TechManual
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Description
TechManual is the second core book in the rebranded Classic BattleTech line. This particular book provides all of the construction rules for tournament-legal units that were presented in Total Warfare. In addition, TechManual introduced the updated Battle Value system--which has been branded "BV 2.0" by fans. TechManual also provides fictional descriptions of the various units that it provides game statistics for, as well as for the weapons and equipment they use, including long-awaited dates of introduction. Similar to Total Warfare, each section of game data is preceded by a fictional introduction, though TechManual's fiction is of a technical nature. Finally, TechManual contains blank record sheets for all the units it covers and tables for the weapons and equipment contained therein.
Contents
- Introduction
- Construction Basics
- BattleMech Construction
- IndustrialMech Construction
- ProtoMech Construction
- Combat Vehicle Construction
- Support Vehicle Construction
- Conventional Infantry Platoon Construction
- Battle Armor Construction
- Aerospace Unit Construction
- Weapons and Heavy Equipment
- Heavy Equipment
- Industrial Equipment
- Battle Armor Equipment
- Conventional Infantry Equipment
- Costs and Availability
- Basic Cost Calculations
- Availability
- Battle Value
- Index
- Record Sheets
- Tables
Notes
- Like Total Warfare, most of the artwork in the book is pictures of painted miniatures.