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Welcome to the Nebula California
Product information
Type Sourcebook/Plotbook
(April Fools joke)
Development Ben Rome
Primary writing Herb A. Beas II
Paul Sjardijn
Pages 74
Cover Artwork Matt Cross David Kerber
Interior Artwork Matt Cross David Kerber
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
Product code E-CAT35APR23
First published 1 April 2015
MSRP (free)
Content
Era Dark Age
Timeline 3105
Series April Fools releases

Welcome to the Nebula California is a humorous sourcebook and plot book that was released as a free 2015 April Fools product.

The sourcebook is done in the style of Interstellar Expeditions report investigating rimward region of space known as Perseus-Cepherus Cloud Complex called NGC/SLSC 1499, a.k.a. the “California Nebula”. Discovering several inhabited worlds, with incredible differently settlements/civilizations in this region of space. However, the expedition also faces the inability to return to the Inner Sphere.

The sourcebook provides regional data, character creation, record sheets/Alpha Strike Cards, weapons/equipment rules, and units customized for this non-canon adventure.

Official Product Description

I Think I Feel a Song Coming On!

ComStar lied! (We know: Big shock!) They said they checked out this distant rimward nebula, which ancient charts called “California” for some reason. Perhaps because someone in IE’s corporate mish­mash of a leadership didn’t trust them—or more likely because they forgot that there even was a report from the Explorer Corps—the loose confederation of explorers, prospectors, and dig gypsies who make up Interstellar Expeditions thought they’d check it out again... Contrary to an unremarkable (and uninhabited) region of stars surrounded by the dusty shell of a millions­-year-­old explosion, IE’s expedition to the California Nebula has made some startling discoveries!

Welcome to the Nebula California (AKA Explorer’s Report: California Nebula) offers a few new venues for off­beat BattleTech adventures far from the hustle, bustle, and yet predictable chaos of the Dark Age­ era Inner Sphere. Here, far from known civilizations (and from HPGs!), are worlds, societies, and technologies unlike any seen back home! Special rules, back-stories,and yes, even record sheets, are included for a host of new (and hopefully unique) ...things, ready for play in your (really) advanced BattleTech and A Time of War games.

Content


Notes

As an April Fools product, this PDF is explicitly considered non-canonical. The book also serves as parody book, with a number of references to favorite science fiction genres. The name of the product is nod too the song Hotel California by the Rock Band, the Eagles.