Field Manual: Capellan Confederation

Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
Product information
Type	Sourcebook
Development	Randall N. Bills Bryan Nystul (assistance)
Primary writing	Loren L. Coleman, Christoffer M. Trossen (writing) Diane Piron-Gelman, Davidson Cole (editing)
Pages	160
Cover Artwork	Doug Chaffee (art) T.A.N.G.O. 23 (design & layout)
Interior Artwork	Jim Nelson, Marc Sasso, Franz Vohwinkel (interior color section)
Illustrations	Steve Bryant Storn Cook Jeff Laubenstein Kevin McCann Brad McDevitt Paul Phillips Matthew Plog Loston Wallace
Publication information
Publisher	FASA
Product code	1717
First published	1 January 2000
ISBN-10	1-55560-388-2
ISBN-13	978-1-55560-388-5
MSRP	$22.00
Content
Era	Civil War era
Timeline	1 July 3063
Series	Field Manuals series
Preceded by	Field Manual: ComStar
Followed by	Field Manual: Federated Suns

Description

Field Manual: Capellan Confederation is the seventh release in the Field Manuals series and contains detailed information about the military forces of the Capellan Confederation and the Free Capella movement after the conclusion of the Capellan–St. Ives War. It includes additional rules for BattleTech and RPG, as well as new battle armor, BattleMechs, WarShips, equipment and weapons.

From the Back Cover

“

XIN SHENG ARISE AND CONQUER 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.

”

Contents

• The Will of the State (short story)

• Introduction

• Capella Rising
  • In Service to the Confederation
  • Ancestral Heritage
  • Sun-Tzu Liao
  • The New Capellan Order

• Wayward Cousins
  • An Early Start
  • A Time Apart
  • Formative Years
  • Brief Renaissance
  • Second Coming

• Sword of State
  • The Capellan Strategios
  • The Inclusion of St. Ives
  • Calling the Regiments
  • The New CCAF
  • Uniforms and Insignia

• Honing an Edge
  • Military Academies and Universities

• CCAF Rosters
  • Capellan Hussars
    • Red Lancers
    • Prefectorate Guard
    • Holdfast Guard
    • Dynasty Guard
  • Warrior House Orders
    • Warrior House Imarra
    • Warrior House Kamata
    • Warrior House Hiritsu
    • Warrior House Lu Sann
    • Warrior House Dai Da Chi
    • Warrior House Fujita
    • Warrior House Ma-Tsu Kai
    • Warrior House Ijori
  • The Death Commandos
  • Confederation Reserve Cavalry
    • Second Confederation Reserve Cavalry
    • Third Confederation Reserve Cavalry
    • Fifth Confederation Reserve Cavalry
    • Sixth Confederation Reserve Cavalry
    • Seventh Confederation Reserve Cavalry
  • Capellan Defense Force
    • First Capellan Defense Force
    • Second Capellan Defense Force
  • Liao Cháng-Chéng
    • Kamakura's Hussars
    • Renshield's Dragoons
    • Vong's Grenadiers
    • Syn's Hussars
  • Victoria Commonality Rangers
    • Kingston's Rangers
    • Sung's Rangers
  • McCarron's Armored Cavalry
    • First McCarron's Armored Cavalry
    • Second McCarron's Armored Cavalry
    • Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry
    • Fourth McCarron's Armored Cavalry
    • Fifth McCarron's Armored Cavalry
  • Citizens' Honored
    • Fourth Tau Ceti Rangers
    • Fifteenth Dracon
    • Lockhardt's Ironsides
    • Laurel's Legion
  • Capellan Brigade
    • Ambermarle's Highlanders
    • Harloc Raiders
    • Marshigama's Legionnaires
    • Shin Legion
  • St. Ives Armored Cavalry
    • First St. Ives Lancers
    • Second St. Ives Lancers
    • St. Ives Academy Training Group
  • St. Ives Sentinels
    • Devon's Armored Infantry
    • Roman's Mounted Fusiliers
  • St. Ives Janissaries
    • First Janissaries
    • Second Janissaries

• Free Capella
  • Blackwind Lancers
  • Borodin's Vindicators
  • Jie Fang Legion
  • Free Republic Revolutionaries
  • Sarna Martial Academy Cadre

• Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table (as of 1 July 3063)

• Rules
  • Unit Assignment Tables
  • CCAF Regiments
  • MechWarrior Rules
  • New Battle Armor
    • Fa Shih Battle Armor
  • New Equipment
    • Stealth Armor System
    • Arrow IV System Munitions
    • Missile Munitions
  • BattleMech Variants
    • SYU-2B Sha Yu
    • LHU-2B Lao Hu
  • New WarShips
    • Feng Huang-class cruiser

• Index

Notes

• 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

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
• Red Lancers Third Battalion Commander Peter Smith
• Dynasty Guard CO Eric Salzman
• 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)
• First Capellan Defense Force Aerospace Wing Commander Alec Bain (Camille's husband)
• Third McCarron's Armored Cavalry, Third Battalion Commander Lance Hawkins (aka Øystein Tvedten)
• Fourth McCarron's Armored Cavalry "Carson's Cavaliers" CO Richard Carson
• Fourth McCarron's Armored Cavalry Second Battalion Commander Dave Stansel (David Stansel-Gardner)
• Fifteenth Dracon XO Clint Swereda
• Harloc Raiders Second Battalion Commander Michael Zabkar (Mike Zabkar on rgm)
• Harloc Raiders Third Battalion Commander Adam Olsen
• St. Cyr's Armored Hussars XO Ian Hayes
• Second St. Ives Lancers Air Lancers Wing Commander Brett Lonewolf (David "LoneWolf" Williams)
• Blackwind Lancers CO Warner Doles

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)