First it was BattleTech. Then it was MechWarrior. Now MechWarrior 2, the ultimate Mech game, has escaped from the tabletop dimensions of its forebears into cyberspace. MechWarrior 2: The Official Strategy Guide is the key to victory!

An intense strategy guide with tips and hints as well as insight into the game storyline for a better understanding of the game and how to be successful. This guide provides insight into the Battletech universe upon which the game is based.

This book is an officially licensed Battletech product, and includes a CD-ROM with the network play software for the game. (A $20 retail value that gamers can't get anywhere else.) Game and book are based on the Battletech series of products, which includes comic books, theme parks, toys, animated series, presenting an audience of over two million enthusiasts.

Months have passed since the interplanetary communications net was destroyed, isolating planets across the Republic of the Sphere. Achernar is one of the few worlds still in possession of a working Hyperpulse Generator Station, capable of communications across the galaxy—and a much sought-after prize for the splintering factions of the Republic to acquire. Raul Ortega failed to qualify as an active MechWarrior, finding some solace in the Republic’s military reserves on Achernar and dreaming of the day he might know the adventure and glory of real combat. The Republic-loyal forces of Achernar whom Raul serves are supported by a loose alliance with the Swordsworn, a faction pledged to House Davion, whose leaders have an agenda of their own. When the planet falls under siege by yet another splinter group, the Steel Wolves, who are intent on capturing the HPG station, Raul is called to active duty. But when the Swordsworn desert Achernar in its time of need, Raul discovers that there’s little honor in the brutal realities of war and the subtle nuances of treachery...

"Mech Warrior 2: Mercenaries" is the highly anticipated "prequel" to last year's blockbuster hit "Mech Warrior 2". It continues the exploration of FASA's popular Battletech Universe. Prima Publishing has the exclusive license for this book. There will be no other official books, unlike "Mech Warrior 2" which was licensed by two book publishers.

This game buster covers basic combat and strategies for the original MechWarrior 2 game, plus covers all of the new missions and Mechs available in the new MechWarrior Expansion Pack. this book covers teh NetMech addition to MechWarrior 2, which allows head-to-head play against up to seven other players via modem or network.

In this first book in a trilogy, the warring interstellar empires of the Inner Sphere face the greatest threat of their lives--an invasion by the technologically superior Clans. It falls to the leaders of the Five Successor States to save their people from ultimate destruction.