Editing Strategic Operations

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| image               = Strategic Operations.jpg
| name                = Strategic Operations
| type                = Rulebook
| author              = 
| development         = [[Herbert A. Beas II]]<br />[[Randall N. Bills]]
| primarywriting      = [[Paul Bowman]]<br />[[Dan C. Duval]]<br />[[Kevin Killiany]]<br />[[Mike Miller]]<br />[[David L. McCulloch]]<br />[[Steven Mohan Jr.]]<br />[[Herbert A. Beas II]]<br />[[Randall N. Bills]]<br />[[Joel Bancroft-Connors]]<br />[[Térence Harris]]<br />[[Chris Hartford]]<br />[[Luke Robertson]]<br />[[Joel Steverson]]<br />[[Kirk Alderfer]]<br />[[Ray Arrastia]]<br />[[Matt Murray]]<br />[[Rick Sardiñas]]
| pages               = 448
| cover               = [[Franz Vohwinkel]]
| interiorart         = 
| illustrations       = [[Doug Chaffee]]<br />[[David R. Deitrick]]<br />[[James Hauser]]<br />[[Brennan Letts]]<br />[[Chris Lewis]]<br />[[Duane Loose]]<br />[[Matt Plog]]<br />[[Klaus Scherwinski]]<br />[[Franz Vohwinkel]]
| publisher           = [[Catalyst Game Labs]]
| productioncode      = 35004
| year                = 2009
| ISBN10              = 
| ISBN13              = 9781934857212
| MSRP                = 
| content             = 
| era                 = [[Jihad era]]
| timeline            = 
| series              = Core Rulebooks
| precededby          = [[Tactical Operations]]
| followedby          = [[A Time of War]]
}}

==Description==
'''''Strategic Operations''''' is the fourth book in the rebranded [[Classic BattleTech]] line. It provides advanced rules for aerospace combat and solar system-level campaigns, and reboots the previous ''[[BattleForce]]'' rules, to allow combat at company, battalion and regimental levels.

''Strategic Operations'' won the 2010 Origins Award for Best Miniatures Rules.<ref>[http://catalystgamelabs.com/2010/06/28/catalyst-game-labs-wins-2010-origins-awards/ "Catalyst Games Labs Wins 2010 Origins Awards"], Catalyst Game Labs, 28 June 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.originsgamefair.com/OriginsAwards/tabid/3094/Default.aspx "Origins Awards"], Origins Game Fair</ref>

==From the back cover==
{{quote|''Forces In Solar System!''

''Liftoff [''sic''] planet and conquer an entire solar system!  Deploy kilometer-long [[WarShip]]s as escorts, first for [[JumpShip]]s bridging the gulf between stars, then for detaching [[DropShip]]s that burn in system to drop troops onto any battlefield.  New aerospace tactics will allow you to gain air supremacy to match your grasp of ground tactics.  Yet the war for a star system is more than a single battle and a commander that utilizes his supplies and personnel with skill will survive the numerous battles to come.''

Strategic Operations ''is the one-source rulebook for advanced rules aerospace assets that open the entire conquest of a solar system.  It includes new aerospace movement, combat and advanced aerospace unit construction rules, as well as comprehensive maintenance, salvage, repair and customization rules.  Finally, a complete game system&mdash;[[BattleForce]]&mdash;allows players to use their existing miniatures and mapsheets to play quick, fast-paced [[BattleTech]] games, from companies to battalions and even regiments.''}}

==Contents==
* Introduction
* General Rules
* Advanced Aerospace Movement
* Advanced Aerospace Combat
* Advanced Aerospace Units Construction
* Maintenance, Repair, Salvage and Customization
* BattleForce: Standard Rules
* BattleForce: Advanced Rules
* BattleForce: Conversion Rules
* Miniatures Rules
* Index
* Record Sheets
* Tables

==Notes==
* Like ''[[Total Warfare]]'' and other books in the new series, most of the artwork in the book are pictures of painted miniatures.  This book expands the [[BattleTech eras]] to play in from previous volumes defining the time periods of the following eras:
**[[Age of War]] era ([[2398]]-[[2569]])
**[[Reunification War]] ([[2570]]-[[2597]])
**[[Star League]] era ([[2598]]-[[2784]])
** The [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars]] era is further subdivided into
***[[First Succession War]] era ([[2785]]-[[2827]])
***[[Second Succession War]] era ([[2828]]-[[2863]])
***[[Third Succession War]] era ([[2864]]-[[3027]])
***[[Fourth Succession War]] era ([[3028]]-[[3049]])
**[[Clan|Clan Invasion era]] ([[3050]]-[[3066]])
**[[Jihad]] era ([[3067]] and later)
* This book was intended to be released at GenCon on 11 August, 2009.<ref>CBT.com forums, ''[http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,55195.0.html Strat Ops & JHS 3076 Street Dates]'', (dead link) 28 July, 2009.</ref>
* The 2009 printing had the trademarked title ''BattleTech Strategic Operations''.
* In 2021 ''Strategic Operations'' received a third printing that removed all ''BattleForce'' and ''Miniatures'' rules from the volume. ''[[Strategic Operations: Advanced Aerospace Rules]]'', while technically a reprint, was given its own article due to the extent of change.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Strategic Operations 1st Print errata cover.jpg|First printing errata cover (2009). ''[[BattleTech_(board_game)#History|Classic]]'' has been removed from the ''BattleTech'' header and image enlarged to overlay bottom border.
Strategic Operations 2nd Print cover.jpg||The cover of the corrected second printing (2011). "Origins Award Winners" stamp has been added.
</gallery>

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