{"id":761,"date":"2023-12-07T20:15:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=761"},"modified":"2023-12-07T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:16:41","slug":"goodbye-classic-battletech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=761","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Classic Battletech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two days ago I finished the last of the classic <em>BattleTech<\/em> novels. The series ends with volume 61, <em>Endgame,<\/em> or <em>Finale<\/em>, in its german translation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_1811152-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-762\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_1811152-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_1811152-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_1811152-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_1811152-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_1811152-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231207_1811152.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finishing a good read is sometimes like waving goodbye to a good friend. This series had its ups and downs but in general I enjoyed reading it. The <em>FedCom civil war<\/em> was not a highlight to end the series but <em>Operation Snake<\/em> and <em>Bulldog<\/em>, fighting the <em>Clans<\/em> in their own territory, was pure suspense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first twelve novels were a re-read for me from around 30 years ago and I stopped with the <em>Blood of Kerensky <\/em>triology then. Some of the best! I always thought <em>Classic BatteTech<\/em> died with Hanse Davion but that was not true. It just became different. I grew older with the other characters, Ardan Sortek, Andrew Redburn, Morgan Kell and my somehow favourite Theodore Kurita. <em>Heir to the Dragon<\/em> is, for me, still one of the best novels in the series. And why did the Gray Death Legion have to perish in such a way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was pleasantly suprised by the MechWarrior books. I really liked the stories that show a more backside way of life of the BT universe. These books put me in the mood to play a Mechwarior RPG&#8230; maybe one day when there is time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the last twenty books or so will be packed in a box with some other goodies for a very good friend who lent all the books to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the goodies, 3D printed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231118_190520-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-763\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231118_190520-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231118_190520-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231118_190520-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231118_190520-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231118_190520-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_20231118_190520.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Old adventures end but new adventures await. For the time coming in form of The best gamer ever&#8230; as some call it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days ago I finished the last of the classic BattleTech novels. The series ends with volume 61, Endgame, or Finale, in its german translation. Finishing a good read is sometimes like waving goodbye to a good friend. This series had its ups and downs but in general I enjoyed reading it. The FedCom civil war was not a highlight to end the series but Operation Snake and Bulldog, fighting the Clans in their own territory, was pure suspense. 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