Commando Quarterly

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Commando Quarterly
United We Conquer
Product information
Type Magazine
Development Editors:
Primary writing Various contributors
Pages 36-54/issue
Cover Artwork Various artists
Illustrations Various artists
Publication information
Publisher FanPro, LLC
First published 2003-2006
Content

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."

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 abandoned the in-universe viewpoint and added material for Shadowrun.

It was distributed on the www.commandohq.com website.

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
    • 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


Canonicity

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

References

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