Talk:MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf

Just as the BattleTech Cartoon was eventually declared canon by way of being referenced in-universe as a Lyran entertainment holovid series, I could buy MechAssault as either a holovid game played by citizens of the Inner Sphere or as an science-fantasy action film, similar to other canonical productions like "Kingdom of the Gypsies," "Immortal Warrior," "Exit the Dragon," and "Invaders from Beyond the Galaxy."

There are too many variances from canon for the storyline to be taken as a faithful rendition of anything within the official BattleTech history. This places the MechAssault series in stark contrast to the MechWarrior and MechCommander series, which fit reasonably well into the BattleTech universe's continuity.— The preceding unsigned comment was posted by Mendrugo (talk • contribs) .

That's an interesting look at it and is certainly possible (Flashpoint mentions people playing Mech video games), but sadly it's just speculation unless you ask the developers. It might be worth asking about it though. -BobTheZombie (talk) 14:10, 7 June 2016 (PDT)

Ben Rome answered the inquiry. Per his response, "There isn't any way to reconcile it. It's simply a game based on the property, nothing more." (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=53094.msg1225293#msg1225293)Mendrugo (talk) 13:25, 9 June 2016 (PDT)

New user here. Was browsing through the site looking into potential canonicity of the game series' and became confused with some portions of this page. Decided to make a profile to discuss what I see as contradictory information and to clear up confusion.

1. This page claims that Dante is an Omniss colony and thus the black market of technology is non-canon. Initially I had questions concerning how it could be impossible to setup a BM simply due to it being illegal (That's kinda the point of a black market). Looking into it however yielded supporting evidence for the speculated BM in the planet's page: "There was no way of enforcing this ban, however; with Dante lacking an offworld communication due to ComStar not being allowed to operate communication facilities in the system, the government of Dante lacked even a means for complaining about breaches of their regulations."

2. "All the JumpShips in the game have the appearance and maneuverability of WarShips." This seems too vague. What does it mean that the ships have the appearance and maneuverability of warships? Is there really anything that is canonically locked into warship design and away from standard jumpships besides the compact drives?

3. "JumpShips in the game can cover hundreds of light years in a single jump" I currently have no working copy of MechAssault2 so take this one with a grain of salt. I do not recall the characters specifying that the longer distances are only 1 jump. Again this is my least stable criticism and may have no basis.

4. "In the game, Jerome Blake developed data cores with nigh-magical powers" "Per canon, Blake [...] had no mythical or magical powers" Similar to my second point this portion seems incredibly vague. What specifically in the technology on display is magical? I understand the Lava Cannon is tenuous but the other technologies seem to simply be far ahead of their time.

5. Finally "In the game, the Word of Blake launched the Jihad in an effort to find and claim the data cores. Per canon, the Jihad started as essentially a series of accidents and misunderstandings in a misguided Blakist effort to reverse the dissolution of the Second Star League." It is entirely possible to have multiple reasons for preforming any series of actions. Unless there is some kind of direct contradiction between actions taken in the game and solid canonical thoughts of those characters I do not see a reason why each cause is antithetical to the other.

If I am dead wrong about anything here please let me know. 00:28, 19 September 2020 (EDT)HiveCell (talk)