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'''Commando Quarterly''' (subtitle: '''United We Conquer''') was a magazine dedicated to the [[BattleTech]] franchise. Intended as a quarterly magazine, 6 digital issues were published between 2003 and 2006 in PDF format.  After the first four issues, the title changed to "Commando Quarterly - The FanPro Commando Magazine."
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'''Commando Quarterly''' (subtitle: '''United We Conquer''') was a magazine dedicated to the [[BattleTech]] franchise. Intended as a quarterly magazine, six digital issues were published between 2003 and 2006 in [[w:PDF|PDF]] format.  After the first four issues, the title changed to "Commando Quarterly - The FanPro Commando Magazine."
 
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As "Commando Quarterly" the magazine was largely written from an in-universe perspective, featuring tactical advice, planetary worldbooks, and game scenarios for BattleTech-based tabletop combat, along with advertisement pages from fictional in-universe firms and reports on worldwide events run by the FanPro Commandos.
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As "Commando Quarterly" the magazine was largely written from an in-universe perspective, featuring tactical advice, planetary worldbooks, and game scenarios for BattleTech-based tabletop combat, along with advertisement pages from fictional in-universe firms and reports on worldwide events run by the [[FanPro Commandos]].
  
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For the last two issues, the magazine abandoned the in-universe viewpoint and added material for Shadowrun.
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For the last two issues, the magazine changed its title to "FanPro's Commando Quarterly", abandoned the in-universe viewpoint and added material for [[Shadowrun]].
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It was distributed via the now-defunct www.commandohq.com website which offered the files for free download.
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==Canonicity==
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Commando Quarterly initially identified itself as a BattleTech fanzine created by the FanPro Commandos. The Commandos' semi-official position implies that the magazine was published with FanPro's consent, and could therefore be considered an official publication which, however, does not meet the current criteria for [[canon]] and would hence have to be regarded as [[apocryphal]].
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A disclaimer in the third issue states that [[WizKids, LLC]] had granted permission to the magazine to use BattleTech material, but does not endorse nor is affiliated with Commando Quarterly in any official capacity whatsoever.
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When it shifted formats, it added a disclaimer that ''All writing herein is speculative and non-canon.''
  
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It was distributed on the www.commandohq.com website.
 
 
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==Issue 67-01 (Summer 3067)==
 
==Issue 67-01 (Summer 3067)==
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*Contents
 
*Contents
 
**An Uncivil Civil War
 
**An Uncivil Civil War
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**Editor's Corner
 
**Editor's Corner
 
**Worldbook: [[Pandora]]
 
**Worldbook: [[Pandora]]
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**Tactical Analysis: Light 'Mechs on the Modern Battlefield
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**Tactical Analysis: [[Light 'Mech]]s on the Modern Battlefield
 
**News From the Front: [[Pandora]]
 
**News From the Front: [[Pandora]]
 
**Simulator Tech: Terrain
 
**Simulator Tech: Terrain
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==Issue 67-02 (Autumn 3067)==
 
==Issue 67-02 (Autumn 3067)==
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*Contents
 
*Contents
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**Brother Against Brother  
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**Brother Against Brother (short story by Jason Weiser)
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**Monte Diablo: Both Sides Speak
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**[[The Battle of Monte Diablo|Monte Diablo]]: Both Sides Speak
 
**Monte Diablo in Memoriam  
 
**Monte Diablo in Memoriam  
 
**Ye Olde Paint Shoppe - The Basics of Weathering
 
**Ye Olde Paint Shoppe - The Basics of Weathering
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**Editor's Corner
 
**Editor's Corner
 
**Worldbook: [[Tortuga Prime]]
 
**Worldbook: [[Tortuga Prime]]
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**Tactical Analysis: Medium 'Mechs
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**Tactical Analysis: [[Medium 'Mech]]s
 
**News From the Front - [[Tortuga Prime]]
 
**News From the Front - [[Tortuga Prime]]
 
**Simulator Tech: Weaponry - How to Make a Rotary Autocannon
 
**Simulator Tech: Weaponry - How to Make a Rotary Autocannon
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==Issue 68-01 (Spring 3068)==
 
==Issue 68-01 (Spring 3068)==
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*Contents
 
*Contents
 
**An Unlikely Place
 
**An Unlikely Place
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**Editor's Corner
 
**Editor's Corner
 
**Worldbook: [[Sigma Mare]]
 
**Worldbook: [[Sigma Mare]]
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**Tactical Analysis: Heavy 'Mechs
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**Tactical Analysis: [[Heavy 'Mech]]s
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**News From the Front - [[Sigma Mare]]
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**News From the Front - Sigma Mare
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**Simulator Tech: Assessment - NAIS Midterm Exam
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**Simulator Tech: Assessment - [[NAIS]] Midterm Exam
 
**Simulator Tech: NAIS Answers
 
**Simulator Tech: NAIS Answers
 
**Simulator Tech: Brainstorm - Scenario/Event Ideas
 
**Simulator Tech: Brainstorm - Scenario/Event Ideas
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==Issue 68-02 (Summer 3068)==
 
==Issue 68-02 (Summer 3068)==
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*Contents
 
*Contents
 
**There Were Two (Jason Weiser)
 
**There Were Two (Jason Weiser)
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**Letters to the Editor
 
**Letters to the Editor
 
**Worldbook: [[Ronel]]
 
**Worldbook: [[Ronel]]
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**Tactical Analysis: Battle Armored Infantry
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**Tactical Analysis: Battle Armored Infantry
 
**Crafty Commando - DropShip
 
**Crafty Commando - DropShip
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**News From the Front - [[Ronel]]
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**News From the Front - Ronel
 
**Simulator Tech: Small Tech - MechWarrior Gear
 
**Simulator Tech: Small Tech - MechWarrior Gear
 
**Simulator Tech: Small Tech - MechWarrior Survival Pack
 
**Simulator Tech: Small Tech - MechWarrior Survival Pack
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==Issue 1 (October 2005)==
 
==Issue 1 (October 2005)==
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*Contents
 
*Contents
 
**Senility, Madness, and Minis - A Shadowrun Primer for New GMs and Minis  
 
**Senility, Madness, and Minis - A Shadowrun Primer for New GMs and Minis  
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**Painting Shadowrun 25mm Miniatures  
 
**Painting Shadowrun 25mm Miniatures  
 
**January's Lancers - Carnival of Chaos  
 
**January's Lancers - Carnival of Chaos  
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**Prometheus Unbound  
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**[[Prometheus (Individual BattleMech)|Prometheus]] Unbound
 
**Cat & Mouse - A Campaign for I-Con 25
 
**Cat & Mouse - A Campaign for I-Con 25
 
*Departments
 
*Departments
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**Event Happenings
 
**Event Happenings
 
**Firebase Listings
 
**Firebase Listings
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**Bodyguard of Lies - Yance I  
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**Bodyguard of Lies - Yance I
 
**Bodyguard of Lies - Jihad and the Making of New Ghosts  
 
**Bodyguard of Lies - Jihad and the Making of New Ghosts  
 
**Bodyguard of Lies - Home of Enlightenment  
 
**Bodyguard of Lies - Home of Enlightenment  
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==Issue 2 (January 2006)==
 
==Issue 2 (January 2006)==
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*Contents
 
*Contents
 
**2005 Year in Review
 
**2005 Year in Review
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**Explorer Corps Survey - [[Ormstown]]
 
**Explorer Corps Survey - [[Ormstown]]
 
**Explorer Corps Survey - [[Quentin]]
 
**Explorer Corps Survey - [[Quentin]]
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**Tactical Analysis - Assault Class BattleMechs
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**Tactical Analysis - [[Assault 'Mech|Assault Class BattleMechs]]
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==Canonicity==
 
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The Commando Quarterly initially identified itself as a Fanzine created by the FanPro Commandos.  When it shifted formats, it added a disclaimer that ''All writing herein is speculative and non-canon.''
 
  
 
==Credited Contributors==
 
==Credited Contributors==

Revision as of 16:47, 15 March 2018

Commando Quarterly
United We Conquer
Product information
Type Magazine (PDF)
Development Jason Weiser, Anthony Hardenburgh (Editors)
Primary writing Various contributors
Pages 36-54/issue
Cover Artwork Various artists
Illustrations Various artists
Publication information
Publisher FanPro Commandos
First published 2003-2006
MSRP free download
Content

Commando Quarterly (subtitle: United We Conquer) was a magazine dedicated to the BattleTech franchise. Intended as a quarterly magazine, six digital issues were published between 2003 and 2006 in PDF format. After the first four issues, the title changed to "Commando Quarterly - The FanPro Commando Magazine."

As "Commando Quarterly" the magazine was largely written from an in-universe perspective, featuring tactical advice, planetary worldbooks, and game scenarios for BattleTech-based tabletop combat, along with advertisement pages from fictional in-universe firms and reports on worldwide events run by the FanPro Commandos.

For the last two issues, the magazine changed its title to "FanPro's Commando Quarterly", abandoned the in-universe viewpoint and added material for Shadowrun.

It was distributed via the now-defunct www.commandohq.com website which offered the files for free download.

Canonicity

Commando Quarterly initially identified itself as a BattleTech fanzine created by the FanPro Commandos. The Commandos' semi-official position implies that the magazine was published with FanPro's consent, and could therefore be considered an official publication which, however, does not meet the current criteria for canon and would hence have to be regarded as apocryphal.

A disclaimer in the third issue states that WizKids, LLC had granted permission to the magazine to use BattleTech material, but does not endorse nor is affiliated with Commando Quarterly in any official capacity whatsoever.

When it shifted formats, it added a disclaimer that All writing herein is speculative and non-canon.

Issue 67-01 (Summer 3067)

  • Contents
    • An Uncivil Civil War
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • Worldbook: Pandora
    • Tactical Analysis: Light 'Mechs on the Modern Battlefield
    • News From the Front: Pandora
    • Simulator Tech: Terrain
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Blooding on Pandora

Issue 67-02 (Autumn 3067)

  • Contents
    • Brother Against Brother (short story by Jason Weiser)
    • Monte Diablo: Both Sides Speak
    • Monte Diablo in Memoriam
    • Ye Olde Paint Shoppe - The Basics of Weathering
    • Spaceship Recognition Charts
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • Worldbook: Tortuga Prime
    • Tactical Analysis: Medium 'Mechs
    • News From the Front - Tortuga Prime
    • Simulator Tech: Weaponry - How to Make a Rotary Autocannon
    • Simulator Tech: Martial Olympiad
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Recon, In Force
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - The Hunt for November-231
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Vive la Patrie!
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Chasing Death
    • Commando Painting Gallery

Issue 68-01 (Spring 3068)

  • Contents
    • An Unlikely Place
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • Worldbook: Sigma Mare
    • Tactical Analysis: Heavy 'Mechs
    • News From the Front - Sigma Mare
    • Simulator Tech: Assessment - NAIS Midterm Exam
    • Simulator Tech: NAIS Answers
    • Simulator Tech: Brainstorm - Scenario/Event Ideas
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Lazarus Rising
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Siege of Fire Base San Antonio
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - Things That Go Bump in the Night
    • Simulator Tech: Scenario - A Lesson in Betrayal
    • Commando Painting Gallery
    • Trading Shots - The Commando Quarterly Marketplace

Issue 68-02 (Summer 3068)

  • Contents
    • There Were Two (Jason Weiser)
    • The Banshee's Lair (Buster G. McCall)
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Worldbook: Ronel
    • Tactical Analysis: Battle Armored Infantry
    • Crafty Commando - DropShip
    • News From the Front - Ronel
    • Simulator Tech: Small Tech - MechWarrior Gear
    • Simulator Tech: Small Tech - MechWarrior Survival Pack
    • Simulator Tech: Small Tech - Guns, Guns, Guns
    • Commando Painting Gallery
    • Trading Shots - The Commando Quarterly Marketplace

Issue 1 (October 2005)

  • Contents
    • Senility, Madness, and Minis - A Shadowrun Primer for New GMs and Minis
    • 15 Tips for New Shadowrun GMs
    • Painting Shadowrun 25mm Miniatures
    • January's Lancers - Carnival of Chaos
    • Prometheus Unbound
    • Cat & Mouse - A Campaign for I-Con 25
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • What's On Deck
    • Event Happenings
    • Firebase Listings
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Yance I
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Jihad and the Making of New Ghosts
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Home of Enlightenment
    • Bodyguard of Lies - The Kervil Campaign
    • Kick the Can - Anti-'Mech Tactics for PBI in BattleTech
    • Quarterly Puzzler: Interstellar Players
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Yance I
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Halstead Station III
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Kervil

Issue 2 (January 2006)

  • Contents
    • 2005 Year in Review
    • Shadowrun Missions in 2071 - Welcome to Denver
    • Classic BattleTech 20 Questions
    • January's Lancers - Carnival of Chaos
    • How to Make a 'Mech Recovery Vehicle
    • Banshee Hunt
    • Chaos Unleashed - Resisting Arrest
    • Chaos Unleashed - One For the Money
    • TRO: Vehicle Annex - Sneak Peek - Heavy Law Enforcement Vehicles
    • TRO: Vehicle Annex - Sneak Peek - Hover Racers
    • Bang! You're Dead - A Look at the Bounty Hunter and His Crew in Miniatures Form
    • Cat & Mouse - A Campaign for I-Con 25
  • Departments
    • Editor's Corner
    • What's On Deck
    • Event Happenings
    • New Firebases
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Poison Ghosts
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Claws of the Dragon - Allah's Revenge
    • Bodyguard of Lies - Home of Enlightenment
    • Bodyguard of Lies - The Kervil Campaign
    • Kick the Can - Doctrine and Tactics for Unarmored Infantry
    • Quarterly Puzzlers: Mercenaries Supplemental II
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Piedmont
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Ormstown
    • Explorer Corps Survey - Quentin
    • Tactical Analysis - Assault Class BattleMechs

Credited Contributors

References

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