battletech

Just figured I'd put it out there that a bunch of rules and lore books for battletech are available in a humble bundle right now. If anyone was writing about or wanted to learn more they are probably a great resource but I haven't read them myself.

"For the day will come and our kin will stand On Terra's firm soil, ready to rebuild The Star League with their hearts and hands. But who shall lead? Upon whose shoulders Will the burden lie? The answer is the test; The test is the journey. Whichever Clan Carves its way through the...

As the description says: I am bad at writing. I am also working on limited Battletech knowledge and a wiki. Please be gentle. I will mostly be using ChatGPT for record sheets. It's the platform I have the broadest access to at the moment. I will edit here if that changes. With that out of the...

Into the Fray, Chapter 1 Kamea Arano, High Lady of the Aurigan Coalition woke up in the middle of the night, her heart beating, her mind sharp. Her body, trained as it had been in the slums of the Periphery where she had spent so many years in hiding, and then in her time as a mercenary with...

Periphery Shockwave: January 15th, 2110 The formally quiet German night was shattered by the howl of nuclear powered turbines and flashbulb-like bursts of atomic star fire. Trees swept by at blistering speeds, interspersed with clearings created by barely healing craters and the occasional...

INTRO Inner Sphere Lyran Commonwealth December 2998 The night was clear of clouds and stars glittered on the icy slopes of the New Carpathians. A thick snow cover reflected the distant stars' light as Sylvie sipped the wine in her hand. Her eyes roamed across the old forests and the frozen...

New York Outskirts Terra The Khaganate November 3151 James Sheldon checked the chrono on his wrist. The downpour slicked the cracked pavement, pooling in jagged potholes left by shells months ago. His thin, civilian-issue raincoat clung to him valiantly. The squelch of his sodden boots against...

Holtzman's Legacy (Dune/Battletech SI) Synopsis: What can a man do, borne out of time and space into a universe where war and big stompy mechs rule supreme without the usual blessings given to outsiders? Make something out of it and keep their heads down of course. May he live in interesting...

With thanks to SirJalinth for beta'ing this May You Live In Interesting Times May You Come To The Attention Of Those In High Places May You Find That For Which You Search -Chinese curse Chapter 1 Consciousness returned slowly. Now, I'm not 100% coherent right away when I wake up, but I do...

Simple Substitutions, (Battletech SI) Prologue: Welcome to the Jungle- Guns and Roses New Delos, Free Worlds League January 12th, 3015 Wolf's Dragoons base offices To: Jaime Wolf, CC: Joshua Wold Subject: Simple Substitution The first and last names of the founder and his father are the...

The following story was meant to be a three part set of novels to be published under TOPPS (current owners of the IP) and adheres to previously established lore, timelines, and other BattleTech / Mechwarrior cannon. The story takes place shortly before the Clan Invasion of the systems...

Order With the recent civil war behind us, it has been clear that the Aurigan Coalition is still on shaky ground. By orders of High Lady Kamea Arano, a new state-owned company, Coalition State Works, has been founded. Its purpose is simple: It will serve as the main provider of military goods...

That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Necromo to be born? - Celestial Wisdom Maximilian Liao, apocryphal You awaken. Hands feel numb. Fingers move in your consciousness but...

A/N: Have something kind of self-indulgent and maybe even a bit trashy that I threw together last night instead of sleeping. This may or may not continue all that long, and I make no guarantees about quality or accuracy, but hopefully some folks will enjoy it. If nothing else, I've had some fun...

The year is 2059. The first human born on Luna has a child of their own. One world becomes Two. The year is 2067. Humanity lands on Mars. A flag is proudly hung on that planet that so long dominated the minds of millions, and the words coming from Emmet Muhammed will inspire billions more. For...

If I had full control over what I wrote, I probably wouldn't have picked this, but still. May I offer you a nice fanfic in this trying time? I have heard there are troubles Of more than one kind. Some come from ahead And some from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see...

With A Bared Sword (A Battletech Alternate Universe by Drakensis) Oh, the power to be strong And the wisdom to be wise All these things will come to you in time On this journey that you're making There'll be answers that you'll seek And it's you who'll climb the mountain It's you who'll reach...

Realized SV didn't have this thread either, so putting up the links now. So, didn't realize until someone asked for links that I hadn't posted a compilation thread for links on SB. So I'm correcting that now. I'm going to go ahead and copy-paste my setting explanation from the BTech...

Prologue; Discoveries Helm: 3028 Grayson Carlyle was almost boiling within his mech when they managed to gain access to the Brian Cache on Helm. There was not much time left before House Marik forces managed to find and breach the facility themselves, and so he set about the task of copying...

You can't predict anything. How can you be certain about anything when everything is chaos and we're not in control? ~ John Lloyd North boundaries of "The Emeri Empire" Novo Franklin, Periphery Space August 12th, 2980 AD I carefully ripped the dandelion out of the ground, root and all...

At some point history ended. It didn't stop, there was always motion, always surprises; assassinations, coups, disasters, revolutions, and more. But like a flowing, chaotic river, there was only one end, one direction all instability flowed towards. After Earth's monarchies collapsed, the...

A\N. This is a scary dream I had after watching one and a half episode of Madoka Magica, after which i can not make myself watch the rest or anything linked to it. It was an ordinary summer morning. I was on my way to work, dozing in the train carriage. It looks like we've reached the next...

Prologue; Mother of all Misjumps. 2784. Operation Exodus McKenna's Pride The massed selection of WarShips and JumpShips extended deep into space as his orders continued to advance the fleet towards their destination. "Huh." The word was uttered so innocuously that at first Alexander failed to...

I came back to consciousness instantly. I knew what was happening - this wasn`t a first time I reincarnated. And I remembered vividly how my previous existence ended – revealing myself as a not-so-secret Black Dragon Kurita and not expecting a move from Takashi Kurita, even if we were in the...

Planet Svarstaad Lyran Commonwealth 3rd of January - 3025 13:44 Local Time Recommended Listening There was still a light drizzle in the air from last night's storm, pelting the hull of the motionless Triumph-Class DropShip resting on the moist tarmac, and the variety of buildings and ruins...