Author Topic: Upcoming Releases XVII: Licensed to IlClan (Read 138314 times)

Sharpnel · « **on:** 29 July 2020, 01:10:51 »

Stealing SteelRaven's suggestion

Luciora · « **Reply #1 on:** 29 July 2020, 01:28:14 »

NO SLEEP TIL TERRA!

SteelRaven · « **Reply #2 on:** 29 July 2020, 01:32:46 »

ANS Kamas P81 · « **Reply #3 on:** 29 July 2020, 01:39:32 »

Quote from: SteelRaven on 29 July 2020, 01:32:46

Beatboxbot proves he is the illest of Clans.

More seriously: The fourth Recognition Guide is due up Friday, and what are the other books again? Might as well start this topic off on topic!

ravensword · « **Reply #4 on:** 29 July 2020, 01:49:24 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 29 July 2020, 01:39:32

More seriously: The fourth Recognition Guide is due up Friday, and what are the other books again? Might as well start this topic off on topic!

Rock of the Republic is out now, at least for Kindle.

TRO: Golden Century and the POD of ED: Golden Century are also scheduled for Friday.

Next week we see what the Scorpions have been up to with TP: Hanseatic Crusade.

rebs · « **Reply #5 on:** 29 July 2020, 02:16:50 »

Huzzah! for the Scorpions. May they spread the Goliath Scorpion to many new worlds.

Takiro · « **Reply #6 on:** 29 July 2020, 04:54:52 »

Quote from: ravensword on 29 July 2020, 01:49:24

TRO: Golden Century and the POD of ED: Golden Century are also scheduled for Friday.

Next week we see what the Scorpions have been up to with TP: Hanseatic Crusade.

Oh very nice!

Cubby · « **Reply #7 on:** 29 July 2020, 05:59:12 »

Rock of the Republic should be widely available now. I’ll be posting links later today.

mbear · « **Reply #8 on:** 29 July 2020, 06:15:14 »

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 29 July 2020, 01:39:32

Beatboxbot proves he is the illest of Clans.

Briefly I thought that was a Matador. Wow do I need some sleep.

Quote from: ANS Kamas P81 on 29 July 2020, 01:39:32

More seriously: The fourth Recognition Guide is due up Friday, and what are the other books again? Might as well start this topic off on topic!

So I'm going to wait until TRO: GC is out to pick up Spotlight On: Thermo Police and the other new TTS entry. What do you all think of SO & TTS? Haven't heard anything yet.

Fat Guy · « **Reply #9 on:** 29 July 2020, 06:18:15 »

Rock of the Republic is a good read. :thumbsup:

The sneak peek at Honor's Gauntlet has me looking forward to it.

hf22 · « **Reply #10 on:** 29 July 2020, 06:30:32 »

Quote from: Fat Guy on 29 July 2020, 06:18:15

Rock of the Republic is a good read. :thumbsup:

Blaine wasn't kidding in the acknowledgements about this one being for those, who like Stone, might have slept through everything which happened during the Dark Age novels. Quite an info dump to start!

Wrangler · « **Reply #11 on:** 29 July 2020, 06:52:36 »

Google books have failed me again, i'm unable to get my stupid app read the book after buying it. Like SECOND BattleTech book i bought through them that it won't read. (sigh). Same thing happened to the Divided We Fall too. I can only read it on Google browser vs on my phone's google books. I've tested two separate devices, it's the file.

Anyways, i'm looking forward to TRO: Golden Century. Hopefully i can afford it and printed version. xp

Dragon Cat · « **Reply #12 on:** 29 July 2020, 07:27:33 »

Touring the Stars Kaumberg is great for those that haven't got it it's worth it.

It details Kaumberg (no surprises there) and how its ruled like the others do and how the world fits uniquely into the universe. From standing up to the Rim Worlds raiders, to dealing with the Succession Wars, the FedCom Civil War and Jihad and then the Archonette backlash that followed a decent read.

I find it amusing that the original House of Lords on Kaumberg who ruled the world originally each ruled for 5 years before another was elected. That same Kaumberg was the world tasked with tracking down and eliminating the Democracy Now movement.

While I know that the House of Lords each were born into the position the fact that they shared responsibility for the world is cool. Same with defence of the world given that the KPG are made up of elements of all the Lords forces. The world also has a decent sized navy which is given as part of the product i.e number of cutters, frigates, aircraft carriers etc.

I also like that they've sort of self assumed responsibility to help the worlds around them with the KPG deploying to help because House Steiner uses its main regiments to face off against its more powerful neighbours on other borders.

And the cherry ontop multiple variants of industrial/primitive Mechs. Well well worth it.

Herb (and the others involved), I really enjoyed this one thank you.

Agathos · « **Reply #13 on:** 29 July 2020, 07:33:16 »

Quote from: hf22 on 29 July 2020, 06:30:32

for those, who like Stone, who might have slept through everything which happened during the Dark Age novels.

How dare you compare me to Devlin Stone. ;)

NeonKnight · « **Reply #14 on:** 29 July 2020, 08:00:33 »

I COME TO BE ILKAT!

LightGuard · « **Reply #15 on:** 29 July 2020, 08:21:46 »

Quote from: mbear on 29 July 2020, 06:15:14

Briefly I thought that was a Matador. Wow do I need some sleep.

So I'm going to wait until TRO: GC is out to pick up Spotlight On: Thermo Police and the other new TTS entry. What do you all think of SO & TTS? Haven't heard anything yet.

Dragon Cat has a great review

SO: Thermo Police is awesome as well, highly recommended.

The whole book, from their beginnings as a planetary police force that was built to navigate the extensive caverns on Coyle, through the Fall of the Star League, pirates, the Succession Wars, and on to the Clan era and beyond, flows really well.

I'm having a hard time NOT spoiling the book because it's just that good, but keep an eye out for the planet that "worships" the unit, and Thomas Cable.

The fact the Raven Alliance keeps them on, and even expands their ranks, gives me hope for a post-ilClan future where older outfits don't go away, they just get upgraded.

This product finally gives us a WHM-6Rk Warhammer record sheet as well.

Dragon Cat · « **Reply #16 on:** 29 July 2020, 08:32:05 »

Quote from: LightGuard on 29 July 2020, 08:21:46

Dragon Cat has a great review

SO: Thermo Police is awesome as well, highly recommended.

The whole book, from their beginnings as a planetary police force that was built to navigate the extensive caverns on Coyle, through the Fall of the Star League, pirates, the Succession Wars, and on to the Clan era and beyond, flows really well.

I'm having a hard time NOT spoiling the book because it's just that good, but keep an eye out for the planet that "worships" the unit, and Thomas Cable.

The fact the Raven Alliance keeps them on, and even expands their ranks, gives me hope for a post-ilClan future where older outfits don't go away, they just get upgraded.

This product finally gives us a WHM-6Rk Warhammer record sheet as well.

Yeah I bought that too, great product as well.

Thermo Police is a quirky unit that is a great addition some of the pilot "officer" dossiers are great as well, their call signs, the humanitarian mission to save people from an earthquake/tsunami was brilliant as well it reminded me of a story in one of the TROs of two Clan Battle Armour troopers who used their flamers to cut a firebreak and save a settlement from a natural fire.

Again thanks to the writers you did a great job with this one

EDIT the Krieghund sounds AWESOME!! I don't know if they've come up before but I want one!

Colt Ward · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 July 2020, 09:15:17 »

So the sneak peak on the Vision Quest was pretty interesting, folks were talking about but this-

'If it had all that, why did this 'mech die out? Just to make way for the OmniMech?' from rebs I think is going to be a big refrain.

So to kick it around . . . think of how they explained what happened to some of the early Omnis even. Like Tokasha, it was building the Corvis and Corvis Omni, but when the Bears took it away, they stopped production and shifted it to something else. Or the Dire Wolf, developed by the Wolves but they lost the rights to produce the design in a Trial against the Jaguars . . . and made it up by winning the right to production from a factory on SM IIRC.

I think we are likely to see some convoluted Clan politics be the core of why a lot of these designs were no longer in production- and remember a lot of the designs we got in 3060 & 3067 as secondline designs were not in production (or just put back in production for the Invasion) but they could and most likely still were present. FREX, the Vision Quest sounds awful Nova Cat-ty (esp w/ that paintjob) . . . if you were a Jag Khan wanting to make a point when the Cats rolled out their new flagship heavy, what better way than to Trial for the right to produce the design. Win and then automatically consign it to a databank . . . it wastes all the time and effort the Cats put into the design, and is a very embarrassing episode.

PsylockeSmythe · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 July 2020, 10:09:14 »

Quote from: Cubby on 29 July 2020, 05:59:12

Rock of the Republic should be widely available now. I’ll be posting links later today.

It looks like it made it to Amazon's POD yesterday evening. Got my copy ordered and should have it on Monday.

Psy

Sartris · « **Reply #19 on:** 29 July 2020, 10:14:56 »

sneaky. got it and the dtf of shrapnel

pfarland · « **Reply #20 on:** 29 July 2020, 10:36:27 »

Quote from: hf22 on 29 July 2020, 06:30:32

Blaine wasn't kidding in the acknowledgements about this one being for those, who like Stone, might have slept through everything which happened during the Dark Age novels. Quite an info dump to start!

THANK GOD! I've TRIED to read the DA novels. I really have. Tried one, couldn't finish. Tried two more, still couldn't finish. Damn, some were absolutely sleepers (in the bad way).

Wrangler · « **Reply #21 on:** 29 July 2020, 10:59:31 »

The Sleeper has awaken? (runs)

Colt Ward · « **Reply #22 on:** 29 July 2020, 11:10:31 »

Quote from: pfarland on 29 July 2020, 10:36:27

THANK GOD! I've TRIED to read the DA novels. I really have. Tried one, couldn't finish. Tried two more, still couldn't finish. Damn, some were absolutely sleepers (in the bad way).

Then you probably tried some of the first ones. The later half they went with established BT authors although they did have to pay more attention to the mechanics of the MWDA game and some of its rules.

pfarland · « **Reply #23 on:** 29 July 2020, 11:13:00 »

Quote from: Colt Ward on 29 July 2020, 11:10:31

Then you probably tried some of the first ones. The later half they went with established BT authors although they did have to pay more attention to the mechanics of the MWDA game and some of its rules.

Pretty much. Any helpful hints to which ones are actually readable (and important)?

ravensword · « **Reply #24 on:** 29 July 2020, 11:37:01 »

Out of the first batch, Ghost War (the first one) is a fun read, but it's not extremely relevant to the overarching plot.

Wrangler · « **Reply #25 on:** 29 July 2020, 11:42:11 »

We should take this to another thread. However, if pressed to asked for key moments for characters and the Dark Age as whole, i'd say; Ghost Wars, A Call to Arms, Scorpion Jar, Flight of the Falcon, Blood of the Isle, Swords of Sedition, Fortress Republic Wolf Hunters, Masters of War, A Rending of Falcons, Fire At Will, Last Charge, Ride the Chimera. Bonfire of Worlds as well.

There very readable books i didn't list but their not defining turning points. I didn't list the Proving Ground trilogy only because of readability... however, they were an important part.

Colt Ward · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 July 2020, 11:47:44 »

Ghost War (#1) is slow b/c its a setting building book, A Call to Arms (#2), By Temptations & By War, I enjoyed Patriots Stand but its a BT version of Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven redux (though it introduces current Hansen's Roughriders and a look at Galatea), Flight of the Falcon (#10, by Milan), Fortress Republic (#18), and from #18 on you generally get good stuff that built what we are using right now.

Proving Grounds is probably one of those he read- or Ruins of Paper (Power really) . . . but yeah, Wrangler beat me to a lot of it. You get the Falcon desant arc, Republic's VSD funeral & Fortress arc, Caleb's ascension, Lyran Operation Hammerfall & Crusader Wolf move, and the rebirth of the League arcs. Bonfire wraps up a lot of it and paves the way for ER/FM3145.

HABeas2 · « **Reply #27 on:** 29 July 2020, 12:07:43 »

Quote from: Dragon Cat on 29 July 2020, 07:27:33

Herb (and the others involved), I really enjoyed this one thank you.

Thank YOU! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

- Herb

Cubby · « **Reply #28 on:** 29 July 2020, 20:01:01 »

Rock of the Republic by Blaine Lee Pardoe is now available in e-book and print-on-demand format!

E-Book: https://books2read.com/BattleTechRockoftheRepublic
Print on Demand: https://www.amazon.com/BattleTech-Rock-Republic-Novella/dp/1947335294

FAR FROM HOME…

Exarch Devlin Stone, hero of the Word of Blake Jihad and architect of the Republic of the Sphere, has returned to Terra only to find his beloved nation under siege and in danger of breaking apart. As threats bear down on the Republic from all sides, Stone and his inner circle must move fast to bolster Terra’s defenses from all who seek to conquer the birthplace of humanity.

However, not all of his allies have heeded Stone’s call to arms. Former Exarch Damien Redburn, who left Terra to defend the Republic’s borders from the rapacious Clan Wolf, was cut off when the walls of Fortress Republic rose. Without support or reinforcements, Redburn, the Fidelis, and Countess Tara Campbell’s Highlanders have held the line against the Wolves for years, but the never-ending campaign has pushed all of them to their breaking points. Is Stone’s return genuine, or a carefully crafted hoax? Can Redburn be brought back into the fold, or has he gone rogue for good? In the end, Stone, Redburn, and their allies must each decide their path before tensions can erupt in a clash that could shake the very foundation of the Republic.

rebs · « **Reply #29 on:** 29 July 2020, 20:04:04 »

Sounds most impressive! Can't wait to read it.