Field Manual: Lyran Alliance

Description
The ninth in the Field Manual series, Field Manual: Lyran Alliance describes the Lyran Alliance and its military circa 3062. Like Field Manual: Federated Suns before it, FM:LA describes the units, hierarchy, and training practices of the LAAF immediately prior to the Federated Commonwealth Civil War. Also included is a brief history that provides information on the Alliance up to 3062.

Like the other Field Manuals before it, FM:LA includes rules that provides each Lyran unit with special abilities, provides new life paths and sub-affiliations for RPG characters, and new equipment for use in now-Classic BattleTech. FM:LA saw the debut of the Heavy Gauss Rifle and Light Engine, as well as the Stiletto and Fafnir BattleMechs that make use of them. Finally, the massive Mjolnir-class WarShip got its start here, as well.

From the back cover
"House Steiner has always been the unchallenged economic power of the Inner Sphere. Transformed from merchant-princes to a military juggernaut by years of war, the alliance with House Davion gave them the most powerful 'Mechs money can buy and a streamlined chain of command. Now, the Steiner-Davion alliance has fractured from within, threatening to engulf both nations in civil war.

BattleTech Field Manual: Lyran Alliance reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the new Alliance forces. This manual describes each Lyran regiment and its loyalties, profiles and special rules, plus cutting-edge equipment and the latest 'Mechs from the famed Steiner factories."

Contents

 * "Chain Reaction"
 * Introduction
 * By Any Means Necessary


 * The Mailed Fist
 * Command Structure
 * Structure of the LAAF
 * The Lyran Intelligence Corps
 * Regional Commands
 * Types of Units


 * The Lyran Alliance Armed Forces
 * Uniforms and Insignias


 * Awards and Decorations


 * New Blood
 * Boot Camp
 * Military Academies
 * LAAF Rosters
 * Alliance Guards
 * 3rd Alliance Guards
 * 4th Alliance Guards
 * 5th Alliance Guards


 * Alliance Jaegers
 * 1st Alarion Jaegers
 * 1st Bolan Jaegers
 * 1st Coventry Jaegers
 * 1st Donegal Jaegers
 * 1st Skye Jaegers


 * Arcturan Guards
 * 11th Arcturan Guards
 * 15th Arcturan Guards
 * 17th Arcturan Guards
 * 19th Arcturan Guards
 * 20th Arcturan Guards
 * 23rd Arcturan Guards
 * 25th Arcturan Guards


 * Donegal Guards
 * 2nd Donegal Guards
 * 3rd Donegal Guards
 * 4th Donegal Guards
 * 5th Donegal Guards
 * 6th Donegal Guards
 * 7th Donegal Guards
 * 8th Donegal Guards
 * 11th Donegal Guards
 * 13th Donegal Guards
 * 14th Donegal Guards
 * 17th Donegal Guards


 * Lyran Guards
 * 3rd Lyran Guards
 * 5th Lyran Guards
 * 6th Lyran Guards
 * 10th Lyran Guards
 * 14th Lyran Guards
 * 15th Lyran Guards
 * 24th Lyran Guards
 * 26th Lyran Guards
 * 32nd Lyran Guards
 * 36th Lyran Guards


 * Lyran Regulars
 * 3rd Lyran Regulars
 * 4th Lyran Regulars
 * 5th Lyran Regulars
 * 7th Lyran Regulars
 * 8th Lyran Regulars
 * 9th Lyran Regulars
 * 10th Lyran Regulars
 * 11th Lyran Regulars
 * 15th Lyran Regulars


 * Royal Guards
 * 1st Royal Guards
 * 2nd Royal Guards
 * 3rd Royal Guards


 * Skye Rangers
 * 4th Skye Rangers
 * 17th Skye Rangers
 * 22nd Skye Rangers


 * Tamar Cavaliers
 * Tikonov Republican Guard
 * 1st Tikonov Republican Guards
 * 2nd Tikonov Republican Guards
 * 3rd Tikonov Republican Guards


 * Regional Militias
 * Alarion APM
 * Carlisle APM
 * Furillo BPM
 * Coventry CPM
 * Nekkar SPM
 * Dar-Es-Salaam CTM
 * Dixie CTM
 * Penobscot CTM
 * Accrington FTM
 * Alexandria FTM
 * Denebola FTM
 * Lyons FTM
 * Gacrux FTM
 * Thorin FTM
 * Chahar MTM
 * Neerabup MTM
 * Qanatir MTM
 * Kelenfold PTM
 * Koniz PTM
 * Alekseyvka TTM
 * Florida TTM
 * Teyvareb TTM


 * Training Units


 * Lyran Alliance Forces


 * Rules
 * Unit Assignment Tables
 * LAAF Units


 * MechWarrior Rules
 * Character Creation


 * New Equipment
 * Heavy Gauss Rifle
 * Light Engines
 * BattleMech 'Variants
 * STO-4A Stiletto
 * FNR-5 Fafnir
 * Mjolnir-class Battle Cruiser