Canon color scheme for ComStar robes?

[Mendrugo]

Checking on some references, I came across a bit of a disconnect between the sourcebooks and the fiction:

FM: ComStar lays out the following color coding for ComStar's robe/ranks:

Acolyte: White
Adept: Yellow
Demi-Precentor: Green
Precentor: Red
Precentor Martial: Entitled to red, but in practice, white.

However, the Stackpole books show the following:

Acolyte: Yellow
Adept: Not mentioned
Demi-Precentor: Red
Precentor: Red
Precentor ROM: Black
Primus: Anything they wanted - Dun/Tan (Tiepolo), Gold (Waterly) and Gray (Mori)

Did Focht & Mori change the robe coloring scheme after the reformation (explaining the differences)?  And would that mean that the traditionalist Word of Blake used the Stackpole mix (yellow for Acolytes)?

[HABeas2]

Hello,

Focht and Mori likely had the color scheme changed. That would, at least, be the easiest explanation.

The alternative is that Stackpoole's books are wrong on this matter, with the newer sources trumping them.

Thank you,

- Herbert Beas

[Mendrugo]

Thanks for the quick and enlightening response.  The next question - is it only the Manei Domini that goes pantsless in the field whilst wearing robes, or is that a privilege the rank and file enjoy as well?  :)

[HABeas2]

Hello,

I am afraid I cannot engage in this humorous exchange. It gets me in trouble.

Thank you,

- Herbert Beas