Interstellar Operations: BattleForce

Interstellar Operations: BattleForce
Product information
Type	Rulebook
Primary writing	Fiction: Herbert A. Beas II Jason Schmetzer Rules: Matt Alexander Ray Arrastia Joel Bancroft-Connors Herbert A. Beas II Randall N. Bills Joshua Franklin Keith Hann John Haward Johannes Heidler Chris Marti Ben Rome Paul Sjardijn Joel Steverson
Pages	352
Cover Artwork	Doug Chaffee
Illustrations	Jeff Porter
Publication information
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
Product code	CAT35006VB
First published	21 March 2022
Content
Era	Age of War to Dark Age
Timeline	Total Warfare
Series	Core Rulebooks
Preceded by	Strategic Operations
Followed by	Campaign Operations

Description

Interstellar Operations: BattleForce is the last of a series of core rulebooks written for BattleTech and is in two volumes, with Interstellar Operations: Alternate Eras as the other. It was previously contained in the one volume Interstellar Operations.

From the Back Cover

Forces Across the Stars!

“

Marshal your forces and prepare to conquer the Inner Sphere! Interstellar Operations: BattleForce provides a sliding zoom that can scale from a quick game on your table up to the macro level, allowing players to assume the roles of House Lords and dominate the galaxy! BattleForce is a complete, all-in-one-book game system of combat on a grand scale, but tailored to your interest at the gaming table. Play lightning-fast, large-scale games like battalion vs. battalion or conquer a planet with multiple regiments. Not large enough? Invade an entire sector of a House as armies clash across a dozen systems. Still not large enough? Become a Clan Khan or House Leader and amass all the industrial might of your empire to protect your worlds and defeat your enemies!

”

Contents

INTRODUCTION

Advanced Rules

Choose What You Like

• Player Adjudication

• War and Its Makers (in-universe article)

BATTLEFORCE: STANDARD RULES

• Warfare Symbology (in-universe article)

BATTEFORCE: ADVANCED RULES

• Charge Of The Light (short story)

BATTLEFORCE: SPECIAL ABILITIES

• Falling Into Fire (short story)

STRATEGIC BATTLEFORCE

• Pressure Play (short story)

ABSTRACT COMBAT SYSTEM

CONVERSION RULES

• Cutting Losses (short story)

INNER SPHERE AT WAR

INDEX

RECORD SHEETS AND TABLES

Notes

• First printing is the single-volume Interstellar Operations.
• The third corrected printing was published in January of 2023.

Gallery

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  Front cover of IO: BattleForce, 2nd printing
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  Front cover of IO: BattleForce, 3rd printing