800	55	786
Hitman HM-1	5,239,520	30	704
Scorpion SCP-10	5,356,800	55	785
Thunderbolt TDR-5S	5,446,761	65	1,015
Quickdraw QKD-5A	5,452,160	60	1,070
Ostroc OSR-2D	5,488,960	60	942
Scarabus SCB-9A	5,489,770	30	732
Bombardier BMB-10D	5,497,911	65	1,015
Quickdraw QKD-4H	5,509,760	60	1,006
Quickdraw QKD-4G	5,514,560	60	1,012
Crusader CRD-3R	5,547,411	65	948
Helios HEL-4A	5,604,800	60	1,426
Catapult CPLT-A1	5,658,126	65	1,184
Champion CHP-1N	5,674,400	60	942
Helios HEL-3D	5,736,000	60	1,559
Catapult CPLT-C1	5,790,126	65	1,165
Catapult CPLT-C3	5,872,626	65	1,030
Catapult CPLT-C4	5,893,251	65	1,104
Thunderbolt TDR-7M	5,910,411	65	1,338
Hermes HER-4S	5,980,520	30	787
Helios HEL-C	6,008,000	60	1,544
Grasshopper GHR-5H	6,024,574	70	1,268
Warhammer WHM-6R	6,026,784	70	978
Talon TLN-5W	6,034,276	35	1,030
Thunderbolt TDR-9S	6,045,381	65	1,244
Guillotine GLT-4L	6,062,484	70	1,222
Spector SPR-5F	6,136,718	35	1,141
Hussar HSR-500-D	6,152,640	30	867
Grasshopper GHR-5N	6,160,574	70	1,316
Guillotine GLT-3N	6,300,484	70	1,296
Venom SDR-9K	6,371,911	35	634
Archer ARC-2R	6,384,974	70	1,117
Grasshopper GHR-5J	6,427,474	70	1,201
Awesome AWS-8R	6,436,170	80	1,283
Awesome AWS-8V	6,481,170	80	1,323
Kintaro KTO-21	6,551,281	55	1,144
Shootist ST-8A	6,555,229	70	1,277
Black Knight BL-7-KNT	6,594,438	75	1,106
Awesome AWS-8Q	6,598,170	80	1,358
Awesome AWS-8T	6,598,170	80	1,312
Marauder MAD-3R	6,635,125	75	1,089
Warhammer WHM-7M	6,648,134	70	1,238
Orion ON1-K	6,763,750	75	1,069
Black Knight BL-6-KNT	6,786,938	75	1,191
Stalker STK-4N	7,245,525	85	1,225
Archer ARC-4M	7,352,274	70	1,539
Crockett CRK-5003-0	7,378,725	85	1,325
Owens OW-1A	7,385,909	35	551
Longbow LGB-7Q	7,408,325	85	1,376
Stalker STK-3F	7,452,725	85	1,152
Awesome AWS-9Q	7,456,050	80	1,623
Charger CGR-1A1	7,520,372	80	820
Owens OW-1	7,545,377	35	695
Goliath GOL-1H	7,546,801	80	1,200
Owens OW-1C	7,591,784	35	729
Owens OW-1D	7,613,721	35	526
Stalker STK-3H	7,637,725	85	1,249
Stalker STK-5M	7,696,925	85	1,316
Striker STC-2C	7,709,701	80	1,154
Owens OW-1B	7,713,284	35	629
Owens OW-1E	7,887,096	35	654
Ostscout OTT-9CS	7,929,337	35	734
Shogun SHG-2E	7,966,100	85	1,498
Victor VTR-9B	8,013,721	80	1,165
Victor VTR-9A	8,027,221	80	971
Victor VTR-9A1	8,036,221	80	1,110
Crockett CRK-5003-1	8,333,325	85	1,619
Thug THG-11E	8,414,041	80	1,450
Victor VTR-9K	8,499,721	80	1,634
BattleMaster BLR-1G	8,501,244	85	1,212
Enfield END-6Q	8,594,376	50	1,090
Longbow LGB-OW	8,647,672	85	1,034
Mackie MSK-6S	8,654,000	100	1,180
Cicada CDA-3F	8,720,026	40	1,202
Trebuchet TBT-7M	8,844,501	50	1,206
Highlander HGN-732	8,871,480	90	1,838
Blackjack BJ2-O	8,923,439	50	1,187
Blackjack BJ2-OD	8,973,596	50	1,184
BattleMaster BLR-3M	8,987,794	85	1,495
Cyclops CP-10-Q	9,126,460	90	1,213
Blackjack BJ2-OA	9,127,346	50	1,231
Beowulf BEO-12	9,180,240	45	1,147
Cyclops CP-11-A	9,318,360	90	1,251
Blackjack BJ2-OF	9,344,846	50	1,258
Phoenix Hawk PXH-7CS	9,354,965	45	1,063
Cyclops CP-10-Z	9,375,360	90	965
Blackjack BJ2-OC	9,509,846	50	1,161
Banshee BNC-3E	9,530,854	95	1,223
Chameleon CLN-7Z	9,538,500	50	1,283
Viking VKG-2G	9,539,900	90	1,878
Blackjack BJ2-OB	9,671,096	50	1,298
Atlas AS7-D	9,682,000	100	1,557
Firestarter FS9-O	9,783,875	45	1,009
Firestarter FS9-OE	9,819,400	45	932
Viking VKG-2F	9,828,700	90	1,749
Rifleman RFL-5M	9,926,400	60	1,043
Raijin RJN101-A	9,946,500	50	1,132
Thug THG-12E	9,974,641	80	1,476
Crab CRB-30	9,987,874	50	1,204
Lynx LNX-9Q	10,105,743	55	1,525
Stealth STH-1D	10,166,240	45	1,067
Firestarter FS9-OA	10,179,000	45	902
Firestarter FS9-OG	10,183,986	45	1,008
King Crab KGC-000	10,202,000	100	1,509
Grim Reaper GRM-R-PR29	10,241,058	55	1,118
Cyclops CP-11-G	10,275,960	90	1,770
Firestarter FS9-OC	10,338,954	45	939
Firestarter FS9-OB	10,493,017	45	957
Highlander HGN-736	10,695,480	90	2,118
Tessen TSN-1C	10,824,000	50	989
Firestarter FS9-OD	10,930,736	45	1,210
Raijin RJN101-C	11,016,000	50	1,179
Cestus CTS-6Y	11,327,361	65	1,495
Wolverine WVR-7M	11,451,608	55	1,309
Ostsol OTL-5M	11,458,560	60	1,102
Crusader CRD-5M	11,708,181	65	1,348
Shadow Hawk SHD-7CS	11,716,656	55	1,370
Champion CHP-3N	11,834,400	60	1,059
Cyclops CP-11-C	11,902,360	90	1,364
Griffin GRF-6CS	12,178,556	55	1,469
Bandersnatch BNDR-01B	12,526,500	75	1,332
Lancelot LNC25-01	13,025,600	60	1,185
Champion CHP-3P	13,203,200	60	1,217
Wraith TR1	13,225,324	55	1,089
King Crab KGC-005	13,322,000	100	1,918
Bombardier BMB-12D	13,958,562	65	1,277
JagerMech III JM6-D3	14,006,577	65	1,225
Lancelot LNC25-04	14,934,400	60	1,256
Orion ON1-M	15,398,250	75	1,192
War Dog WR-DG-02FC	15,401,750	75	1,553
Black Knight BL-9-KNT	15,438,500	75	1,222
Marauder MAD-5M	15,641,500	75	1,391
Bombardier BMB-14C	15,689,822	65	1,346
Exterminator EXT-4D	15,806,423	65	1,220
Excalibur EXC-B2	15,816,688	70	1,361
Excalibur EXC-C1	15,835,388	70	1,456
Hercules HRC-LS-9000	16,275,688	70	1,336
War Dog WR-DG-03FC	16,395,750	75	1,522
Avatar AV1-O	17,100,231	70	1,089
Avatar AV1-OD	17,187,356	70	1,170
Avatar AV1-OA	17,276,606	70	1,204
Avatar AV1-OF	17,726,043	70	1,607
Shugenja SJA-7D	17,745,000	75	1,274
Flashman FLS-8K	17,831,625	75	1,409
Avatar AV1-OB	17,902,418	70	1,179
Awesome AWS-9M	18,090,121	80	1,469
Salamander PPR-5S	18,406,921	80	1,381
Emperor EMP-6A	18,682,700	90	1,636
Exterminator EXT-5E	18,743,010	65	1,159
Avatar AV1-OE	18,763,043	70	1,383
Avatar AV1-OC	19,712,918	70	1,094
Flashman FLS-9C	19,956,125	75	1,393
Nightstar NSR-9J	20,159,978	95	2,135
Spartan SPT-N2	20,365,442	80	1,280
Spartan SPT-NF	20,642,639	80	1,280
Thunder Hawk TDK-7X	22,162,000	100	1,967
Pillager PLG-3Z	22,290,000	100	2,551
Atlas AS7-K	22,392,000	100	1,649
King Crab KGC-001	22,948,000	100	1,714
Cerberus MR-V3	25,220,651	95	1,862
Cerberus MR-V2	25,236,251	95	1,791
Grand Titan T-IT-N10M	28,833,334	100	1,364