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A BATTLECORPS EXCLUSIVE SHIP PROFILE

 introduction
A BattleCorps Ship Profile is a gameplay aid designed to offer
players a glimpse into the inner workings of one of the mas-
sive WarShips, deadly DropShips, or fragile JumpShips that
populated the historical navies of the Inner Sphere and Clans.
A ship in space is a city unto itself, and each one developed
a culture during each of its crewings and deployments. The
complement of a warship must come to live and work togeth-
er to survive, especially in the cauldron of combat or a long
deployment.
Each of the ships found in these small PDF exclusives is too
unique to ever be in the pages of Field Manual or Technical
Readout. Each of them may have been scrapped or destroyed
the day after the report was compiled. Perhaps they were
mothballed or lost in an accident; perhaps they lost their seals
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and decompressed; perhaps they exist at the same time peri-

od your player group sits down to play a game of BattleTech or the AdvAnCed plAnetAry Conquest
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an A Time of War role-playing campaign. Our intention in cre-

ating these profiles isn’t to increase the already-considerable
canon of BattleTech lore, although they are official and sanc-
tioned units, but rather to offer you a chance to add a harmless
and perhaps fun bit of flavor to your games.
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each one. The unit listed existed during that era and specific
year, and may or may not have existed before or after. Unless
they appear in other products, they have vanished into the TM

mists of history.

Credits
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Writing
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It is the 31st century. Mankind has spread to
the stars and spawned titanic stellar empires,
each controlling hundreds of worlds across a
thousand light years and beyond. Yet the sins
of man have followed him from the cradle of
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FSS Gray Paladin

In the build-up before Operation Rat, MIIO needed hard data on the targets inside the Capellan Confederation. Besides the
network of agents inside the Confederation, additional assets were needed. In 3026, Operation Silent Lance was activated.
Using a series of modified Union-class DropShips disguised as civilian cargo haulers, MIIO gathered intel on all target planets
inside the Confederation. Once on-planet, the DropShips would tap into planetary networks, monitor both military and civilian
communications, update maps, pick up reports from deep-cover agents, and recon targets. A small part of Operation Rat’s success
can be attributed to these men and women.
The Gray Paladin was one of the most successful of these ships. Operating under the ID of the independent cargo hauler Star
Mermaid, the DropShip visited Aldebaran, Algol, New Hessen, and Pleione several times over the two years before Operation Rat,

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giving MIIO a clear picture of the military and civilian picture on these planets.

COMMAND
CO: Captain Martin Kelly
Elite / Fanatical
Not only did the Gray Paladin successfully gather
intelligence on Confederation targets, Captain Kelly and his
crew actually made a profit from the cargos they hauled. With
every member of the crew being involved in some aspect of
intelligence gathering, the crew became very close, running
their operations with minimum input from Kelly.
TRANSPORTATION
CO: Leftenant Rachel Reese
Veteran / Reliable
In its disguise as a tramp freighter, the Paladin
couldn’t carry fighters. Instead, it openly carried a ST-46 shut-
tle and secretly carried a S-7A bus under a false stack of crates
in one of the fighter bays. In it’s ‘civilian’ role, the ST-46 is used
to move people and cargo from the DropShip to planet, or an-
other DropShip. It also can land a squad of Rabid Foxes any-
where on-planet. If the target is in space, the S-7A can trans-
port an entire squad of Rabid Foxes and equipment, relying on
the modified bus to slip inside an enemy’s sensor net.

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COMMUNICATIONS
CO: Leftenant Vas Kinnison
Veteran / Reliable
One of the three major departments onboard the
spyship, the communications section monitored everything
from the time the Gray Paladin undocked from the Jumpship
until they redocked to jump out. All civilian, military, business
and entertainment signals were scanned, looking for anything
that might be important to MIIO. In addition, this department
worked at breaking military and civilian codes and ciphers. In
addition, this department handled normal communication
traffic.
NETWORK INFILTRATION
CO: Leftenant Mitchell “WaveGod” Bayer
Regular / Reliable
Once the DropShip was on the ground, this de-
partment, made up of ‘reformed’ crackers and cyber security
specialists, would infiltrate the planetary network, probing
databanks for vital information. Using the most sophisticated
programs that NAIS could come up with, and the proven abil-
ity of some of the Federated Suns most notorious hackers, this
department managed to gleam some of the most important
data uncovered in the entire operation.
 notable personalities
Captain Martin Kelly
Combining both a MIIO officer’s training and a merchant
DropShip captain’s experience, Kelly played the role of Cap-
tain ‘Hookrah’ Vincences of the Star Mermaid so well two of his
cargos were for CCAF units. Born and raised on a merchant
DropShip, Kelly comes by his role naturally. A meeting with
a MIIO officer led to Kelly being recruited by the agency. He
worked on several MIIO DropShips before taking command of
the Gray Palidan, proving himself to be the ideal agent.
Special Abilities
Kelly is a Elite-level DropShip pilot with +4 in Leadership,
+5 in both Apprisal and Negotiation, and +4 Interest/Blind
Chess skills. He has an Alternate ID, +4 TP Connection, a –2
TP Enemy (Rival DropShip captain/Vincences ID) and a –1 TP
Compulsion/Smoking Trait.
Leftenant Mitchell “WaveGod” Bayer
Bayer was a sixteen-year-old hacker when he cracked what
he thought was a business database, but was actually a MIIO
secured database. He tried covering his tracks, but MIIO quick-
ly tracked him down. Instead of arresting him, they offered
him a choice: spend time in prison or join MIIO. Bayer took the
job offer. In return, MIIO paid for his college and let him ex-
pand and hone his cracking skill. He’s still cracking networks,
but only those MIIO wants cracked. And there are always a
large number of networks MIIO wants into …
Special Abilities
Bayer has a +7 in both Computers and Security Systems/
Electronics, and a +5 in Technician/Electronics.
Leftenant Rachel Reese
Shuttle pilots are not generally thought highly of, but Left-
enant Reese is an exception. Always calm, cool and collected
Reese has the skills to be an aerospace fighter pilot. Instead,
she uses her skill to slip through small holes in planetary and
orbital sensor nets to deliver Rabid Foxes. She is acknowl-
edged as the best shuttle pilot in the MIIO. When off-duty, she
likes to read, or play blind chess with either Captain Kelly or
Leftenant Kinnison
Special Abilities
Reese has the Natural Aptitude/Aerospace Pilot Trait. She
has +6 Piloting/Aerospace, +5 in both Navigation/Space and
Navigation/Air, +4 Career/Aerospace pilot, and +3 Interest/
Blind Chess skills. She has both the Maneuvering Ace (see p.
223, AToW) and Speed Demon (see p. 224, AToW) Special Abili-
ties.
Leftenant Vas Kinnison
Kinnison has always loved solving problems. By the time he
was eight, he was solving complex word problems. MIIO dis-
covered him early and quietly gave him a scholarship to uni-
versity, where he graduated with degrees in both physics and
languages. He was recruited into MIIO and helped crack sev-
eral of the Confederation and Combine military codes. When
the DropShip is in-system, he rarely leaves the com room. Cap-
tain Kelly has taken this in account, and the galley always has
coffee ready.
Special Abilities
Kinnison had a +5 in Communications/Conventional, +8 in
Cryptology, a +4 in Language/Mandarin, and a +2 Interest/
Blind Chess skills. He also has an the Patient , Introvert, and –2
TP Poor Vision Traits.
Pendaran “Largo” Collier
Collier is Bayer ten years ago. A street-wise youth, Collier de-
veloped hacking skills to survive. After a confrontation with
a nasty noble, he decided tio hack the noble’s database. But
he stumbled over evidence that the noble was into some
questionable business deals. Forced to flee with the noble’s
thugs on his heels, Collier sent a call out on the hacker’s un-
derground. Fortunately, Bayer was on-planet and hooked into
the local hackers network. MIIO got to Collier before the thugs
could. Now Collier works under Bayer, learning everything the
older man can teach him about computer systems and crack-
ing them.
Special Abilities
Bayer has a +5 in Computers, a +7 in Security Systems/Elec-
tronics, +3 Streetwise/Federated Suns and a +3 in Technician/
Electronics.
Leftenant Megan Savage
Megan Savage comes from a family of soldiers, and she can’t
see herself doing anything else. Aboard the Gray Paladin, her
job is the cargomaster, with the rest of her team as the deck-
hands. On-planet, or in space, she and her Rabid Foxes do the
necessary intelligence footwork. A tall, lean woman, Savage
is more at home in her overalls then her uniform. When not
being the cargomaster or on a Rabid Fox operation, Savage is
constantly training, keeping her edge sharp.
Special Abilities
Savage is a Veteran-level infantryman with +4 in Leadership,
+5 in Small Arms and Stealth, and a +3 in Zero-G operations.
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unit support craft

As a DropShip, Gray Paladin carries only shuttles in place of
her aerospace fighters; the bays were expanded to hold shut-
tles, but at the cost of some cargo space.
STAR LEAGUE ERA CLAN INVASION ERA JIHAD ERA
FSS Flounder (ST-46 class)
CO: Leftenant Rachel Reese

FSS Bottom-Feeder (S-7A class)

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CO: Warrant Eion Graves

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• UNION-CLASS FSS GRAY PALADIN •