Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras

Description
Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras is the last of a series of core rulebooks written for BattleTech and is in two volumes, with Interstellar Operations: BattleForce as the other. It was previously contained in the one volume Interstellar Operations.

From the back cover
Forces Across the Centuries! "Primitive Units. QuadVees. Superheavy ’Mechs. Weapons of Mass Destruction. Robotic and Drone Systems. Land-Air BattleMechs. As you delve into BattleTech lore, additional weapons, units and rules become available to you and your forces as you fight in the Dark Age, Jihad, or even the depths of the Star League Eras, and all the way back into the Age of War before the birth of the BattleMech. Alternate Eras introduces a huge swath of rules for playing across the thousand years of BattleTech history, including weapons and equipment mostly unique to a given era."

Contents
INTRODUCTION


 * Advanced Rules
 * Tactical Operations
 * Strategic Operations
 * Interstellar Operations
 * Campaign Operations


 * Choose What You Like
 * Player Adjudication

ALTERNATE ERAS


 * Star League Era (2300-2780)'''
 * Sub-Era: Age of War (2300-2570)
 * Sub-Era: Age of the Star League (2571-2780)


 * Succession Wars Era (2781-3049)
 * Sub-Era: Early Succession Wars (2781-2900)
 * Sub-Era: Late Succession Wars (2901-3049)
 * Clan Sub-Eras (2800-3049)


 * Clan Invasion Era (3050-3061)
 * Sub-Eras


 * Civil War Era (3062-3067)
 * Sub-Eras


 * Jihad Era (3068-3085)
 * Sub-Eras


 * The Dark Age Era (3086-3150)
 * Sub-Era: The Republic Age (3086-3130)
 * Sub-Era: Late Dark Age (3131-3150)
 * Clan Sub-Era: The Post-Reaving (3086-3150)


 * General Era Rules Expansions
 * Star League Era
 * Succession Wars Era
 * Clan Invasion Era
 * Civil War Era
 * Jihad Era
 * Dark Age Era


 * The Universal Technology Advancement Table
 * Evolving Technology in Campaign Play

ALTERNATE ERAS UNITS & EQUIPMENT


 * Advanced Clan Equipment (Wars of Reaving)
 * Electric Discharge ProtoMech (EDP) Armor
 * Extended Jump Jet (XJJ) System
 * Fusillade Launcher
 * Improved Advanced Tactical Missile (iATM) Launchers
 * Magnetic Clamp System
 * Nova Combined Electronic Warfare System (CEWS)
 * ProtoMech Quad Melee Weapon System
 * Specialty Munitions: Improved Magnetic Pulse Ammunition (IMP) Missiles
 * Specialty Munitions: Improved Inferno Ammunition (IIW) Missiles


 * Advanced Pilot Interfaces (Multiple Eras)
 * Damage Interrupt Circuit
 * Direct Neural Interface Cockpit Modification
 * SLDF Advanced Neurohelmet
 * Virtual Reality Piloting Pod


 * Advanced Prototype Systems (Age Of War)
 * General Advanced Prototype Systems Rules
 * Arrow IV (Arrow-P)
 * Artemis IV FCS (Artemis-P)
 * Beagle Active Probe (BAP-P)
 * CASE (CASE-P)
 * Double Heat Sinks (DHS-P)
 * Endo Steel (ES-P)
 * Extralight Fusion Engine (XL-P)
 * Ferro-Fibrous Armor (FF-P)
 * Gauss Rifle (GR-P)
 * Guardian ECM (ECM-P)
 * LB 10-X (LB 10-X-P)
 * Narc Missile Beacon (NARC-P)
 * Pulse Lasers (PL-P)
 * Remote Sensors (RS-P)
 * Rocket Launchers (RL-P)
 * TAG (TAG-P)


 * Augmented Warriors (Multiple Eras)
 * General Augmented Warrior Rules
 * Belter Augmentations
 * Clan Enhanced Imaging Neural Implant
 * Cybernetic and Prosthetic Augmentations


 * Centurion Weapon System (Star League)
 * Centurion Weapon System Game Rules
 * Centurion Weapon System Construction Rules


 * Dark Age Equipment (Dark Age)
 * Anti-Penetrative Ablation Armor (ABA)
 * Ballistic-Reinforced Armor
 * Heat-Dissipating Armor
 * Impact-Resistant Armor
 * HarJel Repair Systems
 * Radical Heat Sinks
 * Re-engineered Lasers
 * Remote Drone Command Console
 * Tight-Stream Electro-Magnetic Pulse (TSEMP) Weapons


 * Dark Age RISC Equipment (Dark Age)
 * RISC Advanced Point Defense System
 * RISC Emergency Coolant System
 * RISC Heat Sink Override Kit
 * RISC Hyper Laser
 * RISC Laser Pulse Module
 * RISC Repeating TSEMP
 * RISC Super-Cooled Myomer
 * RISC Viral Jammers


 * Early Clan Improved Equipment (Early Clan)
 * General Early Clan Improved Weapons Rules
 * Improved Lasers
 * Improved and Enhanced PPCs
 * Improved Autocannon
 * Improved Gauss Rifle
 * Improved Standard Missile Launchers


 * Early Clan Prototype Systems (Early Clan)
 * General Early Clan Prototype Systems Rules
 * ER Lasers (ER-CP)
 * LB-X Autocannon (LB-X-CP)
 * Streak SRM (Streak-CP)
 * Ultra Autocannon (UAC-CP)


 * Expanded ProtoMechs (Wars of Reaving)
 * Expanded ProtoMech Game Rules
 * Expanded ProtoMech Construction Rules


 * Inner Sphere ProtoMech Interface (Jihad)
 * Inner Sphere ProtoMech Interface Game Rules
 * Inner Sphere ProtoMech Interface Construction Rules


 * Inner Sphere Recovered Prototypes (Late Succession Wars)
 * General Inner Sphere Recovered Prototypes Rules
 * Double Heat Sinks (Freezers)
 * Endo Steel (ES-P)
 * ER and Pulse Lasers (ER-LL-P and MPL-P)
 * Ferro-Fibrous Armor (FF-P)
 * Gauss Rifle (Gauss-X)
 * Prototype Improved Jump Jets (IJJ-P)
 * LB 10-X (LB-X-P)
 * Triple Strength Myomer (TSM-X)
 * Ultra Autocannon (UAC/P) 104
 * Specialty Munitions: Anti-TSM ("Green Smoke") Missiles
 * Specialty Munitions: Listen-Kill Missiles
 * Space Station K-F Adapter


 * Land-Air BattleMechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Bimodal LAMs
 * Standard LAMs
 * General Land-Air 'Mech Game Rules
 * LAM Conversion
 * Movement Phase
 * Combat Phase
 * Heat Phase
 * Going In
 * Land-Air 'Mech Construction


 * Machina Domini Interface (Jihad)
 * Machina Domini Interface Game Rules
 * Machina Domini Interface Construction Rules


 * Modular Space Stations (Multiple Eras)
 * Modular Space Station Game Rules
 * Modular Space Station Construction Rules


 * Primitive Prototype Equipment (Age of War)
 * Primitive Prototype Equipment Rules
 * Primitive Prototype DropShip and JumpShip Equipment
 * DropShuttle Bays
 * Prototype DropShip K-F Boom
 * Primitive Prototype Jump Jets


 * Primitive Units and RetroTech (Multiple Eras)
 * Primitive Units Overview
 * Primitive Units Game Rules
 * Restricted Technologies
 * Primitive ’Mech Construction
 * Primitive Combat Vehicle Construction
 * Primitive Conventional Fighter Construction
 * Primitive Aerospace Fighter Construction
 * Primitive Small Craft Construction
 * Primitive DropShip Construction
 * Primitive JumpShip Construction


 * Prototype Specialty Missiles (Clan Invasion)
 * Specialty Munitions: Dead-Fire (DF) Missiles
 * Specialty Munitions: Retro-Streak (RS) Missiles
 * Specialty Munitions: Shoot-and-Sit (SS) Missiles


 * QuadVees (Dark Age)
 * QuadVee Game Rules
 * QuadVee Construction Rules


 * Robotic and Drone Systems (Multiple Eras)
 * General Robotic Unit Game Rules
 * Smart Robotic Control System (SRCS)
 * Shielded Aerospace Smart Robotic Control Systems
 * SDS (Caspar) Drone Control System (SDS-DCS)
 * Caspar II Advanced Smart Robotic Control System
 * Autonomous Tactical Analysis Computer (ATAC)
 * Direct Tactical Analysis Control System (DTAC)
 * Advanced Robotic Transport System (ARTS)
 * SDS Self-Destruct System
 * SLDF SDS Jammer System
 * Word of Blake Dragon's Breath Multi-Missile Launch System
 * Robotic Independent Command Rules
 * Ground Operations RIC Decision Tree


 * Superheavy 'Mechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Superheavy 'Mech Game Rules
 * Superheavy 'Mech Construction Rules


 * Tripod 'Mechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Tripod 'Mech Game Rules
 * Tripod 'Mech Construction Rules


 * Thermobaric Weapons (Multiple Eras)
 * Fuel-Air Munitions Game Rules


 * Weapons of Mass Destruction (Multiple Eras)
 * General Weapons of Mass Destruction Rules


 * Nuclear Weapons
 * Nuclear Weapons Game Rules
 * Resolving a Nuclear Detonation
 * Standard Nuclear Weapons


 * Biological and Chemical Weapons
 * Biological and Chemical Weapon Game Rules
 * Biological and Chemical Weapon Construction Rules
 * Chemical and Biological Weapon Classes


 * Word of Blake Super-Jump Drive (Jihad)
 * Word of Blake Super-Jump System Game Rules
 * Word of Blake Super-Jump System Construction Rules

ALTERNATE ERAS COST AND AVAILABILITY


 * Costs
 * Advanced Clan Equipment (Wars of Reaving)
 * Advanced Pilot Interfaces (Multiple Eras)
 * Advanced Prototype Systems (Age of War)
 * Augmented Warrriors (Multiple Eras)
 * Centurion Weapon System (Star League)
 * Dark Age and RISC Equipment (Dark Age)
 * Early Clan Improved Equipment (Early Clan)
 * Early Clan Prototype Systems (Early Clan)
 * Expanded ProtoMechs (Wars of Reaving)
 * Inner Sphere ProtoMech Interface (Jihad)
 * Inner Sphere Recovered Prototypes (Late Succession Wars)
 * Land-Air BattleMechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Machina Domini Interface (Jihad)
 * Modular Space Stations (Multiple Eras)
 * Primitive Prototype Equipment (Age of War)
 * Primitive Units and RetroTech (Multiple Eras)
 * Prototype Specialty Munitions (Clan Invasion)
 * QuadVees (Dark Age)
 * Robotic and Drone Systems (Multiple Eras)
 * Superheavy ’Mechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Tripod ’Mechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Thermobaric Weapons (Multiple Eras)
 * Weapons of Mass Destruction (Multiple Eras)
 * Word of Blake Super-Jump Drive (Jihad)


 * Battle Value
 * Advanced Clan Equipment (Wars of Reaving)
 * Advanced Pilot Interfaces (Multiple Eras)
 * Advanced Prototype Systems (Age of War)
 * Augmented Warriors (Multiple Eras)
 * Centurion Weapon System (Star League)
 * Dark Age and RISC Equipment (Dark Age)
 * Early Clan Improved Systems (Early Clan)
 * Early Clan Prototype Systems (Early Clan)
 * Expanded ProtoMechs (Wars of Reaving)
 * Inner Sphere ProtoMech Interface (Jihad)
 * Inner Sphere Recovered Prototypes (Late Succession Wars)
 * Land-Air BattleMechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Machina Domini Interface (Jihad)
 * Modular Space Stations (Multiple Eras)
 * Primitive Prototype Equipment (Age of War)
 * Primitive Units and RetroTech (Multiple Eras)
 * Prototype Specialty Missiles (Clan Invasion)
 * QuadVees (Dark Age)
 * Robotic and Drone Systems (Multiple Eras)
 * Superheavy 'Mechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Tripod 'Mechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Thermobaric Weapons (Multiple Eras)
 * Weapons of Mass Destruction (Multiple-Eras)
 * Word of Blake Super-Jump Drive (Jihad)
 * Alternate Era Weapons and Equipment Battle Value Table


 * BattleForce Addendum
 * Advanced Clan Equipment (Wars of Reaving)
 * Advanced Pilot Interfaces (Multiple Eras)
 * Advanced Prototype Systems (Age of War)
 * Augmented Warriors (Multiple Eras)
 * Centurion Weapon System (Star League)
 * Dark Age and RISC Equipment (Dark Age)
 * Early Clan Improved Systems (Early Clan)
 * Early Clan Prototype Systems (Early Clan)
 * Expanded ProtoMechs (Wars of Reaving)
 * Inner Sphere ProtoMech Interface (Jihad)
 * Inner Sphere Recovered Prototypes (Late Succession Wars)
 * Land-Air BattleMechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Machina Domini Interface (Jihad)
 * Modular Space Stations (Multiple Eras)
 * Primitive Prototype Equipment (Age of War)
 * Primitivie Units and RetroTech (Multiple Eras)
 * Prototype Specialty Munitions (Clan Invasion)
 * QuadVees (Dark Age)
 * Robotic and Drone Systems (Multiple Eras)
 * Superheavy ’Mechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Thermobaric Weapons (Multiple Eras)
 * Tripod ’Mechs (Multiple Eras)
 * Weapons of Mass Destruction (Multiple Eras)
 * Word of Blake Super-Jump Drive (Jihad)


 * Additional BattleForce Special Unit Abilities
 * Additional Alternate Era Weapons and Equipment Tables

INDEX

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