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While considering the public revelation of the re-formed Com Guards worth the price to acquire Tucker for the Blessed Order, Buhl was unprepared for the Republic of the Sphere's response, with undercover [[Knight of the Sphere]] [[Alexi Holt]] successfully piercing the Blessed Order's security and infiltrating Omega One. A surprise strike by [[Republic Armed Forces]] troops in September [[3140]] rescued Tucker and Holt, but the bulk of the Blessed Order and First Division was able to evacuate, fleeing to a secret base on [[Epsilon Eridani]]. Cornered by the RAF, the Blessed Order were ultimately crushed by the Republic of the Sphere with all of ComStar within the [[Fortress Republic]] paying the price, forcibly integrated into the Republic.<ref name=FM3145-135/>
 
While considering the public revelation of the re-formed Com Guards worth the price to acquire Tucker for the Blessed Order, Buhl was unprepared for the Republic of the Sphere's response, with undercover [[Knight of the Sphere]] [[Alexi Holt]] successfully piercing the Blessed Order's security and infiltrating Omega One. A surprise strike by [[Republic Armed Forces]] troops in September [[3140]] rescued Tucker and Holt, but the bulk of the Blessed Order and First Division was able to evacuate, fleeing to a secret base on [[Epsilon Eridani]]. Cornered by the RAF, the Blessed Order were ultimately crushed by the Republic of the Sphere with all of ComStar within the [[Fortress Republic]] paying the price, forcibly integrated into the Republic.<ref name=FM3145-135/>
 
==Military units==
 
*[[1st Division (ComStar)|First Division]].{{cn}}
 
 
==Equipment==
 
Other known equipment included:
 
*[[Achilles (DropShip class)|''Achilles''-class Assault Dropship]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Raiden|''Raiden''-type Battle Armor]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Pollux ADA Heavy Tank|''Pollux'' / ''Pollux II'' ADA Heavy Air Defense Tanks]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Raijin (Fujin)#Variants|RJN-301-B ''Raijin'' Medium artillery spotter and scout BattleMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Nexus (Star Python)#Variants|NXS1-C ''Nexus'' Light anti-infantry and striker BattleMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Dragoon#Variants|AEM-05C ''Dragoon'' Heavy brawler and command BattleMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Kit Fox (Uller)#Custom Configurations|''Uller'' BLO Light (skirmisher configuration) OmniMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Avatar#Custom Configurations|''Avatar'' OBLO Heavy (skirmisher configuration) OmniMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Vulture Mk III#Custom Configurations|''Vulture III'' BLO Heavy (missile boat configuration) OmniMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Templar#Custom Configurations|''Templar'' OBLO [TLR1-OBLO] Assault (brawler configuration) OmniMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Doloire#Custom Configurations|''Doloire'' OBLO [DLR-OBLO] Assault (brawler configuration) OmniMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Timber Wolf (Mad Cat)#Custom Configurations|''Mad Cat'' BLO Heavy (skirmisher configuration) OmniMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Celerity|CLR-02-X-D ''Celerity'' Ultralight drone reconnaissance BattleMech]]{{cn}}
 
*[[Fury (Combat Vehicle)#Variants|''Fury'' CX-17 Command and Control Vehicle]]{{cn}}
 
 
==Group known bases==
 
*Omega One base: Located in the system [[Luyten 68-28]], abandoned in 3140 after being discovered.
 
*Alpha base: Old [[Star League Defense Force]] base, located in [[Epsilon Eridani]] system, destroyed by Republic forces in 3140.
 
*Other secondary bases around all Republic space.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 09:58, 29 December 2023

Blessed Order
Organization Profile
TypeReligious Organization

Once a term used by pre-Schism members to describe ComStar, the Blessed Order was the name adopted by a secret faction within Dark Age ComStar advocating a return to the Blakist faith and resurrection of ComStar to its pre-Schism standing in the Inner Sphere.

Overview[edit]

Hiding behind ComStar's neutrality, in 3128 at Malcolm Buhl's direction agents of the Blessed Order secretly stole advanced Word of Blake technical data, including extensive specs on the Manei Domini's Celestial series OmniMechs, stored within a protected Republic of the Sphere data depot on Terra. Reengineering the secured schematics to develop the Uraeus and Kheper BattleMechs, Buhl commissioned the New Earth Trading Company - little more than a corporate front owned and operated by ComStar since the early Succession Wars - to secretly construct production lines for these new 'Mechs as well as a new DropShip design, the Duat-class, hiding them among the massive volume of civilian manufacturing lines operated by NETC as the Blessed Order set about re-forming the Com Guards. [1] [2]

Much like ComStar as a whole, the Blessed Order were caught off-guard by the HPG Blackout and assisted in trying to restore the HPG network, with Precentor Buhl in his role of Director of Special Projects setting up the Cassie DeBurke Institute for Hyperspatial Studies to solve the problem. When one of Institute's student Tucker Harwell, younger brother of Blessed Order member and First Division officer Patricia Harwell, devised a viable means of restarting an HPG, Buhl dispatched him to test his theories on the HPG on Wyatt. Delighted when Tucker succeeded and recognizing the importance of what Harwell's success could mean for ComStar, and more importantly the Blessed Order, Buhl made the fateful decision to send Patrica and the First to extract him the Blessed Order's secret Omega One base on Luyten 68-28.[2] [3] [4]

While considering the public revelation of the re-formed Com Guards worth the price to acquire Tucker for the Blessed Order, Buhl was unprepared for the Republic of the Sphere's response, with undercover Knight of the Sphere Alexi Holt successfully piercing the Blessed Order's security and infiltrating Omega One. A surprise strike by Republic Armed Forces troops in September 3140 rescued Tucker and Holt, but the bulk of the Blessed Order and First Division was able to evacuate, fleeing to a secret base on Epsilon Eridani. Cornered by the RAF, the Blessed Order were ultimately crushed by the Republic of the Sphere with all of ComStar within the Fortress Republic paying the price, forcibly integrated into the Republic.[4]

References[edit]

  1. Field Manual: 3145, pp. 137-138 "Republic of the Sphere - State of Republic Readiness - A Lasting Legacy"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 84 "Factions - ComStar - First Division"
  3. Era Report: 3145, p. 117 "Major Personas - ComStar - Malcolm Buhl"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Field Manual: 3145, pp. 135-136 "Republic of the Sphere - General Review - Behind the Wall"

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