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'''Jason Schmetzer''' is a [[BattleTech]] writer and is the editor for [[BattleCorps]].
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'''Jason Schmetzer''' is a writer who penned numerous short stories and novels in the [[BattleTech]] universe, and has writing credits in several sourcebooks. He was also the [[BattleCorps]] managing editor from May 2008<ref>[http://www.battlecorps.com/BC2/news.html?article=326 BattleCorps General News] item from 7 May 2008 (dead link)</ref> until he stepped down from that position in early 2016, to be succeeded by [[John Helfers]] (and with [[Philip A. Lee]] remaining assistant editor).
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Former [[Assistant Line Developer]] [[Ben H. Rome]] indicated in late February 2017 that Jason Schmetzer was not working for [[IMR]] or [[CGL]] anymore and had "left a while back [for the] same reasons I left (and then some)."<ref>In [https://benhrome.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/dominus-rising/#comment-2824 this] reply to a comment on his homepage</ref> However, Schmetzer remains one of CGL's go-to authors for writing assignments and as of 2021 continues to write for BattleTech.
  
 
==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
===BattleCorps stories===
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:See: [[:Category: Works by Jason Schmetzer]]
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===BattleCorps Scenarios===
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* 2010
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** ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Track: Bank Shot|Track: Bank Shot]]'' (scenario)
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** ''[[BattleCorps Scenarios#Scenario: Revenge|Scenario: Revenge]]'' (scenario)
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===BattleCorps Stories===
 
*2005
 
*2005
**"[[On the Square]]"
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**''[[On the Square]]''
**"[[Pack Hunters]]"
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**''[[Pack Hunters]]''
**"[[Paladin (story)|Paladin]]"
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**''[[Paladin (short story)|Paladin]]''
 
*2006
 
*2006
**"[[The Gulf of Reason]]"
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**''[[The Gulf of Reason]]'' (collected in the 2012 omnibus ''[[The Edge of the Storm]]'')
**"[[Sniper (story)|Sniper]]"
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**''[[Sniper (short story)|Sniper]]''
**"[[A Soldier's Privilege]]"
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**''[[A Soldier's Privilege]]''
**"[[The Laws of Motion]]"
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**''[[Tales of the Jihad: the Last Day of Zeta]]''
**"[[The Last Days of Zeta]]"
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**''[[The Laws of Motion]]''
**"[[The Dragon of Caph]]"
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**''[[The Dragon of Caph]]''
 
*2007
 
*2007
**"[[By the Sword]]" (part of the [[Case White (series)|Case White series]])
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**''[[By the Sword (2007)|By the Sword]]'' (part of the [[Case White (series)|Case White series]])
**"[[The Day After]]"
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**''[[The Day After]]''
**"[[The Shaded Light]]"
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**''[[The Shaded Light]]''
**''[[Arcadia (novel)|Arcadia]]''
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**''[[Arcadia (short story)|Arcadia]]''
**"[[Night Terrors]]"
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**''[[Night Terrors]]''
**"[[Under the Shadow of the Stars]]"
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**''[[Under the Shadows of the Stars]]''
**"[[Monster]]"
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**''[[Monster]]'' (collected in the 2012 omnibus ''[[The Edge of the Storm]]'')
**"[[Sound and Fury]]"
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**''[[Sound and Fury]]'' (collected in the 2012 omnibus ''[[The Edge of the Storm]]'')
 
*2008
 
*2008
**"[[Toil and Trouble]]"
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**''[[Toil and Trouble]]'' (collected in the 2012 omnibus ''[[The Edge of the Storm]]'')
**"[[Godfather]]"
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**''[[Godfather]]''
 
**''[[An Ill-Made House]]''
 
**''[[An Ill-Made House]]''
**''[[Hector (novel)|Hector]]''
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**''[[Hector (short story)|Hector]]''
**''[[Panzer]]''
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**''[[Panzer]]'' (a sequel of sorts to the 2006 story ''Sniper'')
 
**''[[Eclipse]]''
 
**''[[Eclipse]]''
**"[[Jungle Warfare]]"
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**''[[Jungle Warfare]]''
**"[[Feral]]"
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**''[[Feral]]''
 
*2010
 
*2010
 
**''[[Expediency]]''
 
**''[[Expediency]]''
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**''[[To Lead and Serve]]''
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*2011
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**''[[The Memory of Pain]]''
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**''[[Good Fighters]]''
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**''[[The Spider Dances]]'' (part 6 of the [[Proliferation Cycle]])
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*2012
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**''[[Fourth Form]]'' (included in the 2013 anthology ''[[Onslaught: Tales from the Clan Invasion!]]'')
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**''[[Making a Name]]'' (published in the anthology ''[[Weapons Free]]'')
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**''[[Operation ICE STORM (novel)|Operation ICE STORM]]''
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**''[[Vengeance (novella)|Vengeance]]''
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*2013
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**''[[Redemption Rift]]''
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**''[[Lancer Strike Trilogy]]''
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**''[[Filling the Hole]]''
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**''[[Folly's Children]]'' (Part 1)
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**''[[A Thing to be Done]]'' (published in the anthology ''[[Fire for Effect]]'')
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*2014
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**''[[Opportunity (2014)|Opportunity]]''
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**''[[Folly's Children]]'' (Part 2)
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**''[[On Solid Ground]]''
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**''[[The Longest Day]]''
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*2015
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**''[[Sons of Janus]]'' (Part 2)
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**''[[The First Battle]]''
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**''[[Sons of Janus]]''(Part 3)
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===Sourcebooks===
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*2010
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**''[[Operational Turning Points: The Red Corsair]]''
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**''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Pirates]]''
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**''[[Historical Turning Points: Misery]]''
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**''[[Operational Turning Points: Death to Mercenaries]]''
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**''[[Historical Turning Points: Glengarry]]''
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**''[[Experimental Technical Readout: Liao]]''
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*2011
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**''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
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**''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
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**''[[Starter: Fist and Falcon]]''
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*2013
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**''[[Technical Readout: 3145 Lyran Commonwealth]]''
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**''[[Technical Readout: 3145 The Clans]]''
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===Novels===
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*2015
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**''[[Embers of War]]''
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*2021
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**''[[Blood Will Tell]]''
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*2022
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**''[[Redemption Rites]]''
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==See also==
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:[[:Category:Works by Jason Schmetzer]]
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==References==
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[[Category:PeopleReal|Schmetzer, Jason]]
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[[Category:Authors|Schmetzer, Jason]]

Latest revision as of 09:27, 28 March 2024

JasonSchmetzer.jpg
Jason Schmetzer
(Image from a March 2021 online event)
Occupation Author,
BattleCorps managing editor (2008-2016)
BattleTech forum handle J_Schmetzer

Jason Schmetzer is a writer who penned numerous short stories and novels in the BattleTech universe, and has writing credits in several sourcebooks. He was also the BattleCorps managing editor from May 2008[1] until he stepped down from that position in early 2016, to be succeeded by John Helfers (and with Philip A. Lee remaining assistant editor).

Former Assistant Line Developer Ben H. Rome indicated in late February 2017 that Jason Schmetzer was not working for IMR or CGL anymore and had "left a while back [for the] same reasons I left (and then some)."[2] However, Schmetzer remains one of CGL's go-to authors for writing assignments and as of 2021 continues to write for BattleTech.

Bibliography[edit]

See: Category: Works by Jason Schmetzer

BattleCorps Scenarios[edit]

BattleCorps Stories[edit]

Sourcebooks[edit]

Novels[edit]

See also[edit]

Category:Works by Jason Schmetzer

References[edit]

  1. BattleCorps General News item from 7 May 2008 (dead link)
  2. In this reply to a comment on his homepage