BattleMech Manual
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• Standing from seven to sixteen meters tall¸ and weighing from twenty to one hundred tons
• Powered by an armored and shielded fusion reactor
• Skeleton of honeycombed¸ foamed aluminum core wrapped with stressed silicon carbide monofilament and sheathed by a rigid¸ titanium-steel shell
• Locomotion generated via bundles of polyacetylene-fiber myomer muscles
• Protected by aligned-crystal steel over a layer of boron nitride impregnated with diamond monofilaments Mounting a swath of powerful weapons from charged particle beams to lasers¸ missiles to rapid-fire autocannons
• All at the command of the noble elite¸ the MechWarriors
The modern BattleMech is the end result of more than three thousand years of battlefield technology development. Combining awesome destructive power and unparalleled maneuverability¸ the BattleMech is perhaps the most complex machine ever produced. The undisputed master of thirty-first century warfare¸ the BattleMech seems destined to reign supreme for centuries to come.
-Excerpts from a promotional pamphlet originally distributed by Defiance Industries of Hesperus¸ Lyran Commonwealth¸ 3007
Using the most up-to-date rules text¸ the BattleMech Manual has been designed from the ground up to cater to the BattleTech player wanting to engage in an all-'Mech battle. Includes a variety of optional rules¸ terrain and more.
Welcome to the most table-usage-friendly BattleTech rulebook ever published!