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− | {{quote| | + | {{quote|''"The universe contains endless opportunities for those who have the guts to grab hold of their destiny."<br />"Anything you will ever want or need is there for the taking. All you need to know is where it is."<br />—[[Vance Rezak]], notorious border pirate |
− | ''A discussion of the tactics for conducting raids, two representative industrial floor plans, and a reference guide for locating the manufacturing site of any [[BattleMech]], vehicle, [[aerospace fighter]] or component is also included.''}} | + | Objective Raids ''is an indispensable resource for [[BattleTech]] and [[MechWarrior]] players, providing current listings of units and industries on worlds along the border of the [[Clan Occupation Zones|Clan occupation zone]].<br />A discussion of the tactics for conducting raids, two representative industrial floor plans, and a reference guide for locating the manufacturing site of any [[BattleMech]], vehicle, [[aerospace fighter]] or component is also included.''}} |
==Content== | ==Content== |
Revision as of 04:48, 10 May 2011
Objective Raids | |
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Product information | |
Type | Sourcebook |
Development | Mike Nystul Sam Lewis |
Primary writing | Jeffrey Layton |
Pages | 192 |
Cover Artwork | David Martin |
Interior Artwork | Earl Geier Rick Harris Denis Nelson Tony Szczudlo |
Publication information | |
Publisher | FASA |
Product code | 1665 |
First published | 1992 |
ISBN-10 | 1555601731 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1555601737 |
MSRP | 15.00 US $ |
Content | |
Era | Clan Invasion era |
Timeline | 3054 |
Description
Written from the perspective of the ComGuards as a "how to" guide on objective raids, the Objective Raids book details the most notable worlds of military and industrial importance in the Inner Sphere, be it Successor State or Clan, along with troop deployments circa 3054. The real meat of the book is the section covering the various manufacturers of each BattleMech, Aerospace Fighter, Combat Vehicle, DropShip and JumpShip, almost every military component, weapon or piece of battlefield equipment produced in the Inner Sphere at that time. Among the manufacturing details, a number of new variants of existing designs are also briefly described.
The book gained notoriety for being inaccurate and containing many errors, oversights and omissions. For example, it curiously fails to mention Tikonov as a major industrial center and is one of the sources (wrongly) claiming that the Taurian Concordat produces the Rommel tank. In 2011, author Jeffrey Layton registered on the CBT Forum and posted some behind-the-scenes information about the production. According to him, Tikonov was covered in the manuscript and apparently lost to an oversight on the editor's behalf.
From the back cover
“ | "The universe contains endless opportunities for those who have the guts to grab hold of their destiny." "Anything you will ever want or need is there for the taking. All you need to know is where it is." —Vance Rezak, notorious border pirate Objective Raids is an indispensable resource for BattleTech and MechWarrior players, providing current listings of units and industries on worlds along the border of the Clan occupation zone. |
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Content
- Briefing
- Situation Briefing
- Conducting Raids
- Frontline Forces
- Armed Forces of the Federated Commonwealth
- Federated Suns State Command
- Lyran Commonwealth State Command
- Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery
- The Clans
- Free Worlds League Military
- Capellan Confederation Armed Services
- St. Ives Military Forces
- Rasalhague KungsArmé
- Periphery States
- Alliance Military Corps
- Magistracy Armed Forces
- Taurian Defense Forces
- Independents
- Industries
- Border Worlds
- The Clan Front
- Federated Commonwealth
- Jade Falcon/Steel Viper Occupation Zone
- Wolf Occupation Zone
- Ghost Bear Occupation Zone
- Smoke Jaguar/Nova Cat Occupation Zone
- Federated Commonwealth
- Draconis Combine
- The Clans
- Free Worlds League
- Capellan Confederation
- St. Ives Compact
- Periphery States
- Typical Industrial Set-ups
- Product Index
- Map of the Federated Commonwealth
Notes
- All the pages in Manufacturing Centers category on BTW, both content and format, are originally based on this book, albeit now expanded and updated from the mid 3050's era of this book.