{"product_id":"battletech-technical-readout-succession-wars","title":"BattleTech: Technical Readout Succession Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is first volume in a series of Technical Readout by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEra, which is designed as an introductory companion volume to go with the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBattleMech Manual, and thus primarily addressing new players,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnical Readout: Succession Wars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a compilation of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e'Mech\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edesigns from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnical Readout: 3039\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnical Readout: 3050 Upgrade\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnical Readout: 3058 Upgrade\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnical Readout: 3075\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith a selection of designs stretching from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAge of War\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto the cusp of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eClan Invasion\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein a single book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile most of the book's content is taken verbatim from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTechnical Readout\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproducts that preceded it, a small number of new art pieces (see\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enotes) and entirely new variants are included. 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The BattleMech—King of the Battlefield—was born. BattleMechs reached their pinnacle during the golden age of the Star League. The fall of the Star League and the Succession Wars that raged for centuries afterward took their toll and by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFourth Succession War, the technology employed on the battlefields was a mere shadow of what it once was. However, the discovery of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHelm Memory Core\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunlocked the technological potential to develop new BattleMechs and experimental technologies for the first time in centuries.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnical Readout: Succession Wars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eis the perfect \"first Technical Readout\" companion to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBattleMech Manual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e. 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