Editing MechForce News

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'''MechForce News''' was the quarterly newsletter of the [[MechForce North America]] fan club, produced by [[FASA]]. Each issue summarized recent events in the BattleTech fiction line from an in-universe perspective and had a section that listed members rankings.

[[AWOL Productions]] took over running the MechForce North America from 1990 onward, and the publication changed its name to [['Mech (magazine)]].

==Canonicity==
The MechForce News was an official product, produced under [[FASA]]'s direct aegis. However, the current definition of [[Canon]] for BattleTech expressly excludes magazines (even "official" ones) by default. The magazine's content must therefore be considered [[apocryphal]] unless confirmed in a recognized canonical publication or ruling.

==Volumes==
No volumes are given for the early issues.  After the time-jump to the [[Clan Invasion era]], a note of "Volume XXI" appears in the header, and references are made to having been in publication for 20 years.

==Volume One==
===Issue One===
[[File:MechForce_News_Spring_3028.jpg|right||150px]]
Spring 3028, 8 pages.

Contents
* "[[Operation Galahad 3028]]: Troops Take to the Field"
* "Wedding Plans Continue"

===Issue Two===
Summer 3028, 8 pages. (Mailed 15 August, 1988)

Contents
* "Wedding Activities on Terra"
* "Operation Galahad Continues"
* "Unexplained Image Baffles NAIS Experts"
* "DropShip Hijacked"
* "Fighting on An Ting"
* "VTOL Tactics and Counter-Measures"
* "AA/A Thumper"
* "Shrapnel" (Advertisment)
* "Who Are Wolf's Dragoons?" (Fan contest - source of theories in Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook)
* "Players Wanted"
* "MechForce Rankings"
* "Warrior: Riposte" (Advertisement)

===Special Edition - WAR===

Contents
* "Galahad/Thor Ruse"
* "Davion/Steiner Offensive Viewed With Dismay"
* "Experts Question the Wisdom of the Offensive"
* "Liao Garrisons Swept Away By Davion Deluge"
* "Wolf's Dragoons Sign With Davion"
* "Warrior: Riposte" (Advertisement)

===Issue Three===
[[File:MechForce_News_3.jpg|right||150px]]
Fall 3028, 8 pages (Mailed December 9, 1988)

Contents
* "Second Wave of Davion Offensive Rolls over Capellan Confederation"
** "Crucis Lancers hit Tikonov"
** "LCAF Stalled"
** "Warlord [[Grieg Samsonov]] assassinated"
** "Marik Attacks [[Isle of Skye]]"
* "Demand for Mercenaries Up - [[Galatea]] Never Busier"
* "Grey Riders Pledge Themselves to Steiner/Davion Alliance"
* "Four-Legged 'Mechs"
** "Optional Four-Legged 'Mech Rules"
** "Record Sheet Changes"
** "Movement Rule Changes"
*** "Lateral Shift"
*** "Piloting Skill Rolls"
** "Combat Changes"
*** "Hit Location Table"
*** "Leg Critical Hits"
*** "Physical Attacks"
*** "Heat Build-Up"
** "Quad 'Mech Record Sheet"
* "MechForce Rankings" - Member names and score rankings.
* "Players Wanted"
* "MechForce Chapters" - Registration form.
* "MechForce Associate Membership" - Registration form.
* Ad for Wolves on the Border.

===Issue Four===
[[File:MechForce_News_4.jpg|right||150px]]
Fall 3029, 8 pages (Mailed April 25, 1989)

Contents
* "4th Succession War Changing the Face of the Inner Sphere"
* "Federated Suns Under ComStar Interdiction"
* "Inheritors Declare End is Near"
* "Solaris Competitions Continue Despite War"
* "Using Variant BattleMechs for Ranking"
* "MechForce Chapters" - Chapter list.
* "MechForce Rankings" - Member list and score rankings.
* "MechForce chapters" - Enrollment instructions.
* "Players Wanted"
* Ad for Wolf's Dragoons sourcebook

==Volume XXI==
===Issue One===
[[File:MechForce_News_Fall_3050.jpg|right||150px]]
Fall 3050, 8 pages (Mailed September 8, 1989)

Contents
* "Our Twentieth (Almost) Anniversary"
* "Star-League Type Technology Coming"
* "A Look Back"
** "Fall 3030 - Kurita Offensive Threatens Skye"
** "Fall 3030 - Peace Treaty Ends Fourth Succession War"
** "Spring 3031 - Tarnished Glory: The Cost of the Fourth Succession War"
** "Fall 3029 - Followup - Have You Seen Me?
** "Winter 3030 - ComStar to Arm Its Stations"
** "Summer 3030 - Heir to Federated Commonwealth Born"
** "Spring 3031 - Romano Liao Assumes Leadership of the Capellan Confederation"
** "Spring 3040 - Katrina Steiner Dies"
* "MechForce Rankings" - Member names and score rankings.
* "MechForce Chapters" - Enrollment instructions.
* "Players Wanted"
* "MechForce Chapters" - Chapter list.

===Issue Two===
[[File:MechForce_News_Winter_3051.jpg|right||150px]]
Winter 3051, 8 pages (Mailed April 18, 1990)

Contents
* "INVASION!"
* "Intelligence Briefing"
** "Invader Organization"
** "Clan Combat Equipment"
** "Clan Tactics"
* "Who Are The Clans?"
** "The Return of Kerensky"
** "The Lost Colony"
** "Alien Invasion"
* "MechForce Rankings" - Member list and score rankings.
* "MechForce Chapters" - Chapter list.

==Volume XXII==
===Issue One===
[[File:MechForce News Summer 3051.jpg|right||150px]]
Summer 3051, 8 pages

Contents
* "Has it Stopped?"
* "Clan Analysis"
* "Military Analysis"
* "Twycross - 10 September, 3050"
* "About Wolcott - 2 October, 3050"
* "About Radstadt - 31 October, 3050"
* Combat Values for 'Mechs for TRO:3050
* MechForce Chapters
* MechForce Rankings

[[Category:Magazines]]
[[Category:BattleTech Magazines]]