Experimental Technical Readout: Boondoggles
Critical Errors
For as long as there have been wars¸ mankind has been on a quest for ever more efficient means to kill. Yet even as the technologies improve¸ there are always missteps¸ unexpected - and¸ sometimes¸ unexplained - flaws in engineering that can transform a promising new weapon into a setback costing billions of credits¸ years of progress¸ and perhaps even a few lives.
Experimental Tech Readout: Boondoggles samples some of the most infamous failures in military experiments made by the Inner Sphere and Clan powers throughout history. Each design featured in this book demonstrates a disastrous (or merely abandoned) combination of prototype technology or engineering employed on BattleMechs¸ combat vehicles¸ and aerospace units from the Star League age to the Jihad era. Statistics and (where useful) Record Sheets are included for 14 BattleMechs¸ vehicles¸ and aerospace units presented in this book¸ ready to use (if possible) in advanced BattleTech games.