Comments on: A Brief History of Classic Battletech

By: ggodo

ggodo — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:21:27 +0000

Ah, ok. I’m sorta the loremaster of my friends in that I know the plot and such behind the games, and that has been bugging me for a while. World-Building is my favorite part of fiction and I love games in all forms, so when these all come together I’m in if I can afford it. Yea, mgy Giant Robot fetish lead me to Battletech, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. BRING ON MECHWARRIOR 5!

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:33:19 +0000

I think it’s kind of cool that there is a known future story, and the current books are filling in the gap. But add me to the “‘Mechs fighting, sweet” group as well.

Also, hats off to Brian for stepping in as our resident Battletech expert!

By: BullLifter

BullLifter — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:39:33 +0000

Thanks Brian! You articulated what I failed to pull out of the recesses of my mind. Your last line could not echo my sentiments any better. “So long as ‘Mechs are battling, I’m happy.”

By: Brian Compter

Brian Compter — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:45:59 +0000

JUst to clear the air, everything WizKids made is canon. The Dark Age is part of Battletech future.

How we get there is what is unfolding with the latest series of sourcebooks and game material.

After the FedCom Civil War there is a lot that happens.
Remember the Word of Blake? Well it turns out that their plans for taking over the Inner Sphere through the rise of the new Star League goes bust. So they attempt to take it by force.

They nuke Outreach. Thrakad is engulfed in a nuclear storm. Sian is bombarded by an orbiting warship. Almost the entire Free Worlds League is subjugated by Word of Blake slepper cells. Allegations and rumors spread like wildfire and old enemies jump at the opportunity to advance their own ends.

So… Lots of fighting and lots of opportunity to bash ‘Mechs. Eventually, we know that the Word is going to lose and the timeline will be merged with the WizKids era.

It’s all Battletech though and so long as ‘Mechs are battling, I’m happy.

By: ggodo

ggodo — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:01:02 +0000

Ah, ok the Wizkids stuff mentions a republic forming out of the successor states. The last of the Republican Knights were the best units in the game really powerful for their cost. I want to know how that happened.

By: BullLifter

BullLifter — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:45:28 +0000

@ ggodo: I think that the WizKids reboot will eventually get folded into canon. According to the discussion boards at camospecs.com. The mechs/sculpts/backstory jest needs to show up in a TRO/sourcebook. How they span that 100 year gap might be interesting. I hope it doesnt re-hash the Succession Wars.

By: ggodo

ggodo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:16:05 +0000

I really loved this history lesson, but can anyone tell me what happened after the FedCom civil war? The story just stops, then I find it again hundreds of years later in Dark Age. what happened in between, and is wiz kid’s Dark Age canon?