The Battle for Twycross
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- This article is about the scenario pack. For the planet, see Twycross.
- This article is about the scenario pack. For the battle, see Battle of Twycross.
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| The Battle for Twycross | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Scenario Pack |
| Development | Sam Lewis (Production Manager) Donna Ippolito (Senior Editor) Kent Stolt (Assistant Editor) |
| Primary writing | Anthony Pryor |
| Pages | 56 |
| Cover Artwork | Jim Holloway (Art)note Jeff Laubenstein (Design) |
| Interior Artwork | Dana Knutson (Art Director) |
| Illustrations | Earl Geier |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | FASA |
| Product code | 1653 |
| First published | 1990 |
| ISBN-10 | 1555600743 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1555600747 |
| MSRP | 8,00 US $ |
| Content | |
| Era | Clan Invasion era |
| Timeline | 3050 |
Contents
Description
The Battle for Twycross marks the first victory of any of the Great Houses against the Clans during their invasion of the Inner Sphere. The battle lasted from June 2nd to Septembre 10th 3050 and resulted in an AFFC victory against Clan Jade Falcon.
From the back cover
| “ | From beyond known space come the Clans... high-tech barbarians bring war and destruction to the Inner Sphere. The Jade Falcons were one of the fiercest and most brutal of these Clans. Preying on the Federated Commonwealth, they mercilessly slaughtered its defending forces.
The most successful of the Jade Falcons forces were the Falcon Guards. Led by Star Colonel Adler Malthus, the guards amassed an incredible string of victories. Their fate was to end up buried under tons of rock, entombed forever by Leftenant Kai Allard, giving and {sic} the Federated Commonwealth its first victory over the Clans. This scenario pack recreates the battles for Twycross, with 15 BattleTech scenarios and 1 BattleForce scenario, following the Falcon Guards from their greatest success to their final stand. |
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Contents
- Introduction
- Report to the Primus
- Coming Of The Clans
- Invasion
- Jade Falcons
- Twycross Campaign
- Falcon Guards Unit Roster
- Scenarios
- The Beast is Loose
- Power Play
- The Terrible Toads
- Face the Fire
- Desperate Measures
- Distant Thunder
- The Harder They Fall
- The Defense of Camora
- Thunder Of The Gods
- The Last Hurrah
- Vengeance on the Plains
- Showdown
German Edition
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| Die Schlacht um Twycross | |
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| Product information | |
| Language | german |
| Contribution | Christian Jesch (Translation) Reinhold H. Mai and Michael Immig (Editorial Office) Dietrich Limper (Composition) Reinhold H. Mai and Mechforce Germany (Technical Consultancy) |
| Pages | 52 |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Fantasy Productions |
| First published | 1995 |
| ISBN-10 | 389064922X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3890649221 |
The German edition, in most parts faithful to the original version, was released by Fantasy Productions in 1995. The translation is credited to Christian Jesch. The German version is printed as DIN A4, a standard European paper size, which is a little larger then north american Letter.
Alteration
The german edition vastly matches the original one, with only slight variations:
- The BattleForce scenario is left out.
- The initial outline gives no hierarchy of chapters and subsections, consequently the german outline contains a few additional bullets. The additional headings are:
- The chapter "Einführung" (Introduction) is followed by
- "Verwendung der Szenarien" (Use of Scenarios)
- "Zusatzregeln" (Additional Rules)
- The chapter "Unternehmen Twycross" (Twycross Campaign) is followed by
- "Der Vorstoß auf Camora" (Advance on Camora)
- "Das letzte Gefecht" (The Last Stand)
- "Nachspiel" (Aftermath)
- "Gegenangriff" (Counterattack)
- "Entscheidung" (Decision)
- "Sieg" (Victory)
- The chapter "Einführung" (Introduction) is followed by
- The orginal's mistake in writing on back cover's text is corrected.
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 Gotterdammerung was respelled to Götterdämmerung, the DCMS (Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery) became VSDK (Vereinigte Streitkräfte des Draconis Kombinats) and so on.
Notes
- In the credits, Steve Venters is incorrectly listed as the cover artist.
- According to the prologue of the Falcon Guard novel by Robert Thurston, Star Captain Joanna was together with Star Colonel Adler Malthus at the Great Gash and was one of the survivors, buried by rock as Kai Allard-Liao detonated the mines by overloading the reactor of his Hatchetman. According to The Battle for Twycross scenario, the Great Gash was attacked by the Falcon Guard Trinary Alpha. Star Captain Joanna is not in the Trinary Alpha unit roster, in fact she is not even mentioned as a member of the whole Falcon Guards Cluster. This is probably a retcon of Robert Thurston because his book was published one year after the scenario.
Image Gallery
Original 1990 cover. Art by Jim Holloway.
German 1995 cover.