BattleTech eras

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Catalyst Game Labs, the current owners of BattleTech, have divided history into six eras. The products they released are grouped in this manner. Recently newer products have included other distinct time periods which brings the classification up to eleven eras:


Era Years Description Symbol[1]
Pre-Spaceflight Up to 1950 Earliest referred to era, where humanity resides only on its planet of origin Terra.
Early Spaceflight 19502108 The time of the Western Alliance, early Terran Alliance and earliest interstellar colonies.
First Exodus 21082242 The Terran Alliance era. Outer Reaches Rebellion results in Demarcation Declaration
Second Exodus 22422398 Marginal colonies no longer supported, colonists resettle. The Terran Alliance collapses, the beginnings of the Terran Hegemony and the Great Houses of the Inner Sphere.
Age of War 23982569[2] The time of the Terran Hegemony, and "civilized" warfare between the Inner Sphere houses. The first BattleMech is created during this era.
Reunification War 25702597[2] The Star League is formed at this time and wars to bring the Rim Worlds Republic, Taurian Concordat and other Periphery states into the Star League occur.
Star League 2598 - 2784 The time when the Star League reached the height of its power and was destroyed by the Amaris Coup. Star league era-BW.jpg
Succession Wars 27853049 When the Succession Wars raged between the Great Houses and many of the advances of the Star League disappeared as LosTech. Succession wars era-BW.jpg
Clan Invasion 30503061 The time between the beginning of the Clan Invasion and the Inner Sphere's victory at the Great Refusal. Clan invasion era-BW.jpg
Civil War 30623066 The years in the shadow of the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. Civil war era-BW.jpg
Jihad 30673081 The time when the Word of Blake unleashed its Jihad. Jihad era-BW.jpg
Dark Age 3082 The time since the defeat of the Blakists and the creation of The Republic of the Sphere[3]. This era includes events since 3132, when WizKids relaunched the BattleTech line as MechWarrior: Dark Age. Dark age era-BW.jpg

References

  1. The official era symbol from Catalyst Game Labs' website
  2. 2.0 2.1 Faction Quality Table, Strategic Operations, pg. 167
  3. Topic: The Republic era?, from the Catalyst Game Labs' forum.