Comnet

Comnet
Product information
Type	Magazine
Primary writing	Various contributors
Pages	varies
Cover Artwork	Various artists
Illustrations	Various artists
Publication information
Publisher	MechForce United Kingdom
First published
Content

Comnet was the BattleTech magazine published quarterly by the MechForce United Kingdom (MFUK). Containing mostly internal MFUK news, it also had some original content like fluff for MFUK 'Mech designs.

Altogether 47 issues were produced. The 47th was accidentially mis-numbered as Issue 46; hence, two different Issues carry the number 46. The 47th and final issue contains the parting words from Bob Nicholls' wife Wendy, closing the doors on Mechforce UK under the heading "Widow Tech".

Canonicity

The Comnet magazine does not fall under the current definition of Canon for the BattleTech universe.

The MechForce UK organisation was officially sanctioned by FASA, therefore Comnet can arguably be regarded as an official (apocryphal) BattleTech publication. However, its content was not checked for continuity whatsoever by FASA.

Issues

Volume I

Issue 1 (Q1 3051)

Contents (4 pages)

• Welcome
• Competition Time (design contest)
• MechForce UK Chapters
• Ranking System
• Correspondence

Issue 2 (Q2 3051)

Contents (16 pages)

• Welcome
• Amendments
• Combat Values
• New Releases (Lethal Heritage, TRO:3050, The Battle for Twycross, More Tales of the Black Widow, BattleTech Compendium, Blood Legacy)
• Ral Partha (Kurita Battletroops Machine gun Platoon, Steiner Battletroops Laser Platoon, Hornet, Wolfhound, Shogun, Marauder II, Firefly, Exterminator, Highlander, Annihilator)
• Mercenaries
• Rank Promotion Table
• Product Review (TCI model kits 1-12, Nova Combat Books)
• COMNET Contact Point (Member names and addresses)
• MechForce UK House Pins
• BattleTech Rules Crib Sheet
• MechForce UK Chapter (Chapter Listing)
• Current MechForce UK Rankings
• Associated Membership
• Milton Keynes Regional BattleTech Championship
• COMNET Contact Point (Players looking for opponents)
• MechForce UK Competition News - First Official National BattleTech Championship
• Official Welsh BattleTech Championship
• Southwest Regional BattleTech Championship
• Hot off the Press (Announcement of Pan Books license to publish BattleTech novels in the UK)

Issue 3 (Q3 3051)

Contents (20 pages)

• Welcome
• Chart Hobbies
• Rule Amendments and Enquiries
• Product Review - Ral Partha product line (Boxed Sets; Aerospace Fighters; BattleMechs, Infantry, and Ground Vehicles; Figures)
• Star Mechs (Contest winners)
• European Gen Con T-Shirts
• "...Hold Ag.....st ....All Odds Un...l Inf...ma....on is ......covered!.." (Scenario)
• Encounter Games (Advertisement)
• MechForce UK Discount Scheme
• BattleTechnology
• MechForce UK House Pins
• BattleTech Rules Crib Sheet
• COMNET Contact Point (Members looking for opponents)
• Current MechForce UK Rankings
• Special European Gen Con Offer
• Chapter News (Chapter listing)
• MechForce UK Chapters
• MechForce UK Associated Membership
• The Welsh BattleTech Championship
• First Official National BattleTech Championship
• London Regional Competition
• South Eastern BattleTech Bash
• Southwest Regional BattleTech Championship

Issue 4 (Q4 3051)

Contents (20 pages)

• Welcome
• Re-Subscription Rates
• Rule Amendments and Enquiries
• Product Review (FASA product list)
• Ral Partha Products (Savannah Master, Hetzer, Von Luckner, Marauder, Hornet, Wolfhound, Shogun, Marauder II, Firefly, Exterminator, Highlander, Annihilator)
• New Releases (Heavy Omni-Mechs Boxed Set, Thug, Mongoose, Hoplite, Crab, Clan Elemental Infantry, Imp, King Crap, Clan Elemental 25mm)
• BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks Revenge (Review by Bob Nicholls)
• London Meeting Place
• MechForce UK Discount Scheme - Virgin Games
• Virgin Games (Advertisement)
• Back Issues of COMNET
• MechForce UK House Pins
• BattleTech Rules Crib Sheet
• Encounter Games (Advertisement)
• MechForce UK Discount Scheme (Encounter Games)
• Regional Championship News (South West Championship, South East Championship, London Championship, First National BattleTech Championships)
• Revised Combat Values for Light 'Mechs
• Major Ranking Upset
• Current MechForce UK Rankings
• Chapter News
• MechForce UK Chapters
• MechForce UK Associated Membership
• MechForce UK Competition News

Volume XI

Number 3, Issue 43

Contents (32 pages)

• General Information
• Editorial
• Conclave 2000
• In the Beginning (By Steve Howes)
• Corrected Record Sheets Book 12
• Death Metal - review of Ral Partha miniatures
• Return to the Fold {By Edward Laffety)
• FASA New Releases
• Brighton Flyer
• Brighton Rules
• Chapter Contacts and Forthcoming Dates

Number 3, Issue 44

Contents (32 pages)

• General Information
• Editorial
• Gen Con UK View 1 (By Poly)
• Death Metal - review of Ral Partha miniatures
• Waddington's Battletech Part 2 {By Marc Guz)
• British Battletech Championships
• Operation: Cutthroat
• Brighton Competition
• Further Events
• Chapter Contacts and Forthcoming Dates

Volume XII

Number 1, Issue 46

Contents (32 pages)

• General Information
• Editorial
• Editorial from a Member (Paul Waite)
• Death Metal - review of Ral Partha miniatures
• Demolition - scenario
• Heat of Battle! - scenario
• MFUK Rankings at 01/01/01 - 112 Members listed
• 7th Dragons Tears Tournament Rules and Flyer
• Chapter Contacts

Number 2, Issue 47

Contents (14 pages)

• General Information
• Editorial
• Souixsee's Banshees - history of a mercenary unit plus custom 'Mechs
• Timber Wolf 3-WDR Record Sheet - 2001 Members 'Mech
• Final Stock List
• Widow Tech - Wendy signing off....
• Chapter Contacts