User:Dmon

About Me

I am not sure what came first for me, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat Video Game or the BattleTech: The Animated Series, at this point I had no idea how important this universe I had just stumbled across would become. MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries came next and then a gap for a couple of years and then I found Technical Readout: 3050 Revised in my local comic shop (circa '98). At this point I realized that this universe was a tabletop game for the first time!

In the greatest of ironys I found sourcing BattleTech books in the UK a slow and expensive process using my local (not very friendly) comic shop that was unknown to me situated 5 minutes walk from Ral Parthas european headquarters. MechCommander 2 and MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries kept the torch burning until MechWarrior: Dark Age came out in 2003 and for the first time ever getting physical product became easy.

I have been knocking around Sarna since Feb 2007 and finally after initially struggling to make sense of the universe I was happy to find a place that has everything.

In the time since I have contributed about 30,000 edits, backed the 2018 Video Game and the BattleTech: Clan Invasion and still have hopes of playing an actual game of BattleTech one day.

After accusing Catalyst Game Labs of mismanaging the IP in the wake of the collapse of BattleCorps in 2016 and release of the extremely shoddy Technical Readout: Succession Wars in 2017, I am incredibly happy to see that in 2019 CGL have not only reversed direction but seem to be pushing BT back towards greatness.

Let the good times roll.

Awards

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What I am currently working on

For 2019 I intent to be a bit more focused on clearing my unfinished projects as some of them I have been slowly chipping away at for a number of years.

Project Battles

Minor project intent on fleshing out some specifics of the 3rd SSW.

• Phase 1 - Deconstruct this article Wolf's Dragoons battles.
  • Pending
• Phase 2 - Extract conflicts from TRO3025.
• Phase 3 - Extract conflicts from TRO3026.

Project Commands

Major Project to update the Command article format.

• Phase 1 - Update all Officer sections to CO table.
  • In progress
• Phase 2 - Propose unified command infobox.
  • Complete -(26/1/19)
• Phase 3 - Develop unified Command infobox.
  • • Template:InfoBoxMercUnit, Template:InfoBoxMercUnit/doc
    • Template:InfoBoxStateUnit

• • • Template:InfoBoxMilitaryCommand, Template:InfoBoxMilitaryCommand/doc
  • In progress

Project House

Major Project house is an ongoing project to catalog the noble houses of the Inner Sphere as best I can. BattleTech is space feudalism but we do not actually see a lot of it going on beyond the five main houses. I am interested in the various Dukes, Counts and Barons.

• Phase 1 - Upgrade all character articles to include Infobox.
  • In progress
• Phase 2 - Create article for each noble house/notable family.
  • In progress
• Phase 3 - Create article for each noble title/notable position.
  • In progress
    • Phase 3a - Link known titles into planet articles.
    • Phase 3b - Attempt to link unspecified Counties and Baronies with locations.
    • Phase 3c - Attempt to link title holders across families and states.

Project HBS

Major Project to add in the characters from the HBS game and the linked Novellas.

• Phase 1 - Add in all characters from Flashpoint.
  • In progress
• Phase 2 - Re-read novellas and create at least character stubs.

Project Weapons

Minor Project to tidy up the weapons and equipment pages and detail the various brands/models better.

• Phase 1 - reformat Models section of all 'Mech weapons.
  • In progress
• Phase 2 - weapon brand tagging.
  • On going

General to-do-list

• Clean up and unify Template tags
  • Create "Announced Product" tag. Complete - (25/07/19)
• Clean up List of BattleTech products
  • Merge PDF product list into the main products list. Complete - (25/05/19)
  • Make main products list sortable. Complete - (18/06/19)
• Clear Category:Dark Age Characters. Complete - (13/08/19)
• Clear Category:Dark Age Mechs. Complete - (18/06/19)
• Clear Category:Dark Age Vehicles.
• Clear Category:MechWarrior 4 BattleMechs. Complete - (05/07/19)
• Clear List of minor mercenary units
• Clear & Delete Star League Defense Force Minor Fleet Characters. Complete - (26/07/19)
• Clear Clan Smoke Jaguar Minor Characters
• Convert Article Count History to a table. Complete - (05/07/19)
• Datamine A New Game. Complete - (20/07/19)
• Datamine Proliferation Cycle.

1. Break-Away
2. Prometheus Unbound
3. Nothing Ventured
4. Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight
5. A Dish Served Cold
6. The Spider Dances

• Datamine Founding of the Clans

1. Fall from Glory
2. Visions of Rebirth
3. Forging of Blood

• Datamine The Field Is Lost. Complete - (27/07/19)
• Datamine Iron Dawn.
• Deconstruct Amaterasu (members).
• Delete ComStar Minor Characters.
• Delete SLDF Minor Characters.
• Delete Clan Smoke Jaguar Minor Characters.
• Delete Free Worlds League Minor Characters.
• Eliminate misspelt "Alyra" name for MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf character Alera. Complete - (19/07/19)
  • Investigate and attempt to confirm spelling of Aleras JumpShip the "Jezebel".
  • Once correct name has been assertained create article for JumpShip.
• Find something to do with Regional Structure LCAF

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• Article Count History
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• Commands
  • Brigade Command
  • House Command
  • Mercenary Command

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