https://battleint.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Interstellar_News_NetworkInterstellar News Network - Revision history2026-06-08T10:22:36ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.0https://battleint.net/index.php?title=Interstellar_News_Network&diff=74103&oldid=previmported>Csdavis715: updating infobox, columns2024-07-06T15:15:08Z<p>updating infobox, columns</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Update Needed|[[Shrapnel Issue 14]]}}<br />
{{InfoBoxCorporation<br />
| image = INN.jpg<br />
| founded = ca. [[3062]]<ref>''Flashpoint'', ch. 6</ref><br />
| dissolved = <br />
| affiliation = [[ComStar]]<br />
| previous_names = <br />
| headquarters = <br />
| leadership = [[CEO of Interstellar News Network|CEO]]<br />
| products = News services<br />
| parent = <br />
| divisions = <br />
| plants = <br />
}}<br />
The [[ComStar]]-owned '''Interstellar News Network''' (INN) was the premier [[Inner Sphere]]-spanning news service during the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[Jihad]] and the era of the [[Republic of the Sphere]].<br />
<br />
==Overview==<br />
Still trying to combat its tainted public relations reputation in the wake of [[Operation SCORPION]] and hoping to distance itself from the Word of Blake in the months immediately prior to the Jihad in [[3067]], the [[ComStar Schism|secular ComStar]] founded the Interstellar News Network. Unlike the Order's own [[ComStar News Bureau]], the INN was intended to be a wholly independent and free [[HPG]]-transmitted news service, supported financially solely through advertising and relying heavily upon the services of local freelance reporters.<ref name=FMU-81>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 81: "ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref><ref name=MM-210>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref><br />
<br />
Created with the proclaimed hope that it would "heal the wounds of strife and draw upon the common bonds of humanity", from a humble start of just servicing the handful of worlds surrounding [[Tukayyid]], the INN fulfilled ComStar's plans of becoming an Inner Sphere-spanning network during the ongoing maelstrom of the Jihad.<ref name=FMU-81/> <ref name=MM-210/> INN became a premier source of information during the conflict, most notably its series of well-received [[Jihad Hot Spots]] reports.<br />
<br />
INN was one of the more notable purchasers of [[Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion]]'s [[3061]] [[Sky Eye]] News Helicopter. A licensing deal between the INN and Cal-Boeing enabled the compact helicopter's advanced camera and communication arrays direct upload capabilities with ComStar's HPG network, providing near-seamless transmission of its material to off-world stations.<ref name=TRVA-74>''Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex'', p. 74: "Sky Eye News Helicopter"</ref><br />
<br />
==Slogans==<br />
{{Quote|"Always first on the scene."|Slogan used in [[3132]]<ref>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 312: "3132 Solaris VII Championships Season Review (Part 7)"</ref>}}<br />
<br />
==Known INN reporters and staff==<br />
{{div col|colwidth=25em}}<br />
* [[Michael Bosworth]]<br />
* [[Rachel Francis]]<br />
* [[Bertram Habeas]]<br />
* [[Nigel Holmgren]]<br />
* [[Myra Kellison]] (through [[Tharkad Media Associates]])<br />
* [[Terek Ko]], engineer<ref name=DAINNp212>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', pp. 212–213: "Message from Achernar"</ref><br />
* [[Moore Kramer]]<ref name=DotJ85>''Dawn of the Jihad'', p. 85</ref><ref name=BA85>''Blake Ascending'', p. 85</ref><br />
* [[Stefan Marshall]], political analyst<ref name=DAINNp134>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 134: "Pierson’s Round Table: War Drums?"</ref><br />
* [[Jenna Martins]]<ref name=DotJ90>''Dawn of the Jihad'', pp. 90–91</ref><ref name=BA90>''Blake Ascending'', pp. 90–91</ref><br />
* [[Farouk O'Reilly]]<br />
* [[Ian Pierson]]<ref name=DAINNp134/><br />
* [[Sandra Raines]]<br />
* [[Tad Silverstein]]<br />
* [[James Smith]]<ref name=JHS3072>''Jihad Hot Spots: 3072'', pp. 71–72</ref><br />
* [[Orson Tanaka]]<br />
* [[Ernest Wick (INN)|Ernest Wick]]<ref name=S5VotS>''Shrapnel Issue #5'' - ''Voices of the Sphere: What Would Have Been and What Is Now''</ref><br />
{{div col end}}<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
Through the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age website]], INN was the first framing device for in-universe news for the ''[[MechWarrior: Dark Age]]'' game, used from 2002 through the start of 2004, and was also referenced on the info and background cards included with the game pieces. Similarly, the news section on the [[BattleCorps]] website is presented as an INN newsreel.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<references /><br />
<br />
==Bibliography==<br />
* ''[[Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN]]''<br />
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''<br />
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3072]]''<br />
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]''<br />
* ''[[Shrapnel Issue 5]]''<br />
* ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]''<br />
<br />
[[Category:ComStar Corporations]]</div>imported>Csdavis715