ComStar Timeline

• 2614: Joshua Hoshiko appointed Minister of Communications
• 2615: Cassie DeBurke begins work on HPG theory
• 2630: First HPG message transmitted
• 2739: Jerome Blake born on Terra
• 2755: Jerome Blake graduates from University of Lambrecht
• 2762: Richard Cameron becomes First Lord of the Star League
• 2765: 18 Periphery worlds secede from the Star League
• 2766: and gains control of 70% of Terran Hegemony HPGs, seizes 95 Terran Hegemony worlds, Stefan Amaris kills all known Camerons
• 2772: SLDF begins march to Terra
• 2779: Jerome Blake returns to Terra
• 2780: Jerome Blake appointed Minister of Communications
• 2781: Lords of the High Council adjourn for the last time
• 2782: Each Lord of the High Council individually gives Jerome Blake responsibility for the reconstruction of Terra
• 2783: Court of the Star League sealed
• 2784: 80% of SLDF undertakes Operation EXODUS, the remainder pledging assistance to the reconstruction effort. First Circuit reestablished
• 2785: ComStar Letter of Credit instituted, Conrad Toyama appointed Chief Administrator of Dieron HPG
• 2786: First Succession War begins when Minoru Kurita declares himself First Lord of the Star League. Department of Communications changes name to ComStar, Operation SILVER SHIELD approved and begun
• 2787: Neutrality of ComStar outlined by Communications Protocol of 2787
• 2788: ComStar takes Terra, military portion of Operation SILVER SHIELD begins, Operation SILVER SHIELD amended to include conquest of Terra only. All HPGs shut down
• 2789: Mercenary Review Board formed
• 2791: ComStar Archives Branch created
• 2796: Kentares IV massacre, Minoru Kurita assassinated
• 2802: ComStar becomes profitable
• 2811: ROM formed
• 2819: ComStar Order formed, Conrad Toyama named Prime Administrator of ComStar, Jerome Blake dies, ROM purge initiated
• 2820: Conrad Toyama visits House leaders and raises HPG rates
• 2821: First Succession War ends, Jeanette Marik joins ComStar and begins leaking information to House Marik
• 2823: ComStar logo created, House Steiner taxes ComStar and suffers Interdiction
• 2824: Conrad Toyama begins recruitment trip in the Periphery, Steiner Interdiction lifted
• 2825: Minnesota Tribe attacks Svelvik and Trondheim
• 2826: ComStar News Bureau formed
• 2830: Second Succession War begins
• 2837: Charles Marik orders Oriente HPG station destroyed, ComStar War begins, Conrad Toyama dies and is named a saint, Free Worlds League suffers Interdiction, killing Jeanette Marik, Raymond Karpov named Primus
• 2838: ComStar War ends, Janice Laidlaw appointed head of ROM, Marik Interdiction lifted, Michelle Dupreas resigns and is assassinated, Operation HOLY SHROUD begins, Organizational Edict 3056 expands ROM
• 2843: Operation HOLY SHROUD ends
• 2861: Doctrinal Edict of 2861 formalizes process of naming Primus
• 2864: Second Succession War ends
• 2866: Third Succession War begins
• 2875: Andrea Marteen named Primus, Raymond Karpov steps down
• 2877: ROM stages "Black December" Incident.
• 2880: Raymond Karpov dies
• 2882: HPG transmisson rates raised
• 2901: "Witch-Hunt" transmission sent, Andrea Marteen dies, Court of the Star League unsealed, Dwight Kurstin named Primus, First Circuit revolts and leaves Terra, Operation WINGED CRUSADER begins, Terra suffers Interdiction
• 2902: ComStar Civil War covered up by ROM, Court of the Star League resealed, Dwight Kurstin assassinated, Gregori Hartford named Primus
• 2910: Gregori Hartford dies, Kari Marshall named Primus
• 2920: Kari Marshall tours Periphery, Periphery communications link begun
• 2930: ComStar hires mercenaries and threatens the Draconis Combine, Hollings York named Primus, Kari Marshall dies, Necess Kurita joins ComStar and is kidnapped by Hugai Kurita, Necess Kurita released
• 2933: ComStar Guards and Militia formed
• 2947: Adrienne Sims named Primus, Hollings York named a saint, Hollings York proposes abolishment of ROM and is assassinated
• 2959: Adrienne Sims begins having nightmares about an invasion from beyond the Periphery, Explorer Corps formed
• 2961: First Explorer Corps ships enter the Periphery
• 2979: Adrienne Sims dies, Operation HOLY SHROUD II begins, the Tripitz Affair takes place, Yin Takami named Primus
• 2988: Atreus, First Circuit reorganized to include Tharkad, Sian and New Avalon
• 2994: Allen Rusenstein named Primus, Yin Takami dies
• 3000: ComStar begins extensive recruitment in the Periphery
• 3001: ComStar begins supplying bandit kings
• 3004: The Jolly Roger Affair
• 3006: Allen Rusenstein resigns, Julian Tiepolo named Primus, Thomas Marik joins ComStar
• 3010: Marik Civil War instigated
• 3014: Anton Marik declares himself Captain-General, Marik Civil War begins
• 3015: NAIS created, Precentor ROM Vesar Kristofur excommunicated
• 3020: Katrina Steiner sends Peace Proposal to all Houses
• 3022: Concord of Kapteyn signed, Federated-Commonwealth Alliance Document signed
• 3025: Third Succession War ends
• 3028: Fourth Succession War begins, Gray Death Legion discovers Helm Memory Core, Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner marry
• 3029: ComStar covertly attacks NAIS, House Davion framed for destruction of Sarna HPG and suffers Interdiction, Interdiction lifted, Julian Tiepolo dies, Myndo Waterly named Primus
• 3030: Fourth Succession War ends, Operation ROSEBUD initiated
• 3034: Anastasius Focht joins ComStar, House Kurita recognizes the Free Rasalhague Republic, Operation FLUSH begins, Operation ROSEBUD ends
• 3035: Readjustment Act of 3035 passed
• 3039: War of 3039 takes place
• 3044: Operation FLUSH ends
• 3048: Explorer Corps vessel Outbound Light encounters Clan forces
• 3049: contact established with the Clans, Operation REVIVAL takes place
• 3050: Anastasius Focht appointed ambassador to the Clans, Clans invade Inner Sphere, Leo Showers killed
• 3052: Battle of Tukayyid fought, Demona Aziz rebels and forms the Word of Blake. New service contracts signed with each House but Marik, invasion resumes, Myndo Waterly assassinated, Operation SCORPION takes place, Sharilar Mori named Primus of ComStar, Thomas Marik named Primus-in-Exile of Word of Blake, Ulric Kerensky voted ilKhan, Word of Blake signs contract with House Marik
• 3053: ComStar begins announcing troop movements, Mercenary Review and Bonding Commission replaces Mercenary Review Board, Terran Peace Summit takes place, University of Blake begins construction
• 3057: ComStar opens vaults of history to public access
• 3058: Cameron St. Jamais named head of Toyama Sect, Sun-Tzu Liao kills Demona Aziz, The Word of Blake takes Terra