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[juxstapo]

welp, hello guys. I'm afraid I've nothing particularly useful to add that these other lovely individuals haven't already, so I'll just leave some links:

Large Collection of PDF's from the tabletop game (fun read if you're into the lore)
A big chunk of the books in .PDF or ePub for free. (fun read if you're into the lore)
Camospecs, gallery of various Battletech minis in appropriate paint. (Fun if you like looking at painted miniatures, excellent resource for finding accurate paintschemes for various canon units)
And of course, the Battletech Wiki. (I've wasted hours on this one).

[AaronWolf]

juxstapo, on 24 January 2014 - 08:52 AM, said:

welp, hello guys. I'm afraid I've nothing particularly useful to add that these other lovely individuals haven't already, so I'll just leave some links:

Large Collection of PDF's from the tabletop game (fun read if you're into the lore)
A big chunk of the books in .PDF or ePub for free. (fun read if you're into the lore)
Camospecs, gallery of various Battletech minis in appropriate paint. (Fun if you like looking at painted miniatures, excellent resource for finding accurate paintschemes for various canon units)
And of course, the Battletech Wiki. (I've wasted hours on this one).

A Corsair has struck!

Helmsman, hard to port! Let us broadside him with praisecannons!

[juxstapo]

Doctor! We've lost several crewmen to goodwill splinters and bonhomie shrapnel!

[TercieI]

AaronWolf, on 24 January 2014 - 08:58 AM, said:

A Corsair has struck!

Helmsman, hard to port! Let us broadside him with praisecannons!

You gotta watch those guys. They'll try to help you when you least expect it.

[AaronWolf]

juxstapo, on 24 January 2014 - 10:55 AM, said:

Doctor! We've lost several crewmen to goodwill splinters and bonhomie shrapnel!

"No...No...NO!" *Beats hands into the command console.* "WE RAM THEM! FORGO THE BROADSIDE ATTACK! TAKE THE PROW AND BURY IT INTO THEIR SHIPS HULL! WE ARE BOARDING THEM! Prepare the Laughsabers! Pow-pow Rifles at the ready!"

[TheDevilsIncarnate]

Nice to meet you Sloth!

Add me too, if you see me on or in game, send me a group invite and I will help to show you the ropes as much as I can.

[cSand]

Arnold J Rimmer, on 24 January 2014 - 03:12 AM, said:

You can find a list of .epub versions for free download here. They're listed by publication date.

Dude, nice link! Thanks!

[cSand]

Also, to Bearded Sloth,
feel free to add me to your list in MWO, I have a small group of friends who play a lot so you're welcome to join us

[Barkem Squirrel]

There is one book that has been published, Far Country, that if you find, buy it. It is unlike all other books in the Battletech franchize.



It should be refered to as the "unknown book."

Some people would prefer that all copies of the unknown book be burned.

[Victor Morson]

Barkem Squirrel, on 24 January 2014 - 12:16 PM, said:

It should be refered to as the "unknown book."

Some people would prefer that all copies of the unknown book be burned.

I think it is the only canon product that was DE-canonnized later simply because it is the only BattleTech product with actual aliens in it.

[juxstapo]

Victor Morson, on 24 January 2014 - 01:02 PM, said:

I think it is the only canon product that was DE-canonnized later simply because it is the only BattleTech product with actual aliens in it.

see the "Star Wars Christmas Special" for comparable "never actually happened" material.

[TygerLily]

Didn't it have aliens??

[Koniving]

Barkem Squirrel, on 24 January 2014 - 12:16 PM, said:

There is one book that has been published, Far Country, that if you find, buy it. It is unlike all other books in the Battletech franchize.



It should be refered to as the "unknown book."

Some people would prefer that all copies of the unknown book be burned.

Victor below confirmed it, but I was gonna ask if that's the one with the anthro griffin aliens. It was actually a somewhat interesting story and when you think about it there's not a single alien race in all of Battletech aside from them and they're essentially impossible to find lore-wise as one official standpoint was "It's canon, but it'll never be reached again." Then there's others that don't even consider it canon at all.

Personally, I'd prefer them over ponies. But I prefer wolves over griffins. And in general, aliens to not look like they came from Earth's animals.

Though technically, there's alien wildlife. Just not sentient aliens aside from those -- and again, most don't even recognize their existence.

[Koniving]

But back on topic: I usually accept any add requests because playing with new players does something for both of us. It brings you to a slightly higher bracket to play with a slightly tougher crowd to help even out bringing me along and brings me to a slightly lower bracket so I can have fun with a softer crowd and look awesome with whatever I run. (Unlike when I join certain meta-players that bring me the opposite route where my rigs are truly pushed beyond simply being challenged or my attention just isn't where it should be as it often isn't on the game itself.)

So feel free to add me.

[bearded sloth]

Thank you for the warm welcome guys ... big hairy hugs all round.