Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
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| Field Manual: Capellan Confederation | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Sourcebook |
| Development | Bryan Nystul |
| Primary writing | Loren L. Coleman Christopher Trossen |
| Pages | 160 |
| Cover Artwork | Doug Chaffee |
| Illustrations | Steve Bryant Storn Cook Jeff Laubenstein Kevin McCann Brad McDevitt Jim Nelson Paul Phillips Matthew Plog Marc Sasso Franz Vohwinkel Loston Wallace |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | FASA |
| Product code | 1717 |
| First published | 1 January 2000 |
| ISBN-10 | 1555603882 |
| Content | |
| Era | Clan Invasion era Civil War era |
| Series | Field Manuals |
| Preceded by | Field Manual: ComStar |
| Followed by | Field Manual: Federated Suns |
Description[edit]
Field Manual: Capellan Confederation was the seventh in the Field Manual series. The book detailed the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces, including a brief history of the Capellan Confederation the focused on the smallest Successor State's post–3025 existence, unit descriptions, synopses of major military training centers, and a description of the ways in which the CCAF's military bureaucracy works. After the fictional descriptions, the book detailed new rules for BattleTech and, for the first time, MechWarrior, Third Edition. It wrapped up with new equipment and new units that made use of that equipment.
FM:CC updated the Confederation to 3063. It also brought the Capellan–St. Ives War to its final conclusion.
From the back cover[edit]
| “ | Ravaged during the Succession Wars and poorly governed by paranoid Chancellors, the Capellan Confederation has languished at the mercy of its more powerful neighbors for centuries. However, the time of Xin Sheng has arrived. A new birth. The devious and brilliant Sun-Tzu Liao leads his people into a glorious era of national pride and prosperity. Through subterfuge and warfare, he is driven to reclaim everything the Confederation has lost.
BattleTech Field Manual: Capellan Confederation provides an in-depth look at the rising power of House Liao, including profiles on every Confederation regiment and the regiments of the newly conquered St. Ives Compact. Special rules reflecting the unique abilities of each regiment are included, along with new equipment and 'Mechs exclusive to the Capellan Confederation. |
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Contents[edit]
- The Will of the State (short story)
- Introduction
- Capella Rising
- In Service to the Confederation
- Ancestral Heritage
- The Age of War
- Star League Years
- The Succession Wars
- Kerensky's Legacy
- Sun-Tzu Liao
- The New Capellan Order
- Xin Sheng
- Unity
- Wayward Cousins
- An Early Start
- A Time Apart
- Formative Years
- Brief Renaissance
- Second Coming
- Sword of State
- Honing an Edge
- CCAF Rosters
- Warrior House Orders
- The Death Commandos
- Rules
- Unit Assignment Tables
- CCAF Regiments
- MechWarrior Rules
- Fa Shih Battle Armor
- New Equipment
- Stealth Armor System
- Arrow IV System Munitions
- Missile Munitions
- SYU-2B Sha Yu
- LHU-2B Lao Hu
- Feng Huang-class Cruiser
- Index
Notes[edit]
- This was the first Field Manual to incorporate new rules for MechWarrior, Third Edition (now known as Classic BattleTech RPG).
- The trademarked title is BattleTech Field Manual: Capellan Confederation.
Trivia[edit]
According to a post on the forums at www.classicbattletech.com (lost when the forums were hacked in 2011) by BattleTech author Camille Klein (posting as AcidQueen), the FM:CC author, Loren Coleman asked if she could supply him with names for unit commanders. She provided him with the names of numerous BattleTech fans who had been active on the Usenet rec.games.mecha group. A keyword search of rec.games.mecha archives resulted in matches for the following FM:CC personnel:
- Red Lancers Second Battalion Commander Drew Patterson[1]
- Red Lancers Third Battalion Commander Peter Smith[2]
- Dynasty Guard CO Eric Salzman[3]
- Dynasty Guard XO Jordan Weiss (for Jordan Weisman)
- Sixth Capellan Reserve Cavalry Second Battalion Commander Jeremy Kubasik (for Christopher Kubasik)
- Seventh Capellan Reserve Cavalry XO Shawna White (Camille's sister)[4]
- First Capellan Defense Force Aerospace Wing Commander Alec Bain (Camille's husband)[5]
- Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry, Third Battalion Commander Lance Hawkins (aka Øystein Tvedten)[6]
- Fourth McCarron's Armored Cavalry "Carson's Cavaliers" CO Richard Carson[7]
- Fourth McCarron's Armored Cavalry Second Battalion Commander Dave Stansel (David Stansel-Gardner)
- Fifteenth Dracon XO Clint Swereda[8]
- Harloc Raiders Second Battalion Commander Michael Zabkar (Mike Zabkar on rgm)[9]
- Harloc Raiders Third Battalion Commander Adam Olsen[10]
- St. Cyr's Armored Hussars XO Ian Hayes[11]
- Second St. Ives Lancers Air Lancers Wing Commander Brett Lonewolf (David "LoneWolf" Williams)[12]
- Blackwind Lancers CO Warner Doles[13]
Author Loren Coleman also created a number of CCAF commanders with Asian-sounding names that were actually phonetic puns:
- Protectorate Guard, Air Guard Wing Commander Nu Phang Gull (Newfangled)
- House Imarra, First Company Commander Su Mur Kald (Summer Cold)
- House Hiritsu Master Ty Wu Non (Tie One On)
- House Ijori, Third Company Commander Meh So Hung (Me So Hung)
- Second Capellan Reserve Cavalry CO Mai Tee Phyn (Mighty Fine)
- Sixth Capellan Reserve Cavalry "Arcade Rangers" CO Ni Tehn Dho (Nintendo)
- Kamakura's Hussars XO Kan Ai Phyr (Can I Fire?)
- Syn's Hussars CO Syn Sum Orr (Sin Some More)
- Third Victoria Home Guard CO Pan Ti Lun (Panty Line)
References[edit]
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/drew$20patterson%7Csort:date
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/peter$20smith%7Csort:date
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Eric$20Salzman%7Csort:date
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Shawna%7Csort:date/rec.games.mecha/L_iKhPjFkeY/XFOn_SmhmGUJ
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Alec$20Bain%7Csort:date/rec.games.mecha/M3eZYnKg4YY/OdoOblgIRBQJ
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Lance$20Hawkins%7Csort:date/rec.games.mecha/mMIeRa5jTmo/dZRI5_jpQRcJ
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Richard$20Carson%7Csort:date
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Clint$20Swereda%7Csort:date
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Mike$20Zabkar%7Csort:date
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Adam$20Olsen%7Csort:date
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Ian$20Hayes%7Csort:date
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/david$20t.$20williams$2C$20lonewolf%7Csort:date/rec.games.mecha/uygSTGSDYoI/CyGv4pimcmUJ
- ↑ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.mecha/Warner$20Doles%7Csort:date