Factum Est
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
-Will Butler Yeats, 1919
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
Operation ERUPTIO! is the latest publication by BattleTech UK SouthEast. This campaign book follows Paladin Max Ergen, Captain Elizabeth “Liz” Getty and the X Hastati Sentinels through their battles against the Draconis Combine, Clan Wolf and their final stand in Geneva, Terra against Clan Jade Falcon.
Inspired by the novella ‘Shell Games‘ by Jason Schmetzer, and referencing Field Manual 3145 and Shattered Fortress, this campaign provides TouchPoint scenarios to play alone or as part of a large campaign, Combatants unit profiles as well as character profiles for the Heroes of the Republic and Enemies of the Republic. It also includes four new Republic Armed Forces prototype RISC BattleMechs.
The Republic has fallen, and yet it did not go quietly into the night. The brave soldiers, Knights and Paladins of Devlin Stone’s great dream fought to the end, against the Capellan Confederation, the Draconis Combine and finally against Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Wolf. Caesar was not killed by one blade, but many, yet the one that cut deepest was held by his former friend Brutus. As it was for the Republic. Who am I? That is unimportant. I was once a Ghost Knight, someone who gave up their identity to protect the Republic, a task I have failed to uphold. All I can do is to tell the truth of how the Republic fell, the heroes who gave their lives, and to tell the truth about those who held the knife that cut the deepest.
[My name is Clive Pearson, former reporter for the Free Robinson News. This file was hand delivered to my office on June 1st 3152 by an unknown woman, who managed to obscure her features on the way in and out of the office. Along with this file were official Republic of the Sphere verification codes which my contacts in the AFFS validated. When I took this to my editor, he refused to allow me to publish, saying it would harm support for the First Prince and would be sedition, so I published it anyway. It’s obvious to me that the writer of this piece is a true believer in the Republic of the Sphere and in Devlin Stone, and it shows obvious bias, but due to the shocking allegations raised by this about our own First Prince, Julian Davion, I could not let this story be buried. I was there when the Republic liberated Robinson, and only once the RAF had driven off the snakes, did the AFFS turn up to claim victory. Maybe Paladin Max Ergen and the other Republic heroes were the true saviours of the Federated Suns. – Clive Pearson, 30 June 3152]
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