Empires Aflame
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| Empires Aflame | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | RPG Adventure/Scenario |
| Primary writing | Herbert A. Beas II |
| Pages | 55 |
| Cover Artwork | Ray Arrastia |
| Interior Artwork | Ray Arrastia Jason Vargas |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Product code | E-CAT35HLW14 |
| First published | 31 October 2014 |
| MSRP | (free) |
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| Era | Early Republic Era |
| Timeline | 6 Feburary 3095 (prelude) 3095 |
| Series | BattleTech Adventures |
| Preceded by | Necromo Nightmare |
Released in 2014 on on Halloween as a free download, Empires Aflame is an adventure module published specifically for the latest edition of the BattleTech role-playing game, A Time of War. This product presents a non-canonical alternate universe for the setting, one in which the Exodus never occurred.
Official Product Description
| “ | There May be Some Turbulence… The year is 3095. Ten years after the Jihad, peace has finally reached most of the Inner Sphere. Within the newly created Republic of the Sphere, the post-war drawdowns have made industry of disarmament. But even here, not every mission goes smoothly—for, sometimes, the universe itself has its own agenda! ' BattleTech Adventures: Empires Aflame takes players into a whole new adventure, when a misjump during a routine mission strands the crew far from home. Can your team discover where they’ve come, and escape to tell the tale? Empires Aflame includes a guide to a whole new area of BattleTech lore, complete with personal biographies on several key players, and adventure Tracks designed for use with A Time of War: The BattleTech Role-Playing Game and A Time of War Companion, as well as special rules, map, and Record Sheets for key non-player characters unique to this story. |
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Canon Status
According to this link, Herbert A. Beas, the module's author, stated that the events occuring in the mainstream BattleTech universe can be considered canonical, including the existence of the Celeste and E.F. Marle and their crews, but that all information pertaining to the alternate universe that the jumpship entered is not to be considered canon, and should not be used to contradict assertions that alternate universes do not canonically exist in the BattleTech universe.