Technical Readout: 3057 Revised
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| Technical Readout: 3057 Revised Dropships, Jumpships & Warships | |
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| Product information | |
| Type | Technical Readout |
| 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
Technical Readout: 3057 Revised is a in-universe intelligence publication on all Aerospace base vehicles used in 3057 and in previous eras.
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 WarShips that had only been referenced before.
From the back cover
| “ | 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. |
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Contents
Introduction
IS Dropship Introduction
- Avenger
- Claymore
- Leopard
- Leopard CV
- Fury
- Gazelle
- Kuan Ti
- Lung Wang
- Intruder
- Buccaneer
- Union
- Hamilcar
- Seeker
- Nagumo
- Achilles
- Condor
- Okinawa
- Hannibal
- Monarch
- Triumph
- Fortress
- Hercules
- Overlord
- Vengeance
- Mule
- Model 97 "Octopus"
- Excalibur
- Rose
- Mammoth
- Behemoth
Clan DropShip Introduction
Inner Sphere JumpShip Introduction
Clan JumpShip Introduction
Inner Sphere WarShip Introduction
Clan WarShips
- Fredasa (Corvette/Raider)
- Vincent Mk 42 (Corvette)
- Whirlwind (Destroyer)
- York (Destroyer/Carrier)
- Essex (Destroyer)
- Lola III (Destroyer)
- Aegis (Heavy Cruiser)
- Volga (Transport)
- Congress (Frigate)
- Black Lion (Battlecruiser)
- Sovetskii Soyuz (Heavy Cruiser)
- Liberator (Cruiser)
- Cameron (Battlecruiser)
- Nightlord (Nightlord)
- Potemkin (Troop Cruiser)
- Texas (Battleship)
- McKenna (Battleship)
Small Craft
- Life Boat
- Escape Pod
- ST-46 Shuttle
- S-7A Bus
- KR-61 Long-Range Shuttlecraft
- Mark VII/Mark VII-C Landing Craft
- NL-42 "Battle Taxi" Troop Transport
- K-1 and K-1C DropShuttles
Space Stations
- Factories
- Habitats
- Recharge Stations
- Shipyards
- System-Defense Stations
- Battlesat
Lost WarShip Introduction
- Nightwing (Surveillance)
- Tracker (Surveillance)
- Vigilant (Corvette)
- Pinto (Corvette)
- Mako (Corvette)
- Bonaventure (Corvette)
- Sylvester (Transport)
- Carrack (Merchant)
- Baron (Destroyer)
- Carson (Destroyer)
- Davion (Destroyer)
- Naga (Destroyer)
- Wagon Wheel (Frigate)
- Lola I & Lola II (Destroyers)
- Dart (Cruiser)
- Winchester (Cruiser)
- Riga (Frigate)
- Kimagure (Pursuit Cruiser)
- Quixote (Frigate)
- Avatar (Heavy Cruiser)
- Luxor (Heavy Cruiser)
- Atreus (Battleship)
- Monsoon (Battleship)
- Farragut (Battleship)
Remarks on content
- The title comprises descriptions of 144 units in total, all space vessels. Some have been previously published in older TRO's', some 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 presentation,
- 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.