Experimental Technical Readout: Periphery
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| Experimental Technical Readout: Periphery | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Technical Readout (PDF) |
| Development | Herbert A. Beas II |
| Primary writing | Joel Steverson |
| Pages | 30 |
| Cover Artwork | Steve Venters |
| Illustrations | Doug Chaffee Seth Kurbound Chris Lewis Duane Loose Franz Vohwinkel |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Product code | CAT 35X010 |
| First published | 11 November 2011 |
| MSRP | $4.95 |
| Content | |
| Era | Jihad era |
| Timeline | Jihad |
| Series | Experimental Technical Readouts |
| Preceded by | Experimental Technical Readout: The Clans |
| Followed by | Experimental Technical Readout: ComStar |
Description[edit]
The fourteenth part of CGL's PDF exclusive mini-Technical Readout or TROlet series, Experimental Tech Readout: Periphery (abbreviated XTRO:Periphery) highlights equipment produced by secondary factories and other assorted organizations during the Jihad. With the pressing need for replacements for military units lost in the fighting, these lesser civilian and secondary complexes are pressed into use limited facilities to build replacement equipment. This XTR, features 13 'Mechs, Vehicles and Aerospace craft that were built with experimental technology. As with all other XTRs, this PDF also includes record sheets for these new vehicles.
In-universe, the TRO is a periodical, the FrontierTech Magazine, released on 20 March 3082 as a quarterly guide to the adventure offerings of its parent company, FrontierTech, Inc.
Publisher Description[edit]
| “ | Peripheral Developments
For many of the major realms in the Periphery, the Jihad was just as devastating as it was to the Great Houses and Clans of the Inner Sphere. But as the tide began to turn against the Word of Blake, the fanatics withdrew from most of these fringe worlds first, leaving behind technology and techniques that further fanned the flames of technological recovery. Scrambling to rebuild, the industries of the Periphery have almost reached technological parity with the larger Inner Sphere states, and new weapons and techniques are appearing even among these disparate, often-overlooked realms. Experimental Technical Readout: Periphery samples the custom and prototype designs that have begun to turn up in testing labs and top-secret proving grounds of the scattered realms of the local Periphery. Each design featured in this book incorporates some of the latest technologies developed by the realms of the Inner Sphere as the war against the Word of Blake winds toward its final conclusion. These technologies—first described in Tactical Operations—have yet to achieve widespread production, but each has been prototyped and rushed to the field for their desperate consumers. Statistics and Record Sheets are included for 13 new experimental BattleMechs, vehicles, aerospace units, and battle armor designs presented in this book, ready for play in advanced BattleTech games. |
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Contents[edit]
Introduction
- ABS-3MC Anubis
- TBT-XK7 Trebuchet
- AS7-00 Atlas Jurn
- RCL-Z1 Dig Lord Armed Mining 'Mech [sic]
- Saladin Ifrit
- Danai Arrow
- Patton-SB
- Dreadnought MK II Land Train
- Seabuster
- TRB-XTS Thunderbird
- Vengeance-class Pocket WarShip Prototype
- Ailette Rescue PA(L)
- Record Sheets
Notes[edit]
The cover of Experimental Technical Readout: Periphery originally was used as cover art for FASA's BattleForce 1st Edition box set.
See also[edit]
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