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| author              = [[Herbert A. Beas II]]<br />[[Chris Hartford]]
 
| author              = [[Herbert A. Beas II]]<br />[[Chris Hartford]]
 
| development        = [[Ray Arrastia]] <br/> (Strategic Assistance) [[Matthew Alexander]] <br/> [[Øystein Tvedten]]
 
| development        = [[Ray Arrastia]] <br/> (Strategic Assistance) [[Matthew Alexander]] <br/> [[Øystein Tvedten]]
| primarywriting      = [[Chris Marti]]<br/>[[Keith Hann]]<br/>[[Randall Bills]] <br/>[[Joel Bancroft-Connors]]<br/>[[Ray Arrastia]]<br/> [[John Haward]]
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| primarywriting      = [[Chris Marti]]<br />[[Keith Hann]]<br />[[Randall Bills]] <br />[[Joel Bancroft-Connors]]<br />[[Ray Arrastia]]<br/ > [[John Haward]]
 
| pages              = 178
 
| pages              = 178
 
| cover              = [[Marco Mazzoni]] (Cover) <br/> [[Ray Arrastia]] (Cover Design)
 
| cover              = [[Marco Mazzoni]] (Cover) <br/> [[Ray Arrastia]] (Cover Design)
 
| interiorart        =  
 
| interiorart        =  
| illustrations      = New Illustrations:<br/> [[Matt Plog]]<br/>[[Anthony Scroggins]]<br/>Maps:<br/> [[Matthew Alexander]] <br/>[[Ray Arrastia]]<br/>[[Øystein Tvedten]]
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| illustrations      = (New Illustrations) [[Matt Plog]]<br />[[Anthony Scroggins]]<br /> [[Matthew Alexander]] (Maps) <br/> [[Ray Arrastia]] (Maps) <br/> [[Øystein Tvedten]]
 
| publisher          = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| publisher          = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
 
| productioncode      = [https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-first-succession-war-pdf 35235]
 
| productioncode      = [https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-first-succession-war-pdf 35235]
 
| year                = 2016
 
| year                = 2016
| ISBN10              = 1941582036
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| ISBN10              =  
| ISBN13              = 978-1941582039
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| ISBN13              = 9781934857212
 
| MSRP                = $34.99 (Print) <br/> $14.99 (PDF)
 
| MSRP                = $34.99 (Print) <br/> $14.99 (PDF)
 
| content            =  
 
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| series              = Succession Wars
 
| series              = Succession Wars
 
| precededby          =  
 
| precededby          =  
| followedby          = [[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]
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| followedby          = [[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
'''''First Succession War''''' is a historical-type sourcebook, written in the style of a [[Terra|Terran]]-published document produced in the year [[3150]] looking back to this conflict.
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'''''First Succession War''''' is a Historical type sourcebook, which was written in the style of a [[Terra|Terran]] published document produced in year [[3150]] looking back to the this conflict.
  
The book chronicles the brutal [[1st Succession War|First Succession War]], which began in [[2786]] after the fall of the [[Star League]] and the [[Operation EXODUS|departure]] of the [[Star League Defense Force]] into exile. Each of the Star League's remaining Member States turned on each other in a bid to conquer the entire [[Inner Sphere]] and reestablish the Star League with its own [[Great Houses|Great House]] at its head. The war ravaged the Inner Sphere and drove its civilization into a new dark age of technological decline and savagery.  
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The book chronicles the brutal [[1st Succession War|First Succession War]], which began after the departure of the [[Star League Defense Force]]. Each of the [[Inner Sphere]] former Star League States has turned on each other in bid to conquer each other for the throne of the fallen empire known as the [[Star League]].  
  
The book includes rules for the creation of scenarios based on the events of the book, conversion rules into various forms of [[BattleTech (board game)|BattleTech]] gameplay, and a Technical Readout of units once featured in the original [[Technical Readout: 3025]] and later [[Technical Readout: 3039]] with new images.
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''First Succession War'' gives detail accounts of the conflict that would ravage the Inner Sphere and herald its civilization into an age of technological slide and savagery.
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The book includes; Rules creation of scenarios based on the events of the book, Conversion rules into various forms of BattleTech Gameplay, and Mini-BattleTech Technical Readout of units once featured in the original [[Technical Readout: 3025]] and later [[Technical Readout: 3039]] with new images.
  
 
==From the back cover==
 
==From the back cover==
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* The First Succession War (2786–2821)
 
* The First Succession War (2786–2821)
 
** Ignition Points
 
** Ignition Points
** Savagery Unleashed
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* Savage Unleashed
** The Dragon Rampant: Kurita’s Wars
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* The Dragon Rampant: Kurita’s Wars
** Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage
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* Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage
** Soft Targets: The Combine-Commonwealth Front
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* Soft Targets: The Combine-Commonwealth Front
** Out from Left Field: [[Jerome Blake]]’s Gambit
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* Out from Left Field: [[Jerome Blake]]’s Gambit
** Flight of the Eagle: House Marik Strikes
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* Flight of the Eagle: House Marik Strikes
** The War of Raids: House Steiner’s Succession War
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* The War of Raids: House Steiner’s Succession War
** Shifting Priorities: House Liao Forges On…
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* Shifting Priorities: House Liao Forges On…
** The Suns Resurgent: House Davion Rallies
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* The Suns Resurgent: House Davion Rallies
** Exhaustion and Decay
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* Exhaustion and Decay
** Hard Times: The Decline of the Periphery
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* Hard Times: The Decline of the Periphery
** Lost Worlds
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* Lost Worlds
** Oddities of the Succession War
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* Oddities of the Succession War
 
* Timeline of The First Succession War
 
* Timeline of The First Succession War
 
* Eye of the Storm (2821–2830)
 
* Eye of the Storm (2821–2830)
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
The book was originally named BattleTech ''Historical: First Succession War'', some parts of it still retain that name.
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The book was originally named BattleTech ''Historical: First Succession War'', some parts of the still retain that name.
  
 
==Errata==
 
==Errata==

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