Both download and print editions of such books should be high quality. Most newer books are in the original electronic format. Also, their file size tends to be smaller than scanned image books. These ebooks were created from the original electronic layout files, and therefore are fully text searchable. We mark clearly which print titles come from scanned image books so that you can make an informed purchase decision about the quality of what you will receive. The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. Players who own those Record Sheets will find the same units presented in Record Sheets: Clan Invasion. The entries in this PDF are reprinted-albeit with the current BattleTech logo and artwork-from Record Sheets: 3050 Upgrade Unabridged-Clan & Star League, Record Sheets: 3055 Upgrade Unabridged, Record Sheets: 3058 Unabridged, Record Sheets: 3060 Unabridged, Record Sheets: 3067 Unabridged, and Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged-Project Phoenix. There, the destruction of Clan Smoke Jaguar and the defeat of the Clans in the Great Refusal ended the invasion.īattleTech Record Sheets: Clan Invasion offers players the record sheets for all the ‘Mechs detailed in BattleTech Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, 478 in total. With the clock ticking, the Inner Sphere’s elite took the battle directly to the Clan Homeworlds. At first sweeping all before them with their advanced technologies, the Clans met defeat at the Battle of Tukayyid and were stymied by a 15-year truce. Finally, an appendix lists all the different sheets sorted by name and variant, listing their combat value, tonnage and cost.On 27 September 3048, the ComStar Explorer Corps JumpShip Outbound Light stumbled onto the Clan Homeworlds, setting in motion a massive invasion of the Inner Sphere by the Clans. Then, without warning, the Clans invaded. An introduction and credits page provide information on technology bases used by the units described in the book. After more than two hundred years of unrelenting war, the Inner Sphere seemed to stand on the brink of peace. This book is primarily designed to provide record sheets but also contains a section of blank sheets of the various types of units in the book and a summary sheet for hit locations, movement modifiers and other similar elements used during the game. As an added feature, the game information for the relevant weapons and equipment appears on each record sheet for easy reference. Now the Inner Sphere's only hope lies in setting aside age-old hatreds and joining forces to turn the tide before Terra, the cradle of humanity, falls to the Clan onslaught.īattleTech Record Sheets: 3050 Provides more than 250 filled-out record sheets for the BattleMechs, tanks, hovercraft and VTOLs described in BattleTech Technical Readout: 3050, including variants and alternate configurations. Then, without warning, the Clans invaded, their advanced OmniMechs crushing all who stood in their way. From the back cover “Īfter more than two hundred years of unrelenting war, the Inner Sphere seemed to stand on the brink of peace. Programmed by Tracy Kannar of FMS Techniques, Inc., only available on the Macintosh. The record sheets in this supplement were created using the program 'Mech Designer version 2.5dß. The book provides more than 250 record sheets, with game information for the weapons used by each unit. Record Sheets: 3050 compiled all of the variants (at the time) of the units that were in Technical Readout: 3050, as well as variants and alternate configurations.
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