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A SUCCESSION WARS ERA SOURCEBOOK
In 2784, the departure of General
Alexsandr Kerensky and the
remnants of the SLDF from known
space leaves the Inner Sphere
balanced on a knife-edge. With
no Star League to keep the
House Lords in check, greed,
ambition and old grudges
come to the fore once
more, propelling the five
remaining Great Houses
into a war that threatens
human civilization itself:
The First Succession War.
The
First Succession War
describes
the most devastating conflict ever fought
by mankind as the five Great Houses
battle for supremacy in the ruins
of the Star League. Covering the
collapse of the Star League, the
militarization of the Inner Sphere
and the horrors that ensued, this
volume provides a detailed look at
the major actions of the war, the
motivations of its participants,
and the deadly consequences
of their decisions.
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STAR LEAGUE ERA CLAN INVASION ERA
JIHAD ERA
SUCCESSION WARS ERA
CIVIL WAR ERA
DARK AGE ERA
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THE FIRST SUCCESSION WAR
THE FIRST SUCCESSION WAR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GHOST RAIN ……………………………………………………
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INTRODUCTION
………………………………………………………… 9
PRELUDE TO WAR
……………………………………………………11
Out of Darkness
…………………………………………………………11
Into Despair
………………………………………………………………12
To the Brink
………………………………………………………………13
Over The Edge
……………………………………………………………13
Racing Toward Armageddon
…………………………………………16
……………………………………………………………17
Preparing for Armageddon
…………………………………………… 117
Rabbits out of Hats
…………………………………………………… 117
THE SUCCESSION WAR (2786-2821)
………………………16
Ignition Points
EYE OF THE STORM (2821-2830)
…………………………
Peace Overtures
House Liao
……………………………………………………………
House Kurita
…………………………………………………………
House Davion
…………………………………………………………
House Marik
……………………………………………………………
House Steiner
…………………………………………………………
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The Bolan Offensive
……………………………………………………17
The Combine Strikes
……………………………………………………21
The Great Hegemony Land-Grab
………………………………………26
After the Declarations
…………………………………………………31
Savagery Unleashed
………………………………………………………37
The Dragon Rampant: Kurita’s Wars
…………………………………37
Steiner-Marik
…………………………………………………………
Liao-Davion
……………………………………………………………
Marik-Liao
……………………………………………………………
House Kurita
…………………………………………………………
“Winners” and Losers: The Butcher’s Bill
……………………………
The Dragon’s Reckoning: The Combine-Suns Front
…………………37
Rout
………………………………………………………………………40
Fighting the Tsunami
……………………………………………………40
On the Brink
………………………………………………………………43
Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage
………………………………45
Soft Targets: The Combine-Commonwealth Front
……………………46
Out from Left Field: Jerome Blake’s Gambit
……………………………51
Steiner
…………………………………………………………………
Davion
…………………………………………………………………
Kurita
…………………………………………………………………
Marik
……………………………………………………………………
Liao
……………………………………………………………………
Others
…………………………………………………………………
PERSONALITIES OF THE FIRST SUCCESSION WAR
Minoru Kurita
……………………………………………………………
Jinjiro Kurita
……………………………………………………………
Barbara Liao
……………………………………………………………
Sandol Quinn
……………………………………………………………
Ilsa Liao
…………………………………………………………………
Kenyon Marik
……………………………………………………………
Thaddeus Marik
…………………………………………………………
Jennifer Steiner
…………………………………………………………
Richard Steiner
…………………………………………………………
John Davion
……………………………………………………………
Paul Davion
………………………………………………………………
Armed Forces of the Federated Suns (AFFS)
………………………
Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF)
……………………
Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery (DCMS)
……………………
Free Worlds League Military (FWLM)
………………………………
Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces (LCAF)
………………………
Major Periphery States
………………………………………………
Uncontracted Mercenaries
……………………………………………
The Winds of War (2825-2830)
……………………………………
Seizing Terra
……………………………………………………………51
Aftermath
…………………………………………………………………51
Flight of the Eagle: House Marik Strikes
………………………………52
A Path to Sarna: The League-Confederation Front
…………………53
Raising the Ante: Liao’s Response
……………………………………56
Losing Ground
……………………………………………………………60
The War of Raids: House Steiner’s Succession War
………………61
The Best Defense is an Annoying Offense
……………………………64
The Fist of Defiance: Steiner’s Campaigns
……………………………67
Reclaiming the Thumb: The Bolan Campaign
………………………68
Stumbling Onward
………………………………………………………73
Bella I
……………………………………………………………………74
The Solaris Bulge
…………………………………………………………77
Shifting Priorities: House Liao Forges On
……………………………80
FIRST SUCCESSION WAR DEPLOYMENT TABLE
…
Quinn’s War: The Confederation-Suns Front
…………………………81
Caught in the Capellan Crossfire
………………………………………82
Stroke of Luck: Oriente Abandoned
…………………………………83
The Suns Resurgent: House Davion Rallies
……………………………86
Bloody Kentares
…………………………………………………………86
The Rise of Prince Paul
…………………………………………………89
The First AFFS Counteroffensive: Beating Back the Dragon
………91
Far Enough: The Confederation-Suns Front
…………………………93
The Second AFFS Counteroffensive: Squeezing the Bulge
……………94
The Third AFFS Counteroffensive: Back to Square One
……………94
Exhaustion and Decay
……………………………………………………98
Hard Times: The Decline of the Periphery
………………………………99
RULES ANNEX
…………………………………………………………
Special Case Rules
……………………………………………………
Creating First Succession War Scenarios
…………………………
Before You Start
………………………………………………………
General Rules
…………………………………………………………
Random Assignment Tables
…………………………………………
TECHNICAL READOUT
…………………………………………………
Remnants of the Republic
………………………………………………99
The Taurian-Canopian War (2813-2814)
…………………………… 101
Death by Apathy: The Crumbling Outworlds
……………………… 103
Other Orphans
……………………………………………………… 104
Lost Worlds
……………………………………………………………… 105
LCT-1E
Locust
…………………………………………………………
WSP-1D/1K/1L
Wasp
…………………………………………………
VLK-QA
Valkyrie
………………………………………………………
SHD-2D/2K
Shadow Hawk
……………………………………………
WVR-6M
Wolverine
……………………………………………………
Inner Sphere At War (Expansion)
……………………………………
Depopulation
………………………………………………………… 106
Oddities of the Succession War
……………………………………… 108
TIMELINE OF THE FIRST SUCCESSION WAR
………… 114
Forces of the Succession Wars
……………………………………… 117
Incident on Helm
…………………………………………………… 108
Why, Westphalia?
…………………………………………………… 108
Random Remnants
…………………………………………………… 109
Game Setup
……………………………………………………………
Starting Setup
…………………………………………………………
Military Development Phase
…………………………………………
Converting ISW Combat Commands to Other Systems
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Converting ISW Combat Commands
to ACS Formations, Combat Units and Teams
……………………
Converting ACS Combat Teams to SBF Formations and Units
…
Converting SBF Units
to BattleForce, Alpha Strike and Total Warfare Elements
…………
Converting back from BattleForce, Alpha Strike and Total Warfare
to SBF and ACS
………………………………………………………
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THE FIRST SUCCESSION WAR
Special Thanks
Herbert Beas would like to thank:
Firstly, I’d like to thank Chris “Bones” Trossen; were it
not for his sudden vanishing from the face of the earth, I would probably not be involved with
this project at all. (I hope you’re okay, Bones!) I’d also like to thank Chris Hartford, Ray Arrastia,
Paul Sjardijn, and Matt Alexander, for their various pokes, prods, thoughts, and support during
the many times I stalled out. Who’d have thought that I’d actually
blank out on a book full of dying WarShips and nuclear
exchanges? Lastly, I’d like to thank the past and present
BattleTech writers whose collective work
helped make all of this possible. Oh,
and of course, to YOU, the readers,
without whom none of this would
really matter at all!
Chris Hartford would like
to thank:
Herb for stepping
in and setting the bar high
for the next volume; Matt
for research and record
keeping; Ray for sugges-
tions and cat-herding;
Randall for letting us
loose again; all the pre-
vious BattleTech writers
whose work formed the
basis for these volumes;
the BattleTech players,
without whom there'd be
no game!
Factcheckers
and Playtesters
Joel Bancroft-Connors,
Stephen A. Frabartolo, William
Gauthier, Keith Hann, John
Haward, Johannes Heidler,
Chris Marti, Luke Robertson,
Andreas Rudolph, Eric
Salzman, Paul Sjardijn,
Geoff Swift, Chris Wheeler,
Matt Wilsbacher.
CREDITS
Writing
Herbert A. Beas II
Additional Writing
Chris Hartford
Ghost Rain
Chris Hartford
Rules Annex
Ray Arrastia
Joel Bancroft-Connors
Randall Bills
Keith Hann
John Haward
Chris Marti
Product Development
Ray Arrastia
Strategic Assistance
Matthew Alexander
Øystein Tvedten
Product Editing
Aaron Cahall
BattleTech Line Developer
Randall Bills
Assistant Line Developer
Ben H. Rome
Products Developer
Ray Arrastia
Production Staff
Art Direction
Brent Evans
Assistant Art Director
Ray Arrastia
Cover Art
Marco Mazzoni
Cover Design
Ray Arrastia
Layout
Ray Arrastia
New Illustrations
Matt Plog
Anthony Scroggins
Maps
Matthew Alexander
Ray Arrastia
Øystein Tvedten
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