BattleTech Primer

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BattleTech Primer
Product information
Type Reference Guide (PDF)
Pages 25 (2015)
16 (2019)
Publication information
Publisher Catalyst Game Labs
First published 2015
MSRP Free
Content
Era Succession Wars


Description[edit]

The BattleTech Primer is an occasionally-updated reference guide—first released in 2015—to the BattleTech universe, detailing the different eras (up to the Dark Age), the Inner Sphere (with major players identified on the provided map), and brief descriptions of the great Houses, the mercenary profession, BattleMechs, and MechWarriors. It closes with a brief comparison page of Technical Readout: Succession Wars and three rulesets and an advertisement for BattleTech novels. The Primer was last updated in May 2019.[1]

Publisher's Product Description[edit]

BattleTech is a science-fiction “space opera” set in the factional, militarized universe of the thirty-first century. Humanity has spread to the stars and spawned titanic interstellar empires, each controlling hundreds of worlds across a combined region of space stretching more than a thousand light years.

Following the rise of six Great Noble Houses, a mighty Star League was forged, heralding a golden age of prosperity.

However, treachery undermined the Star League and led to the murder of the First Lord and the fall of House Cameron. The rulers of the remaining five Great Houses each proclaimed themselves the new First Lord of the crumbling Star League, and thus began the Succession Wars.

For twelve generations, armies of BattleMechs have clashed across more than 2,000 colonized planets of the Inner Sphere, visiting such destruction on humanity's technological capabilities that old, scavenged 'Mechs often outperform newly built models.

The year is 3025, and the scars of the Third Succession War remain a fresh memory across the entire Inner Sphere. All five Houses have paused their military campaigns in hopes of rebuilding their armies and rediscovering part of their lost technological base.

Whether wet-behind-the-ears recruits or grizzled veterans, mercenaries are the wild card that can tip the balance in combat. These MechWarriors run the razor's edge between legend and destruction, and possess the necessary skills and the right amount of luck to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

THIS is BattleTech.

Contents[edit]

2019[edit]

2015[edit]

  • 30 Years of Gaming
  • A Universe Overview
  • BattleMechs
  • MechWarriors
  • Timeline
  • The Star League
  • The Great Houses
  • House Davion (Federated Suns)
  • House Kurita (Draconis Combine)
  • House Liao (Capellan Confederation)
  • House Marik (Free Worlds League)
  • House Steiner (Lyran Commonwealth)
  • Mercenaries
  • Choose Your Experience

Notes[edit]

  • This product is only published in PDF format.

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