Empires Aflame

Released on Halloween 2014 as a free download, Empires Aflame is an adventure module published specifically for the latest edition of the BattleTech role-playing game, A Time of War.

Set in 3095, the adventure puts the players on a mission for the RAF Material Oversight Division to bring decommissioned weapons to a Republic bone yard on Rigil Kentarus. However, a misjump occurs that takes them out of the BattleTech universe and into a non-canonical alternate universe for the setting, one in which the Exodus never occurred.

Official Product Description
"There May be Some Turbulence… The year is 3095. Ten years after the Jihad, peace has finally reached most of the Inner Sphere. Within the newly created Republic of the Sphere, the post-war drawdowns have made industry of disarmament. But even here, not every mission goes smoothly—for, sometimes, the universe itself has its own agenda!

BattleTech Adventures: Empires Aflame takes players into a whole new adventure, when a misjump during a routine mission strands the crew far from home. Can your team discover where they’ve come, and escape to tell the tale? Empires Aflame includes a guide to a whole new area of BattleTech lore, complete with personal biographies on several key players, and adventure Tracks designed for use with A Time of War: The BattleTech Role-Playing Game and A Time of War Companion, as well as special rules, map, and Record Sheets for key non-player characters unique to this story."

Canonicity
The main portion of the adventure, especially the alternate universe it details, is a Halloween special and not meant to be canonical; it has been declared non-canon. However, the parts set prior to the misjump (i.e. in the normal BattleTech universe) have since been declared fully canonical. This includes the JumpShip Celeste, the DropShip E.F. Marie and their respective crews and histories as well as the background and agenda of the RAF Material Oversight Division and facts about the state of the mercenary trade in 3095. This was officially confirmed by author Herbert A. Beas II himself in the "Ask the Lead Developers" section of the official BattleTech forum, He later also expressly confirmed the canonicity in another posting elsewhere on the forum.

Featured BattleTech

 * ''(This section only lists units that appear in the canonical part of the adventure.)


 * Merchant-class JumpShip Celeste
 * Mule-class DropShip E.F. Marie
 * Powerman SC XV HaulerMechs
 * HeavyHauler unsealed exoskeleton