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THEIR MISSION: ACQUIRE BATTLEMECH PLANS, NO MATTER THE COST...
There are three ways to accomplish a difficult objective: Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat.
The Intelligence Directorate of the Capellan Confederation, otherwise known as the Maskirovka, is well-versed in all three. But when the first two methods do not achieve the desired results, they have no problem resorting to the last one.
And when the covert team gains the plans they are willing...
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SURROUNDED BY THE ENEMY…
In the 32nd century, the Republic of the Sphere is beset on all sides, its enemies seeking the most important weapon in the Inner Sphere: interstellar communication. As the forces of the Capellan Confederation advance toward the heart of the crumbling Republic, they are laser-focused on the one goal that will give them the upper hand and destroy the Republic once and for all: the planet of Northwind.Homeworld of the famed...
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A SPARK OF REBELLION…
When the Republic of the Sphere was established, it absorbed a quarter of Capellan Confederation space. Now that the crippled Republic is embattled everywhere, the Confederation Chancellor sends an operative into former Capellan territory to nurture the seeds of rebellion.
Freedom fighter Evan Kurst has resisted the Republic's "benevolent occupation" of the world of Liao for as long as he can remember. He has fought side...
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VENGEANCE SHALL BE THEIRS…Three years after the massacre of their families on Bromhead, the hard-bitten mercenary unit Hansen's Roughriders have already exacted revenge against Taurian Concordant forces on the planet Lindsay. But that is only the beginning.When the Second Taurian Lancers-the unit responsible for the massacre-lands on Midale to conduct a supply raid, they run into Colonel Wolfgang Hansen and the entire Roughriders force-all out for...
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A PACK DIVIDED…Anastasia Kerensky has declared the Steel Wolf Clan to be mercenaries, re-christening them the Wolf Hunters. The combination of autonomy and wealth will make them more than a match for any MechWarrior battalion suicidal enough to challenge them.But the real challenge comes from within the Clan itself. Star Colonel Varnoff believes Kerensky has betrayed them all-and with a loyal faction of Steel Wolves at his side vows to destroy all...
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SOMETHING LURKS IN THE SHADOWS…During the chaos of the Word of Blake's Jihad, the MechWarriors of the Federated Suns will go to any lengths to defend their nation from the Blakists' unholy terror-including making deals with the devil. But that devil might just be a literal one: an all-black Marauder, hidden for several decades, that carries an aura of dread that infects everyone who encounters it. Many blame it for causing unexplained disappearances,...
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TRADITIONS RUN DEEP…Other mercenary units fly flags at two flagpoles at their headquarters, one with their unit's flag, and other bearing the flag of their current employer. However, the Third Regimental Combat Team-a.k.a. the Eridani Light Horse-leaves one flagpole bare, as a reminder of the death of the Star League, and the other pole flies the Light Horse's unit and regimental flags at half-mast. What triumphs and tragedies shaped the Eridani...
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MERCS VERSUS MERCS…
During the years of the Star League, few mercenary units served with such honor and distinction as the Eridani Light Horse. Stalwart allies of the Star League and the ideals it stands for, the men and women of the Eighth Recon Battalion are about to have their own ideals tested on the world of Radstadt. For when an invading mercenary force assaults a massive Draconis Combine prison complex, the Light Horse warriors are faced...
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POLITICS OF DESTRUCTION…
Newly elected Exarch Jonah Levin is still trying to come to terms with the responsibilities of his office. With his recent discovery of treachery in The Republic's Senate, he can trust very few people-and not even his own Paladins have been immune to murderous intrigue...
Tensions are heating up between Exarch Levin and the senators determined to fight what they call the "injustice being done to the Republic's government."...
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DISSENT FROM WITHIN… Sea Fox Clansmen are space-bound, nomadic warrior-merchants who live and die aboard their naval vessels, going planetside only to negotiate a new deal or for combat-often the same thing for a Fox. Divided into five autonomous Khanates, they are led by the Khan of Clan Sea Fox. Their mission: to make deals and acquire the revenue needed to expand Sea Fox's honor, glory, and power... For more than a decade, ovKhan Sha Clarke has...
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TRADITIONS RUN DEEP…Other mercenary units fly flags at two flagpoles at their headquarters, one with their unit's flag, and other bearing the flag of their current employer. However, the Third Regimental Combat Team-a.k.a. the Eridani Light Horse-leaves one flagpole bare, as a reminder of the death of the Star League, and the other pole flies the Light Horse's unit and regimental flags at half-mast. What triumphs and tragedies shaped the Eridani...
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A ROGUE DRAGON RAMPAGES… Between the Republic of the Sphere and the Draconis Combine stands the military unit known as the Dragon's Fury. Claiming worlds in the name of the Dragon without House Kurita's support and threatening the entire Inner Sphere, the Fury pursue their leader's agenda with fanatical devotion... Katana Tormark bears the burden of disgrace. A traitor's actions against her father dishonored her family. Now, to regain the respect...
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LOST IN THE FIRES OF WAR…Freelance explorer Dr. Brooklyn Stevens made her career finding lost artifacts from Inner Sphere history, but a job offered by the academic organization known as Interstellar Expeditions gives her a chance at the find of a lifetime: a missing planet, one lost in the ravages of the brutal Succession Wars.But the world of Jardine did not die in planet-scouring fire…it was entirely erased from stellar maps-and Brooke's employer...
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NEVER SURRENDER… Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine brings you more heavy-hitting action and heroism in the war-torn BattleMech-dominated future of the 31st century and beyond! A young Periphery volunteer struggles against marauding pirates who have long overstayed their welcome. A small-but-growing mercenary unit faces off against a formidable foe capable of destroying their dreams. A Star League MechWarrior wrestles with an exciting career...
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Strap into the Cockpit!Proudly carrying the battle standard for BattleTech short fiction, the first year of Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine continues the tradition of explosive, hard-hitting stories set in the war-torn, BattleMech-dominated interstellar future of the 31st century. In this collection of issues #1–4, you will attempt to escape from a bandit king's stronghold, ally with longtime enemies on the front lines of the swift and...
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PREDATORS AND PREY…
A Clan Jade Falcon invasion force is en route to eradicate the Steel Wolves-but its true mission is the subjugation of the Republic of the Sphere. Constrained by an imposed peace for decades, the Falcons embark on their most spectacular war in generations-and their lust for blood runs hot...
Siblings Malvina and Aleks Hazen are Jade Falcon's best and brightest MechWarriors. Each achieved high command at a young age, and their...
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A NEW BEGINNING…Hank Mallory runs the Wolfhounds, an elite, self-sufficient company of the fabled Kell Hounds mercenary unit. But when Callandre Kell gives the order for the Hounds to scatter in the wake of vicious attacks from the Jade Falcons, Mallory and his unit must transform overnight into a brand-new unit or risk being hunted down themselves.Naturally, they head to the Mercenary's Star, Galatea, to eradicate their previous identity and do...
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RIPE FOR THE TAKING…Dissatisfied with Archon Melissa Steiner's leadership of the Lyran Commonwealth, Vedet Brewer, Duke of Hesperus, overthrew her rule in 3143 and claimed the mantle for himself-only to be unceremoniously removed from the position two years later. Brewer and his troops fled to the far reaches of Lyran space to lick his wounds and reevaluate his future, wandering the Commonwealth in search of potential allies and opportunities.His...
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TRADITIONS RUN DEEP…
Other mercenary units fly flags on two flagpoles at their headquarters, one with their unit's flag, and other bearing the flag of their current employer. However, the Third Regimental Combat Team-a.k.a. the Eridani Light Horse-leaves one flagpole bare, as a reminder of the death of the Star League, and the other pole flies the Light Horse's unit and regimental flags at half-mast.
What triumphs and tragedies shaped the Eridani...
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NEVER BET AGAINST THE KELL BROTHERS…Since their first appearance in the Warrior Trilogy, the Kell Hounds have become one of the most storied mercenary units in BattleTech. Now, New York Times-bestselling author and Kell Hounds creator Michael A. Stackpole goes back to the Hounds' beginnings, when Morgan and Patrick Kell were just two smart, ambitious brothers-with a plan to revolutionize the world of mercenaries forever…A RACE AGAINST TIME…If...
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