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| primarywriting      = Jim Musser<br />Donna Ippolito<br />[[Boy F. Peterson, Jr.]]
 
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| cover              = [[Jim Nelson]]<br />[[Jeff Laubenstein]]
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| interiorart        = [[Jonathan Marcus]] (Cartography)
 
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| illustrations      = [[Joel Biske]]<br />[[Jim Nelson|Jimbo Nelson]]<br />[[Earl Geier]]<br />[[Rick Harris]]<br />[[Tim Bradstreet]]<br />[[Jeff Laubenstein]]
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| illustrations      = [[Joel Biske]],<br />[[Jim Nelson|Jimbo Nelson]],<br />[[Earl Geier]],<br />[[Rick Harris]],<br />[[Tim Bradstreet]],<br />[[Jeff Laubenstein]]
 
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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 [[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]].
  
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== From the back cover ==
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==From the back cover==
 
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==Contents==
 
==Contents==
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* The Inner Sphere: [[3050]]
 
* The Inner Sphere: [[3050]]
 
* Historical Overview: [[3030]] &ndash; 3050
 
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** Conclusion
 
** Conclusion
 
** Deployment Tables
 
** Deployment Tables
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* [[ComStar]]
 
* [[ComStar]]
 
** A New Stance
 
** A New Stance
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:[[Theodore Kurita]]
 
:[[Theodore Kurita]]
 
:[[Myndo Waterly]]
 
:[[Myndo Waterly]]
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:[[Melissa Steiner|Melissa Steiner Davion]]
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:[[Melissa Steiner|Melissa Steiner Davion]] [''sic'']
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:[[Thomas Marik]]
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::[[Selah Bey]]
 
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{{columns-end}}
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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* 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.
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* 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]].
  
 
* 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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[[Category:Sourcebooks]]

Latest revision as of 23:46, 11 November 2023

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20 Year Update
Product information
Type Sourcebook
Development Jordan Weisman (Production Manager)
James L. Nelson (Project Director)
L. Ross Babcock III (Editor-In-Chief)
Donna Ippolito (Senior Editor)
Jim Musser (Editor)
C. R. Greene (Editorial Assistant)
Ken Stolt (Research Assistant)
Primary writing Jim Musser
Donna Ippolito
Boy F. Peterson, Jr.
Pages 96
Cover Artwork Jim Nelson,
Jeff Laubenstein
Interior Artwork Jonathan Marcus (Cartography)
Illustrations Joel Biske,
Jimbo Nelson,
Earl Geier,
Rick Harris,
Tim Bradstreet,
Jeff Laubenstein
Publication information
Publisher FASA
Product code 1639
First published 1989
ISBN-10 1555601049
ISBN-13 978-1555601041
MSRP $12.00
Content
Era Clan Invasion era
Agency Wolfnet
Universe Date 7 January 3050

Description[edit]

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.

From the back cover[edit]

“ 20 Year Update

The year is 3050.
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.

Don't think of your character as twenty years older...think of his son as being ready for battle.

”

Contents[edit]

  • War of 3039
    • First Wave
    • Counterthrust
  • The Draconis Combine
    • Rise of Theodore
    • The Ronin War
    • Theodore's Innovations
    • War of 3039
    • Politics
    • Border Changes
    • Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery
    • Social and Economic Reforms
    • Goals and Problems
    • Deployment Tables
  • Capellan Confederation
    • Reconstruction
    • Politics
    • Military
    • Economy
    • Conclusion
    • Deployment Tables
  • ComStar
    • A New Stance
    • Interstellar Relations
    • Internal Politics
    • Political Goals
    • Com Guards
    • Conclusion
    • Deployment Tables
  • Military Technology Review
  • Major Personalities of 3050
Hanse Davion
Theodore Kurita
Myndo Waterly
Melissa Steiner Davion [sic]
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 "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

Notes[edit]

  • Much like the 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.
  • 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 Missiles.

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