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1、INTRODUCTIONIntroductionLordBrewer,Asperyourrequest,IhavecompletedabasicsurveyandcomparativeanalysisonthecurrentstateofmilitaryresearchanddevelopmentacrosstheAllianceandabroad.Ihaveincludedwiththisagamutofsimilarreportsbynon-Defiancesourcesforyoutoreviewatyourleisure,myduke,t

2、houghthedocumentimmediatelyattachedtothismessagereflectsthehighlightsofourownin-housesurvey.Asever,ofcourse,thisshouldnotberegardedasafullandcompleteanalysis,ifonlybecausetherecanbehundredsofprototypeprojectsunderwayacrosstherealmbyourownfacilitiesandthoseofourcompetitors.Wit

3、htheaboveinmind,Isubmitatotalofthirteenuniquenewmilitaryunitdesignsthatarecurrentlybeingtestedbyourownengineers,andthoseofseveralclosecompetitors.Itisinteresting,ofcourse,toseehow—evenasweallrecoverfromthehorrificdamageoftheJihad—thearmsracethathasragedsincethetechrenaissance

4、ofthe3030sand3040scontinuestoplayitselfout.TheJihadhasonlyexacerbatedthis,infact,sincethesalvagefromvariousWordofBlakeassaultsandoccupationshasactuallyservedtospreadotherwiseproprietarytechnologiesacrosstheInnerSphereandPeriphery.(Worthnoting,bytheway,even“boondockworlds”andt

5、hePeripheryhaveseentechsurgesoflate,atrendwesimplycannotignore.)Althoughthewarstillragesonourborders,andthepoliticalmachinesofDevlinStoneandtheotherstateleadersareinoverdriveaboutthepost-BlakeProtectorate,IknowyouwouldagreethatDefiancewillremainthedominantplayerinheavymilitar

6、ytechnologyfortheLyranstate.TherecanbenodoubtthatfurtherexploringthecuttingedgeofthenewandrecoveredweaponsanddefensivesystemsoftodaycanonlyimproveourstandingwiththeArchonandhiseffortstorebuildthearmedforces.Everatyourservice,—Asst.DirectorEdgarMcKinnley,DefianceIndustries,18N

7、ovember30801INTRODUCTIONHOWTOUSETHISBOOKThe’Mechs,combatvehicles,andfightersdescribedinExperimentalTechnicalReadout:SteinerprovideplayerswithasamplingofthevariouscustomdesignsthathaveariseninthetechnicaldivisionsofthemilitarymanufacturersoftheLyranAlliance.Thedesignsfeaturedi

8、nthisbookreflectlimited-runprototypesand“one-offs”thathaveyettoreach