SW ¢s et SEA —_ a) ? a Seer i, g -) i ire was ONMECHA MANUAL = PRY A eee /~ 9 eee es eS m™ all pay == Peon cs Persie) EC Pend Prete Eee td eee Sears— i Credits Te] i Craig Sheeley eb -Gal aay Ve Vb 18-4 Craig ‘Sheeley Benjamin Wright eta are V-\- 1 oT) % A ye Mo 3 att ara g 5 [TT A Jos Wert. Done SHIP ARTIST ey ey as With Mike MacDonald gone (and missed), Mekton Zeta's guiding hand has left ty t sae just as the game has established itself. One could say that, having seen what he da he : 4 had wrought and decided that it is good, Mike declared “My work here is done" Benjamin Wright : rode off into the sunset, Or rather sunrise—Mike is now enjoying himself as ; ao) cyberspace engineer (or something) in the far-off land of Singapore. eget However, right before Mike striick cut to forge new frontiers on the other side " a uaa of the world, he sent the very first Mekton Wars battlebook off to the printers. Mr. iis ie MacDonald had conceived the battlebook idea as a way to supplement Mekton * COVER DESIGN. /| Zeta’s strong roleplaying potential with the added aspect of wargaming. Mark Schumann ~— Wargaming has been a-core element of Mekton from its inception over ten years Benjamin Wright $0 this type of book practically screamed to be published. rr TTT) l i i EDITED BY - Benjamin Wright : Edward Bolme ‘Mike Pondsmith | - fo-Ssurprise to us that Craig's “Invasion Terra" manuscript, despite being a pri- pel de Wea ee) . Marily wargaming-oriented book, was practically bursting with roleplaying poten- pe [Ta ce Tea Tal lad tial as well! SPECIAL THANKS The longer we worked on Mekton Wars 1: Invasion Terra, the more we liked ae FPepeTe Sean eat itas a roleplaying resource; so why not publish another? The proposed “Invasion i artwork in "Mekton Terra Files’ seemed to show a good deal of, promise—given what we'd seen in Wars 1” providech : Craig's battlebook—and besides, Mr. Sheeley. already had half the material nec Me ele lalla is adtaie a) a essary for such a book in note form. Hey, that’s what happens when you write a Filet stnr nt book based on your campaign! pene . As we read it now, Craig's roleplaying- oriented follow-up to Mekton Wars 1: Invasion Terra is even better than we expected, ‘Mecha Manual 2: The Invasion 4 Terra Files is one sweet book; we hi @ you'll think so too. Our collective hat is off to Mike MacDonald, who helped make Mekton what it is today, and Craig Sheeley, who writes killer Mekton Zt ‘oaks! Oe tea a Deli cas ee el project; for coming ‘ ‘threugh under one’ bal eto) at) ae <) et ae fo [Teale