HOLD THE LINE!

Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your best fortification for holding firm against the enemy on the unrelenting, BattleMech-dominated battlefields of the 31st century and beyond!

A washed-up Steel Viper pilot in a fragile, ultralight 'Mech runs headlong into Society forces in the Clan Homeworlds, and must use his wits to escape. A Lyran infantry unit deprived of BattleMech support at a vital juncture must hold its position and confront these thundering war titans alone or die trying. And as the Battle of Terra rages around him, a conspiracy theorist in Australia may have stumbled onto real military secrets?but will anyone believe him before it's too late?

In this issue, you'll go on a ride-along with a Canopian marshal investigating foul play at a local mining operation. You'll dive headlong into the War of 3039, where Miller's Marauders must make a desperate gamble to escape disaster on Harrow's Sun. And finally, you'll participate in a branth safari on Lopez, where the vicious, dragon-like creatures are not the deadliest hunters present...

Shore up your defenses and arm yourself with an in-depth look at the merits and dangers of combat journalism, a rundown of the most popular light machine guns in the Inner Sphere, and a treatise on the Capellan Confederation's most frighteningly effective training unit in history. Then venture to a new battlefield with planet digests, technical readouts, playable scenarios, and more, from BattleTech luminaries and some new blood:

James Bixby

Jason M. Hardy

Kelvin Casing

Scott R. Pyle

Adam Neff

Jack Trimble

Eric Salzman

Russell Zimmerman

Alayna M. Weathers

Alex Fauth

Chris Hartford

Chris Hussey

Daniel Isberner

Edward McEneely

Mike Miller

Craig A. Reed, Jr.

Zac Schwartz

Ed Stephens