Tempest Stryker
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Precentor XIV-Delta Tempest Stryker was a senior officer in ComStar Intelligence (non-ROM).
On August 1, 3067, Stryker sent a confidental message to his long-time associate, Precentor ROM Victoria Parrdeau.[1]
In this message, Stryker states the following facts and his personal opinions:
- Stryker was a harsh critic of former Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht. Stryker blamed Focht for inciting the FedCom Civil War and also criticized Focht for being obsessed with fighting the Clans during the Battle of Tukayyid, Operation Bulldog and Operation Serpent.
- The Marian Hegemony attempted to conquer the Circinus Federation in 3064.
- Primus Myndo Waterly gave Star League-era BattleMechs to the Draconis Combine during the War of 3039.
- Stryker despised the Word of Blake and had a few conspiracy theories about the Blakists:
- 1. The Circinus Federation obtained technology and blueprints for several Star League-era 'Mechs that were allegedly redesigned by the Word of Blake, which helped the Federation prevent the takeover of their nation by the Marian Hegemony.
- 2. The technology given to the Federation was not only Star League-era, but also included innovations exclusive to the Capellan Confederation, which has known ties to the Word of Blake.
- 3. Giovanni De La Sangre, planetary governor of Demeter and CEO of Vicore Industries, was strongly suspected of being a Blakist collaborator. The refitted Blakist 'Mechs are identical to those designed by Vicore, as part of De La Sangre's "Project Phoenix" initative, which he sold to several Inner Sphere manufacturers such as Defiance Industries, Earthwerks Incorporated and General Motors.
Notes
- Demi-Precentor X-Omega Martin Overstreet is apparently in league with Stryker, as Overstreet's report on the redesigned 'Mechs elaborates on Blakist conspiracy theories.[2]
- Most of the conspiracy theories about the Word of Blake were later proven true, exposed during the Jihad.