“Ma’am? There’s a call for you,” said the inflight attendant as he offered a small headset. Dhriti Puri had only just sat down aboard the Princess-class luxury liner Endless Self-Indulgence. She was honestly surprised it had taken the idiots at Vinning Engineering and Salvage Team this long to interrupt her vacation. Dhriti held her breath […]
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Sarna moves! DLC arrivals! Fan projects! Big industry news! It’s a May unlike any other! So much news that I’m desperately trying to keep the word count to a minimum. But BattleTech has other plans. So I’ll stop running my actuators and dive straight into all the BattleTech news for May 2025. Sarna Has A […]
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Everybody loves the Ghost Bears. Maybe it’s their focus on the family, or how they turned into one of the Inner Sphere’s few semi-functioning democracies in the ilClan Era (a minor disagreement about said ilClan notwithstanding). There’s just something about these big, cuddly protectors that draws in fans, so it makes sense for PGI to […]
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“And the last of the salvageable materials can be viewed here,” Technician Warner motioned to the bottom of the datapad held by Star Captain Bijon Tseng. As the XO of the Second Tyr Assault Cluster, administrative matters such as battlefield recovery and salvage fell to him. The battle for Karston had been well-fought, with the […]
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I’m excited about a lot of new products coming to BattleTech this year, but chief among them is BattleTech: Aces, the upcoming product that turns a game of Alpha Strike into a solo or cooperative experience. Those of us who got in on the Mercenaries Kickstarter got a preview of this product, and after one […]
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EDIT 2025-05-02 11pm EST: We have switched the DNS entry of sarna.net and www.sarna.net to the new server. There were a few bumps over the last hour as we fixed some issues, but the website should be running normally now. Please let us know if there are any ongoing issues by one of the methods […]
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I know this sort of flies in the face of some very good advice from a certain Hitchhiker’s Guide we’ll talk about later, but the whole tariffs thing made me panic-purchase a new computer earlier this month. The good news is that I now have a top-of-the-line machine that’s going to absolutely crush the new […]
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You could always tell things were not going well when the top brass sent out infantry squads to dig trenches they hoped would provide some sort of defense against an onrushing regiment of BattleMechs. Corporal Andrews knew better—only a ‘Mech could kill another ‘Mech. Or at least a bunch of tanks with artillery support. Some […]
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In perhaps the greatest example of my prognostification being utterly incorrect, MechWarrior 5: Clans is getting a Ghost Bear DLC after all! Ghost Bear: Flash Storm will have players take on the role of a Star Commander within the Silveroot Keshik as the Ghost Bears fight to regain their honor as the most powerful of […]
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Where Dungeons & Dragons have enjoyed over a decade of free publicity thanks to shows like Critical Role, BattleTech’s foray into podcasts and actual-play broadcasts is a more recent phenomenon. Thankfully, the franchise is well on its way to being well-supported in the realm of multimedia productions, and the latest to come out of Adepticon […]
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Spring has sprung itself on BattleTech like a female lion on an unsuspecting antelope. It starts with the KerenskyKon teasers, which set the antelope running. Then, it gets ambushed by another female lion [ed. or ‘lioness,’ as I have been recently informed] that jumps out of the bushes at Adepticon. Then, the rest of the […]
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I don’t need to tell you that a big part of why BattleTech has stuck around for so long is because of the incredible art that seemingly gets better and better with each passing year. From the line drawings of the original TROs to the breathtaking multi-page art spreads that use cutting-edge software alongside the […]
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BungleTech, the podcast about how BattleTech is really hard to play right, is about to embark on its most difficult journey yet. The Global Campaign 2025 will have both Classic and Alpha Strike players alike play through a nine-mission campaign where some will fail, some will succeed, but everyone will undoubtedly bungle something. Most likely […]
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“I’m tellin’ ya, man, I’m cursed! Just cursed!” Private Coop McRawder shouted to no one in particular. He was already three sheets to the wind after being on Galatea for just two hours—shore leave as the Rowdy McRawders rested and refitted before returning to find contracts in the Hinterlands. Coop, the youngest of the McRawder […]
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As has become tradition around these parts, we’re starting the year with giving you, our dear readers, a preview of what’s to come in 2025. Or we would have if I hadn’t gotten sick, and then Dmon got sick, and then work stuff just sort of kept us from going over the final edits for […]
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As I write this, dump trucks full of snow haul their icy cargo down recently plowed roads. The ice banks reach up to my shoulders while the bottom half of my window is nothing but mud-speckled white. We are in the deep of winter where I do not go outside unless absolutely necessary. Like for […]
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If you’ve been keeping up with BattleTech at all in recent years, you’ve almost certainly witnessed the work of Eldon Cowgur, better known online as Eldoniousrex. Starting out making art for Tex Talks BattleTech, Eldon quickly infiltrated into the very heart of Catalyst Game Labs, where he produced covers, centerfolds, and redesigned ‘Mechs. He’s also […]
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Audio courtesy of Nathan and Mike from BungleTech “Alright, trainees. Today we’re going to discuss survival tactics of the SHD-2H Shadow Hawk, or as I like to call it,” pressing a button on a small remote, SLDF Sergeant Van Munsen activated the projector to display a pilot rocketing away from a burning ‘Mech. “‘Eject, Eject, […]
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We try not to get too political in the introduction, but the 25% tariff the United States plans to impose on Canada is quite likely to tank our dollar to the point where it’s going to be mighty difficult to continue purchasing those delightful BattleTech products. Us Canadians are going to have to make some […]
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I think all of us dream of being able to make our own official BattleTech products. Mine would be a box of exclusively bad ‘Mechs, but then the Mercenaries Kickstarter already had the Inner Sphere Security Lance, so I’m relatively satisfied. One person who wasn’t satisfied was Jerry Holkins, also known as Penny Arcade’s Tycho […]
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This review definitely has spoilers in it, especially with respect to its ending. If you want to fly blind, don’t read this. If you want my personal take but don’t want the ending spoiled, there’s a warning to skip the super spoiler-y bits. Also, my review copy was somewhat longer than the final product. Voidbreaker […]
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Merchant Factor Stephens knew this was not the normal way for a ‘Mech to be produced. In order to ensure the Thresher Mk II (or Thresher II—the Clan had yet to decide on an official moniker) was ready as soon as possible, the scientist caste had been largely bypassed and only the Technician Caste was […]
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Do I need to describe the beauty, convenience, and value of HexTech to you at this point? Of course not. I think HexTech has long since conquered the hearts of BattleTech players with its fully painted and ready-to-play terrain that fits neatly onto your hex-based game boards or playmats. But the great minds at Gale […]
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About a decade ago, a group of friends came together to make some MechWarrior machinima, a hobby which eventually led them to create the best BattleTech animations the fandom had ever seen. Hired Steel was so great, it eventually led to them getting hired to create official cinematics for an actual MechWarrior title. I refer […]
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It’s Christmas time, except for those in Canada. Because of the mail strike (which for the record, I totally support), all our Catalyst and Iron Wind Metals orders aren’t going to be here until January at the earliest. So my Christmas isn’t going to be here until next month, but oh boy, it’ll be a […]
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