Shrapnel (magazine)

This article is about the digital BattleTech magazine. For the 1988 BattleTech print anthology, see Shrapnel (anthology).

Shrapnel The Official BattleTech Magazine
Product information
Type	Magazine
Development	Editor: Philip A. Lee
Primary writing	Various contributors
Cover Artwork	Various artists
Illustrations	Various artists
Publication information
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
First published	2020 -
Content

Shrapnel (subtitle: The Official BattleTech Magazine) is a digital-only magazine dedicated to the BattleTech franchise, intended as a spiritual successor to both the older BattleTechnology print magazine and the shuttered subscription-based BattleCorps fiction website, among others. It was first announced as a non-exclusive stretch goal during the 2019 Clan Invasion crowdfunding campaign, and the stretch goal was achieved; CGL thereby committed to producing at least four issues of the magazine.

The first issue was released to backers of the crowdfunding campaing on 28 May 2020 through a download link; it was made available to the general public in the following month including a Print-on-demand (PoD) option.

Canonicity

Shrapnel was explicitly stated to be fully canonical for the BattleTech universe. This is a notable exception from the current definition of canon for BattleTech, which states that magazines are not counted among the canon sources by default (overridden in this case through explicitly declaring the publication canonical).

Issue 1

Contents

• Grimm Sentence (by Chris Hussey)
• Secrets of the Sphere: The Cameron Question
• The Flames of Idlewind (by Blaine Lee Pardoe)
• Forgotten Heroes
• Airs Above Ground (by Jason Hansa)
• Sniper Rifles
  • Lancelot Mk V (Federated Suns)
  • Barton AMR (Federated Suns)
  • Sairentosutomu (Draconis Combine)
  • Yuàn Líng (Cappellen Confederation)
  • Hammel Marksman
  • Thorhammer (Lyran Commonwealth)
  • SR-17 Suns Killer (Taurian Concordat)
  • Praetorian S-3 & S-5 (Marian Hegemony)
  • LRS-53 Sniper Rifle (Magistracy of Canopus)
  • Wilimton RS-14 (Comstar)
  • Wilimton RS-17 (Word of Blake)
  • FNF-J12 (Star League / Dark Caste)
• Yesterday's Enemy (by Lance Scarinci)
• Missing Duke
• If Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot... (by Michael A. Stackpole), part 1 of 4
• Unit Digest: Eridani Light Horse - 11th Recon Battalion
• Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Blind Arrogance (by Craig A. Reed, Jr.)
• Mother of Resistance
• Chaos campaign scenario
• Wars and Rumors (by Kevin Killiany)

Issue 2

Contents

• Scavengers Blood (By Alan Brundage)
• Assassination Protocol: Kafka
• Flash'd his Sabre Bare (By James Simakas)
• CN10-B Centurion
• Devil Take the Hindmost (By Michael J. Ciaravella)
• Gauss Rifles
• Daybreak on Shining Mountain (by Travis Heermann)
• Secrets of the Sphere: The ProtoMech Problem
• If Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot... (by Michael A. Stackpole), part 2 of 4
• Planet Digest: Minette III
• Tales from the Cracked Canopy: Giving Up (by Jason Schmetzer)
• Chaos Campaign Scenario: Flight of the Falcon
• RPG Adventure Seeds: The Lost Division
• The Road Ahead (by John-David Karnitz)

Issue 3

Contents

• The Metal Man (by Lance Scarinci)
• Voices of the Sphere: Star League Day
• Waylon's War (by Blaine Lee Pardoe)
• The Great Reavings (by Eric Salzman)
• Thunder Stallion 4
• Laws are Silent (by Craig A. Reed, Jr.)
• Scenerio: Reindeer Down(by Daniel Isberner)
• If Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot... (by Michael A. Stackpole), part 3 of 4
• Unit Digest: 138th Mechanized Infantry Division Veterans Association (by Alex Kaempen)
• Tales from the Cracked Canopy: The Razor's Edge of Opportunity (by Loren L. Coleman)
• Pistols: Up Close and Personal
• Doc Bens (by David Smith)
• Assassination Protocol: Katherine Steiner-Davion
• Scenerio: Order Through Strength(by Tom Stanley)
• Prince of Skye (by Bryn Bills)
• The Secret Fox (by Bryan Young)

Issue 4

• If Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot... (by Michael A. Stackpole), part 4 of 4