Sir Roger

Sir Roger

Product information
Type	Magazine
Development	Chief editor: Oscar Lafuente
Primary writing	Various contributors
Pages	Varies
Cover Artwork	Various artists
Illustrations	Various artists
Publication information
Publisher	Jolly Roger club, Asociación Zaragozana de Rol, Estrategia y Simulación (Volume 1) Federación de Casas de Juventud (Volume 2)
First published	1988–1991 (Volume 1) 1993+ (Volume 2)
MSRP	150 PTAS (Volume 2, Issues 1–7)
Content
Era	Succession Wars era
Universe Date	3028

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

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

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

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.

A four-'Mech battle scenario against Draconis Combine forces is also presented.

BattleMechs

Four prototypes were created:

BRB-3G Barbarian (100 tons)
PAL-2D Paladin (85 tons, not to be confused with the 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.

PAL-2D Paladin

The Paladin was powered by a Strand 255 and equipped with enough jump jets to cover his walking speed. The fifteen heat sinks 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 lasers and one small laser in each side torso. The machine guns 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 jets to cover its walking speed. The 10 single heat sinks 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 lasers in its left arm. Two machine guns 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 sinks 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.