MechCommander - Prima's Official Strategy Guide

MechCommander - Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Product information
Type	Video Game Supplement (Strategy Guide)
Author	Joe Grant Bell
Pages	222
Publication information
Publisher	Prima Publishing
First published	1998
ISBN-13	0-7615-0556-3
MSRP	$19.99
Content
Era	Clan Invasion era
Timeline	3059

Summary

MechCommander - Prima's Official Strategy Guide is a guide book for Microprose's 1998 computer game MechCommander set in the BattleTech universe. It provides information on the game mechanics, tips and strategies to completing the game. Chapter 3 provides Technical Readout style information on the 'Mechs that can be purchased. Chapters 6 through 10 give a walkthrough of the missions and how to complete them.

Canonicity

Like the computer game for which it is a supplement product, this book was produced under a valid license yet does not meet the criteria for canon. Its contributions to the BattleTech universe must thus be considered apocryphal.

From the back cover

“

You will know what it is to command.

”

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Foreword by Jordan Weisman
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 - Essentials of 'Mech Command
  • Weapons & Equipment
  • 'Mech
  • Vehicle & Emplaced Defenses
  • Tactics & Techniques
  • Mission Walkthroughs
  • Multiplayer
  • Appendix
• Chapter 2 - Weapons and Equipment
  • Inner Sphere Weapons
    • Energy Weapons
    • Projectile Weapons
  • Clan Weapons
    • Energy Weapons
    • Projectile Weapons
  • Miscellaneous Equipment
    • Sensors
    • Other Equipment
  • Weapon Availability
  • Comparisons
• Chapter 3 - The BattleMech Roster
  • Inner Sphere BattleMechs
  • Clan 'Mechs
• Chapter 4 - Vehicles and Emplaced Defenses
  • Vehicle Roster
    • Vehicles Available from Battalion
  • Other Enemy Vehicles
  • Emplaced Defenses
    • Automated Turrets
  • Vehicle and Non-'Mech in Summary
• Chapter 5 - Tactics and Techniques
• Chapter 6 - Operation 1: Beachhead
• Chapter 7 - Operation 2: Skyhook
• Chapter 8 - Operation 3: Vanguard
• Chapter 9 - Operation 4: Lynchpin
• Chapter 10 - Operation 5: Cutthroat
• Chapter 11 - Multiplayer MechCommander Tips
• Appendix Interview
  • Interview with Denny Thorley