Dark Age Turning Points: Liao

Dark Age Turning Points: Liao
Product information
Type	Scenario Pack (PDF)
Development	Ben H. Rome
Primary writing	Patrick Wynne
Pages	34
Cover Artwork	Ray Arrastia (design & layout)
Interior Artwork	Jason Vargas (evolved faction logos design) Ray Arrastia (maps & unit logos)
First Publication
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
PIC	CAT35TP006
Published	16 March 2011
MSRP	$4.95
Content
Era	Dark Age era
Timeline	3134
Series	Dark Age Turning Points
Followed by	Dark Age Turning Points: Vega

Description

Dark Age Turning Points: Liao is the first release of the Dark Age Turning Points series of PDF web exclusives produced by Catalyst Game Labs. The product uses the Chaos Campaign rules and provides a campaign setting for players fight for control of Liao using Republic of the Sphere and Capellan Confederation forces. The book allows for players to use small size forces to planetary scale combat.

From the Back Cover

“

Free Liao! When The Republic of the Sphere was founded by Devlin Stone after the Word of Blake Jihad, Sun-Tzu Liao was forced to give up many of his worlds to the new nation. Several times in the following decades the Capellan Confederation tried and failed to reclaim those worlds, including the ancestral homeworld of Liao. But Sun-Tzu's son, Daoshen, is crafty and patient. In the wake of the devastating collapse of the hyperpulse generator network, The Republic is beset on all sides and Daoshen sees his chance. Taking advantage of a student uprising and unrest against The Republic, Daoshen's secret agitators and devoted troops will try one more time to avenge the dishonor of losing Liao. And this time, they will know victory! This campaign series uses the Chaos Campaign rules and gives players the option of fighting individual battles, following a campaign arc, inserting it into their own campaigns and even create their own scenarios with optional rules to give their games a “Liao flavor.” The ebook includes a detailed map of the world of Liao, a run down of the forces involved in the conflict, and several tracks that players can use to run simple lance-on-lance battles, or stage up to a world-wide invasion. Only the players' imaginations are the limits.

”

Contents

• Harsh Reality (short story)

• Introduction

• Atlas Liao
  • World Map & Planetary Data Sheet
  • Planetary Information & Maps

• Campaign
  • The Liberation of Liao: Brief Overview and Outcome
  • Random Assignment Tables: Liao, 3134
  • Combatants
    • Capellan Confederation
      • Second McCarron's Armored Cavalry (Capellan Confederation)
      • Dynasty Guard
      • Ijori Dè Guāng
      • Liao Conservatory Student Militia
    • Republic of the Sphere
      • V Principes Guards
      • V Triarii Protectors)
      • Liao Republic Standing Guard
  • Tracks/Scenarios
    • The Real Thing
    • Teach the Children
    • Country Clamor
    • Highway Star
    • Mau-ti On My Mind
    • Small-Town Charms
    • The Grinder
    • Hussan Drop
    • Down in the Mud and the Muck

• Record Sheets
  • Iveco II Super Burro Heavy Cargo Truck
  • Praetorian Mobile Command HQ
  • Koshi (Standard)
  • Black Hawk (Standard)
  • Mad Cat III Eve
  • Yu Huang Carson
  • CattleMaster RA-4 HerderMech
  • Harvester HVR-99 AgroMech

• Four page BattleForce 2 map of Liao

Notes

• Unlike other sourcebooks, Dark Age Turning Points: Liao lacks an explicit table of contents. The list shown here was assembled from page headings.
• As part of the release of Dark Age Turning Points: Liao, BattleCorps released a mini-Technical Readout for the Dark Age BattleMechs included in this PDF as an exclusive release for BattleCorp members.