Editing Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles

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| image               = XTRO Boondoggles.jpg
| name                = Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles
| type                = Technical Readout
| author              = 
| development         = [[Herbert A. Beas II]]
| primarywriting      = [[Ken' Horner]]
| pages               = 37
| cover               =  [[Ray Arrastia]]
| interiorart         = [[Shane Hartley]]<br>[[Steve Walker]], [[Matt Heerdt]] (BattleTech Logo Design)
| illustrations       = [[Doug Chaffee]]<br>[[Stephen Huda]]<br>[[Duane Loose]]<br>[[Mike Nielsen]]<br>[[Allen Nunis]]
| publisher           = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
| productioncode      = [https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-experimental-technical-readout-boondoggles-pdf E-CAT35XT017]
| year                = January 14, 2013
| ISBN10              = 
| ISBN13              = 
| MSRP                = $4.95
| content             = 
| era                 = Various
| timeline            = 
| series              = [[Experimental Technical Readouts]]
| precededby          = ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Succession Wars, Volume 1]]''
| followedby          = ''[[Experimental Technical Readout: 1945]]''
}}

==Description==
'''''Experimental Tech Readout: Boondoggles''''' (abbreviated as '''''XTRO:Boondoggles''''' or '''''XTR:Boondoggles''''') is the The twentieth in [[CGL]]'s PDF exclusive mini-[[Technical Readout]] series.  This book highlights failed experimental designs from various eras, including [[BattleMech]]s, [[Combat Vehicle]]s, [[Support Vehicle]]s, [[Aerospace Fighter]]s, and a variety of [[JumpShip]]s developed by the [[Star League]], [[Inner Sphere]] powers, and the [[Clans]].

==From the Back Cover==
{{Quote|''For as long as there have been wars, mankind has been on a quest for ever more efficient means to kill. Yet even as the technologies improve, there are always missteps, unexpected—and, sometimes, unexplained—flaws in engineering that can transform a promising new weapon into a setback costing billions of credits, years of progress, and perhaps even a few lives.''

Experimental Tech Readout: Boondoggles ''samples some of the most infamous failures in military experiments made by the [[Inner Sphere]] and [[Clan]] powers throughout history. Each design featured in this book demonstrates a disastrous (or merely abandoned) combination of prototype technology or engineering employed on BattleMechs, combat vehicles, and aerospace units from the [[Star League era|Star League age]] to the [[Jihad era]]. Statistics and (where useful) Record Sheets are included for 14 BattleMechs, vehicles, and aerospace units presented in this book, ready to use (if possible) in advanced BattleTech games''}}

==Contents==
* ''[[Ostscout IIC]]''
* [[Liberator (BattleMech)|LIB-4T ''Liberator'']]
* [[Scorpion LAM|SCP-X1 ''Scorpion'' LAM]]
* [[Champion LAM|CPN-1X1 ''Champion'' LAM]]
* [[Matar (BattleMech)|SAM-RS2 ''Matar'']]
* [[Thorizer]]
* [[Condor (Combat Vehicle)#Variants|Condor Trans-Track]]
* [[Neptune (Submarine)#Variants|Neptune Hyper]]
* [[MUSE Ironhorse]]
* [[Seabass]]
* ''[[Banshee (Aerospace Fighter class)|Banshee]]''
* [[Cheetah#Variants|F-12A ''Cheetah II'']]
* [[Bright Star Auto Scout]]
* ''[[Enterprise (WarShip)|Enterprise]]''
* [[Monitor (naval concept)|Monitors]] (Entire entry replaced by an erratum; see Notes below)

==Related TROs==
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==Notes==
* In what technically constitutes a [[retcon]] (in the sense of [[canon]] being altered, exchanging canonical facts for other, incompatible canonical facts) but was treated as errata, the entry concerning Monitor-type spacecraft in this XTRO was officially changed by the [[Line Developer]]. See [[Monitor (naval concept)|Monitor]] for details and a transcript of the altered entry.

* The cover depicts an ''Ostscout IIC'' and a ''Liberator''.

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