Second Succession War (sourcebook)
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| Second Succession War | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Source Book |
| Author | Chris Hartford |
| Development | Development Team
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| Primary writing | Chris Hartford |
| Pages | 154 |
| Cover Artwork | Marco Mazzoni (Cover) Ray Arrastia (Cover Design) |
| Illustrations | Artists |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Product code | CAT35236 |
| First published | 2017 |
| MSRP | Publishing Costs
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| Content | |
| Era | Succession Wars |
| Series | Succession Wars |
| Preceded by | First Succession War |
Description
The Second Succession War is a Historical type source book, which was written in the style of a Terran document. It was done originally as in-universe drafted first written in year 3150 and posed to be a published a nearly century after being written in which it is looking back to events of the Second Succession War.
The book reveals the details of the Second Succession War, in which all the major interstellar nations of the Inner Sphere would exhausted themselves trying take power with all their might in a second attempt conquer former Star League. With only a brief moment of uneasy peace after the First Succession War, the book chronicles the second act of destruction and it reveals ComStar's secret rise of power behind the curtains of intrigue to attempt to steer the Inner Sphere to technology downswing so they may take power.
Second Succession War gives detail accounts of the conflict that would continue to ravage the Inner Sphere and herald it's civilization into the brink destruction.
The book includes; Rules creation of scenarios based on the events of the book, profiles of individuals who were major characters during the war and Conversion rules into various forms of Battletech Gameplay such as Interstellar Operations's Abstract Combat System, Inner Sphere at War, and Strategic BattleForce. Also found in this book is a Mini-Battletech Technical Readout of units once featured in the original Technical Readout: 3025 and later Technical Readout: 3039 with new images formerly known as Unseen.
From the back cover
| “ | WAR TO END ALL WARS
By 2821, the “Great Succession War” has ground to a halt, the participants seeking desperate respite and to forge a new peace and hope for mankind. Yet not everyone shares this ideal and soon secret machinations undermine the peace efforts and propel the Inner Sphere into a new round of violence. Soon brother will be set against brother and madness will reign once more: The Second Succession War. The Second Succession War covers the aftermath of the titanic First Succession War and the Great Houses efforts to survive before the machinations of Conrad Toyama propel them into a new round of blood-letting. Detailing the efforts to build a peace while preparing for a new war, this volume showcases the causes and consequences of the Second Succession War, as well as the politics and stresses between and within the Great Houses. |
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Contents
- Intentions - Short-Story
- Introduction
- Crucible
- Rise and Fall
- Tribes
- Apocalypse
- Breathing Room
- The Second Succession War (2825 - 2863)
- War Renewed (2825-2830)
- The Commonwealth-Combine Front
- The Combine-Suns Front
- The Suns-Confederation Front
- The Quiet Eagle
- Tightening of the Screws (2830 - 2840)
- The Dragon Strikes
- Black Wind, Red Wind
- Crossed Swords
- In The Manner Of A Fantasy
- The Four-Front War: Operation Cookie
- Jar and ComStar War (2837 - 2742)
- The Politics of Succession (2835 - 2840)
- The Advances And Reversals (2840 - 2850)
- The Steiner-Kurita Front
- The Davion-Kurita Front
- The Confederation’s Travails
- A Three-Sided War
- Marik Resurgent
- Running on Empty (2850 - 2860)
- Regency And Revenge
- The Sixth, Seventh, And Eighth Battles Of Hesperus
- The Marathon Offensive
- The Last Grasp (2860 - 2863)
- A New Peace...and Everything After (2863-)
- Timeline oF The Succession Succession War
- Legacy of Destruction
- The Losers
- War Resumed
- Personalities of the Second Succession War
- Second Succession War Deployment Table
- Rules Annex
- Creating Second Succession War Scenario
- Technical Readout
- Inner Sphere at War (Expansion)
- Converting ISW Combat Commands to Other Systems
- Technology and Research (Inner Sphere At War)
- Intelligence Operations (Inner Sphere At War)
- Intelligence Operations Phase
- Interstellar Communications (Inner Sphere at War)
- Other Communication Methods
- ISW Combat Command Conversion Tables
Notes
Errants
- In the first publication of the PDF, Jar And The Comstar War, the end year is mislabled as 2742 instead of 2842.