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Karpov's first act was to name Toyama a saint of the Blessed Order.<ref name=CS1/> Toyama's death, so soon after he named Karpov as his successor, led some to believe he had perhaps hastened his death, a belief that was only fueled by Karpov's increasingly hardline approach.<ref name=CS2>''ComStar'', p. 28</ref> Karpov's first act was to name Toyama a saint of the Blessed Order.<ref name=CS1/> Toyama's death, so soon after he named Karpov as his successor, led some to believe he had perhaps hastened his death, a belief that was only fueled by Karpov's increasingly hardline approach.<ref name=CS2>''ComStar'', p. 28</ref>
− While Toyama had created special, almost mystical procedures whenever ComStar techs operated a [[hyperpulse generator]], under Karpov these became mandatory and heavily religious Gregorian-style chants that soon extended to almost all ComStar equipment. Those who refused soon found themselves victims of [[ROM]] as Karpov continued to expand upon Toyama's radical interpretation of the [[Word of Blake (book)|''Word of Blake'']]. Among the many symbolic changes instituted by Karpov was the replacement of previous gray jumpsuits of Blake's era with white robes adorned with mathematical symbols taken from holy "scriptures" of a physics book or technical readout and nightly indoctrination sessions at each HPG station.<ref name=CS2/> + While Toyama had created special, almost mystical procedures whenever ComStar techs operated a [[Hyperpulse Generator]], under Karpov these became mandatory and heavily religious Gregorian-style chants that soon extended to almost all ComStar equipment. Those who refused soon found themselves victims of [[ROM]] as Karpov continued to expand upon Toyama's radical interpretation of the [[Word of Blake (book)|''Word of Blake'']]. Among the many symbolic changes instituted by Karpov was the replacement of previous gray jumpsuits of Blake's era with white robes adorned with mathematical symbols taken from holy "scriptures" of a physics book or technical readout and nightly indoctrination sessions at each HPG station.<ref name=CS2/>
Horrified that Karpov was proving even more extreme than Toyama, two members of the First Circuit resigned, but this just allowed Karpov to appoint more agreeable replacements.<ref name=CS2/> Even Karpov's friend Michelle Dupreas also began to question his extremism when he proposed [[Organizational Edict 3056]] in the summer of [[2838]]. The edict called for a massive expansion of ROM to allow it to change its scope from internal security to targeting and preventing the [[Successor State]]s efforts to maintain their level of technology. Horrified that Karpov was proving even more extreme than Toyama, two members of the First Circuit resigned, but this just allowed Karpov to appoint more agreeable replacements.<ref name=CS2/> Even Karpov's friend Michelle Dupreas also began to question his extremism when he proposed [[Organizational Edict 3056]] in the summer of [[2838]]. The edict called for a massive expansion of ROM to allow it to change its scope from internal security to targeting and preventing the [[Successor State]]s efforts to maintain their level of technology.
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Karpov's first act was to name Toyama a saint of the Blessed Order.<ref name=CS1/> Toyama's death, so soon after he named Karpov as his successor, led some to believe he had perhaps hastened his death, a belief that was only fueled by Karpov's increasingly hardline approach.<ref name=CS2>''ComStar'', p. 28</ref> | Karpov's first act was to name Toyama a saint of the Blessed Order.<ref name=CS1/> Toyama's death, so soon after he named Karpov as his successor, led some to believe he had perhaps hastened his death, a belief that was only fueled by Karpov's increasingly hardline approach.<ref name=CS2>''ComStar'', p. 28</ref> | ||
− | While Toyama had created special, almost mystical procedures whenever ComStar techs operated a [[ | + | While Toyama had created special, almost mystical procedures whenever ComStar techs operated a [[Hyperpulse Generator]], under Karpov these became mandatory and heavily religious Gregorian-style chants that soon extended to almost all ComStar equipment. Those who refused soon found themselves victims of [[ROM]] as Karpov continued to expand upon Toyama's radical interpretation of the [[Word of Blake (book)|''Word of Blake'']]. Among the many symbolic changes instituted by Karpov was the replacement of previous gray jumpsuits of Blake's era with white robes adorned with mathematical symbols taken from holy "scriptures" of a physics book or technical readout and nightly indoctrination sessions at each HPG station.<ref name=CS2/> |
Horrified that Karpov was proving even more extreme than Toyama, two members of the First Circuit resigned, but this just allowed Karpov to appoint more agreeable replacements.<ref name=CS2/> Even Karpov's friend Michelle Dupreas also began to question his extremism when he proposed [[Organizational Edict 3056]] in the summer of [[2838]]. The edict called for a massive expansion of ROM to allow it to change its scope from internal security to targeting and preventing the [[Successor State]]s efforts to maintain their level of technology. | Horrified that Karpov was proving even more extreme than Toyama, two members of the First Circuit resigned, but this just allowed Karpov to appoint more agreeable replacements.<ref name=CS2/> Even Karpov's friend Michelle Dupreas also began to question his extremism when he proposed [[Organizational Edict 3056]] in the summer of [[2838]]. The edict called for a massive expansion of ROM to allow it to change its scope from internal security to targeting and preventing the [[Successor State]]s efforts to maintain their level of technology. |