Editing ComStar Archives

'''''ComStar Archives and History Branch''''' was created in [[2791]] to document the massive amount of refugees created by the [[First Succession War]]. It contains a wide numver of services, to include the ComStar Census.  Archives personnel
work to preserve the technical and historical records of the [[Inner Sphere]].  It is located on the Hilton Head Complex in the Halls of History and is regarded as the richest source of history in the Inner Sphere.<ref>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 14</ref><ref>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 80</ref>

In Spring on [[3053]] Primus Mori convened the [[Terran Peace Summit]] with representatives of the [[Great Houses]].  Despite the underwhelming nature of the Summit, two weeks after the leaders of each Great House received a personal message from Primus Mori officially opening the Archives to the citizens of the Inner Sphere . Permanent offices for each House were established on Hilton Head so researchers could work more effectively . Only the historical databases are open to the public, technological archives remain restricted.<ref>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', pp. 78-79</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]''

==References==
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-The '''ComStar Archives''', alternately known as the '''ComStar Archives Branch''' and the '''ComStar Archives and History Branch''', is arguably the largest historical and technical archive in the [[Inner Sphere]] following the fall of the original [[Star League]].<ref name=CSp14>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 14 "Expansion Years"</ref><ref name=CSp80>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 80 "Organization"</ref>
-ComStar members of this branch were designated with the Function of '''Tau''' or Historian/Archivist.<ref name=CS81>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', p. 81 "ComStar Rank Functions"</ref>
+In Spring on [[3053]] Primus Mori convened the [[Terran Peace Summit]] with representatives of the [[Great Houses]].  Despite the underwhelming nature of the Summit, two weeks after the leaders of each Great House received a personal message from Primus Mori officially opening the Archives to the citizens of the Inner Sphere . Permanent offices for each House were established on Hilton Head so researchers could work more effectively . Only the historical databases are open to the public, technological archives remain restricted.<ref>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', pp. 78-79</ref>
-==Overview==
+==Bibliography==
-The ComStar Archives were originally created in [[2791]] by [[ComStar]]'s [[First Circuit]] to document the massive amount of refugees created by the [[First Succession War]], with the new branch organizing a gigantic family/genetic tracking network to assist in reuniting scattered individuals.<ref name=CSp14/> In time the ComStar Archives grew to encompass a wide numbers of services including the ComStar Census as its personnel worked to preserve the technical and historical records of the Inner Sphere.<ref name=CSp80/>
+* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]''
-For much of its existence the ComStar Archives was located in the [[Hilton Head]] Complex on [[Terra]], its Halls of History regarded as the richest source of history in the Inner Sphere.<ref name=CSp80/> In Spring on [[3053]] Primus Mori convened the [[Terran Peace Summit]] with representatives of the [[Great Houses]].  Despite the underwhelming nature of the Summit, two weeks after the leaders of each Great House received a personal message from Primus Mori officially opening the Archives to the citizens of the Inner Sphere. Permanent offices for each House were established on Hilton Head so researchers could work more effectively though only the historical databases were open to the public, technological archives remaining restricted.<ref name=CSp78>''ComStar (sourcebook)'', pp. 78-79 "United We Stand"</ref>
-While impacted by [[Operation ODYSSEUS|Fall of Terra]], a copy of the contents of the Archive was restablished on the [[ComStar Schism|secular ComStar's]] post-[[3059]] headquarters on the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] world of [[Orestes]],<ref name=BWp99>''Brush Wars'', p. 99 "Dealing with the White Devil"</ref> a fact that allowed the ComStar Archives to survive the destruction of Hilton Head during [[Operation SCOUR|liberation of Terra]] at the end of the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]].<ref>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'' p. 173</ref>
-==Notes==
-* Much of the pre–[[Clan Invasion]] sourcebooks written for [[BattleTech]] were from the viewpoint of [[ComStar]], either using information from or intended for inclusion in the ComStar Archives.
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-==Bibliography==
-* ''[[Brush Wars]]''
-* ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)]]''
-* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''
-[[Category:Government Agencies]]