Objective Raids: 3067
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Description
Objective Raids: 3067, originally released on the CBT Forums as a PDF file for download, is a fan-made sourcebook by William "MadCapellan" Gauthier. A compilation of both direct and inferred information from numerous official sources, such as Technical Readouts and other sourcebooks, it was meant to provide an expanded and updated successor to the popular, but error-ridden, Objective Raids sourcebook.
Canonicity
Since it is fan-made, and not an official product, Objective Raids: 3067 is itself not canon. However, with the exception of the book's own fictional backstory within the universe, its content is a compliation of (canonical) information drawn from other, exclusively canonical sources. That is to say, while Objective Raids: 3067 as such may not be canon, most of its content is, because it stems from other, canonical sources.
Objective Raids: 3067 is thus considered a meta-source, "quasi-canonical" in the author's own words. An introductory section deals with the issue of canonicity in some detail.
Contents
The book opens with an (out-of-character) introduction by the author discussing his reasons for writing the book, as well as a caution regarding its "quasi-canon" nature.[1]
It also contains a minimum of original, non-official fiction (Fanon) to provide setting: According to its in-universe preface, Objective Raids: 3067 is supposedly a ComStar document that was transmitted by one Jessica Clarent, Precentor VI-Mu at the ComStar Archives on Tukayyid, to Precentor Martial Victor Steiner-Davion, intended for distribution at the Fourth Whitting Conference; it was intercepted by by Capellan Huang Di Shi Zhe agents imbedded within the ComStar HPG facility on New Earth, and forwarded to Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao by one Zhong-shao William Gauthier-Liao on 27 November 3067.
Notes
- The latest revision of the of Objective Raids: 3067 PDF file is linked here: Download
- For the purposes of this BattleTechWiki, Objective Raids: 3067 is considered a meta-source: While it may be used as a source of information for articles, it is unsuitable as a reference. As some information presented is only inferred (not stated) from official sources, questions as to canonicity of fact must be answered with the original official source.
References
- ↑ Objective Raids: 3067, p 4, "Introduction"
- Classic BattleTech forums, "ObjectiveRaids: 3067 Fanbook now complete! 1st Edition now available!"