Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition
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Technical Readout: 3026 Revised, written in-character as a 3067 update to the original work, brings many of the entries up to current gaming standards, drops some previous ones and introduces nineteen new combat assets that had been referenced in preceding BattleTech titles.
From the back cover[edit]
| “ | ''The year is 3026 and war has ravaged the thousands of worlds of the Inner Sphere for centuries. Successor Lords send clashing armies to conquer neighbors and re-establish the long-lost Star League. Though the BattleMech is the king of the battlefield, it is supported by a much vaster array of conventional vehicles that fight every where from premier border worlds to the back waters of beyond. When in the hands of an experienced field commander, even a BattleMech must be leery when facing a company of tanks.
This revised edition of the original Technical Readout: 3026 features the most common military vehicles of the Succession Wars. Additionally, this volume contains nineteen vehicles, aerospace fighters, DropShips and JumpShips mentioned in the fictional context of the BattleTech universe but never before presented in a technical readout.'' |
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Table of Contents[edit]
- Introduction
- Vehicle Introduction
- Ferret Light Scout VTOL
- Savannah Master Hovercraft
- Armored Personnel Carriers
- Armored Personnel Carriers Cont.
- Guardian Fighter
- Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank
- Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopter
- Harasser Missile Platform
- J. Edgar Light Hover Tank
- Scorpion Light Tank
- Sea Skimmer Hydrofoil
- Karnov UC Transport
- Hunter Light Support Tank
- Pegasus Scout Hover Tank
- Saladin Assault Hover Tank
- Saracen Medium Hover Tank
- Scimitar Medium Hover Tank
- Striker Light Tank
- Engineering Vehicle
- Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun
- Goblin Medium Tank
- 'MechBuster
- Condor Heavy Hover Tank
- Drillson Heavy Hover Tank
- Maxim Heavy Hover Transport
- Planetliftr (sic!) Air Transport
- Vedette Medium Tank
- Bulldog Medium Tank
- Hi-Scout Drone Carrier
- Light (sic!)[1]/SRM Carrier
- Manticore Heavy Tank
- Pike Support Vehicle
- Monitor Naval Vessel
- Demolisher Heat Tank
- Partisan Heavy Tank
- Schrek PPC Carrier
- SturmFeur Heavy Tank
- Ontos Heavy Tank
- Behemoth Heavy Tank
- Neptune Submarine
- Lost Designs Introduction
- Darter Scout Car
- Marten Scout VTOL
- Cobra Transport VTOL
- Daimyo HQ 67-K
- Starfire
- Deathstalker
- Typhoon-A
- Aquarius and Lyonesse
- Vampire
- Manatee
- Vulture
- Pentagon
- Dictator
- Cargomaster
- Cargoking
- Model 96 "Elephant" Tug
- Colossus
- Explorer
- Quetzalcoatl-Scout
Remarks on content[edit]
- The title comprises descriptions of 62 units in total, from which 42 had been previously published. The units derive from different eras, Star League until late Succession Wars, all Inner Sphere. In further detail the TRO:3026 Revised contains:
- 43 Combat Vehicle designs,
- 35 combat and support vehicles, 33 previously published in TRO:3026 and 2 previously unpublished designs,
- 5 VTOL's, 3 previously published in TRO:3026 and 2 previously unpublished designs,
- 3 seaborne vessels, all previously published in TRO:3026.
- 3 Conventional Fighter, which were all previously published in TRO:3026.
- 3 Aerospace Fighter designs, alle being previously unpublished.
- 13 Space Ships, all being previously unpublished,
- 2 Small Craft designs,
- 9 DropShip designs and
- 2 JumpShip designs.
- 43 Combat Vehicle designs,
- The in-character description of the title's contents is given by Major-General Margaret Tulliver, Deputy Director, Wolfnet (8 August, 3067).
Notes[edit]
- The items not included in the revised edition were the more-RPG intended personal weapons and equipment, including support weapons. These entries were replaced by "new" combat vehicles, ASFs, Small Craft, DropShips, and JumpShips.
References[edit]
- ↑ Despite refering to the (existing) Light SRM Carrier in its Table of Contents, the TRO:3026 Revised actually contains data for the LRM Carrier.
