Comstar: A Sourcebook for BattleTech

by FASA Corporation, Dan Grendell, Chris Hartford, et al.

To maintain their monopoly on the flow of information and technology across the vast reaches of space, the powerful organization known as ComStar waged a hidden war of assassination, sabotage and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555603653
• ISBN13: 9781555603656
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: FASA Corp.
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book. Every Btech fan should have this.

I have enjoyed all of the Field Manuals to date. This one tells us more about the new Star League army and the Rasalhague military than anywhere else. Best Comstar resource since the old Comstar manual.

A Great Resource Book

Fasa has vastly improved they way the write RPG/tabletop reference material. In years past, reading a unit sourcebook (i.e. Jade Falcon source book) was alot like reading a scrap book combined with a unit roster from the civil war. But their new works, the Field Manuals, really does a excellent job fleshing out units, their history and their culture, Providing a solid base for game masters to build awesome plots on. I recommend this book to ALL Battletech players and fans.

Comstar unveiled

A good source book for discovering the who, and more importantly, the why of these quasi-religous technocrats, called Comstar. Often portrayed by author Stackpole as "evil," we see that Comstar is much like the great Houses of the Inner Sphere, with a political agenda for unifying the galaxy on its own. Great stuff on the Word of Blake faction too.

A wonderful piece of the puzzle

What can I say? Comstar is the black sheep of the galactic family, shrouded in mystery. This source book shed some light on their history and built a sturdy framwork from which many a story and adventure can be based.The information is solid but not overpowering, it allows for the gamemasters to play around with their own universes. This book also supports the snippets of stories that long-time gamers like myself have heard of the actions of Com-star. On top of all the nitty-gritty game details, it is a wonderfully written book with captivating stories.

The mystery of Comstar revieled!

This is a great source book for anyone interested in the psedo-religious cult like entity known as Comstar in the Battletech game. The source book gives the entire history of the corporation from its beginings with Jerome Blake , all the way up to the arrival of the Clans and the splintering of Comstar into the Word of Blake faction. The book contains rich flavor text, beautifully drawn and painted pictures of comstar outfits and 3 new { in 3055 } mechs. I would definitely recommend this source book for anyone interested in using Comstar's influence in their BattleTech or Mechwarrior campaigns.