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| Technical Readout: 3057 DropShips, JumpShips, & WarShips | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Technical Readout |
| Development | Michael Mulvihill |
| Primary writing | Chris Hartford |
| Pages | 224 |
| Cover Artwork | Gregory Bridges |
| Interior Artwork | Mike Nielsen Mark Ernst |
| Illustrations | Duane Loose |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | FASA |
| Product code | 8620 |
| First published | 1994 |
| ISBN-10 | 1555602347 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1555602345 |
| MSRP | $18.00 |
| Content | |
| Era | Clan Invasion era |
| Agency | Explorer Corps |
| Universe Date | 6 January 3057 |
| Series | Technical Readouts |
| Followed by | Technical Readout: 3057 Revised |
Contents
Description[edit]
Technical Readout: 3057 (TRO:3057) is the first book in the series of Technical Readouts (and after DropShips and JumpShips the second publication at all) that focuses on aerospace units, such as DropShips, JumpShips, WarShips, small craft, aerospace fighters, OmniFighters, space stations, and conventional aircraft. It is based on the BattleSpace ruleset and aims on thoroughly consolidating space vessel designs and clarifications of changed rules (in comparison to the older AeroTech) in one book, including record sheets for BattleSpace.
The book, purporting to be an Explorer Corps document from 3057 by one Dai-i Otanashi Haruka, was first published in 1994 with a same cover second and third edition.[1] The TRO:3057 was reissued in 2004 as Technical Readout: 3057 Revised.[2]
The German edition was published as Hardware-Handbuch: 3057 with largely unaltered content (see Technical Readout: 3057#German Edition below).
Table of Contents[edit]
- Introduction
- Briefing
- Dropships
- Inner Sphere DropShips
- Clan DropShips
- JumpShips
- Inner Sphere JumpShips
- Clan JumpShips
- WarShips
- Inner Sphere WarShips
- Clan/Star League WarShips
- Fredasa (Corvette/Raider)
- Vincent Mk 42 (Corvette)
- Whirlwind (Destroyer)
- York (Destroyer/Carrier)
- Essex (Destroyer)
- Lola III (Destroyer)
- Aegis (Heavy Cruiser)
- Volga (Transport)
- Congress (Frigate)
- Black Lion (Battlecruiser)
- Sovetskii Soyuz (Heavy Cruiser)
- Liberator (Cruiser)
- Cameron (Battlecruiser)
- Nightlord (Nightlord)
- Potemkin (Troop Cruiser)
- Texas (Battleship)
- McKenna (Battleship)
- Small Craft
- Fighters
- Light Fighters
- SYD Z1 Seydlitz
- SYD Z2 Seydlitz
- SYD Z2A Seydlitz
- SYD Z3 Seydlitz
- SYD Z3A Seydlitz
- SYD Z4 Seydlitz
- TRN-3T Trident
- F10-Cheetah
- F11-R Cheetah
- F11-RR Cheetah
- F12-S Cheetah
- F14-S Cheetah
- Sabre
- SW-606 Swift
- TR-7 Thrush
- Centurion
- SPD-502 Spad
- SPR-H5 Sparrowhawk
- SPR-6D Sparrowhawk
- SPR-8H Sparrowhawk
- SPR-H5K Sparrowhawk
- SL-21 Sholagar
- SL-21L Sholagar
- ZRO-114 Zero
- RGU-133E Rogue
- RGU-133F Rogue
- RGU-133L Rogue
- THK-63 Tomahawk
- THK-53 Tomahawk
- Medium Fighters
- CSR-V12 Corsair
- CSR-V20 Corsair
- CSR-V12M Corsair
- HCT-213B Hellcat II
- Lightning
- SL25 Samurai
- TR-10 Transit
- TR-11 Transit
- GTHA-500 Gotha
- HCT-213 Hellcat
- F-90 Stingray
- F-90S Stingray
- F-92 Stingray
- F-94 Stingray
- IRN-SD1 Ironsides
- LCF-R15 Lucifer
- LCF-R16 Lucifer
- LCF-R20 Lucifer
- LCF-16K Lucifer II
- LCF-16KR Lucifer I [sic]
- SI-17 Shilone
- SI-17R Shilone
- SI-17AC Shilone
- Heavy Fighters
- Eagle
- HRM-HD Hammerhead
- TR-13 Transgressor
- TR-13A Transgressor
- TR-14 Transgressor AC
- SL-15 Slayer
- SL-15R Slayer
- SL-15A Slayer
- SL-15B Slayer
- SL-15C Slayer
- RPR-100 Rapier
- AHB-X Ahab
- AHB-443 Ahab
- CHP-W5 Chippewa
- CHP-W7 Chippewa
- CHP-W10 Chippewa
- F-100 Riever
- F-100A Riever
- F-100B Riever
- F-700 Riever
- F-700A Riever
- STU-K5 Stuka
- STU-D6 Stuka
- STU-K10 Stuka
- STU-K15 Stuka
- Thunderbird
- OmniFighters
- Conventional Aircraft
- Space Stations
- Factories
- Habitats
- Recharge Stations
- Shipyards
- System-Defense Stations
- BattleSpace Clarifications
Remarks on content[edit]
- The title comprises descriptions of 144 units in total, all space vessels. Some have been previously published in older TROs', some units or at least variants of units being published for the first time. It contains:
- 40 DropShips, 30 Inner Sphere models and 10 Clan models,
- 11 JumpShips, 8 Inner Sphere models and 3 Clan models,
- 22 WarShips, 5 Inner Sphere models and 17 Clan models,
- 8 small craft in use both in Inner Sphere and amongst the Clans,
- 35 aerospace fighters (not counting variants),
- 12 OmniFighters of the Clans,
- 3 conventional aircraft,
- 13 space stations of various function.
- The in-universe presentation (Briefing) is given by Dai-i Otanashi Haruka, 6 January 3057 from Explorer Corps
- A variety of additional content is not listed in the table of contents:
- BattleSpace Record Sheets for generic
- DropShip
- JumpShip
- Large WarShip
- Small WarShip
- Space station
- Aerospace fighter
- Small craft
- a two page section Size Comparison with scaled images of various capital space vessels
- a two page section Tables with various tables for BattleSpace
- a one page section Diagrams with firing arcs, hit locations and critical hit modifiers.
- BattleSpace Record Sheets for generic
Notes[edit]
- Trademarked as BattleTech Technical Readout: 3057.
- Technical Readout: 3057 is an unusual TRO in that it carries no land units. Further it changed the artwork from the earlier Technical Readout: 2750, which did not go over well with some fans. However, it did well enough in sales to allow for the creation of JumpShip and WarShip miniatures.
- Another unique feature of this TRO is that it contains only BattleSpace statistics for the fighters presented, rather than full TRO-style entries. New artwork for a handful of fighters appear, but the images are not assigned to specific fighters. These images presumably represented the fighters introduced in AeroTech that were not given artwork at the time.
- The WarShip prominently shown on the cover, a Leviathan-class Dreadnought, is a class that was not actually described within the book. It was first described in Technical Readout: 3067. As of 3057, only two such ships were under construction, the Leviathan (Individual Leviathan-class WarShip) and the Great Bear. A photo of a miniature of the latter in AeroTech 2 Revised Edition showcasing its canonical paint scheme depicts the Ghost Bear logo on a red field. Since such a red field is absent on the vessel depicted on the book's cover, it is presumably the Leviathan.
- The third print run included a change to the fluff for the Tramp-class JumpShip (omitting the alleged sighting of Clan-owned vessels with 4 docking hardpoints). Note that this technically does not constitute a removal of the quote from canon.
Foreign-Language Editions[edit]
German[edit]
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| Hardware-Handbuch 3057 | |
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| Product information | |
| Language | German |
| Contribution | Hartwig Nieder-Gassel (Translation), Hartwig Nieder-Gassel and Frank Werschke (Editor), Ralf Hlawatsch (Copy-Editing) |
| Pages | 208 |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Fantasy Productions |
| First published | 1998 |
| ISBN-10 | 3890649394 |
| ISBN-13 | 4018522109398 |
| MSRP | DM 45,- / SFr 42,- ÖS 330 |
The German edition, called Hardware-Handbuch 3057, was released by Fantasy Productions in 1992 and received just minor changes (see below). The German version is printed as DIN A4, a standard European paper size, which is a little larger then North American Letter.
From the German back cover[edit]
The German back cover matches the original in text and design.
| “ | Hardware-Handbuch 3057 Im Jahr 3049 erschienen zum ersten Mal die Clans in der Inneren Sphäre. Ausgestattet mit der hochentwickelten Technik eines längst vergangenen Zeitalters, entfesselten die kriegslüsternen Invasoren einen vernichtenden Blitzkrieg, in dem sie eine Welt nach der anderen eroberten, bis ein Sieg der Angreifer unvermeidlich schien. Nachdem sie den überlegenen Mechs ihrer Gegner nichts entgegenzusetzen hatten, richteten die Streitkräfte der Inneren Sphäre ihren Blick hilfesuchend auf ihre Raumkampfflotten, doch alles, was sie dabei zu Gesicht bekamen, waren die tödlichen LandungsSchiffe, SprungSchiffe, und insbesondere die KampfSchiffe der Clans - riesige Raumfahrzeuge, die seit hunderten von Jahren nicht mehr in der Inneren Sphäre erblickt worden waren. Die großen Häuser haben nun damit begonnen, ihre eigenen Flotten auszubauen, und stehen bereit, die Clan-Invasoren auf dem unendlichen Schlachtfeld des Weltraums herauszufordern. Das Hardware Handbuch 3057 enthält Beschreibungen, Illustrationen und die vollständigen BattleSpace-Spieldaten für die neuesten LandungsSchiffe, SprungSchiffe, KampfSchiffe, Beiboote, Raumjäger, OmniJäger und konventionellen Flugzeuge der Inneren Sphäre und der Clans. |
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Alterations[edit]
The German edition received notable changes only in the book's last section, BattleSpace Clarifications. Here, the original Technical Readout 3057 lists a string of rule clarifications, blank record sheets, tables, diagrams for BattleSpace and a sketch of different space vessels for purpose of size comparison. In the German edition, this section is renamed Grössenvergleich (Site Comparison) and, consequently, contains just the two pages of sketches; all other content is left out.
Spelling and Names[edit]
As with other German products prior to 1997, spelling and names (especially places and units), as well as most abbreviations, were usually translated. For instance the Archer Mech unit was renamed Schütze, the planet Gotterdammerung was respelled as Götterdämmerung, the DCMS (Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery) became VSDK (Vereinigte Streitkräfte des Draconis Kombinats), and so on.
References[edit]
- ↑ The third being marked as "Corrected 3rd Printing"
- ↑ A purported workover from Wolfnet in 3067 with an introduction by Margaret Tulliver stating that the 3057 edition, as well as ComStar's earlier FB60 Intelligence Summary, contained numerous errors. In fact, construction rule changes required many tweakings or even substantial changes to various units' stats, such as increasing the official mass of the Union by 100 tons.
See also[edit]
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