Faction lore: Comstar

This will be my first Battletech faction video starting with Comstar.

[CharlesUrban]

In the world of Battletech, no matter how much of a jerk you are, you know that you must never antagonize one faction in particular--the phone company.

[jacobyin]

"Pay your HPG bills Fucko" - Space AT&T

[andersalbertsson]

Glad to see some Battletech lore videos on youtube! A rich story that needs to be told on video. Great channel and keep it up!

[gasmonkey]

So they're basically the bastard child of AT&T from our own world and the Adeptus Mechanicus from Warhammer 40k? Or would it be more accurate to call them Comcast instead of AT&T?

[josepablolunasanchez]

Any structure can be hacked. But it is fiction, so it can be happening.
If Comstar was never compromised it is because of a writers decision. In real life, authoritarian regimes lead to lack of innovation and incompetence, because people fear to talk about problems, so problems grow big before they are addressed. Clans lost because Comstar attacked them, and clans attacked themselves too, either in trials or clan rivalry.

[Pork_eating_crusader]

Please do the 5 Great Houses! I still have the Steiner and Davion sourcebooks from the 90s. They are a gem now.

[BjornKuma]

One thing I have to call you out on, Corps is not pronounced as corpse (like a dead body), but rather, like core.
Otherwise, good stuff. Keep it up!

[peterbehere]

Thanks for covering the factions of BattleTech! I stumbled across this video while looking for a summary on Comstar and received just that. You might want to double check the pronunciations of several of the key figures you mentioned: Anastasius Focht and Devlin Stone, whom you pronounced "Anatasius" and "Devin."

Other than those small things...I LOVE this!!

[discountmike]

I'm just a cable guy. I told you I don't know Judith Faber.

[depholade]

Ah yes. AT&T with guns. Pay your bills... or else.

[bigt]

Ok so how does one become a member of comstar, can anyone join, or do you have to be born into it?

[cjfdolgfer]

Hey MiteyPirate, may I ask you for a video about the Clan Jade Falcon. That would be great ^^

[metanumia]

Great lore video, keep up the great work! Also, you have a good voice for narration. :) Can you make a video about Clan Ghost Bear? Thanks! :)

[duskowaiki]

hello :) like your videos. Could you recommend any book I can read as I am new to battletech lore and want start learning about it more. Thanks.

[MrLandry]

I thought Comstar headquarters is on Hilton Head island South Carolina.

[pooindaloo]

I just got done watching your videos, and so far I'm having fun. As for factions, are you covering each one individually, or are you currently only working on base summaries of Battletech lore?

[SpockBorg]

Comstar hq on Hilton Head Island, North Carolina not Sydney, Australia

[andrewphillips]

Thanks,   but  corps sounds like core not corpse

[redball]

Do you do all the research for these videos?

[wooohooo]

Free Rasal-hague, as in The Hague.

Not the Dark Templar from StarCraft 2....