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INTRODUCTIONHow To Use This Book

LEGION OF LEGENDEarly Years

Tragedy and TriumphMiddle Years

New Life in the Gray DeathWar of 3039A New Threat

Killiring CrossingHammarrPandoraDeath's RevengeNeedgateAn Eerie Silence

Uneasy PeaceDeath of the Archon

Second Skye RebellionDunkeldRiding a RaidDisaster at HalidonLochaberDog SoldierKilliecrankie and InverurieReunion

PERSONALITIESGrayson Death CarlyleLori Kalmar-CarlyleAlexander CarlyleCaitlin DeVriesDavis McCallHassan Ali KhaledCharles BearDavis Carlyle ClayDelmar ClayTracy Maxwell Kent

NEW RULES AND EQUIPMENTBad Weather/Terrain Rules

Movement/Skill Roll ModifiersTo-Hit ModifiersHeat Scale ModifiersIntentional FiresBog Downs

Miscellaneous RulesSalvaging BattleMechsLance Movement RulesAnti-Mech Commandos

Gray Death Power SuitsGame InformationMechWarrior Rules

SCENARIOS

30CAMPAIGN : THE WAR OF 3039

30Campaign Rules

30Unit Roster

31Fighting Ghosts

32All Aboard

35CAMPAIGN : CLAN INVASION

38Campaign Rules

38Unit Roster

38Falcon's Fury

41Badlands

44Hammarr Spaceport

47Vandmaal Crossing

51Three-Way Battle

55CAMPAIGN : SECOND SKYE REBELLION 60

Campaign Rules

60Unit Roster

61Dunkeld Space Port

64MAGLEV MINI-CAMPAIGN

68Maglev Campaign Rules

68Loch Sheol

71Coltbridge

75Once Too Often

79Retreat from Halidon

83Fire in the Skye

87Small-Unit Action

90Delaying the Hounds

93Killiecrankie

93Inverurie

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CREDITS

WRITINGThomas S . Gressman

DEVELOPMENTScott Jenkins

EDITORIAL STAFFSenior Editor

Donna IppolitoAssociate Editor

Sharon Turner MulvihillEditorial Assistants

Diane PironRob Cruz

PRODUCTION STAFFArt Director

Jeff LaubensteinProject Manager

Steve Bryantq: Cover Art

Boris VallejoCover Design

Steve Bryantillustration

Steve BryantPaul DalyRick HarrisMalcome HeeErnesto HernandezJeff LaubensteinJohn Paul LonaDennis NelsonJeff RebnerBryant Velez

Book DesignJeff Laubenstein

LayoutSteve BryantMark ErnstSam Lewis

Production AssistantErnesto Hernandez

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GRRY DERTH LEDI9NBest known for its discovery of a Star League library core on

the planet Helm, the mercenary unit known as the Gray Death

Legion commands respect and inspires fear throughout the battle

theaters of the 31st century.

Forged in the crucible of war, the unit quickly made a mark for

itself in fiercely contested campaigns against Kurita and Liao forces.

Under the leadership of the supreme tactician Grayson Death

Carlyle, the unit soon earned a deserved reputation as masters of

combined-arms tactics-the use of mixed forces of 'Mechs, infan-

try, and aerospace fighters . Initially, a shortage of 'Mechs and

materiel forced the unit to adopt these unorthodox tactics, but their

proven success against numerically superior forces has earned

them a permanent place in the Legion ' s arsenal . Later, the merce-

nary unit's discovery of the so-called Gray Death memory core-a

find that helped inspire technological breakthroughs instrumental in

halting the recent Clan invasion-thrust the unit into the spotlight

and earned the mercenaries the gratitude of the Inner Sphere . Many

now believe the Gray Death memory core and other, similar lostech

finds may eventually enable mankind to recreate the glories of the

Star League.

In subsequent years the Legionnaires continued to live up to

their reputations as innovative and deadly warriors, seeing action in

the War of 3039, the Clan invasion, and the Second Skye Rebellion.

The unit's combined-arms tactics proved especially effective in their

valiant actions against Clan Jade Falcon forces on the planets

Sudeten and Pandora . Though the Falcons ultimately forced the

Legion from Sudeten, the mercenaries beat the invaders back on

Pandora and survived the Clan invasion intact, a compelling testa-

ment to the Gray Death Legion's skill and bravery.

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Day of Heroes is a scenario pack for use with the BattleTech

game system . Each scenario in this book recreates one of the

battles fought by the Gray Death Legion, picking up where Gray

Death Legion ended . The book follows the unit through three

campaigns-the War of 3039, the Clan invasion, and the Second

Skye Rebellion . Each campaign section contains a number of

interrelated scenarios designed to recreate the entire campaign.

Players should keep track of the results of each engagement,

because these results often determine the forces used in subse-

quent scenarios . The scenarios can also be played as separate,

self-contained games.

The rules included in each scenario provide information needed

to understand and play out the encounter . Each scenario begins

with a personal account of the engagement and a brief historical

framework for the battle . The individual scenarios also include

sections titled Game Set-Up, Attacker, Defender, Victory Condi-

tions, and Special Rules.

Game Set-Up provides specific information needed to play the

scenarios, including instructions on laying out mapsheets, direc-

tions for special terrain features, and suggestions on appropriate

BattleTech rules to use.

Attacker and Defender provide details on the scenarios'

combatants . These sections also contain directions on deploying

forces and guidelines for running the scenarios as self-contained

games . Full Gray Death Legion rosters are provided at the begin-

ning of each campaign section.

Victory Conditions determine the outcome of the encounter

and vary from scenario to scenario . In combat, an action rarely

continues until one side is obliterated . Often both sides claim victory

if they have achieved their tactical objectives . Victory Conditions

simulates this conduct by listing specific objectives one or both

opponents seek in a scenario.

Special Rules lists any rules needed to play the scenario not

covered in the BattleTech rules or the New Rules and Equipment

section, p . 24 .

MechWarrior player characters in the scenarios use the stan-

dard BattleTech Gunnery and Piloting Skill Levels . If specific skill

levels are not provided fora MechWarrior, assume he has a Piloting

Skill Level of 5 and a Gunnery Skill Level of 4.

Most of the scenarios use the BattleTech rules contained in

the BattIeTech Compendium . Some scenarios also use rules

contained in MechWarrior, Second Edition . Game statistics for all

the BattleMechs, vehicles, and weapons used in the scenarios are

contained in BattleTech Technical Readouts 3025, 3026, 2750,

and 3050, the BattleTech Compendium, and MechWarrior, Sec-

ond Edition . Additionally, some game information for the Gray

Death power suits is contained in the Intelligence Operations

Handbook . Players may also find the DropShips and JumpShips

sourcebook useful . To run the scenarios, players will need Battle-

Tech Map Sets 2, 3, and 4, as well as an AeroTech mapsheet.

Two sections Personalities and New Rules and Equip-

ment-precede the scenarios . Personalities provides descrip-

tions of important Legion members, along with their MechWarrior

statistics . New Rules and Equipment contains new and little-used

BattleTech rules for use in the scenarios, as well as game informa-

tion for Gray Death power suits.

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