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Brothers and Sisters of the Open Book,
What follows is not the official history. You will not find it in ComStar archives (what remains of them), nor in the bright propaganda of New Avalon, nor in the fevered manifestos of our fallen Blakist brethren.
This is the history they would prefer you not assemble.
We who compile it were once Adepts of the Blessed Order. We believed we served humanity by preserving knowledge. We were wrong. We served only power — first our own, then that of those who purchased our silence or our lies.
The Jihad burned away many things. Let it also have burned away our pretensions.
What follows is drawn from ComStar archives, ROM operational files, TriStar corporate records, HPG traffic analysis, and the testimonies of those who lived through events the official histories prefer to forget. We offer it not as gospel but as evidence. Weigh it. Challenge it. Add to it.
The book is never finished.
— Adept Carolus Webb
For the Order of the Open Book
21 April 3087
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I. Confession of the Blessed Order
What Blake actually wanted. What we became instead. Our sins against Memphis.
II. The Federated Suns — A Critical History
The Crucis Pact. The Davion capture. The Six Liberties: rhetoric and reality.
III. The Periphery March — A People's History
Memphis founding. The Starr legacy. TriStar's rise. The Tennessee Star Guards.
IV. The Taurian Connection
Why Taurians distrust Davions. The "instability" myth. Trade across borders.
V. What Comes Next
Threats and opportunities. The Davion question.
Appendices
A: Key Figures
B: Timeline
C: Glossary
D: For Further Reading
E: TSG Quartermaster Equipment Inventory
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