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| image = CAT35303 JihadConspiracies.jpg
| name = Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2
| product development = [[Herbert A. Beas II]] <br /> [[Randall N. Bills]]
| primary writing = [[Jason Hardy]] <br /> [[Herbert A. Beas II]] <br /> [[David L. McCulloch]] <br /> [[Ben Rome]] <br /> [[Ken Horner]] <br /> Steve Mohan, Jr. <br /> Mike Miller <br /> [[Andreas Zuber]] <br /> [[Warner Doles]] <br /> [[Christoffer Trossen|Christoffer "Bones" Trossen]]
| cover = [[Slawomir Maniak]]
| illustrations = [[Robert Atkinson]] <br /> [[Brad McDevitt]] <br /> [[Florian Stitz]]
| era = [[Jihad era]]
| type = Sourcebook
| publisher = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
| year = 2008
| pages = 136
| production code = [http://classicbattletech.com/index.php?action=products&mode=full&id=223 35303]
| ISBN = 1934857041
}}
==Description==
A sequel title to ''[[Interstellar Players]]'', this title has been produced with some possible (though not necessarily probable) influences upon the [[Jihad ]] storyline, from the dubious "[[White Noise]]" [[HPG ]] data stream as a dominant source. Peeks at previous known and unknown secret societies, missing planets and intelligence agencies are provided, as well as directions for gamemasters who seek to add the rumors to their own campaigns.
==From the Back Coverback cover=={{quote|''On October 25, [[3068]], the [[Word of Blake]] flooded the [[Inner Sphere]] [[HPG]] networks with “White Noise”"[[White Noise]]", a stream of gibberish and propaganda that made communications virtually impossible. Amid the noise, stunning secrets were revealed: [[Anastasius Focht]] was once [[Frederick Steiner]]; [[ComStar]] [[Primus of ComStar|Primus]] [[Sharilar Mori]] was a [[Kurita]] spy.''
''Yet along with the secrets revealed and the spreading fires of the [[Jihad]], the Blakists unveiled terrible new weapons and an army the size of which the intelligence agencies of the Inner Sphere had scarcely dreamed, spawning a darker, new wave of mysteries, and whispers of shadowy cabals. [[Ruins of Gabriel|Hidden worlds]], [[Thugees|cults of assassins]], ancient societies and even the mysteries of hyperspace—all hyperspace—all emerged as possible sources for the Word of Blake's newfound new found power. Once more spanning all of human space from ancient [[Terra]] to the far-flung [[Clan]] homeworlds, the conspiracies behind the Jihad could be the key to unraveling the greatest war since the days of [[Stefan Amaris|Amaris]].''
==Contents==
* Found and Lost
* Introduction
** How to Use This Book
** What If?
*** Where It All Leads?
*** The Original Plan?
* The Hidden
** The Ballad of Brooklyn Stevens
** Amaris and ComStar?
** Hiding Planets
** The Big Picture
** Gamemaster's Section
* [[Chandrasekhar Kurita|"Uncle" Chandy]]
** Stagnation
** Hachiman Taro Electronics
** Economic Tentacles
** [[Irian Technologies]]
** The Jihad
** Gamemaster's Section
*** Chandrasekhar Kurita
*** Aims and Objectives
*** Holdings
*** Security
*** Mercenaries
* The [[Brotherhood of Randis]]
** Gamemaster's Section
* Mysteries of the Void
** The Mariner's Tale: In the Darkness Between
*** Skipjack
*** Ghosts, or Ghost Particles?
*** Winning the Lottery
*** Early Arrival
*** Time's Arrow
*** On Second Thought...
*** A Change of Heart
*** What Lives Between
** Children of the Void: A Touch of Wrongness
*** Stowaway
*** Becalmed on the Cocytus
*** The Nameless One
*** [[Manei Domini]]
*** Ascension
*** Witness to Madness
*** And So, You See, It's All Come to This
** Gamemaster's Section
*** Misjumps
*** The "Void Children"
* Cult of the Saints Cameron
** Origin of the Cult of the Saints Cameron
** The Knights of St. Cameron
** Modern Times
** Gamemaster's Section
*** A Cult Divided
* The [[Saurimat]]
** The Saurimat: A Compendium
*** Belief to the Stars
*** Humble Before Change
*** Faith Rises
*** The Saurimat Today
** Gamemaster's Section
* Interconnectedness Unlimited
** Interconnectedness Unlimited: Taking the Fall
** The Turning
** The Prestige
** Gamemaster's Section
*** Facts: The Corporation
*** Facts: Behind the Stage
* Minor Groups
** [[Devlin Stone]]
*** The Elusive Devlin Stone: The Truth (Or a Few Reasonable Facsimiles)
*** Gamemaster's Section
** Thugees
*** Operation: Revelation
*** Gamemaster's Section
** The Tanites
*** Subject: The Tanite Civilization
*** Gamemaster's Section
** The Blake Documents
* Rules Addendum
** Classic BattleTech RPG Rules
*** Influence and Special Contacts/Enemies
*** Influence Trait
*** Special Contact/Enemy Traits
*** Skills and Fields
*** Martial Arts/Quick Death (New)
** Personal Equipment
** Roleplaying Addendum
*** Possession
*** Cutting In
*** Roleplaying With Interstellar Players
*** Interstellar Players NPCs
*** Belters In Game Play
*** Belter Augmentations
*** New Mercenary Employer: "Uncle" Chandy
*** Thuggee-Manei Domini (Phasnigar) Hybrids
** Classic BattleTech Rules
*** New Vehicle Equipment: Smart Robotic Control Systems
*** New ProtoMech Equipment
*** New Aerospace Equipment: Super-Jump Drives
*** New Vehicle Equipment: Centurion Weapon Systems
*** New BattleMech: RMP-5G ''[[Rampage]]''
*** New Aerospace Fighter: Mk. 30 "BlackWasp" Robotic Interceptor
*** New Force Rules: The Saurimat
==References==
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