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Line 36: *<span id="Super-HPG">'''Super-HPGs'''</span> - Developed by the Word of Blake and first appearing during their [[Jihad]], the so-called "Super-HPG" boasts a considerably increased range of nearly 1,000 light years (versus the standard HPG's 50 light year limit). However, unlike the Blakist [[Super-Jump Drive]], the Super-HPG is a new and completely separate machine, rather than an upgrade to be applied to standard HPGs. Save for its increased range, in most respects the Super-HPG functions via the same transmission protocols as the standard version; both can receive messages sent by the other. However, the increased signal strength of the Super-HPG pulse generates localized hyperspace distortions that overpower and garble both conventional radio wave and standard HPG transmissions. The Blakists using this side effect to rapidly spread its HPG virus to ComStar-controlled Class A stations, sparking the "White-Out". Despite its tremendous advantages, the Super-HPG takes the complexity, rarity, and cost of the standard HPG to a higher level; even during the height of the Jihad, the Blakists could only operate six to twelve of the devices.<ref name="JHS3076-110>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 110: "Kearny-Fuchida "Super-HPG" Technology</ref> *<span id="Super-HPG">'''Super-HPGs'''</span> - Developed by the Word of Blake and first appearing during their [[Jihad]], the so-called "Super-HPG" boasts a considerably increased range of nearly 1,000 light years (versus the standard HPG's 50 light year limit). However, unlike the Blakist [[Super-Jump Drive]], the Super-HPG is a new and completely separate machine, rather than an upgrade to be applied to standard HPGs. Save for its increased range, in most respects the Super-HPG functions via the same transmission protocols as the standard version; both can receive messages sent by the other. However, the increased signal strength of the Super-HPG pulse generates localized hyperspace distortions that overpower and garble both conventional radio wave and standard HPG transmissions. The Blakists using this side effect to rapidly spread its HPG virus to ComStar-controlled Class A stations, sparking the "White-Out". Despite its tremendous advantages, the Super-HPG takes the complexity, rarity, and cost of the standard HPG to a higher level; even during the height of the Jihad, the Blakists could only operate six to twelve of the devices.<ref name="JHS3076-110>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 110: "Kearny-Fuchida "Super-HPG" Technology</ref> − ==History== + == History == − ===Development=== + ==Origins== While first developed by the [[Star League]] during the period known as the [[Good Years]], the origins of the HPG can be traced back to the equations of the great Professors Kearny and Fuchida. In one obscure section of their papers, published in [[2022]], they speculated on the possibility of creating artificial jump points and they provided the equations for generating them. Because the cost would have been astronomical, the scientific community did not pursue this hypothesis any further. While first developed by the [[Star League]] during the period known as the [[Good Years]], the origins of the HPG can be traced back to the equations of the great Professors Kearny and Fuchida. In one obscure section of their papers, published in [[2022]], they speculated on the possibility of creating artificial jump points and they provided the equations for generating them. Because the cost would have been astronomical, the scientific community did not pursue this hypothesis any further. Line 44:
Line 44: By the time of [[Stefan Amaris]]’ coup, the Star League Communication Network (SLCOMNET) was at its peak, linking every single inhabited world throughout the Inner Sphere and Periphery, backed up by mobile transmitters aboard many official [[Terran Hegemony]] civil-service and military JumpShips and [[WarShip]]s. With the First Circuit located on the worlds of the Hegemony, the network suffered extensive damage during the [[Amaris Civil War]] and among the last decisions made before the collapse of the Star League council was the selection of [[Jerome Blake]] as Minister of Communication in [[2780]], entrusted with restoring the war-ravaged communications network. As the highest-ranking member of the SLCOMNET hierarchy who was not captured or killed during the Amaris coup, Blake’s heroic efforts to maintain communications during the crisis earned him a reputation for integrity.<ref name=CS-9>''ComStar'', p. 9: "The Collapse of the Star League"</ref> By the time of [[Stefan Amaris]]’ coup, the Star League Communication Network (SLCOMNET) was at its peak, linking every single inhabited world throughout the Inner Sphere and Periphery, backed up by mobile transmitters aboard many official [[Terran Hegemony]] civil-service and military JumpShips and [[WarShip]]s. With the First Circuit located on the worlds of the Hegemony, the network suffered extensive damage during the [[Amaris Civil War]] and among the last decisions made before the collapse of the Star League council was the selection of [[Jerome Blake]] as Minister of Communication in [[2780]], entrusted with restoring the war-ravaged communications network. As the highest-ranking member of the SLCOMNET hierarchy who was not captured or killed during the Amaris coup, Blake’s heroic efforts to maintain communications during the crisis earned him a reputation for integrity.<ref name=CS-9>''ComStar'', p. 9: "The Collapse of the Star League"</ref> − ===ComStar Monopoly===+ ==ComStar Monopoly== By [[2785]], Blake had managed the herculean task of rebuilding the First Circuit, linking the reconstructed A-stations on several key Hegemony worlds, but as the threat of open warfare between House Lords increased Blake recognized the need to prevent the Successor States from seizing the interstellar communications network and misusing it for their own destructive ends. To this end in [[2788]] Blake seized Terra and reformed the vestiges of the SLCOMNET into [[ComStar]], offering secure interstellar communication to all [[Successor State]]s that would pledge to respect the neutrality of ComStar's facilities and personnel. The Inner Sphere leaders recognized that open communications were crucial to their survival and agreed to Blake's demands.<ref name=CS-11>''ComStar'', pp. 11–13: "Birth of ComStar"</ref> By [[2785]], Blake had managed the herculean task of rebuilding the First Circuit, linking the reconstructed A-stations on several key Hegemony worlds, but as the threat of open warfare between House Lords increased Blake recognized the need to prevent the Successor States from seizing the interstellar communications network and misusing it for their own destructive ends. To this end in [[2788]] Blake seized Terra and reformed the vestiges of the SLCOMNET into [[ComStar]], offering secure interstellar communication to all [[Successor State]]s that would pledge to respect the neutrality of ComStar's facilities and personnel. The Inner Sphere leaders recognized that open communications were crucial to their survival and agreed to Blake's demands.<ref name=CS-11>''ComStar'', pp. 11–13: "Birth of ComStar"</ref> Line 53:
Line 53: This changed when as part of their [[Jihad]] against the Inner Sphere, the Word of Blake instigated a "white-out" in [[3068]], flooding the HPG grid with white noise, everything ranging from Blakist propaganda to utter gibberish, backing up transmissions for months and creating chaos that distracted their enemies from the Word's activities. After the Blakists were defeated, the HPG network returned to normal operation under ComStar and formed the cornerstone of the [[Republic of the Sphere]], as it did the Star League before it. This changed when as part of their [[Jihad]] against the Inner Sphere, the Word of Blake instigated a "white-out" in [[3068]], flooding the HPG grid with white noise, everything ranging from Blakist propaganda to utter gibberish, backing up transmissions for months and creating chaos that distracted their enemies from the Word's activities. After the Blakists were defeated, the HPG network returned to normal operation under ComStar and formed the cornerstone of the [[Republic of the Sphere]], as it did the Star League before it. − ===Blackout===+ ==Blackout== However in [[3132]], the [[Gray Monday]] attacks perpetrated by an unknown agent or agents disabled the HPG grid. Roughly 75% of the Inner Sphere's hyperpulse generators were nearly simultaneously destroyed, crippled, or in some other way damaged. Approximately 80% of the A circuit and a large portion of the B circuit were rendered inoperable by a computer virus which used a message cascade to burn out the HPG's transmission core. HPGs with components immune to this virus were attacked by forces unknown. It is unknown why or by whom this was done, but the actions crippled communications. Many important messages are now relayed via "pony express" DropShips to planets without a working HPG. Much like water resources and working factories in the Succession War era, planets with a working HPG have become much more important and vital military targets. However in [[3132]], the [[Gray Monday]] attacks perpetrated by an unknown agent or agents disabled the HPG grid. Roughly 75% of the Inner Sphere's hyperpulse generators were nearly simultaneously destroyed, crippled, or in some other way damaged. Approximately 80% of the A circuit and a large portion of the B circuit were rendered inoperable by a computer virus which used a message cascade to burn out the HPG's transmission core. HPGs with components immune to this virus were attacked by forces unknown. It is unknown why or by whom this was done, but the actions crippled communications. Many important messages are now relayed via "pony express" DropShips to planets without a working HPG. Much like water resources and working factories in the Succession War era, planets with a working HPG have become much more important and vital military targets. It must be noted than the most primitive communication system called [[Black Box]] was initially unaffected by the attacks, and become the only universal and reliable communication system, though in a few years their communications ceased to be reliable. It must be noted than the most primitive communication system called [[Black Box]] was initially unaffected by the attacks, and become the only universal and reliable communication system, though in a few years their communications ceased to be reliable. − ===Restoration===+ ==Restoration== ComStar barely managed to restore three HPGs, some only temporarily, and even after years of study, they didn't know how to restore more... but in [[3152]], [[Clan Sea Fox]] managed to restore another: [[Alyina]].<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72</ref> ComStar barely managed to restore three HPGs, some only temporarily, and even after years of study, they didn't know how to restore more... but in [[3152]], [[Clan Sea Fox]] managed to restore another: [[Alyina]].<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72</ref> The next year, the Foxes said they could restore all inactive HPGs, and used the promise to bargain for a truce in the [[Wolf Empire]], but they haven't proved they can do so.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 268</ref> The next year, the Foxes said they could restore all inactive HPGs, and used the promise to bargain for a truce in the [[Wolf Empire]], but they haven't proved they can do so.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 268</ref>
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*<span id="Super-HPG">'''Super-HPGs'''</span> - Developed by the Word of Blake and first appearing during their [[Jihad]], the so-called "Super-HPG" boasts a considerably increased range of nearly 1,000 light years (versus the standard HPG's 50 light year limit). However, unlike the Blakist [[Super-Jump Drive]], the Super-HPG is a new and completely separate machine, rather than an upgrade to be applied to standard HPGs. Save for its increased range, in most respects the Super-HPG functions via the same transmission protocols as the standard version; both can receive messages sent by the other. However, the increased signal strength of the Super-HPG pulse generates localized hyperspace distortions that overpower and garble both conventional radio wave and standard HPG transmissions. The Blakists using this side effect to rapidly spread its HPG virus to ComStar-controlled Class A stations, sparking the "White-Out". Despite its tremendous advantages, the Super-HPG takes the complexity, rarity, and cost of the standard HPG to a higher level; even during the height of the Jihad, the Blakists could only operate six to twelve of the devices.<ref name="JHS3076-110>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 110: "Kearny-Fuchida "Super-HPG" Technology</ref> | *<span id="Super-HPG">'''Super-HPGs'''</span> - Developed by the Word of Blake and first appearing during their [[Jihad]], the so-called "Super-HPG" boasts a considerably increased range of nearly 1,000 light years (versus the standard HPG's 50 light year limit). However, unlike the Blakist [[Super-Jump Drive]], the Super-HPG is a new and completely separate machine, rather than an upgrade to be applied to standard HPGs. Save for its increased range, in most respects the Super-HPG functions via the same transmission protocols as the standard version; both can receive messages sent by the other. However, the increased signal strength of the Super-HPG pulse generates localized hyperspace distortions that overpower and garble both conventional radio wave and standard HPG transmissions. The Blakists using this side effect to rapidly spread its HPG virus to ComStar-controlled Class A stations, sparking the "White-Out". Despite its tremendous advantages, the Super-HPG takes the complexity, rarity, and cost of the standard HPG to a higher level; even during the height of the Jihad, the Blakists could only operate six to twelve of the devices.<ref name="JHS3076-110>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 110: "Kearny-Fuchida "Super-HPG" Technology</ref> | ||
| − | ==History== | + | == History == |
| − | == | + | ==Origins== |
While first developed by the [[Star League]] during the period known as the [[Good Years]], the origins of the HPG can be traced back to the equations of the great Professors Kearny and Fuchida. In one obscure section of their papers, published in [[2022]], they speculated on the possibility of creating artificial jump points and they provided the equations for generating them. Because the cost would have been astronomical, the scientific community did not pursue this hypothesis any further. | While first developed by the [[Star League]] during the period known as the [[Good Years]], the origins of the HPG can be traced back to the equations of the great Professors Kearny and Fuchida. In one obscure section of their papers, published in [[2022]], they speculated on the possibility of creating artificial jump points and they provided the equations for generating them. Because the cost would have been astronomical, the scientific community did not pursue this hypothesis any further. | ||
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By the time of [[Stefan Amaris]]’ coup, the Star League Communication Network (SLCOMNET) was at its peak, linking every single inhabited world throughout the Inner Sphere and Periphery, backed up by mobile transmitters aboard many official [[Terran Hegemony]] civil-service and military JumpShips and [[WarShip]]s. With the First Circuit located on the worlds of the Hegemony, the network suffered extensive damage during the [[Amaris Civil War]] and among the last decisions made before the collapse of the Star League council was the selection of [[Jerome Blake]] as Minister of Communication in [[2780]], entrusted with restoring the war-ravaged communications network. As the highest-ranking member of the SLCOMNET hierarchy who was not captured or killed during the Amaris coup, Blake’s heroic efforts to maintain communications during the crisis earned him a reputation for integrity.<ref name=CS-9>''ComStar'', p. 9: "The Collapse of the Star League"</ref> | By the time of [[Stefan Amaris]]’ coup, the Star League Communication Network (SLCOMNET) was at its peak, linking every single inhabited world throughout the Inner Sphere and Periphery, backed up by mobile transmitters aboard many official [[Terran Hegemony]] civil-service and military JumpShips and [[WarShip]]s. With the First Circuit located on the worlds of the Hegemony, the network suffered extensive damage during the [[Amaris Civil War]] and among the last decisions made before the collapse of the Star League council was the selection of [[Jerome Blake]] as Minister of Communication in [[2780]], entrusted with restoring the war-ravaged communications network. As the highest-ranking member of the SLCOMNET hierarchy who was not captured or killed during the Amaris coup, Blake’s heroic efforts to maintain communications during the crisis earned him a reputation for integrity.<ref name=CS-9>''ComStar'', p. 9: "The Collapse of the Star League"</ref> | ||
| − | + | ==ComStar Monopoly== | |
By [[2785]], Blake had managed the herculean task of rebuilding the First Circuit, linking the reconstructed A-stations on several key Hegemony worlds, but as the threat of open warfare between House Lords increased Blake recognized the need to prevent the Successor States from seizing the interstellar communications network and misusing it for their own destructive ends. To this end in [[2788]] Blake seized Terra and reformed the vestiges of the SLCOMNET into [[ComStar]], offering secure interstellar communication to all [[Successor State]]s that would pledge to respect the neutrality of ComStar's facilities and personnel. The Inner Sphere leaders recognized that open communications were crucial to their survival and agreed to Blake's demands.<ref name=CS-11>''ComStar'', pp. 11–13: "Birth of ComStar"</ref> | By [[2785]], Blake had managed the herculean task of rebuilding the First Circuit, linking the reconstructed A-stations on several key Hegemony worlds, but as the threat of open warfare between House Lords increased Blake recognized the need to prevent the Successor States from seizing the interstellar communications network and misusing it for their own destructive ends. To this end in [[2788]] Blake seized Terra and reformed the vestiges of the SLCOMNET into [[ComStar]], offering secure interstellar communication to all [[Successor State]]s that would pledge to respect the neutrality of ComStar's facilities and personnel. The Inner Sphere leaders recognized that open communications were crucial to their survival and agreed to Blake's demands.<ref name=CS-11>''ComStar'', pp. 11–13: "Birth of ComStar"</ref> | ||
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This changed when as part of their [[Jihad]] against the Inner Sphere, the Word of Blake instigated a "white-out" in [[3068]], flooding the HPG grid with white noise, everything ranging from Blakist propaganda to utter gibberish, backing up transmissions for months and creating chaos that distracted their enemies from the Word's activities. After the Blakists were defeated, the HPG network returned to normal operation under ComStar and formed the cornerstone of the [[Republic of the Sphere]], as it did the Star League before it. | This changed when as part of their [[Jihad]] against the Inner Sphere, the Word of Blake instigated a "white-out" in [[3068]], flooding the HPG grid with white noise, everything ranging from Blakist propaganda to utter gibberish, backing up transmissions for months and creating chaos that distracted their enemies from the Word's activities. After the Blakists were defeated, the HPG network returned to normal operation under ComStar and formed the cornerstone of the [[Republic of the Sphere]], as it did the Star League before it. | ||
| − | + | ==Blackout== | |
However in [[3132]], the [[Gray Monday]] attacks perpetrated by an unknown agent or agents disabled the HPG grid. Roughly 75% of the Inner Sphere's hyperpulse generators were nearly simultaneously destroyed, crippled, or in some other way damaged. Approximately 80% of the A circuit and a large portion of the B circuit were rendered inoperable by a computer virus which used a message cascade to burn out the HPG's transmission core. HPGs with components immune to this virus were attacked by forces unknown. It is unknown why or by whom this was done, but the actions crippled communications. Many important messages are now relayed via "pony express" DropShips to planets without a working HPG. Much like water resources and working factories in the Succession War era, planets with a working HPG have become much more important and vital military targets. | However in [[3132]], the [[Gray Monday]] attacks perpetrated by an unknown agent or agents disabled the HPG grid. Roughly 75% of the Inner Sphere's hyperpulse generators were nearly simultaneously destroyed, crippled, or in some other way damaged. Approximately 80% of the A circuit and a large portion of the B circuit were rendered inoperable by a computer virus which used a message cascade to burn out the HPG's transmission core. HPGs with components immune to this virus were attacked by forces unknown. It is unknown why or by whom this was done, but the actions crippled communications. Many important messages are now relayed via "pony express" DropShips to planets without a working HPG. Much like water resources and working factories in the Succession War era, planets with a working HPG have become much more important and vital military targets. | ||
It must be noted than the most primitive communication system called [[Black Box]] was initially unaffected by the attacks, and become the only universal and reliable communication system, though in a few years their communications ceased to be reliable. | It must be noted than the most primitive communication system called [[Black Box]] was initially unaffected by the attacks, and become the only universal and reliable communication system, though in a few years their communications ceased to be reliable. | ||
| − | + | ==Restoration== | |
ComStar barely managed to restore three HPGs, some only temporarily, and even after years of study, they didn't know how to restore more... but in [[3152]], [[Clan Sea Fox]] managed to restore another: [[Alyina]].<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72</ref> | ComStar barely managed to restore three HPGs, some only temporarily, and even after years of study, they didn't know how to restore more... but in [[3152]], [[Clan Sea Fox]] managed to restore another: [[Alyina]].<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72</ref> | ||
The next year, the Foxes said they could restore all inactive HPGs, and used the promise to bargain for a truce in the [[Wolf Empire]], but they haven't proved they can do so.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 268</ref> | The next year, the Foxes said they could restore all inactive HPGs, and used the promise to bargain for a truce in the [[Wolf Empire]], but they haven't proved they can do so.<ref>''Redemption Rites'', p. 268</ref> | ||