It was, by all accounts, a beautiful afternoon. Twinkling light shone through breaks in the clouds and the tropical foliage that lined the planet’s equatorial regions, giving the forest path an almost otherworldly quality. You’d have hardly believed they were a mere 15-minute drive from the hustle and bustle of Regulus City. The nature walk […]
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Sweet baby Blake, it’s only been winter for a few days, and it’s already colder than most winters of the past two decades. I don’t know what we did to piss off Jack Frost, but I am collectively sorry for the entire Sarna staff. Please spare us your freezing wrath. The only thing keeping me […]
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Go-Cho Stephen Asagi had grown tired of the cat-and-mouse game he’d been playing with a Lyran Wolfhound for the better part of an hour. Largely because he was losing. Normally, Go-Cho Asagi’s Hussar could have run rings around the Wolfhound, but the rocky terrain that surrounded the mines of New Anaheim prevented him from pushing […]
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In solidarity with the oncoming winter, of which I most detest, I have painted up some Ghost Bears. I’m hoping this somehow bestows me with frost resilience if not outright resistance to the cold, onrushing ice. I doubt it will. Truly, I am the worst Canadian. But no matter! Despite rapidly dropping temperatures, Sarna is […]
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“Is that the new Nissan 650 ZX-3?” Liu Yizhen asked. “Sure is!” Chad Drixler replied. As expected of employees at Skobel MechWorks, both had a penchant for over-engineered products. The Nissan 650 ZX-3, with its sleek lines and convertible hardtop, was the epitome of a modern sports car. It stood in stark contrast to the […]
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I’ve seen several postings about BattleTech: Aces out in the wild, and I must say, I’m jealous of all the Germans (or other Europeans who were able to get to Spiel Essen) who were able to grab some of the first boxes publicly available. I know that the odds are relatively good that Canada will […]
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MechWarrior Kios stared into the flames, his veneers laid out before him. It wasn’t typical for a newly blooded Nova Cat warrior to take the Rite of the Vision immediately after passing their Trial of Position, but neither was Kios a typical warrior. While the rest of the sibko graduates had gone to celebrate their […]
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What does September bring besides Earth, Wind & Fire? Two things. First, Pirate Point Issue #2, of which I am the third story entry. It’s a tale about an Elemental who can’t go if you’re watching. I can relate. The second thing it brought for me was the Barrie Batchall, an annual Alpha Strike tournament […]
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BattleTech is a constantly evolving universe, and for a long time, that evolution was almost entirely additive. But starting a few years ago, BattleTech started looking back. Not to rewrite old stories (although it would often add to them), but to reimagine those original iconic machines for a modern audience, and one of the key […]
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“In the red ’Mech bay, piloting a Mad Cat MDG-1A, “Mad” Matteo Romano!” The announcer’s voice carried from the tri-vid display despite the general din of the bar. It wasn’t the busiest time of day—most mercenaries on Galatea didn’t bother getting out of bed until mid-afternoon—but there were still a few patrons sipping beers and […]
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It doesn’t matter how old I get; the end of August is always a somewhat melancholic time of the year. The heat of summer has finally receded to be merely comfortable during the day, the yellow jackets are all up in my business as soon as the sun rises, and children are walking around like […]
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In honor of MechWarrior 2‘s 30th anniversary, Sarna is hosting a guest piece by Emil Lundedal Hammar, better known as The Art of BattleTech on social media and renowned MechWarrior 5 modder BoukObelisk over on Nexus Mods. Emil has been a lifelong fan of BattleTech and MechWarrior, and with a PhD in Game Studies, he’s […]
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The raid was going well, if the unit’s radio chatter was anything to go by. Jenson tuned most of it out—it was hard to hear it over the sound of his dual saw chewing merrily through a tree. There wasn’t much else to shoot at in his sector, so Jenson fell back on old habits […]
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Update on my painting quest! Apparently, Speedpaints are a better option for BattleTech ‘Mech painting, so I’ll be looking into that for my next faction. In the meantime, I’m learning to drybrush over these contrast-painted ‘Mechs, which so far is a painstaking process that I truly do not wish to repeat another two-dozen times. How […]
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“We’ve completed our analysis of the Republic Armed Forces, sir.” Brodie McIntosh, CEO of Cosara Weaponries, looked up from a datapad recounting the latest Premier footie league match between the Terrible Tarans and the Glasgow Goblins. He grunted at the score—the Tarans had lost, as usual. “Aye, what have ye got?” McIntosh’s aide, Robert Downs, […]
Read More → I’m still on the market for a quick and easy way to get my grey BattleTech miniatures tabletop ready. My most recent experiment involved contrast paints, but they seem to be more trouble than they’re worth. The initial coat looks good and makes those panels really pop, but closer inspection reveals numerous flaws that have […]
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“Ma’am? There’s a call for you,” said the inflight attendant as he offered a small headset. Dhriti Puri had only just sat down aboard the Princess-class luxury liner Endless Self-Indulgence. She was honestly surprised it had taken the idiots at Vinning Engineering and Salvage Team this long to interrupt her vacation. Dhriti held her breath […]
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Sarna moves! DLC arrivals! Fan projects! Big industry news! It’s a May unlike any other! So much news that I’m desperately trying to keep the word count to a minimum. But BattleTech has other plans. So I’ll stop running my actuators and dive straight into all the BattleTech news for May 2025. Sarna Has A […]
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“And the last of the salvageable materials can be viewed here,” Technician Warner motioned to the bottom of the datapad held by Star Captain Bijon Tseng. As the XO of the Second Tyr Assault Cluster, administrative matters such as battlefield recovery and salvage fell to him. The battle for Karston had been well-fought, with the […]
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I know this sort of flies in the face of some very good advice from a certain Hitchhiker’s Guide we’ll talk about later, but the whole tariffs thing made me panic-purchase a new computer earlier this month. The good news is that I now have a top-of-the-line machine that’s going to absolutely crush the new […]
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You could always tell things were not going well when the top brass sent out infantry squads to dig trenches they hoped would provide some sort of defense against an onrushing regiment of BattleMechs. Corporal Andrews knew better—only a ‘Mech could kill another ‘Mech. Or at least a bunch of tanks with artillery support. Some […]
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Spring has sprung itself on BattleTech like a female lion on an unsuspecting antelope. It starts with the KerenskyKon teasers, which set the antelope running. Then, it gets ambushed by another female lion [ed. or ‘lioness,’ as I have been recently informed] that jumps out of the bushes at Adepticon. Then, the rest of the […]
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I don’t need to tell you that a big part of why BattleTech has stuck around for so long is because of the incredible art that seemingly gets better and better with each passing year. From the line drawings of the original TROs to the breathtaking multi-page art spreads that use cutting-edge software alongside the […]
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“I’m tellin’ ya, man, I’m cursed! Just cursed!” Private Coop McRawder shouted to no one in particular. He was already three sheets to the wind after being on Galatea for just two hours—shore leave as the Rowdy McRawders rested and refitted before returning to find contracts in the Hinterlands. Coop, the youngest of the McRawder […]
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As I write this, dump trucks full of snow haul their icy cargo down recently plowed roads. The ice banks reach up to my shoulders while the bottom half of my window is nothing but mud-speckled white. We are in the deep of winter where I do not go outside unless absolutely necessary. Like for […]
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