BattleTech: Restoration

“I am Kamea of House Arano, High Lady of the Aurigan Reach.  Protector of Coromodir and the Sword of Restoration.  But I am not a hero… no matter what the stories say.

A hero would have sacrificed more, compromised less.  A hero would have done better…

You know this of course.  You were there.  My father used to tell me stories about the ancient times.  About the Star League.  A golden age of prosperity upheld by the great MechWarrior’s of old.  Guardians of the innocent, protectors of the peace.  I always dreamed of following in their footsteps.

I was too young to see the truth of things.  Afterall, it wasn’t heroism, or a noble cause that won me the throne.  It was hiring a mercenary.  Skilled enough, perhaps ruthless enough, to carry the day.  Hiring you.

I still don’t know if you fought for honor, or the thrill of it, for belief in my cause or just in my money.  But whether it was your noble heart, or mercenary mind, your actions gave us hope.  That makes you a hero in the eyes of history.

Whether you believe it, that’s up to you…”

BattleTech: Restoration is a narrative 3 round tournament event which takes place in 3025 through the events of the Restoration Wars between Kamea Arano, High Lady of the Aurigan Coalition, against her traitorous uncle, Santiago Esponosa as his vision for a Aurigan Directorate.

When Kamea Arano survived an assassination attempt to seize power from her, after the death of her father Tamati Arano II in 3022, she would go into hiding for three years to avoid detection.  On Lady Arano’s returned she would work together with supporters, both House Lords and citizens to fight for them. During this time, she would for the Coalition and go to various planets to assist them break their hold on the Directorate. The Coalition, with the assistance of the mercenary forces, would help Lady Kamea with liberating various planets one by one until the battle would reach Coromodir, ending in the defeat of the Directorate.

Using the campaign rules from BattleTech: Mercenary Company, each Mercenary command will pledge his support for the Coalition or Directorate and take part in three missions each with a different lance of BattleMechs.

Part 1 – Liberation of Weldry.  A sneak attack to free political prisoners from the frozen planet of Weldry using the Mercenary Company Recon Lance.

Part 2 – Grave Robbing.  Securing a Star League Cache: Castle Nautilus on Arto, using the Mercenary Fire Lance.

Part 3 – Showdown.  The final battle between Kamae Arano in her SLDF ASD-7K Atlas II, and Victoria Espinosa in her KNG-000 King Crab on the Arano Tourney Grounds, supported by the Mercenary Command Lance.