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==Second Succession War== ==Second Succession War==
− The [[Second Succession War]] began in [[2830]] when [[Jinjiro Kurita]] launched all-out offensives against the neighboring realms, provoked in part by ComStar secretly feeding information to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name=CS23>''ComStar'', p. 23</ref> No less bloody than the first, the Second Succession War also ended inconclusively, grinding to a halt in [[2864]]. The technological decline brought about by the first war continued unabated: many worlds regressed to the level of [[twentieth-century]] Terra, if not further. Even for the few worlds which were able to stave off such a drastic regression, none could boast technology more advanced than what was available at the start of the [[Age of War]].<ref name=TRO3039/><ref name=SW4/> This decline was helped in no small part by ComStar itself, whose [[Operation Holy Shroud]] actively sought to destroy any knowledge which it didn't monopolize.<ref>''ComStar'', pp. 29–30</ref> + The [[Second Succession War]] began in [[2830]] when [[Jinjiro Kurita]] launched all-out offensives against the neighboring realms, provoked in part by ComStar secretly feeding information to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name=CS23>''ComStar'', p. 23</ref> No less bloody than the first, the Second Succession War also ended inconclusively, grinding to a halt in [[2864]]. The technological decline brought about by the first war continued unabated: many worlds regressed to the level of [[20th century]] Terra, if not further. Even for the few worlds which were able to stave off such a drastic regression, none could boast technology more advanced than what was available at the start of the [[Age of War]].<ref name=TRO3039/><ref name=SW4/> This decline was helped in no small part by ComStar itself, whose [[Operation Holy Shroud]] actively sought to destroy any knowledge which it didn't monopolize.<ref>''ComStar'', pp. 29–30</ref>
Their ability to reproduce advanced computers, large fusion engines and other technological devices severely hampered, the Successor States took to cannibalizing existing equipment just to keep their current inventory of war machines operational.<ref name=MW2/> The last WarShips were lost in battle during the war, rendering the class extinct in the Inner Sphere. With a similar fate awaiting the few remaining JumpShips (and with them all hope of interstellar travel), an unwritten agreement was formed whereby these ships were now off limits in battle.<ref name=BS14/> Thanks to the [[Communications Protocol of 2787]], ComStar was able to preserve the [[hyperpulse generator]] network, though under Blake's successor [[Conrad Toyama]] their operation began to take on a quasi-mystical nature.<ref name=CS23/> Their ability to reproduce advanced computers, large fusion engines and other technological devices severely hampered, the Successor States took to cannibalizing existing equipment just to keep their current inventory of war machines operational.<ref name=MW2/> The last WarShips were lost in battle during the war, rendering the class extinct in the Inner Sphere. With a similar fate awaiting the few remaining JumpShips (and with them all hope of interstellar travel), an unwritten agreement was formed whereby these ships were now off limits in battle.<ref name=BS14/> Thanks to the [[Communications Protocol of 2787]], ComStar was able to preserve the [[hyperpulse generator]] network, though under Blake's successor [[Conrad Toyama]] their operation began to take on a quasi-mystical nature.<ref name=CS23/>
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− | The [[Second Succession War]] began in [[2830]] when [[Jinjiro Kurita]] launched all-out offensives against the neighboring realms, provoked in part by ComStar secretly feeding information to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name=CS23>''ComStar'', p. 23</ref> No less bloody than the first, the Second Succession War also ended inconclusively, grinding to a halt in [[2864]]. The technological decline brought about by the first war continued unabated: many worlds regressed to the level of [[ | + | The [[Second Succession War]] began in [[2830]] when [[Jinjiro Kurita]] launched all-out offensives against the neighboring realms, provoked in part by ComStar secretly feeding information to the [[Lyran Commonwealth]].<ref name=CS23>''ComStar'', p. 23</ref> No less bloody than the first, the Second Succession War also ended inconclusively, grinding to a halt in [[2864]]. The technological decline brought about by the first war continued unabated: many worlds regressed to the level of [[20th century]] Terra, if not further. Even for the few worlds which were able to stave off such a drastic regression, none could boast technology more advanced than what was available at the start of the [[Age of War]].<ref name=TRO3039/><ref name=SW4/> This decline was helped in no small part by ComStar itself, whose [[Operation Holy Shroud]] actively sought to destroy any knowledge which it didn't monopolize.<ref>''ComStar'', pp. 29–30</ref> |
Their ability to reproduce advanced computers, large fusion engines and other technological devices severely hampered, the Successor States took to cannibalizing existing equipment just to keep their current inventory of war machines operational.<ref name=MW2/> The last WarShips were lost in battle during the war, rendering the class extinct in the Inner Sphere. With a similar fate awaiting the few remaining JumpShips (and with them all hope of interstellar travel), an unwritten agreement was formed whereby these ships were now off limits in battle.<ref name=BS14/> Thanks to the [[Communications Protocol of 2787]], ComStar was able to preserve the [[hyperpulse generator]] network, though under Blake's successor [[Conrad Toyama]] their operation began to take on a quasi-mystical nature.<ref name=CS23/> | Their ability to reproduce advanced computers, large fusion engines and other technological devices severely hampered, the Successor States took to cannibalizing existing equipment just to keep their current inventory of war machines operational.<ref name=MW2/> The last WarShips were lost in battle during the war, rendering the class extinct in the Inner Sphere. With a similar fate awaiting the few remaining JumpShips (and with them all hope of interstellar travel), an unwritten agreement was formed whereby these ships were now off limits in battle.<ref name=BS14/> Thanks to the [[Communications Protocol of 2787]], ComStar was able to preserve the [[hyperpulse generator]] network, though under Blake's successor [[Conrad Toyama]] their operation began to take on a quasi-mystical nature.<ref name=CS23/> |