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[[Image:BT3500AISaaGCover.jpg|thumb|left|Latest edition of the universe booklet, retitled ''Inner Sphere at a Glance'']]
 
A booklet titled '''''Classic BattleTech Universe''''' was included with the 2003 [[Classic BattleTech Boxed Set]] by [[FanPro]], and was also offered for free PDF download as a promotional product first by FanPro's and later by [[Catalyst Game Labs]] from their respective BattleTech website, the now defunct classicbattletech.com site.<ref>The download URL used to be http://www.classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=products&mode=full&id=210 but classicbattletech.com is now defunct.</ref>
 
A booklet titled '''''Classic BattleTech Universe''''' was included with the 2003 [[Classic BattleTech Boxed Set]] by [[FanPro]], and was also offered for free PDF download as a promotional product first by FanPro's and later by [[Catalyst Game Labs]] from their respective BattleTech website, the now defunct classicbattletech.com site.<ref>The download URL used to be http://www.classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=products&mode=full&id=210 but classicbattletech.com is now defunct.</ref>
  
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==Description==
 
==Description==
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Beginning with the ''[[Introduction to BattleTech]]'' booklet that [[FASA]] had included in the 1996 [[BattleTech, Fourth Edition]] boxed set, a second booklet besides the actual BattleTech rulebook was included with the game's core boxed set that contained background information about the BattleTech universe. While the booklet in FASA's fourth edition also contained the [[quick start rules]], it was revised by FanPro for their new 2003 edition of the boxed set to be purely a setting book. Despite minor changes to its layout and being renamed after 2007, it has remained essentailly unchanged ever since.
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Beginning with the ''[[Introduction to BattleTech]]'' booklet that [[FASA]] had included in the 1996 [[BattleTech, Fourth Edition]] boxed set, a second booklet besides the actual BattleTech rulebook was included with the game's core boxed set that contained background information about the BattleTech universe. While the booklet in FASA's fourth edition also contained the [[quick start rules]], it was revised by FanPro for their new 2003 edition of the boxed set to be purely a setting book and titled simply ''Classic BattleTech Universe''.
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Despite some changes to its layout, minor editorial changes to its content and being renamed to ''Inner Sphere at a Glance'' after 2007, it has remained largely unchanged ever since. Most importantly, ''Inner Sphere at a Glance'' added two chapters named "The Mechanics of Assault" (a brief overview of space travel mechanics in BattleTech) and "Mission Types".
  
 
==Contents==
 
==Contents==
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* INTRODUCTION
 
* A TIME OF WAR
 
* A TIME OF WAR
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* INTRODUCTION
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* [[Perpetual War|PERPETUAL WAR]]
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* PERPETUAL WAR
 
 
* A BIEF HISTORY OF THE INNER SPHERE
 
* A BIEF HISTORY OF THE INNER SPHERE
 
** Rise of the [[Terran Hegemony|Hegemony]]
 
** Rise of the [[Terran Hegemony|Hegemony]]
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** [[Banshee (BattleMech)|BNC-3E ''Banshee'']]
 
** [[Banshee (BattleMech)|BNC-3E ''Banshee'']]
 
** [[Atlas (BattleMech)|AS7-D ''Atlas'']]
 
** [[Atlas (BattleMech)|AS7-D ''Atlas'']]
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For ''Inner Sphere at a Glance'' the following were added in just prior to the Technical Readout section:
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*THE MECHANICS OF ASSAULT
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** [[JumpShip]]s
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** [[Jump Point]]s
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***Pirate Points
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***Detection
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** [[DropShip]]s
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***Combat Drops
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*MISSION TYPES
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**Garrison (Defense)
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**Cadre (Defense)
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**Relief Duty (Defense)
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**Defensive Campaign (Defense)
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**Riot Duty (Defense)
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**Security Duty (Defense, Covert)
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**Objective Raid (Raid)
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**Extraction (Raid)
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**Reconnaissance (Raid, Covert)
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**Diversionary Raid (Raid, Covert)
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**Planetary Assault (Assault)
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**Pirate Hunting (Assault)
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**Guerrilla Warfare (Assault, Covert)
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**Espionage and Sabotage (Covert)
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**Observation and Mole-Hunting (Covert)
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==Covers==
 
==Covers==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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*In the early editions prior to the renaming to ''Inner Sphere at a Glance'' there was a brief Introduction followed by an in-universe document titled A Time of War; however, the order was switched around in the table of contents.
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==References==
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</references>
 
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[[Category:Books]]
 
[[Category:Sourcebooks]]
 
[[Category:Sourcebooks]]

Revision as of 04:07, 16 September 2020

Inner Sphere at a Glance redirects here.
Classic BattleTech Universe.jpg
Classic BattleTech Universe
(standalone PDF publication cover)
Product information
Type Sourcebook
Pages 48
Cover Artwork Franz Vohwinkel
Illustrations Franz Vohwinkel
Publication information
Publisher FanPro
Product code 10980a
First published 2003
Content
Era Civil War era
Latest edition of the universe booklet, retitled Inner Sphere at a Glance

A booklet titled Classic BattleTech Universe was included with the 2003 Classic BattleTech Boxed Set by FanPro, and was also offered for free PDF download as a promotional product first by FanPro's and later by Catalyst Game Labs from their respective BattleTech website, the now defunct classicbattletech.com site.[1]

The booklet remained essentially unchanged for the 2007 Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set except for being retitled to Inner Sphere at a Glance, and it is arguably better known under that name now.

Description

Beginning with the Introduction to BattleTech booklet that FASA had included in the 1996 BattleTech, Fourth Edition boxed set, a second booklet besides the actual BattleTech rulebook was included with the game's core boxed set that contained background information about the BattleTech universe. While the booklet in FASA's fourth edition also contained the quick start rules, it was revised by FanPro for their new 2003 edition of the boxed set to be purely a setting book and titled simply Classic BattleTech Universe.

Despite some changes to its layout, minor editorial changes to its content and being renamed to Inner Sphere at a Glance after 2007, it has remained largely unchanged ever since. Most importantly, Inner Sphere at a Glance added two chapters named "The Mechanics of Assault" (a brief overview of space travel mechanics in BattleTech) and "Mission Types".

Contents

For Inner Sphere at a Glance the following were added in just prior to the Technical Readout section:

  • THE MECHANICS OF ASSAULT
  • MISSION TYPES
    • Garrison (Defense)
    • Cadre (Defense)
    • Relief Duty (Defense)
    • Defensive Campaign (Defense)
    • Riot Duty (Defense)
    • Security Duty (Defense, Covert)
    • Objective Raid (Raid)
    • Extraction (Raid)
    • Reconnaissance (Raid, Covert)
    • Diversionary Raid (Raid, Covert)
    • Planetary Assault (Assault)
    • Pirate Hunting (Assault)
    • Guerrilla Warfare (Assault, Covert)
    • Espionage and Sabotage (Covert)
    • Observation and Mole-Hunting (Covert)

Covers

Notes

  • In the early editions prior to the renaming to Inner Sphere at a Glance there was a brief Introduction followed by an in-universe document titled A Time of War; however, the order was switched around in the table of contents.

References

</references>

  1. ↑ The download URL used to be http://www.classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=products&mode=full&id=210 but classicbattletech.com is now defunct.

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