LSI ATEEHTCNCLRAOT 3026 READOUT: TECHNICAL CLASSIC BATTLETECH

The year is 3026 and war has ravaged the thousands of worlds of the Inner Sphere for centuries. Successor Lords send clashing armies to conquer their neighbors and re-establish the long-lost Star League. Though the BattleMech is the king of the battlefield, it is supported by a much vaster array of conventional vehicles that fight every where from premier border worlds to the back waters of beyond. When in the hands of an experienced field commander, even a BattleMech must be leery when facing a company of tanks.

This revised edition of the original Technical Readout: 3026 features the most common military vehicles of the Succession Wars. Additionally, this volumeSample contains nineteenfile vehicles, aerospace fighters, DropShips and JumpShips mentioned in the fictional context of the BattleTech universe but never before presented in a technical readout. •• 10992 Sample file CONTENTS 2

INTRODUCTION 4-5 LOST DESIGNS INTRODUCTION 88-89 VEHICLE INTRODUCTION 6-7 Darter Scout Car 90-91 Ferret Light Scout VTOL 8-9 Marten Scout VTOL 92-93 Savannah Master Hovercraft 10-11 Cobra Transport VTOL 94-95 Armored Personnel Carriers 12-13 Daimyo HQ 67-K 96-97 Armored Personnel Carriers Cont. 14-15 Starfire 98-99 Guardian Fighter 16-17 Deathstalker 100-101 Skulker Wheeled Scout Tank 18-19 Typhoon-A 102-103 Warrior H-7 Attack Helicopter 20-21 Aquarius and Lyonesse 104-105 Harasser Missile Platform 22-23 Vampire 106-107 J. Edgar Light Hover Tank 24-25 Manatee 108-109 Scorpion Light Tank 26-27 Vulture 110-111 Sea Skimmer Hydrofoil 28-29 Pentagon 112-113 Karnov UR Transport 30-31 Dictator 114-115 Hunter Light Support Tank 32-33 Cargomaster 116-117 Pegasus Scout Hover Tank 34-35 Cargoking 118-119 Saladin Assault Hover Tank 36-37 Model 96 “Elephant”Tug 120-121 Saracen Medium Hover Tank 38-39 Colossus 122-123 Scimitar Medium Hover Tank 40-41 Explorer 124-125 © 2003-2005 WizKids Inc. All Rights Reserved. Striker Light Tank 42-43 Quetzalcoatl-Scout 126-127 Classic BattleTech Technical Readout: 3026, Revised, Classic BattleTech, BattleTech, ’Mech, BattleMech, Engineering Vehicle 44-45 AeroTech 2, and WK Games are registered trade- Hetzer Wheeled Assault Gun 46-47 marks and/or trademarks of WizKids, Inc. in the Goblin Medium Tank 48-49 United States and/or other countries. No part of this ’Mechbuster 50-51 work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, Condor Heavy Hover Tank 52-53 or transmitted in any form or by any means, without Drillson Heavy Hover Tank 54-55 Sample file the prior permission in writing of the Copyright Owner, Maxim Heavy Hover Transport 56-57 nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than Planetliftr Air Transport 58-59 that in which it is published. Printed in the USA. Vedette Medium Tank 60-61 Bulldog Medium Tank 62-63 Version 1.0, February 2005, based on first printing, Hi-Scout Drone Carrier 64-65 with additional corrections. Light/SRM Carrier 66-67 Manticore Heavy Tank 68-69 Published by FanPro LLC • 1608 N. Milwaukee • Suite Pike Support Vehicle 70-71 1005 • Chicago, IL 60647 Monitor Naval Vessel 72-73 Demolisher Heat Tank 74-75 Find us online: Partisan Heavy Tank 76-77 [email protected] (e-mail address for any Classic BattleTech questions) Schrek PPC Carrier 78-79 http://www.mwdarkage.com (official MechWarrior: SturmFeur Heavy Tank 80-81 Dark Age web pages) Ontos Heavy Tank 82-83 http://www.classicbattletech.com (official Classic Behemoth Heavy Tank 84-85 BattleTech web pages) Neptune Submarine 86-87 http://www.fanprogames.com (FanPro web pages) http://www.wizkidsgames.com (WizKids web pages) http://www.studio2publishing.com (online ordering) CREDITS 3

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TECHNICAL READOUT: 3026 TECHNICAL READOUT: 3026 Special Thanks ORIGINAL EDITION REVISED EDITION To Øystein Tvedten for translating the text and game stats out of the Heavy Metal Plus program for Writing & Design Additional Writing & Design this book; the original files were hopelessly corrupt. Kevin Stein Herb Beas To Jeff Morgan, Rich Cencarik, Paul Bowman, Sam Lewis Warner Doles Paul Sjardijn, Øystein Tvedten and David McCulloch David L. McCulloch for catching those final errors. Development Drew Williams To Rick Raisley and all those who’ve helped to Sam Lewis develop the Heavy Metal series of programs; my job Product Development would’ve been much more difficult without such an Editorial Staff Randall N. Bills amazing resource to call upon. Editor-in-Chief To Doug Chaffee, who once again was happy to L. Ross Babcock III Product Editing work for me and to bring another series of stunning Senior Editor Michelle Lyons naval illustrations to the BattleTech universe. Donna Ippolito To Duane Loose, whose interior illustrations and Editor BattleTech Line Developer cover art, even after seventeen years, still rocks! Todd Huettel Randall N. Bills

Production Staff Production Staff Production Managers Art Direction Jordan K. Weisman Randall N. Bills Tara Gallagher Cover Art Art Director Duane LooseSample file Dana Knutson Cover Design Cover Art Jason Vargas Duane Loose Layout Vehicle Design and Illustration Jason Vargas Duane Loose Illustrations Equipment Design and Illustration Doug Chaffee Steve Venters Duane Loose Typesetting and Layout Chris Lewis Tara Gallagher Pasteup Todd F. Marsh INTRODUCTION 4

Though it has been almost ten years since we uploaded the revised version of the document Technical Readout: 3025, both Dragoon warriors and Wolfnet personnel have commented on its usefulness as well as its accuracy as compared with the original ComStar document. As stated in that document, though obsolete by previous standards, any warrior foolish enough to discount the potency of the ’Mechs found with in that volume deserves a forgotten grave. In a similar vein, select Wolfnet personnel have diligently compiled a report of the various inaccuracies found in the ComStar document Technical Readout: 3026. That report has been painstakingly folding into the original ComStar document, allowing us to present the most accurate report of its kind on the common vehicles of the Succession Wars era. Additionally, this edition contains information on numerous units that previously have not received much attention in modern class rooms or military planning ses- sions. We extend our thanks to both ComStar for opening its archives, and our own personnel for continuing their exhaustive, diligent research after the Word of Blake sealed those archives once more. Their efforts were invaluable in obtaining this information. Though most of these vehicles ceased production centuries ago (some even before the founding of the original Star League), they can and will still surface from time to time; the unearthing of twin Colossus-class DropShips within the last fifty or so years after all were thought destroyed is proof of that fact. A warrior or agent that wishes to remain alive would do well not to be surprised by the sudden appearance of such “lost” designs. Though a few of these “lost” designs are still rolling off the factory floor (noted in their appropriate briefs) the vast majority have long ceased production and even circulation.

—Major-General Margaret Tulliver Deputy Director, Wolfnet 8 August 3067

GAME NOTES Most of the vehicles in this book are fully compatible with the Vehicle Construction rules found in the Classic BattleTech Master Rules, Revised (BMR); in an effort to not invalidate any extent record sheets, those vehicles within this volume which do not adhere to the Vehicle Construction rules in the BMR are considered ‘grandfa- thered in’ and are legal Level 1 designs (the only exceptions is the Engineering Vehicle and Hi-Scout Drone Carrier, which are considered Level 3; rules for using that vehicle are found in Maximum Tech, Revised). To use these vehicles, players will need the Vehicles rules found in the BMR. The aerospace units in this book can be used with the AeroTech 2 (AT2) game and are fully compatible with that book’s construction rules. Sample file INTRODUCTION 5

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