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+ | | [[BattleMech|'Mech]] | ||
+ | | [[Free Worlds League]]/[[Duchy of Andurien]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 132 | ||
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+ | | [[BattleMech|'Mech]] | ||
+ | | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 132 | ||
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+ | | [[BattleMech|'Mech]] | ||
+ | | [[Capellan Confederation]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 132 | ||
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+ | | [[Combat Vehicle|Vehicle]] | ||
+ | | [[Free Worlds League]]/[[Duchy of Andurien]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 132 | ||
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+ | | [[Combat Vehicle|Vehicle]] | ||
+ | | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 133 | ||
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+ | | [[Combat Vehicle|Vehicle]] | ||
+ | | [[Capellan Confederation]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 133 | ||
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+ | | [[Aerospace fighter]] | ||
+ | | [[Free Worlds League]]/[[Duchy of Andurien]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 133 | ||
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+ | | [[Aerospace fighter]] | ||
+ | | [[Magistracy of Canopus]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 133 | ||
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+ | | [[Aerospace fighter]] | ||
+ | | [[Capellan Confederation]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 133 | ||
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+ | | [[DropShip]] | ||
+ | | [[Free Worlds League]]/[[Duchy of Andurien]] | ||
+ | | [[3028]]–[[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 133 | ||
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+ | | [[DropShip]] | ||
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+ | | [[Draconis Combine]]/Ronin/[[Free Rasalhague Republic]] Special Units | ||
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+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', pp. 140–141 | ||
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+ | | [[Aerospace fighter]] | ||
+ | | [[Federated Suns]] | ||
+ | | [[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', pp. 140–141 | ||
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+ | | [[DropShip]] | ||
+ | | [[Federated Suns]] | ||
+ | | [[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 141 | ||
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+ | | [[BattleMech|'Mech]] | ||
+ | | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | ||
+ | | [[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 141 | ||
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+ | | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | ||
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+ | | [[Aerospace fighter]] | ||
+ | | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | ||
+ | | [[3035]] | ||
+ | | ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]'', p. 141 | ||
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+ | | [[DropShip]] | ||
+ | | [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | ||
+ | | [[3035]] | ||
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Revision as of 20:11, 24 September 2022
Contents
Description
Random Assignment Tables (RATs), also known as Random ('Mech) Allocation Tables, are provided in many BattleTech rulebooks and sourcebooks as a means for players to randomly generate plausible forces of multiple BattleMechs, vehicles or other units for a participating faction to play a given scenario. In line with the dice-rolling conventions of classic BattleTech (board game) the tables are typically presented as either a 2d6 or a 1d6 table, where each of the possible roll results (either 2–12 or 1–6) corresponds with a specific unit. It is possible for a specific unit to appear in several rows, if it is very widespread among the forces in question and thus more likely to appear in a given lineup.
Inherent inaccuracy
RATs are typically of limited scope: They are usually provided for specific military units during specific campaigns or timeframes. As such, they are a poor indicator for unit compositions outside of their specific scope. They also suffer from the inherent limitations of the 2d6 table that only allows for eleven entries with only six tiers of statistical probability between them (the lowest being 2.77%, or 1 in 36, for the results "2" and "12" each). Thus, they can only provide a very rough approximation for canonical force compositions of the units in question.
It has indeed been clarified that RATs are not actually meant to provide an accurate picture of what forces a given faction has available. Rather, RATs, while rooted broadly in what units would conceivably be available to a given force in a specific context, are tailored to provide balanced gameplay over statistical accuracy.
Canonicity
Technically, RATs from canonical products are fully canonical. However, their inherent inaccuracy as mentioned above marks them highly unreliable even beyond their random element; they are meant more as a game rule, as opposed to an accurate depiction of the BattleTech universe. Consequentially, while can be regarded as a rough guideline for historical force compositions in the absence of other information, they are trumped by virtually all other (canonical) information with regards to accuracy.
Faction Assignment & Rarity Tables
The Faction Assignment & Rarity Tables by Keith "Xotl" Hann are a notable fan project aiming to avoid the inherent lack of accuracy in RATs, by using a much finer d1000 resolution and basing the tables on in-universe production and availability data, with no gameplay or balancing concerns whatsoever.
List of Random Assignment Tables
Inner Sphere & Periphery
Clan
Notes
- Sometimes the rules in a sourcebook will specify that if a faction does not have a specific RAT, the player will roll on a different RAT. Sometimes this will be another faction's RAT, other times it will be a general one such as "Home Clans" or "Major Periphery States".[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- The Free Worlds League RATs for the Dark Age features sub-tables for individual Free Worlds League states.[7][8][9]
- Era Report: 3062 features RATs for Clan Smoke Jaguar covering the period of 3053 to 3062, but notes that Clan Smoke Jaguar was Annihilated by the second Star League in 3060.[10] Nevertheless, a Clan Smoke Jaguar 'Mech RAT appears in Total Warfare, which is set in 3067.
- In Era Report: 3062, the Clan vehicle RAT is mislabeled as the Clan Aerospace fighter RAT.[11]
References
- ↑ Field Manual: Periphery, pp. 150–155
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, pp. 155–156
- ↑ A Time of War, p. 57: "Minor Periphery State"
- ↑ A Time of War, p. 58: "Major Periphery State" & "Deep Periphery"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 167: "Factions not Featured"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 212: "Factions not Featured"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, pp. 198, 211
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, pp. 169, 174
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, pp. 215, 225
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 150: "Fallen Factions"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 150: "Random Assignment Table: The Clans (3053-3062)"
Bibliography
- Battle of Tukayyid Supplemental
- BattleTech Master Rules
- BattleTech Master Rules, Revised Edition
- Dark Age Turning Points: Vega
- Era Digest: Age of War
- Era Digest: Golden Century
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Capellan Confederation
- Field Manual: ComStar
- Field Manual: Crusader Clans
- Field Manual: Draconis Combine
- Field Manual: Federated Suns
- Field Manual: Free Worlds League
- Field Manual: Lyran Alliance
- Field Manual: Mercenaries
- Field Manual: Periphery
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Manual: Warden Clans
- Field Report 2765: AFFS
- Field Report 2765: CCAF
- Field Report 2765: DCMS
- Field Report 2765: FWLM
- Field Report 2765: Periphery
- Historical: Operation Klondike
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical Turning Points: Luzerne
- Historical Turning Points: Misery
- Historical Turning Points: New Dallas
- House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition)
- Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3
- MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition
- MechWarrior's Guide to the Clans
- Operational Turning Points: Capellan Crusades
- Operational Turning Points: Death to Mercenaries
- Operational Turning Points: Falcon Incursion
- Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade
- Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials
- Operational Turning Points: The Red Corsair
- Operational Turning Points: Widowmaker Absorption
- A Time of War
- Total Warfare