Peter La Casse Faction List
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The faction list by Peter La Casse, colloquially known as the (Peter) La Casse (faction) list and by many similar denominations (often spelling his surname as a single word, with the 'c' occasionally capitalized), is a fan-made online resource for BattleTech.
The list is widely known (and used) throughout the fan base; even some BattleTech authors and developers have said they used it as a quick-reference resource for their work.[citation needed]
It became outdated over time and was eventually surpassed by another fan project, the 3025-3050 Random Assignment Tables by Keith "Xotl" Hann and Joshua "nckestrel" Franklin which was published on the CBT Forum and continues to be improved with help from the fanbase there.
In 2011, Catalyst Game Labs published an official Master Unit List (with Hann and Franklin among the team of volunteers working on the project), supplanting the previous fan works.
Description
The list itself is a text (.txt) file listing factional availability of all types of BattleMechs, ProtoMechs, Battle Armor, vehicles, infantry types, Conventional Aircraft, Aerospace Fighters, DropShips, Small Craft, JumpShips, WarShips and Space Stations.
Besides availability to a given faction, it also lists the unit's Battle Value (BV 1.0 and BV 2.0), tonnage, cost, rules level, tech base and era.
A changelog and a FAQ section are also available from the Faction list directory. The last update date is given as 12 February 2007.
Canonicity
Being fan-made, the list itself is not canonical; instead, it is a collection of otherwise canonical data and thus a meta-source.
External links
- "Peter's Home Page", with a link to his BattleTech sub-page (notably, the homepage does not appear to have a link to the faction list)
- Faction list page on the homepage server