Bushwacker Lore and Blueprint

Bushwacker Lore and Blueprint
Product information
Type	Short story
Author	Randall Bills
Publication information
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
First published	7 September 2016
Content
Era	Clan Invasion era
Series	MWO Hero 'Mech Lore

Bushwacker Lore and Blueprint, by Randall Bills, is a short story published for MechWarrior Online.

Plot summary

The short story narrates an engagement between Adam Steiner's 1st Somerset Strikers and Clan Jade Falcon forces led by Nicolai Malthus on an unmentioned world in the Tamar March of the Federated Commonwealth.

Canonicity

Although MechWarrior Online as such does not fall under the current criteria for Canon, the fiction going with the games' "Hero 'Mechs"—written largely by Randall Bills who at the time was also the incumbent BattleTech Line Developer at Catalyst Game Labs—was expressly declared fully canonical. At the same time, the Hero 'Mechs themselves and the configurations offered by MechWarrior Online were still not considered canon beyond what was expressly put down in the fiction pieces.

Featured Characters

• Valten Ryder
• Adam Steiner
• Nicolai Malthus
• Zachary Miles Hawkins
• Boss Tybus

Featured BattleTech

'Mechs

• Axman
• Bushwacker
• Mauler
• Thor

Featured planets

• Twycross (mentioned)

Notes

• This canon short story is posted on an archived copy of the MWO forums here.