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THE SHOW MUST GO ON

HAMILTON CITY, BRUNSWICK

NEW AVALON, FEDERATED SUNS

12 APRIL 3074

few blocks to close on him behind cover, but he predicted her move and

again got the better of her in an exchange of PPC re.

Sweating more from apprehension than temperature, she jumped

again and again, but he shadowed her, landing in front of her. This time

she unleashed a quintet of laser re, some extended range, a pair regular.

Three connected but scattered over the Celestial while it returned re

with the heavy PPC and lasers. She spotted an alley just under a quarter

of a klick between them. Her IR display said the Grigori was running hot,

so if she could duck into the narrow alley, her greater ground speed

would let her get some distance from it. He seemed to sense her plan,

though, and came straight toward her, all his lasers ring. She pushed

her ‘Mech as fast as it would go, enduring the scattering of lasers as her

wireframe went from green and yellow to yellow and red. A mere few

dozen meters from her enemy, she cut hard to her right.

And slipped. Ferrocrete and aligned-crystal steel plating ground

together, sparks spraying everywhere. Like a base runner sliding into

second, Sparky cut the legs out from under the Grigori , bringing it crash-

ing down into her. More plating shattered on both ‘Mechs as they landed

in a tangled heap. The Robe tried to get away and disengage, but the

OmniMech’s gun barrels weren’t designed for hand to hand combat the

way the fully articulated arms of her Gri n were. She pulled the trig-

ger for the chest lasers while pounding with both sts on the enemy

‘Mech, ignoring the ine ective slaps of the larger machine. Chest plating

evaporated and shattered, exposing the guts. Natasha screamed as her

wireframe continued to degrade, the Grigori ring all its lasers while a

particle stream shot out of its head. She used Sparky ’s hands to rip out

innards, as if cleaning game after a hunt. All she could hear was her own

screams as she gutted the machine that had tried to hunt her down.

Silence. Her throat hurt as she realized that the Grigori was still. Drop-

ping crushed remains of gyro and structural support, she stared at the

polarized canopy of the enemy machine with its dim, dead eyes. She

hoped that were the positions reversed, he would have given her mercy

and allowed her to surrender. She hoped, though she didn’t o er the

same to him.

The battle was over. Everyone said it was, Avitue and her merry band

of cybernetic mis ts had been beaten out by some tourist trap. “Hooray,

the good guys won” stories dominated the newscasts a year ago.

That didn’t explain why Leftenant Natasha Ergen was in a dance of

death with a Blakist Grigori near the local StarSlab manufacturing center.

She had lost sight of it and desperately hoped it had lost sight of her.

The warehouses were over twenty meters tall, creating a ‘Mech-sized

maze. She contemplated igniting her jump jets and soaring on plasma

ames a block over, but that would make her an easy target. She urged

her Gri n to a 55 kph trot to the center of Broadway, the six-lane road

cutting through the middle of the warehouse district. Then she slowly

walked backwards until her opponent popped out between two giant

storehouses nearly 600 meters away.

Thanks to some mechanical correction from her advanced targeting

system, her extended range particle cannon scored a long welt into the

shoulder of the enemy machine, the super-heated air melting armor like

soft butter. The larger ‘Mech charged, trying to get into range to use his

own particle cannons. Natasha contemplated running but, worried about

skidding on the slick ferrocrete, she slammed the pedals to ignite the

plasma jets in the back of her ‘Mech, soaring 150 meters through the air

to an open intersection. Dual particle blasts impacted fty meters from

where she had been standing while her own shot went wide, tearing a

gash into one of the warehouses.

Taking a breath, Natasha savored the cool air. When the Corean techs

had rebuilt her mother’s machine, Sparky, they’d been able to keep her

cockpit comfortable despite the waste heat generated by jumping and

ring one of the hottest weapons in existence. It was bound to get hotter,

though, as the Grigori jumped in closer, using his better jump range to

close the distance. Dual beams cut through the air towards her, the larger

one stripping o fty percent more armor than her return shot did to the

enemy. With his heavy PPC, it was either stay away or get in close, and

she didn’t think he’d stick to Broadway.

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some of the biggest campaigns of the Jihad.

The general information contained in the Atlas and Combatants sections gives players the tools they need to ght an in nite

number of engagements on New Avalon, while the Track information gives details on some of the larger and more pivotal battles of the

planetary struggle. The Track information can be used with the Chaos Campaign rules (originally found in Dawn of the Jihad , p. 132-138,

as well as Blake Ascending , p. 132-138, and in the Chaos Campaign ebook) as well as stand-alone games.

The Atlas section presents a global view followed by some quick facts about the world. This section includes terrain tables broken into

various categories. These tables can be used as a random chart to determine the maps used in the tracks, or simply as a guide to provide

ideas of the types of terrain found on the world. This section also contains a list of various additional terrain types, environment, and

other rules that can be used to enhance your game experience.

All players should agree whether or not to use any or all of these features before play begins.

The Combatants section gives details on the units that participated in the con ict and can be used by players who wish to have an

authentic feel during their game.

The Tracks section presents several key battles that occurred on the world, though they are not the only ones. Players wishing to

incorporate these tracks into their Jihad campaigns should use the WarChest Points (WP) listed in the brackets. Optional points are

awarded only if the group achieves at least one Objective while using the listed option. Objective points are cumulative as they are

achieved, unless otherwise noted.

Players may run these tracks as a standalone campaign; if so, players begin with 500 WP.

Unlike previously published Tracks, there is no recommendation of force size for each track. Players have complete control over the

size of game they wish to partake in, from lance-on-lance engagements to full-blown BattleForce -scale re ghts. While forces are recom-

mended to be equal for a standard game, a campaign GM can adjust force sizes as they feel necessary to give a more authentic avor to

each track. All players should agree to force sizes before playing.

The Annex contains three o cial Record Sheets. The rst is the GRM-R-PR62A Grim Reaper Avitue , the command ‘Mech of Precentor

Avitue. The next is a custom-modi ed GRF-1E2 Gri n , the ‘Mech of Leftenant Natasha Ergen of the Fifth FedCom RCT. The last is the

prototype AS8-D Atlas , the command ‘Mech of General Marguerite McCa ee, commander of the Third Davion Guards. Finally, the three

WarShips discussed under Naval Support (see p. 5) are provided here for ease of use.

Please note that the jump points listed on the planetary map are abstractions of pirate points suited for strategic aerospace movement,

not geometrically correct inner system pirate points. The modi ers are based on the Strategic Operations non-standard Lagrange points

(see pp. 86-89, SO ); other modi ers may apply.

CREDITS

Project Development : Ben Rome

STAR LEAGUE ERA

CLAN INVASION ERA

INVASION ERA

JIHAD ERA

BattleTech Line Developer : Herb Beas

Writing : Ken’ Horner

Production Sta

Cover Design and Layout : Matt Heerdt

Evolved Faction Logos Design: Jason Vargas

Maps : Ray Arrastia

Record Sheets : David L. McCulloch

Factchecking/Playtesting : Joel Bancroft-Connors,

Rich Cencarik, Bruce Ford, Johannes Heidler, Mike

Miller, Andreas Randolph, Björn Schmidt, Chris

Smith, Roland Thigpen and Chris Wheeler

SUCCESSION WARS ERA

CIVIL WAR ERA

DARK AGE ERA

Special thanks : To Ken’ for tackling the capital of

the Suns; to Steve Mohan, Jr. for his inspiring Isle

of the Blessed series on BattleCorps.com; and to

Randall and Herb for the continuing opportunity to

direct major battles of the Jihad.

NOTE!

The last four pages of this PDF are sized for 11” x 17” paper. Please keep

that in mind when printing out the document.

W elcome to a continuation of the Turning Point series of campaign books, designed to give players the opportunity to ght in

WAR ERA

NEW AVALON

Star Type (Recharge Time): G5V (186 hours)

Position in System: 4

Time to Jump Point: 7.47 days

Number of Satellites: 3 (Avatar, Galahad, Valiant)

Surface Gravity: 1.0

Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)

Surface Water: 60%

Equatorial Temperature: 30 C (Temperate)

Highest Native Life: Mammals

Recharging Station: Zenith, Nadir

HPG Class Type: A

Population (3067): 7,212,000,000

Socio-Industrial Levels: A-A-C-A-A

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