20 Year Update

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Description

Written from the perspective of the Wolf's Dragoons' intelligence organization Wolfnet, 20 Year Update pushes the current era of the BattleTech game universe forward from the Fourth Succession War to the cusp of the Clan invasion. It details the massive political changes and new nations that spring up during this time, as well as providing deployment tables for all factions and updated maps of the Inner Sphere. The final section provides an overview of the movers and shakers circa 3050.

From the back cover

The Fourth Succession War was a victory for the Federated Suns.

The War of 3039 was a fiasco.

Now a new generation of Inner Sphere leaders are coming of age, inheriting the promises and the vendettas of their elders.

A new Marik commands the Free Worlds League. Theodore Kurita gains more and more power at the expense of his own father. The marriage between Hanse Davion and Melissa Steiner has successfuly borne fruit. The Capellan Confederation is no longer under the leadership of a madman.

But things never go smoothly in the Inner Sphere. Will the fledgling Federated Commonwealth survive the coming decade or will it collapse under pressures from within and without? Can the Capellan Confederation regain its strength before the Davions decide to finish what they started 20 years ago? Can Theodore Kurita drag the Draconis Combine into the modern day without losing his own life?

The BattleTech 20 Year Update advances the storyline of the universe up to the year 3050 and provides an inside look at the next generation of heroes and villains.

Contents

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 (in 3050). As such it is really the last pre-Clan BattleTech book, and summarizes the universe at the end of the initial (pre-Clan) setting.
  • 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.