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The Story
Every game must have a plot to
make the game interesting. As for Mechcommander 2, it's story line is
based on Fasa's Battletech. The years is now 3065 about 1 year after the
Inner Sphere invasion of the clan Smoke Jaguar. No one expected the
invasion of the Clans to work.
Role Of A Mechcommander As the most technologically advanced of the
Great Houses, the Federated Commonwealth has always attempted, and
usually succeeded, to provide its military officers with the best
training and equipment. This has led to the finest officer corps in
known space and has made the FedCom juggernaut a fearsome opponent.
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Most believed that the Clans would return
to the Inner Sphere with Victor's head on a pike. History would prove
them wrong. But while Victor was intent on smashing the Clan threat, his
sister — Katrina Steiner, ruler of the Lyran Alliance — usurped
Victor's rulership and took control of the Federated Commonwealth.
Katrina used the thinnest of legal precedents to seize Victor's domain,
angering planetary nobles and fueling long-suppressed rivalries. Now, as
the kindling flames of civil war spread across the Inner Sphere,
friends, families and soldiers of the Federated Commonwealth must choose
with whom their loyalties lie. n the highly contested center of space
known as the Chaos March, the inhabitants are used to shifting alliances
caused by sedition, invasion, and war. On Carver V, two comrades-in-arms
are drawn into a showdown that will threaten the balance of power and
again plunge the planet into war. Desperate for peace, they turn to a
mercenary.
Their latest endeavor to 'push this envelope' has resulted in a new
generation of field officers called MechCommanders. By combining
intensive new training techniques that include new top of the
line Command/Control/Communications and logistical software
coming out of the prestigious New Avalon Institute of Science, the AFFC
has created an integrated "whole-picture" suite of software
that removes the logistical burdens of command, allowing the
MechCommanders to do what they do best: win in battle. The first known
deployment of MechCommanders was during Operation Bird Dog, which
preceded Operation Bulldog — the annihilation of Clan Smoke Jaguar.
Though still rare — the new software and training takes considerable
time and resources — these new officers proved their mettle at every
turn, confounding the Jaguars, which led to their defeat.