The Kapteyn Universe is Back!
Thirteen years ago I started writing a story that turned into a PBEM and then a huge alternate universe setting for BattleTech. Dozens of people were involved over the years, and now I am working to publish our universe as a coherent whole.
What is the Kapteyn Universe?
This is an alternate timeline story starting from 3022, which rewrites the lead up too, and outbreak of the 4th Succession War. It is based on the side bar on page 57 of the original House Marik Sourcebook, but quickly diverges into an alternate reaction by ComStar and the Kapteyn powers. I had an epiphany that started with the question “What if…”. What if Marik, Kurita, and Liao had struck first, before Davion and Steiner were ready, all manipulated by ComStar.
For the Clans, the premise was "What of Andery Kerensky lived?" and how could all twenty Clans survive down to the present day? This meant creating new events, but coming back to key touch points of canon along the way, making for a familiar, but very different set of Clans for the KU.
What is Coming for the KU?
Over the next few months, I'll be posting the story as a PDF and the sourcebooks of the universe as well, before getting into new stories set in the KU.
If you prefer reading the story via a thread and seeing the conversation that went with it, you can view it here:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,60667.0.htmlThe product list is below and I'll update it as each sourcebook is published over the coming weeks and months, along with a brief synopsis of each book here in the thread.
To access the published materials, use this link
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/68p8roygnszkdw4s83rtb/h?rlkey=hqj6s2oeu8faa4g6ejzilzkpc&dl=0NovelsKU-A The Other Option: Kapteyn’s First Strike
KU-B The Other Option: Kerensky’s Lost Hope
KU-C The Other Option: Cameron’s Dream
SourcebooksKU-01 The Fourth Succession War
KU-02 Inner Sphere Supplemental
KU-03 Field Manual: Clans
KU-04 Field Report: Terran Hegemony
KU-05 Field Report: Federated Suns
KU-06 Field Report: Lyran Commonwealth
KU-07 Field Report: Minor Powers
KU-08 Field Report: Capellan Confederation
KU-00 Field Report: Periphery
KU-10 Field Report: Draconis Combine
KU-11 Field Report: Free Worlds League KU-12 Inner Sphere Supplemental II
KU-12 Field Report: Loyalist Clans
KU-14 Field Report: Crusader Clans
KU-13 Field Report: Warden Clans
KU-16 Field Report: Unaligned Clans
Want to Chat about the KU?
You can do that here, or come and join the new KU Discord
https://discord.gg/YjHSU3PSyM