4/2/2023 0 Comments Battletech eventsFocused on the supposed "Word of Blake", ComStar guarded and preserved the Star League's technological secrets in the belief that when the Inner Sphere collapsed after the Great Houses had destroyed themselves, ComStar would rise to power as the savior of humanity. While many in the Inner Sphere hoped peace had finally come even if the formal attempts at peace treaties had failed, the bitter animosities between the Successor States meant conflict could just as easily resume, needing only to be triggered by those who wanted the war resumed, such as the quasi-religious communications company ComStar. 'Mech in battle during the Third Succession War.Ī group of Capellan and Free Worlds businessmen under the banner of the " Peace of Money Movement" likewise attempted push for a permanent peace treaty, but aside from First Prince Michael Davion, none of the other Successor Lords would give them the time of day, with a number of the other Houses convinced that First Prince Michael's enthusiastic and lavish support meant the movement was actually a Davion plot and the movement's claims of the Lyrans profiteering from the previous conflict alienating the Commonwealth. Aside from the Combine representative being arrested and executed by the Lyrans as a spy, the talks collapsed after seven fruitless weeks with nothing being achieved. Representatives from all five houses met on New Earth in November 2864, but it soon became clear just how divided the Inner Sphere remained - the Draconis Combine representative indicated he was nothing more than an observer and that any treaty the others agreed on would be approved or rejected by Luthien at a future date, the Capellan Confederation refused to sign any treaty that did not make provision for the return of all the territories it had lost in last two wars - which the Free Worlds League and Federated Suns vociferously opposed - with the FedSuns representative Luther Davion making equally unrealistic claims for the other houses to accept him for position of First Lord. In response to efforts by these parties, Archon Elizabeth Steiner attempted to broker a formal peace treaty with Captain-General Philippa Marik in 2864, the success of these prompting the Captain-General to request these efforts be expanded to include the other Successor States. Despite this, many hoped peace would prevail as the Inner Sphere went nearly two years without conflict, with Lyran Commonwealth's Estates General and Free Worlds League Parliament both pressing for stand-down of their respective militaries, a refocusing on civilian reconstruction and end to wartime austerity measures. As with the similar conclusion of the First Succession War, with the conflict ending due to both military and economic exhaustion of all parties rather than any decisive victory, tensions between the Successor States remained high. After three decades of high-intensity warfare, the Second Succession War spluttered to a conclusion as fighting tapered off in 2863.
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