Editing Technical Readout: 3026

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| image               = TRO 3026.jpg
| name                = 
| type                = Technical Readout
| author              = 
| development         = [[Sam Lewis (person)|Sam Lewis]]<br />[[Jordan Weisman]], [[Tara Gallagher]] (Production Managers)<br />[[L. Ross Babcock III]] (Editor-In-Chief)<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br />[[Todd Huettel]] (Editor)
| primarywriting      = [[Kevin Stein]]<br />Sam Lewis
| pages               = 128
| cover               = [[Duane Loose]]
| interiorart         = [[Dana Knutson]] (Art Director)
| illustrations       = Duane Loose, [[Steve Venters]]
| publisher           = [[FASA]]
| productioncode      = 8606
| year                = 1987
| ISBN10              = 0931787327
| ISBN13              = 978-0931787324
| MSRP                = 15.00 US $
| content             = 
| era                 = [[Succession Wars era]]
| timeline            = [[3026]]
| series              = [[Technical Readout]]s
| precededby          = 
| followedby          = [[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised]]
}}
==Description==
Intended as a background book for the [[BattleTech]] universe, '''''Technical Readout: 3026''''' was second ''TRO'' to be released and the first to focus on the secondary weapon systems ([[combat vehicles]]) of the game. It also included personal equipment that could be used by players of [[MechWarrior (RPG)|MechWarrior, the roleplaying game]].

It was first published in 1987 with a same-cover second edition in 1996.<ref>Stated as "Revised 1996 edition." in normal text above the trademark information on Page 2</ref> The unit designs of ''TRO:3026'' were reissued in 2003 as ''[[Technical Readout: 3026 Revised]]'' and eventually supplanted by (and merged into) the more comprehensive ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''. The information on personal equipment was successively replaced with MechWarrior related sourcebooks.

The German edition was published as ''Hardware-Handbuch: 3031'' with altered content (see ''[[Technical Readout: 3026#Hardware-Handbuch: 3031]]'' below).

==Table of Contents==
;Vehicles
: [[Ferret|Ferret Light Scout VTOL]]
: [[Savannah Master|Savannah Master Hovercraft]]
: [[APC|Armored Personnel Carriers]]
: [[Guardian (Conventional Fighter)|Guardian Fighter]]
: [[Skulker|Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank]]
: [[Warrior (Combat Vehicle)|Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopter]]
: [[Harasser|Harasser Missile Platform]]
: [[J. Edgar|J. Edgar Light Hover Tank]]
: [[Scorpion (Combat Vehicle)|Scorpion Light Tank]]
: [[Sea Skimmer|Sea Skimmer Hydrofoil]]
: [[Karnov|Karnov UR Transport]]
: [[Hunter Light Support Tank]]
: [[Pegasus|Pegasus Scout Hover Tank]]
: [[Saladin|Saladin Assault Hover Tank]]
: [[Saracen|Saracen Medium Hover Tank]]
: [[Scimitar|Scimitar Medium Hover Tank]]
: [[Striker (Combat Vehicle)|Striker Light Tank]]
: [[Engineering Vehicle]]
: [[Hetzer|Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun]]
: [[Goblin|Goblin Medium Tank]]
: [[MechBuster|'MechBuster Fighter]]
: [[Condor (Combat Vehicle)|Condor Heavy Hover Tank]]
: [[Drillson|Drillson Heavy Hover Tank]]
: [[Maxim|Maxim Heavy Hover Tank]]
: [[Planetlifter|Planetlifter Air Transport]]
: [[Vedette|Vedette Medium Tank]]
: [[Bulldog|Bulldog Medium Tank]]
: [[Hi-Scout|Hi-Scout Drone Carrier]]
: [[LRM Carrier|LRM]]/[[SRM Carrier]]
: [[Manticore|Manticore Heavy Tank]]
: [[Pike|Pike Support Vehicle]]
: [[Monitor (vehicle)|Monitor Naval Vessel]]
: [[Demolisher|Demolisher Heavy Tank]]
: [[Partisan|Partisan Heavy Tank]]
: [[Schrek|Schrek PPC Carrier]]
: [[SturmFeur|SturmFeur Heavy Tank]]
: [[Ontos|Ontos Heavy Tank]]
: [[Behemoth (Combat Vehicle)|Behemoth Heavy Tank]]
: [[Neptune (Submarine)|Neptune Submarine]]

;Personal Equipment
: [[Sneak Suit|Electronic Suits]]
: [[Power Pack Recharger|Rechargers]]
: [[Portable Remote Sensor|Remote Sensors]]
: [[Exoskeleton]]s
: [[:Category:Communication Gear|Communicators]]
: [[Artificial Limbs]]
: Miscellaneous Personal Equipment

;Weapons
: General Game Use
: Support Weapons
:: [[:Category:Recoilless Weapons|Recoilless Rifles]]
:: [[Flamer]]s
:: Mortars
:: [[Machine Gun]]s
:: [[Particle Projector Cannon|Photon Particle Guns]] (sic!)<ref>This false denomination is only used in Table of Contents, the heading in text body correctly says "Particle Projector Cannon".</ref>
:: [[Laser]]s
: Personal Weapons
:: [[:Category:Flechette Weapons|Needlers]]
:: [[:Category:Pistols|Pistols]]
:: Pulse Lasers
:: Lasers
:: Submachine Guns
:: Rifles
:: Gyrojets
:: Grenades
:: LAWs
:: Miscellaneous
: Personal Weapons Table
: Support Weapons Table

==Remarks on content==
* The title comprises descriptions of 42 units in total, all vehicle designs and all previously unpublished. Furthermore it contains description and rules for a variety of personal equipment for using in [[MechWarrior (RPG)|MechWarrior]]. It contains:
** 42 [[Combat Vehicle|Vehicle]] designs,
*** 3 [[VTOL]] designs,
*** 3 [[Conventional Aircraft]] designs and
*** 3 [[Naval Vessel]]s.
** 40 Personal Equipment items, spread in 7 different subcategories and
** 46 Personal Weapon items spread in 2 subcategories with 6 respective 10 sub-subcategories.
* The ''TRO'' has no in-universe presentation.

==German Edition==
{{InfoBoxForLangProduct
| image               = Hardware-Handbuch 3031.jpg
| name                = Hardware-Handbuch 3031
| language            = german
| contribution        = [[Reinhold H. Mai]] (Translation), [[Dietrich Limper]], [[Thomas Römer]] and Reinhold H. Mai (Editor)
| pages               = 162
| publisher           = [[Fantasy Productions]]
| year                = 1992
| ISBN10              = 3890649092
| ISBN13              = 9783890649092
| MSRP                = 
}}
Published by licensee [[FanPro]], the German edition of ''Technical Readout 3026'' (''TRO 3026'') received extensive revamping, beginning with the title, which was changed to '''Hardware-Handbuch 3031'''. According to the imprint, additional texts from other sources (''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]'', ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)|House Liao]]'', ''[[Wolf's Dragoons (sourcebook)|Wolf's Dragoons]]'', ''[[Sorenson's Sabres (scenario pack)|Sorenson's Sabres]]'' and ''[[Stardate]]'') were included. The German version is printed as DIN A4, a standard European paper size, which is a little larger then north american [[w:Paper size|Letter]].

=== Alterations ===
====Graphics====
The original's 16 colored unit graphics were rearranged as an unnumbered four-page miniature gallery (four images per page) at the middle of the book.<ref>Units with colored images are: ''Pegasus'', ''Harasser'', ''J. Edgar'', ''Ontos'', ''Schrek'', ''Pike'', ''Partisan'', ''Scorpion'', ''Hunter'', ''Demolisher'', ''Manticore'', ''SturmFeur'', ''Sea Skimmer'', ''Warrior'', ''Monitor'' and ''Karnov''</ref> The unit's images at the correspending data sheets were instead shown in black and white.

====Table of Content====
The original content was restructured and expanded. Where the original ''TRO 3026'' lists only "Vehicles" (of any kind), "Personal Equipment" and (personal) "Weapons", ''Hardware-Handbuch 3031'' details the sections further, resulting in this altered table of content:
* Battlemechs (sic!)
* Panzer (''Tanks'')
* Artillerie (''Artillery'')
* Senkrechtstarter und konventionelle Flugzeuge (''Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Conventional Aircraft'')
* Wasserfahrzeuge (''Watercraft'')
* Hilfsfahrzeuge (''Support Vehicles'')
* Ausrüstung (''Personal Equipment'')
* Waffen (''Weapons'')
* Schautafeln (''Visual Aid'', a "new" section that includes equipment sketches)
* Index

====Additional content from other sources====
Expanded content includes various designs from other sources, complete with Technical Readout-style fluff, combat histories, and notable pilots. In detail these are:
* The new section ''Battlemechs'' that includes five additional [[BattleMech]] designs
**''[[Flea]]'' - The 20-ton FLE-15 version. Combat history and Notable Pilots ([[Kare Devereux]] and [[Thheiba Shakir]]) were translated from an (apocryphal) write-up in ''Stardate'' Vol. 3 No. 1.
**''[[Raven]]'' - The standard ''Raven'' as statted in the ''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'' sourcebook. Like in that book, the [[ECM 3025|ECM Equipment]] (for which no rules existed) was supposedly mounted in the Center Torso location despite occupying four critical slots. The Combat History write-up and single Notable Pilot ([[Kevin DeNato]] from the [[1st McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] regiment) given were original and have not been translated or republished elsewhere.
**''[[Wolfhound]]'' - Combat History is a retelling of the 'Mech's history as described in the [[Warrior trilogy]], with [[Daniel Allard]] given as the sole entry under Notable Pilots.
**''[[Cataphract]]'' - Also taken from the ''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'' sourcebook, with an original write-up that was not translated or published anywhere else. Combat History centers on the exploits of Notable Pilot [[Kalidas Aniro]] of [[Warrior House Kamata]] in the fighting against [[Andurien Secession|Andurien]] forces under [[Jimmy Lee]] on [[Betelgeuse]].
**''[[Longbow]]'' - Combat history and Notable Pilots (Beater/Hunter team [[Oshira Muzakka]] and [[Jon Smallberry]], and [[Cedrick Sveinson]]) were translated from an (apocryphal) write-up in ''Stardate'' Vol. 3 No. 2.
* The ''Panzer'' section includes 23 vehicle designs, from which 20 were taken from TRO 3026, the additional designs are:
** ''[[Plainsman]] - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
** ''[[Bandit]]'' - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
** ''[[Zhukov]]'' - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
* The ''Artillerie'' section includes 5 vehicle designs (''[[Harasser]]'', ''[[Hetzer]]'', ''[[LRM Carrier|LRM]]/[[SRM Carrier]]'', ''[[Pike]]'' and ''[[Schrek]]''), which are all included in ''TRO 3026'', although none of them is technically considered as [[artillery]] under [[Rules Level|BattleTech Rules]].
* The ''Senkrechtstarter und Konventionelle Flugzeuge'' section lists 8 vehicle designs, from which 6 were taken from ''TRO 3026'', the additional designs are:
** ''[[Kestrel (Combat Vehicle)|Kestrel]] - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
** ''[[Peregrine (Combat Vehicle)|Peregrine]] - also taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook
* The ''Wasserfahrzeuge'' section lists 3 designs, which are all taken from ''TRO 3026''.
* The ''Hilfsfahrzeuge'' section lists 6 vehicle designs, from which 5 were taken from ''TRO 3026'', the additional design is:
** ''[[Badger]]'' - taken from ''Wolf's Dragoons'' sourcebook

====Altered and missing content====
The ''Ausrüstung'' and ''Waffen'' sections were rearranged as well, with some original content being left out. The stats provided for equipment were slightly altered, presumably to account for rule changes since the publication of ''TRO 3026''.
* The ''Ausrüstung'' section lists just 4 categories of equipment (''Communicators'', ''Sensors'', ''[[Exoskeleton]]s'' and ''[[Artificial Limbs]]''), the following categories included in ''TRO 3026'' were left out:
** ''Electronic Suits''
** ''Rechargers''
** ''Miscellaneous Personal Equipment''
* The ''Waffen'' section restructures the original content in 3 new categories (''Rückstoßfreie Gewehre und Flammer'' (''Recoilless Rifles and Flamers''), ''Mörser und Maschinengewehre'' (''Mortars and Machine Guns'') and ''Partikelprojektorkanonen und Laser'' (''Particle Projector Cannons and Lasers''), which describes combined just 9 weapon systems. The vast majority of weapons described in ''TRO 3026'' was left out.
* All original sketches of equipment that were not included in sections ''Ausrüstung'' or ''Waffen'' were compiled in new section ''Schautafeln'', although no stats or any information other than its name were given.

All additional content technically falls outside of the current definition of [[canon]] and must thus be considered [[apocryphal]].

===Spelling and Names===
As with other German products prior to 1997 spelling and names (especially places and units) as well as most abbreviations were regularly adjusted. For instance the Mech unit ''[[Archer]]'' was renamed to ''Schütze'', the planet [[Götterdämmerung (system)|Gotterdammerung]] was respelled to ''Götterdämmerung'', the ''[[DCMS]]'' (''Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery'') became ''VSDK'' (''Vereinigte Streitkräfte des Draconis Kombinats'') and so on.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:TRO 3026.jpg|Original 1987 cover. Art by Duane Loose.
Image:Hardware-Handbuch 3031.jpg|German 1992 cover.
File:Vehicle-Gallery-1-HH3026.jpg|Image gallery #1 from German edition.
File:Vehicle-Gallery-2-HH3026.jpg|Image gallery #2 from German edition.
File:Vehicle-Gallery-3-HH3026.jpg|Image gallery #3 from German edition.
File:Vehicle-Gallery-4-HH3026.jpg|Image gallery #4 from German edition.
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Technical Readouts and Recognition Guides|3026]]
[[Category:German Editions]]