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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/>); 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.{cn}
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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/>); 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.{{cn}}
  
 
He is credited for contributions to many BattleTech products, includng the following:
 
He is credited for contributions to many BattleTech products, includng the following:

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Sam Lewis
(ca. 1995)
Occupation Writer
Editor
Line Developer

Sam Lewis worked at FASA from 1987 to 1995 as game developer on all product lines (including BattleTech); he can arguably be regarded as the first BattleTech Line Developer.

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. In mid-June 1995 he left FASA to work for Kesmai Corporation.[1]

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[1]); the last BattleTech product in which he was directly involved was the Tactical Handbook.[1] 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.[citation needed]

He is credited for contributions to many BattleTech products, includng the following:

  • ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MechForce Quarterly Volume 1 Issue 2, p. 5

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