Technical Readout: 3057

Technical Readout: 3057 (TRO:3057) is the first book in the series of Technical Readouts (and after DropShips and JumpShips the second publication at all) that focuses on aerospace units, such as DropShips, JumpShips, WarShips, Small Craft, Aerospace Fighters, OmniFighters, Space Stations and conventional aircraft. It is based on BattleSpace rule sets and aims on thoroughly consolidating space vessel designs and clarification on changed rules (in comparison to older AeroTech) in one book, including record sheets for BattleSpace.

The book, purporting to be an Explorer Corps document from 3057 by one Dai-i Otanashi Haruka, was first published in 1994 with a same cover second and third edition. The TRO:3057 was reissued in 2004 as Technical Readout: 3057 Revised.

The German edition was published as Hardware-Handbuch: 3057 with largely unaltered content (see Technical Readout: 3057 below).

Table of Contents

 * Introduction
 * Briefing
 * Dropships
 * Inner Sphere DropShips
 * Avenger
 * Claymore
 * Leopard
 * Leopard CV
 * Fury
 * Gazelle
 * Kuan Ti
 * Lung Wang
 * Intruder
 * Buccaneer
 * Union
 * Hamilcar
 * Seeker
 * Nagumo
 * Achilles
 * Condor
 * Okinawa
 * Hannibal
 * Monarch
 * Triumph
 * Fortress
 * Hercules
 * Overlord
 * Vengeance
 * Mule
 * Model 97 "Octopus"
 * Excalibur
 * Rose
 * Mammoth
 * Behemoth
 * Clan DropShips
 * Broadsword
 * Confederate
 * Noruff
 * Sassanid
 * Union-C
 * Carrier
 * Lion
 * Miraborg
 * Overlord-C
 * Titan


 * JumpShips
 * Inner Sphere JumpShips
 * Scout
 * Merchant
 * Invader
 * Magellan
 * Chimeisho
 * Tramp
 * Star Lord
 * Monolith
 * Clan JumpShips
 * Hunter
 * Odyssey
 * Comitatus


 * WarShips
 * Inner Sphere WarShips
 * Fox (Corvette)
 * Impavido (Destroyer)
 * Suffren (Destroyer)
 * Kyushu (Frigate)
 * Kirishima (Cruiser)


 * Clan/Star League WarShips
 * Fredasa (Corvette/Raider)
 * Vincent Mk 42 (Corvette)
 * Whirlwind (Destroyer)
 * York (Destroyer/Carrier)
 * Essex (Destroyer)
 * Lola III (Destroyer)
 * Aegis (Heavy Cruiser)
 * Volga (Transport)
 * Congress (Frigate)
 * Black Lion (Battlecruiser)
 * Sovetskii Soyuz (Heavy Cruiser)
 * Liberator (Cruiser)
 * Cameron (Battlecruiser)
 * Nightlord (Nightlord)
 * Potemkin (Troop Cruiser)
 * Texas (Battleship)
 * McKenna (Battleship)


 * Small Craft
 * Life Boat
 * Escape Pod
 * ST-46 Shuttle
 * S-7A Bus
 * KR-61 Long-Range Shuttlecraft
 * Mark VII/Mark VII-C Landing Craft
 * NL-42 "Battle Taxi" Troop Transport
 * K-1 and K-1C DropShuttles


 * Fighters
 * Light Fighters
 * SYD Z1 Seydlitz
 * SYD Z2 Seydlitz
 * SYD Z2A Seydlitz
 * SYD Z3 Seydlitz
 * SYD Z3A Seydlitz
 * SYD Z4 Seydlitz
 * TRN-3T Trident
 * F10-Cheetah
 * F11-R Cheetah
 * F11-RR Cheetah
 * F12-S Cheetah
 * F14-S Cheetah
 * Sabre
 * SW-606 Swift
 * TR-7 Thrush
 * Centurion
 * SPD-502 Spad
 * SPR-H5 Sparrowhawk
 * SPR-6D Sparrowhawk
 * SPR-8H Sparrowhawk
 * SPR-H5K Sparrowhawk
 * SL-21 Sholagar
 * SL-21L Sholagar
 * ZRO-114 Zero
 * RGU-133E Rogue
 * RGU-133F Rogue
 * RGU-133L Rogue
 * THK-63 Tomahawk
 * THK-53 Tomahawk
 * Medium Fighters
 * CSR-V12 Corsair
 * CSR-V20 Corsair
 * CSR-V12M Corsair
 * HCT-213B Hellcat II
 * Lightning
 * SL25 Samurai
 * TR-10 Transit
 * TR-11 Transit
 * GTHA-500 Gotha
 * HCT-213 Hellcat
 * F-90 Stingray
 * F-90S Stingray
 * F-92 Stingray
 * F-94 Stingray
 * IRN-SD1 Ironsides
 * LCF-R15 Lucifer
 * LCF-R16 Lucifer
 * LCF-R20 Lucifer
 * LCF-16K Lucifer II
 * LCF-16KR Lucifer I(sic!)
 * SI-17 Shilone
 * SI-17R Shilone
 * SI-17AC Shilone
 * Heavy Fighters
 * Eagle
 * HRM-HD Hammerhead
 * TR-13 Transgressor
 * TR-13A Transgressor
 * TR-14 Transgressor AC
 * SL-15 Slayer
 * SL-15R Slayer
 * SL-15A Slayer
 * SL-15B Slayer
 * SL-15C Slayer
 * RPR-100 Rapier
 * AHB-X Ahab
 * AHB-443 Ahab
 * CHP-W5 Chippewa
 * CHP-W7 Chippewa
 * CHP-W10 Chippewa
 * F-100 Riever
 * F-100A Riever
 * F-100B Riever
 * F-700 Riever
 * F-700A Riever
 * STU-K5 Stuka
 * STU-D6 Stuka
 * STU-K10 Stuka
 * STU-K15 Stuka
 * Thunderbird
 * OmniFighters
 * Bashkir
 * Vandal
 * Avar
 * Batu
 * Sulla
 * Turk
 * Visigoth
 * Jagatai
 * Sabutai
 * Jengiz
 * Scytha
 * Kirghiz


 * Conventional Aircraft
 * Guardian
 * MechBuster
 * Planetlifter


 * Space Stations
 * Factories
 * Small Factory
 * Medium/Large Factory
 * Habitats
 * Small Habitat
 * Large Habitat
 * Recharge Stations
 * Olympus (Recharge Station)
 * Shipyards
 * Small Pressurized Yard
 * Large Pressurized Yard
 * Small Unpressurized Yard
 * Large Unpressurized Yard
 * System-Defense Stations
 * Bastion Class
 * Capitol Class
 * BattleSat


 * BattleSpace Clarifications

Remarks on content

 * The title comprises descriptions of 144 units in total, all space vessels. Some have been previously published in older TRO's', some units or at least variants of units being published for the first time. It contains:
 * 40 DropShips, 30 Inner Sphere models and 10 Clan models,
 * 11 JumpShips, 8 Inner Sphere models and 3 Clan models,
 * 22 WarShips, 5 Inner Sphere models and 17 Clan models,
 * 8 Small Craft in use both in Inner Sphere and amongst the Clans,
 * 35 AeroSpace Fighters (not counting variants),
 * 12 OmniFighters of the Clans,
 * 3 Conventional Aircrafts,
 * 13 Space Stations of various function.
 * The in-universe presentation (Briefing) is given by Dai-i Otanashi Haruka, 6 January 3057 from Explorer Corps
 * The title a variety of additional content not listed in the Table of Contents:
 * BattleSpace Record Sheets for
 * DropShip
 * JumpShip
 * Large WarShip
 * Small WarShip
 * Space Station
 * Aerospace Fighter|Fighter
 * Small Craft
 * a two page section Size Comparison with scaled images of various capital space vessels
 * a two page section Tables with various tables for BattleSpace
 * a one page section Diagrams with firing arcs, hit locations and critical hit modifiers.

German Edition
The German edition called Hardware-Handbuch 3057 was released by Fantasy Productions in 1992 and received just minor changes (see below). The German version is printed as DIN A4, a standard European paper size, which is a little larger then north american Letter.

From the german back cover
The German back cover matches the original in text and design.

"Hardware-Handbuch 3057

Im Jahr 3049 erschienen zum ersten Mal die Clans in der Inneren Sphäre. Ausgestattet mit der hochentwickelten Technik eines längst vergangenen Zeitalters, entfesselten die kriegslüsternen Invasoren einen vernichtenden Blitzkrieg, in dem sie eine Welt nach der anderen eroberten, bis ein Sieg der Angreifer unvermeidlich schien. Nachdem sie den überlegenen Mechs ihrer Gegner nichts entgegenzusetzen hatten, richteten die Streitkräfte der Inneren Sphäre ihren Blick hilfesuchend auf ihre Raumkampfflotten, doch alles, was sie dabei zu Gesicht bekamen, waren die tödlichen LandungsSchiffe, SprungSchiffe, und insbesondere die KampfSchiffe der Clans - riesige Raumfahrzeuge, die seit hunderten von Jahren nicht mehr in der Inneren Sphäre erblickt worden waren. Die großen Häuser haben nun damit begonnen, ihre eigenen Flotten auszubauen, und stehen bereit, die Clan-Invasoren auf dem unendlichen Schlachtfeld des Weltraums herauszufordern.

Das Hardware Handbuch 3057 enthält Beschreibungen, Illustrationen und die vollständigen BattleSpace-Spieldaten für die neuesten LandungsSchiffe, SprungSchiffe, KampfSchiffe, Beiboote, Raumjäger, OmniJäger und konventionellen Flugzeuge der Inneren Sphäre und der Clans."

Alterations
The German edition received notable changes only in the books last section BattleSpace Clarifications. Here, the original Technical Readout 3057 lists a string of rule clarifications, blank record sheets, tables, diagramms for BattleSpace and a sketch of different space vessels for purpose of size comparison. In German edition this section is renamed Grössenvergleich (Site Comparison) and consequently contains just the two pages of sketch, all other content is left out.

Spelling and Names
As with other German products prior to 1997 spelling and names (especially places and units) as well as most abbreviations were regularly adjusted. For instance the Mech unit Archer was renamed to Schütze, the Planet Gotterdammerung was respelled to Götterdämmerung, the DCMS (Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery) became VSDK (Vereinigte Streitkräfte des Draconis Kombinats) and so on.