Favorite BT-Fiction Typo?

[Mechman08]

Found mine while reading Blood of Heroes for the first time.

Faced with the prospect of having to leave a crippled Lance-mate behind or have his whole force trapped, we get this gem from Alex Carlyle.

“That’s not an option, damn it,” Alex growled, thinking was just the kind of situation every MechWarrior dreaded.”

Ah yes, thinking.  Every Mechwarrior’s true fear. 


Y’all have any other good ones to share?

[Pistol Pete]

LOL.

My next Mechwarrior is going to be named "Derp Diggler" in honor of this typo.

[Col Toda]

I think it was something like a Star League Catch with X amount of tons of PPC  ammo .

[Syzyx]

I think it was something like a Star League Catch with X amount of tons of PPC  ammo .

Ah, yes. The Galtor Campaign and its 1,000 tons of PPC ammo as the prize.

[jasonf]

Probably the SLS Tripitz...
https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Tripitz_Affair

Which was almost certainly named after this warship:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz

Plus, it's a canonized typo, so it's not going anywhere.

[Mechman08]

Ah, yes. The Galtor Campaign and its 1,000 tons of PPC ammo as the prize.

I’m not familiar with the campaign in question, but “1000 tons of PPC ammo” sounds like a creative way to reclassify 1000 tons of fusion engine when haggling salvage rights…

[Maingunnery]

I’m not familiar with the campaign in question, but “1000 tons of PPC ammo” sounds like a creative way to reclassify 1000 tons of fusion engine when haggling salvage rights…

Or a way to describe large containers of PPC (beverage).

[Syzyx]

So I actually looked it up for the purpose of a page reference and noticed I was a little wrong. The Galtor Campaign (FASA1613) p. 10 has a fluff box report from the AFFS about what's been found on Galtor and it includes the entry: PPC Loads 2,100 tons. Another fascinating entry is: 1 quarter-unit of fusion generating power 20,200 tons. Whatever that means.

[Lorcan Nagle]

The ebook of Heir to the Dragon renders Michi-kun as "Michigan" in one chapter. I keep meaning to submit an errata for it.

[Rob Bendig]

The ebook of Heir to the Dragon renders Michi-kun as "Michigan" in one chapter. I keep meaning to submit an errata for it.

LOL - When I read that, I just thought that Michigan was his real name and everyone used his nickname Michi.

[Lorcan Nagle]

LOL - When I read that, I just thought that Michigan was his real name and everyone used his name Michi.

A friend of mine thought the same which is why I went looking, and pulled out my RoC reprint copy to check the passage there.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

"Grant Titan."

[Mechman08]

The earlier quoted error in Blood of Heroes chapter 1 remains my favorite, but this one that happens in chapter 8 while McCall is reminiscing about old friends stopped me cold.

Other names, other feces came to mind.

[Euphonium]

So I actually looked it up for the purpose of a page reference and noticed I was a little wrong. The Galtor Campaign (FASA1613) p. 10 has a fluff box report from the AFFS about what's been found on Galtor and it includes the entry: PPC Loads 2,100 tons. Another fascinating entry is: 1 quarter-unit of fusion generating power 20,200 tons. Whatever that means.

I can't remember where I read it, but I have a vague memory of seeing this explained as 1 "unit" of fusion generating power was enough fusion plant to power an average BT world, so a quarter unit would be the parts to build enough fusion plants to supply 25% of the average planet's power needs.

[Mendrugo]

From the first printing of TRO: 3058’s Alacorn entry, which apparently got mangled at the printer’s.  It praises the tank’s “derastative repower” rather than its devastating firepower.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Sounds like the person writing the entry had been a little too dedicated to calibrating the tracks.

[ANS Kamas P81]

There's also the warship named Flatus instead of Fiatus.  That one was a real gas.