Alpha Strike Done Downright Small
BattleTech Alpha Strike Blog Setup
This blog will allow me to do some serialized, tabletop storytelling in the expansive Battletech Universe. Set in the Il Clan era around 3115, Vedma’s World is a gloomy orb five jumps spinward of the old Illyrian Palatinate, and founded by refugees from the Marian Hegemony’s conquest of that tiny realm in 3063.
Origins
The impetus for this was threefold.
1. I have always loved the Periphery setting in BattleTech, and this love was born from reading William H. Keith, Jr.’s classic novel Decision At Thunder Rift.
2. BattleTech Alpha Strike Aces debuted during the recent Mercenaries Kickstarter. This lets players play compelling solo and co-op games with the fast and fun AS system. It’s also really cool that we now have Mechwarrior Destiny, a true rules light BT RPG that also has skirmish integrations. I plan to use that, core Alpha Strike, and the Aces plugin to make this all happen.
3. Catalyst Game Labs released BattleTech Recognition Guide: Il Clan Vol. 10. This little release contained the unassuming light ‘Mech dubbed the Hermit Crab. This 25 ton ‘Mech was designed expressly for backwater worlds. Rugged and armed with only two ER Medium Lasers, the Hermit Crab is also designed for frontier work. It’s just at home fending off a bandit raider attack as it is unloading palettes of livestock feed from the bed of a grimy flatbed truck. It sparked my imagination and made me want to tell stories around it.
One Town At A Time
I think the next way to build this world is one town at a time. I plan to do it just as I have done with my fantasy RPG Shadowdark campaign. I will add details as I need them. I will introduce characters and adversaries as the story demands them.
One Week At Time
My goal is a minimum of one post a week. There could be more. There will likely be more early on. But I want to keep at least a weekly pace, even if some weeks there will be no gaming, just a bit of storytelling or world-building. Maybe a weather update. Maybe news of a Lostech discovery somewhere in the badlands.
World Name: Vedma’s World
Star Type: G4V
Position in System: 5
Time to Jump Point: 9.28 days
Recharging Station: None
Political Ruler: Various city-state Governors
ComStar Facility Class: None
ComStar Representative: None
Population: 110,000
Percentage and Level of Native Life: 10%, Reptile
Description: Vedma’s World is a temperate world with one, massive central continent and a series of large and small archipelagos. Its only export and primary means of survival are sturdy grains and “mega” root vegetables farmed for generations and born from Star League era “super crops” engineered for hardiness and adaptability to the soil of newly discovered or terra-formed worlds.
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