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BattleCorps Scenarios
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- 1 Scenario: All Alone in the Dust
- 2 Scenario: Isolation's Weight
- 3 Scenario: Hendry Vs. Metz
- 4 Scenario: Fall of the Hammer
- 5 Scenario: Birth of the King
- 6 Scenario: Castor's Last Stand
- 7 Scenario: Bushido and the Bear
- 8 Scenario: Conquer the Kremlin!
- 9 Scenario: Birch's Charge
- 10 Scenario: Hot Time in the Hot Zone
- 11 Scenario: Arcadia: Daybreak Fandango
- 12 Scenario: Arcadia: Evening Tango
- 13 Scenario: Brains vs Brawn
- 14 Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Rebellion - Salvage
- 15 Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Rebellion - Furball
- 16 Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Rebellion - Data Mining
- 17 Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Arrival
- 18 Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Water Spiders
- 19 Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Ghosts
- 20 Scenario: Kell Hounds Scenario - to Save a Prince
- 21 Scenario: Tanda's Crossing
- 22 Scenario: Kell Hounds Scenario - Lowering the Boom
- 23 Hard Steel
- 24 Starterbook Wolf and Blake Scenario: Capture the Flag
- 25 A Crescent Hawk's Scenario: Cornered Prey
- 26 Wolf's Dragoons Scenario - Ghosts
- 27 Starter Book Wolf and Blake Scenario: Muckraker
- 28 Strike at the Heart
- 29 Bringing the War Home
- 30 Catch-22
- 31 Scenario: Infestation
- 32 Scenario: Blood Vengeance
- 33 Scenario: Rivers of Blood
- 34 Scenario: Stars Below to Stars Above
- 35 Scenario: Cracking the Nut
- 36 Scenario: Escort Service
- 37 Scenario: Lead Rainmakers
- 38 Scenario: 'Mechs from Heaven
- 39 Scenario: Shake N Bake Falcon
- 40 Scenario: Under Pressure
- 41 Hot Time in the Hot Zone
- 42 Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive
- 43 Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad BattleCorps Exclusive!
- 44 Scenario: Your Land Is My Land
- 45 Scenario: Snow Birds
- 46 Scenario: Saving Tai-shu Ashora
- 47 Scenario: Savage World
- 48 Scenario: Over the River or Through the Woods
- 49 Scenario: Clan Spaniel Saves Strana Mechty
- 50 Scenario: Organic Ice
- 51 Scenario: Lost Souls
- 52 Scenario: Jumping the Diamond Shark
- 53 Scenario: Hidden Talons
- 54 Scenario: Fire in the Dark
- 55 Scenario: Family Jewels
- 56 Scenario: End of Days
- 57 Scenario: Uninvited Guests
- 58 Scenario: Amateur Hour
- 59 Scenario: Bump in the Night
- 60 Scenario: Crown of Laurels
- 61 Scenario: in for a Penny
- 62 Track: Bank Shot
- 63 Scenario: Unleash the Horde
- 64 Scenario: Revenge
- 65 Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I
- 66 Scenario: Tactics of Desperation II
- 67 Scenario: Urban Brawl
- 68 Scenario: Hunting the Hunters
- 69 Scenario: Twins
- 70 Scenario: Scapegoats
- 71 Scenario: Bait and Switch
- 72 Scenario: Deep Strike
- 73 Scenario: Dragon's Fire
- 74 Scenario: Killing Dragons
- 75 Scenario: Vendetta
- 76 Scenario: Wall of Pikes
- 77 Scenario: Snipe Hunt
- 78 Scenario: Pillbox
- 79 DTP Vega Exclusive Track
- 80 Scenario: Bat out of Hell
- 81 Operation BIRD DOG: Clipping Jaguar Wings
- 82 Call Me
- 83 Forced March I
- 84 Forced March II
- 85 Return Game
- 86 3:10 to Saint Randall
- 87 Seeds of Discontent
- 88 Rear Guard
- 89 Watershed
This summary article provides an overview of the game scenarios that have been published through the BattleCorps website. The list is sorted in chronological order. Unless otherwise noted, the scenarios are BattleTech scenarios.
Scenarios are listed here with the exact same name as listed on BattleCorps (possibly including misspellings), irrespective of possibly deviating names within the scenario proper or the name of the downloadable PDF file.
Scenario: All Alone in the Dust[edit]
- (16 September 2004) - Ben Rome brings us an exciting Scenario based on Loren L. Coleman's Trial Under Fire. Are you Connor Sinclair here to defeat the Smoke Jaguar? Or are you part of the ad hoc Star defending the communications base?
Tranquil, Spring 3060: After the loss of the DropShip Blackhammer, Lt. Connor Sinclair of the Star League attack force stumbles across a Clan Smoke Jaguar communications facility guarded by only three light 'Mechs. (1x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Isolation's Weight[edit]
- (07 October 2004) - Grab your Cold Weather Gear and hop in your 'Mech for this new Scenario by Ben Rome. This public scenario takes you in the pilot's seat during a daring assault by the Ghost Bears! Are you the Bears testing your mettle? Or are you a Highlander warrior defending the Combine? NOTE: Scenarios are only available as print PDF files. Clicking Print will download the PDF to your hard drive. (titled "Call of Blood" in the PDF)
Kiamba, 15 April 3067: Four surviving BattleMechs from a downed Ghost Bear DropShip are beset by elements from MacLeod's Regiment of the Northwind Highlanders and a single assault 'Mech from the 3rd Proserpina Hussars. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Hendry Vs. Metz[edit]
- (21 October 2004) - Check out our largest preview piece yet! Click on the PDF button for the Map of the Scrapyard, a complete reworking of the venerable Solaris VII Reaches Map. Click on the Print PDF Button for the New Scenario, including new rules, and record sheets for both Hendry & Metz!
Solaris VII, 24 September 3067: A duel between Galahad Stables' Steven Hendry and Tandrek Stables' Kelley Metz that is not sanctioned by the Class VI Arena Circuit and has been announced as a charity event, taking place in The Scrapyard. (Special game map, Level 3 rules)
This scenario, named Heavy Metal Mayhem within the file proper, was part of a "Hendry Vs. Metz" package that included a downloadable arena map (instead of a printer-friendly version of the same file which would usually be downloadable via the 'Print PDF' button) and an in-universe commercial leaflet (Hendry Vs. Metz) that also included the game stats of the duelists.
Scenario: Fall of the Hammer[edit]
- (11 March 2005) - "Roger that, Rat One. You are to hold the bridgehead until we can relieve you. The Elsies are pressing us hard at the Rockaway Pass, we have reports of an assault company coming up out of the water and decimating our armor company there. It's pure chaos on the docks." "Understood. Hold bridgehead until reinforcements arrive. ETA?" "Looking like over thirty minutes from now, minimum." "Say again, Command. Did you say thirty minutes?"
Alrakis, 17 April 3039: During the War of 3039, elements of the attacking 23rd Arcturan Guards fight 11th Legion of Vega troops over four strategically important bridges. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech; players may decide to increase both sides with an optional troop contingent)
Scenario: Birth of the King[edit]
- (16 May 2005) - When Colonel Charles Kincaid steps onto the Yakima Proving Grounds in the MSK-5S Mackie, he changed history. Now you can feel his power in this Scenario complete with stats & sheets for the MSK-5S, and Merkava Heavy Tank!
Terra, 5 February 2439: Colonel Kincaid goes on his famous historic test run of the first BattleMech prototype against a lineup of drone tanks. (1x2 mapsheets, special rules)
Scenario: Castor's Last Stand[edit]
- (28 May 2005) - The FWL is moving in on territory lost in the 4th Succession War, and this time they're Sirius... Third Sirian to be exact. Choose the Third Sirian Lancers, or Castor Planetary Militia and their FedCom allies.
Castor, 16 September 3057: Two lances of the Sirian Lancers on hunter-killer duty encounter guerrilla forces composed of 'Mechs and tanks. (2x1 mapsheet, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Bushido and the Bear[edit]
- (16 June 2006) - In 3062, the Coordinator needed to hold back the Ghost Bear Dominion assaults on Combine worlds by any means necessary. As part of this, he sent a training cadre against the Ghost Bear–held world of Thule. Can a group of wet-behind-the-ears pilots force back the veteran Garrison Cluster?
Thule system, 29 November 3062: The Fourteenth Sun Zhang Aerospace Wing unexpectedly runs into elements of Clan Ghost Bear's Pi Galaxy Naval Binary in the Thule system, leading to their Kyushu- and Inazuma-class WarShips with accompanying DropShips and aerospace fighters clashing with a Ghost Bear naval force including a Fredasa-class WarShip. (BattleSpace scenario, 2x1 space mapsheets)
Scenario: Conquer the Kremlin![edit]
- (15 July 2006) - Tikonov's Grand Kremlin, a Star League-era fortification, stood strong against Paul Davion's assault in 2833. General Greer was resolved to end the stalemate, though—will he succeed, or will the Capellans hold their own?
Tikonov, 14 May 2833: In an attempt to conquer a Castle Brian on Tikonov, a combined arms company of the 2nd Ceti Hussars RCT engages a Capellan firebase defended by turrets, minefields and a combined arms company of the 2nd Ariana Fusiliers. (3x1 mapsheet, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Birch's Charge[edit]
- (11 August 2006) - In early 3065, at the height of the FedCom Civil War, the situation on Panpour was static. DeMaestri's Sluggers of the Fighting Urukhai hold much of the world. Now the Lexington Combat Group has come to finish the job and steal their glory. Can Jeffrey Birch lead the charge and win the day on his own?
Panpour, 21 February 3065: A lance from the Fighting Urukhai, later reinforced by elements from the Lexington Combat Group, attempts to overcome a lance of the Islamabad CMM. (2x1 mapsheet, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Hot Time in the Hot Zone[edit]
- (28 January 2007) - Seeing red? No it's not rage and it's not blood. But you most certainly do not want to play with this fire.
Manteno, March 3021: A Capellan raiding force composed of a company of Stapleton's Grenadiers with infantry and vehicle support strike at a NAIS research facility that is guarded by Dasarick's Knights, the local Duke's private 'Mech company. The battlefield is an unpredictable lava field. (1x3 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
(This scenario was published a second time on 29 September 2009.)
Scenario: Arcadia: Daybreak Fandango[edit]
- (27 April 2007) - The forces of the Free Worlds League have landed on the border world of Arcadia. The planet's militia defenders are overwhelmed; while the bulk of them are meeting the Marik forces, a small contingent is staying behind to protect their base at Summersville.
Arcadia, 10 September 3068: During the Free Worlds League's attack on Arcadia, a lance from the mercenary unit Donovan's Dark Devils engages a lance of 'Mechs from the planetary militia near Summerville. (2x1 mapsheet, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Arcadia: Evening Tango[edit]
- (04 May 2007) - Donovan's Dark Devils have come back for a second pass at the Arcadian Militia's base, but they face something even more dangerous than a militia defending their home: a militia enraged.
Arcadia, 11 September 3068: A heavier lance of Donovan's Dark Devils faces off against another militia lance supported by tanks. (3x1 mapsheet, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Brains vs Brawn[edit]
- (15 September 2007) - Even in the era of recovered technology, the mind of a scientist is a valuable commodity. No opportunity can be passed up, even when it occurs in the midst of combat.
New Syrtis, 02 October 3069: A company of the 2nd McCarron's Armored Cavalry regiment is sent to capture a scientist; two lances of the New Syrtis CMM defend him. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
(This scenario was published a second time as "Brains vs. Brawn" on 21 September 2007; the teaser text read In the battle for New Syrtis, not all the objectives were points on a compass. Some were very much flesh and blood.)
Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Rebellion - Salvage[edit]
- (27 September 2007) - We've spotted a small group of merc scavengers outside Hutchinson Pass. The local miners in the area tell us they're looking for one of our old sunken weapon caches; while I don't know what's buried there, the fact is there are vultures there digging up Dragoon equipment.
Outreach, undated: In the aftermath of the scouring of Outreach, Rebel Group Alpha of Tara's Ghosts under Tara Lucas attacks a salvage team guarded by elements of the Broadsword Legion.
Owing to its nature as a Track scenario, the exact composition of the opposing forces and the game map are variable.
Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Rebellion - Furball[edit]
- (12 October 2007) - Donny's been itching to show the Legion a thing or two about air combat ever since he heard the traitor mercs have pulled together some sort of air wing – taken from our own hangars.
Outreach, undated: Rebel Group Gamma of Tara's Ghosts launches an air strike against an array of antenna towers; the Broadsword Legion air wing must defend.
Part two of the Rebellion Track, also playable as a stand-alone scenario with variable forces and game maps. All eligible forces are airborne units.
Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Rebellion - Data Mining[edit]
- (12 October 2007) - Found out from our contacts near Wellstone City that the Widowmakers have been poking around the site of one of Blackwell's main network nodes. So they're now interested in our data as well as our machines? No matter. I am a virus to their pretty Blakist programming.
Outreach, undated: In the ruins of the Blackwell Corporate Cityplex, elements of Rebel Group Delta of Tara's Ghosts and/or the reformed Black Widow Company engage a patrol of Wannamaker's Widowmakers while trying to retrieve data from two buildings.
Part three of the Rebellion Track, also playable as a stand-alone scenario with variable forces and game maps.
Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Arrival[edit]
- (19 October 2007) - So General Wolf is alive. About time she sent us some help – even if it is in the form of that upstart Church woman, leading a pale imitation of the Black Widows. When this is all over, I'm thinking I need to go Natasha on her and redeem the wrongs done to us.
Outreach, undated: Outside the former site of Fort Wolf on the plains of Romulus (in wooded and/or wetland terrain), a lance of the newly arrived Black Widow Company encounters an enemy mercenary patrol (from Wannamaker's Widowmakers or the Broadsword Legion).
Part four of the Rebellion Track, also playable as a stand-alone scenario with variable forces and game maps.
Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Water Spiders[edit]
- (26 October 2007) - Crazy as he is, Whitehorse had the right idea. Coming over from Romulus on a submarine was a stroke of brilliance; I doubt the Blakists and their lackeys have any idea we're here. Now all we have to do is make them pay, and pay in blood.
Outreach, undated: Debarking from their underwater transport on the coastal shelf of Remus, a lance of the Black Widow Company engages scout forces from Wannamaker's Widowmakers and the Broadsword Legion.
Part five of the Rebellion Track, also playable as a stand-alone scenario with variable forces and game maps.
Scenario: Return of the Wolves: Ghosts[edit]
- (02 November 2007) - Time for us to take the fight beyond our home – such as it is. First, however, we need to remove the head of the snake from its loathsome body. Scavengers need to understand something – never pick at a body until you're sure it's dead. Otherwise, it'll just wake up and gut you.
Outreach, undated: A combined-arms force from Rebel Group Alpha and Beta of Tara Lucas' Ghosts attacks the administrative complex of the mercenary Wannamaker's Widowmakers, facing off against their command lance and support units.
Part six of the Rebellion Track, also playable as a stand-alone scenario with variable forces and game maps.
Scenario: Kell Hounds Scenario - to Save a Prince[edit]
- (20 May 2008) - Returning to the dawn of BattleTech, BattleCorps presents a Kell Hound scenario from the original Kell Hounds Scenario pack. Join us in reliving the early years of both the Kells and BattleTech.
Mallory's World, October 3013: First Company, Second Battalion of the Kell Hounds attempts to hold back Zakahashi's Zombies of the 2nd Sword of Light regiment to allow friendly troops time to recover Prince Ian Davion's body. (1x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
(Previously published in the scenario pack The Kell Hounds)
Scenario: Tanda's Crossing[edit]
- (27 May 2008) - Be careful what you wish for, you might just get all the excitement you ever wanted. When the Widow comes to dinner you just may be the main course.
Hesperus II, 26 June 3019: The command lance of the Black Widow Company tries to secure a river crossing against a heavy Lyran lance during the 13th Battle for Hesperus II. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Kell Hounds Scenario - Lowering the Boom[edit]
- (27 May 2008) - Once again returning to the Kell Hounds Scenario pack, we take the controls as the Kell Hounds slam into their very first mission. Can you stop the Mariks from getting to the atomics or will the Fourth Succession War start before the 3rd has even finished?
Castor, 7 June 3011 or 15 June 3012: The fledgling Kell Hounds were sent on a raid on Castor along with Snord's Irregulars, with orders to take out a supposed cache of illegal atomic weapons. Salome Ward's command bring elements of the 30th Marik Militia to battle near the depot just before they can use the atomics against the mercenaries. (1x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
(This scenario was previously published under the same title in the sourcebook The Kell Hounds, but for the BattleCorps republication the timestamp was changed from 15 June 3012 to 7 June 3011. This seems to be in error, and 15 June 3012 seems to be the correct date; see Snord's Irregulars article for details.)
Hard Steel[edit]
- (13 June 2008) - Tanks may be tanks, and 'Mechs may be 'Mechs, but to Sniper they are all one thing. Targets.
Arcadia, 13 December 3027: A reconnaissance raid pits a lance of Marik Militia 'Mechs against a short tank company of the mercenary Halsten's Brigade consisting of Schreks, Demolishers and Brutus Assault Tanks in a night battle. (1x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Starterbook Wolf and Blake Scenario: Capture the Flag[edit]
- (15 July 2008) - Choose your side, climb into the cockpit and battle out to see if Hohiro Kurita wins free of the Venatori, or if the chosen of St. Jamais will capture their quarry.
Dieron, 18 July 3068: In the Apallos Hills far outside Deber City, a Level II of the Word of Blake's elite Venatori corners heir-designate Hohiro Kurita in a canyon. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 3 tech)
A Crescent Hawk's Scenario: Cornered Prey[edit]
- (16 July 2008) - An enemy at the back door and all that stands between Youngblood and a Word of Blake force, are the men and women of the Hawk's Striker lance.
Ruchbah, 23 July 3072: Elements of the 5th Division engage a lance of the reformed Crescent Hawks in an attempt to destroy them before reinforcements can arrive. (3x1 mapsheet, Level 2 tech)
Wolf's Dragoons Scenario - Ghosts[edit]
- (18 July 2008) - On Outreach, the Word of Blake destroyed Wolf's Dragoons, in fire and thunder. But their hired guns would soon learn, that even the Dragoons' Ghosts had bite.
Outreach, 13 December 3069: A combined arms company of the mercenary unit Butler's Brigands brings a group of Dragoon resistance fighters to battle in the wreckage of Am Numsam on the Romulus continent. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Starter Book Wolf and Blake Scenario: Muckraker[edit]
- (23 July 2008) - How many Opacus Venatori does it take to end a resistance... Two... What you wanted a punch line? This isn't a joke, this is the Jihad!
Rochelle, 23 February 3071: Two Opacus Venatori with battle armor support bring a local resistance cell (two 'Mechs, two tanks, infantry and battle armor) to battle. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 3 tech)
Strike at the Heart[edit]
- (12 August 2008) - As the fires of the Jihad rages around us, let us remember a simpler war, in a simpler time. Even in the depth of the Fourth Succession War, the little battles still mattered and still counted. The inexperienced power of the Suns, vs. the skilled but constrained Capellans. Which side will you choose?
Tikonov, 9 October 3028: During House Davion's attack on Tikonov in the Fourth Succession War, an Ariana Grenadiers lance is ordered to defend the city of Gizhiga against a much heavier Davion lance piloted by rookies. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Bringing the War Home[edit]
- (15 August 2008) - Another camp fire memory, to keep us warm in the nuclear winter of the Jihad. The planet is Liao, the time is the Fourth Succession War. Choose the Elite General and her band of green but eager pilots, or choose the rugged and defiant Capellans fighting for the soil they were born on.
Liao, "date classified": During House Davion's attack on Liao in the Fourth Succession War, Blue Star Irregulars in Davion employ battle House Liao forces in the Dreyman Pass in an attempt to destroy them before reinforcements can come to their aid. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
- (16 September 2008) - Sometimes it doesn't pay to get out of bed. Some days you get a swift kick in the teeth. A reminder that behind every good army, is a government ready to find fault with any good deed.
Cohagen, 12 August 3032: In the Federated Suns' outback, a lone militia MechWarrior is facing six lighter pirate 'Mechs. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Infestation[edit]
- (07 April 2009) - Rewarded with a Barony on the Hegemony's part of Mirach, Jade Sandowski and her husband semi-retired there.
Mirach, 15 February 2766: In what amounts to a friendly fire incident under radio silence during a bandit hunt, a company of the 7th Crucis Lancers squares off against Baroness Jade Sandowski's lance of former SLDF Royal BattleMech unit members. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Blood Vengeance[edit]
- (14 April 2009) - The Fourth Succession War brought a lot of death, including that of Count Carson Kurita's brother at the hands of a Lyran MechWarrior named Rider Chism on Wheel...
Kaus Media, September 3046: A vendetta between two nobles from enemy realms comes to a head as Baron Rider Chism meets Count Carson Kurita in a company vs. company battle. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Rivers of Blood[edit]
- (20 April 2009) - In the midst of the conflict on York, Clan Star Adder made several attempts on the Clan Fire Mandrill Delphyne manufacturing facility.
York, 15 July 3069: Charlie Binary, 4th Assault Cluster from Clan Star Adder fights the Seventeenth Crimson Guards Trinary, Tau Provisional Galaxy from Clan Blood Spirit in an attempt to take the power generators of a Clan Fire Mandrill Delphyne ProtoMech factory offline (the Delphyne being a joint design between Clans Fire Mandrill and Blood Spirit). (3x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Stars Below to Stars Above[edit]
- (27 April 2009) - After being trapped on Capolla for nearly a decade, Deliah's Gauntlet had decided to fight back.
Capolla, December 3076: Deliah's Gauntlet comes under attack from a company of Capolla Protectorate Militia with artillery support. (3x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Cracking the Nut[edit]
- (27 May 2009) - Even the might of the Word militia, is still humbled by the brutality of urban combat.
Chaffee, 15 March 3069: A headhunter unit of the Word of Blake 18th Division is airdropped on the position of Anderson's Lance of the Chaffee Militia who have been waging a guerrilla war. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Escort Service[edit]
- (02 June 2009) - When the Lyran advance pressed deeper into the League, the League called on their very best, the Knights of the Inner Sphere.
Preston, 12 June 3068: During the Lyran offensive on Preston, a lance from the Second Donegal Regulars [sic] (presumably meant to be the Second Donegal Guards) attempts to disrupt a fire support company from the First Knights of the Inner Sphere. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Lead Rainmakers[edit]
- (09 June 2009) - BattleMechs may rule the battlefield, but even a 'Mech fears the power of artillery. A well placed battery can turn the tide of battles, or become the tide of battle.
Wyatt, 9 July 2868: Able Company of the 6th Lyran Regulars attempts to destroy an artillery lance and its escorting company from the 12th Marik Militia. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: 'Mechs from Heaven[edit]
- (16 June 2009) - Ever notice how much an Overlord looks like an Easter egg? The Adders and Spirits certainly did in 3074.
York, 12 November 3074: After an Overlord-C-class DropShip was shot down over York, ten Crimson Hawk BattleMechs from its cargo are available for salvage from the crash site. Clan Star Adder sends Rattle Trinary of the 10th Armored Cavalry Squadron to claim them, but on-site they encounter another salvage team: the Alpha and Beta Binaries of the 55th Red Vanguard. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Shake N Bake Falcon[edit]
- (11 September 2009) - In combat each opponent is tested against the other, but occasionally nature has a say in the outcome.
Crimond, 19 February 3068: The HQ Company of the 3rd Lyran Guards defend the Tybalt Mountains on Crimond against Fourth Binary, 7th Falcon Regulars. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Under Pressure[edit]
- (15 September 2009) - Even among the Clans combat is not always practical only in wide-open flat plains. Sometimes one is forced to fight where the objective is.
Marshall, 20 January 3069: Asp Trinary of the 126th Striker fights Tetra Trinary of the 12th Scorpion Cuirassiers over possession of a titanium mine. The fight largely takes place underwater. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
(This scenario was published a second time on 22 September 2009; this time the teaser read: Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink. When millions of gallons of water are pressing in on your cockpit, the last thing you really want to think about, is being thirsty.)
Hot Time in the Hot Zone[edit]
- (29 September 2009) - A MechWarrior's worst enemy is heat buildup—and that enemy has allies when the temperature outside rises as fast as inside!
(A republication of the scenario first published on 28 January 2007.)
Jihad Turning Points: Atreus BattleCorps Exclusive[edit]
- (25 November 2009) - Already bought the new PDF-only Jihad Turning Points: Atreus? Want another track to play? This one is member-exclusive to BattleCorps—no one else has it, and it's all yours!
Atreus, 25 October 3068: In close orbit over Atreus, the powerful FWL navy opens fire on each other as forces supporting the Word of Blake attack forces loyal to "Thomas Marik".
(Titled "True Colors Revealed" in the PDF, his extra track for Jihad Turning Points: Atreus was dedicated to the memory of Dan "Albatross" Schulz, a BattleTech fan with a particular interest in House Marik who had recently passed away.)
Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad BattleCorps Exclusive![edit]
- (20 February 2010) - Already bought Jihad Turning Points: Tharkad? Want one more track to play? Here's your chance—available only to BattleCorps subscribers! (Titled "The Great Escape" in the PDF)
Tharkad, 16 September 3069: Across the planet, half a dozen Word of Blake prison compounds are attacked simultaneously by Lyran resistance fighters in a concerted action to free their imprisoned comrades. (Owing to the nature of a Track, the composition of the opposing forces and the game map is variable.)
Scenario: Your Land Is My Land[edit]
- (02 March 2010) - When the Free Worlds League attacks into the Capellan Confederation all resources are brought to bear in its defense. Scenario by Ken Horner.
Goodna, October 2902: During the Third Succession War, a Capellan 'Mech company supported by tanks engages a company from the 10th Marik Militia.
Scenario: Snow Birds[edit]
- (09 March 2010) - Military actions are not always about the grand fight against evil—in war, sometimes it's just about making things harder for your enemies. Scenario by Ken Horner.
Cascade, 13 March 3068: A Lyran lance attempts to destroy a power stations during an attack on Cascade during a blizzard. Defending is a lance of the Cascade militia. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Saving Tai-shu Ashora[edit]
- (16 March 2010) - When the saKhan of the Ghost Bears challenges the Warlord of a Combine Military District, sparks are sure to fly... Scenario by Ken Horner.
Schuyler, 23 November 3062: During the Ghost Bear-Draconis Combine war, Tai-shu Teyasu Ashora and his lance are trapped by saKhan Aletha Kabrinski's command Trinary. Reaper Company of the 6th Ghost comes to Ashora's rescue. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Savage World[edit]
- (23 March 2010) - When the Coyotes attack the Fire Mandrills with previously unknown 'Mechs, not even the Kindraa can resist... Scenario by Ken Horner
Foster, 24 November 3066: Kindraa Payne-Beyl-Grant's Storage Facility 4 comes under attack from an ad hoc Binary from Clan Coyote fielding several of the brand new Rabid Coyote 'Mechs. Defending is the Grant Trinary of the First Striker Payne Cluster.
Scenario: Over the River or Through the Woods[edit]
- (30 March 2010) - The Ice Hellions press an attack against the forces of Clan Cloud Cobra. Scenario by Ken Horner.
Babylon, 12 May 3063: In a bid to enlarge their enclave on Babylon, a Trinary of the 150th Hellion Lancers moves to destroy an observation station defended by the Black Binary, 121st Cobra Fang (with fighter support from White Binary). (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Clan Spaniel Saves Strana Mechty[edit]
- (01 April 2010) - In every generation, there rises a group of heroes, bent on freeing the oppressed and taking for themselves no share of the glory... this is not one of those times.
A humorous scenario released on April 1st, with lots of in-jokes. Clan Spaniel is called upon to defend Strana Mechty against all five evil monkey tribes (blue, red, purple, green and yellow; thinly veiled references to the Successor States), led by the "old one-eyed white monkey", a stand-in for Anastasius Focht.
Not canonical for the BattleTech universe except perhaps (arguably) as an episode of the Clan Spaniel in-universe media franchise. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Organic Ice[edit]
- (06 April 2010) - When the Star League Defense Force returns to their captured headquarters worlds to unseat the Usurper Stefan Amaris, sparks will fly... scenario by Ken Horner.
New Ganymede (Tau Ceti system), 13 October 2775: In their drive on Terra, the forces of General Kerensky invade the moon of New Ganymede orbiting the gas giant Zeus in the Tau Ceti system. Here, a company of Kerensky's ad hoc invasion forces square off against a company of the 12th Republican Guards on the hostile moon. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Lost Souls[edit]
- (13 April 2010) - When pirates attack a lonely outpost in the Periphery it's up to the Brotherhood of Randis to defend them... scenario by Ken Horner
Ddraig, 12 June 3073: A company of the Death's Consorts, Paula Trevaline's pirate forces, are sent to destroy the last remaining settlements on the periphery world of Ddraig. A company of the Knights of the Brotherhood of Randis steps in to defend them. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Jumping the Diamond Shark[edit]
- (20 April 2010) - When the Smoke Jaguars come for the Diamond Sharks the Sharks have to use every tool at their disposal—even the ground. Scenario by Ken Horner.
Priori, 24 October 2985: A Binary from the 214th Jaguar Dragoons raids holdings on Priori which are defended by a Binary from the 369th Striker. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Hidden Talons[edit]
- (27 April 2010) - In the reconquest of Coventry the Jade Falcons involved put forth a desperate plan... scenario by Ken Horner.
Coventry, 20 March 3074: A Jade Falcon force under Star Colonel Quinn Kerensky lures two Level IIs of the 30th Division into an ill-fated attack during the fight for the Coventry Metal Works facilities. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Fire in the Dark[edit]
- (04 May 2010) - The Aegis-class Immortal Spirit has been marooned in the Coventry system for some time—but now that the Coalition intends to retake the system, it will have to be dealt with. Scenario by Ken Horner.
Coventry system, 16 March 3074: A combined Lyran Alliance/Clan Jade Falcon naval force consisting of one Lyran Mjolnir, two Jade Falcon Aegis and one Jade Falcon Liberator-class WarShips, plus several other JumpShips, engages a Word of Blake flotilla consisting of one Aegis, one Newgrange and several Pocket WarShips. (BattleSpace scenario, 2x1 space mapsheets)
(This scenario erroneously lists the Liberator-class CJF Gauntlet as one of the attacking ships. This has since been confirmed to be in error, as the Gauntlet was destroyed at Lum in 3070 already.)
Scenario: Family Jewels[edit]
- (11 May 2010) - When Hanse Davion came for the Capellan Confederation, some ran; some stood and fought; some grabbed up what they could carry and did both. Scenario by Ken Horner.
Liao, 20 September 3028: A lance from Warrior House LuSann escorts a J-27 transport that is evacuating family heirlooms and other treasure from the Liao Palace against a lance of the Blue Star Irregulars. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: End of Days[edit]
- (18 May 2010) - The nice thing about being part of a free association is that you can leave just as easily as you join—can't you? Scenario by Ken Horner.
Barahona, 02 June 2846: When the Outworlds Alliance fails to come to their aid against pirate attacks, Barahona raises a militia from IndustrialMechs, vehicles and infantry to fend off a pirate force calling themselves the Star League Wendigos. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Uninvited Guests[edit]
- (01 August 2010) - When the Blood Spirits attack the Burrocks on Albion, red-hot combat is the result. Play this scenario now or at Gen Con!
Albion, 12 March 3059: A Binary from Clan Blood Spirit fight a Binary from the 82nd Burrock Guards for a supply station. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Amateur Hour[edit]
- (03 August 2010) - When the Draconis Combine raids the Federated Commonwealth, fury is usually the order of the day. When both sides are cadets, it's even more a morass than usual.
Ingress, 21 January 3049: A light company from the 9th Sun Zhang Academy Cadre attacks a similar formation of the 3rd NAIS Cadet Cadre. (2x2 mapsheet, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Bump in the Night[edit]
- (05 August 2010) - Pirate are always a problem along the border, whether you're ready for them or not. See how one company of the Free Worlds League handles the problem.
Maxwell, 22 September 3043: The Blades of Death pirate company strikes against the Palomalo Munitions Compound, defended by only one company from the 3rd Fusiliers of Oriente. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
The "Aftermath" section was incomplete in the PDF download due to (presumably) a formatting error. The last two sentences should read:
The Blades responded by sending their recon lance to harass one half while crushing the other. As the Blades regrouped, there was little that Kharkov could do but attempt to harass the enemy while they removed a dozen crates and returned to their DropShip.
Scenario: Crown of Laurels[edit]
- (08 August 2010) - It was the said the resolve of ancient Rome was among the strongest in the ancient world... and the Marian Hegemony, who claim Rome's heritage, would have the Sphere believe the same.
Trasjkis, October 3062: A combined arms unit of the 1st Illyrian Lancers, reinforced with two lances of the Wolfe's Dragoons mercenaries, defend against an attack by a maniple from the Marian Hegemony's II Legio. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: in for a Penny[edit]
- (01 September 2010) - The Armed Forces of the Federated Suns have long derided the soldiers of the Capellan Confederation, but every so often they're reminded that pride goeth before the fall...
Rollis, 15 July 3027: Falsely believing the defending Rollis Home Guard units to be weak and inexperienced, a lance from the 5th Syrtis Fusiliers executes a training raid that turns out nowhere near the easy victory it was expected to be.
Track: Bank Shot[edit]
- (10 September 2010) - Pirate raids are a common nuisance along the long winding border of the Periphery, sometimes so common that the defenders know the pirates almost as well as they know themselves. Every so often, that familiarity has an unexpected side effect, as this BattleCorps Exclusive Track illustrates.
Campoleone, 02 July 3002: The Corsairs of Comstock IV, a pirate group, raid the Free Worlds League world of Campoleone in an attempt to demonstrate their new leader Boris Carey's resolve after he killed the previous pirate leader, Black Bart McGirk.
Owing to the nature of a "track" scenario, the opposing forces as well as the gaming map are variable.
Scenario: Unleash the Horde[edit]
- (02 December 2010) - Now see if your player group can get a pirate force past a blocking unit of the Taurian planetary militia!
Landsmark, 02 February 3013: A company of Taurian Concordat planetary militia (tanks and infantry) engages the Hawke's Horde pirate group - 3 'Mechs and a number of tanks. (3 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Revenge[edit]
- (29 December 2010) - When mercenaries attack a Westerhand game stable in their own home, the only response is a duel to the death in the Westerhand Games!
Westerhand, 12 June 3042: The Iron Knights killed the stablemaster of Ikhwan Stables during a failed raid on their warehouse, then challenged them to an honor duel on the Garringer continent to hopefully impress a potential employer. (2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Tactics of Desperation I[edit]
- (08 January 2011) - The first wave of a Kuritan attack on Hesperus II
Hesperus II, 25 October 2853 (nadir jump point): Reactivated to break the siege of Hesperus II, the Tharkad-class battlecruiser LCS Invincible jumps in with its DropShip contingent and aerospace fighters. Defending is a Draconis Combine blockade fleet consisting of the Samarkand-class DCS Galedon II, the Vigilant-class DCS Wyrm, the Baron-class DCS Yedo, a DropShip flotilla, fighters and the Olympus-class recharge station they have captured.
Some vessels carry marines that may attempt to board enemy ships under Tactical Operations/Strategic Operations rules; S-7A Buses are also available. (BattleSpace scenario, 2x1 space mapsheets)
Scenario: Tactics of Desperation II[edit]
- (08 January 2011) - Fight out the last of the engagement to see who controls the skies over Hesperus!
Hesperus II, 10 November 2853: After the Lyrans have broken through the blockade at the nadir jump point, the Draconis Combine forces rally near the planet to make a stand. The battered LCS Invincible and its diminished escorts, supported by military and civilian transport vessels, engage the DCS Galedon II and the zenith jump point blockade fleet consisting of the Vigilant-class DCS Pacheco and the Bonaventure-class DCS Tamura and DCS Georgia, plus DropShips and fighters. (BattleSpace scenario, 2x1 space mapsheets)
Since this battle followed "Tactics of Desperation I", players have the option to carry over their forces and damage from the previous scenario instead of the "historical" forces that met at Hesperus II; repairing and rearming is allowed.
Scenario: Urban Brawl[edit]
- (16 January 2011) - Play the action described in Nick Marsala's "The Hunted" now!
Thorin, 07 October 3068: In Ecol City, a Level II from the invading 6th Division is ambushed by hidden tanks from the New Hessen Irregulars. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Hunting the Hunters[edit]
- (16 January 2011) - Play the combat described in Nick Marsala's "The Hunted" now!
Thorin, 07 October 3068: Two Level IIs from the Word of Blake's Sixth Division are ambushed by two hidden 'Mech lances from the New Hessen Irregulars east of Ecol City. (1x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Instead of the predetermined maps, players can opt to use the HexPack to construct a customized map board. The scenario provides rules for laying out the maps in this case.
Scenario: Twins[edit]
- (04 February 2011) - When tension erupt into a duel between assault 'Mech pilots, the conflagration soon pulls in even more troops on both sides. By Stephen Frabartolo.
Rochelle, 17 June 3007: A mercenary is provoked into challenging a Marik officer to a BattleMech duel; the arrival of other mercenaries may escalate the fight. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Scapegoats[edit]
- (11 February 2011) - When combat turns against a weak commander, he or she might turn that blame against someone or something else to save his or her own skin... as happened on Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, 23 February 3055: A company of the First Robinson Rangers, half of them equipped with new BH-K305 Battle Hawk prototype 'Mechs, is ordered to attack a supply dump defended by elements of Delta Galaxy from Clan Jade Falcon, a battle that will unjustly tarnish the Battle Hawk's reputation in lieu of poor leadership. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Bait and Switch[edit]
- (22 February 2011) - Darrell Myers shows us a conflict between the Twelfth Vegan Rangers and the Capellan Confederation during the Fourth Succession War.
St. Andre, 22 December 3028: Lured out of their defensive position by a ruse, a lance of BattleMechs with conventional units and artillery support attacks well-prepared enemy 'Mechs and infantry. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Deep Strike[edit]
- (16 March 2011) - When the Third Kavalleri strike at Altenmarkt, the forces of Clan Wold [sic] respond quickly to the incursion—but are they quick enough?
Altenmarkt, 17 March 3063: The Fourth Kavalleri (and not the Third as in the teaser text) raid the Clan Wolf occupation zone and square off against the two Stars of the Altenmarkt Solahma Garrison Binary. (2x3 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Dragon's Fire[edit]
- (06 July 2011) - When a prominent mercenary leader is killed, the pirates think they'll have an easy time of it—except that the new CO is worse. Readers who remember Langston's Lancers will recognize this one...
Payvand, 14 March 3011: Drake's Dragons attempt to steal a shipment of gold. Langston's Lancers and Payvand Militia forces oppose them. Both parties field roughly two companies of 'Mech and tank forces. (1x3 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Killing Dragons[edit]
- (06 July 2011) - Some of the Dragons from yesterday's scenario escaped—but Colonel Langston and his Lancers aren't about to let them get away.
Payvand, 15 March 3011: Following up on the previous scenario, the Lancers attempt to recover the stolen gold and vanquish the pirates, who still have unrepaired damage. The scenario depicts a situation previously described in the BattleCorps Unit Digest: Langston's Lancers (1x3 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Vendetta[edit]
- (25 July 2011) - Darrell Myers provides a scenario to complement his unit digest for the Jalestar Defense Force; play it now, to see how the JDF fares against Taurian raiders.
Panpour, 11 February 3076: Defending against a Taurian 'Mech company attacking the Jalastar Aerospace compound is a combined arms unit of the Jalastar Defense Force with untested, reinforced during play with quirky, untested 'Mechs fresh off the assembly lines. The defending player may elect to use the force provided, or generate a force from the unit digest for the JDF. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Wall of Pikes[edit]
- (22 August 2011) - The mercenary Pike's Pikemen prefers duty in the Periphery, but that duty means they often meet the true dregs of society—the pirate, as they did in 3066
Novo Tressida, 6 July 3066: A pirate 'Mech company attempts to kill the Duke of Novo Tressida, and Pike's Pikemen and the Ducal Guard must guard him until he escapes in a VTOL. (1x3 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Scenario: Snipe Hunt[edit]
- (23 August 2011) - During the Andurien War, there were many missions soldiers felt weren't worth their while. They called these snipe hunts. (titled "Hunting Snipes" in the PDF)
Conquista, 23 November 3038: A Pegasus scout hovertank company attached to the 6th Marik Militia encounters a 'Mech company of the enemy 5th Defenders of Andurien on a reconnaissance mission. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Pillbox[edit]
- (26 November 2011) - In this new scenario from Darrell Myers, a platoon of heavy Gürteltier main battle tanks takes on the Clans. Can they win? Play it out and find out!
Surcin, 7 February 3083: A platoon of Gürteltier tanks confronts Delta Star, Bravo Trinary, 13th Battle Cluster, Beta Galaxy of Clan Wolf. (2x1 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
DTP Vega Exclusive Track[edit]
- (20 December 2011) - You're already playing the exciting tracks found in the latest Dark Age Turning Points PDF product—now add this exciting new track to your games! Includes track and record sheets! (titled "Freaks Come Out at Night" in the PDF)
Vega, 18 August 3136: Clan Ghost Bear forces are ambushed by insurgents who may field a modified Dig Lord IndustrialMech. The Ghost Bears may elect to bring in reinforcements in the form of a PM6 Peacemaker PoliceMech and/or a CPK-65 Copper SecurityMech. Includes record sheets for Constable LMG and SRM Battle Armor and CPK-65 Copper SecurityMech. (1x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Scenario: Bat out of Hell[edit]
- (07 August 2012) - When two sides square off in the cold depths of space, with fighters and DropShips, will anyone survive? (correctly titled "Bat Out of Hell" in the PDF)
Westover system, 22 January 3095: The pirate band Hades Brotherhood has been raiding Westover every six to seven months. Now the planet has hired mercenaries to defend them: Mitchell's Nighthawks. Their two Leopard CV DropShips SunHawk and StarHawk launch themselves and their full fighter complement against the pirate Overlord-class DropShip Brotherhood Two and against a wanted Word of Blake war criminal piloting an HMR-HD Hammerhead aerospace fighter in particular, (former) Precentor Yousoke Sendai. (BattleSpace scenario, 1x4 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Operation BIRD DOG: Clipping Jaguar Wings[edit]
- (31 March 2013; included with the short story Quail Hunting) - During Operation BIRD DOG, the Federated Commonwealth hatches a desperate raid against the Smoke Jaguars, but can they defeat the fabled Gray Baron? Story by Philip A. Lee, with a scenario by Craig A. Reed.
Asgard, 19 May 3059: During a dark night Jake's Heavy Hitters, an ad hoc unit from the Davion Heavy Guards consisting of two BattleMech lances, attack a Smoke Jaguar aerospace base defended by two 'Mech points and an Elemental point. (1x3 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Call Me[edit]
- (12 August 2013; included with the short story Filling the Hole) - During the liberation of Terra, a team of construction workers must repair communication lines before the Word of Blake arrives to stop them. Also includes scenario by Ken' Horner.
Terra, 22 August 3078: Four backhoes are desperately trying to fill up holes in the earth to cover valuable communication junction boxes, guarded by a Com Guard Level II. A Word of Blake Level II moves in to undo their repair work. (1 mapsheet, Level 2 tech)
Forced March I[edit]
- (8 September 2013; included with part 1 of the Lancer Strike Trilogy) - During the Federated Suns' attempt to gain a foothold on Al Na'ir in 3022, Draconis Combine defenders are tasked with delaying part of the heavy assault force at all costs, but not all of the Combine MechWarriors are convinced their sacrifice will be worth the effort. Part 1 of 3. (Scenario credited to Ken' Horner.)
Al Na'ir, 11 May 3022: The attacking company of the 3rd Crucis Lancers encounter a much lighter harrying force from the 15th Dieron Regulars during their raid on Al Na'ir. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Forced March II[edit]
- (15 September 2013; included with part 2 of the Lancer Strike Trilogy) - In Part 2 of the Lancer Strike Trilogy, a reserve company of the Fifteenth Dieron Regulars must defend the regiment's staging point, but the Third Crucis Lancers outmass them. Can the company hold out long enough for reinforcements to arrive? (Scenario credited to Ken' Horner.)
Al Na'ir, 11 May 3022: The Davion company, keeping all damage from the previous scenario, runs into another Kurita force at a supply depot. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
Return Game[edit]
- (22 September 2013; included with part 3 of the Lancer Strike Trilogy) - The fate of the Davion invasion of Al Na'ir is revealed. Will the company survive the Draconis Combine's counterattack? Find out in the final part of the Lancer Strike Trilogy! (Scenario credited to Ken' Horner.)
Al Na'ir, 11 May 3022: Mixed pursuit forces try to prevent the decimated Crucis Lancers company from withdrawing. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 1 tech)
3:10 to Saint Randall[edit]
- (28 October 2013; included with the short story The Third Time) - Chris Hussey brings us a tale from the Word of Blake Protectorate. On Addicks, a resistance cell on must hunt down the local Blakist leader or face imminent destruction. Includes playable scenario by Craig A. Reed. (BattleCorps erroneously switched the authors; the scenario was actually written by Chris Hussey.)
Addicks, 17 June 3075: A mixed company of resistance fighters ambushes a train escorted by a Level II and four helicopters. (2x3 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Seeds of Discontent[edit]
- (1 June 2014; included with the short story Opportunity) - On an airless rock, Clan Star Adder challenges the Hell's Horses to learn why the Horses have been wandering the Deep Periphery. Who will survive hard vacuum? Includes playable scenario, Seeds of Discontent! (Scenario credited to Darrell Myers.)
Remote moon, Nouveaux Paris system, 17 December 3067: Two Stars of 'Mechs fight a Trial under zellbrigen rules and very hostile conditions. (2x2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
Rear Guard[edit]
- (14 August 2014; included with the short story On Solid Ground) - During the Clan Invasion, Leon Diaz was the sole Draconis Combine survivor of the Smoke Jaguar attack on Tengu Company on Asgard. Will Leon overcome his bad luck when the Jaguars renew their assault, or will he curse his new lance? Also includes a playable scenario! (Scenario credited to Darrell Myers.)
Asgard, 27 February 3052: A 3rd Benjamin Regulars company tries to stop two Stars of the 19th Striker. (3 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)
- (16 November 2014; included with the short story Watershed) - On the water-rich Periphery world of Barahona, the Barahona Defense Force must face thirsty pirates intent on stealing water at any cost. Includes a playable scenario and two unit digests.
Barahona, 15 August 3061: A mixed company of the Sorsk Regulars is sent on a desperate water raid to Barahona after the water supply on Sorsk was poisoned in an industrial accident; opposing them is a mixed company of defenders. (2 mapsheets, Level 2 tech)


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Report from Nikolai
I am doing the best that I can. It probably seems that I have slowed way down but that has mostly been my way of dealing with the cold and being out here in Interior Alaska by myself, which is causing some anxiety and has made it hard to sleep even when I am stopped.
I took a hard fall at the Post River waterfall (the trail actually goes up a waterfall) and pulled my right hip flexer muscle. This has made it really painful to push my bike uphill, and my pace over the millions of small hills before the Farewell Burn was downright glacial ... take three laboring steps and stop, repeat. Luckily, it is pretty flat from here on out. Hopefully I can get through this without further injury.
Cold weather has been a struggle. I bivied just below Rainy Pass one night as I pushed my bike through the knee-deep snow for 45 miles. My thermometer bottomed out at 20 below. I bivied again last night at Sullivan Creek when I kept literally falling asleep and falling off my bike. I woke up after three hours and set out to pack up, but it was so, so cold. Everything was frozen solid. My chemical warmers had turned to ice bricks and I couldn't make them go. I crawled back into my bag and waited another couple hours before attempting again. Again, couldn't quite handle the cold. I finally just decided to wait until daylight and stayed in my bag until 10 a.m., but didn't sleep much. I woke up to a 35 mph headwind and single digit temperatures. Ground blizzards were out of this world. Again, glacial pace.
So that's my story. I am definitely a rookie out here, but I am learning tons, and having good times along with the bad. The Farewell Burn is surreal, and I can't believe I actually rode a bike out here. I didn't even realize until I read this message board that I was challenging Kathi for a record time. Believe me, that was never my goal. I am trying to finish. And survive. I am warm and full of moose stew, with 50 miles to McGrath that I should be able to complete in one push unless I have a problem. (And I do plan to keep moving, because I have no problem staying warm on the bike.) I am hoping to be finished by Saturday evening. Thanks to everyone, love to my family. I will report again soon.
49 comments:
Great job,keep your chin up you can do it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 29, 2008 at 8:32 PM
You're a tough cookie; hang in there 'til the finish.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 29, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Awesome adventure. Almost there - Keep pressing on. I'll remember you in my prayers tonight.
Thinking and praying for you.ReplyDelete
Keep on pedaling and pushing...You can do it Jill!!!ReplyDelete
You are a brave and courageous soul! You are an inspiration to train harder and tackle new adventures. People all across this planet have worn out there mouse button clicking refresh to hope for new race updates! The karma of countless people will be pushing you to Mcgrath aticipating the full story and pictures. I don't think most people can fathom a jouney like this across the Alaskan Interior. You and Geoff both can be proud of an amazing life changing journey and can only imagine what will follow. Will be praying for the hip to hold up.ReplyDelete
So I wasn't kidding when I titled my blog, "okay, so my idol is a girl on a bike". I can only imagine what a adventure you have been through. Negative 20, sore and tired, what a trooper you are. Keep up the great work and hang in there.ReplyDelete
when you get back, take your time and write the whole story in as many parts as it takes. take your time. i can hardly wait to read it, and i want as much detail as you can give. and i'll bet everyone who reads your blog feels just the same.ReplyDelete
this is an incredible adventure you're having, and you're killing it. i am so envious.
So glad to hear from you, Jill, and know you are still doing great! Can't even conceive of how cold the cold is for you - you are so brave!ReplyDelete
Glad you've been warmed up with moose stew.
Thinking and praying for you all through these days!
You can do it!
Yes, we want details and are willing to wait for it. First McGrath, hot chocolate, food, sleep, sleep.ReplyDelete
It's been pins and needles for your fan base Jill. So glad to hear the reports today and to read your own account that things are going well. I hope your flexer muscle problem subsides and nothing else hurtful happens before the finish line 'cause I feel certain that you're going to make the finish line one way or another.
I'm sure there is profound truth in that you've learned tons during this event. Our ultrasport girl gonna really let her hair down next year!
- AnonymousFebruary 29, 2008 at 10:22 PM
you people do crazy shiznit. keep at it. keep warm.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 29, 2008 at 10:24 PM
I'm glad you're doing OK. I can't imagine what you're going through with the cold. Just finishing the Iditarod Trail will be quite the feat. Stay safe the rest of the way to McGrath!
- AnonymousFebruary 29, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Jill, finding your blog many months back and following your training for this journey was indeed a pleasurable way to start or finish our day ... a small view into your world. You displayed great generosity in sharing your preparations and the adventure leading into this race. With your determination and sense of humor, winning our hearts you did easily.ReplyDelete
Hoping rest comes to you easier tonight for your last push to McGrath. We look for to hearing of your completion, what a journey!
You go, girl. You are tougher than I can even dream of being. Thanks to that moose for warming you up and making your legs strong enough to keep pushing through. You rock!ReplyDelete
Just a lurker here, wishing you luck on the final leg of your journey. I'm with fatcyclist, and cannot wait to read every word of your race report.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 29, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Jill, I am proud of you! Be safe. Take care of yourself. We love you!ReplyDelete
Lisa and Chris
Great Job! Keep it up.ReplyDelete
It blows my mind that you found both the time and the means to blog from out there. :-)ReplyDelete
You're doing great! Even though the pace may feel "glacial" to you, you are chugging along at a solid pace, as evidenced by the possibility of you setting the new female record. Even if you don't set that record, finishing this race as well as you have, on your first attempt no less, is amazing. You continue to inspire us all, and I'll echo the sentiments of others when I say I can't wait for the post-race report to learn the whole of what your race experience was out there.
Keep pedaling and stay warm. God speed!
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Jill, This is amazing! Thank you for sharing the journey. You have inspired me as I slowly heal, yet quickly steal race updates and read posts while at work. And, I thought my two trips to physical therapy this week were something of an accomplishment! I look forward, as so many do, to read your words, scan the photos and sense the overwhelming satisfaction so unique for you. Thanks for peddling, pushing and persevering!ReplyDelete
Been thinking about you all week. You are truly inspiring. I'll be smiling with you when you cross that finish line.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 3:10 AM
Stay safe and keep going.
NL Europe
Watching this race and reading all the reports has been my #1 form of entertainment during this week of recovery from my knee surgery. Can't wait to read the real blog report. It has been funny to see your fan base take over the message boards. How about one last GO JILL GO!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 6:07 AM
Bonjour !ReplyDelete
Mille fois bravo !! A thousand cheers for having made it to Nikolaï. And so many hearty thanks for having posted on your blog there...just to update us. I don't doubt that the last leg to McGrath is going to be a smooth journey after what you've experienced.
Thanks for everything,
Glad you're OK (relatively speaking). Hope you have tailwinds, or no winds, for the rest of the journey!ReplyDelete
fl hifi is right. My mouse has been going crazy to find what's going on. You're rockin it out there! Keep it up.ReplyDelete
awesome, jill. simply awesome! keep smiling!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 8:41 AM
Kepp your spirits up! You are going to finish this race!ReplyDelete
You are simply awesome
Shari SCurr
Jill, you have become a hero to a lot of people including me. I know you do not do what you do to be an inspiration. When you move beyond the challenges you will know a diffrent life from that moment on. I am rooting for you! Who cares about a "record" as long as you reach out, spread your wings, and fly with the eagles! Fly Jill fly ... on to McGrath! 50 to go!ReplyDelete
So good to hear you are doing well and pushing onward! Have been tracking your progress and you are an incredible inspiration...keep your chin up - you'll be warm and home soon.ReplyDelete
Simply amazingReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 11:03 AM
It was so great to hear you're pushing on to the final leg of an incredible journey!ReplyDelete
Like so many, I am wishing you strength and courage and warmth! You're doing it!! Congratulations and thanks for your words and pictures throughout the year ~
"...at Sullivan Creek when I kept literally falling asleep and falling off my bike."ReplyDelete
Sort of funny but I can relate and for this little problem there is only one solution.
I'm confident you'll finish and am looking forward to hearing your stories. The finish os not far now!
Yr Pal DrCodfish
I've been reading you for awhile now (almost a year ago actually!) and keeping track of you on the Iditarod latest news message thing has been so suspenseful and fun! I was amazed at how worried I was about you during the period between Puntilla and Nikolai! I hate the cold and don't even own a bike, but became so interested in what you and Geoff do and have been rooting for you both! Your final push should be over soon (hopefully) as I write this..I hope you recover quickly!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Go Jill! You can do it. Again, as I sit here in the Connecticut 'cold' (it may be 35) and think of you pushing your bike in that temperature, I feel like a slug. Keep up the really amazing ride.ReplyDelete
Add me to the list that will be praying for you and a successful finish. Way to go!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 3:31 PM
Amazing job!! You're an inspiration, Jill.ReplyDelete
Oh my God, you are so f'ing amazing, I really hope you know that. What you have accomplished is so amazing and I am just in awe. Sincerely. I am so PROUD of you for doing this and we've never even met! I almost cried when I read " I pushed my bike through the knee-deep snow for 45 miles." I mean, OH MY GOD, JILL. I hope the last 50 miles aren't too terrible and that you make it to the finish in good spirits. I'm sending you my best most positive thoughts!ReplyDelete
Keep it up Jill. You are a winner just for starting this race.ReplyDelete
Michael in Melbourne
You, and all of the other contestants are an inspiration to us folk down here in the lower 48. I could never imagine doing what you're doing. But I wish I had the opportunity to try. Slogging thru knee-deep snow for 45 miles. Unbelievable. My hats off, and my prayers for a safe journey are with you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Just saw the latest update on the race site. Jill has finished! You go girl! Hope you are well, take a deserved rest, and look forward to your review of the race!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Way to go Jill. Nice work....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 8:24 PM
It's been one nail-biting week for the whole family... i think you aged mom and dad another 5 years in the course of 7 days. Despite that fact...i am still incredibly honored to be your sister. I am so proud of you.ReplyDelete
xoxo Sara
I've been tracking the leader board page obsessively, and see that you've completed the race. Congratulations!ReplyDelete
1. Get something to eat.
2. Sleep.
3. Get some more to eat.
4. Sleep.
5. Eat some more.
6. Tell us the story.
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Congratulations Jill! I've been checking several times a day to check on your progress. I can't wait to hear all about it. Take your time eating and sleeping before you tell us about it.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on Finishing Jill. You have brought "The Soul Searchin Adventure" in Epic to a new standard. There were many here in the Southeast of the United States that have been watching you with awe. Your a inspiration to so many. Keep it up.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 1, 2008 at 11:31 PM
You done did it! Whowhoo! Nice to get that frozen monkey off your back isn't it? Hope Geoff was feeling well enough to fly in and see you cross the finish line. What a special moment indeed.
We're all looking forward to your story, but please take your time and get a couple weeks rest. You deserve it.
Congratulations Jill, and welcome back. AThat's quite an accomplishment.ReplyDelete
You are amazing.ReplyDelete

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A recent Time headline proclaimed that women were "The Richer Sex," set to overtake men in a generation as financial breadwinners. The story indicates that over the course of the next 25 years more American families will be supported by women instead of by men. While that shift is making headlines in the mainstream the woman as breadwinner and head of household just might be old hat for Black women.
That may be in part because a higher percentage of African American women are achieving college degrees. This could mean that over the next generation the overall shift in female run households, already felt in many Black households could be even more dramatic in our homes over the next generation.
Particularly in the aftermath of the economic crisis that has also contributed to this shift, Black women are the financial lifeblood for families. The Time piece focused on the next generation being dominated by female-lead households and yet this is nothing new for our community. So what are the social and political ramifications are for Black women as we continue to excel and support ourselves and our families? The gender dynamics may be changing for everyone but iBlack women are somewhat on the outside of this shift, having already moved ahead.
Liza Mundy, author of the new book The Richer Sex, writes "[t]hink about what this portends. The primary role men have played… will be passed to women. The impact will be felt everywhere, from the classroom to the boardroom to the bedroom, in how men and women work, play, shop, vote, save and share and court and even love each other." With the GOP's "War on Women" as the backdrop for this significant change in economic potential.
This conversation is also interesting in the immediate aftermath of the heated debate over contraception. Black women sometimes are forced to choose whether to focus on issues of gender or issues of race and the birth control fight was certainly one of those moments.
Feministing editor Chloe Angyal says, "[The debate over the birth control pill] needs to be placed in a larger context of anxiety about changing gender roles, which is the natural product of increased opportunities for women. It's about the level of independence and power that contraception has made possible for women." Angyal raises an important point: within a generation women will be running households, and they are able to do that in part because of the autonomy over their reproduction birth control has given them.
The Time piece also explains, "women could delay marriage and invest in education without worrying that an unplanned pregnancy would derail their pursuit of professional goals." Mundy cites that currently 4 in 10 married women make more than their husbands. This is at the same time that nearly 60% of college students and those working towards master's degrees and higher are women. "Assuming present trends continue, by the next generation, more families will be supported by women than by men. Not since women entered the workforce by the millions after World War II has America witnessed economic change on this scale. Some of this is driven by the dramatic rise in single-parent families, but it is increasingly true in two-earner families as well."
Questions over how traditional parenting roles, household responsibilities, and financial burdens should be shared between two parents when the woman makes more money than her spouse is a question with no definitive answer. Old school gender roles are so entrenched it's becoming more difficult to navigate who should be responsible for what within a family since historic norms simply won't matter anymore. Black women who have been able to navigate this new frontier may be able to offer some guidance as we've been here first and other women are on track to follow suit very soon.
Zerlina Maxwell is a political analyst and staff writer for The Loop 21. You can follow her on Twitter: @ZerlinaMaxwell


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Microsoft is warning that the Internet could see another exploit with the magnitude of the WannaCry attack that shut down computers all over the world two years ago unless people patch a high-severity vulnerability. The software maker took the unusual step of backporting the just-released patch for Windows 2003 and XP, which haven't been supported in four and five years, respectively.
"This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction," Simon Pope, director of incident response at the Microsoft Security Response Center, wrote in a published post that coincided with the company's May Update Tuesday release. "In other words, the vulnerability is 'wormable,' meaning that any future malware that exploits this vulnerability could propagate from vulnerable computer to vulnerable computer in a similar way as the WannaCry malware spread across the globe in 2017. While we have observed no exploitation of this vulnerability, it is highly likely that malicious actors will write an exploit for this vulnerability and incorporate it into their malware."
As if a self-replicating, code-execution vulnerability wasn't serious enough, CVE-2019-0708, as the flaw in Windows Remote Desktop Services is indexed, requires low complexity to exploit. Microsoft's Common Vulnerability Scoring System Calculator scores that complexity as 3.9 out of 4. (To be clear, the WannaCry developers had potent exploit code written by, and later stolen from, the National Security Agency, to exploit the wormable CVE-2017-0144 and CVE-2017-0145 flaws, which had exploit complexities rated as "high.") Ultimately, though, developing reliable exploit code for this latest Windows vulnerability will require relatively little work.
"Exploitation of the vulnerability, as described in the advisory, would simply require someone to send specific packets over the network to a vulnerable system that has the RDP service available," Brian Bartholomew, a senior security researcher on Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team, told Ars in an email. "In the past, exploits for this service have been pretty easy to craft once the patch is reversed. My best guess is that someone will release an exploit for this in the next few days."
Bartholomew said network firewalls and other defenses that block the RDP service would effectively stop the attack from happening. But as the world learned during the WannaCry attacks, those measures often fail to contain damage that can collectively cost billions of dollars.
Independent researcher Kevin Beaumont, citing queries on the Shodan search engine of Internet-connected computers, said here that about 3 million RDP endpoints are directly exposed.
🚨 Very important security update for Windows 🚨 CVE-2018-0708 allows remote, unauthenticated code execution is RDP (Remote Desktop). A very bad thing you should patch against. Around 3 million RDP endpoints are directly exposed to internet. https://t.co/EAdg3VNMjw pic.twitter.com/u2V3uyoyVs
– Kevin Beaumont 🧝🏽♀ (@GossiTheDog) May 14, 2019
Tod Beardsley, director of research at security firm Rapid7, said an alternate Internet scanner, BinaryEdge, shows there are an estimated 16 million endpoints exposed to the Internet on TCP ports 3389 and 3388, which are typically reserved for RDP.
"A pre-authentication RCE in RDP is a pretty big deal," Beardsley wrote in an email. "While we are often giving the standard advice of not exposing RDP to the Internet, many still do (usually by accident). Much of the attack traffic we see against RDP appears to be directed specifically at point-of-sale systems, so I expect there are a fair number of out-of-support cash registers with RDP exposed to the internet."
A different security company, CyberX, analyzed traffic from 850 operational technology systems, which are used to manage factory production lines, gas monitoring, and other types of industrial operations. Researchers found that 53 percent of them run unsupported versions of Windows, many of which are likely affected by the just-patched vulnerability. The lack of upgrading stems from the difficulty of taking computers offline in mission-critical environments that operate continuously. Phil Neray, VP of industrial cybersecurity at Boston-based CyberX said a stop-gap measure for these companies is implementing compensating controls such as network segmentation and continuous network monitoring.
What versions are vulnerable?
Besides Windows 2003 and XP, CVE-2019-0708 also affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008. In a testament to Microsoft's steadily improving security, later versions of Windows aren't at risk.
"Customers running Windows 8 and Windows 10 are not affected by this vulnerability, and it is no coincidence that later versions of Windows are unaffected," Pope wrote. "Microsoft invests heavily in strengthening the security of its products, often through major architectural improvements that are not possible to backport to earlier versions of Windows."
The subtext is that, while anyone still using a vulnerable version of Windows should patch immediately, the smarter long-term move is to upgrade to Windows 8 or 10 in the near future.
Microsoft credited the UK's National Cyber Security Centre for privately reporting the vulnerability. While Microsoft said it hasn't observed any exploits in the wild, it remains unclear precisely how a vulnerability this old and this severe was identified only now.
"It does make one ask, how did they find it in the first place?" Kaspersky Lab's Bartholomew said. "Did they see this in attacks elsewhere? Was this an old exploit that was used by friendly governments in the past and it's run its course now? Did this exploit get leaked somehow and they're being proactive? Of course, we will probably never know the real answer, and honestly it's all speculation at this point, but there may be something here to dig on."
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I love making little papercraft figures, but when it comes to displaying them or giving them away, I'm always worried they'll get crushed or lost in the shuffle. So this past weekend I made a little display case to house my latest creation, Maleficent by Gus Santome. Check it out:
Next, measure and mark a half-inch border around the face of your box:
[PRO TIP: Instead of forcing your utility blade all the way through the cardboard, trace your lines lightly with the blade first, then go over the grooves again. It should only take two or three traces to get a perfect, clean cut.]
I was in a hurry to finish this for a friend, so I forgot to grab photos of the next step. Oops. So just visualize with me, if you will: You're taking the box outsiiiiide. And now you're painting it with spray paaaaaint. WoooOOoooo!
If you're making your own Maleficent display, or some other character who would benefit from a ring of paper flames, then print out your paper flames next. I used this graphic:
Just open it in Word or some other image software, and size it so it's slightly wider than your box. (Yes, slightly wider.) Then print it on the color paper of your choice (I used green and black) and cut out your flames:
Now here's the fun part:
At some point you're going to want to hide the corrugated edges where you cut out that front panel from your box. You could use ribbon, foil tape, more paper, etc. I used silver foil curling ribbon, since it looks just like the mirror backing:
I've also installed the paper flames here. To do this, just curve them a little and use a bit of clear tape to adhere them to the side wall of the mirror backing. (You could also install them in a straight line, but I thought the arc looked nice.)
Here's what we've got so far:
Now all you have to do is add your character!
Since most papercraft has a flat/square head and the mirror backing is curved, you'll first need to glue a paper strip like this to the back of your papercraft's head:
Fold a tab under on each side of the paper strip, and glue it in place so it gives you a nice curve. Then glue the curved strip directly to the mirror backing in your display. The papercraft may bobble a little if you jostle it, but it's a surprisingly strong support.
You can glue a sawtooth hanger to the back of your display box and hang it on the wall, or just set it on a shelf as-is.
Of course, the final step that I didn't have time for was installing a tiny green LED behind the flames. But just imagine with me for a moment how awesome that would have looked. [imagining] Mmm. Yep. Next time.
This was a gift for my friend Christie, who, in cast member terminology, is "good friends" with Maleficent at the Magic Kingdom. (So give her a wave for me if you ever see the castle show.) That means I have to make one for me next - and I've got my eye on the Evil Queen. What do you think, guys? Make the box edge look like the Mirror on the wall? Eh? Oh! Or I could make Iron Man, with a jet plume shooting out underneath him, like he's flying. Oooh, the possibilities...
I hope this sparks some crafty brain-storming of your own, and as always, please send me photos if you make one yourself! I love seeing what you guys come up with!


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LEFEBVRE, EUGÈNE (Charles-Pierre-Eugène), Roman Catholic priest, Jesuit, and missionary; b. 12 Dec. 1854 in Saint-Guillaume, Lower Canada, son of François Lefebvre, a farmer, and Marguerite Rinfrette; d. 27 Jan. 1914 in Sudbury, Ont.
Eugène Lefebvre entered the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe to prepare for the priesthood and on 9 Oct. 1876 joined the Jesuit order at its noviciate in Saul-tau-Récollet (Montreal North). He continued his studies at the Collège Saint-Acheul in Amiens, France, from 1878 to 1880 and at Stonyhurst College in England, where he took philosophy and science from 1880 to 1882. On his return to Canada he joined the teaching staff at the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal and in 1885 began studying theology at the Scolasticat de l'Immaculée-Conception.
Lefebvre was ordained as a priest in Montreal on 19 March 1888 and studied for a further year at the Collège Sainte-Marie. In 1889 he made his first visit to northern Ontario, where he spent a year as a missionary and teacher to the Ojibwa at Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island. He then returned to the Collège Sainte-Marie as a prefect of students before doing a final year of spiritual training at the noviciate in Sault-au-Récollet. In September 1892 he went to Sudbury to undertake missionary work in the scattered and sparsely populated settlements of the area. He took his final vows there on 2 Feb. 1893. Lefebvre remained four years at Sudbury, a community which had been started in 1883 with the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway but which had become a mining and lumbering town after construction ended in 1885. He then spent five years doing similar work at Massey Station (Massey), and then four at Chapleau. On 27 Jan. 1906 he returned to Sudbury as the local superior of the Jesuit order and priest of St Anne's parish, appointments he retained until his death exactly eight years later.
His position made Lefebvre an important figure in the developing French-speaking community in Sudbury, which constituted about one-third of the town's population. The frontier nature of that community was reflected in the philanthropic society founded by Lefebvre in January 1912, the Association pour Protéger les Filles d'Hôtel, to protect the morals of young French Canadian women working in Sudbury hotels frequented by lumbermen and miners. The following year he founded a branch of the Ligue du Sacré-Cœur, aimed at the spiritual well-being of men and boys in the parish. As well, Lefebvre facilitated the visit to Sudbury of Alphonse Desjardins to establish a local caisse populaire.
It was the development of educational institutions that caused Lefebvre his greatest difficulty. He has been accused in recent studies of being at best lukewarm in his support for French-language education. Lefebvre, however, had to bear in mind the fact that more than 40 per cent of the families in his parish were English-speaking, many of them of Irish background, a figure that would a few years later lead to the creation of a separate English-speaking parish. As the parish priest, Lefebvre was superintendent of the separate school, a position that required a delicate balancing act between the two linguistic groups at a time when French-language education was becoming a contentious issue in Ontario politics [see Sir James Pliny Whitney]. Compromise was also necessary in the founding in Sudbury of the Jesuits' Collège du Sacré-Cœur, in which Lefebvre was instrumental. Modelled on the classical colleges of Quebec, it was intended as a training ground for French Canadian youth of the Sudbury area. In order to obtain Bishop David Joseph Scollard*'s permission to establish the college in 1912, it was necessary for him to agree that it would be a bilingual institution, a provision that quickly became a dead letter.
Eugène Lefebvre was not a flamboyant figure. He is perhaps best seen as typical of the Roman Catholic clergy who led or followed the French Canadian migration into northeastern Ontario towards the end of the 19th century and who played a crucial role in transplanting from Quebec and developing enduring social and cultural institutions.
Lefebvre's death registration (AO, RG 80-8-0-538, no.29872) records his first names as Eugène-Pierre, and J.-B.-A. Allaire, Dictionnaire biographique du clergé canadien français (6v., Montréal et Saint-Hyacinthe, Qué., 1908–34), gives them as Charles-Pierre-Eugène, but the baptismal registration in ANQ-MBF, CE3-11, has only Eugène.
Arch. de la Compagnie de Jésus, Prov. du Canada Français (Saint-Jérôme, Qué.), Litteræ annuæ provinciœ canadensis Societatis Iesu a die 1a aug. 1912 ad diem 1am aug. 1917 (typescript, Montreal, 1923; photocopy in Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada Arch., Toronto). Jesuit Fathers of the Univ. of Sudbury Arch. (Sudbury, Ont.), Paroisse Sainte-Anne de Sudbury, diarium, 1 (1883–1924). Sudbury Star, 28 Jan. 1914. Biographies of the Sudbury region (Sudbury, 1980), 71. Catalogus missionis canadensis Societatis Jesu (Montreal), 1888–1907. Gail Cuthbert Grant, "The development of French-Canadian social institutions in Sudbury, Ontario, 1883–1920," Laurentian Univ Rev. (Sudbury), 11 (1978–79), no.2: 5–22. Alphonse Raymond, "Paroisse Sainte-Anne de Sudbury, 1883–1953," Soc. Hist. du Nouvel-Ontario, Doc. hist. (Sudbury), no.26 (1953).
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Angus D. Gilbert, "LEFEBVRE, EUGÈNE," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed September 30, 2023, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/lefebvre_eugene_14E.html.
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Steels form perhaps the most complex group of alloys in common use. Therefore, in studying them it is useful to consider the behavior of pure iron first, then iron-carbon alloys, and finally examine the many complexities which arise when further alloying additions are made.
Pure iron is not an easy material to produce. However, it has recently been made with a total impurity content not exceeding 60 ppm (parts per million). Iron of this purity is extremely weak: the resolved shear stress of a single crystal at room temperature can be as low as 10 MPa, while the yield stress of a polycrystalline sample at the same temperature can be well below 150 MPa.
The study of steels is important because steels represent by far the most widely used metallic materials, primarily due to the fact that they can be manufactured relatively cheaply in large quantities to very precise specifications. They also provide an extensive range of mechanical properties from moderate strength levels (200-300MPa) with excellent ductility and toughness, to very high strengths (2000 MPa) with adequate ductility. It is, therefore, not surprising that irons and steels comprise well over 80% by weight of the alloys in general industrial use.
Steels form perhaps the most complex group of alloys in common use. Therefore, in studying them it is useful to consider the behavior of pure iron first, then iron-carbon alloys, and finally examine the many complexities which arise when further alloying additions are made.
Pure iron is not an easy material to produce. However, it has recently been made with a total impurity content not exceeding 60 ppm (parts per million), of which 10 ppm is accounted for by non-metallic impurities such as carbon, oxygen, sulphur, phosphorus, while 50 ppm represents the metallic impurities. Iron of this purity is extremely weak: the resolved shear stress of a single crystal at room temperature can be as low as 10 MPa, while the yield stress of a polycrystalline sample at the same temperature can be well below 150 MPa.
The detailed geometry of unit cells of α- and γ-iron crystals is particularly relevant to, for example, the solubility in the two phases of non-metallic elements such as carbon and nitrogen, the diffusivity of alloying elements at elevated temperatures, and the general behavior on plastic deformation.
The bcc structure of α-iron is more loosely packed than that of fcc γ-iron. The largest cavities in the bcc structure are the tetrahedral holes existing between two edge and two central atoms in the structure, which together form a tetrahedron.
It is interesting that the fcc structure, although more closely-packed, has larger holes than the bcc-structure. These holes are at the centers of the cube edges, and are surrounded by six atoms in the form of an octagon, so they are referred to as octahedral holes.
The α↔γ transformation in pure iron occurs very rapidly, so it is impossible to retain the high-temperature fcc form at room temperature. Rapid quenching can substantially alter the morphology of the resulting α-iron, but it still retains its bcc structure.
The atomic sizes of carbon and nitrogen are sufficiently small relative to that of iron to allow these elements to enter the α- iron and &gamma- iron lattices as interstitial solute atoms. In contrast, the metallic alloying elements such as manganese, nickel and chromium have much larger atoms, i.e. nearer in size to those of iron, and consequently they enter into substitutional solid solution.
However, comparison of the atomic sizes of C and N with the sizes of the available interstices makes it clear that some lattice distortion must take place when these atoms enter the iron lattice. Indeed, it is found that C and N in α-iron occupy not the larger tetrahedral holes, but the octahedral interstices which are more favorably placed for the relief of strain, which occurs by movement of two nearest neighbor iron atoms. In the case of tetrahedral interstices, four iron atoms are of nearest-neighbor status and the displacement of these would require more strain energy. Consequently these interstices are not preferred sites for carbon and nitrogen atoms.
The solubility of both C and N in austenite should be greater than in ferrite, because of the larger interstices available. It is, therefore, reasonable to expect that during simple heat treatments, excess carbon and nitrogen will be precipitated. This could happen in heat treatments involving quenching from the γ state, or even after treatments entirely within the α field, where the solubility of C varies by nearly three orders of magnitude between 720°C and 20°C.
Precipitation of carbon and nitrogen from α-iron. α-iron containing about 0.02 wt % C is substantially supersaturated with carbon if, after being held at 700°C, it is quenched to room temperature. This supersaturated solid solution is not stable, even at room temperature, because of the ease with which carbon can diffuse in α-iron. Consequently, in the range 20-300°C, carbon is precipitated as iron carbide. This process has been followed by measurement of changes in physical properties such as electrical resistivity, internal friction, and by direct observation or the structural changes in the electron microscope.
The process of ageing is a two-stage one. The first stage takes place at temperatures up to 200°C and involves the formation or a transitional iron carbide phase (ε) with a close-packed hexagonal structure which is often difficult to identify, although its morphology and crystallography have been established. It forms as platelets on {100}α planes, apparently homogenously in the α-iron matrix, but at higher ageing temperatures (150-200°C) nucleation occurs preferentially on dislocations. The composition is between Fe2.4C and Fe3C.
Ageing at 200°C and above leads to the second stage of ageing in which orthorhombic cementite Fe3C is formed as platelets on {110}α. Often the platelets grow on several {110} planes from a common centre giving rise to structures which appear dendritic in character. The transition from ε-iron carbide to cementite is difficult to study, but it appears to occur by nucleation of cementite at the ε-carbide/α interlaces, followed by re-solution of the metastable ε-carbide precipitate.
The maximum solubility of nitrogen in ferrite is 0.10 wt %, so a greater volume fraction of nitride precipitate can be obtained. The process is again two-stage with a be tetragonal α" phase, Fe16N2, as the intermediate precipitate, forming as discs on {100}α, matrix planes both homogeneously and on dislocations. Above about 200°C, this transitional nitride is replaced by the ordered fcc γ', Fe4N.
The ageing of α-iron quenched from a high temperature in the α-range is usually referred to as quench ageing, and there is substantial evidence to show that the process can cause considerable strengthening, even in relatively pure iron. In commercial low carbon steels, nitrogen is usually combined with aluminium, or present in too low concentration to make a substantial contribution to quench ageing, with the result that the major effect is due to carbon. This behavior should be compared with that of strain ageing.
Some practical aspects. The very rapid diffusivity of carbon and nitrogen in iron compared with that of the metallic alloying elements is exploited in the processes of carburizing and nitriding.
Carburizing can be carried out by heating a low carbon steel in contact with carbon to the austenitic range, e.g. 1000°C, where the carbon solubility, c1, is substantial. The result is a carbon gradient in the steel, from c1 at the surface in contact with the carbon, to c at a depth.
The diffusion coefficient D of carbon in iron actually varies with carbon content, so the above relationship is not rigorously obeyed. Carburizing, whether carried out using carbon, or more efficiently using a carburizing gas (gas carburizing), provides a high carbon surface on a steel, which, after appropriate heat treatment, is strong and wear resistant.
Nitriding is normally carried out in an atmosphere of ammonia, but at a lower temperature (500-550°C) than carburizing, consequently the reaction occurs in the ferrite phase, in which nitrogen has a substantially higher solubility than carbon.
Nitriding steels usually contain chromium (≈1%), aluminum (≈1%), vanadium or molybdenum (≈0.2%), which are nitride-forming elements, and which contribute to the very great hardness of the surface layer produced.
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SALEM, N.Y. (AP) — You might be a redneck if you don't object to a rural upstate New York town's theme for its annual Fourth of July parade.
But some people around Salem aren't amused by parade organizers' decision to go with "Redneck Summer" for this year's theme.
The volunteer fire department stages the annual holiday parade in Salem, a farming community located on the Vermont border 40 miles northeast of Albany.
One organizer tells The Post-Star of Glens Falls (http://bit.ly/1lBT9da ) that the number of groups participating had decreased, so they decided on the redneck theme to "spice it up a little bit."
A few people have objected, including Mary Greene. She calls the theme "disturbing" and says redneck doesn't have a good connotation. And she's aghast that groups will be vying for the best redneck float.


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Have you seen the new Hulu series, Paul the Male Matchmaker? I recently discovered it and it may very well be a new favorite show!!
When Paul inherits a matchmaking company from his Aunt Cathy, he wonders what his aunt could have possibly been thinking. But he soon realizes it makes perfect sense: by his own estimation, Paul is very attractive, super-likable and a really happy person — and he's got a fantastic marriage to a very wealthy woman, Teri. Although Paul's confident that he is the perfect person to help women find love, his approach is going to be a little different from that of his Aunt Cathy. His no-holds-barred philosophy toward dating can be surprising and frustrating to the women he is helping, but no matter how hilarious it may appear, his focus is always on being brutally honest with his clients.
In season 1 Episode 3 Jillian played by Lisa Edelstein seeks out Paul's advice on how to get back into the dating world after being in a 4 year relationship with her ex boyfriend. In this episode Jillian gets matched up with a 'dummy' for a date.
Here's the part where you guys get to hear about a funny story from MY dating files.
Friends of mine who'd just begun dating themselves decided to set me up on a blind date with this guy…we'll call him Jeff. Ready to cringe? For our blind date we went to a comedy club. For those of you who may not have ventured to a comedy club, this is NOT the place you want to go to for a first date- especially not a blind date. The first comedian was fine, but the second? He sensed the awkwardness at our table and targeted us- and asked some questions. Stupidly, I said we were on a first date- a blind date- and that, my friends, was the last thing anyone should ever say on a blind date at a comedy club.
The next 10 minutes were directed at me, "Jeff" and our blind date…the lack of chemistry, or were we just pretending to not have sparks fly? I vaguely remember some jokes made about which of our apartments we'd end up at, at the end of this date.
We ended up at our own apartments. I've never spoken to him again, nor have I wanted to. I'm fairly certain he felt the same. He was kind of a pompous guy, but there really was just no connection on either side. The comedy club did not help at all.
So, Paul the Matchmaker, if you read this, don't send anyone on a blind date to a comedy club!
Do you have a funny dating story? I want to hear!
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