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C
- CBT
- Abbreviation of Classic BattleTech.
- Chancellor
- The chief of state of the Capellan Confederation.
- Cho-sho
- a commissioned army and naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of lieutenant.
- Chu-i
- a commissioned naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of captain.
- Chu-sa
- a commissioned army rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of lieutenant colonel.
- Classic BattleTech
- The designated name for the 'relaunch' of the traditional tabletop board game of BattleTech. The distinction was made following FASA's demise and the release of the separate-but-related universe of MechWarrior: Dark Age.
- commonality
- large districts which originally consisted of the signatory-states forming the Capellan Confederation.
- Coordinator
- the Draconis Combine's chief of state; also, the head of the Kurita family.
D
- Dai-i
- a commissioned naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of lieutenant commander.
E
F
- First Prince
- the leader of the Federated Suns and is the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns.
G
H
- Hauptmann
- a commissioned army rank within the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces; equivalent to that of captain.
- Hauptmann General
- a commissioned army rank within the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces; equivalent to a lieutenant general.
- Hauptmann Kommandant
- a commissioned army rank within the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces; equivalent to a lieutenant colonel.
- HeavyMetal Aero
- the official CBT software for the design of AeroSpace Fighters, DropShips, JumpShips, WarShips, space stations, monitors & conventional (combat) fighters.
- HeavyMetal Battle Armor
- the official CBT software for the design of Battle Armor.
- HeavyMetal Lite
- the official CBT software for ProtoMech design, as well as printouts for Battle Armor and infantry platoon designs.
- HeavyMetal Plus
- a bundle of three official CBT software programs: HeavyMetal Pro, HeavyMetal Aero and HeavyMetal Vee.
- HeavyMetal Vee
- the official CBT software for designing combat vehicles.
- High Council
- a group of both democratic, hereditary, and other officials chosen by the leadership of the member-worlds of the Federated Suns who officially governed the nation.
- House of Scions
- a gathering of the Capellan nobility.
I
- Inferno Missile
- A short-range missile with a proximity fuse that sprays burning white phosphorous or napalm-like fuel over a target, usually mechs, in an attempt to increase their operating temperature and force a reactor shutdown. Rarely carried in mech ammo bays as pilots generally are afraid that an ammo explosion will engulf their mech in flames, shut down their reactor, and fry them in the cockpit. An inferno missile was used by Grayson Death Carlyle to force the surrender of Lori Kalmar in her Locust in the Battle of Sarghad on Planet Trell I during a raid by commandos from House Kurita. The fight for Trell I was depicted in William H. Keith's novel "Decision at Thunder Rift".
J
K
- kaKhan (also Khan)
- the leader of a Clan in times of war.
- Kommandant
- a commissioned army rank within the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces; equivalent to a major.
- Kommandant General
- a commissioned army rank within the Lyran Alliance Armed Forces; equivalent to a major general.
L
M
- Military Orders
- collections of Cappellan warriors organized on alleigance to a particular set of principles.
N
- Nova
- a Clan millitary formation consisting of two Mixed Stars (a mixture of different types of points, a.k.a. two Battlemechs, two V.T.O.L.S., five Elementals, and two tanks.)
O
P
- PBI
- A Mechwarrior's acronym for "Poor Bloody Infantry", those forced to fight without a mech or other vehicle. Often crushed underfoot, toasted with flamers, or riddled with machinegun bullets by amused pilots; PBI's fight back with shoulder-launched SRMs, Inferno missiles, hand flamers, and satchel charges.
- Point
- The smallest Clan millitary formation, consisting either of one Battlemech or Protomech, two Land Vehicles or Aerospace Fighters, five Battle Armored Infantry, or twenty - five conventional infantry. Commanded by a Point Commander.
- Point Commander
- A Clan rank, given to thhe commander of a Point.
- Prefectorate
- officially, the law-making body of the Capellan Confederation; made up of the six leaders of the Capellan member-states, which generally includes the current Chancellor.
- Prefecture
- in the Capellan Confederation, small collections of planets within a commonality, each ruled by an appointed administrator.
- Privy Council
- group of the highest advisors to the First Prince of the Federated Suns that is extremely important in the running of the day-to-day affairs of the state.
Q
R
- recharge station
- a space station, generally located at a zenith or nadir point within a solar system, where JumpShips and WarShips can recharge their jump drives.
- RPG
- acronym for Role Playing Game.
- Rules Expansion
- a secondary line of rulesets, usually intended to develop upon the primary rulesets for one or more Classic BattleTech games (ex: Combat Operations).
S
- Sho-i
- a commissioned naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of ensign.
- Sho-sa
- a commissioned army or naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of major or commander, respectively.
- Sho-so
- a commissioned army rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of brigadier general.
- Star
- a Clan millitary formation consisting of five points.
- Star Captain
- a clan rank, given to the commander of a Binary, Trinary, Nova, or Supernova.
- Supernova
- a Clan millitary formation consisting of three Mixed Stars (a mixture of different types of points, a.k.a. two Battlemechs, two V.T.O.L.S., five Elementals, and two tanks.)
T
- Tai-i
- a commissioned army rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of captain.
- Tai-sa
- a commissioned army and naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of colonel or captain, respectively.
- Tai-sho
- a commissioned army and naval rank within the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery; equivalent to that of general or admiral, respectively.