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MESTALLA, ATREUS CITY

ATREUS, MARIK COMMONWEALTH

6 APRIL 3076

General Child spoke again. “The Precentor is correct Valcjek, The

Fiftee— What?!”

Valcjeck stared quizzically at the comm. display, mentally demanding

that it nish the rest of the sentence. The hurried voice of General Childs

broke the heavy silence that had fallen. “Knights in the Garden! Valcjek

get in there and help the Eighth – the Knights will cut them apart!” Valcjek

didn’t wait for the General to elaborate. Knights in the Garden . The surviv-

ing Knights had somehow managed to smuggle themselves—no doubt

with the help of some “loyal” Atreans—into the Interstellar Botanic Gar-

dens, the sprawling expanse of greenery in the middle of Atreus City. The

only way their emergence could be more surprising is if they had paraded

down the empty boulevard of the Parliament as a ghostly reminder of

what had happened there.

“All Stygians, on me and bear west and up Allison! Command, get some

fast movers there ASAP!” Valcjek knew the ferrocrete of Allison Avenue

could handle his heavy machines opening up the throttle, the reinforced

surface able to take his multi-ton leviathans running pell-mell down the

street. He noted with grim satisfaction that the rest of the `Mechs arrayed

behind him hadn’t faltered a step as they calmly wheeled to the right.

General Childs was the new commander of the Stygians, but he was an

infantryman by trade and knew to leave the `Mech contingent in Valcjek’s

capable hands. Now, if only the LCCC would sort out this promotion …

“Force Commander! The Wobbies … they’re … they’re—” The comm

fell silent. Valcjek felt the rumble through the armor and myomer cocoon

he sat in, and a long glance at the aft quarter of his three-sixty display

con rmed his fears. Jennings had decided it was faster to go through the

suburbs than around them, her heavy `Mech units simply knocking the

lightly constructed buildings out of the way in their haste to hit the Cru-

sader’s landing zone. Never mind the civilian casualties of such a move.

Damn them. Valcjek ground his teeth hard, making sure his voice was

emotionless before opening a channel to rest of his command.

“Our job is to support the Eighth and stop the Knights once and for

all.” The open channel immediately lled with a score of voices of dissent.

Valcjek continued on, his hands trembling with rage as they gripped the

control sticks. “But we won’t forget this boys and girls. The Wobbies will

get what’s coming to them. I promise you that.”

“All Stygians stand down. I repeat, stand down .”

Force Commander Nikos Valcjek stared at the comm board in front of

him. Like hell! The Captain-General herself couldn’t stop him from moving

out. Childs was just going to have to chew him out later.

Sitting in the cockpit of his newly built Marauder 9M2 with the rest of

his battalion arrayed behind him, Valcjek took in the faux-chromium and

marble façade of the Mestalla tourist district as he made sure to stick to

the posted speed limit for the area’s roads as shown by the very detailed

terrain software Irian had just provided the LCCC. Being the Captain-

General’s favorites certainly had its perks at times. But it was hard to keep

the pace down as the adrenalin in his veins pumped harder. This was it .

After hiding for so long, the Pretender had nally shown his face. And the

Second was moving to meet the sad fools who still trusted him.

“ Valcjek—stand down. The Fifteenth is hitting their LZ. Be prepared to

o er support, but do not—I repeat, DO NOT—go in there guns blazing.”

Valcjek swore under his breath, quietly enough so the voice–activated

microphone attached to his neurohelmet didn’t pick it up. He hit the

transmit button on his control stick.

“Negative, sir—we’re closer, and the Fifteenth still has to go around

Mestalla.” Quickly consulting the hardcopy map he’d taped to the inside

of the cockpit, he did some mental gymnastics before continuing. “We

can be there in ten, it’ll take the Fifteenth at least twenty mikes.” General

William Child’s answer was cut o by a new voice on the command net.

“That’s our concern, not yours, Commander Valcjek.” Precentor Jennings.

Bitch . The Blakist o cer had made no secret of her self-assumed superiority,

treating the Legionnaires like nothing more than poor cousins. The Blakists

had been on-world longer than the Second and yet had still failed to com-

plete their assigned mission of eradicating the surviving Knights. I guess

the wannabe Knights are her consolation prize then. Romanov’s Crusaders

were the leaders of the motley crew of mercenaries that the Pretender had

cobbled together for this mission, with most of the other commands biting

it in the big dust-up in orbit. A quick glance skyward still showed glittery

lines tracing through the indigo sky, ery detritus burning up on re-entry

marking the fall of hundreds of money soldiers.

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

Track

section presents a global view followed by some quick facts about the world. Included in this section you will nd 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 give you 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.

The Annex contains four o cial Record Sheets. The rst is the ALB-5W Albatross Dantalion , the command ‘Mech of Precentor Dantalion.

Next is a custom-modi ed EMP-6ME Emperor Mercury Elite , the ‘Mech of Lt. Col. Anne-Marie McCormack. Following that is the Tokugawa

SD2 variant used by Imperator Weaponry’s Atreus-based SecDet2 and pressed into service by the Eighth Legionnaires. Then there is the

PeaceMaker PoliceMech, heavily utilized by the ACPD.

CREDITS

Project Development : Ben H. Rome

BattleTech Line Developer : Herb Beas

JIHAD ERA

STAR LEAGUE ERA

CLAN INVASION ERA

INVASION ERA

Writing : Jim Rapkins

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 Agee, Joel

Bancroft-Connors, Rich Cencarik, Mike Miller,

Andreas Rudolph, Luke Robertson, Björn Schmidt,

Adam Sherwood, Chris Smith, Chris Wheeler and

Patrick Wynne

Special thanks : This product is dedicated to the

memory of Dan “Albatross” Schulz, a beloved

member of the BattleTech community who was

taken from us too soon in November 2009. Dan

was a strident fan of the Free Worlds League;

many hold great memories of crossing paths and

battle elds with him online and in life. Seyla, Dan.

You will be missed.

SUCCESSION WARS ERA

CIVIL WAR ERA

DARK AGE ERA

NOTE!

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

this in mind when printing out the document.

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. 134,

as well as Blake Ascending , p. 134, and in the Chaos Campaign Rule Ebook ) as well as stand-alone games.

The

number of engagements on Atreus, while the

Atlas

DARK A G E ERA

ATREUS

Noble Ruler : Duchess Corinne Marik

Star Type (Recharge Time): F4V (175 hours)

Position in System : 3

Time to Jump Point : 16.1 days

Number of Satellites : 1 (Wendigo)

Surface Gravity : 1.0

Atm. Pressure : Standard (Breathable)

Equatorial Temperature : 45° C (Jungle)

Surface Water : 70 percent

Recharging Station : Zenith and Nadir

HPG Class Type : A

Highest Native Life : Mammal

Population : 8,365,000,000

Socio-Industrial Levels : A-A-B-A-D

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Training

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Solutions

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Ryal City

Thermopolae

Tantalus

Free Worlds

Technical

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Aerospace

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