Field Manual: Capellan Confederation

Field Manual: Capellan Confederation was the seventh in the Field Manual series. The book detailed the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces, including a brief history of the Capellan Confederation the focused on the smallest Successor State's post-3025 existence, unit descriptions, synopses of major military training centers, and a description of the ways in which the CCAF's military bureaucracy works. After the fictional descriptions, the book detailed new rules for BattleTech and, for the first time, MechWarrior, Third Edition. It wrapped up with new equipment and new units that made use of that equipment. FM:CC updated the Confederation to 3063. It also brought the Capellan-St. Ives War to its final conclusion.

From the back cover
"Ravaged during the Succession Wars and poorly governed by paranoid Chancellors, the Capellan Confederation has languished at the mercy of its more powerful neighbors for centuries. However, the time of Xin Sheng has arrived. A new birth. The devious and brilliant Sun-Tzu Liao leads his people into a glorious era of national pride and prosperity. Through subterfuge and warfare, he is driven to reclaim everything the Confederation has lost.

BattleTech Field Manual: Capellan Confederation provides an in-depth look at the rising power of House Liao, including profiles on every Confederation regiment and the regiments of the newly conquered St. Ives Compact. Special rules reflecting the unique abilities of each regiment are included, along with new equipment and 'Mechs exclusive to the Capellan Confederation."

Contents

 * The Will of the State
 * Introduction


 * Capella Rising
 * In Service to the Confederation
 * Ancestral Heritage
 * The Age of War
 * Star League Years
 * The Succession Wars
 * Kerensky's Legacy
 * Sun-Tzu Liao
 * The New Capellan Order
 * Xin Sheng
 * Unity
 * Wayward Cousins
 * An Early Start
 * A Time Apart
 * Formative Years
 * Brief Renaissance
 * Second Coming


 * Sword of State
 * The Capellan Strategios
 * The Inclusion of St. Ives
 * Calling the Regiments
 * The New CCAF
 * Uniforms and Insignia


 * Honing an Edge
 * Military Academies and Universities
 * Duchy RTC
 * Sarna Martial Academy
 * Sian Center for Martial Disciplines
 * Sian University
 * St. Ives Academy of Martial Sciences
 * Liao Conservatory of Military Arts
 * Capella War College
 * Victoria Academy of Arms and Technology
 * Warrior House Orders


 * CCAF Rosters
 * Capellan Hussars
 * Red Lancers
 * Prefectorate Guard
 * Holdfast Guard
 * Dynasty Guard


 * Warrior House Orders
 * Warrior House Imarra
 * Warrior House Kamata
 * Warrior House Hiritsu
 * Warrior House Lu Sann
 * Warrior House Dai Da Chi
 * Warrior House Fujita
 * Warrior House Ma-Tsu Kai
 * Warrior House Ijori


 * The Death Commandos
 * Death Commandos


 * Confederation Reserve Cavalry
 * 2nd Confederation Reserve Cavalry
 * 3rd Confederation Reserve Cavalry
 * 5th Confederation Reserve Cavalry
 * 6th Confederation Reserve Cavalry
 * 7th Confederation Reserve Cavalry


 * Capellan Defense Force
 * 1st Capellan Defense Force
 * 2nd Capellan Defense Force


 * Liao Chang-Cheng
 * Kamakura's Hussars
 * Renshield's Dragoons
 * Vong's Grenadiers
 * Syn's Hussars


 * Victoria Commonality Rangers
 * Kingston's Rangers
 * Sung's Rangers


 * McCarron's Armored Cavalry
 * McCarron's Command Battalion
 * 1st McCarron's Armored Cavalry
 * 2nd McCarron's Armored Cavalry
 * 3rd McCarron's Armored Cavalry
 * 4th McCarron's Armored Cavalry
 * 5th McCarron's Armored Cavalry


 * Citizens' Honored
 * 4th Tau Ceti Rangers
 * 15th Dracon
 * Lockhardt's Ironsides
 * Laurel's Legion


 * Capellan Brigade
 * Ambermarle's Highlanders
 * Harloc Raiders
 * Marshigama's Legionnaires
 * Shin Legion


 * St. Ives Armored Cavalry
 * 1st St. Ives Lancers
 * 2nd St. Ives Lancers
 * St. Ives Academy Training Group


 * St. Ives Sentinels
 * Devon's Armored Infantry
 * Roman's Mounted Fusiliers


 * St. Ives Janissaries
 * 1st Janissaries
 * 2nd Janissaries


 * Free Capella
 * Blackwind Lancers
 * Borodin's Vindicators
 * Jie Fang Legion
 * Free Republic Revolutionaries
 * Sarna Martial Academy Cadre


 * Capellan Confederation Armed Forces


 * Rules
 * Unit Assignment Tables
 * CCAF Regiments
 * MechWarrior Rules
 * Fa Shih Battle Armor
 * New Equipment
 * Stealth Armor System
 * Arrow IV System Munitions
 * Missile Munitions
 * SYU-2B Sha Yu
 * LHU-2B Lao Hu
 * Feng Huang-class Cruiser


 * Index

Trivia
According to a post on the forums at www.classicbattletech.com (lost when the forums were hacked in 2011) by BattleTech author Camille Klein (posting as AcidQueen), the FM:CC author, Loren Coleman asked if she could supply him with names for unit commanders. She provided him with the names of numerous BattleTech fans who had been active on the Usenet rec.games.mecha group. A keyword search of rec.games.mecha archives resulted in matches for the following FM:CC personnel:
 * Red Lancers 2nd Battalion Commander Drew Patterson
 * Red Lancers 3rd Battalion Commander Peter Smith
 * Dynasty Guard CO Eric Salzman
 * Dynasty Guard XO Jordan Weiss (for Jordan Weisman)
 * 6th Capellan Reserve Cavalry 2nd Battalion Commander Jeremy Kubasik (for Christopher Kubasik)
 * 7th Capellan Reserve Cavalry XO Shawna White (Camille's sister)
 * 1st Capellan Defense Force Aerospace Wing Commander Alec Bain (Camille's husband)
 * 3rd McCarron's Armored Cavalry, 3rd Battalion Commander Lance Hawkins (aka Øystein Tvedten)
 * 4th McCarron's Armored Cavalry "Carson's Cavaliers" CO Richard Carson
 * 4th McCarron's Armored Cavalry 2nd Battalion Commander Dave Stansel (David Stansel-Gardner)
 * 15th Dracon XO Clint Swereda
 * Harloc Raiders 2nd Battalion Commander Michael Zabkar (Mike Zabkar on rgm)
 * Harloc Raiders 3rd Battalion Commander Adam Olsen
 * St. Cyr's Armored Hussars XO Ian Hayes
 * 2nd St. Ives Lancers Air Lancers Wing Commander Brett Lonewolf (David "LoneWolf" Williams)
 * Blackwind Lancers CO Warner Doles

Author Loren Coleman also created a number of CCAF commanders with Asian-sounding names that were actually phonetic puns:
 * Protectorate Guard, Air Guard Wing Commander Nu Phang Gull (Newfangled)
 * House Imarra, 1st Company Commander Su Mur Kald (Summer Cold)
 * House Hiritsu Master Ty Wu Non (Tie One On)
 * House Ijori, 3rd Company Commander Meh So Hung (Me So Hung)
 * 2nd Capellan Reserve Cavalry CO Mai Tee Phyn (Mighty Fine)
 * 6th Capellan Reserve Cavalry "Arcade Rangers" CO Ni Tehn Dho (Nintendo)
 * Kamakura's Hussars XO Kan Ai Phyr (Can I Fire?)
 * Syn's Hussars CO Syn Sum Orr (Sin Some More)
 * 3rd Victoria Home Guard CO Pan Ti Lun (Panty Line)