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| primarywriting = [[Herb Beas]] <br /> [[Warner Doles (person)|Warner Doles]] <br /> [[Chris Hartford]] <br /> [[David McCulloch]] <br /> [[Christopher Trossen]]
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
'''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised''' is a in-universe intelligence publication on all Aerospace base vehicles used in 3057 and in previous eras.  
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'''''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised''''' (''TRO:3057 Revised'') is the third publication (after [[DropShips and JumpShips]] and [[Technical Readout: 3057|TRO:3057]]'') that focuses on aerospace designs. In-universe, it purports to be an intelligence publication by [[Wolfnet]], updating the previous publications by [[ComStar]].  
  
This book essentially replaces previous edition under the same name. It makes the notable attempt to be ''the'' capital ship Technical Readout for [[AeroTech 2]], with updated game stats and the adding in of over twenty [[WarShip]]s that had only been referenced before.
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Unlike previous revised editions of older ''TROs'', the ''TRO:3057 Revised'' is not a managed response to the [[Unseen]] issue, but rather an attempt to update all existing aerospace designs to the changed rulesets of [[AeroTech 2]]. It makes the notable attempt to be ''the'' capital ship technical readout, with updated game stats and the adding of over twenty [[WarShip]]s that had only been referenced before.
  
 
==From the back cover==
 
==From the back cover==
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''This revised edition of the original ''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]'' contains descriptions, illustrations, and full Aerotech 2 statistics for the Inner Sphere and Clan DropShips, JumpShips, WarShips, small craft, and space stations common in 3057. Additionally, this volume contains twenty-four WarShips mentioned in the fictional context of the BattleTech universe but never before presented in a technical readout.''}}  
 
''This revised edition of the original ''[[Technical Readout: 3057]]'' contains descriptions, illustrations, and full Aerotech 2 statistics for the Inner Sphere and Clan DropShips, JumpShips, WarShips, small craft, and space stations common in 3057. Additionally, this volume contains twenty-four WarShips mentioned in the fictional context of the BattleTech universe but never before presented in a technical readout.''}}  
  
==Contents==
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==Table of Contents==
* Briefing &ndash; Introduction and an update for the revision
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{{columns-start|num=3}}
** ''[[Dai-i]]'' [[Otanashi Haruka]] (06 January [[3057]])  
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;Introduction
** Major General [[Margaret Tulliver]], Deputy Director, [[Wolfnet]] (1 October [[3067]])
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;IS Dropship Introduction
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: ''[[Avenger]]''
 +
: ''[[Claymore (DropShip class)|Claymore]]''
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: ''[[Leopard]]''
 +
: ''[[Leopard CV]]''
 +
: ''[[Fury (DropShip class)|Fury]]''
 +
: ''[[Gazelle]]''
 +
: ''[[Kuan Ti]]''
 +
: ''[[Lung Wang]]''
 +
: ''[[Intruder]]''
 +
: ''[[Buccaneer (DropShip class)|Buccaneer]]''
 +
: ''[[Union]]''
 +
: ''[[Hamilcar]]''
 +
: ''[[Seeker]]''
 +
: ''[[Nagumo]]''
 +
: ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]''
 +
: ''[[Condor (DropShip class)|Condor]]''
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: ''[[Okinawa (DropShip class)|Okinawa]]''
 +
: ''[[Hannibal]]''
 +
: ''[[Monarch]]''
 +
: ''[[Triumph]]''
 +
: ''[[Fortress]]''
 +
: ''[[Hercules (DropShip class)|Hercules]]''
 +
: ''[[Overlord]]''
 +
: ''[[Vengeance (DropShip class)|Vengeance]]''
 +
: ''[[Mule]]''
 +
: ''[[Octopus|Model 97 "Octopus"]]''
 +
: ''[[Excalibur (DropShip class)|Excalibur]]''
 +
: ''[[Rose (DropShip class)|Rose]]''
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: ''[[Mammoth]]''
 +
: ''[[Behemoth (DropShip class)|Behemoth]]''
  
* '''Inner Sphere [[DropShip]]s'''
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;Clan DropShip Introduction
** ''[[Avenger]]''
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: ''[[Broadsword]]''
** ''[[Claymore]]''
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: ''[[Confederate]]''
** ''[[Leopard]]''
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: ''[[Noruff (DropShip class)|Noruff]]''
** ''[[Leopard CV]]''
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: ''[[Sassanid]]''
** ''[[Fury (DropShip class)|Fury]]''
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: ''[[Union-C]]''
** ''[[Gazelle]]''
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: ''[[Carrier]]''
** ''[[Kuan Ti]]''
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: ''[[Lion]]''
** ''[[Lung Wang]]''
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: ''[[Miraborg (DropShip class)|Miraborg]]''
** ''[[Intruder]]''
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: ''[[Overlord-C]]''
** ''[[Buccaneer (DropShip class)|Buccaneer]]''
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: ''[[Titan (DropShip class)|Titan]]''
** ''[[Union]]''
 
** ''[[Hamilcar]]''
 
** ''[[Seeker]]''
 
** ''[[Nagumo]]''
 
** ''[[Achilles (DropShip class)|Achilles]]''
 
** ''[[Condor (DropShip class)|Condor]]''
 
** ''[[Okinawa]]''
 
** ''[[Hannibal]]''
 
** ''[[Monarch]]''
 
** ''[[Triumph]]''
 
** ''[[Fortress]]''
 
** ''[[Hercules (DropShip class)|Hercules]]''
 
** ''[[Overlord]]''
 
** ''[[Vengeance]]''
 
** ''[[Mule]]''
 
** ''[[Octopus]]''
 
** ''[[Excalibur (DropShip class)|Excalibur]]''
 
** ''[[Rose]]''
 
** ''[[Mammoth]]''
 
** ''[[Behemoth (DropShip class)|Behemoth]]''
 
  
* '''Clan DropShips'''
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;Inner Sphere JumpShip Introduction
** ''[[Broadsword]]''
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: ''[[Scout (JumpShip class)|Scout]]''
** ''[[Confederate]]''
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: ''[[Merchant]]''
** ''[[Noruff]]''
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: ''[[Invader]]''
** ''[[Sassanid]]''
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: ''[[Magellan (JumpShip class)|Magellan]]''
** ''[[Union-C]]''
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: ''[[Chimeisho]]''
** ''[[Carrier]]''
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: ''[[Tramp]]''
** ''[[Lion]]''
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: ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''
** ''[[Miraborg]]''
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: ''[[Monolith]]''
** ''[[Overlord-C]]''
 
** ''[[Titan (DropShip class)|Titan]]''
 
  
* '''Inner Sphere [[JumpShip]]s'''
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;Clan JumpShip Introduction
** ''[[Scout (JumpShip class)|Scout]]''
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: ''[[Hunter (JumpShip class)|Hunter]]''
** ''[[Merchant]]''
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: ''[[Odyssey]]''
** ''[[Invader]]''
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: ''[[Comitatus]]''
** ''[[Magellan]]''
 
** ''[[Chimeisho]]''
 
** ''[[Tramp]]''
 
** ''[[Star Lord (JumpShip class)|Star Lord]]''
 
** ''[[Monolith]]''
 
  
* '''Clan JumpShips'''
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;Inner Sphere WarShip Introduction
** ''[[Hunter (JumpShip)|Hunter]]''
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: ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox (Corvette)]]''
** ''[[Odyssey]]''
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: ''[[Impavido|Impavido (Destroyer)]]''
** ''[[Comitatus]]''
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: ''[[Suffren|Suffren (Destroyer)]]''
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: ''[[Kyushu|Kyushu (Frigate)]]''
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: ''[[Kirishima|Kirishima (Cruiser)]]''
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{{column}}
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;Clan WarShips
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: ''[[Fredasa (WarShip class)|Fredasa (Corvette/Raider)]]''
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: ''[[Vincent#Variants|Vincent Mk 42 (Corvette)]]''
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: ''[[Whirlwind|Whirlwind (Destroyer)]]''
 +
: ''[[York (WarShip class)|York (Destroyer/Carrier)]]''
 +
: ''[[Essex|Essex (Destroyer)]]''
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: ''[[Lola III|Lola III (Destroyer)]]''
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: ''[[Aegis|Aegis (Heavy Cruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Volga|Volga (Transport)]]''
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: ''[[Congress#Variants|Congress (Frigate)]]''
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: ''[[Black Lion|Black Lion (Battlecruiser)]]''
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: ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz|Sovetskii Soyuz (Heavy Cruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Liberator (WarShip class)|Liberator (Cruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron (Battlecruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Nightlord|Nightlord (Nightlord)]]''
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: ''[[Potemkin|Potemkin (Troop Cruiser)]]''
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: ''[[Texas|Texas (Battleship)]]''
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: ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna (Battleship)]]''
  
* '''Inner Sphere [[WarShip]]s'''
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;Small Craft
** ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''
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: [[Life Boat]]
** ''[[Impavido]]''
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: [[Escape Pod]]
** ''[[Suffren]]''
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: ''[[ST-46|ST-46 Shuttle]]''
** ''[[Kyushu]]''
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: ''[[S-7A|S-7A Bus]]''
** ''[[Kirishima]]''
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: ''[[KR-61|KR-61 Long-Range Shuttlecraft]]''
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: ''[[Mark VII Landing Craft|Mark VII/Mark VII-C Landing Craft]]''
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: ''[[NL-42 "Battle Taxi"|NL-42 "Battle Taxi" Troop Transport]]''
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: ''[[K-1|K-1 and K-1C DropShuttles]]''
  
* '''Clan/Star League WarShips'''
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;Space Stations
** ''[[Fredasa]]''
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: Factories ([[Small Factory|Small]] and [[Medium/Large Factory|Medium/Large]])
** ''[[Vincent#Variants|Vincent Mk 42]]''
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: Habitats ([[Small Habitat|Small]] and [[Large Habitat|Large]])
** ''[[Whirlwind]]''
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: Recharge Stations ([[Olympus]])
** ''[[York (WarShip)|York]]''
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: Shipyards ([[Small Pressurized Yard|Small]] and [[Large Pressurized Yard|Large Pressurized]]; [[Small Unpressurized Yard|Small]] and [[Large Unpressurized Yard|Large Unpressurized]])
** ''[[Essex]]''
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: System-Defense Stations (''[[Bastion]]'', ''[[Capitol]]'')
** ''[[Lola III]]''
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: ''[[BattleSat]]''
** ''[[Aegis]]''
 
** ''[[Volga]]''
 
** ''[[Congress#Variants|Congress]]''
 
** ''[[Black Lion]]''
 
** ''[[Sovetskii Soyuz]]''
 
** ''[[Liberator (WarShip class)|Liberator]]''
 
** ''[[Cameron (WarShip class)|Cameron]]''
 
** ''[[Nightlord]]''
 
** ''[[Potemkin]]''
 
** ''[[Texas]]''
 
** ''[[McKenna (WarShip class)|McKenna]]''
 
  
* '''Small Craft'''
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;Lost WarShip Introduction
** [[Life Boat]]
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: ''[[Nightwing|Nightwing (Surveillance)]]''
** [[Escape Pod]]
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: ''[[Tracker|Tracker (Surveillance)]]''
** ''[[ST-46]]''
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: ''[[Vigilant|Vigilant (Corvette)]]''
** ''[[S-7A]]''
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: ''[[Pinto (WarShip class)|Pinto (Corvette)]]''
** ''[[KR-61]]''
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: ''[[Mako|Mako (Corvette)]]''
** ''[[Mark VII Landing Craft|Mark VII]]''
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: ''[[Bonaventure (WarShip class)|Bonaventure (Corvette)]]''
** ''[[NL-42 "Battle Taxi"]]''
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: ''[[Sylvester (WarShip class)|Sylvester (Transport)]]''
** ''[[K-1]]''
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: ''[[Carrack|Carrack (Merchant)]]''
 +
: ''[[Baron (WarShip class)|Baron (Destroyer)]]''
 +
: ''[[Carson (WarShip class)|Carson (Destroyer)]]''
 +
: ''[[Davion I (WarShip class)|Davion (Destroyer)]]''
 +
: ''[[Naga (WarShip class)|Naga (Destroyer)]]''
 +
: ''[[Wagon Wheel|Wagon Wheel (Frigate)]]''
 +
: ''[[Lola I]]'' & ''[[Lola II]]'' (Destroyers)
 +
: ''[[Dart (WarShip class)|Dart (Cruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Winchester (WarShip class)|Winchester (Cruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Riga (WarShip class)|Riga (Frigate)]]''
 +
: ''[[Kimagure|Kimagure (Pursuit Cruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Quixote|Quixote (Frigate)]]''
 +
: ''[[Avatar (WarShip class)|Avatar (Heavy Cruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Luxor (WarShip class)|Luxor (Heavy Cruiser)]]''
 +
: ''[[Atreus (WarShip class)|Atreus (Battleship)]]''
 +
: ''[[Monsoon|Monsoon (Battleship)]]''
 +
: ''[[Farragut|Farragut (Battleship)]]''
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{{columns-end}}
  
* '''Space Stations'''
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==Remarks on content==
** [[Small Factory]]
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* The title comprises descriptions of 144 units in total, all space vessels. Some have been previously published in older ''TROs'', with other units (or at least variants of units) being published for the first time. It contains:
** [[Medium/Large Factory]]
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** 40 [[DropShip]]s, 30 Inner Sphere models and 10 Clan models,
** [[Small Habitat]]
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** 11 [[JumpShip]]s, 8 Inner Sphere models and 3 Clan models,
** [[Large Habitat]]
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** 22 [[WarShip]]s, 5 Inner Sphere models and 17 Clan models,
** ''[[Olympus|Olympus Recharge Station]]''
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** 8 [[Small Craft]] in use both in Inner Sphere and amongst the Clans,
** [[Small Pressurized Yard]]
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** 13 Space Stations of various function split amongst 6 sub-chapters, and
** [[Large Pressurized Yard]]
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** 25 all-new WarShip designs.
** [[Small Unpressurized Yard]]
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* The title contains three in-universe presentations:
** [[Large Unpressurized Yard]]
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** the first (from title's original edition) is given by ''[[Dai-i]]'' [[Otanashi Haruka]], 6 January [[3057]] from [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]],
** ''[[Bastion]]''
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** the second is given by Major General [[Margaret Tulliver]], Deputy Director, [[Wolfnet]], 1 October [[3067]], to explain the alterations made in this revised edition,
** ''[[Capitol]]''
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** the third is given by Major [[Simone Fynn]], [[Wolfnet]], Intelligence and Analysis, 20 September [[3067]], precedes the new chapter "Lost Warships" and offers the interception of a [[Word of Blake]] [[ROM]] agent as an in-universe explanation for the so far unknown spaceship designs presented.
** ''[[BattleSat]]''
 
  
* '''"Lost" WarShips''' (the re-emergence of previously long-gone classes of WarShips)
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==Notes==
** Major [[Simone Fynn]], [[Wolfnet]] (20 September [[3067]])
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* The cover and credits page both use ''Revised Edition'' in the title.
** ''[[Nightwing]]''
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* Trademarked as ''Classic BattleTech Technical Readout: 3057, Revised''.
** ''[[Tracker]]''
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* PDF released as "Version 1.0 (January 2005), based on the first printing (2004) published by FanPro".
** ''[[Vigilant]]''
 
** ''[[Pinto (WarShip)|Pinto]]''
 
** ''[[Mako]]''
 
** ''[[Bonaventure]]''
 
** ''[[Sylvester (WarShip)|Sylvester]]''
 
** ''[[Carrack]]''
 
** ''[[Baron]]''
 
** ''[[Carson]]''
 
** ''[[Davion (WarShip)|Davion]]''
 
** ''[[Naga (WarShip)|Naga]]''
 
** ''[[Wagon Wheel]]''
 
** ''[[Lola I]]''
 
** ''[[Lola II]]''
 
** ''[[Dart (WarShip)|Dart]]''
 
** ''[[Winchester]]''
 
** ''[[Riga (WarShip)|Riga]]''
 
** ''[[Kimagure]]''
 
** ''[[Quixote]]''
 
** ''[[Avatar (WarShip)|Avatar]]''
 
** ''[[Luxor]]''
 
** ''[[Atreus (WarShip)|Atreus]]''
 
** ''[[Monsoon]]''
 
** ''[[Farragut]]''
 
  
[[Category:Books|Technical Readout: 3057 Revised]]
 
 
[[Category:Technical Readouts and Recognition Guides|3057 Revised]]
 
[[Category:Technical Readouts and Recognition Guides|3057 Revised]]

Latest revision as of 22:15, 20 February 2024

TRO 3057r.JPG
Technical Readout: 3057 Revised
Dropships, Jumpships & Warships
Product information
Type Technical Readout
Development Randall Bills
Primary writing Herb Beas
Warner Doles
Chris Hartford
David McCulloch
Christopher Trossen
Pages 232
Cover Artwork Gregory Bridges
Illustrations Doug Chaffee
Duane Loose
Publication information
Publisher FanPro
Product code 35007
First published 2004
ISBN-10 193256411X
Content
Era Star League era
Succession Wars era
Clan Invasion era
Civil War era

Description[edit]

Technical Readout: 3057 Revised (TRO:3057 Revised) is the third publication (after DropShips and JumpShips and TRO:3057) that focuses on aerospace designs. In-universe, it purports to be an intelligence publication by Wolfnet, updating the previous publications by ComStar.

Unlike previous revised editions of older TROs, the TRO:3057 Revised is not a managed response to the Unseen issue, but rather an attempt to update all existing aerospace designs to the changed rulesets of AeroTech 2. It makes the notable attempt to be the capital ship technical readout, with updated game stats and the adding of over twenty WarShips that had only been referenced before.

From the back cover[edit]

In 3049, the first Clan forces appeared in the Inner Sphere. Armed with advanced technologies of a long-dead age, the warlike invaders unleashed a devastating blitzkrieg, capturing world after world until a total Clan victory seemed certain. Unable to match the enemy's superior 'Mechs, the Inner Sphere militaries increasingly turned to their combat fleets for relief, only to find the skies filled with deadly Clan DropShips, JumpShips, and WarShips—massive vessels not seen in the Inner Sphere for hundreds of years. Now the Great Houses have begun to rebuild their own armadas and stand ready to challenge the Clan invaders in the infinite battlefield of space.

This revised edition of the original Technical Readout: 3057 contains descriptions, illustrations, and full Aerotech 2 statistics for the Inner Sphere and Clan DropShips, JumpShips, WarShips, small craft, and space stations common in 3057. Additionally, this volume contains twenty-four WarShips mentioned in the fictional context of the BattleTech universe but never before presented in a technical readout.

Table of Contents[edit]

Remarks on content[edit]

  • The title comprises descriptions of 144 units in total, all space vessels. Some have been previously published in older TROs, with other units (or at least variants of units) being published for the first time. It contains:
    • 40 DropShips, 30 Inner Sphere models and 10 Clan models,
    • 11 JumpShips, 8 Inner Sphere models and 3 Clan models,
    • 22 WarShips, 5 Inner Sphere models and 17 Clan models,
    • 8 Small Craft in use both in Inner Sphere and amongst the Clans,
    • 13 Space Stations of various function split amongst 6 sub-chapters, and
    • 25 all-new WarShip designs.
  • The title contains three in-universe presentations:
    • the first (from title's original edition) is given by Dai-i Otanashi Haruka, 6 January 3057 from Explorer Corps,
    • the second is given by Major General Margaret Tulliver, Deputy Director, Wolfnet, 1 October 3067, to explain the alterations made in this revised edition,
    • the third is given by Major Simone Fynn, Wolfnet, Intelligence and Analysis, 20 September 3067, precedes the new chapter "Lost Warships" and offers the interception of a Word of Blake ROM agent as an in-universe explanation for the so far unknown spaceship designs presented.

Notes[edit]

  • The cover and credits page both use Revised Edition in the title.
  • Trademarked as Classic BattleTech Technical Readout: 3057, Revised.
  • PDF released as "Version 1.0 (January 2005), based on the first printing (2004) published by FanPro".