Editing Sam Lewis (person)

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| name                = Sam Lewis
| birthdate           = 1955<ref>based on describing himself as 67 in a 2022 interview</ref>
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| Occupation          = Writer<br />Editor<br />[[Line Developer]]
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| BTPersona           = [[Sam Lewis (Scientist)|Sam Lewis]]
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'''Sam Lewis''' worked at [[FASA]] from February 1987 to 1995 as game developer on all product lines (including [[BattleTech]]); he can arguably be regarded as the first BattleTech [[Line Developer]] as he was the person to approve all BattleTech products.<ref name=RHPG>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMKQ_zW4cnE "Sam Lewis Talks BattleTech" interview with Renegade HPG] (YouTube video uploaded 02 February 2022)</ref>

After FASA published [[Shadowrun]] in 1989 they started hiring developers for individual game lines, while Sam Lewis became Vice President and later President of FASA (with the original founders, [[Jordan Weisman]] and [[Ross Babcock III]], migrating to [[Virtual Worlds Entertainment]] literally next door to the FASA offices). In mid-June 1995 he left FASA to work for [[w:Kesmai|Kesmai Corporation]].<ref name=MFQ>''MechForce Quarterly'' Volume 1 Issue 2, p. 5</ref>

===BattleTech===
Sam Lewis contributed to BattleTech heavily during its early stages. His first project at FASA was the development of ''[[Technical Readout: 3026]]'' (and according to himself it was he who designed the ''[[Savannah Master]]'' hovercraft<ref name=MFQ/><ref name=RHPG/>); the last BattleTech product in which he was directly involved was the ''[[Tactical Handbook]]''.<ref name=MFQ/> He also came up with the idea of introducing "reporting names" for [[Clan]] 'Mechs, resulting in different names being applied to the same 'Mech by the Clans and [[Inner Sphere]] forces.<ref name=RHPG/>

He is credited for contributions to many BattleTech products, including the following:
* ''[[1st Somerset Strikers (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[The Battle for Twycross]]''
* ''[[The BattleTech Compendium]]''
* ''[[BattleTech 4th Edition (Introduction to BattleTech)]]''
* ''[[BattleTech 4th Edition (Rulebook)]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Manual: The Rules of Warfare]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules]]''
* ''[[BattleTech Master Rules, Revised Edition]]''
* ''[[BattleTech, Fourth Edition]]''
* ''[[BattleTech: The Animated Series]]''
* ''[[BattleTroops (Rulebook)]]''
* ''[[CityTech, Second Edition]]''
* ''[[Classic BattleTech Boxed Set]]''
* ''[[Jade Falcon Sourcebook]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition]]''
* ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]''
* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]''
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
* ''[[Rhonda's Irregulars (scenario pack)|Rhonda's Irregulars]]''
* ''[[Tactical Handbook]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 2750]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3025 Revised]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3050 Revised]]''
* ''[[Technical Readout: 3058]]''
* ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]''

He was also involved in the [[BattleTech Animated Series]] creation.

==Notes==
According to himself in a 2022 interview, there are at least three characters named Sam Lewis in BattleTech canon. He clarified that the [[Samuel Lewis]] character is actually associated with his father; the only character that Sam Lewis actually considered his in-universe alter ego is Professor General [[Sam Lewis (Scientist)|Sam Lewis]] and he agreed with [[Mike Stackpole]] to kill that character off as an in-joke.<ref name=RHPG/>

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