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BattleTech is a science fiction universe akin to Star Trek or Star Wars. It began with a board game/wargame, designed by FASA in 1984. The game simulates warfare in the distant future of the 31st century, where humans battle in gigantic walking machines (known as BattleMechs) powered by fusion reactors, tanks, spaceships and aircraft, wielding weapons such as lasers, particle projection cannons, Gauss rifles, autocannons, and missiles. As the game and related stories are centered around the ... Read More