Jihad Hot Spots: Terra

The fifth in the series of core Jihad sourcebooks, Jihad Hot Spots: Terra draws the primary fighting of the Jihad to the close, bringing the Classic BattleTech storyline up to 3078. Like the earlier Jihad Hot Spots, the first portion of JHS: Terra is broken up into sections by year, detailing fictional and non-fictional events for that year, along with "Chaos Eternal" scenario tracks. The rear half of the book breaks out of this format to focus on the preparations for and invasion Terra, followed by a modern non-ComStar written overview of Terra, its people and its history from the pre-Space Flight era to the early Jihad. The final rules annex section details the new units and equipment of the formidable Space Defense System constructed by the Blakists to defend Terra and the Word of Blake Protectorate, as well as comprehensive rules for creating and using Castles Brian.

From the back cover
"''TEARING DOWN THE WALLS!

''For more than ten years, the Word of Blake’s Jihad has engulfed the states of the Inner Sphere and the invading Clans in chaos and fire. Reeling from attacks on all fronts, realms have fought one another while the Word’s masters built a powerful Protectorate around humanity’s home: Terra. But with the rise of a resourceful rebel leader, Devlin Stone, the collective might of the Great Houses and rival Clans have united for an all-out assault against the Protectorate—one that can only end when humanity’s home is free once again!

Jihad Hot Spots: Terra continues the Jihad plot book series started with Blake Ascending, bringing readers into the latter years of the war between the Word of Blake and the Inner Sphere. Seen from the eyes of those who fight and die in this epic struggle, this book includes articles and intelligence excerpts from across the Inner Sphere, along with additional rules and campaign tracks for both BattleTech campaigns played using the Total Warfare and A Time of War game rules. This book also provides a rare, in-depth look at the Terran system itself, including the history and varied cultures who live on these most revered worlds. Also included are rules and units for the elaborate defense network the Word of Blake unveiled against Stone and his allied Coalition throughout the Protectorate campaign."

Contents

 * "Misplaced Childhood" by Chris Hartford
 * Introduction
 * How to Use This Book


 * The Protectorate Crumbles
 * Civil Insurrection
 * Arboris: A World In Crisis
 * Signs Of Things To Come?
 * Big Doings On Little Big Horn
 * Righteous Fury
 * A Time Of Cleansing
 * AFFS Reclaims Three Worlds
 * Who is Gregory Kelswa-Steiner?
 * Autopsy Of Dyev
 * Horrors In The Funhouse
 * Cracks In The Facade
 * More Mercenaries Fleeing


 * 3077:Closing the Circle
 * We Will Survive
 * The Lyran Front
 * Victory At Cor Caroli
 * Return to Summer
 * Sins Of The Father
 * Rumbles From The Republic
 * Unconsionable!
 * We Have Met The Enemy
 * Just A Setback
 * Tipping The Scales
 * Bring Them Home!
 * Shiloh Falls
 * Where The Hell Are They?
 * Draconis Front
 * Offical Update
 * Dead Clan Rising?
 * DCA Readiness Report
 * Do Not Deny Me
 * Status: Telos IV
 * Outrage
 * Official Update 2
 * Quentin Quagmire
 * Official Update 3
 * We Will Not Fade
 * Intolerable Dissent
 * Righteous Fire
 * Saffel HPG Offline
 * Official Update 4
 * Federated Front
 * Why Must We?
 * Forgiven, But Not Forgotten
 * S.O.S.
 * Tragedy On Demeter
 * First Wave Complete
 * The Tale Of Towne
 * Liberated Achernar
 * Situation Report: Naval Defenses
 * Last Words Of A Legend
 * Terror At Tigress
 * Snakes Still Snakes
 * Bharat Roadblock
 * War To The Knife
 * Ingress, Fletcher Fall
 * Sandoval-Ito: A Study In Success
 * Capellan Front
 * Liberation At Hand
 * Travel Advisory: Arboris
 * What We Saw
 * No Holds Barred
 * Stone: Another Word For "Blake"
 * We Stand Alone
 * Pleione Surrenders
 * Stone's True Colors
 * Death On A White Horse
 * Vultures Circling
 * Public Enemy
 * League Front
 * Anyone Better?
 * Wasat Falls
 * Too Much To Handle?
 * Zion Freed
 * Overview: Alys Marik
 * Talitha, Berenson Capitulate
 * Slaughter On Stewart
 * Is Titus Capable
 * Mistaken Identity
 * And So I Declare...
 * Third Guards Defect
 * Chara, Damocles And Trust
 * Chara Operational Report
 * A Traitor Within?
 * Atreus Darkened
 * Heir To No Throne
 * And in Other News...
 * De La Sangre: Missing?
 * Stone Vs. Clanners?
 * Regulus Ascending
 * Nightmarish Holiday
 * Wanted: War Criminals
 * Hussars Crush opposition
 * Prince Kirc Cameron-Jones
 * Federation Build-Up
 * Stone's Evil Stain
 * Outreach Freed
 * Hall Surrenders Without A Shot
 * Thorny Thorin
 * Nowhere Raided
 * Black Dragons Carry Out Threats
 * Free?
 * Hegemony Arrives
 * The Mysterious Case Of Northwind
 * Chaos Eternal, Part 1: 3077
 * Watershed
 * Ghost Tiger
 * Blood And Fury
 * Charred Victory
 * Bridge To Oblivion


 * Early 3078: Smashing the Walls
 * Smashing The Walls
 * Lyran Front
 * 3077: War In Review
 * Pandemic On Sabik
 * Financial Crap Shoot
 * Phecda: Tragedy And Triumph
 * Failed Gambit?
 * Rest And Refit
 * Alarion: World In Recovery?
 * Traitors Or Opportunists?
 * Assassination Plot
 * Draconis Front
 * Threat Contained
 * Saving Dragon Bacon
 * Flight Of The Raven
 * Spirit Of Cooperation
 * Black Dragons Contained
 * Fomalhaut, Epsilon Indi Liberated
 * What Lies Ahead
 * In These Matters
 * The Case For Leadership
 * Federated Front
 * Epsilon Eridani Liberated
 * And A Davion To Lead Us All
 * Dire Straits
 * Reclamation Ideals
 * Revenge
 * News From Pleione
 * Bryant Freed; Marking Time?
 * Victory At New Home
 * Where Is Devlin Stone?
 * Capellan Front
 * Invaders At Hsien
 * Freedom Manifesto
 * Pity The Protestors
 * David Lear: Wayward Citizen
 * Liberty Is Ours
 * Offers Rebuffed
 * When Will They Come?
 * Stone Is Coming
 * Pleione Secured
 * League Front
 * New Year, New Wave
 * Missing: Photon Brett-Marik
 * The Push Continues
 * Rescue Gone Awry
 * Bethany Barrett: Oriente Hero
 * Terra's Doorstep
 * Nukes On Niops
 * And in Other News...
 * Threat Level High
 * Transfer Of Command
 * Diplomacy, Please!
 * Charges Filed
 * The Truth On New Home
 * Profiles: Lin Murikami
 * Preparation Or Withdrawal?
 * Dishonor And Discord
 * Nothing Changes
 * Chaos Eternal, Part 2: Early 3078
 * Trick Or Trap
 * Sticky Situation
 * Death To Tyrants
 * Pound Of Flesh


 * Destination Terra
 * Destination Terra
 * Gathering Might
 * Clanner's View
 * Recon Group IV
 * Seat Of The Word
 * Terran Assault Begins
 * Force Breakdown
 * Time On Target
 * Roll Call
 * Clans: Withdrawn?
 * Classified: Eyes Only - Top Secret
 * Terra: The Attack Begins
 * Mars Attack?
 * Intel Update
 * Highest Honor
 * Hero Of The Hour
 * Terror At Titan
 * Captain's Log
 * Signals From Home
 * Terra: D-Day
 * Begin The Assault
 * It Is Time
 * The Final Dance
 * Swarms
 * Destination East
 * Hell At Hilton Head
 * Calling Cairo
 * Tokyo Secured
 * Calamity At Sydney
 * Bloody Moon Rising
 * Rio Goes Black
 * The Fall of the Word
 * And on Other Fronts...
 * Chaos Eternal, Part 3: Late 3078


 * Aftermath
 * Touring Terra
 * Terran History
 * Terra: A People
 * Terra: A Future?


 * Rules Annex
 * Word of Blake SDS Network
 * New Units
 * Naga Caspar II Control Ship
 * Dragau Assault Interceptor Caspar II Drone
 * Tiamat Pocket WarShip Caspar II Drone
 * Drake SDS Control Station
 * Cockatrice Monitor Platform Drone
 * Hive-class Drone Fighters
 * Dragon's Breath Multiple Capital Launch System
 * Rattler Mk. II Anti-Aerospace Mobile Fortress
 * Wyrm SDS Submersible Fortress
 * Drone Independent Command Rules
 * New Equipment
 * Aerospace Smart Robotic Control System (ASRCS)
 * Caspar II Advanced Smart Robotic Control System (CASPAR II)
 * Direct Tactical Analysis Control System (DTACS)
 * Advanced Robotic Transport System (ARTS)
 * Dragon's Breath Multiple Capital Missile Launch System
 * Castle Brian Game Rules
 * Using Castle Brian Structures
 * Record Sheets for New Units