Editing Objective Raids: 3067

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==Description==
'''''Objective Raids: 3067''''', originally released on the [[CTB Forum]] in 2009 as a [[w:PDF|PDF]] file for download, is a fan-made sourcebook by [[William "MadCapellan" Gauthier]]. A compilation of both direct and inferred information from numerous official sources, such as various [[:Category:Technical Readouts|Technical Readouts]] and other [[:Category:Sourcebooks|sourcebooks]], it was meant to provide an expanded and updated successor to the popular, but notoriously error-ridden, ''[[Objective Raids]]'' sourcebook.

==Canonicity==
Since it is fan-made, and not an official product, ''Objective Raids: 3067'' itself cannot provide [[canon]]. However, with the exception of the book's own fictional backstory within the universe, its content is a compilation of (canonical) information drawn from other, exclusively canonical sources, with some educated guesses and inferences filling in for missing or unpublished information.<br />That is to say, while ''Objective Raids: 3067'' as such may not be canon, most of its content is, because it stems from other, canonical sources. It is thus considered a [[meta-source]]: "quasi-canonical" in the author's own words.

An Introduction section deals with the issue of canonicity in some detail.

==Contents==
The book opens with an (out-of-character) introduction by the author discussing his reasons for writing the book, as well as a caution regarding its "quasi-canon" nature.

It also contains a minimum of fan fiction ([[Fanon]]) to provide setting: According to its in-universe preface, ''Objective Raids: 3067'' purports to be a [[ComStar]] document transmitted by one Jessica Clarent, Precentor VI-Mu at the [[ComStar Archives]] on [[Tukayyid]], to [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Victor Steiner-Davion]] for distribution at the [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]; the document was intercepted by [[Capellan Confederation|Capellan]] ''Huang Di Shi Zhe'' agents imbedded within the ComStar [[HPG]] facility on [[New Earth]], and forwarded to [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] by one ''[[Zhong-shao]]'' William Gauthier-Liao on 27 November [[3067]].

==Notes==
*For the purposes of this [[BattleTechWiki]], ''Objective Raids: 3067'' is considered a [[meta-source]], and not suitable as a reference. As some information presented is only inferred (not stated) from official sources, questions as to canonicity of fact must be answered with the original official source.
*[[Catalyst Game Labs]] were sufficiently impressed with this fan work that they invited the author to be part of the [[MUL]] team. One aspect of the MUL database is to collate official production data in an official capacity, with access to data not available to the fanbase otherwise, a project very similar to what ''Objective Raids: 3067'' achieved within the limits of a fan work.

==References==
*The latest revision of the ''Objective Raids: 3067'' PDF file is linked here: [http://cf.sarna.net/data/planets/madcapellans_objective_raids_3067.pdf Download] (with the author's permission)


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