huh?
If ComStar was infected- which Buhl, Patricia Harwell, whoever Buhl was playing internal politics against, and the new 1st Div imply- then it would be logical that SOME part of the organization was outside the Fortress since ComStar was a human-space wide organization leaving out Clan OZs. From what I recall Buhl implied there were others outside the Fortress and knew about the debt to Melissa though I do not think either one ever discussed when the loans started but that repayment was due soon or the Lyrans would gain some control.
Now, was most of the ComStar organization like Tucker Harwell- innocent and thinking Blake's followers went away after their defeat in the Jihad? I am sure that the majority of the organization was not Blakist- but what does it matter if you are not part of the conspiracy if your boss is and gives you directions that can be explained as in the business interest but really further the conspiracy's goals.
roosterboy, we have had mentions of ComStar outside the Fortress- never said we did not. But we have not had any concrete mentions of the Blakist conspiracy inside ComStar for those portions cut off by the Fortress. No one outside the Fortress, before the Wall came down anyway, knew about the Blakist resurgence in any manner. I also never suggested they had military forces of any size outside the Fortress- I think that is unlikely though it would be easier to have BA units, especially any Spec Ops group outside the Fortress.
Blake's followers (really Toyama's) are never going to be wiped out IMO, just like similar underground organizations IRL. Some deep cover Blakist ROM agents in the ComStar organization that survived the Jihad and dis-armed to become a corporate entity is probably where the infection sprang from . . . and will again.