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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxProduct + {{InfoBoxBook − | image = 20YearUpdate.jpg + | image = 20YearUpdate.jpg − | name = 20 Year Update + | name = 20 Year Update − | type = Sourcebook + | product development = [[L. Ross Babcock III]] − | author = + | primary writing = [[Jim Musser]] <br /> [[Donna Ippolito]] <br /> [[Boy F. Peterson, Jr.]] − | development = [[Jordan Weisman]] (Production Manager)<br />[[James L. Nelson]] (Project Director)<br />[[L. Ross Babcock III]] (Editor-In-Chief)<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br />[[Jim Musser]] (Editor)<br />[[C. R. Greene]] (Editorial Assistant)<br />[[Ken Stolt]] (Research Assistant)+ | cover = [[Jim Nelson]] − | primarywriting = Jim Musser<br />Donna Ippolito<br />[[Boy F. Peterson, Jr.]]+ | illustrations = [[Joel Biske]] <br /> [[Jimbo Nelson]] <br /> [[Earl Geier]] <br /> [[Rick Harris]] <br /> [[Tim Bradstreet]] <br /> [[Jeff Laubenstein]] − | pages = 96+ | era = [[Succession Wars era]] − | cover = [[Jim Nelson]],<br />[[Jeff Laubenstein]] + | type = Sourcebook − | interiorart = [[Jonathan Marcus]] (Cartography)+ | publisher = [[FASA]] − | illustrations = [[Joel Biske]],<br />[[Jim Nelson|Jimbo Nelson]],<br />[[Earl Geier]],<br />[[Rick Harris]],<br />[[Tim Bradstreet]],<br />[[Jeff Laubenstein]] + | year = 1989 − | publisher = [[FASA]]+ | pages = 96 − | productioncode = 1639+ | production code = 1639 − | year = 1989+ | ISBN = 1555601049 − | ISBN10 = 1555601049 − | ISBN13 = 978-1555601041 − | MSRP = $12.00 − | content = − | era = [[Clan Invasion era]] − | agency = [[Wolfnet]] − | universedate = 7 January [[3050]] − | timeline = − | series = − | precededby = − | followedby = }} }} + ==Description== ==Description== − Written from the perspective of [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' intelligence organization [[Wolfnet]], '''''20 Year Update''''' pushes the current era of the BattleTech game universe forward from the [[Fourth Succession War]] to the cusp of the [[Clan Invasion]]. It details the massive political changes and new nations that spring up during this time, as well as providing deployment tables for all factions and updated maps of the Inner Sphere. The final section provides an overview of the movers and shakers circa [[3050]]. + Written from the perspective of the [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' intelligence organization [[Wolfnet]], '''20 Year Update''' pushed the current era of the BattleTech game universe forward from the [[Fourth Succession War]] Era to [[Inner Sphere]] on the cusp of the [[Clan Invasion]]. It details the massive political changes and new nations that sprung up in that timeframe, as well as providing deployment tables for all factions and maps of change state of the Inner Sphere. The final section provides an overview of the movers and shakers circa 3050. + + == From the back cover == + {{quote|''The [[Fourth Succession War]] was a victory for the [[Federated Suns]].'' + + ''The [[War of 3039]] was a fiasco.'' + + ''Now a new generation of [[Inner Sphere]] leaders are coming of age, inheriting the promises and the vendettas of their elders.'' − ==From the back cover==+ ''A new [[Thomas Marik|Marik]] commands the [[Free Worlds League]]. [[Theodore Kurita]] gains more and more power at the expense of his own [[Takashi Kurita|father]]. The marriage between [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] has successfuly borne fruit. The [[Capellan Confederation]] is no longer under the leadership of a [[Maximilian Liao|madman]].'' − {{quote|''20 Year Update'' − ''The year is [[3050]].<br />The Fourth Succession War has been over for 20 years. The Rasalhague Military District broke with the [[Draconis Combine]], forming the new [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]. Houses Steiner and Davion gradually merge to form the [[Federated Commonwealth]]. In an unexpected show of strength, the Combine military, under [[Theodore Kurita]], stops the Federated Commonwealth invasion of [[3039]] cold. [[ComStar]] unveils a huge [['Mech]] army to garrison its thousands of installations throughout the [[Inner Sphere]]. [[Romano Liao]] fends off a Canopus-Andurien invasion and rebuilds the [[Capellan Confederation]] from the ashes left by her demented father.'' + ''But things never go smoothly in the Inner Sphere. Will the fledgling [[Federated Commonwealth]] survive the coming decade or will it collapse under pressures from within and without? Can the Capellan Confederation regain its strength before the Davions decide to finish what they started 20 years ago? Can Theodore Kurita drag the Draconis Combine into the modern day without losing his own life?'' − ''Don't think of your character as twenty years older...think of his son as being ready for battle.''}} + ''The BattleTech ''20 Year Update'' advances the storyline of the universe up to the year [[3050]] and provides an inside look at the next generation of heroes and villains.''}} ==Contents== ==Contents== − {{columns-start|num=3}} * The Inner Sphere: [[3050]] * The Inner Sphere: [[3050]] * Historical Overview: [[3030]] – 3050 * Historical Overview: [[3030]] – 3050 Line 76:
Line 71: ** Independence ** Independence ** Government ** Government − ** Rasalhague ''[[KungsArmé]]'' (Royal Rasalhague Army) + ** Rasalhague ''[[Kungsarme]]'' (Royal Rasalhague Army) ** Economy ** Economy ** Culture ** Culture Line 97:
Line 92: ** Conclusion ** Conclusion ** Deployment Tables ** Deployment Tables − {{column}}+ * [[ComStar]] * [[ComStar]] ** A New Stance ** A New Stance Line 117:
Line 112: * Major Personalities of 3050 * Major Personalities of 3050 − :[[Hanse Davion]] − :[[Theodore Kurita]] − :[[Myndo Waterly]] − :[[Melissa Steiner|Melissa Steiner Davion]] [''sic''] − :[[Thomas_Marik_(False)|Thomas Marik]] − :[[Romano Liao]] − :[[Takashi Kurita]] − :[[Victor Ian Steiner-Davion]] − :[[Haakon Magnusson]] − :[[Anastasius Focht]] − :[[Emma Centrella]] − :[[Tsen Shang]] − :[[Constance Kurita]] − :[[Ryan Steiner]] − :[[Morgan Hasek-Davion]] − :[[Li Weaver]] − :[[Tor Miraborg]] − :[[Candace Liao]] − :[[Subhash Indrahar]] − :[[Tormano Liao]] (as Tormana Liao) − :[[Charles Seneca]] − :[[Justin Xiang Allard]] − :[[Susie Morgraine-Ryan|Susie "One-Eye" Morgraine-Ryan]] − :[[Misha Auburn]] − :Other Notable Personalities − ::[[Sun Tzu Liao]] [''sic''] − ::[[Cassandra Blake]] − ::[[Knute Kurita]] − ::[[Kristen Marik]] − ::[[Margaret Doons]] − ::[[David Polonia]] − ::[[Charles Smith]] − ::[[Egan Telosa]] − ::[[Thomas Bradford]] − ::[[Katherine McCorkendale]] − ::[[Selah Bey]] − ::[[Corinne Marik]] − {{columns-end}} ==Notes== ==Notes== − * Much like the ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]'' sourcebook, this book details a distinct point of time, with no mention of the existence of the [[Clans]] or their upcoming arrival (in 3050). As such it is really the last pre-Clan BattleTech book, and summarizes the universe at the end of the initial (pre-Clan) setting. + * Much like the ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook]]'', this book details a distinct point of time, with no mention of the existence of the [[Clans]] or their upcoming arrival (in 3050). As such it is really the last pre-Clan BattleTech book, and summarizes the universe at the end of the initial (pre-Clan) setting. * Notably, the ''20 Year Update'' mentions that [[ComStar]] lost contact with the [[Oberon Confederation]] and subsequently with its protectorate, the [[Elysian Fields]], as early as [[3045]] although the Clan invasion hit the periphery only in late [[3049]]. * Notably, the ''20 Year Update'' mentions that [[ComStar]] lost contact with the [[Oberon Confederation]] and subsequently with its protectorate, the [[Elysian Fields]], as early as [[3045]] although the Clan invasion hit the periphery only in late [[3049]]. Line 163:
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| − | + | | primary writing = [[Jim Musser]] <br /> [[Donna Ippolito]] <br /> [[Boy F. Peterson, Jr.]] | |
| − | + | | cover = [[Jim Nelson]] | |
| − | + | | illustrations = [[Joel Biske]] <br /> [[Jimbo Nelson]] <br /> [[Earl Geier]] <br /> [[Rick Harris]] <br /> [[Tim Bradstreet]] <br /> [[Jeff Laubenstein]] | |
| − | + | | era = [[Succession Wars era]] | |
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Written from the perspective of [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' intelligence organization [[Wolfnet]], | + | Written from the perspective of the [[Wolf's Dragoons]]' intelligence organization [[Wolfnet]], '''20 Year Update''' pushed the current era of the BattleTech game universe forward from the [[Fourth Succession War]] Era to [[Inner Sphere]] on the cusp of the [[Clan Invasion]]. It details the massive political changes and new nations that sprung up in that timeframe, as well as providing deployment tables for all factions and maps of change state of the Inner Sphere. The final section provides an overview of the movers and shakers circa 3050. |
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| + | == From the back cover == | ||
| + | {{quote|''The [[Fourth Succession War]] was a victory for the [[Federated Suns]].'' | ||
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| + | ''The [[War of 3039]] was a fiasco.'' | ||
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| + | ''Now a new generation of [[Inner Sphere]] leaders are coming of age, inheriting the promises and the vendettas of their elders.'' | ||
| − | + | ''A new [[Thomas Marik|Marik]] commands the [[Free Worlds League]]. [[Theodore Kurita]] gains more and more power at the expense of his own [[Takashi Kurita|father]]. The marriage between [[Hanse Davion]] and [[Melissa Steiner]] has successfuly borne fruit. The [[Capellan Confederation]] is no longer under the leadership of a [[Maximilian Liao|madman]].'' | |
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| − | '' | + | ''But things never go smoothly in the Inner Sphere. Will the fledgling [[Federated Commonwealth]] survive the coming decade or will it collapse under pressures from within and without? Can the Capellan Confederation regain its strength before the Davions decide to finish what they started 20 years ago? Can Theodore Kurita drag the Draconis Combine into the modern day without losing his own life?'' |
| − | '' | + | ''The BattleTech ''20 Year Update'' advances the storyline of the universe up to the year [[3050]] and provides an inside look at the next generation of heroes and villains.''}} |
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* The Inner Sphere: [[3050]] | * The Inner Sphere: [[3050]] | ||
* Historical Overview: [[3030]] – 3050 | * Historical Overview: [[3030]] – 3050 | ||
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** Independence | ** Independence | ||
** Government | ** Government | ||
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** Economy | ** Economy | ||
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** Conclusion | ** Conclusion | ||
** Deployment Tables | ** Deployment Tables | ||
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** A New Stance | ** A New Stance | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | * Much like the ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]'' | + | * Much like the ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook]]'', this book details a distinct point of time, with no mention of the existence of the [[Clans]] or their upcoming arrival (in 3050). As such it is really the last pre-Clan BattleTech book, and summarizes the universe at the end of the initial (pre-Clan) setting. |
* Notably, the ''20 Year Update'' mentions that [[ComStar]] lost contact with the [[Oberon Confederation]] and subsequently with its protectorate, the [[Elysian Fields]], as early as [[3045]] although the Clan invasion hit the periphery only in late [[3049]]. | * Notably, the ''20 Year Update'' mentions that [[ComStar]] lost contact with the [[Oberon Confederation]] and subsequently with its protectorate, the [[Elysian Fields]], as early as [[3045]] although the Clan invasion hit the periphery only in late [[3049]]. | ||
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* At less than a page, the military technology review tells little beyond the names of new 'Mechs and details about the rise and fall of [[Listen-Kill Missile]]s. | * At less than a page, the military technology review tells little beyond the names of new 'Mechs and details about the rise and fall of [[Listen-Kill Missile]]s. | ||
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