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<td style="padding: 0.1em"> <b>Not Canon!</b><br /><div style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center">The subject of this article does not contribute canonical content to the BattleTech universe, either because it is not intended to or because it is not an official product.<br />See the article's section on <b>Canonicity</b> for details.</div>
| name = Sir Roger
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| type = Magazine
 
| development = Chief editor: [[Oscar Lafuente]]
 
| primarywriting = Various contributors
 
| pages = Varies
 
| cover = Various artists
 
| illustrations = Various artists
 
| publisher = Jolly Roger club, Asociación Zaragozana de Rol, Estrategia y Simulación (Volume 1)<br>Federación de Casas de Juventud (Volume 2)
 
| year = 1988–1991 (Volume 1)<br>1993+ (Volume 2)
 
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| MSRP = 150 PTAS<br>(Volume 2, Issues 1–7)
 
| content            =  
 
| era                = [[Succession Wars era]]
 
| agency              =
 
| universedate        = [[3028]]
 
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'''''Sir Roger''''' was a Spanish-language fanzine in circulation between 1988 and 1994 that published an article on [[BattleTech]] in the first issue of the second volume.
 
  
==Publication History==
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Sir Roger Magazine was a spanish Magazine published between 1993 and 1994 that on their first magazine published an article on Battletech.
The first volume of Sir Roger began in 1988 and lasted for five issues, published between 1988 and 1991. The first four issues were published by Jolly Roger, a gaming club based in Zaragoza, Spain. The fifth issue was published by AZARES (Asociación Zaragozana de Rol, Estrategia y Simulación). In 1993, several Zaragoza-based game clubs—primarily three clubs named Jolly Roger, ZOC and Acies—formed a team to publish a new volume of Jolly Roger, sponsored by Federación de Casas de Juventud. This sponsorship allowed the production of Jolly Roger as a monthly fanzine, with the first issue of this new volume indicating that it was a printing of 1,200 copies with 50 subscribers.
 
  
==Volume 2, Issue 1==
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On 3026 during mining activities in a non-canon planet (Imphal III) House Davion found a battered Jumpship and attached to it a Dropship (does not explain which) full of mech supplies of the most classic mechs.
Volume 2, Issue 1 of Jolly Roger included a BattleTech scenario, Poker de Ases (Poker Aces), along with four new BattleMech designs. The 'Mech designs used art from ''[[Technical Readout: 3025]]''.
 
  
===Poker de Ases===
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As House Davion was preparing for the 4th Succession war, Hanse Davion instructed NAIS to work with the pieces and prepare proptotypes of several mechs.
During mining activities on a noncanonical planet (Imphal III) during [[3026]], the [[Federated Suns]] found a battered [[JumpShip]] and attached to it an unspecified [[DropShip]] full of [[BattleMech]] components. As the Federated Suns was preparing for the [[Fourth Succession War]], [[Hanse Davion]] instructed the [[NAIS]] to use the parts to prepare prototypes of several 'Mechs. The NAIS Team, led by Richard Bertram, worked for two years with thousand of pieces to create prototypes that, if successful in battle, would be mass produced.
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Fours prototypes were provided:
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<table><tr><td>BRB-3G BARBARIAN (100)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>PAL-2D PALADIN (85)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>RNG-5R RANGER (55)</td></tr>
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<tr><td>BRG-3G BURGLAR (30)</td></tr>
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A four-'Mech battle scenario against [[Draconis Combine]] forces is also presented.
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Though the BARBARIAN was discarded for several issues on its stability.
  
===BattleMechs===
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The magazine provides stadistics and images for the 3 remaining mechs, though their equipment does not match the images (The PALADIN has what seems a Rifleman Arm but only the AC/5 on it) among other inconsistencies.
Four prototypes were created:
 
* BRB-3G ''Barbarian'' (100 tons)
 
* PAL-2D ''Paladin'' (85 tons, not to be confused with the [[Paladin (BattleMech)|ArenaMech]] of the same name)
 
* RNG-5R ''Ranger'' (55 tons)
 
* BRG-3G ''Burglar'' (30 tons)
 
  
The ''Barbarian'' was discarded due to several issues with its stability. The magazine provides statistics and images for the three remaining 'Mechs, though their equipment does not always match the images; for example, the ''Paladin'' has what looks like a ''[[Rifleman]]'' arm but only the [[AC/5]] on it, among other inconsistencies.
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Also a 4 mech battle agaist Kuritan mechs is presented as the test of the mechs.
 
 
====PAL-2D ''Paladin''====
 
The ''Paladin'' was powered by a [[Strand 255]] and equipped with enough [[jump jet]]s to cover his walking speed. The fifteen [[heat sink]]s it carried could barely keep up with all the 'Mech's firepower, and if it did fire all of its weapons it could easily overheat.
 
 
 
The ''Paladin'' carries one [[AC/5]] in each arm, the [[LRM 10]] in the right torso, and two [[medium laser]]s and one [[small laser]] in each side torso. The [[machine gun]]s fire to the rear and are both located in the central torso.
 
 
 
Sixteen and a half tons of armor protected the BattleMech correctly.
 
 
 
====RNG-5R ''Ranger''====
 
The ''Ranger'' was powered by a [[CoreTek 275]] engine and equipped with enough [[jump jet]]s to cover its walking speed. The 10 [[single heat sink]]s it carried could barely keep up with all the 'Mech firepower, as if it did use all his weapons it could easily overheat.
 
 
 
The ''Ranger'' carries one [[large laser]] in the right arm and two [[medium laser]]s in its left arm. Two [[machine gun]]s are embedded in each right and left torso for additional firepower.
 
 
 
Its 11.5 tons of armor protected the BattleMech successfully.
 
 
 
====BRG-3G ''Burglar''====
 
The ''Burglar'' was powered by a [[GM 210]]. The ten [[single heat sink]]s it carried were enough to keep the 'Mech firepower even when using all its weapons. It was armed with one [[LRM-5]] in the right torso and one [[medium laser]] in each arm, while a [[small laser]] in the central torso completes the mix.
 
 
 
Its six and a half tons of armor protected the BattleMech adequately.
 
 
 
==Gallary==
 
<gallery>
 
Paladin_Sir_Roger_Mech.png|''Paladin''
 
Paladin_Sir_Roger_Stats.png|''Paladin'' stats (in Spanish)
 
Ranger Sir Roger Mech.png|''Ranger''
 
Ranger_Sir_Roger_Stats.png|''Ranger'' stats (in Spanish)
 
Burglar Sir Roger Mech.png|''Burglar''
 
Burglar_Sir_Roger_Stats.png|''Burglar'' stats (in Spanish)
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
== Notes ==
 
A Spanish-language review of Volume 2, Issue 1 of Jolly Roger can be viewed here: https://playitagainsamrpg.blogspot.com/2022/05/el-baul-de-los-recuerdos-sir-roger-2.html
 
 
 
[[Category:Magazines]]
 
[[Category:Spanish-Language Products]]
 

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