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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* LinkNet was the third framing device for in-universe news featured on the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age website]], and was active through most of 2006.		* LinkNet was the third framing device for in-universe news featured on the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age website]], and was active through most of 2006.
	* While the Hsien et al. LinkNet is a specific partnership with its own resources and funds, ''[[Ghosts of Obeedah]]'' refers to material from it as among material from "the LinkNets of hundreds of worlds."<ref>''Ghosts of Obeedah'', p. 10: "From the Starling Files: The Tale of Hansel and Greta (Part 1)"</ref> This places the Hsien et al. LinkNet within a broader category of [[~~BattleTechWiki~~:Glossary of BattleTech terms#LinkNet\|LinkNets]].		* While the Hsien et al. LinkNet is a specific partnership with its own resources and funds, ''[[Ghosts of Obeedah]]'' refers to material from it as among material from "the LinkNets of hundreds of worlds."<ref>''Ghosts of Obeedah'', p. 10: "From the Starling Files: The Tale of Hansel and Greta (Part 1)"</ref> This places the Hsien et al. LinkNet within a broader category of [[BattleIntelligence:Glossary of BattleTech terms#LinkNet\|LinkNets]].

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| Founded = [[3136]]<ref name=DALNp1>''Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)'', p. 1: "Welcome to LinkNet"</ref>
| Dissolved = Prior to April [[3152]]<ref name=GoOp11>''Ghosts of Obeedah'', p. 11</ref>
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'''LinkNet''', launched in January [[3136]], was a loose information-sharing network of five planets - [[Hsien]], [[Kessel]], [[Achernar]], [[Gacrux]], and [[Irian]] - with working [[HPG]]s.<ref name=DALNp1/>

==Overview==
===Founding===
A couple of years after the [[Blackout]], some of the surviving HPGs in [[Republic of the Sphere|Republic]] space - on Hsien, Kessel, Achernar, Gacrux, Irian, and [[Northwind]] - located each other and began sharing high-priority transmissions. When [[Fortress Republic]] was launched in 3135, Northwind was cut off behind [[the Wall]] and communications in the Republic grew worse.<ref name=DALNp1/>

The remaining five partners decided, in response, to launch a broader public news and information-sharing service: LinkNet.<ref name=DALNp1/>

===Services===
LinkNet served both as a news service and a public communication platform. It was a paid service, but one aiming for affordability. Each of the five member HPGs was responsible for collecting news and transmissions from its region and sharing them with the rest. Members of the public could add their own messages - news, letters, want-ads, and more.<ref name=DALNp1/>

LinkNet did not have its own paid writing staff. Rather, it depended on news and opinion contributions from the public, which it promised to run without censorship.<ref name=DALNp2>''Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)'', p. 2: "LinkNet"</ref> It also, at times, offered rewards for news on specific subjects.<ref name=DALNp131>''Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)'', p. 131: "Falcons on Gladius?"</ref> News coverage focused on events throughout the Republic, sports and culture, and technology.<ref name=DALNp2/> This included a music and culture column by [[Elliott Grimm]],<ref name=DALNp50>''Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)'', p. 50, "Letters From Home -- Week 08"</ref> as well as ongoing technology coverage and investigation by Tech Watch, a group of journalists including [[Jan Prowell]].<ref name=DALNp66>''Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)'', p. 66: "TECH WATCH: The Science of R.I.S.C."</ref><ref name=TRO:DAp18>''Technical Readout: Dark Age'', p. 18</ref>

As well, LinkNet carried and posted interpersonal letters,<ref name=DALNp2/> and hosted Levin's List, a classifieds section named for [[Exarch]] [[Jonah Levin]].<ref name=DALLp1>''Dark Age: 3136 Levin's List'', p. 1</ref>

===Dissolution===
LinkNet ceased operation sometime prior to April [[3152]].<ref name=GoOp11/>

==Notes==
* LinkNet was the third framing device for in-universe news featured on the [[MechWarrior: Dark Age website]], and was active through most of 2006.
* While the Hsien et al. LinkNet is a specific partnership with its own resources and funds, ''[[Ghosts of Obeedah]]'' refers to material from it as among material from "the LinkNets of hundreds of worlds."<ref>''Ghosts of Obeedah'', p. 10: "From the Starling Files: The Tale of Hansel and Greta (Part 1)"</ref> This places the Hsien et al. LinkNet within a broader category of [[BattleTechWiki:Glossary of BattleTech terms#LinkNet|LinkNets]].

==Gallery==
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LinkNet.jpg|LinkNet's interface, [[MWDA website]]
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Dark Age: 3136 Levin's List]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: LinkNet Articles (3136)]]''
* ''[[Ghosts of Obeedah]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: Dark Age]]''

[[Category: Organizations|LinkNet]]

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