Shrapnel: Year One: A BattleTech Magazine Omnibus by A BattleTech Magazine Omnibus

Author:A BattleTech Magazine Omnibus [Retail]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pulse Publishing

COMMANDER’S CALL

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

Happy holidays, MechWarriors! And by holidays, I of course mean Star League Day: 27 December, an annual remembrance of the assassination of First Lord Richard Cameron in 2766, which kicked off the Amaris Coup, saw the Clans’ ancestors flee the Inner Sphere in 2784, and ultimately led to the Succession Wars exploding in 2786, which ravaged the Inner Sphere for nearly two and a half centuries. Everyone, be they Inner Sphere or Clan, has their own way of celebrating the holidays, and BattleTech is no different. How do you celebrate Star League Day?

Hopefully the holiday-themed content in this issue will help. First up we have a “Voices of the Sphere” article, showing what Star League Day means to people from various nations around the Inner Sphere. Then get ready to save the VIP of a mysterious DropShip in “ReinDeer Down,” a holiday scenario by Daniel Isberner, or you can help the Clans take out some of their own Star League Day frustrations on Spheroid terrorists in Tom Stanley’s scenario “Order through Strength.”

And there are plenty more gifts in this issue! In addition to Part 3 of Michael Stackpole’s four-part Kell Hounds serial, Lance Scarinci shows us a BattleMech from the perspective of younger eyes in “The Metal Man,” and Blaine Lee Pardoe gives us a personal tale of revenge in “Waylon’s War.” Craig A. Reed, Jr.’s story “Laws Are Silent,” a stand-alone follow-up to the BattleCorps story “Thirteen,” continues the tale of a haunted Lyran Zeus pilot, and longtime BattleTech novelist Loren L. Coleman brings us a tale from the Cracked Canopy (and a sneak peek at the upcoming BattleTech Initiative Deck!) in “The Razor’s Edge of Opportunity.” Newcomer David Smith’s story “Doc Bens” features an unusual unit commander, and rounding out the fiction for this issue is “The Secret Fox” by Bryan Young, author of Honor’s Gauntlet and “The Lions of Prezno” in the Battle of Tukayyid short story series (both of which are available at store.catalystgamelabs.com).

For game-related content beyond the holiday-themed items mentioned above, we have a look at the Inner Sphere Clans’ annual post-Wars of Reaving tradition in “The Great Reavings,” a unit digest for the SLDF’s Chicago Division, and a detailed look at various pistols from around the Inner Sphere. The technical readout entry for the Thunder Stallion 4 is an in-memoriam tribute to “Avenging Annie” Dalmas, but the message from the “Prince of Skye” might need some verification before you take action… This issue’s “Assassination Protocol” article discusses Katherine Steiner-Davion’s liberal use of assassination as a political tool, and features the following Kickstarter-backer characters: Star Commander Mike “Ragedog” Vickers (Mike Gomez), Star Commander Nikolai Ward (Nik Kerry), and Star Captain Martin “Dingo” Kerensky (Martin Brown).

And last but not least, we have a special treat: fan art! If you’d like us to showcase your BattleTech fan art in future issues of Shrapnel, send it to us here: [email protected].

Regardless of how or what you celebrate during this holiday season, whether it be reindeers

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