Era Report: 2750

Era Report: 2750
Product information
Type	Sourcebook, Scenario Pack
Author	Aaron Pollyea, Joel Steverson
Development	Herbert A. Beas II
Pages	160
Cover Artwork	Eric Williams
Illustrations	Justin Adams Les Dorscheid David Lecossu Chris Lewis Steven Alex Lyon Randall Mackey Jason Cheeseman-Meyer Mark Molnar Victor Manuel Leza Moreno Jeff Porter Rob Ruffolo Eric Williams
Publication information
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
Product code	35222
First published	2012
MSRP	$30.00
Content
Era	Star League era
Universe Date	3089
Series	Era Reports
Preceded by	Era Report: 3062
Followed by	Era Report: 3145

Description

Era Report: 2750 is a sourcebook/scenario pack that provides players with a report about the latter years of the Star League era immediately prior to the death of Simon Cameron and the lead-up to the Richard Cameron regency and the Amaris Civil War. The book covers the history of this time period and gives profiles on important and significant characters and as well as their factions which include the six Inner Sphere Great Houses, SLDF and the Periphery states. Included among its rules are other gaming enhancements for advance gameplay which includes mini-campaigns for various events during this Era using the Chaos Campaign Rules/Warchest Point System.

In-universe, the publication appears to be a book titled Humanity's Zenith: Remembering the First Star League, written by Bertram Habeas and published by Republic Press in 3089.

From the back cover

“

Before the treachery of Stefan Amaris, Kerensky’s Exodus, and the Succession Wars, the realms of the Inner Sphere were united under the banner of the Star League. As the pinnacle of culture and technology, the six Great Houses and four territorial states of the League reaped the benefits of universal peace and justice, the fruits of their combined efforts enriching the lives of billions across the heavens. ...Or so the legends claim. In reality, the Inner Sphere of the 2750s was far from serene and light-years away from just. Though admired for its monolithic power, the pinnacle of mankind’s greatest experiment—the Star League—stood at a fateful crossroads, with feuding House Lords and rebellious territories only waiting for every chance to strike against each other. Era Report: 2750 pierces the luminous veneer of what many Inner Sphere and Clan historians alike have considered to be the golden age of BattleTech history: the height of the Star League era. Presented as a general overview of the period, rather than a focused report on a single conflict, this book includes descriptions of every major Inner Sphere faction active before the fateful events described in Historical: Liberation of Terra. Notable personalities, military forces, and an overview of the technological capabilities of the Star League age are also provided, along with special advanced-level rules for campaigns set during this time, whether played using the Total Warfare core rules or those found in A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG.

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Contents

Pulsar (short story)
Introduction

• How to Use This Book

History And Review

• Beginnings

• Andurien
• Muddy Waters
• Neighbors
• Building an Army

• Reunification

• Preparations
• Opening Shots
• Round Two
• The Year of Fire
• Missteps
• Endgame
• Invading the Hyades Cluster

• Friends

• Changing of the Guard
• Technology Ascendant
• Underhanded Dealings
• Honeymoon

• Machinations

• Dueling Dragons, the First Hidden War
• Monomania

• Breakdown

• Succession War
• Civil War, Again

• Chaos

• Third War
• Grand Tour

Factions

• Capellan Confederation

• Eighth Liao Lancers
• First Capellan Chargers
• Third Chesterton Cavalry
• Andurien Heavy Guards
• Sixteenth Sian Dragoons

• Draconis Combine

• First Galedon Regulars
• Fourth Sword of Light
• Fifth Benjamin Regulars
• First Rasalhague Regulars
• First Proserpina Hussars

• Federated Suns

• Davion Heavy Guards
• Fourth Davion Guards
• Sixth Syrtis Fusiliers
• First Avalon Hussars
• Seventh Tancredi Loyalists

• Free Worlds League

• First Free Worlds Guards (The Eagles of Atreus)
• Tenth Atrean Dragoons
• Sixth Marik Militia
• Ducal Guard
• First Regulan Hussars

• Lyran Commonwealth

• First Arcturan Guards
• Second Lyran Guards
• First Donegal Guards
• Fourth Skye Rangers
• First Royal Guards

• Star League Defense Force

• Seventh Royal BattleMech Division
• 500th BattleMech Brigade
• Star League Expeditionary Brigade
• Twenty-first Royal Jump Infantry Division
• Third Royal BattleMech Division
• Thirteenth Royal Infantry Division
• Seventy-Seventh Royal BattleMech Brigade
• 331st Royal BattleMech Division
• Forty-second Engineering Brigade
• Twentieth Royal CAAN Marine Regiment

• Terran Hegemony
• Rim Worlds Republic

• Amaris Republican Guards
• First Amaris Armored
• Fifth Amaris Fusiliers
• Third Amaris Legionnaires
• Eighth Republican Legionnaires

• Magistracy of Canopus
• Outworlds Alliance
• Taurian Concordat

Major Personas

• Capellan Confederation

• Warex Liao
• Li Ming Ling
• Shari Beatrice Madsen
• Maylin Lorix
• Tai Yang Gwak

• Draconis Combine

• Takiro Kurita
• Ichiro Oshiro
• Riki Kurita
• Satoshi Nakamura
• Ayaki Fujiwara

• Federated Suns

• John Davion
• Thomas Green-Davion
• Vasily Sandoval
• Mitchel Stopec
• Dana Bancroft

• Free Worlds League

• Ewan Marik
• Kenyon Marik
• David Stewart
• Martin Allison
• Elsa Cameron-Jones

• Lyran Commonwealth

• Michael Steiner II
• Joan Lestrade
• Paul Steiner
• Rinzen Humpula-Serfass
• Monique Kelswa

• Terran Hegemony

• Simon Cameron
• Jocasta Cameron
• Mina Samuels
• Ranveig Gangestad
• Daniel Allison

• Star League Defense Force

• Rebecca Fetladral
• Iffat Nadvi
• Eric Stand
• Craig Kovac
• Norran Bohley

• Magistracy of Canopus

• Vanura Centrella
• John Raventhir II
• Nadine Devonson

• Outworlds Alliance

• Beatrice Avellar
• Daniel Ladd
• Omprakash Jurn

• Rim Worlds Republic

• Stefan Amaris
• Taborri Amaris
• Jasmine Amaris
• Xatt Dague
• Jericho Jaycox

• Taurian Concordat

• Nicoletta Calderon
• Amber Lynn Dyness
• Madison Uncapher
• Fyrne Hagley

Museum Technica

• Offensive Military Technologies

• Autocannons
• LB-X Autocannon
• Ultra Autocannon
• Gauss rifle
• Laser System
• ER Large Laser
• Pulse Lasers
• Missile Systems
• Narc Missile Beacon
• Streak Short-Range Missiles

• Combat Equipment

• Anti-missile system
• Beagle Active Probe
• CASE
• Chameleon Light Polarization Shield/Null-Signature System
• Double Heat Sinks
• Endo-Steel Structure
• ferro-fibrous (Ferro-Aluminum) armor
• Guardian ECM Suite
• MASC
• TAG
• XL Fusion Engine

• Scientific Achievements and New Technologies

• Powered armor
• Land-Air 'Mechs

• Department of Mega-Engineering

• Asteroid/Comet Mining and Bombardment
• Solar Mirrors and Solar Shades
• Orbital Factories and Habitats
• Biological Seeding and Atmospheric Processing
• Floating Cities
• The Impact of Mega-Engineering

Star League Campaign: 2750

• Tracks
• Campaign Special Rules

Warchest Point System

• WP-based Campaign
• Purchasable Special Abilities
• WP-based Strategic Movement

How to Use the Campaign

• The Campaign
• Running your Games
• Mission: Probe
• Mission: Probe in Force
• Mission: Ambush
• Mission: Headhunting
• Mission: Raid
• Mission: Assault
• Mission: Defense
• Mission: Strategic Withdrawal
• Touchpoint: Death of a Prince
• Touchpoint: St. George Strikes Again
• Touchpoint: Waldorff Warfare
• Touchpoint: Rasalhague Rumble
• Mini-Campaign Martial Olympiad

Playing the Star League Era

• BattleTech Rules
• Random Unit Assignment Tables
• Role-Playing Rules