Bob

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The planet Bob, originally named Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt, arose from a conversation between two BattleTech Line Developers, Øystein Tvedten and Herbert A. Beas. The description of its' creation was given on the Catalyst Game Labs forum shortly after the release of Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1. The description is as follows:

“ The name came about in a funny way.

I was bantering with Herb over Instant Message, and we were discussing something, and I make an offhand comment that X should visit the planet "Bob". To which Herb replies "We have a planet named Bob?!".

Which of course, at the time, we did not.

So I made up one of my usual yarns about "It is a dead planet that was named something horrible, but decided to change it's name. But unfortunately in the chaos of the 1st Succession War, the name change got misfiled and all necessary goods they ordered to be sent to the planet "Bob" went nowhere, because records didn't show such a planet existing. It was not until the end of the 1st Succession War the error was discovered, but then the vital terra-forming equipment had failed and the planet was uninhabited. Such a sad sad fate."

To which Herb about fell over with laughter and decided to make it canon, and he came up with the original name.

Cheers, Øystein

”
  — Øystein Tvedten, 09 Mar 2012

The history of Bob was canonized in the BattleCorps story Finding Jardine.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 147, "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"
  2. ↑ The Periphery (sourcebook), p.156, "The Outworlds Alliance Sector"
  3. ↑ Objective Raids, p.46, "Map of Periphery States: The Outworlds Alliance Sector"
  4. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 110, "Outworlds Alliance"
  5. ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 98, "Near Periphery Kingdoms Map""
  6. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 150, "Outworlds Alliance (3067)"
  7. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  8. ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 23, "DCMS Deployment Map [3079]"
  9. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 30, "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map [3079]"
  10. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  11. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  12. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130

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