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−	Through the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age website]], INN was the first framing device for in-universe news for the ''[[MechWarrior: Dark Age]]'' game, used from 2002 through the start of 2004, and was also referenced on the info and background cards included with the game pieces. Similarly, the news section on the [[BattleCorps]] website is presented as an INN newsreel.	+	Through the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age website]], INN was the first framing device for in-universe news for the ''[[MechWarrior: Dark Age]]'' game, used from 2002 through 2004, and was also referenced on the info and background cards included with the game pieces. Similarly, the news section on the [[BattleCorps]] website is presented as an INN newsreel.
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{{Update Needed|[[Shrapnel Issue 14]]}} {{InfoBoxCorporation | image = INN.jpg | Founded = ca. [[3062]]<ref>''Flashpoint'', ch. 6</ref> | Dissolved = | Previous Names = | headquarters = | leadership = [[CEO of Interstellar News Network|CEO]] | products = News services | Parent Corporation = | Division = }} The [[ComStar]]-owned '''Interstellar News Network''' (INN) is the premier [[Inner Sphere]]-spanning news service during the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[Jihad]] and the era of the [[Republic of the Sphere]]. ==Overview== Still trying to combat its tainted public relations reputation in the wake of [[Operation SCORPION]] and hoping to distance itself from the Word of Blake in the months immediately prior to the Jihad in [[3067]], the [[ComStar Schism|secular ComStar]] founded the Interstellar News Network. Unlike the Order's own [[ComStar News Bureau]], the INN was intended to be a wholly independent and free [[HPG]]-transmitted news service, supported financially solely through advertising and relying heavily upon the services of local freelance reporters.<ref name=FMU-81>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 81 "ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref> <ref name=MM-210>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210 "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref> Created with the proclaimed hope that it would "heal the wounds of strife and draw upon the common bonds of humanity", from a humble start of just servicing the handful of worlds surrounding [[Tukayyid]], the INN fulfilled ComStar's plans of becoming an Inner Sphere-spanning network during the ongoing maelstrom of the Jihad.<ref name=FMU-81/> <ref name=MM-210/> INN became a premier source of information during the conflict, most notably its series of well-received [[Jihad Hot Spots]] reports. INN was one of the more notable purchasers of [[Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion]]'s [[3061]] [[Sky Eye]] News Helicopter. A licensing deal between the INN and Cal-Boeing enabled the compact helicopter's advanced camera and communication arrays direct upload capabilities with ComStar's HPG network, providing near-seamless transmission of its material to off-world stations.<ref name=TRVA-74>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 74 "Sky Eye News Helicopter"</ref> ==Slogans== {{Quote|"Always first on the scene."|Slogan used in [[3132]]<ref>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 312, "3132 Solaris VII Championships Season Review (Part 7)"</ref>}} ==Known INN reporters and staff== :[[Michael Bosworth]] :[[Rachel Francis]] :[[Bertram Habeas]] :[[Nigel Holmgren]] :[[Myra Kellison]] (through [[Tharkad Media Associates]]) :[[Terek Ko]], engineer<ref name=DAINNp212>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 212-213, "Message from Achernar"</ref> :[[Moore Kramer]]<ref name=DotJ85>''Dawn of the Jihad'', Page 85</ref><ref name=BA85>''Blake Ascending'', Page 85</ref> :[[Stefan Marshall]], political analyst<ref name=DAINNp134>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 134, "Pierson’s Round Table: War Drums?"</ref> :[[Jenna Martins]]<ref name=DotJ90>''Dawn of the Jihad'', Pages 90-91</ref><ref name=BA90>''Blake Ascending'', Pages 90-91</ref> :[[Farouk O'Reilly]] :[[Ian Pierson]]<ref name=DAINNp134/> :[[Sandra Raines]] :[[Tad Silverstein]] :[[James Smith]]<ref name=JHS3072>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', P. 71-72</ref> :[[Orson Tanaka]] :[[Ernest Wick (INN)|Ernest Wick]]<ref name=S5VotS>''Shrapnel Issue #5'' - ''Voices of the Sphere: What Would Have Been and What Is Now''</ref> ==Notes== Through the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age website]], INN was the first framing device for in-universe news for the ''[[MechWarrior: Dark Age]]'' game, used from 2002 through 2004, and was also referenced on the info and background cards included with the game pieces. Similarly, the news section on the [[BattleCorps]] website is presented as an INN newsreel. ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]'' * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' * ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]'' * ''[[Shrapnel Issue 5]]'' [[Category:ComStar Corporations]]

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