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Technical Readout: 3026

Product information
Type	Technical Readout
Development	Sam Lewis Jordan Weisman Tara Gallagher (Production Managers) L. Ross Babcock III (Editor-In-Chief) Donna Ippolito (Senior Editor) Todd Huettel (Editor)
Primary writing	Kevin Stein Sam Lewis
Pages	128
Cover Artwork	Duane Loose
Interior Artwork	Dana Knutson (Art Director)
Illustrations	Duane Loose Steve Venters
Publication information
Publisher	FASA
Product code	8606
First published	1987
ISBN-10	0931787327
ISBN-13	978-0931787324
MSRP	$15.00
Content
Era	Succession Wars era
Timeline	3026
Series	Technical Readouts
Followed by	Technical Readout: 3026 Revised

Description[edit]

Intended as a background book for the BattleTech universe, Technical Readout: 3026 was second TRO to be released and the first to focus on the secondary weapon systems (combat vehicles) of the game. It also included personal equipment that could be used by players of MechWarrior, the roleplaying game.

It was first published in 1987 with a same-cover second edition in 1996.^[1] The unit designs of TRO:3026 were reissued in 2003 as Technical Readout: 3026 Revised and eventually superseded by the more comprehensive Technical Readout: 3039. The information on personal equipment was successively replaced with MechWarrior related sourcebooks.

The German edition was published as Hardware-Handbuch: 3031 with altered content (see below).

Table of Contents[edit]

Vehicles: Ferret Light Scout VTOL; Savannah Master Hovercraft; Armored Personnel Carriers; Guardian Fighter; Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank; Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopter; Harasser Missile Platform; J. Edgar Light Hover Tank; Scorpion Light Tank; Sea Skimmer Hydrofoil; Karnov UR Transport; Hunter Light Support Tank; Pegasus Scout Hover Tank; Saladin Assault Hover Tank; Saracen Medium Hover Tank; Scimitar Medium Hover Tank; Striker Light Tank; Engineering Vehicle; Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun; Goblin Medium Tank; 'MechBuster Fighter; Condor Heavy Hover Tank; Drillson Heavy Hover Tank; Maxim Heavy Hover Tank; Planetlifter Air Transport; Vedette Medium Tank; Bulldog Medium Tank; Hi-Scout Drone Carrier; LRM/SRM Carrier; Manticore Heavy Tank; Pike Support Vehicle; Monitor Naval Vessel; Demolisher Heavy Tank; Partisan Heavy Tank; Schrek PPC Carrier; SturmFeur Heavy Tank; Ontos Heavy Tank; Behemoth Heavy Tank; Neptune Submarine

Personal Equipment: Electronic Suits; Rechargers; Remote Sensors; Exoskeletons; Communicators; Artificial Limbs; Miscellaneous Personal Equipment

Weapons

General Game Use

Support Weapons

Recoilless Rifles

Flamers

Mortars

Machine Guns

Photon Particle Guns [sic]^[2]

Lasers

Personal Weapons

Needlers

Pistols

Pulse Lasers

Lasers

Submachine Guns

Rifles

Gyrojets

Grenades

LAWs

Miscellaneous

Personal Weapons Table

Support Weapons Table

Remarks on content[edit]

The title comprises descriptions of 42 units in total, all vehicle designs and all previously unpublished. Furthermore it contains description and rules for a variety of personal equipment for using in MechWarrior. It contains:
- 42 Vehicle designs,
  - 3 VTOL designs,
  - 3 Conventional Aircraft designs and
  - 3 Naval Vessels.
- 40 Personal Equipment items, spread in 7 different subcategories and
- 46 Personal Weapon items spread in 2 subcategories with 6 respective 10 sub-subcategories.
The TRO has no in-universe presentation.

Foreign-Language Editions[edit]

German[edit]

Hardware-Handbuch 3031

Product information
Language	German
Contribution	Reinhold H. Mai (Translation), Dietrich Limper, Thomas Römer and Reinhold H. Mai (Editor)
Pages	162
Publication information
Publisher	Fantasy Productions
First published	1992
ISBN-10	3890649092
ISBN-13	9783890649092

Published by licensee FanPro, the German edition of Technical Readout 3026 (TRO 3026) received extensive revamping, beginning with the title, which was changed to Hardware-Handbuch 3031. According to the imprint, additional texts from other sources (Technical Readout: 3050, House Liao, Wolf's Dragoons, Sorenson's Sabres, and Stardate) were included. The German version is printed as DIN A4, a standard European paper size, which is a little larger then North American Letter.

Alterations[edit]

Graphics[edit]

The original's 16 colored unit graphics were rearranged as an unnumbered four-page miniature gallery (four images per page) at the middle of the book.^[3] The unit's images at the correspending data sheets were instead shown in black and white.

Table of Contents[edit]

The original content was restructured and expanded. Where the original TRO 3026 lists only "Vehicles" (of any kind), "Personal Equipment," and (personal) "Weapons," Hardware-Handbuch 3031 details the sections further, resulting in this altered table of content:

Battlemechs [sic]
Panzer (Tanks)
Artillerie (Artillery)
Senkrechtstarter und konventionelle Flugzeuge (Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Conventional Aircraft)
Wasserfahrzeuge (Watercraft)
Hilfsfahrzeuge (Support Vehicles)
Ausrüstung (Personal Equipment)
Waffen (Weapons)
Schautafeln (Visual Aid, a "new" section that includes equipment sketches)
Index

Additional content from other sources[edit]

Expanded content includes various designs from other sources, complete with Technical Readout-style fluff, combat histories, and notable pilots. In detail these are:

The new section Battlemechs that includes five additional BattleMech designs
- Flea - The 20-ton FLE-15 version. Combat history and Notable Pilots (Kare Devereux and Thheiba Shakir) were translated from an (apocryphal) write-up in Stardate Vol. 3 No. 1.
- Raven - The standard Raven as statted in the House Liao (The Capellan Confederation) sourcebook. Like in that book, the ECM Equipment (for which no rules existed) was supposedly mounted in the Center Torso location despite occupying four critical slots. The Combat History write-up and single Notable Pilot (Kevin DeNato from the 1st McCarron's Armored Cavalry regiment) given were original and have not been translated or republished elsewhere.
- Wolfhound - Combat History is a retelling of the 'Mech's history as described in the Warrior trilogy, with Daniel Allard given as the sole entry under Notable Pilots.
- Cataphract - Also taken from the House Liao (The Capellan Confederation) sourcebook, with an original write-up that was not translated or published anywhere else. Combat History centers on the exploits of Notable Pilot Kalidas Aniro of Warrior House Kamata in the fighting against Andurien forces under Jimmy Lee on Betelgeuse.
- Longbow - Combat history and Notable Pilots (Beater/Hunter team Oshira Muzakka and Jon Smallberry, and Cedrick Sveinson) were translated from an (apocryphal) write-up in Stardate Vol. 3 No. 2.
The Panzer section includes 23 vehicle designs, from which 20 were taken from TRO 3026, the additional designs are:
- Plainsman - taken from Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook
- Bandit - taken from Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook
- Zhukov - taken from Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook
The Artillerie section includes 5 vehicle designs (Harasser, Hetzer, LRM/SRM Carrier, Pike, and Schrek), which are all included in TRO 3026, although none of them is technically considered as artillery under BattleTech Rules.
The Senkrechtstarter und Konventionelle Flugzeuge section lists 8 vehicle designs, from which 6 were taken from TRO 3026, the additional designs are:
- Kestrel - taken from Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook
- Peregrine - also taken from Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook
The Wasserfahrzeuge section lists 3 designs, which are all taken from TRO 3026.
The Hilfsfahrzeuge section lists 6 vehicle designs, from which 5 were taken from TRO 3026, the additional design is:
- Badger - taken from Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook

Altered and missing content[edit]

The Ausrüstung and Waffen sections were rearranged as well, with some original content being left out. The stats provided for equipment were slightly altered, presumably to account for rule changes since the publication of TRO 3026.

The Ausrüstung section lists just 4 categories of equipment (Communicators, Sensors, Exoskeletons and Artificial Limbs), the following categories included in TRO 3026 were left out:
- Electronic Suits
- Rechargers
- Miscellaneous Personal Equipment
The Waffen section restructures the original content in 3 new categories (Rückstoßfreie Gewehre und Flammer (Recoilless Rifles and Flamers), Mörser und Maschinengewehre (Mortars and Machine Guns) and Partikelprojektorkanonen und Laser (Particle Projector Cannons and Lasers), which describes combined just 9 weapon systems. The vast majority of weapons described in TRO 3026 was left out.
All original sketches of equipment that were not included in sections Ausrüstung or Waffen were compiled in new section Schautafeln, although no stats or any information other than its name were given.

All additional content technically falls outside of the current definition of canon and must thus be considered apocryphal.

Spelling and Names[edit]

As with other German products prior to 1997 spelling and names (especially places and units) as well as most abbreviations were regularly adjusted. For instance the Mech unit Archer was renamed to Schütze, the planet Gotterdammerung was respelled to Götterdämmerung, the DCMS (Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery) became VSDK (Vereinigte Streitkräfte des Draconis Kombinats) and so on.

Gallery[edit]

Original 1987 cover. Art by Duane Loose.
1992 German 1992 edition.
Image gallery #1 from German edition.
Image gallery #2 from German edition.
Image gallery #3 from German edition.
Image gallery #4 from German edition.

References[edit]

↑ Stated as "Revised 1996 edition." in normal text above the trademark information on Page 2
↑ This false denomination is only used in Table of Contents, the heading in text body correctly says "Particle Projector Cannon".
↑ Units with colored images are: Pegasus, Harasser, J. Edgar, Ontos, Schrek, Pike, Partisan, Scorpion, Hunter, Demolisher, Manticore, SturmFeur, Sea Skimmer, Warrior, Monitor and Karnov

[1] Stated as "Revised 1996 edition." in normal text above the trademark information on Page 2

[2] This false denomination is only used in Table of Contents, the heading in text body correctly says "Particle Projector Cannon".

[3] Units with colored images are: Pegasus, Harasser, J. Edgar, Ontos, Schrek, Pike, Partisan, Scorpion, Hunter, Demolisher, Manticore, SturmFeur, Sea Skimmer, Warrior, Monitor and Karnov

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 | image               = TRO 3026.jpg
 | name                =
-| type                = Technical readout
+| type                = Technical Readout
 | author              =
-| development         = [[Sam Lewis]]<br />[[Jordan Weisman]], [[Tara Gallagher]] (Production Managers)<br />[[L. Ross Babcock III]] (Editor-In-Chief)<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br />[[Todd Huettel]] (Editor)
+| development         = [[Sam Lewis (person)|Sam Lewis]]<br>[[Jordan Weisman]]<br>[[Tara Gallagher]] (Production Managers)<br>[[L. Ross Babcock III]] (Editor-In-Chief)<br>[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br>[[Todd Huettel]] (Editor)
-| primarywriting      = [[Kevin Stein]]<br />Sam Lewis
+| primarywriting      = [[Kevin Stein (person)|Kevin Stein]]<br>Sam Lewis
 | pages               = 128
 | cover               = [[Duane Loose]]
 | interiorart         = [[Dana Knutson]] (Art Director)
-| illustrations       = Duane Loose, [[Steve Venters]]
+| illustrations       = Duane Loose<br>[[Steve Venters]]
 | publisher           = [[FASA]]
 | productioncode      = 8606
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 | ISBN10              = 0931787327
 | ISBN13              = 978-0931787324
-| MSRP                = 15.00 US $
+| MSRP                = $15.00
 | content             =
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 }}
 ==Description==
-Intended as a background book for the [[BattleTech]] universe, '''''Technical Readout: 3026''''' was the first to focus on the secondary weapon systems ([[combat vehicles]]) of the game. It also included personal equipment that could be used by players of [[MechWarrior (RPG)|MechWarrior, the roleplaying game]].
+Intended as a background book for the [[BattleTech]] universe, '''''Technical Readout: 3026''''' was second ''TRO'' to be released and the first to focus on the secondary weapon systems ([[combat vehicles]]) of the game. It also included personal equipment that could be used by players of [[MechWarrior (RPG)|MechWarrior, the roleplaying game]].
-It was reissued in 2003 as ''[[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised]]'' and eventually supplanted by (and merged into) the more comprehensive ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''.
+It was first published in 1987 with a same-cover second edition in 1996.<ref>Stated as "Revised 1996 edition." in normal text above the trademark information on Page 2</ref> The unit designs of ''TRO:3026'' were reissued in 2003 as ''[[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised]]'' and eventually superseded by the more comprehensive ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''. The information on personal equipment was successively replaced with MechWarrior related sourcebooks.
-==Contents==
+The German edition was published as ''Hardware-Handbuch: 3031'' with altered content (see [[Technical Readout: 3025#Foreign-Language Editions|below]]).
-===[[:Category:Combat Vehicles]]===
-* ''[[Ferret]]''
-* ''[[Savannah Master]]''
-* [[Tracked APC]]
-* [[Wheeled APC]]
-* [[Hover APC]]
-* ''[[Guardian (Conventional Fighter)|Guardian]]''
-* ''[[Skulker]]''
-* ''[[Warrior (Combat Vehicle)|Warrior]]''
-* ''[[Harasser]]''
-* ''[[J. Edgar]]''
-* ''[[Scorpion (Combat Vehicle)|Scorpion]]''
-* ''[[Sea Skimmer]]''
-* ''[[Karnov]]''
-* ''[[Hunter (Combat Vehicle)|Hunter]]''
-* ''[[Pegasus]]''
-* ''[[Saladin]]''
-* ''[[Saracen]]''
-* ''[[Scimitar]]''
-* ''[[Striker (Combat Vehicle)|Striker]]''
-* [[Engineering Vehicle]]
-* ''[[Hetzer]]''
-* ''[[Goblin]]''
-* ''[[MechBuster|'MechBuster]]''
-* ''[[Condor (Combat Vehicle)|Condor]]''
-* ''[[Drillson]]''
-* ''[[Maxim]]''
-* ''[[Planetlifter]]''
-* ''[[Vedette]]''
-* ''[[Bulldog]]''
-* ''[[Hi-Scout]]''
-* ''[[LRM Carrier]]''
-* ''[[SRM Carrier]]''
-* ''[[Manticore]]''
-* ''[[Pike]]''
-* ''[[Monitor]]''
-* ''[[Demolisher]]''
-* ''[[Partisan]]''
-* ''[[Schrek]]''
-* ''[[SturmFeur]]''
-* ''[[Ontos]]''
-* ''[[Behemoth (Combat Vehicle)|Behemoth]]''
-* ''[[Neptune]]''
-===[[:Category:Personal Equipment|Personal Equipment]]===
+==Table of Contents==
-====[[:Category:Electronic Sneak Suits|Electronic Sneak Suits]]====
+{{columns-start|num=3}}
-* [[Electronic Camouflage]]
+;Vehicles
-* [[Electronic Countermeasure Suit]]
+: [[Ferret|Ferret Light Scout VTOL]]
-* [[Infrared Suppression Suit]]
+: [[Savannah Master|Savannah Master Hovercraft]]
-=====[[:Category:Combination Sneak Suits|Combination Sneak Suits]]=====
+: [[APC|Armored Personnel Carriers]]
-* [[IR Sneak and Camo Sneak]]
+: [[Guardian (Conventional Fighter)|Guardian Fighter]]
-* [[IR Sneak and ECM Sneak]]
+: [[Skulker (Combat Vehicle)|Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank]]
-* [[Camo Sneak and ECM Sneak]]
+: [[Warrior (Combat Vehicle)|Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopter]]
-* [[IR Sneak, Camo Sneak, and ECM Sneak]]
+: [[Harasser|Harasser Missile Platform]]
-====[[:Category:Rechargers|Rechargers]]====
+: [[J. Edgar|J. Edgar Light Hover Tank]]
-* [[Kinetic Recharger]]
+: [[Scorpion (Combat Vehicle)|Scorpion Light Tank]]
-* [[Fossil Fuel Recharger]]
+: [[Sea Skimmer|Sea Skimmer Hydrofoil]]
-* [[Solar Recharger]]
+: [[Karnov|Karnov UR Transport]]
-* [[Fusion Recharger]]
+: [[Hunter Light Support Tank]]
-====[[:Category:Remote Sensors|Remote Sensors]]====
+: [[Pegasus (Combat Vehicle - Hovertank)|Pegasus Scout Hover Tank]]
-* [[Portable Radar Sensor]]
+: [[Saladin|Saladin Assault Hover Tank]]
-* [[Portable Motion Sensor]]
+: [[Saracen|Saracen Medium Hover Tank]]
-* [[Portable Trip-Line Sensor]]
+: [[Scimitar|Scimitar Medium Hover Tank]]
-* [[Seismic Sensor]]
+: [[Striker (Combat Vehicle)|Striker Light Tank]]
-====[[:Category:Exoskeletons|Exoskeletons]]====
+: [[Engineering Vehicle]]
-* [[Light Industrial Exoskeleton|Light Exoskeleton]]
+: [[Hetzer|Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun]]
-* [[Medium Industrial Exoskeleton|Industrial Exoskeleton]]
+: [[Goblin|Goblin Medium Tank]]
-* [[Heavy Industrial Exoskeleton|Heavy Industrial Exoskeleton]]
+: [[MechBuster|'MechBuster Fighter]]
-====[[:Category:Exoskeleton Modifications|Exoskeleton Modifications]]====
+: [[Condor (Combat Vehicle)|Condor Heavy Hover Tank]]
-* [[Environmental Sealing]]
+: [[Drillson|Drillson Heavy Hover Tank]]
-* [[Zero-G Exoskeleton]]
+: [[Maxim|Maxim Heavy Hover Tank]]
-* [[Exoskeleton Communications & Detection Equipment]]
+: [[Planetlifter|Planetlifter Air Transport]]
-====[[:Category:Communicators|Communicators]]====
+: [[Vedette|Vedette Medium Tank]]
-* [[Micro-Communicator]]
+: [[Bulldog|Bulldog Medium Tank]]
-* [[Long-Range Personal Communicator]]
+: [[Hi-Scout|Hi-Scout Drone Carrier]]
-* [[Basic Communications Kit]]
+: [[LRM Carrier|LRM]]/[[SRM Carrier]]
-* [[Level I Field Communications Kit]]
+: [[Manticore|Manticore Heavy Tank]]
-* [[Advanced Field Communications Kit]]
+: [[Pike (Combat Vehicle)|Pike Support Vehicle]]
-====[[:Category:Artificial Limbs|Artificial Limbs]]====
+: [[Monitor Naval Vessel]]
-* [[Type I Artificial Limb: Simple]]
+: [[Demolisher|Demolisher Heavy Tank]]
-* [[Type II Artificial Limb: Useful]]
+: [[Partisan|Partisan Heavy Tank]]
-* [[Type III Artificial Limb: Functional]]
+: [[Schrek|Schrek PPC Carrier]]
-* [[Type IV Artificial Limb: Prosthesis]]
+: [[SturmFeur|SturmFeur Heavy Tank]]
-* [[Type V Artificial Limb: Regeneration Technology]]
+: [[Ontos|Ontos Heavy Tank]]
-====[[:Category:Miscellaneous Personal Equipment|Miscellaneous Personal Equipment]]====
+: [[Behemoth (Combat Vehicle)|Behemoth Heavy Tank]]
-=====[[:Category:Ablative/Flak Armor|Ablative/Flak Armor]]=====
+: [[Neptune Submarine]]
-* [[Ablative/Flak Vest]]
+{{column}}
-* [[Ablative/Flak Body Suit]]
+;Personal Equipment
-=====[[:Category:Night Vision Devices|Night Vision Devices]]=====
+: [[Sneak Suit|Electronic Suits]]
-* [[Starlight Scope]]
+: [[Power Pack Recharger|Rechargers]]
-* [[Starlight Goggle]]
+: [[Portable Remote Sensor|Remote Sensors]]
-=====[[:Category:Sniper Scopes|Sniper Scopes]]=====
+: [[Exoskeleton]]s
-* [[Sniper Scope]]
+: [[:Category:Communication Gear|Communicators]]
-* [[Sniper IR Scope]]
+: [[Artificial Limbs]]
-* [[Starlight Sniper Scope]]
+: Miscellaneous Personal Equipment
-=====[[:Category:Survival Gear|Survival Gear]]=====
-* [[Basic Field Kit]]
-* [[Deluxe Field Kit]]
-* [[Environmental Bubble]]
-* [[Personal Environ Bag|Personal Environ Bag or body bag]]
-* [[Full Tent]]
-=====[[:Category:Medkits|Medkits]]=====
-* [[Personal Medkit]]
-=====[[:Category:Clothing|Clothing]]=====
-* [[Fine Clothing]]
-=====[[:Category:Personal Equipment Repair Kits|Personal Equipment Repair Kits]]=====
-* [[Personal Equipment Repair Kit]]
-=====[[:Category:Disguise Kits|Disguise]]/[[:Category:Forgery Kits|Forgery]] Kits=====
-* [[Disguise Kit]]
-* [[Forgery Kit]]
-=====[[:Category:Recording Equipment]]=====
-* [[Small Camera]] to [[Holographic Movie Recorder]]
-===Weapons===
+;Weapons
-====General Game Rules====
+: General Game Use
-====[[:Category:Support Weapons/RPG1e|Support Weapons]]====
+: Support Weapons
-=====[[:Category:Recoilless Rifles/RPG1e|Recoilless Rifles]]=====
+:: [[:Category:Recoilless Weapons|Recoilless Rifles]]
-* [[Recoilless Rifle (Medium)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Medium Recoilless Rifle]]
+:: [[Flamer]]s
-* [[Recoilless Rifle (Heavy )(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Heavy Recoilless Rifle]]
+:: Mortars
-=====[[:Category:Flamers/RPG1e|Flamers]]=====
+:: [[Machine Gun]]s
-* [[Flamer (Heavy)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Heavy Flamer]]
+:: [[Particle Projector Cannon|Photon Particle Guns]] [''sic'']<ref>This false denomination is only used in Table of Contents, the heading in text body correctly says "Particle Projector Cannon".</ref>
-=====[[:Category:Mortars/RPG1e|Mortars]]=====
+:: [[Laser]]s
-* [[Mortar (Light)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Light Mortar]]
+: Personal Weapons
-* [[Mortar (Heavy)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Heavy Mortar]]
+:: [[:Category:Flechette Weapons|Needlers]]
-=====[[:Category:Machine Guns/RPG1e|Machine Guns]]=====
+:: [[:Category:Pistols|Pistols]]
-* [[Machine Gun (Portable)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Portable Machine Gun]]
+:: Pulse Lasers
-* [[Machine Gun (Semi-Portable)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Semi-Portable Machine Gun]]
+:: Lasers
-=====[[:Category:Particle Projector Cannon/RPG1e|Particle Projector Cannon]]=====
+:: Submachine Guns
-* [[Particle Cannon (Man-Pack)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Man-Pack PPC]]
+:: Rifles
-* [[Particle Cannon (Support) (Foot / Pintle)/RPG1e|Semi-Portable PPC]]
+:: Gyrojets
+:: Grenades
+:: LAWs
+:: Miscellaneous
+: Personal Weapons Table
+: Support Weapons Table
+{{columns-end}}
-=====[[:Category:Support Lasers/RPG1e|Support Lasers]]=====
+==Remarks on content==
-* [[Support Laser (Semi-Portable)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Semi-Portable Support Laser]]
+* The title comprises descriptions of 42 units in total, all vehicle designs and all previously unpublished. Furthermore it contains description and rules for a variety of personal equipment for using in [[MechWarrior (RPG)|MechWarrior]]. It contains:
-* [[Support Laser (Heavy)(Support Weapon)/RPG1e|Semi-Portable Heavy Support Laser]]
+** 42 [[Combat Vehicle|Vehicle]] designs,
-====[[:Category:Personal Weapons/RPG1e|Personal Weapons]]====
+*** 3 [[VTOL]] designs,
-=====[[:Category:Needlers (Personal Weapon)/RPG1e|Needlers]]=====
+*** 3 [[Conventional Aircraft]] designs and
-* [[Needler Pistol/RPG1e|Needler Pistol]]
+*** 3 [[Naval Vessel]]s.
-* [[Needler Rifle/RPG1e|Needler Rifle]]
+** 40 Personal Equipment items, spread in 7 different subcategories and
-* [[Needler Pistol (Hold-Out)/RPG1e|Hold-Out Needler]]
+** 46 Personal Weapon items spread in 2 subcategories with 6 respective 10 sub-subcategories.
-=====[[:Category:Pistols/RPG1e|Pistols]]=====
+* The ''TRO'' has no in-universe presentation.
-* [[Pistol (Sternsnacht Heavy (Claymore))/RPG1e|Sternsnacht Heavy Pistol]]
-* [[Auto-Pistol (Mydron)/RPG1e|Mydron Auto Pistol]]
-* [[Pistol/RPG1e|Standard Pistol]]
-* [[Pistol (Hold-Out)/RPG1e|Hold-Out Pistol ]]
-=====[[:Category:Pulse Lasers/RPG1e|Pulse Lasers]]=====
-* [[Pulse Laser Pistol (IS)/RPG1e|Pulse Laser Pistol]]
-* [[Pulse Laser Rifle (IS)/RPG1e|Pulse Laser Rifle]]
-=====[[:Category:Lasers/RPG1e|Lasers]]=====
-* [[Laser Pistol (Nakjama)/RPG1e|Nakjama Laser Pistol]]
-* [[Laser Pistol (Sunbeam)/RPG1e|Sunbeam Laser Pistol]]
-* [[Laser Pistol (Hold-Out)/RPG1e|Hold-Out Laser Pistol]]
-* [[Laser Rifle (Magna)/RPG1e|Magna Laser Rifle]]
-* [[Laser Rifle (Intek)/RPG1e|Intek Laser Rifle]]
-=====[[:Category:Sub-Machine Guns/RPG1e|Sub-Machine Guns]]=====
-* [[Sub-Machine Gun (Rorynex)/RPG1e|Rorynex Sub-Machine Gun]]
-* [[Sub-Machine Gun (Imperator)/RPG1e|Imperator Sub-Machine Gun]]
-=====[[:Category:Rifles|Rifles]]=====
-* [[Rifle (Federated Long)/RPG1e|Federated Long Rifle]]
-* [[Rifle (Zeus Heavy)/RPG1e|Zeus Heavy Rifle]]
-=====[[:Category:Gyrojets/RPG1e|Gyrojets]]=====
-* [[GyroJet Gun (Heavy)/RPG1e|Heavy GyroJet Gun]]
-* [[GyroSlug Rifle/RPG1e|GyroSlug Rifle]]
-* [[GyroSlug Carbine/RPG1e|GyroSlug Carbine]]
-* [[GyroJet Pistol (Hold-Out)/RPG1e|Hold-Out GyroJet Pistol]]
-=====[[:Category:Grenades/RPG1e|Grenades]]=====
-* [[Grenade/RPG1e|Grenade]]
-* [[Grenade Launcher (Automatic)/RPG1e|Automatic Grenade Launcher]]
-* [[Grenade Launcher/RPG1e|Grenade Launcher]]
-=====[[:Category:Light Anti-Vehicle Weapons/RPG1e|LAWs]]=====
-* [[Rocket Launcher (LAW)/RPG1e|Light Anti-Vehicle Weapon]]
-* [[Rocket Launcher (V-LAW)/RPG1e|Very Light Anti-Vehicle Weapon]]
-=====[[:Category:Miscellaneous Weapons|Miscellaneous Weapons]]=====
-* [[Dart Gun/RPG1e|Dart Gun]]
-* [[SRM Launcher (Standard, One-Shot)/RPG1e|Heavy SRM Launcher]]
-* [[Rocket Launcher (Portable)/RPG1e|Portable Rocket Launcher]]
-* [[Recoilless Rifle (Light)/RPG1e|Light Recoiless Rifle]]
-* [[Pistol (Flamer)/RPG1e]]
-* [[Paint_Gun_(LGB-46R)/RPG1e|LGB-46R Engineer's Tool ("Paint Gun")]]
-* [[Stunstick_(Mini)/RPG1e|Mini Stun-Stick]]
-* '''Weapons Tables''' &ndash; Personal and Support
+==Foreign-Language Editions==
+===German===
+{{InfoBoxForLangProduct
+| image               = Hardware-Handbuch 3031.jpg
+| name                = Hardware-Handbuch 3031
+| language            = German
+| contribution        = [[Reinhold H. Mai]] (Translation), [[Dietrich Limper]], [[Thomas Römer]] and Reinhold H. Mai (Editor)
+| pages               = 162
+| publisher           = [[Fantasy Productions]]
+| year                = 1992
+| ISBN10              = 3890649092
+| ISBN13              = 9783890649092
+| MSRP                =
+}}
+Published by licensee [[FanPro]], the German edition of ''Technical Readout 3026'' (''TRO 3026'') received extensive revamping, beginning with the title, which was changed to '''Hardware-Handbuch 3031'''. According to the imprint, additional texts from other sources (''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]'', ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)|House Liao]]'', ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]'', ''[[Sorenson's Sabres (scenario pack)|Sorenson's Sabres]]'', and ''[[Stardate]]'') were included. The German version is printed as DIN A4, a standard European paper size, which is a little larger then North American [[w:Paper size|Letter]].
+====Alterations====
+=====Graphics=====
+The original's 16 colored unit graphics were rearranged as an unnumbered four-page miniature gallery (four images per page) at the middle of the book.<ref>Units with colored images are: ''Pegasus'', ''Harasser'', ''J. Edgar'', ''Ontos'', ''Schrek'', ''Pike'', ''Partisan'', ''Scorpion'', ''Hunter'', ''Demolisher'', ''Manticore'', ''SturmFeur'', ''Sea Skimmer'', ''Warrior'', ''Monitor'' and ''Karnov''</ref> The unit's images at the correspending data sheets were instead shown in black and white.
+=====Table of Contents=====
+The original content was restructured and expanded. Where the original ''TRO 3026'' lists only "Vehicles" (of any kind), "Personal Equipment," and (personal) "Weapons," ''Hardware-Handbuch 3031'' details the sections further, resulting in this altered table of content:
+* Battlemechs [''sic'']
+* Panzer (''Tanks'')
+* Artillerie (''Artillery'')
+* Senkrechtstarter und konventionelle Flugzeuge (''Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Conventional Aircraft'')
+* Wasserfahrzeuge (''Watercraft'')
+* Hilfsfahrzeuge (''Support Vehicles'')
+* Ausrüstung (''Personal Equipment'')
+* Waffen (''Weapons'')
+* Schautafeln (''Visual Aid'', a "new" section that includes equipment sketches)
+* Index
+=====Additional content from other sources=====
+Expanded content includes various designs from other sources, complete with Technical Readout-style fluff, combat histories, and notable pilots. In detail these are:
+* The new section ''Battlemechs'' that includes five additional [[BattleMech]] designs
+**''[[Flea]]'' - The 20-ton FLE-15 version. Combat history and Notable Pilots ([[Kare Devereux]] and [[Thheiba Shakir]]) were translated from an (apocryphal) write-up in ''Stardate'' Vol. 3 No. 1.
+**''[[Raven]]'' - The standard ''Raven'' as statted in the ''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'' sourcebook. Like in that book, the [[ECM 3025|ECM Equipment]] (for which no rules existed) was supposedly mounted in the Center Torso location despite occupying four critical slots. The Combat History write-up and single Notable Pilot ([[Kevin DeNato]] from the [[1st McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] regiment) given were original and have not been translated or republished elsewhere.
+**''[[Wolfhound]]'' - Combat History is a retelling of the 'Mech's history as described in the [[Warrior trilogy]], with [[Daniel Allard]] given as the sole entry under Notable Pilots.
+**''[[Cataphract]]'' - Also taken from the ''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'' sourcebook, with an original write-up that was not translated or published anywhere else. Combat History centers on the exploits of Notable Pilot [[Kalidas Aniro]] of [[Warrior House Kamata]] in the fighting against [[Andurien Secession|Andurien]] forces under [[Jimmy Lee]] on [[Betelgeuse]].
+**''[[Longbow]]'' - Combat history and Notable Pilots (Beater/Hunter team [[Oshira Muzakka]] and [[Jon Smallberry]], and [[Cedrick Sveinson]]) were translated from an (apocryphal) write-up in ''Stardate'' Vol. 3 No. 2.
+* The ''Panzer'' section includes 23 vehicle designs, from which 20 were taken from TRO 3026, the additional designs are:
+** ''[[Plainsman]] - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
+** ''[[Bandit]]'' - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
+** ''[[Zhukov]]'' - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
+* The ''Artillerie'' section includes 5 vehicle designs (''[[Harasser]]'', ''[[Hetzer]]'', ''[[LRM Carrier|LRM]]/[[SRM Carrier]]'', ''[[Pike (Combat Vehicle)|Pike]]'', and ''[[Schrek]]''), which are all included in ''TRO 3026'', although none of them is technically considered as [[artillery]] under [[Rules Level|BattleTech Rules]].
+* The ''Senkrechtstarter und Konventionelle Flugzeuge'' section lists 8 vehicle designs, from which 6 were taken from ''TRO 3026'', the additional designs are:
+** ''[[Kestrel (Combat Vehicle)|Kestrel]] - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
+** ''[[Peregrine (Combat Vehicle)|Peregrine]] - also taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
+* The ''Wasserfahrzeuge'' section lists 3 designs, which are all taken from ''TRO 3026''.
+* The ''Hilfsfahrzeuge'' section lists 6 vehicle designs, from which 5 were taken from ''TRO 3026'', the additional design is:
+** ''[[Badger (Combat Vehicle)|Badger]]'' - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
+=====Altered and missing content=====
+The ''Ausrüstung'' and ''Waffen'' sections were rearranged as well, with some original content being left out. The stats provided for equipment were slightly altered, presumably to account for rule changes since the publication of ''TRO 3026''.
+* The ''Ausrüstung'' section lists just 4 categories of equipment (''Communicators'', ''Sensors'', ''[[Exoskeleton]]s'' and ''[[Artificial Limbs]]''), the following categories included in ''TRO 3026'' were left out:
+** ''Electronic Suits''
+** ''Rechargers''
+** ''Miscellaneous Personal Equipment''
+* The ''Waffen'' section restructures the original content in 3 new categories (''Rückstoßfreie Gewehre und Flammer'' (''Recoilless Rifles and Flamers''), ''Mörser und Maschinengewehre'' (''Mortars and Machine Guns'') and ''Partikelprojektorkanonen und Laser'' (''Particle Projector Cannons and Lasers''), which describes combined just 9 weapon systems. The vast majority of weapons described in ''TRO 3026'' was left out.
+* All original sketches of equipment that were not included in sections ''Ausrüstung'' or ''Waffen'' were compiled in new section ''Schautafeln'', although no stats or any information other than its name were given.
+All additional content technically falls outside of the current definition of [[canon]] and must thus be considered [[apocryphal]].
+====Spelling and Names====
+As with other German products prior to 1997 spelling and names (especially places and units) as well as most abbreviations were regularly adjusted. For instance the Mech unit ''[[Archer]]'' was renamed to ''Schütze'', the planet [[Götterdämmerung (system)|Gotterdammerung]] was respelled to ''Götterdämmerung'', the ''[[DCMS]]'' (''Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery'') became ''VSDK'' (''Vereinigte Streitkräfte des Draconis Kombinats'') and so on.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+Image:TRO 3026.jpg|Original 1987 cover. Art by Duane Loose.
+Image:Hardware-Handbuch 3031.jpg|1992 German 1992 edition.
+File:Vehicle-Gallery-1-HH3026.jpg|Image gallery #1 from German edition.
+File:Vehicle-Gallery-2-HH3026.jpg|Image gallery #2 from German edition.
+File:Vehicle-Gallery-3-HH3026.jpg|Image gallery #3 from German edition.
+File:Vehicle-Gallery-4-HH3026.jpg|Image gallery #4 from German edition.
+</gallery>
+==References==
+<references/>
-==Notes==
-* Though not as wide in scope as ''[[Technical Readout: 3025]]'', this TRO still brought a number of new combat vehicle types to the game.
-* The German edition (by [[FanPro]] was named '''''Hardware-Handbuch 3031''''' and was expanded to include five additional [[BattleMech]] designs: the ''[[Flea]]'', ''[[Raven]]'', ''[[Wolfhound]]'', ''[[Cataphract]]'', and ''[[Longbow]]'', along with the usual fluff descriptions and notable pilots.
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