Wahnsinn und Methode
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Template:InfoBoxNovel Wahnsinn und Methode ("Madness and Method"), by Michael Diel, is a German-language BattleTech novel published by FanPro in 2004. It is the 1st in their German "Classic BattleTech" line of novels.
Contents
Overview
Canonicity
Written in German and exclusively published in that language so far, Wahnsinn und Methode does not technically meet the current criteria for Canon in the BattleTech universe. As an official product published under a valid license, it should be regarded as apocryphal instead.
From the back cover (translated from German)
| “ | The year is 2598. After a series of long and blood wars, humanity is united under a single banner for the first time in its history as the Star League. I. Company, 3rd Batallion of the Royal Black Watch BattleMech regiment, a SLDF elite unit and the First Lord's bodyguard under the command of Captain Jonathan MacNamara and his deputy, Lieutenant Matthew Carmichael, is redeployed to Icar in the Rim Worlds Republic. There, they are to carry out combined arms training with the aim of forging the different military branches into one efficient and well-rehearsed entity. But while MacNamara and Carmichael find that they have to cope with substantial internal problems on this assignment, a storm is gathering on the Rim Worlds planet. Is the Star League's fragile military and political equilibrium in jeopardy? |
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Plot Summary
Prologue
On 21 January 3067, Misha Auburn lectures history students at the Nagelring academy on Tharkad about the creation of the Star League by Ian Cameron which was finazlized when House Kurita, the last ruling House of the Successor States, became a member through signing the Treaty of Vega on 15 August 2569.
Main plot
A mock battle later revealed to be prototype testing for the new Longbow design
Characters
Featured places
- Caledonia (mentioned)
- Engadin
- Galatea (mentioned)
- Icar
- New Earth (mentioned)
- Pesht
- Tamar
- Teniente (mentioned)
- Tharkad
- newscasts cited from Galax, Icar, Markab, Memmingen, New Avalon, Robinson and Terra
Featured units
- 106th Royal Jump Infantry Division
- 22nd Royal CAAN Navy regiment
- 4th Amaris Dragoons (mentioned)
- 4th Pesht Regulars
- 7th Pesht Regulars
- 75th Royal Hussars (armor regiment)
- AFRI (Army of the Free Republic of Icar)
- Davion Assault Guards (mentioned)
- DEST Eight
- Icar Militia
- Royal Black Watch regiment
Featured BattleTech
BattleMechs
- Black Knight
- Catapult
- Clint
- Commando
- Crusader
- Dervish
- Excalibur (BattleMech)
- Flea
- Griffin
- Guillotine
- Highlander
- Hoplite
- Jenner
- Lancelot
- Longbow
- Mackie
- Night Hawk
- Rifleman
- Shadow Hawk
- Stalker
- Stinger
- Thorn
- Thug
- Thunderbolt
- Warhammer
- Wasp
- Wolverine
- Zeus
Vehicles
Aerospace Fighters
- Lucifer (with functional ejection system)
- Sparrowhawk
- Stuka
- F-46 fighters (possibly conventional)
DropShips
JumpShips
Notes
- The cover art was re-used from the Living Legends RPG adventure published in 1995. The same artwork had also been used by FanPro in 1997 for the cover of their German-only publication Geschichte der Inneren Sphäre ("History of the Inner Sphere]].
- A newscast from Galax dated 4 January 2598 announces that Hollis Incorporated first presented its newly developed Artemis IV system on that day as a prototype.
- A newscast from Robinson dated 4 February 2598 announces that Kong Interstellar first presented the plans for its newly developed Ostscout on that day.