Field Manual: Capellan Confederation

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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
  • Index

Notes[edit]

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)

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