20 Year Update
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Description
Written from the perspective of the Wolf's Dragoons' intelligence organization Wolfnet, 20 Year Update pushed the current era of the BattleTech game universe forward from the Fourth Succession War Era to Inner Sphere on the cusp of the Clan Invasion. It details the massive political changes and new nations that sprung up in that timeframe, as well as providing deployment tables for all factions and maps of change state of the Inner Sphere. The final section provides an overview of the movers and shakers circa 3050.
From the back cover
| “ | The year is 3050.
Don't think of your character as twenty years older... think of his son as being ready for battle. |
” |
Contents
- The Inner Sphere: 3050
- Historical Overview: 3030-3050
- New Governments
- New Leaders
- Arming of ComStar
- War of 3039
- Federated Commonwealth
- Unification
- Opposition to Alliance
- War of 3039
- Politics
- Government
- Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth
- Economy
- Goals and Problems
- Deployment Tables
- War of 3039
- First Wave
- Counterthrust
- The Draconis Combine
- Rise of Theodore
- The Ronin War
- Theodore's Innovations
- War of 3039
- Politics
- Border Changes
- Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery
- Social and Economic Reforms
- Goals and Problems
- Deployment Tables
- Free Rasalhague Republic
- Origins
- Revolt
- Independence
- Government
- Rasalhague Kungsarme (Royal Rasalhague Army)
- Economy
- Culture
- Conclusion
- Deployment Tables
- Free Worlds League
- Recent Events
- Politics
- Economy
- Military
- Conclusion
- Deployment Tables
- Capellan Confederation
- Reconstruction
- Politics
- Military
- Economy
- Conclusion
- Deployment Tables
- ComStar
- A New Stance
- Interstellar Relations
- Internal Politics
- Political Goals
- Com Guards
- Conclusion
- Deployment Tables
- Military Technology Review
- The Periphery
- Magistracy of Canopus
- Taurian Concordat
- Outworlds Alliance and Independents
- Bandit Kingdoms and Pirate Bands
- Deployment Tables
- Major Personalities of 3050
Notes
- Much like the Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook), this book details a distinct point of time, with no mention of the existence of the Clans or their upcoming arrival. As such it's really the last pre-Clan BattleTech book.
- At less than a page, the military technology review tells little beyond the names of new 'Mechs and details about the rise and fall of Listen-Kill Missiles.