Editing Life Support (magazine)

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.

Latest revision Your text
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
{{otheruses|the MechForce Germany magazine|other uses|Life Support (disambiguation)}}
 
{{ApocryphalProduct}}
 
{{ApocryphalProduct}}
{{otheruses|the MechForce Germany magazine|other uses|Life Support}}
 
 
 
{{infoBoxProduct
 
{{infoBoxProduct
 
| image =  
 
| image =  
 
| name = Life Support
 
| name = Life Support
 
| type = Magazine
 
| type = Magazine
| development = Chief editor:<br />[[Detlef Howe]] (Issues 1–2, 4)<br />[[Hans Schönberg]] (Issues 3, 5–8)<br />[[Beat Volkert]] (Issue 8, with Hans Schönberg)
+
| development = Chief editor:<br />[[Detlef Howe]] (Issues 1-2, 4)<br />[[Hans Schönberg]] (Issues 3, 5-8)<br />[[Beat Volkert]] (Issue 8, with Hans Schönberg)
 
| primarywriting = Various contributors
 
| primarywriting = Various contributors
 
| pages = varies
 
| pages = varies
Line 12: Line 11:
 
| illustrations = Various artists
 
| illustrations = Various artists
 
| publisher = [[MechForce Germany]]
 
| publisher = [[MechForce Germany]]
| year = 1993–1995
+
| year = 1993-1995
 
| productioncode =  
 
| productioncode =  
 
| ISBN10 =  
 
| ISBN10 =  
| MSRP = 7,50 DM (Issues 1-6)<br />8,50 DM (Issues 7–8)
+
| MSRP = 7,50 DM (Issues 1-6)<br />8,50 DM (Issues 7-8)
 
}}
 
}}
{{TOCleft}}'''''Life Support''''' was the German-language [[BattleTech]] magazine published by the first incarnation of the [[MechForce Germany]] (MFG). It contained internal MFG news and ranking lists as well as rules, essays, fiction, scenarios, [['Mech]] designs and record sheets, and similar information, some of it original, some translated from American BattleTech publications.
+
{{TOCleft}}'''Life Support''' was the German-language [[BattleTech]] magazine published by the first incarnation of the [[MechForce Germany]] (MFG). It contained internal MFG news and ranking lists as well as rules, essays, fiction, scenarios, [['Mech]] designs and record sheets, and similar information, some of it original, some translated from American BattleTech publications.
  
The magazine was issued to MFG members, but was also available for sale independent of MFG membership. A total of eight issues were published before the first MFG folded.  
+
The magazine was issued to MFG members, but was also available for sale independent of MFG membership. A total of 8 issues was published before the first MFG folded.  
  
 
==Canonicity==
 
==Canonicity==
As a German-only product, the ''Life Support'' magazine does not fall under the current definition of [[Canon]] for the BattleTech universe.  
+
As a German-only product, the Life Support magazine does not fall under the current definition of [[Canon]] for the BattleTech universe.  
  
The MechForce Germany organization was officially sanctioned by [[FASA]], therefore ''Life Support'' can be regarded as an official (apocryphal) BattleTech publication. However, its content was not checked for continuity whatsoever by FASA.
+
The MechForce Germany organization was officially sanctioned by [[FASA]], therefore Life Support can be regarded as an official (apocryphal) BattleTech publication. However, its content was not checked for continuity whatsoever by FASA.
  
 
[[FanPro]], on the other hand, holder of the German BattleTech license and publisher of the German-language BattleTech game line, maintained close contact with the MFG fan organization to the point that several items first published by the MFG found their way into official German-language BattleTech products, particularly the expanded ''[[Arena-Planet Solaris VII]]'' which reproduced the rules for [[Dual Cockpit]]s and [[ECM 3025]]. Likewise, the ''[[Linesman]]'' BattleMech introduced by the MFG was officially mentioned in ''[[BattleTech – Die Welt des 31. Jahrhunderts]]'' which was produced by [[Heyne]], the publisher of the German novel line.
 
[[FanPro]], on the other hand, holder of the German BattleTech license and publisher of the German-language BattleTech game line, maintained close contact with the MFG fan organization to the point that several items first published by the MFG found their way into official German-language BattleTech products, particularly the expanded ''[[Arena-Planet Solaris VII]]'' which reproduced the rules for [[Dual Cockpit]]s and [[ECM 3025]]. Likewise, the ''[[Linesman]]'' BattleMech introduced by the MFG was officially mentioned in ''[[BattleTech – Die Welt des 31. Jahrhunderts]]'' which was produced by [[Heyne]], the publisher of the German novel line.

Please note that all contributions to BattleTechWiki are considered to be released under the GNU FDL 1.2 (see BattleTechWiki:Copyrights for details). If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly and redistributed at will, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource. Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!

To edit this page, please answer the question that appears below (more info):

Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)

Advanced templates:

Editing: {{Merge}}   {{Moratorium}}   {{Otheruses| | | }}

Notices: {{NoEdit}}   {{Sign}}   {{Unsigned|name}}   {{Welcome}}

Administration: {{Essay}}   {{Policy}}   {{Procedure}}