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Comstar Law
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When Jerome Blake
reestablished the First Circuit of HPG's, he also established
a corresponding First Circuit of advisors. Administratively,
the First Circuit was a small group made up of the chief administrators,
or Precentors, of the HPG transmitters on the former Hegemony
worlds. Jerome Blake drafted a simple, two-page set of parliamentary
rules and procedures for running the First Circuit meetings.
His document called for a Prime Admistrator, or Primus, to
act as chair and president, but gave the First Circuit the
power to veto the primus' decisions by a majority vote. Blake's
short memo eventually would become part of the Articles of
ComStar, the basis of our blessed Order's law.
Primus Karpov formalized some of the organizational structure
in the Doctrinal Edict of 2861. The process of naming a Primus
was set down officially, in which the current Primus would
choose his or her successor, who would then be confirmed by
the First Circuit. The only formal organization recognized
below the Primus was the position of Precentor of each world's
HPG station. The Precentor controlled the ranks of the adepts,
the working technicians. Finally at the lowest level of the
hierarchy are the acolytes. Though this three-tiered structure
already existed in most of the HPG stations, established during
the time of Blake and Toyama, the Doctrinal Edict made it
official. |
Additionally, Primus Hartford passed several reforms during his tenure
that permitted the First Circuit to name a successor to the Primus
or to remove a Primus from power on a full vote of all Precentors.
The measures also called for at least three members of the First Circuit
to be informed in writing of all major ROM operations.
In 2988, Primus Takami further revised the First Circuit. Until
Takami's reign, the First Circuit had always been composed of the
Precentors of the first communications circuit of HPG transmitters
in the Inner Sphere. Primus Takami believed that the First Circuit
members had become more like politicians than technocrats, which
was no longer faithful to Jerome Blake's original vision.
Primus Takami decided to name four new members to that governing
body, one for each of the capital worlds of the House governments
not already represented. These Advocate-Precentors were to speak
for all the ComStar installations within their given realms. The
added positions were Precentor Tharkad for the Lyran Commonwealth,
Precentor Sian for the Capellan Confederation, Precentor Atreus
for the Free Worlds League, and Precentor New Avalon for the Federated
Suns. Precentor Dieron was made the advocate of the Draconis Combine. |
