Technical Readout: 3025

Description

This title was the first of the series providing game attributes, fluff and background details for the BattleTech universe, with entries for 55 'Mechs, 15 ASFs, 3 LAMs, 4 DropShips and 12 combat vehicles.

Contents

• Introduction - in-character explanation of the intent of the book

• Light 'Mechs

Locust	Wasp	Stinger	Commando	Javelin
Spider	UrbanMech	Valkyrie	Firestarter	Jenner
Ostscout	Panther

• Medium 'Mechs

Assassin	Cicada	Clint	Hermes II	Vulcan
Whitworth	Blackjack	Hatchetman	Phoenix Hawk	Vindicator
Centurion	Enforcer	Hunchback	Trebuchet	Dervish
Griffin	Shadow Hawk	Scorpion	Wolverine

• Heavy 'Mechs

Dragon	Ostroc	Ostsol	Quickdraw	Rifleman
Catapult	Crusader	JagerMech	Thunderbolt	Archer
Grasshopper	Warhammer	Marauder	Orion

• Assault 'Mechs

Awesome	Charger	Goliath	Victor	Zeus
BattleMaster	Stalker	Cyclops	Banshee	Atlas

• LAMs

Stinger LAM

Wasp LAM

Phoenix Hawk LAM

• Aerospace Fighters

Sparrowhawk	Corsair	Stuka	Sholagar	Shilone
Slayer	Thrush	Transit	Transgressor	Cheetah
Stingray	Riever	Seydlitz	Lucifer	Chippewa

• DropShips

Leopard

Union

Overlord

• Combat Vehicles

Swift Wind	Rommel	Patton	Von Luckner	Galleon
Pack Rat	Long Tom	Boomerang	Mobile HQ	135-K
J-27	MASH Truck

• BattleMech Repair Facility - description of a basic repair facility

Editions

Technical Readout: 3025 had several print runs with various changes incorporated at different times. The first edition was published in 1986 with a MSRP of $9.95. This edition had a number of minor typographic errors but more noticeably the pictures of the Ostscout and Ostol are swapped. The Ostsol illustration appears on page 29 accompanied by the game attributes of the Ostscout while the Ostscout illustration appears on page 79 with the game statistics of the Ostsol. This error would continue well into the third printing.

The third edition is identified by the notation "Third Printing; May, 1987" in the bottom right corner of the credits page. Early copies of the third printing are nearly identical to the first edition with the Ostscout and Ostsol pictures swapped and a MSRP of $9.95. Later copies compound the Ostscout/Ostsol confusion by simply swapping pages 29 and 79. Now the Ostscout illustration appears on page 29 with the game statistics of the Ostsol while the Ostsol illustration appears on page 79 accompanied by the game attributes of the Ostscout. These later versions of the third printing also feature an updated UPC with a MSRP of $12.00.

The Ostscout and Ostsol were finally fixed in the July 1994 printing. This edition maintained the $12.00 price point and fixed some of the typos of the previous printings.

Notes

• Set the standard for future TROs and was one of the better selling titles for (and gateway purchases into) BattleTech.
• Was reissued in 1996 as Technical Readout: 3025 Revised.