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| image = Maximum Tech Revised Edition (FanPro) cover.jpg<br />
| name = Maximum Tech<br />
| development = [[Bryan Nystul]]<br />
| primarywriting = [[Bryan Nystul]]<br />
| cover = <br />
| illustrations = <br />
| type = Rulebook<br />
| publisher = [[FASA]] <br> [[FanPro]]<br />
| year = 1997 (FASA) <br> 2005 (FanPro)<br />
| pages = 127 <br />
| productioncode = 1700 (FASA) <br> 35013 (FanPro)<br />
| ISBN10 = 1932564160<br />
}}<br />
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==Description==<br />
'''Maximum Tech''' added many new rules to the base [[BattleTech]] gameplay. Published after the addition of the [[Clans]] to the game, the book focused on technologies and rules that affected gameplay in the [[3056]] timeframe and later.<br />
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Included in the rulebook were additions for new terrain types, a replacement rule for Line-of-Sight (LOS) that took into account a special case, and weather and extreme conditions. All of the rules in the sourcebook are optional and were intended to add to gameplay. Finally, the book introduced the [[Battle Value]] (BV) system for evaluating [['Mech]] and vehicle abilities.<br />
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Several of the rules that were first introduced into BattleTech through ''Maximum Tech'' became tournament legal with the publication of ''[[Total Warfare]]'', including using a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]'s piloting skill as the base for physical attacks.<br />
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==From the back cover==<br />
{{quote|''Rediscovered [[Star League]] technology gives the [[Inner Sphere]] a new edge on the battlefield! But new weapons require new tactics; now as never before, ingenuity counts more than tougher [['Mech]]s and bigger guns. ''Maximum Tech'' brings [[BattleTech]] players into this brave new world of warfare, where thinking on your feet can win the day.''<br />
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''Take your BattleTech games to the max with ''Maximum Tech'', the ultimate expansion rulebook for BattleTech players. ''Maximum Tech'' is packed with dozens of [[Rules Level Three]] optional rules, including new weapons and equipment for Inner Sphere and [[Clan]] forces; expanded rules for [[vehicle]]s and [[infantry]]; [[double-blind rules]]; revised and expanded artillery rules; and much more! This revised edition of ''Maximum Tech'' has been updated for use with the ''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]'' as well as incorporating the units presented in the ''[[Technical Readout: 3060]]'' and ''[[Record Sheets: 3060]]'' into the [[Battle Value]] units table.''}}<br />
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==Contents==<br />
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* '''Introduction'''<br />
** How to Use This Book<br />
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* '''Terrain and Movement'''<br />
** Expanded Terrain and Weather Rules<br />
** Movement Modes<br />
** Skidding<br />
** Piloting Skill Rolls<br />
** Movement Dice<br />
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* '''Combat'''<br />
** General Rules<br />
** Weapons Attacks<br />
** Physical Combat<br />
** Heat<br />
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* '''Vehicles'''<br />
** Vehicle Crews<br />
** Movement<br />
** Combat<br />
** [[VTOL]] Combat<br />
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* '''Infantry'''<br />
** Rules<br />
** Equipment<br />
** Special Operations<br />
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* '''Miscellaneous Rules'''<br />
** Artillery<br />
** Skills and Abilities<br />
** Dueling Rules<br />
** Structures<br />
** Smoke<br />
** Concealing Information<br />
** [[Double-Blind Rules]]<br />
** Scavenging and Repair<br />
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* '''Construction'''<br />
** General Rules<br />
** BattleMech Construction<br />
** Vehicle Construction<br />
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* '''Equipment'''<br />
** [[Active Probe]]s<br />
** [[Anti-missile system]]s<br />
** [[Anti-Personnel Pods]]<br />
** Armor<br />
** [[Artemis V FCS|Artemis V Fire-Control System]]<br />
** Artillery Cannons<br />
** [[Autocannon]]s<br />
** [[CASE II]]<br />
** [[Coolant Pod]]<br />
** [[ECM Suite]]s<br />
** [[ER Pulse Laser]]s<br />
** [[Flamer]]s<br />
** [[Gauss rifle]]<br />
** Grenade Launchers<br />
** Hand-Held Weapons<br />
** [[Heat Sink]]s<br />
** [[Jump Jet]]s<br />
** [[Machine Gun]]s<br />
** [[Medium Range Missile]]s (MRMs)<br />
** Missiles<br />
** [[NARC Missile Beacon]]s<br />
** [[Null Signature System]]<br />
** [[Particle Projector Cannon]] (PPC)<br />
** [[Pulse Laser]]s<br />
** [[Supercharger]]<br />
** [[Sword (weapon)|Sword]]<br />
** [[Targeting Computer|Inner Sphere Targeting Computer]]<br />
** [[Thunderbolt Launcher]]<br />
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* '''Costs'''<br />
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* '''[[Battle Value]] System'''<br />
** Calculating BattleMech BV<br />
** Calculating Conventional Vehicle BV<br />
** Infantry<br />
** Weapon and Equipment Battle Values<br />
** Skill/Experience Level Multipliers<br />
** [[Rules Level Three|Level Three]] Battle Values<br />
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* '''Forms and Tables'''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* FASA rereleased ''Maximum Tech'' as ''Maximum Tech, Revised Edition'' in 1998. FanPro's version reprinted the Revised Edition.<br />
* As well as [[Rules Level 3]] pieces of equipment, ''Maximum Tech'' also included a number of tournament legal [[Rules Level 2]] items from ''[[Field Manual: Draconis Combine]]'' and ''[[Field Manual: Free Worlds League]]'', prior to their later more general inclusion in ''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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Maximum Tech Revised Edition (FASA) cover.jpg|Maximum Tech Revised 1998 Edition, Corrected Second Printing, FASA<br />
Maximum Tech Revised Edition (FanPro) cover.jpg|Maximum Tech Revised 1999 Edition, Corrected Third Printing, First Printing by FanPro LLC<br />
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