Shrapnel (magazine)/Issue 15

Issue 15

Product information
Type	Magazine
Development	Loren L. Coleman (publisher) John Helfers (executive editor) Philip A. Lee (managing editor)
Pages	431
Cover Artwork	Germán Varona Galindo (art) David A. Kerber (layout and design)
Interior Artwork	Marie Baumgarten Alan Blackwell Jared Blando Eldon Cowgur Mark Hayden Harri Kallio David A. Kerber Natán Meléndez Benjamin Parker Marco Pennacchietti Tan Ho Sim
Publication information
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
Product code	CAT36233
First published	12 December 2023
ISBN-10	1-63861-147-5
ISBN-13	978-1-63861-147-9
MSRP	$7.99 (EPUB) $18.95 (POD)
Content
Preceded by	Issue 14
Followed by	Issue 16

Content

A Lesson Learned (by Jason Schmetzer)
Voices of the Sphere: Small but Mighty Profitable (by Stephen Toropov)
- A 19 June 3152 INN vox pop on small mercenary units
The Alexandria Job (by Giles Gammage)
Technical Readout: GLD-7R Gladiator (by Wunji Lau)
- A mini-TRO detailing three variants of the Gladiator
Signing Bonus (by Jaymie Wagner)
11 Good Ways to... Ruin Your Mercenary Company (by Daniel Isberner)
- A November 3151 Gladiator Gazette listicle on ways to fail in the mercenary business, with examples
No Dawn on the Horizon (by David G. Martin)
Unit Digest: Outer Reaches Disciples (by Eric Salzman)
Unit Digest: Lacadon Vengeance Legion (by Eric Salzman)
Dust to Dust (A Kell Hounds Story) (by Michael A. Stackpole)
Where the Pen is Mightier than the Sword (by Stephan A. Frabartolo)
- A brief ComStar Mercenary Review Board introduction on the basics of contracts for newly registered members, followed by interjections from various merc on contract issues and omissions MRB neglected
Tales of the Strange Bedfellows (by James Hauser)
Sea*List Ads: The Almotacen Almanac (by Stephen Toropov)
- Advertisements and notices on Almotacen, 3 June 3152
El Dorado (by Chris Purnell)
Will Schedule It for You: Combined Arms Techs & Astechs (by Ed Stephens)
- A December 3151 tech/astech compensation review, detailing technicians' wants, needs, and struggles at work
Chaos Campaign Scenario: Rainmaker (by Eric Salzman)
- 18 January 3151, Butte Hold: Clan Hell's Horses' forces clash with Snord's Irregulars as a lostech terraforming device activates around them
Where I Belong (by Tom Leveen)
Mercenaries Entertainment Network Digest: June 3152 (by Ken Horner)
- Brief update on notable and popular holovid shows including The Steinhearts, Hanse in Charge, Saad Yousuf: Bounty Hunter, A Red-Hot Life, MechBall, The Reaches, and Daoshen Liao: Junior High Chancellor
Technical Readout: The Untold Mauler (by Johannes Heidler)
- An extensive overview of several Mauler variants, including its earliest prototypes
Second to None (by Russell Zimmerman)
Unit Digest: Blazing Aces (by Alex Fauth)
Unit Digest: Halsten's Brigade (by Zac Schwartz)
Indomitable (by Johhn (Valk) Briseño)
Getting Paid in an Uncertain Age (by Lorcan Nagle)
- A July 3135 Mercenary Commander article on various forms of payment available in lieu of the collapsing C-bill and stone
Behind the Stick (by Jason Hansa)
Planet Digest: Le Blanc (by Eric Salzman)
Lone Wolf and Fox, part 3 of 4 (by Bryan Young)
The Truth about the Bounty Hunter? (by Lorcan Nagle)
- Around the Sphere panel on theories about the identity of the Bounty Hunter, 23 April 3134
Ace Darwin and the Second Try Fiasco (by James Bixby)
They Walk Alone: Mercenary Freelancers (by Eric Salzman)
- An article on how to work as an individual mercenary freelancer, covering finding work and maintaining equipment
Picking the Bones (by Alan Brundage)
Unit Digest: Twenty-first Centauri Peregrine Lancers (by Stephen Toropov)
Silent Plans (by Daniel Isberner)
Successor Lord: A Card Game for Three to Five Players (by Ken Horner)
- An overview of the titular card game, with rules and some historical details
Six Months on the Float (by James Kirtley)
Alpha Strike Scenario Track: Embers of the Past (by Ed Stephens)
- July-August 3151: The Gryphons assault on Amity and Helm; the sequel to Alpha Strike Scenario: Strike and Fade from Shrapnel Issue 13
Raptor's Requiem: Canticle (by Lance Scarinci)