Upcoming Releases Volume XV: Pitter Patter Let's Get At'er

[Gus]

One rather interesting thing from RS:Clan Invasion: The page that describes the BattleTech eras gives us the name and logo of the era following the Dark Age:

IlClan

The logo is a daggerstar.

There is a blurb of information that doesn't tell us anything we don't already know

 :thumbsup:

[Empyrus]

Cool!

EDIT Wait, that isn't an april fools, is it?

[Sartris]

can confirm it's there

[jimdigris]

I'm more concerned about the information in the introduction to the TRO: Jihad.

[Sartris]

After the time and resources poured into the current timeline, I don’t see 3250 being the now any time soon

[Empyrus]

To me, it doesn't look like there's gonna be a time-jump per se, rather that stuff is getting framed from a later POV, telling "how we got here". I mean, IlClan era is 3151+, not 3151-3250 or 3250+.

[Sartris]

it provides historical distance without it becoming the past - for example, 3050U's new intro was from 3071 - present at the time, but now another view from the past. 3250 gives you a stable view, not unlike us looking back at the Great War and 19th century conflicts from 2020.

also it gives tptb another tool to toy with us

[Daryk]

I'll continue to take anything and everything pre-3049 TPTB will give us.

[Stormlion1]

I think TPTB are using a historical perspective to show a viewpoint like they once used Comstar notes like they did previously.

[SteelRaven]

... just noticed it, how long has Battlerun 2: The Quest for the Thing been on the CGL store?

[Sartris]

it's the april fools' day thing so not long

[Weirdo]

Battlerun 2: The Quest for the Thing

BaWHAT?!?

*scrambles for the CGL store*

[Kit deSummersville]

Yeah, Jonas Hadry put it on his Facebook page but I haven't seen it anywhere here....

Cubby's probably back-logged yet again, poor guy.  :-\

[Dragon Cat]

Thank you to those involved in this product and others like it.

I haven't even gotten through the first few pages yet and already had a couple of chuckles.

"Roll a D20" lol

[LightGuard]

I will admit, I got a dark chuckle out of the Hatchetman quiz question. RIP my copy of Cybertechnology.

BRII:TQFTT is amazing. It needs publishing to DTRPG so I can throw another $10 at it because it's just as entertaining for me as the BT Coloring Book.

[Dmon]

Will Battlerun 2: The Quest for the Thing  be getting put on DrivethruRPG?

[NeonKnight]

Will Battlerun 2: The Quest for the Thing  be getting put on DrivethruRPG?

It's on Catalyst Store:

https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battlerun-ii-the-quest-for-the-thing

[NeonKnight]

Jee-willikers...I'm not even a single page in, and this is one my favorite lines so far:

She melted in his grasp like a curvy, sexy scoop of ice cream.

[Weirdo]

You get the feeling the writers were greatly enjoying making this? :)

[Mendrugo]

You get the feeling the writers were greatly enjoying making this? :)

I’m feeling the same vibe as “Alternate Chapter Six” and “Clan Moose und Squirrel”

[Gaiiten]

Well, after a TRO: Jihad a TRO: Wars of Reaving would be very, very appreciated.

[Empyrus]

Well, after a TRO: Jihad a TRO: Wars of Reaving would be very, very appreciated.

TRO Wars of Reaving would be largely pointless, since 'Mechs used by the Home Clans should be mostly covered by previous TROs.

And post-WoR Home Clans are currently effectively put on a bus for now.

[Gaiiten]

TRO Wars of Reaving would be largely pointless, since 'Mechs used by the Home Clans should be mostly covered by previous TROs.

And post-WoR Home Clans are currently effectively put on a bus for now.

So far there have not been published any new designs the Home Clans might have developed / produced during the WoR.
There should have been quite a number, because quite a many production site and logistic chans were disrupted / destroyed.

[Empyrus]

So far there have not been published any new designs the Home Clans might have developed / produced during the WoR.
There should have been quite a number, because quite a many production site and logistic chans were disrupted / destroyed.

On the contrary, the destruction and disruption will have prevented new designs until after the War (the Clans are a bit slower at developing new things than the Spheroids anyhow).
At least i'm pretty sure nothing in WoR book implied new variants or even new 'Mechs were a thing, the Society Omnis and
ProtoMechs aside.

[GreekFire]

There weer a ton of variants and configs that appeared during the Wars of Reaving, but like Empyrus said, investing resources in creating new designs (especially when half of the Scientists were straight-up revolting) would seem somewhat out of place considering the heavy logistical problems every Clan was facing.

From an Out of Universe perspective, creating a TRO:Wars of Reaving seems like it'd be be a bad direction to direct new players in; it's a fun conflict, yes, but it mostly involves secondary factions in a secondary setting that leads to, what remains for now, a narrative dead-end.

I think it'd be smarter to move straight to a TRO:Dark Age, maaaaybe with a TRO:Republic is there are too many units to fit into one TRO.

[Empyrus]

TRO DA/Republic is a bit tricky since the primary DA TROs are already split into two volumes (3145 and 3150). Though i suppose knocking out all vehicles and other units would allow condensing them to one volume?
And if there's space, throw in some TRO Prototypes units, maybe.

[GreekFire]

TRO DA/Republic is a bit tricky since the primary DA TROs are already split into two volumes (3145 and 3150). Though i suppose knocking out all vehicles and other units would allow condensing them to one volume?
And if there's space, throw in some TRO Prototypes units, maybe.

Oh yeah, forgot about Prototypes. With that and TRO:3085 I guess there might really be a need for a Republic-era book, then.

[Empyrus]

TRO Prototypes has a lot of advanced variants, fewer completely new units, so it might not be terribly relevant.

[Sartris]

most of the IS units in prototypes are up-teched variants apart from the Dola (WoB tech stolen by the CC), Pendragon, and the industrials. the clan side has mostly new units - Stinger IIC, Incubus, II, Beowulf IIC, Mad Cat III, and Thunderbolt IIC.

for me, periodization is a slight problem. Clan Invasion and Jihad run 3049-3062, and 3067-3085, respectively. going 3085-3140 (latest 3145/50 intro date for a non-superheavy quad) stretches coverage a little long. But it's not nearly as bad as Succession Wars that has 500 years of history all speaking in the present tense.

smartly selected, you could use the units to tell the story of the rise and fall of the republic. or at least get to the blackout

[Adrian Gideon]

TRO Wars of Reaving isn’t a thing and isn’t going to happen.