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Line 59: * Purportedly published by [[MechaPub, INc.]], the stories of ''MechWarrior 5: Origins'' were originally released individually on the MW5 website every three days from 18 November 2019 to 10 December 2019, before being combined in an electronic omnibus collection on 12 December 2019, two days after the launch of game. <!-- publisher name ends with INc. on sites of major booksellers --> * Purportedly published by [[MechaPub, INc.]], the stories of ''MechWarrior 5: Origins'' were originally released individually on the MW5 website every three days from 18 November 2019 to 10 December 2019, before being combined in an electronic omnibus collection on 12 December 2019, two days after the launch of game. <!-- publisher name ends with INc. on sites of major booksellers --> * Released as promotional material for the ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'' game, it was believed in 2019 that the stories of ''MechWarrior 5: Origins'' were also derived from [[Piranha Games]]' license to BattleTech video games instead of the (distinct) "mainline" BattleTech license held by Catalyst Game Labs, rendering the stories [[Apocryphal]] on Sarna. When later discussing their background, Bills' indicated that through seeking to fulfil a role as promotion for the game, his intention was to develop a new mercenary unit as an introduction to the BattleTech universe with fiction more closely aligned to the mainline tabletop universe than other recent [[MechWarrior (video games)|''MechWarrior'' video games]]. This intention was made clear when the resulting series of novella received a [[canon]] "re-release" in ''The Mercenary Life'' anthology effectively unchanged, though this does not automatically extend to the events that occur exclusively in ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries''. * Released as promotional material for the ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'' game, it was believed in 2019 that the stories of ''MechWarrior 5: Origins'' were also derived from [[Piranha Games]]' license to BattleTech video games instead of the (distinct) "mainline" BattleTech license held by Catalyst Game Labs, rendering the stories [[Apocryphal]] on Sarna. When later discussing their background, Bills' indicated that through seeking to fulfil a role as promotion for the game, his intention was to develop a new mercenary unit as an introduction to the BattleTech universe with fiction more closely aligned to the mainline tabletop universe than other recent [[MechWarrior (video games)|''MechWarrior'' video games]]. This intention was made clear when the resulting series of novella received a [[canon]] "re-release" in ''The Mercenary Life'' anthology effectively unchanged, though this does not automatically extend to the events that occur exclusively in ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries''. − * The "Back Cover" blurb has extensive errors, with incorrect last names for each of the characters, though they are piped correctly above, as well as misattributing Chloe Reed's unit at the time as the Hsien Hotheads when in fact in the stories she was attached to the [[Blackhearts]]. + *The "Back Cover" blurb has extensive errors, with incorrect last names for each of the characters, though they are piped correctly above, as well as misattributing Chloe Reed's unit at the time as the Hsien Hotheads when in fact in the stories she was attached to the [[Blackhearts]]. − * Sarna.net merits multiple mentions in the chapter postscripts being cited as part of the author's research process. + *Sarna.net merits multiple mentions in the chapter postscripts being cited as part of the author's research process. − * ''The Mercenary Life'' is to be offered free to all backers as the $6M stretch goal of the [[2023 Mercenaries Crowdfunding Campaign]]. == Covers == == Covers ==
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* Purportedly published by [[MechaPub, INc.]], the stories of ''MechWarrior 5: Origins'' were originally released individually on the MW5 website every three days from 18 November 2019 to 10 December 2019, before being combined in an electronic omnibus collection on 12 December 2019, two days after the launch of game. <!-- publisher name ends with INc. on sites of major booksellers --> | * Purportedly published by [[MechaPub, INc.]], the stories of ''MechWarrior 5: Origins'' were originally released individually on the MW5 website every three days from 18 November 2019 to 10 December 2019, before being combined in an electronic omnibus collection on 12 December 2019, two days after the launch of game. <!-- publisher name ends with INc. on sites of major booksellers --> | ||
* Released as promotional material for the ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'' game, it was believed in 2019 that the stories of ''MechWarrior 5: Origins'' were also derived from [[Piranha Games]]' license to BattleTech video games instead of the (distinct) "mainline" BattleTech license held by Catalyst Game Labs, rendering the stories [[Apocryphal]] on Sarna. When later discussing their background, Bills' indicated that through seeking to fulfil a role as promotion for the game, his intention was to develop a new mercenary unit as an introduction to the BattleTech universe with fiction more closely aligned to the mainline tabletop universe than other recent [[MechWarrior (video games)|''MechWarrior'' video games]]. This intention was made clear when the resulting series of novella received a [[canon]] "re-release" in ''The Mercenary Life'' anthology effectively unchanged, though this does not automatically extend to the events that occur exclusively in ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries''. | * Released as promotional material for the ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'' game, it was believed in 2019 that the stories of ''MechWarrior 5: Origins'' were also derived from [[Piranha Games]]' license to BattleTech video games instead of the (distinct) "mainline" BattleTech license held by Catalyst Game Labs, rendering the stories [[Apocryphal]] on Sarna. When later discussing their background, Bills' indicated that through seeking to fulfil a role as promotion for the game, his intention was to develop a new mercenary unit as an introduction to the BattleTech universe with fiction more closely aligned to the mainline tabletop universe than other recent [[MechWarrior (video games)|''MechWarrior'' video games]]. This intention was made clear when the resulting series of novella received a [[canon]] "re-release" in ''The Mercenary Life'' anthology effectively unchanged, though this does not automatically extend to the events that occur exclusively in ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries''. | ||
| − | * The "Back Cover" blurb has extensive errors, with incorrect last names for each of the characters, though they are piped correctly above, as well as misattributing Chloe Reed's unit at the time as the Hsien Hotheads when in fact in the stories she was attached to the [[Blackhearts]]. | + | *The "Back Cover" blurb has extensive errors, with incorrect last names for each of the characters, though they are piped correctly above, as well as misattributing Chloe Reed's unit at the time as the Hsien Hotheads when in fact in the stories she was attached to the [[Blackhearts]]. |
| − | * Sarna.net merits multiple mentions in the chapter postscripts being cited as part of the author's research process | + | *Sarna.net merits multiple mentions in the chapter postscripts being cited as part of the author's research process. |
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== Covers == | == Covers == | ||