Jihad Hot Spots 3072.pdf

A JIHAD PLOT SOURCEBOOK

THE GLIMMER OF HOPE!

For nearly four years, the res of war have threat-

ened to consume all the nations of mankind as

the Word of Blake’s furious campaign of terror

and deception raged on. Millions have died,

mighty armies have fallen, and ancient empires

have shattered, with no end in sight. But even

as all hope seems lost, heroes old and new rise

from the ashes of re-blackened worlds to stand

against the chaos and, maybe, to start turning

the tide at last.

Jihad Hot Spots: 3072 ™ continues the Jihad series,

begun with Dawn of the Jihad , bringing the

readers into the ongoing chaos and horror of the

Sphere-spanning war, as seen from the eyes of

those who ght—and die—in this epic con ict.

Players of both Classic BattleTech and the Classic

BattleTech RPG will nd additional rules and cam-

paign tracks within to continue their campaigns

across the Inner Sphere as the Blakist holy war

rages on. Finally, Jihad Hot Spots: 3072 contains

detailed information on the cyber-soldiers of

the Manei Domini, as well as a mini-Technical

Readout section—including record sheets—for

numerous new units, including the six new

Celestial-series Word of Blake OmniMechs.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE MASTER’S HAND 4

INTRODUCTION 8

How To Use This Book 8

About The Chaos Rampant Campaign 8

THE RAGING INFERNO 9

The Chains Of Fate 10

Introduction 10

Lurching League 10

Crumbling Confederation 12

Chaotic Combine 13

Seething Suns 14

Arrogant Alliance 15

Calculating Clans 15

Closing The Gap 16

EARL Y 3071: HELL UNLE ASHED 18

The Clan Front 19

Wolf Clan In Disarray 19

Suicide Jump 21

Lines Of Fracture 25

A Desperate Hour 25

Parliament Raises, Lowers Tari s 25

Taking A Stand 26

A World Too Far 27

Plunging Into Darkness 29

Shroud Of Turin 29

Anti-blakist Riots Sweep Confederation 29

Worshippers Of Death 30

Horror Night 31

Terrorists Slay Hundreds On Kittery 32

Alliance Under Fire 33

Arming The Electorate 33

Dundee: Shut Down Galatea! 35

Let The Games Begin 35

And In Other News… 35

Arc-royal Summit Threatened 35

Death From The Heavens 36

The Impact At Home 37

Falcon Envoys On Arc-royal? 37

Chaos Rampant, Part 1: Early 3071 39

Savage Silence 39

Storming The Balance 40

Free- re Zone 42

LATE 3071: CRACKS IN THE FAÇADE 44

Frayed Alliances 45

General Steiner Seals Gibbs, Westerstede 45

Going For Broke 46

Marching On 48

Falcons Return To Great X, Zanderji 48

Horses Turn On Hellion Allies As Wolves Counterattack 49

Nova Cats Redeploy, No Explanation Given

Enemy Of My Enemy

Declaration Of War

Vive La Resistance!

Line In The Stars

Triumph On Holt!

Where Are The Heroes?

Kittery Freed!

The Teetering Edge

Rumors Of My Demise…

The Wreckage Of History

Victory For The Ages!

Concordat Forces On High Alert

And In Other News…

Calderon Forces Su er Setbacks

Blinding Vengeance

Fight Or Die!

Blakist Task Force Foils Two Strikes In Two Weeks

Death At Close Range

Falling Into Crimson

Gathering Forces

Serpent In Eden

Battling Night

Photon To Command Tamarind’s Forces

Crawling From The Ashes

100

The Fall Of Night

Breather

101

David Lear Lives!

All Quiet In The Outback?

101

Chaos Rampant, Part 2: Late 3071

Nacht Blitz

For King And Country

102

Oppression

Dark Of Night

102

Severance

Christmas At Ground Zero

102

Reaching The Limits

Nova Cats Seen On Capellan Front

104

EARLY 3072: DESPERATE TIMES

And In Other News…

105

Bittersweet Victories

Seeds Of Chaos

105

Re ections Of Hell

Sparta Habitat Vanishes

105

Blood Of The Shepherd

Unexpected Surprises

106

St. Valentine’s Day Victory

Discordant Dragon

106

Kittery Freedom Fighters Advance

Chaos Rampant, Part 4: Late 3072

107

Justi cations

Going Nova

107

Tarnished Honor

Burning Bridges

109

Death From The Heavens—Again

TAKING STOCK

111

The Cats Break Ranks

Riksdag

113

Ronin!

Hell’s Horses: Here To Stay?

114

The Dragon’s Benevolence

Who Is Devlin Stone?

115

Benjamin’s Fall

The End Of The Beginning

115

Agents Provocateurs

Passing The Gem

Developing Story:

Allied Summit Underway In Old Connaught

Standing Apart

116

Declaration Of Principles

Broken Hope, Shattered Dreams

117

Is Democracy Worth It?

Breaking Story:

Bombing Hits Allied Summit In Old Connaught! 118

JIHAD HOT SPOTS: 3072 RULES ANNEX

Rallying Cry

Democracy Now Unveils “Army”

119

The Outer Reaches

The Manei Domini

120

Liberty Under Fire

Manei Domini Creation Rules

120

Lambs To The Slaughter

New Vehicles

132

And In Other News…

Hiryo Armored Infantry Transport

132

Clan Forces Comstar O Tukayyid

Ji-50 Transportable Field Repair Unit

133

Broken Containment

Celestial Omnimech Series

134

Rasalhague Withdrawal Completed

Malak

135

While Rome Burns…

Preta

137

Chaos Rampant, Part 3: Early 3072

Grigori

138

Corporate Ties

Deva

139

Spark

With Friends Like These…

Clean Sweep

Seraph

140

Acts Of De ance

LATE 3072: THE CURTAIN FALLS

Archangel

141

For Want Of A Nail…

Fragments Of Power

Djinn Battle Armor

142

Azami Return Home

Return Of The Archonettes

RECORD SHEETS

143

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CREDITS

Writing

Herbert A. Beas II

Warner Doles

Jason Hardy

Chris Hartford

Ken’ Horner

Nick “Gunslinger” Marsala

David L. McCulloch

Mike Miller

Steve Mohan

Jim “IvanR” Rapkins

Ben Rome

Jason Schmetzer

Paul Sjardijn

Phaedra Weldon

Andreas Zuber

The Master’s Hand

Herbert A. Beas II

Rules Annex and Chaos Rampant

Herbert A. Beas II

David L. McCulloch

Ken’ Horner

Ben Rome

Cover Art

Klaus Scherwinski

Cover Design

Adam Jury

Header Design

Jim Nelson

Layout

Ray Arrastia

Illustrations

Brent Dill

Brent Evans

Florian Stitz

Additional Graphic Elements

Chris Lewis

Record Sheets

David L. McCulloch

Ford, Jon “Worktroll” Haward, Glenn Hopkins, Michael

“Konan” Koning, Alan “Brainburner” Kreilick, Peter LaCasse,

Darrell “FlailingDeath” Myers, Jason Paulley, Aaron

“Gravedigger” Pollyea, Max “Medron Pryde” Prohaska, Kevin

Roof, Eric Salzman, Björn Schmidt, Christopher K. Searls,

Jeﬀ Skidmore, Chris Smith, Pete Smith, Sam Snell, David

M. Stansel-Garner, Joel “Septicemia” Steverson, Todd

“BlueWeasel” Thrash, Chris Wheeler, Patrick T. Wynne

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Special Thanks

To all of our fans, who remain committed to the game

and the universe—whether they like the way the story

goes or not—and who have now kept the faith through

three re-brandings. To the gang at IMR (Loren Coleman,

Randall Bills, David Stansel-Garner, and the rest), for ba-

sically bringing out BattleTech’s “Third Transfer” in more

ways than one! To my fellow writers, of course, for their

dedication and contribution, even under stringent dead-

lines. To the fact-checker and playtester apparatus (who

never cease to push a deadline to its limit…despite my

threats to ﬁ re the whole lot of them). And, last but never

least, my deepest thanks go to the lovely Beckie J Beas,

who still lets me write (sometimes) despite long hours of

virtual isolation, and our “children”—Oscar, Annie, Merlin,

Meggie, and Blaze.

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