Plenty of Room in the Nebula California
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 | Not Canon The subject of this article does not contribute canonical content to the BattleTech universe. This may be because it is not an official BattleTech product to begin with, or because it was declared or otherwise determined to be not canon. |
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| Plenty of Room in the Nebula California | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Sourcebook/Plotbook (April Fools) |
| Author | Herbert A. Beas II |
| Development | Herbert A. Beas II (Project Developer) Ray Arrastia (Line Developer) Aaron Cahall (Assistant Line Developer) |
| Primary writing | Herb A. Beas II Mark Riggleman (Editor) Étienne Charron-Willard (Record Sheets) |
| Pages | 157 |
| Cover Artwork | Mark Hayden |
| Interior Artwork | Mark Hayden (Original Art), David Kerber |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Product code | E-CAT35APR26 |
| First published | 1 April 2023 |
| MSRP | $4.99 |
| Content | |
| Era | Dark Age |
| Timeline | 3157 |
| Series | April Fools releases |
| Preceded by | Welcome to the Nebula California |
Overview[edit]
Plenty of Room in the Nebula California, the 2023 April Fools product, is a non-canon comedic sourcebook, a successor to the earlier Welcome to the Nebula California.
The sourcebook was written as a report/journal of a followup Interstellar Expeditions mission to rescue the previous 3105 California Nebula exploration team. The expedition found a message buoy with logs of the previous IE mission and their unusual discoveries lurking within the nebula. However, like the previous expedition, the would-be rescuers are also trapped in the California Nebula, prevented from jumping out and returning to the Inner Sphere.
The sourcebook provides regional data, character creation rules, record sheets, RPG weapons/equipment rules, and units for the crossover fiction universes covered therein.
Official Product Description[edit]
| “ | This Could be Heaven, or this Could be Hell!
Rimward of the Inner Sphere, far beyond reach or relevance to the major Houses and Clans who battle each other even now, lies a nebula long thought to be mundane, uninhabited, and insignificant. The last expedition to that cloud of space dust never returned. Over fifty years later, a second expedition now embarks to delve into the mystery that is the California Nebula! Plenty of Room in the Nebula California is a special follow-up to Welcome to the Nebula California, with more off-beat settings for BattleTech adventures far from the hustle, bustle, and cyclic chaos of the Dark Age-era Inner Sphere. Here in this space—where the very laws of logic, physics, and biology seem warped and twisted beyond recognition—worlds, societies, and technologies have arisen among populations long lost to the realms humanity now calls home! Special rules, backstories, and record sheets are included for a host of new (and hopefully unique) … things, ready for play in your (really) advanced BattleTech and A Time of War games. |
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Content[edit]
- Explorers Report: Return to Nebula California
- Heaven-Sent and Hell-Bound (short story)
- Reminder: We Know Nothing!
- Wasteland
- Alpha-Beta-Gamma”
- Selected Military Units (Alpha-Beta-Gamma)
- Alpha Federation Charter-class Starship
- Volk Leonard-class Cruiser (Alpha Federation)
- Ender Jeffrey-class Cruiser (Alpha Federation)
- Clan Genn G-7 (Colicos-class) Battlecruiser
- Ramonan Mk II Lenidas-class Cruiser
- Collective Capital Sphere
- Selected Military Units (Alpha-Beta-Gamma)
- Cobalt — page 23
- Selected Military Units (Cobalt) - Page 28
- CCA Adder Mk VII Space Superiority Fighter
- CCA Wyvern Mk III Heavy Support Craft
- CCA Nebular-class Aerospace Battle Carrier
- Cyberic Type A-72 Attack Fighter (Bandit)
- Cyberic Type C-64 Combat Shuttle (Bruiser)
- Cyberic I-7 Type Capital Command Ship (Big Spinner)
- Selected Military Units (Cobalt) - Page 28
- Jord— page 31
- Selected Military Units (Jord) - Page 35
- Myrmidon Mk IV Tactical Armor Package (Battle Armor)
- Jordan MV12 Sæhrímnir IFV (Combat Vehicle)
- Jordan MB08 Sleipnir Main Battle Tank (Combat Vehicle)
- Maethrilite Predator Serpentis (Ultra Light BattleMech)
- Maethrilite Angelus Thanatos (Medium BattleMech)
- Maethrilite Homarus Rex (Superheavy Quad BattleMech)
- Selected Military Units (Jord) - Page 35
- Other Discoveries
- Atlantropa
- (World War II-themed world)
- Barsuum
- (Steampunk-themed world)
- Eighthworld
- (Shadowrun-themed world)
- Pantheos
- (Mythology-themed world)
- Final Conclusions — page 40
- Rules Annex — page 25
- Role-Playing Rules (A Time of War Rules)
- Wasteland Type and Modifiers
- Species Data
- Cobalthroids
- Cyberic Functions, Skills, and Experience Table
- Alpha to Gamma Faction Small Arms and Gear
- Cobaltic Factions Small Arms and Gear
- Jordan / Maethrilite Factions Small Arms and Gear
- Role Playing Rules
- New Personnel Equipment Table
- Infantry Unit Construction Data
- Alpha-To-Gamma Heavy Equipment Table
- Colaltic / Cyberic Heavy Equipment Table
- Jordan / Maethrilite Heavy Equipment Table
- Recommended Miniatures for Featured Units
- New Heavy Weapons and Munitions
- BSR 3D Handybot” IFV (Combat Vehicle)
- B4 Milibot (Wheeled Support Vehicle)
- F-45D Power Armor
- Wasteworld Battle Dumper (Combat Vehicle)
- Petro-Fortress Tractor (Wheeled Support Vehicle)
- Wasteworld Pursuer (Ultralight Wheeled Support Vehicle)
- LP-838 Patriot (Medium BattleMech)
- C-800 Marine (Power Armor)
- SH-250D Stalker / Harvester Tank (Heavy Combat Vehicle)
- ASH-400A4 Airborne Stalker / Harvester (Combat Vehicle VTOL)
- Role-Playing Rules (A Time of War Rules)
- Record Sheets — page 117
Notes[edit]
- As an April Fools product, this PDF is explicitly considered noncanonical. The book also serves as parody book, with a number of references to favorite science fiction genres and franchises.
- Drone rules in Plenty of Room and Welcome to the Nebula California served as tests for/precursors to the Automata rules in the canon Ghosts of Obeedah.
