Starter: Fist and Falcon
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| Starter: Fist and Falcon | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Scenario Pack |
| Development | Jason Schmetzer Herbert A. Beas II (Development Assistant), Ben H. Rome (Assistant Line Developer) |
| Primary writing | Jason Schmetzer |
| Pages | 89 |
| Cover Artwork | Ray Arrastia (Design & Layout) Brent Evans (Art Direction) |
| Interior Artwork | Jason Vargas (Evolved Faction Logos Design) Lance Scarinci, Peter Wort (Miniature Painting) Jason Schmetzer (Record Sheets) |
| Illustrations | Ryan Portillo |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Catalyst Game Labs |
| Product code | CAT35SB001 |
| First published | 15 April 2011 |
| MSRP | $9.99 |
| Content | |
| Era | Jihad era |
| Timeline | 3068 - 3080 |
| Series | BattleTech Starters |
Description[edit]
BattleTech Starter: Fist and Falcon is the first of a web-exclusive PDF series published by Catalyst Game Labs and BattleCorps, designed as a ready-for-play type scenario/RPG game. It includes scenario tracks, role-playing elements and record sheets. Fist and Falcon pits two company-size forces from the Lyran Alliance and Clan Jade Falcon against one another during the Falcon's incursion during the early years of the Jihad.
From the Back Cover[edit]
The Kewran Wolfhounds
| “ | As part of the Twenty-fifth Arcturan Guards, Hauptmann Michael Guillaume’s Wolfhounds Company faces its first trial by fire on the raging battlefields of Great X. | ” |
The Pursuing Peregrines
| “ | Forged in the dawning years of the Jihad, Star Captain Ingried's Binary of battle-hardened veterans seeks its own glory in his Clan’s latest war against the Lyran Alliance. | ” |
| “ | BattleTech Starter: Fist and Falcon brings players a new and exciting way to jump into the BattleTech universe. As conflict erupts anew on the Lyran-Falcon border during the early years of the Jihad, two untested commands clash. Including the brief history and personal dossiers of the members of these two forces, this PDF provides scenarios and special rules compatible with BattleTech games using Total Warfare and A Time of War, complete with Record Sheets for their ’Mechs and characters alike. | ” |
Contents[edit]
- Meet the Players (short story)
- Orchestral (short story)
- Introduction
- How to Use this Book
- A Brief History
- Pressing the Lines
- Rushing
- The Kewran Wolfhounds
- The Pursuing Peregrines
- Rules Annex
- Idea Hooks
- BattleTech Special Unit Abilities
- Special Pilot Abilities
- Fist and Falcon scenarios
- Supplemental Rules
- Scenario: Setting the Tone
- Scenario: Changing the Beat
- Scenario: Rising Tempo
- Scenario: Crashing Silence
- Record Sheets
Notes[edit]
- The trademarked title was BattleTech Starter: Fist and Falcon.