Classic BattleTech Universe
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| 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 |
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.
Contents
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
- INTRODUCTION
- A TIME OF WAR
- PERPETUAL WAR
- A BIEF HISTORY OF THE INNER SPHERE
- Rise of the Hegemony
- The Star League Era
- Centuries of War
- Steps Towards Peace
- Fourth Succession War
- Skirmishes and Plots
- Enemies From Beyond
- Victory and Change
- The Universe Turned Upside Down
- The Star League Reborn
- Civil Wars
- FACTIONS
- THE MECHWARRIOR
- THE BATTLEMECH
- Chassis
- Locomotion/Movement Systems
- Armor and Weapons
- Power Systems
- Defining Characteristic
- Movement Capabilities
- Heat Dissipation Systems and Strategies
- TECHNICAL READOUT
- COM-2D Commando
- SDR-5V Spider
- JR7-D Jenner
- PNT-9R Panther
- ASN-21 Assassin
- CDA-2A Cicada
- CLNT-2-3T Clint
- HER-2S Hermes II
- WTH-1 Whitworth
- VND-1R Vindicator
- ENF-4R Enforcer
- HBK-4G Hunchback
- TBT-5N Trebuchet
- DV-6M Dervish
- DRG-1N Dragon
- QKD-4G Quickdraw
- CPLT-C1 Catapult
- JM6-S JagerMech
- GHR-5H Grasshopper
- AWS-8Q Awesome
- ZEU-6S Zeus
- CP-10-Z Cyclops
- BNC-3E Banshee
- AS7-D Atlas
For Inner Sphere at a Glance the following were added in just prior to the Technical Readout section:
- THE MECHANICS OF ASSAULT
- JumpShips
- Jump Points
- Pirate Points
- Detection
- DropShips
- Combat Drops
- 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
Booklet cover from 2003 Classic BattleTech Boxed Set
PDF edition 'cover'
Booklet cover from 2007 Classic BattleTech Introductory Box Set
Booklet cover from 2011 25th Anniversary Introductory Box Set
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
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- ↑ The download URL used to be http://www.classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=products&mode=full&id=210 but classicbattletech.com is now defunct.