Editing AeroTech

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{{InfoBoxProduct
| image = AeroTech1609.jpg
| name = AeroTech The Battletech Game of Fighter Combat
| development = [[Jordan K. Weisman]]<br />[[L. Ross Babcock III]] <br />[[Stuart Johnson]]
| primarywriting = [[L. Ross Babcock III]]
| cover = [[Jim Holloway]]
| illustrations = [[Todd F. March]]<br />[[David R. Deitrick]]
| era = [[Succession Wars era]]
| type = Core Game Set
| publisher = [[FASA]]
| year = 1986
| pages = 224 counters <br /> Full color map <br /> Rulebook <br/> Dice
| productioncode = 1609
| ISBN10 = 0931787610
}}

==Description==

==From the back cover==

{{quote|''COLD DEATH''

''HOT DEATH''

''As a pilot, you get plenty of danger and excitement.  You also get a choice between cold death or hot death.  You can die in the icy void of space or in the flames of reentry.  If you're good, you might live to fight another day.
[[Succession Wars (History)|The Succession Wars]] are fought over land.  But the battles don't start on the ground, they END there.  The first action is in space, usually about 160,000 kilometers from the target planet, as fighter pilots come screaming in at 1,000 kilometers per second in their [[DropShip]]s.''

''The defending fighters are in the air, too, weaving in and out, watching for shots at the [[DropShip]]s or the attacking fighters.  As the battle moves closer to the planet, all craft will have to deal with gravity as well as their opponents.  You've either got to fight against it or find a way to use it.''

''If the [[DropShip]] pilots live through the initial battle, they can drop their 'Mechs from high altitude atmosphere.  For two long minutes, the DropShips are sitting ducks, giving you a chance to shoot the 'Mechs on the way down.  All surviving fighters dive into the atmosphere to strafe and bomb the battlefield.''

''MechWarriors take all the glory for conquering planets, but they should never forget who put them there and saved their tails with a strafing run or a bomb dropped at just the right moment.''}}

==Contents==
*INTRODUCTION
**Components
**Space Mapsheet
**Dice
**Game Setup
**Sequence of Play
*AEROSPACE PILOTS
*MOVEMENT
**Types of Movement
**Entering the Atmosphere
*COMBAT
**Firing Weapons
**To-Hit Procedures
**Hit Locations
**Ground Targets
*HEAT
**Heat Points
**Effects of Heat
*DROPSHIPS AND 'MECHS
**Drop Procedures
**DropShip Combat
*AEROSPACE FIGHTER DESIGN
**Fighter Design
*LAND-AIR 'MECHS ([[LAM]]S)
**Capabilities
*OTHER RULES
**Fighter Refueling
**Fighter Launching
**Fighter Recovery
*OPTIONAL RULES
**Abstract 'Mech Landing System
**Sample Victory Conditions
*SCENARIOS

==Notes==
*The following units were introduced in the ''AeroTech'' game:
**Dropships
***''[[Leopard]]'' Class DropShip
***''[[Union]]'' Class DropShip
***''[[Overlord]]'' Class DropShip
**Aerospace Fighters
***Light
****''[[Sabre]]''
****''[[Centurion (Aerospace Fighter)|Centurion]]''
***Medium
****[[Lightning (Aerospace Fighter)|Lightning]]''
****''[[Hellcat]]''
***Heavy
****''[[Eagle (Aerospace Fighter)|Eagle]]''
****''[[Vulcan_(Aerospace_Fighter_class)|Vulcan]]'' (appears only as the example in fighter construction) 
****''[[Thunderbird]]''
**Land-Air 'Mechs
***''[[Stinger LAM]]''
***''[[Wasp LAM]]''
***''[[Phoenix Hawk LAM]]''

* A Spanish edition was published by Diseños Orbitales in 1990 as [[List of BattleTech Products in Spanish#AeroTech|''AeroTech: El juego de combate de cazas del universo de BattleTech'']].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:SpanishAerotech.jpg|Spanish edition. 
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