Bushwacker Lore and Blueprint

Bushwacker Lore and Blueprint
Short story by Randall N. Bills
Publication
Published	7 September 2016
Published in	MechWarrior Online Legends
Publisher	Piranha Games Inc.
Chronology
Era	Clan Invasion era
Timeline	ca. 3050
Series
MWO Hero 'Mech Lore series
The Huntsman Lore and Blueprint     Thanatos Lore

Bushwacker Lore and Blueprint is a short story by Randall N. Bills published for MechWarrior Online Legends' Hero 'Mech Lore series in MWO's public internet forum.

Canonicity

Although MechWarrior Online Legends as such does not fall under the current criteria for canon, the fiction for the Hero 'Mechs written by Randall N. Bills—who at the time was also the incumbent BattleTech Line Developer at Catalyst Game Labs—was expressly declared fully canonical. This ruling was however reversed in January 2025 by Bills' successor Ray Arrastia, such that these short stories are not canonical, and can only be considered Apocryphal.

Plot Summary

The story takes place on an unmentioned world in the Tamar March of the Federated Commonwealth and narrates an engagement between Major Adam Steiner's First Somerset Strikers and Clan Jade Falcon forces led by Star Colonel Nicolai Malthus.

Featured Characters

• Hauptmann Valten Ryder
• Major Adam Steiner
• Hauptmann Zachary Hawkins
• Star Colonel Nicolai Malthus (mentioned)
• Boss Tybus (mentioned)

Featured Units

• First Somerset Strikers

Featured Places

• Terra (mentioned)
• Twycross (mentioned)

Featured BattleTech

BattleMechs

• BSW-HR Bushwacker "High Roller"
• AXM-2N Axman
• Mauler
• Thor
• Hatchetman (mentioned)
• Cataphract (mentioned)

Notes

• This apocryphal short story was posted on the MechWarrior Online Legends forum (link to archived copy of original entry/announcement) [1]