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| type                = Technical Readout
 
| type                = Technical Readout
 
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| development        = [[Sam Lewis]]<br />[[L. Ross Babcock III]] (Editor-In-Chief)<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br />[[Jum Musser]] (Editor)<br />[[C. R. Green]] (Editorial Assistant)
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| development        = [[Sam Lewis (person)|Sam Lewis]]<br />[[L. Ross Babcock III]] (Editor-In-Chief)<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br />[[Jum Musser]] (Editor)<br />[[C. R. Green]] (Editorial Assistant)
 
| primarywriting      = [[Clare W. Hess]]<br />[[Dale L. Kemper]]<br />[[Jim Long]]<br />[[Blaine L. Pardoe]]<br />[[Boy F. Peterson, Jr.]]
 
| primarywriting      = [[Clare W. Hess]]<br />[[Dale L. Kemper]]<br />[[Jim Long]]<br />[[Blaine L. Pardoe]]<br />[[Boy F. Peterson, Jr.]]
 
| pages              = 160
 
| pages              = 160
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==Description==
 
==Description==
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'''''Technical Readout: 2750''''' concerns itself with the models of [['Mech]]s, [[ASF]]s, tanks, [[hovercraft]], personal equipment and [[WarShip]]s in use during the first [[Star League]]. It provides [[Level 2]] variants (before the [[Clans]] were introduced) of common [[3025]]-era assets.
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'''''Technical Readout: 2750''''' concerns itself with the models of [['Mech]]s, [[ASF]]s, tanks, [[hovercraft]], personal equipment and [[WarShip]]s in use during the first [[Star League]]. It provides [[Level 2]] variants (before the [[Clans]] were introduced) of common [[3025]]-era assets. It was the third TRO to be released.
  
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In-universe, the TRO is a compilation of technology retrieved from the [[Gray Death Memory Core]], twenty years after its discovery.
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Some designs first published in ''TRO:2750'' were republished in ''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised|TRO:3025 Revised]]'' (1996) and ''[[Technical Readout: 3039|TRO:3039]]'' (2003). The [[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade|TRO: 3050 Upgrade]] was announced to replace the design descriptions of ''TRO:2750'' entirely.<ref>''[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=2412.msg453964#msg453964 Notation on the Catalyst Game Lab's Errata Forum Rules & Index - Regarding status of TRO: 2750.]''</ref> The information on technology and personal equipment was successively replaced in later rule books and [[MechWarrior (RPG)|MechWarrior]] related sourcebooks.
  
 
==From the back cover==
 
==From the back cover==
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''BattleTech ''Technical Readout: 2750'' provides illustrations, statistics, and other vital information about the [[BattleMech]]s, [[Aerospace Fighter|AeroSpace Fighter]]s, Tanks and [[Hovercraft]], Personal Equipment, and combat [[JumpShip]]s of the Star League.''}}  
 
''BattleTech ''Technical Readout: 2750'' provides illustrations, statistics, and other vital information about the [[BattleMech]]s, [[Aerospace Fighter|AeroSpace Fighter]]s, Tanks and [[Hovercraft]], Personal Equipment, and combat [[JumpShip]]s of the Star League.''}}  
  
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==Contents==
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==Table of Contents==
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* Star League Technology
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;Star League Technology
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: '''Weapons'''
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:: [[Anti-Missile System]]
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:: [[Arrow IV Artillery|Arrow IV Missile System]]
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:: [[Extended Range Large Laser]] and [[Extended Range Particle Projector Cannon|PPC]]
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:: [[Gauss Rifle]]
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:: [[Ultra AC/5|KWI Ultra Autocannon 5]]
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:: [[LB 10-X AC|LB 10-X Autocannon]]
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:: [[One-Shot|One-Shot Missile Packs]]
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:: [[Laser#Pulse_Lasers|Pulse Laser]] ([[Small Pulse Laser|Small]], [[Medium Pulse Laser|Medium]], [[Large Pulse Laser|Large]])
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:: [[Streak SRM-2]]
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:: [[Swarm LRM|Swarm LRMs]]
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:: [[Thunder LRM|Thunder LRMs]]
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: '''Electronics'''
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:: [[Artemis IV FCS]]
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:: [[Beagle Active Probe]]
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:: [[Guardian ECM Suite]]
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:: [[Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry|Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry (MASC)]]
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:: [[Narc Missile Beacon]]
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: '''Construction Materials'''
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:: [[Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment|Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment (CASE)]]
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:: [[Double Heat Sink|Double Heat Sinks]]
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:: [[Endo Steel|Endo Steel Internal Structure]]
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:: [[Ferro-Fibrous Armor]]
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:: [[Fusion Engine - XL|XL Engine Technology]]
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: '''Costs'''
  
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* '''Weapons'''
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;BattleMechs
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** Ballistics
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: ''[[Mercury (BattleMech)|Mercury]]''
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*** [[Gauss Rifle]]
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: ''[[Thorn (BattleMech)|Thorn]]''
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*** [[Ultra AC/5]]
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: ''[[Mongoose]]''
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*** [[LB 10-X AC]]
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: ''[[Hermes]]''
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** Energy
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: ''[[Hussar]]''
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*** [[Small Pulse Laser]]
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: ''[[Sentinel]]''
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*** [[Medium Pulse Laser]]
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: ''[[Wyvern]]''
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*** [[Large Pulse Laser]]
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: ''[[Crab]]''
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*** [[ER Large Laser]]
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: ''[[Kintaro]]''
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*** [[ER PPC]]
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: ''[[Champion]]''
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** Missiles
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: ''[[Lancelot]]''
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*** [[One-Shot|OS Missile]]
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: ''[[Exterminator]]''
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*** [[Streak SRM-2]]
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: ''[[Bombardier]]''
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*** [[Swarm LRM]]
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: ''[[Guillotine]]''
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*** [[Thunder LRM]]
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: ''[[Flashman]]''
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** Defense
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: ''[[Black Knight]]''
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*** [[AMS]]
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: ''[[Thug]]''
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*** [[Arrow IV]]
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: ''[[Crockett]]''
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: ''[[Highlander]]''
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: ''[[King Crab]]''
  
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* '''Electronics'''
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;Aerospace Fighters
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** [[Artemis IV]]
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: ''[[Trident]]''
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** [[Beagle Active Probe]]
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: ''[[Swift (Aerospace Fighter class)|Swift]]''
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** [[Guardian ECM Suite|Guardian]]
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: ''[[Spad]]''
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** [[MASC]]
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: ''[[Zero]]''
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** [[Narc]]
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: ''[[Rogue]]''
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: ''[[Tomahawk_(Aerospace_Fighter_class)|Tomahawk]]''
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: ''[[Hellcat II]]''
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: ''[[Gotha]]''
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: ''[[Ironsides]]''
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: ''[[Hammerhead (Aerospace Fighter)|Hammerhead]]''
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: ''[[Rapier]]''
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: ''[[Ahab (Aerospace Fighter class)|Ahab]]''
  
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* '''Construction Materials'''
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;Vehicles
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** [[CASE]]
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: ''[[Gabriel]]''
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** [[Double heat sink]]
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: ''[[Ripper]]''
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** [[Endo Steel]]
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: ''[[Beagle (Combat Vehicle)|Beagle]]''
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** [[Ferro-Fibrous Armor]]
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: ''[[Rotunda]]''
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** [[Fusion Engine - XL|XL Engine]]
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: ''[[Nightshade]]''
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: ''[[Cyrano]]''
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: ''[[Lightning (Combat Vehicle)|Lightning]]''
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: ''[[Zephyr]]''
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: ''[[Kanga]]''
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: ''[[Chaparral]]''
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: ''[[Thor (Combat Vehicle)|Thor]]''
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: ''[[Demon (Combat Vehicle)|Demon]]''
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: ''[[Marksman]]''
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: ''[[Magi]]''
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: ''[[Burke]]''
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: ''[[Fury (Combat Vehicle)|Fury]]''
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: ''[[Rhino (Combat Vehicle)|Rhino]]''
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: ''[[Puma (Combat Vehicle)|Puma]]''
  
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* Costs &ndash; table with purchase costs for above equipment
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;WarShips
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:: [[Naval Autocannon]]
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:: [[:Category:Capital Missile|Missiles]]
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:: [[Naval Laser|Lasers]] and [[Naval Particle Projector Cannon|PPCs]]
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:: [[Lithium-Fusion Battery|Lithium-Fusion Batteries]]
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: ''[[Bug-Eye]]''
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: ''[[Vincent]]''
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: ''[[Essex]]''
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: ''[[Lola I|Lola]]''
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: ''[[Aegis]]''
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: ''[[Congress]]''
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: ''[[Black Lion]]''
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: ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''
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: ''[[Cameron_(WarShip_class)|Cameron]]''
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: ''[[Potemkin]]''
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: ''[[Texas]]''
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: ''[[McKenna_(WarShip_class)|McKenna]]''
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: ''[[Confederate]]''
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: ''[[Titan_(DropShip_class)|Titan]]''
  
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* '''BattleMechs'''
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;Personal Equipment
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** Light 'Mechs
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: [[Jump Pack|Emergency Jet Pack]]
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*** ''[[Mercury]]''
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: [[Electromagnetic Pulse Mine|EMP Pulse Mine]]
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*** ''[[Thorn (BattleMech)|Thorn]]''
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: [[Silencer|AMR-20 Rifle/Pistol Silencer]]
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*** ''[[Mongoose]]''
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: [[Flash Suppressor|JAF-05 Flash Suppressor]]
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*** ''[[Hermes]]''
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: [[Grapple Rod]]
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*** ''[[Hussar]]''
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: [[Mauser 960 Assault System]]
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** Medium 'Mechs
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: [[MechWarrior Combat Suit|MechWarrior's Combat Suit]]
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*** ''[[Sentinel]]''
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: [[Medipack|MediPack]]
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*** ''[[Wyvern]]''
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: [[Gripper Gloves|Model 15 Gripper Gloves]]
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*** ''[[Crab]]''
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: [[Vibro Lock Pick Kit]]
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*** ''[[Kintaro]]''
 
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** Heavy 'Mechs
 
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*** ''[[Champion]]''
 
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*** ''[[Lancelot]]''
 
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*** ''[[Exterminator]]''
 
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*** ''[[Bombardier]]''
 
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*** ''[[Guillotine]]''
 
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*** ''[[Flashman]]''
 
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*** ''[[Black Knight]]''
 
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** Assault 'Mechs
 
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*** ''[[Thug]]''
 
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*** ''[[Crockett]]''
 
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*** ''[[Highlander]]''
 
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*** ''[[King Crab]]''
 
  
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* '''Aerospace Fighters'''
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==Remarks on content==
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** ''[[Trident]]''
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* The title comprises descriptions of 64 units in total, all units derive from Star League era and were previously unpublished. Furthermore it contains description and rule sets for new technologies and personal equipment for using in [[MechWarrior (RPG)|MechWarrior]]. It contains:
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** ''[[Swift (Aerospace Fighter)|Swift]]''
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** 20 [[Battlemech]] designs,
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** ''[[Spad]]''
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** 12 [[Aerospace Fighter]] designs,
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** ''[[Zero]]''
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** 18 [[Combat Vehicle|Vehicle]] designs,
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** ''[[Rogue]]''
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*** 35 combat and support vehicles designs and
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** ''[[Tomahawk]]''
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*** 3 VTOL designs,
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** ''[[Hellcat II]]''
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** 14 [[WarShip]]s designs.
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** ''[[Gotha]]''
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** Technology for 'Mechs and Vehicles (weapons, equipment and construction materiels)
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** ''[[Ironsides]]''
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** Technology for SpaceShips (weapons and drive)
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** ''[[Hammerhead]]''
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** Personal Equipment (weapons and miscellaneous equipment).
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** ''[[Rapier]]''
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* In-universe, the ''TRO'' is presented as a compilation of technology retrieved from the [[Gray Death Memory Core]], twenty years after its discovery, without being credited to a specific source, place or date.
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** ''[[Ahab (Aerospace Fighter class)|Ahab]]''
 
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* '''Vehicles'''
 
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** ''[[Gabriel]]''
 
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** ''[[Ripper]]''
 
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** ''[[Beagle (Combat Vehicle)|Beagle]]''
 
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** ''[[Rotunda]]''
 
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** ''[[Nightshade]]''
 
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** ''[[Cyrano]]''
 
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** ''[[Lightning (Combat Vehicle)|Lightning]]''
 
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** ''[[Zephyr]]''
 
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** ''[[Kanga]]''
 
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** ''[[Chaparral]]''
 
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** ''[[Thor (Combat Vehicle)|Thor]]''
 
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** ''[[Demon (Combat Vehicle)|Demon]]''
 
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** ''[[Marksman]]''
 
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** ''[[Magi]]''
 
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** ''[[Burke]]''
 
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** ''[[Fury (Combat Vehicle)|Fury]]''
 
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** ''[[Rhino]]''
 
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** ''[[Puma (Combat Vehicle)|Puma]]''
 
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* '''WarShip Weapons and Equipment'''
 
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** [[Naval Autocannon/10]]
 
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** [[Naval Autocannon/20]]
 
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** [[Naval Autocannon/25]]
 
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** [[Naval Autocannon/30]]
 
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** [[Naval Autocannon/35]]
 
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** [[Naval Autocannon/40]]
 
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** [[Killer Whale]]
 
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** [[White Shark]]
 
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** [[Barracuda]]
 
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** [[Naval Laser 35]]
 
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** [[Naval Laser 45]]
 
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** [[Naval Laser 55]]
 
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** [[Light NPPC]]
 
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** [[Medium NPPC]]
 
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** [[Heavy NPPC]]
 
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** [[Lithium-Fusion Battery]]
 
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* '''WarShips'''
 
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** ''[[Bug-Eye]]''
 
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** ''[[Vincent]]''
 
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** ''[[Essex]]''
 
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** ''[[Lola III]]''
 
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** ''[[Aegis]]''
 
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** ''[[Congress]]''
 
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** ''[[Black Lion]]''
 
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** ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''
 
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** ''[[Cameron (WarShip)|Cameron]]''
 
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** ''[[Potemkin]]''
 
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** ''[[Texas]]''
 
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** ''[[McKenna (WarShip)|McKenna]]''
 
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** ''[[Confederate]]''
 
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** ''[[Titan (Dropship)|Titan]]''
 
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* '''Personal Equipment'''
 
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** [[Emergency Jet Pack]]
 
−
** [[EMP Pulse Mine]]
 
−
** [[Rifle/Pistol Silencer]]
 
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** [[Flash Suppressor]]
 
−
** [[Grapple Rod]]
 
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** [[Mauser 960]]
 
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** [[MechWarrior Combat Suit|MechWarrior's Combat Suit]]
 
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** [[MediPack]]
 
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** [[Gripper Gloves]]
 
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** [[Vibro Lock Pick Kit]]
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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* The German edition abandoned the chapter on advanced weapons and personal equipment. Instead it introduced the [[Talon (BattleMech)|Talon]], [[Spector]], [[Night Hawk]], [[Lynx]], [[Excalibur (BattleMech)|Excalibur]], [[Shootist]], [[Striker (BattleMech)|Striker]], [[Longbow]], [[Emperor]], [[Pillager]], [[Mackie]] and [[Alacorn]], some [[Star League]] era units from ''[[Technical Readout: 3058]]''. It also included information about the [[SLDF]] and its deployment taken from [[The Star League]].  
 
* The German edition abandoned the chapter on advanced weapons and personal equipment. Instead it introduced the [[Talon (BattleMech)|Talon]], [[Spector]], [[Night Hawk]], [[Lynx]], [[Excalibur (BattleMech)|Excalibur]], [[Shootist]], [[Striker (BattleMech)|Striker]], [[Longbow]], [[Emperor]], [[Pillager]], [[Mackie]] and [[Alacorn]], some [[Star League]] era units from ''[[Technical Readout: 3058]]''. It also included information about the [[SLDF]] and its deployment taken from [[The Star League]].  
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==References==
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<references/>
  
 
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[[Category:Technical Readouts|2750]]
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[[Category:Technical Readouts and Recognition Guides|2750]]

Revision as of 16:09, 22 October 2020

TRO 2750.jpg
Technical Readout: 2750
Product information
Type Technical Readout
Development Sam Lewis
L. Ross Babcock III (Editor-In-Chief)
Donna Ippolito (Senior Editor)
Jum Musser (Editor)
C. R. Green (Editorial Assistant)
Primary writing Clare W. Hess
Dale L. Kemper
Jim Long
Blaine L. Pardoe
Boy F. Peterson, Jr.
Pages 160
Cover Artwork Dana Knutson
Illustrations Dana Knutson
Publication information
Publisher FASA
Product code 8613
First published 1989
ISBN-10 1555600891
ISBN-13 978-1555600891
MSRP 12.00 US $
Content
Era Star League era
Universe Date 3048
Timeline 2750
Series Technical Readouts

Description

Technical Readout: 2750 concerns itself with the models of 'Mechs, ASFs, tanks, hovercraft, personal equipment and WarShips in use during the first Star League. It provides Level 2 variants (before the Clans were introduced) of common 3025-era assets. It was the third TRO to be released.

Some designs first published in TRO:2750 were republished in TRO:3025 Revised (1996) and TRO:3039 (2003). The TRO: 3050 Upgrade was announced to replace the design descriptions of TRO:2750 entirely.[1] The information on technology and personal equipment was successively replaced in later rule books and MechWarrior related sourcebooks.

From the back cover

“ In the year 2750, humanity was in the midst of a golden age. United under the interstellar government of the Star League, all mankind prospered and enjoyed an improved quality of life made possible by advances in technology, commerce, human rights, and the arts. Humanity had truly inherited the stars. But those same advances also carried a curse, for the engines of war from the Star League era possessed power unequaled in the Successor States today.

BattleTech Technical Readout: 2750 provides illustrations, statistics, and other vital information about the BattleMechs, AeroSpace Fighters, Tanks and Hovercraft, Personal Equipment, and combat JumpShips of the Star League.

”

Table of Contents

Star League Technology
Weapons
Anti-Missile System
Arrow IV Missile System
Extended Range Large Laser and PPC
Gauss Rifle
KWI Ultra Autocannon 5
LB 10-X Autocannon
One-Shot Missile Packs
Pulse Laser (Small, Medium, Large)
Streak SRM-2
Swarm LRMs
Thunder LRMs
Electronics
Artemis IV FCS
Beagle Active Probe
Guardian ECM Suite
Myomer Accelerator Signal Circuitry (MASC)
Narc Missile Beacon
Construction Materials
Cellular Ammunition Storage Equipment (CASE)
Double Heat Sinks
Endo Steel Internal Structure
Ferro-Fibrous Armor
XL Engine Technology
Costs
BattleMechs
Mercury
Thorn
Mongoose
Hermes
Hussar
Sentinel
Wyvern
Crab
Kintaro
Champion
Lancelot
Exterminator
Bombardier
Guillotine
Flashman
Black Knight
Thug
Crockett
Highlander
King Crab
Aerospace Fighters
Trident
Swift
Spad
Zero
Rogue
Tomahawk
Hellcat II
Gotha
Ironsides
Hammerhead
Rapier
Ahab
Vehicles
Gabriel
Ripper
Beagle
Rotunda
Nightshade
Cyrano
Lightning
Zephyr
Kanga
Chaparral
Thor
Demon
Marksman
Magi
Burke
Fury
Rhino
Puma
WarShips
Naval Autocannon
Missiles
Lasers and PPCs
Lithium-Fusion Batteries
Bug-Eye
Vincent
Essex
Lola
Aegis
Congress
Black Lion
Sovetskii Soyuz
Cameron
Potemkin
Texas
McKenna
Confederate
Titan
Personal Equipment
Emergency Jet Pack
EMP Pulse Mine
AMR-20 Rifle/Pistol Silencer
JAF-05 Flash Suppressor
Grapple Rod
Mauser 960 Assault System
MechWarrior's Combat Suit
MediPack
Model 15 Gripper Gloves
Vibro Lock Pick Kit

Remarks on content

  • The title comprises descriptions of 64 units in total, all units derive from Star League era and were previously unpublished. Furthermore it contains description and rule sets for new technologies and personal equipment for using in MechWarrior. It contains:
    • 20 Battlemech designs,
    • 12 Aerospace Fighter designs,
    • 18 Vehicle designs,
      • 35 combat and support vehicles designs and
      • 3 VTOL designs,
    • 14 WarShips designs.
    • Technology for 'Mechs and Vehicles (weapons, equipment and construction materiels)
    • Technology for SpaceShips (weapons and drive)
    • Personal Equipment (weapons and miscellaneous equipment).
  • In-universe, the TRO is presented as a compilation of technology retrieved from the Gray Death Memory Core, twenty years after its discovery, without being credited to a specific source, place or date.

Notes

  • This book is an interesting glimpse into the Star League era's levels of technology, though some items within would be precluded by later updates that resulted in these items not fitting into the various game systems as well (ex: Bug-Eye).

References

  1. ↑ Notation on the Catalyst Game Lab's Errata Forum Rules & Index - Regarding status of TRO: 2750.

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