Davers, on 11 April 2013 - 12:56 PM, said:
Not being a real scholar of BT lore, i have to ask. Why did Comstar actively try to stop the reclamation of old technology? It wasn't to keep things like nukes out of everyone's hands, because they had that. It wasn't so they could take over themselves- they had superior technology for a long time and did nothing with it. What really was the point in keeping XL engines and Endo-steel lostech?
To make it short: They wanted to ensure their advance in everything technological, mainly on the communications sector. If the houses would have recovered the capability for interplanetary communication, it would have broken Comstar's monopoly. You can get a brief summary here:
http://www.sarna.net...ion_Holy_Shroud