Shrapnel (magazine)/Issue 15
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| Issue 15 | |
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| 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)