Strap into the Cockpit!Proudly carrying the battle standard for BattleTech short fiction, the first year of Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine continues the tradition of explosive, hard-hitting stories set in the war-torn, BattleMech-dominated interstellar future of the 31st century. In this collection of issues #1–4, you will attempt to escape from a bandit king’s stronghold, ally with longtime enemies on the front lines of the swift and merciless Clan inv...

ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH!Continuing to hoist the battle standard for BattleTech short fiction, the second year of Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine maintains the tradition of explosive, hard-hitting stories set in the war-torn, BattleMech-dominated interstellar future of the 31st century. In this collection of issues #5–8, you’ll witness the fateful duel between bitter mercenary rivals Jamie Wolf and Wayne Waco,...

SPECIAL DOUBLE-SIZE ISSUE!MORE BANG FOR YOUR C-BILL!Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine hits harder than ever before, launching a double-size issue filled with more BattleMechs and star-spanning conflicts from the 31st century and beyond! Venture into the Reunification War as the Taurian Concordat fights for freedom against the relentless Star League. Wander through libraries filled with forbidden knowledge lost through cent...

RECRUITS WANTED!Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine transports you to the blistering, hard-hitting BattleMech conflicts that ravage the war-torn future of the 31st century and beyond!A young Jade Falcon cadet must prove her mettle in a Trial of Position against a cunning opponent if she is going to become part of her struggling Clan’s future. Elite aerospace pilots from the Outworlds Alliance and the Snow Ravens meet in a clash for the ages,...

LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP!Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your survival guide through the explosive minefields and incoming missile salvos in pulse-pounding tales of BattleMech combat on the battlefields of the 31st century and beyond!Facing a technologically superior opponent, two mercenaries who hate each other’s guts must either work together or die alone. After suffering a bitter defeat, a contingent of Spirit Cats seeks to atone for t...

A DARK UNIVERSE OF ENDLESS WAR…Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your key to victory amid the endless hordes of monstrous Abominations on the BattleMech-dominated battlefields of the fourth millennium and beyond!In this special BattleTech Gothic-themed issue, a routine assault for Warrior House Stephenson turns to disaster when an unexpected foe seeks to destroy every last member. A Draconic Imperium police investigato...

PROTECT YOUR LEGACYShrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your guide for securing your legend for future generations amid fiery, unforgiving BattleMech combat in the 31st century and beyond!Dispossessed during a bitter campaign, a stranded mercenary, forced to literally stare death in the face, wrestles with his own will to survive. The owner of a Zeus that has been in his family for generations is in danger of losing this priceless...

HOLD THE LINE!Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your best fortification for holding firm against the enemy on the unrelenting, BattleMech-dominated battlefields of the 31st century and beyond!A washed-up Steel Viper pilot in a fragile, ultralight ’Mech runs headlong into Society forces in the Clan Homeworlds, and must use his wits to escape. A Lyran infantry unit deprived of BattleMech support at a vital juncture must hold its position ...

WATCH YOUR SIX!Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine brings you more hard-hitting BattleMech action from the heavy-metal wars of the 31st century and beyond—but don’t let your guard down!A loyal Republic of the Sphere MechWarrior must make a life-or-death decision when catastrophic news from Terra throws everything into chaos. A sheriff on a Periphery backwater planet investigates mysterious murders terrorizing a community. A desperate survivo...

CONTINUING THE FIGHT...Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine charges toward victory on the war-ravaged, BattleMech-dominated battlefields of 31st century! In these tales, a Republic of the Sphere operative undertakes a personal quest to track down a missing family member, a small, untested mercenary command faces off against vicious pirate raiders, an aging soldier strives to protect an idyllic village on a forgotten world, and Colonel Wayne Waco seek...

RAISE YOUR GLASSShrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your guide to celebrating your latest triumphs amid the hard-fought BattleMech combat of the 31st century and beyond!A young Colonial Marshal on a new assignment in the Fronc Reaches must lead an untried local militia against the vicious pirate forces of the notorious “Bloody Jenny.” A high-level government worker on an independent planet bordering Free Worlds League space sees the propo...

STANDING THE TEST OF TIMEShrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your mainstay in the fight, your tried-and-true secret weapon on the war-torn, BattleMech-dominated battlefields of the 31st century and beyond!Payne’s Raiders, a mercenary company hired by the Federated Suns, zeroes in on a valuable target whose destruction could shift the balance in House Davion’s border war against the Draconis Combine. An aging MechWarrior is challenged to a...