Editing Turning Points

'''Turning Points''' are a series of [[w:PDF|PDF]]-exclusive [[BattleTech]] scenario packs for the [[Chaos Campaign]] and Warchest systems. Contents typically include an overview of the conflict in question, maps and history of the planet(s) involved, commander and unit profiles, tracks/scenarios, suitable [[Random Assignment Table]]s, and [[record sheet]]s for special or custom units.

==Overview==
The Turning Points concept was first used for the ''Jihad Turning Points'' series as the [[Jihad era]] timeline unfolded, covering pivotal military campaigns that were fought over key planets during the [[Jihad]]. The format proved so successful that the scope was expanded to ''Dark Age Turning Points'' and ''Historical Turning Points'', covering similar campaigns in other eras than the Jihad, and ''Operational Turning Points'', where the focus is not on a single world but on single notable military operations from various eras that took place across several worlds. Except for the ''Operational Turning Points'', the ''Turning Points'' publications are named for the world on which they take place.

Starting with the publication of ''Turning Points: Irian'', [[Catalyst Game Labs]] dropped the era reference in the product name, reducing the line to only ''Turning Points'' products (planet specific campaigns) and Operational Turning Points products (for campaigns across multiple planets).<ref>[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/general-discussion/new-and-upcoming-releases-ii/msg1061215/#msg1061215 Forum posting] by user Adrian Gideon, a [[BattleTech]] developer and layouter for CGL</ref>

==Turning Points products==
=== Turning Points ===
:''See also:'' [[List of BattleTech products]]
* ''[[Turning Points: Irian]]'': Dark Age era struggle for control of [[Irian]] between [[3134]] and [[3136]]. Formerly known and initially announced as ''Dark Age Turning Points: Irian'', it was the first product to follow the unified naming scheme that dropped the era reference.
* ''[[Turning Points: Arcturus]]'': Jihad era attack by Word of Blake forces against [[Chandrasekhar Kurita]]'s coalition of mercenary forces based on [[Arcturus]] in May [[3073]].
* ''[[Turning Points: Epsilon Eridani]]'': Another Dark Age era product, this publication chronicles the return of the [[Com Guards]], their battles on [[Wyatt]] and [[Luyten 68-28]], and finally their battle for survival against the [[Republic of the Sphere]] on [[Epsilon Eridani]].
* ''[[Turning Points: Orbisonia]]'': Historical product set at the dawn of the [[Second Succession War]], going over the [[Capellan Confederation]] invasion of the Federated Suns world of [[Orbisonia]] in [[2828]]. House Liao [[Chancellor]] [[Ilsa Liao]] would lose her life as attempt to take this staging world as her first bid to take Territory in FedSuns.
* ''[[Turning Points: Tokasha]]'': Historical product set in [[2921]], during the end of the [[Clans]]' ''[[Golden Century]]''. [[Clan Hell's Horses]]' newly built [[Tokasha MechWorks Alpha|Tokasha MechWorks factory]] comes under attack by [[Clan Ghost Bear]] in a conflict that would soon set the stage for centuries of conflict between the two sides.
* ''[[Turning Points: Tyrfing]]'': Historical product detailing the five-way battles for the former [[Terran Hegemony]] provincial capital during the [[First Succession War]].
* ''[[Turning Points War of 3039: Vega]]'': Historical product set in [[3039]] on the world of Vega. The [[Federated Commonwealth]] has invaded the [[Draconis Combine]] world for conquest. However, unlike the [[Fourth Succession War]] the war against the combined juggernaut of two Great Houses isn't enough to take this world from the Dragon.
* ''[[Turning Points: Helm]]'': Historical product set in [[3028]] on the world of Helm. Featuring military campaign waged by Helm's newest landholder, [[Gray Death Legion]]. As they fight to survive surprise invasion by the [[12th Atrean Dragoons]] who were dispatched by renegade Duke of [[Irian]].

===Dark Age Turning Points===
* ''[[Dark Age Turning Points: Liao]]'': The [[3134]] battle for [[Liao]] between the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Republic of the Sphere]].
* ''[[Dark Age Turning Points: Vega]]'': The [[3133]]-[[3137]] fighting on [[Vega]] between the [[Draconis Combine]], Republic of the Sphere, and Clan Ghost Bear.

===Historical Turning Points===
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Antallos]]'': The [[3067]] fighting on [[Antallos]] between [[Clan Snow Raven]] and the local [[pirates]].
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Galtor]]'': The [[3025]] [[Battle of Galtor (3025)|Battle of Galtor]] between the [[Federated Suns]] and the Draconis Combine. Based on the old ''[[The Galtor Campaign]]'' scenario pack.
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Glengarry]]'': The [[3056]] battle between [[Free Skye]] rebels and the [[Gray Death Legion]] during the [[Second Skye Rebellion]].
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Luzerne]]'': The [[3059]] battle on [[Luzerne]] between the [[Second Star League]] and [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]].
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Mallory's World]]'': The [[3013]] and [[3016]] battles on [[Mallory's World]] between the Draconis Combine and the Federated Suns (including the [[Kell Hounds]]).
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Misery]]'': The [[3028]] [[Battle of Misery]] between [[Wolf's Dragoons]] and the Draconis Combine.
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: New Dallas]]'': The battles on [[New Dallas]] during the [[Star League Civil War]], the [[First Succession War]], and the [[Jihad]].
* ''[[Historical Turning Points: Tortuga]]'': The [[3076]] battle between the [[Filtvelt Coalition]] and the [[Tortuga Dominions]] on [[Tortuga Prime]].

===Jihad Turning Points===
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Atreus]]''
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Dieron]]'': The nine-year occupation of [[Dieron]] by the Word of Blake.
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Hesperus II]]'': The battle on [[Hesperus II]] between the [[Lyran Alliance]] and the Word of Blake as part of their [[Operation: Steel Hammer]] campaign.
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Luthien]]'': The three-way battle on [[Luthien]] between the [[Word of Blake]], [[Draconis Combine]], and ''[[Kokuryu-kai]]'' rebels.
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]''
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Sian]]''
* ''[[Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad]]''

===Operational Turning Points===
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Death to Mercenaries]]'': The [[Fourth Succession War]] feud between Wolf's Dragoons and the Draconis Combine that was sparked by the Battle of Misery. Arguably a sequel to ''Historical Turning Points: Misery''.
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion]]'': The [[Jade Falcon Incursion (3058)|Jade Falcon Incursion]] of [[3058]].
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials]]'': The Clan Trials to determine the participants in [[Operation REVIVAL]], and [[The Hellion's Fury]] campaign which followed.
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: The Red Corsair]]'': The Kell Hounds and elements from [[Clan Wolf]] versus a [[Clan]]-backed "pirate" group; known as the [[Red Corsair]] campaign of [[3055]].
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption]]'': The death of [[Nicholas Kerensky]] in [[2834]] and the subsequent Absorption of [[Clan Widowmaker]] by [[Clan Wolf]].
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Capellan Crusades]]'' : Three year war ([[3111]]-[[3113]]) between the [[Republic of the Sphere]] and the [[Capellan Confederation]] in which the newborn nation fights to fend off a vengeful House Liao attempting to reclaim worlds that were once part of the Confederation.
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Fronc Reaches]]'' : Set in the early [[Dark Age Era]] in [[3088]], this highlights the campaign of the [[Colonial Marshals]] attempting to expunge pirates who prey on the [[Fronc Reaches]] now that the distraction of the chaotic [[Jihad]] War has larger nations aiming to exterminate them.
* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade]]'' : In [[3140]], the [[Escorpión Imperio]] invades the [[Hanseatic League]] in a campaign to conqueror the [[Deep Periphery]] nation.

===Other===
* ''[[Third League Turning Points: Free Taiw...St. Ives]]'': A [[canon|noncanonical]] [[w:April Fools|April Fools]] product in the fashion of the ''Historical Turning Points'', ostensibly set in 3226 during the "Third League Era".

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