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Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazinetransports you to the blistering, hard-hitting BattleMech conflicts that ravage the war-torn future of the 31st century and beyond!

A young Jade Falcon cadet must prove her mettle in a Trial of Position against a cunning opponent if she is going to become part of her struggling Clans future. Elite aerospace pilots from the Outworlds Alliance and the Snow Ravens meet in a clash for the ages, and a veteran wielding only an implement of peace stands up to defend his home against unusual invaders.

In this issue, youll sign up for a notorious mercenary unit and fight through your first day on the job. Youll jockey to be first across the finish line in a hovertank race fraught with danger. Youll chase the glory days of a once-noted BattleMech manufacturer in a quest to reinvigorate a declining enterprise and secure your birthright. Will you defeat your demons from the Battle of Tukayyid during battle with would-be conquerors? Will you escape from murderous cartel members, or succumb to the elements in the unrelenting, sun-beaten desert?

Load your chamber with technical articles, a Northwind Highlanders unit digest, a MechWarriors catalog of cockpit must-haves, a snow-filled RPG adventure, a BattleForce scenario, and moreall byBattleTechveterans and new enlistees:

Tom Leveen
Bryan Young
Russell Zimmerman
D. G. P. Rector
W. T. Brown
James Hauser
Chris G. Lane
R. J. Thomas
Phillip Johnston
Alayna M. Weathers
James Bixby
tienne Charron-Willard
Matthew Cross
Wunji Lau
Eric Salzman
Tom Stanley
Stephen Toropov