Detailing the efforts to build a peace while preparing for a new war, this volume showcases the causes and consequences of the Second Succession War, as well as the politics and stresses between and within the Great Houses. The Second Succession War covers the aftermath of the titanic First Succession War and the Great Houses efforts to survive before the machinations of Conrad Toyama propel them into a new round of blood-letting. Soon brother will be set against brother and madness will reign once more: The Second Succession War. Yet not everyone shares this ideal and soon secret machinations undermine the peace efforts and propel the Inner Sphere into a new round of violence. Second Succession War (Print-on-Demand – $34.99 // PDF – $14.99)īy 2821, the “Great Succession War” has ground to a halt, the participants seeking desperate respite and to forge a new peace and hope for mankind. Covering the collapse of the Star League, the militarization of the Inner Sphere and the horrors that ensued, this volume provides a detailed look at the major actions of the war, the motivations of its participants, and the deadly consequences of their decisions. The First Succession War describes the most devastating conflict ever fought by mankind as the five Great Houses battle for supremacy in the ruins of the Star League. With no Star League to keep the House Lords in check, greed, ambition and old grudges come to the fore once more, propelling the five remaining Great Houses into a war that threatens human civilization itself: The First Succession War. In 2784, the departure of General Alexsandr Kerensky and the remnants of the SLDF from known space leaves the Inner Sphere balanced on a knife-edge. Standard infantry stats are noted in Total Warfare, with record sheets in Tech Manual (you would have to fill them in yourself).Īs mentioned, the other option is MegaMekLab which is the most complete set of records I'm aware of.First Succession War (Print-on-Demand – $34.99 // PDF – $14.99) They have never been in any TROs except for the highly specialized samples in TRO: 3085. Due to the sheer number of units in the BT universe, it isn't practical to have a single published source except for online Alpha Strike stats in the Master Unit List ( ) or software. These are associated with Record Sheet books, such as Record Sheets: 3039 Unabridged and BattleTech: Succession Wars: Record Sheets, which can be found in places like the Catalyst and DriveThruRPG online stores. So they got spread out between the TROs (Technical Readout books) and some of the source books. Mech and vehicle designs have been released over quite a few years (decades, actually). Hope that helps and welcome to Battletech! And no, there's no consistency between what letter designation is meant for what role between mechs.Īnd, of course, there's variants of Inner Sphere mechs too, those represent either how a particular faction manufactures that mech, or updates in technology (switching to ferro-fiborous armor, which is lighter, freeing up more space for weapons, for example). The A variant switches its weapons to fill a more multi-range crit-fisher loadout. Those different letter designations are just the same mech with a different weapons loadout depending on the needs of the mission.įor example: The Mad Dog (Vulture) Prime is designed for a long-range fire support role. They're designed with plug-and-play weapon systems (weapon pods in lore) that can be hot-swapped in a much faster time than trying to modify a stock chassis. Prime/A/B etc is how clan omni mechs work.
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