Era Report: 2750
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| Era Report: 2750 | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Sourcebook, Scenario Pack |
| Author | Aaron Pollyea, Joel Steverson |
| Development | Herbert A. Beas II |
| Pages | 160 |
| Cover Artwork | Eric Williams |
| Illustrations | Justin Adams Les Dorscheid David Lecossu Chris Lewis Steven Alex Lyon Randall Mackey Jason Cheeseman-Meyer Mark Molnar Victor Manuel Leza Moreno Jeff Porter Rob Ruffolo Eric Williams |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Product code | 35222 |
| First published | 2012 |
| MSRP | $30.00 |
| Content | |
| Era | Star League era |
| Universe Date | 3089 |
| Series | Era Reports |
| Preceded by | Era Report: 3062 |
| Followed by | Era Report: 3145 |
Description[edit]
Era Report: 2750 is a sourcebook/scenario pack that provides players with a report about the latter years of the Star League era immediately prior to the death of Simon Cameron and the lead-up to the Richard Cameron regency and the Amaris Civil War. The book covers the history of this time period and gives profiles on important and significant characters and as well as their factions which include the six Inner Sphere Great Houses, SLDF and the Periphery states. Included among its rules are other gaming enhancements for advance gameplay which includes mini-campaigns for various events during this Era using the Chaos Campaign Rules/Warchest Point System.
In-universe, the publication appears to be a book titled Humanity's Zenith: Remembering the First Star League, written by Bertram Habeas and published by Republic Press in 3089.
From the back cover[edit]
| “ | Before the treachery of Stefan Amaris, Kerensky’s Exodus, and the Succession Wars, the realms of the Inner Sphere were united under the banner of the Star League. As the pinnacle of culture and technology, the six Great Houses and four territorial states of the League reaped the benefits of universal peace and justice, the fruits of their combined efforts enriching the lives of billions across the heavens.
...Or so the legends claim. In reality, the Inner Sphere of the 2750s was far from serene and light-years away from just. Though admired for its monolithic power, the pinnacle of mankind’s greatest experiment—the Star League—stood at a fateful crossroads, with feuding House Lords and rebellious territories only waiting for every chance to strike against each other. Era Report: 2750 pierces the luminous veneer of what many Inner Sphere and Clan historians alike have considered to be the golden age of BattleTech history: the height of the Star League era. Presented as a general overview of the period, rather than a focused report on a single conflict, this book includes descriptions of every major Inner Sphere faction active before the fateful events described in Historical: Liberation of Terra. Notable personalities, military forces, and an overview of the technological capabilities of the Star League age are also provided, along with special advanced-level rules for campaigns set during this time, whether played using the Total Warfare core rules or those found in A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG. |
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Contents[edit]
Pulsar (short story)
Introduction
- How to Use This Book
History And Review
- Beginnings
- Andurien
- Muddy Waters
- Neighbors
- Building an Army
- Reunification
- Preparations
- Opening Shots
- Round Two
- The Year of Fire
- Missteps
- Endgame
- Invading the Hyades Cluster
- Friends
- Changing of the Guard
- Technology Ascendant
- Underhanded Dealings
- Honeymoon
- Machinations
- Dueling Dragons, the First Hidden War
- Monomania
- Breakdown
- Succession War
- Civil War, Again
- Chaos
- Third War
- Grand Tour
Factions
- First Free Worlds Guards (The Eagles of Atreus)
- Tenth Atrean Dragoons
- Sixth Marik Militia
- Ducal Guard
- First Regulan Hussars
- Seventh Royal BattleMech Division
- 500th BattleMech Brigade
- Star League Expeditionary Brigade
- Twenty-first Royal Jump Infantry Division
- Third Royal BattleMech Division
- Thirteenth Royal Infantry Division
- Seventy-Seventh Royal BattleMech Brigade
- 331st Royal BattleMech Division
- Forty-second Engineering Brigade
- Twentieth Royal CAAN Marine Regiment
Major Personas
- Capellan Confederation
- Draconis Combine
- Federated Suns
- Free Worlds League
- Lyran Commonwealth
- Terran Hegemony
- Star League Defense Force
- Magistracy of Canopus
- Outworlds Alliance
- Rim Worlds Republic
- Taurian Concordat
Museum Technica
- Offensive Military Technologies
- Combat Equipment
- Scientific Achievements and New Technologies
- Department of Mega-Engineering
- Asteroid/Comet Mining and Bombardment
- Solar Mirrors and Solar Shades
- Orbital Factories and Habitats
- Biological Seeding and Atmospheric Processing
- Floating Cities
- The Impact of Mega-Engineering
Star League Campaign: 2750
- Tracks
- Campaign Special Rules
Warchest Point System
- WP-based Campaign
- Purchasable Special Abilities
- WP-based Strategic Movement
How to Use the Campaign
- The Campaign
- Running your Games
- Mission: Probe
- Mission: Probe in Force
- Mission: Ambush
- Mission: Headhunting
- Mission: Raid
- Mission: Assault
- Mission: Defense
- Mission: Strategic Withdrawal
- Touchpoint: Death of a Prince
- Touchpoint: St. George Strikes Again
- Touchpoint: Waldorff Warfare
- Touchpoint: Rasalhague Rumble
- Mini-Campaign Martial Olympiad
Playing the Star League Era
- BattleTech Rules
- Random Unit Assignment Tables
- Role-Playing Rules