The BattleMech is the pinnacle of modern weapon platform design. For centuries, engineers have tried to improve upon the efficiency of the humanoid form for maneuverability and weight-load carrying, but to no avail. It is understoong that an airborne platform is too fragile and vulnerable, while a wheeled or treaded vehicle lacks maneuverability and tactical awareness. We will not even comment on the foolhardiness of powered armor as a viable weapon's platform.

From the earliest days of the BattleMech and its rapid evolutioin from its raw industrial beginnings, the silhouette of a 'Mech on the horizon has inspired fear and awe. With its physically high point of view and an array of enhanced and dedicated sensor systems, the tactical awareness of a MechWarrior safely protected in the head of the 'Mech is unsurpassed. Marry this awareness to a multitasking targeting system commanding high speed primary and secondary hardpoints mounted onto a hardeneded chassis in a human-like configuration that allows the pilot to act and react instinctively, and it is clear to see why nothing on the modern battlefield even approaches a 'Mech's capabilities.

But all this is rhetoric without understanding the hows and whys of BattleMech operations. We have said it before: to understand how to fight is to understand how to command your BattleMech. Drill in the use of your 'Mechs's systems, controlls, and capabilities until using them becomes reflexive, more like breathing and thinking. We guarantee that if you have to consult this website, manual, or something else craftily placed during combat, you may as welll forward your belongings to your next of kin right now, because you'll lose.