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BattleTech  is  a  Mecha  turn-based  strategy

          video game developed by Harebrained Schemes
          and  published  by  paradox  Interactive.  In  the

          game,  the  player  assumes  the  role  of  a

          mercenary commander leading a "mech lance",

                                              or  a  group  of  four  giants

                                              humanoid                shaped             powerful

                                              combat                 vehicles                  called

                                              battlemechs.                         battletech's
                                              wargaming                  core           and          the

                                              prevalence                     of  warfare  in

                                                                         the         franchise's
                                                                         fictional

                                                                         universe               makes

                                                                         weaponay  a  key

                                                                         technology.






                                              the  game  takes  place  during

                                              the 3025 succession wars era,
                                              in       which            powerful                 noble

                                              houses              employ              an         ever-

                                              shrinking  number  of  giant
                                              fighting                vehicles                 cALLED

                                              BATTLEMECHS                     PILLOTED                 BY

                                              INDIVIDUALS                                      CALLED
                                              MECHWARRIORS,  TO  FIGHT  FOR

                                              CONTROL OF THE INNER SPHERE.

                                              tHE            SMALL              NUMBER                 OF

                                              REMAINING  MECHS  MAKES  THEM
                                              EXECPTIONALLY VALUABLE TO
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