Handbook: Major Periphery States

This article is about the Handbook. For other uses, see The Periphery.


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Handbook: Major Periphery States
Product information
Type Sourcebook
Development Herbert A. Beas II
Randall N. Bills
Primary writing Diane Piron-Gelman, Herbert A. Beas II (writing)
Joel Bancroft-Connors (additional writing)
Diane Piron-Gelman (editing)
Pages 204
Cover Artwork Alex Iglesias (art)
Matt Heerdt (design & layout)
Interior Artwork Doug Chaffee, Alex Iglesias, Chris Lewis (color section)
Jason Vargas (evolved faction logos)
Shane Hartley, Steve Walker, Matt Heerdt (BT logo design)
Illustrations Doug Chaffee
Chris Lewis
Klaus Scherwinski
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
Product code 35203
First published 30 September 2009
ISBN-10 1-934857-36-X
ISBN-13 978-1-934857-36-6
MSRP $34.99
Content
Era Civil War era
Timeline 17 November 3067
Series Handbook series
Preceded by Handbook: House Davion
Followed by Handbook: House Liao

Description

Handbook: Major Periphery States is the fourth in the series of handbooks detailing the nations of the Inner Sphere. It is the definitive sourcebook for the key states in the periphery and contains detailed history sections for each faction up to 3067. The sourcebook includes brief histories of some of the more important planets, information of how the governments work, and an analysis of the different cultures and economies, including a detailed list of the most important companies.

The sourcebook glosses over the various military forces and secret services, since those organizations were detailed at length in Field Manual: Periphery and A Guide to Covert Ops, respectively.

The product ends with additional rules and units to be incorporated into BattleTech and A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG games.

From the Back Cover

“ THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWN SPACE

The peoples of the Inner Sphere often consider themselves the epitome of technology and culture and relegate the denizens of the frontiers of known space to second-class citizenry, or worse. And yet it took the combined armies of the Inner Sphere more than twenty years to subjugate them during the forming of the first Star League half millennia ago.

Magistracy of Canopus, Taurian Concordat, Marian Hegemony, Outworlds Alliance and Circinus Federation. Each is a unique star-spanning empire whose hardy people have carved out their freedom with bare hands: an identity they will not give up without a fight. Even the Great Houses have begun to learn that underestimating these Periphery States is dangerous indeed.

Handbook: Major Periphery States collates the essential history, politics and culture of the Major Periphery States into a single volume. More than a mere sourcebook, Handbook: Major Periphery States provides rules for both BattleTech and A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG game play, including new support vehicles, creatures and more!

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Index
  • Record Sheets

Notes

  • Historical maps on pp. 18 & 25 include the world Jardine obscured by a text box but present in the OCR layer. This was explained in universe as the result of a "coded virus traced to Dobless Information Services in the Lyran Alliance [which] popped Jardine’s historical location back onto some maps produced in the late 3060s."[1]

References

  1. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, pp. 132–133: "The Hidden Five"

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