Editing Randall N. Bills

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'''Randall N. Bills''' has been working on [[BattleTech]] since 1996, when he began working for [[FASA]] as [[Assistant Line Developer]] for the BattleTech line. He has writing credits in numerous rulebooks and wrote several stories and novels in the BattleTech universe. He is also a cofounder of [[InMediaRes]], the parent company currently publishing and developing BattleTech through their [[Catalyst Game Labs]] imprint.

Bills became the product [[Line Developer]] for BattleTech in the year 2000, when FASA still published the game until they sold the rights to the BattleTech intellectual property to [[WizKids]] in 2001. He remained in place when [[FanPro LLC]] acquired the license to what was then [[Classic BattleTech]], yet also worked with [[WizKids]] for the new [[MechWarrior: Dark Age]] game set in the same universe. When the BattleTech license went to [[Catalyst Game Labs]] in 2007, he remained at the helm as Line Developer.

On 22 August, 2007, it was announced that Bills had moved on from BattleTech to become [[Catalyst Game Labs]]' roving developer, allowing him to help out on projects that need it, or on any potential future new lines.<ref>Announced on CGL website [http://catalystgamelabs.com/2007/ here]</ref> He was succeeded as BattleTech Line Developer by [[Herbert A. Beas II]], but nominally resumed the mantle again as an interim Line Developer after Beas left the position in August 2013. [[Brent Evans]] became the new BattleTech Line Developer on 25 May 2017.<ref>Announced on the [[BattleTech]] forum on 1 June 2017 ([http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=57711.0 here])</ref>

Randall lives in Washington state with his wife Tara, children Bryn, Ryana, and Kenyon; as well as a pet snake.

==Bibliography==
===Novels===
====BattleTech====
*2000 ''[[Path of Glory]]'' ([[ROC]])
*2002 ''[[Imminent Crisis]]'' (ROC)
*2004 ''[[Clangründer: Abkehr]]'' (in German; published via [[BattleCorps]] as ''[[Fall from Glory]]'')
*2006 ''[[Clangründer: Traum]]'' (in German; original script never published in English)

====MechWarrior: Dark Age====
*2004 ''[[Hunters of the Deep]]'' (ROC)
*2005 ''[[Heretic's Faith]]'' (ROC)
*2006 ''[[Principles of Desolation]]'' (with [[Jason M. Hardy]]) (ROC)
*2007 ''[[Pandora's Gambit]]'' (ROC)

====MechWarrior 5: Origins / [[The Mercenary Life]]====
*2019 Installment 1: ''[[The Calm of the Void]]''
*2019 Installment 2: ''[[Vision's Hunger]]''
*2019 Installment 3: ''[[Endless War]]''
*2019 Installment 4: ''[[Contested Dreams]]''
*2019 Installment 5: ''[[Dissimulate Wanderer]]''
*2019 Installment 6: ''[[Knives in the Dark]]''
*2019 Installment 7: ''[[A Skein of Schemes]]''
*2019 Installment 8: ''[[Obligation's Forge]]''
*2021 ''[[The Sun Will Rise]]''

====Star Trek====
*''Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Aftermath'' (eBook)
:*2003 ''Demon, book 1'' (with [[Loren L. Coleman]])
:*2004 ''Demon, book 2'' (with Loren L. Coleman)

===Sourcebooks===
The following are BattleTech sourcebooks wherein Randall is given a writing credit.
*1997 ''[[The Northwind Highlanders|Northwind Highlanders]]''
*1998 ''[[BattlePack: Fourth Succession War]]''
*1998 ''[[Technical Readout: 3060]]''
*1998 ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''
*1999 ''[[Field Manual: ComStar]]''
*2001 ''[[MechWarrior's Guide to the Clans]]''
*2002 ''[[Technical Readout: 3067]]''
*2002 ''[[Technical Readout: Project Phoenix]]''
*2005 ''[[Combat Equipment]]''
*2005 ''[[Dawn of the Jihad]]''
*2005 ''[[Interstellar Players]]''
*2005 ''[[Technical Readout: 3055 Upgrade]]''
*2006 ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
*2006 ''[[Total Warfare]]''
*2006 ''[[Technical Readout: Vehicle Annex]]''
*2007 ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade]]''
*2008 ''[[Technical Readout: 3039]]''
*2008 ''[[Technical Readout: 3075]]''

==See also==
* BattleTech-related [[:Category:Works by Randall N. Bills|works by Randall N. Bills]]

==References==
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*http://www.booksnbytes.com/authors/bills_randalln.html (Accessed 6/26/2007)

==External links==
*[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Randall_N._Bills "Randall N. Bills" on Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki]
*[http://startrek.wikia.com/wiki/Randall_N._Bills "Randall N. Bills" on Memory Beta, the wiki for Star Trek licensed content]

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