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| image = [[Image:hbhd.jpg|191px]]
 
| name = Handbook: House Davion
 
| name = Handbook: House Davion
| development = [[Herb Beas]]
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| Publisher = [[FanPro]] LLC
| primarywriting = [[Christoffer Trossen]]
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| Year = 2007
| cover = [[Franz Vohwinkel]]
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| Production Code = 35024
| illustrations = [[Ray Arrastia]] <br /> [[Robert Atkinson]] <br /> [[Doug Chaffee]] <br /> [[Brent Evans]] <br /> [[Ted Galaday]] <br /> [[Chris Lewis]] <br /> [[Klaus Scherwinski]] <br /> [[Franz Vohwinkel]]
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| ISBN = 9781932564587
| type = Sourcebook
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| MSRP = US$34.99
| publisher = [[FanPro]]
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| Type = Source Book
| year = 2 May 2007
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| Primary Writing = [[Christoffer Trossen]]
| pages = 204
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| Product Development = [[Herb Beas]]
| productioncode = 35024
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| Illustrations =  
| ISBN10 = 1932564586
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*[[Ray Arrastia]]
| ISBN13 = 978-1936876419
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*[[Robert Atkinson]]
| MSRP                =
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*[[Doug Chaffee]]
| content            =
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*[[Brent Evans]]
| era                = [[Civil War era]]<br>[[Jihad era]]
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*[[Ted Galaday]]
| agency              = Federated Suns' [[Ministry of Foreign Relations]]
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*[[Chris Lewis]]
| universedate        = 05 November [[3067]]
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*[[Klaus Scherwinski]]
| timeline            =
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*[[Franz Vohwinkel]]
| series              = [[:Category:Handbooks|Handbook]]
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| Pages = 204
| precededby          = ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
| followedby          = ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
 
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==Description==
 
'''''Handbook: House Davion''''' is the third in the series of books detailing the nations of the [[Inner Sphere]] and is the definitive sourcebook on the [[Federated Suns]]. It includes a detailed history of the Suns, its capital [[New Avalon]], and House Davion that begins in the [[twenty-third century]] and ends in [[3067]]. It includes a description and brief history of many worlds that are representative of the Suns as a whole, and it lays bare the often byzantine, multilayered bureaucracies that run the Suns government and the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]]. It glosses over the military that ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]'' detailed, spending more time on the society, culture, and economics of the most popular [[BattleTech]] faction, including brief descriptions of many of the companies that drive the Suns' economy. Finally, the book includes a rules annex that expands on the sub-regions from ''Field Manual: Federated Suns'' and ''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'', as well as rules for using the fax machines developed by the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]], among other rules expansions and suggestions. The book closes with new creatures native to the Federated Suns and new terrain and units for use in Classic BattleTech games.
 
  
In-universe, the ''Handbook: House Davion'' was released on 05 November 3067 for the [[Fourth Whitting Conference]], based upon the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]]'s ''A Brief Primer on the Federated Suns'', partially compiled in the previous month of October.
 
  
==From the back cover==
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==Description==
{{quote|''[[House Davion]] has dominated [[Inner Sphere]] politics, especially the military-industrial complex, for centuries. A drive for technological innovation that reaches both the military and civilian sectors; a society built around the freedoms of the every-day man; a feudal system that empowers the [[First Prince]] of House Davion like no other: the swords of the [[Federated Suns]] have sliced out the largest and arguably most powerful realm in the history of mankind. Despite of the recent ravages of a [[Federated Commonwealth Civil War|civil war]], the people of House Davion know their place in history.'' <!-- misspelling of everyday is in the original; the error doesn't occur on the Version 1.0 PDF, which uses ordinary -->
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'''''Handbook: House Davion''''' is the third in the series of books detailing the nations of the [[Inner Sphere]] and is the definitive source book on the [[Federated Suns]]. It includes a detailed history of the Suns, its capital [[New Avalon]], and House Davion that begins in the 23rd century and ends in [[3067]]. It includes a description and brief history of many worlds that are representative of the Suns as a whole, and it lays bare the often Byzantine, multi-layered bureaucracies that run the Suns government and the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]]. It glosses over the military that ''[[Field Manual: Federated Suns]]'' detailed, spending more time on the society, culture, and economics of the most popular [[BattleTech]] faction, including brief descriptions of many of the companies that drive the Suns' economy. Finally, the book includes a rules annex that expands on the sub-regions from ''Field Manual: Federated Suns'' and ''[[Classic BattleTech Companion]]'', as well as rules for using the fax machines developed by the [[New Avalon Institute of Science]], among other rules expansions and suggestions. The book closes with new creatures native to the Federated Suns and new terrain and units for use in Classic BattleTech games.
 
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Handbook: House Davion'' provides an in-depth look at the politics, the cultures and the ever-present military of one of the most dominant players in the Inner Sphere. Yet ''Handbook: House Davion'' includes more than just background information, providing a plethora of new creatures, personnel weapons, life paths and more, for both [[Classic BattleTech]] and [[Classic BattleTech RPG]] campaigns set in the Federated Suns!''}}
 
  
 
==Contents==
 
==Contents==
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:Animals
* ''[[Animals (short story)|Animals]]'' (short story)
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:Introduction and Foreward <!---This is actually how it is spelled, both in the table of contents and the page title--->
* Introduction and Foreward<!---This is actually how it is misspelled, both in the table of contents and the page title--->
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:History of the Federated Suns
* [[Federated_Suns#History|History of the Federated Suns]]
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::The Race to Space
** The Race to Space
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:::Colonizing the Stars
** Rise of the Davions
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:::Founding of New Avalon
** Early Feuds
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::Rise of the Davions
** Reformation and War
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:::First Families Fight
** The Weak and the Insane
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:::A New Era in Avalon
** Revolution
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:::The Crucis Pact
** Civil War
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::Early Feuds
** The [[Star League]] Era
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:::Genesis of a Lasting Rivalry
** [[First Succession War|First]] and [[Second Succession War]]s
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::Reformation and War
** [[Third Succession War]]
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:::Charles the Reformer
** A New Era
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:::Reynard the Warrior
** [[Federated Commonwealth|Alliance]] and [[Federated Commonwealth Civil War|Dissolution]]
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::The Weak and the Insane
 
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:::Etien the Mad
* Federated Suns at a Glance
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:::Paul the Scholar
** [[Capellan March]]
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:::Marie Davion
** [[Crucis March]]
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:::The Twin Tyrants
** [[Draconis March]]
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::Revolution
 
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:::The First Prince
* Federated Suns Government
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:::Principality Natures
** National Leadership
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::Civil War
** Nobility
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:::Council of Regents
*** [[House Davion]]
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:::Flames of War
*** [[House Hasek]]
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:::Prince Alexander
*** [[House Sandoval]]
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::The Star League Era
*** Minor Noble Houses
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:::Interstellar Alliance
** Ministries
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:::The Reunification War
*** [[Ministry of Administration Services]]
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:::Golden Age
*** [[Ministry of Education]]
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:::Tragedy
*** [[Ministry of Foreign Relations]]
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:::Peace and Exodus
*** [[Ministry of Information, Intelligence, and Operations]] (MIIO)
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::First and Second Succession Wars
*** [[Ministry of Way and Means]]
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:::Fighting Over the Scraps
*** [[Regional Ministries]]
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:::The First Succession War
** Regional and Planetary Governments
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:::Kentares
 
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:::Turn About
* [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]]
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:::Second Succession War
** Structure
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:::The Peace Prince
** Training
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::Third Succession War
** Uniforms and Insignia
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:::War Unleashed
 
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:::Military Reformation
* Society and Culture
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:::Rise of the Brotherhoods
** Peoples and Cultures
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:::Next Generation
** Education
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::A New Era
** Religion and Philosophy
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:::The Advent of Modern War
** Politics and Movements
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:::FedCom Forming
** Media and the Arts
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:::Kerensky's Vengance
** Science & Technology
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::Alliance and Dissolution
** Crime and Punishment
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:::The Federated Commonwealth
 
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:::Star League Anew
* Economics
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:::The Fall of the FedCom
** National Economy
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:::Aftermath
** Civil Industry
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:Federated Suns at a Glance
** Military Industry
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:::How to Read this Atlas
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::Capellan March
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:::Brockway
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:::Chesterton
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:::Kathil
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:::Kittery
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:::Nanking
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:::New Syrtis
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:::Zovaya Zemlya
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:::Tikonov
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:::Wernke/Talon
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:::Ziliang
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::Crucis March
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:::Argyle
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:::Chirikof
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:::Galax
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:::Kestrel
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:::Lackland
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:::Marlette
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:::New Avalon
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:::Okefenokee
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:::Panpour
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:::Sabanillas
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::Draconis March
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:::Addicks
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:::Cassias
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:::Kentares IV
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:::Le Blanc
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:::Mallory's World
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:::Mayetta
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:::New Ivaarsen
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:::Ozawa
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:::Robinson
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:::Tancrei IV
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:::Woodbine
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:Federated Suns Government
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::National Leadership
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:::Principality
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:::Privy Council
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:::High Council
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:::Royal Court
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::Nobility
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:::House Davion
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:::House Hasek
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:::House Sandoval
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:::Minor Noble Houses
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::Ministries
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:::Ministry of Administration Services
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:::Ministry of Education
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:::Ministry of Foreign relations
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:::Ministry of Information Intelligence and Operations
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:::Ministry of Way and Means
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:::Regional Ministries
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::Regional and Planetary Governments
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:Armed Forces of the Federated Suns
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::Structure
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:::Chain of Command
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:::Departments
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:::Regional Commands
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:::Combat Units
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:::Non-Combat Units
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::Training
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:::Military Academies
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:::Other Training Facilities
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::Uniforms and Insignia
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:::Dress Uniforms
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:::Field Uniforms
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:::Ranks and Insignia
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:::Medals and Honors
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:Society and Culture
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::Peoples and Cultures
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:::Social Groups and Languages
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:::Festivals and Traditions
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:::Clothing and Style
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::Education
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:::Primary and Secondary Education
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:::Technical and Vocational Education
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:::Universities
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:::Other Education Initiatives
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::Religion and Philosophy
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:::Buddhism
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:::Christianity
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:::Hinduism
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:::Islam
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:::Judaism
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:::Unfinished Book Movement
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:::Other Religions and Faiths
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::Politics and Movements
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:::Labor Unions
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:::Corporate Lobbies
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:::Political Movements
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::Media and the Arts
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:::Public Media
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:::The Arts
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:::Recreation
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::Science & Technology
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:::Every Day Technology
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:::Medicine
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:::Travel
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::Crime and Punishment
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:::The Judiciary
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:::Prisons and Corrections
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:Economics
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::National Economy
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:::Pocket Full of Dead Princes: Currency in the Federated Suns
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:::Chancellory of the Exchequer
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:::Trans-Federation Stock and Commodities Exchange
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::Civil Industry
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:::Apple Computers Interstellar
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:::Basantapur Fine Metals
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:::Cerulean Waters
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:::Federated News Services
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:::Golden Star Entertainment Group
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:::Grand Federation Bank
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:::Green Star Corporation
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:::Interconnectedness Unlimited
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:::Kelvin-Drahne Diversified
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:::Melcher Food Corporation
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:::Mendham electronics
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:::NAIS Information Network
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:::O'Keefre Importers-Exporters
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:::Rander Communications, Inc.
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:::Vinson Pharmaceuticals
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:::White Swan Trans-Stellar, Inc.
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:::Wunderland Enterprises
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::Aerospace Industry
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:::Cal-Boeing of Dorwinion
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:::Challenge Systems
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:::Galax Launch Systems and Satellites
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:::Kathil Shipworks
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:::Lycomb-Davion IntroTech
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:::Michaelson Heavy Industries
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:::New Syrtis Shipyards
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:::Salvatore, Inc.
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:::Universal Air
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:::Wangker Aerospace
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::Military Industry
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:::Achernar BattleMechs
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:::Corean Enterprises
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:::Federated Industries
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:::General Motors
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:::Jalastar Aerospace
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:::Johnston Industries
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:::Kallon Industries
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:::Precision Weaponry
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:::Quickscell Company
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:::Robinson Standard BattleWorks
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:::Starcorps Industries
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:::Valiant Systems
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:::Yeffers Weapons Factory
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:House Davion Rules Annex
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::Classic BattleTech RPG Rules
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:::Sub-Regions
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:::Traits
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:::Skills
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:::Additional Paths
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:::Academic
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:::Outback Tracker
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:::Personal Equipment
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:::Cost of Living in the Federated Suns
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::Roleplaying in the Federated Suns
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:::Advanced Experience Bonuses
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:::Nationalities
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:::Federated Suns Adventure Hooks
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::Creatures
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:::Brockway Goat
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:::Galax Beefalo
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:::Hobbs Takooma
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:::Kigamboni Leopard
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:::Kountze Arctic Terror
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:::Silver-Furred Walrus
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:::Trachazoi
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::Classic BattleTech Rules
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:::New Terrain
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:::New Unit Types
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:::Gauss Infantry
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:::GM/Rowell "Apocalypse" World Rover
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:::Pintel Heavy Combat ATV
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:::Antares Series AS-17 C3ISR Satellite
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:::Generic Expandable Service Vehicle
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:::Rapier-Class Patrol Destroyer
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:Index
  
* House Davion Rules Annex
 
** [[Classic BattleTech RPG]] Rules
 
** Roleplaying in the Federated Suns
 
** Creatures
 
** Classic BattleTech Rules
 
*** New Terrain
 
*** New Unit Types
 
*** Gauss Infantry
 
*** [[Apocalypse World Rover|GM/Rowell "Apocalypse" World Rover]]
 
*** [[Pintel Heavy Combat ATV]]
 
*** ''[[Antares (Satellite)|Antares]]''-series AS-17 C3ISR Satellite
 
*** [[Generic Expandable Services Vehicle]]
 
*** ''[[Rapier (Naval Vessel class)|Rapier]]''-class Patrol Destroyer
 
  
* Index
 
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*This was the first in the [[Category:Handbooks|Handbook]] series to be published after the rebranding of the CBT line that began with ''[[Total Warfare]]'', so the book is slightly different in its visual aesthetics.
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*This was the first in the Handbook series to be published after the rebranding of the CBT line that began with [[Total Warfare]], so the book is slightly different in its visual aesthetics.
*It should be noted that this publication predates current games rules for roleplaying; [[A Time of War]].
 
  
  
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