New Star Software

by **Dan** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:04 am

Aaargh....the site is down at this moment (sure its just a hiccup), but I wanna see this thing!

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:39 pm

Sorry...you should be able to see it now... :-(

by **Dan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:54 pm

Glad you posted...got it now. Thanks.

by **Medron Pryde** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:10 am

My pleasure dude. :-)

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:23 am

Tuesday, February 28, 2006 
 Crouton Command Download Option 
Some of you know that I have been hosting the old <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/pryderockindustries/industries>Crouton Command</a> BattleTech Industries site on P.R.I. for some time now. I had planned on updating but other matters have caught my attention. I doubt I will ever be able to complete updating, but the original Crouton Command is hosted here and will be for as long as P.R.I. is around. At least that is my plan. In the meantime, I have been asked to make a download of the site available, like the one that the original maintainer of Crouton Command had. Therefore, I have generated a zip file and uploaded it to the account. I have also edited the relevant download pages to point to the new location and give directions that work with my zip file. Beyond that change, Crouton Command is as it was when developement on it ceased. I hope you enjoy the website, as I have long loved it myself.

Support Vehicle Worksheet 
I have also recently been given a new version of the <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_misc.php#SUV>Support Vehicle Worksheet</a> written by Josh “Maverick” Helton that allows anyone with access to Excel, or I believe <a href=http://www.openoffice.org/ target=_blank>OpenOffice</a>, to design your very own support vehicles. I hope you enjoy this sheet as much as I do. It is people like Maverick, and the others who are currently in my "to-do bin", who help keep BattleTech alive and give this website a reason to exist. Thanks to all of you for that.

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:27 pm

Tuesday, March 7, 2006 
 Mercenary Budget and Creator Sheet 
Khan Joseph Mallan, a dude that has helped me in the past to bring very important files to the BattleTech community, has recently written and sent me an excel spreadsheet that helps you create and run a mercenary unit. So go <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_game_aids.php#MBS>here</a> to check it out and I hope you like it as well as I do.

by **Dan** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:30 pm

That took me all of 3 minutes to read, visit and download: thanks, Medron!

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:40 pm

my pleasure dude...hehehe

by **Medron Pryde** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:48 pm

Monday, July 24, 2006 
 Tables, Counters, and Budgets, Oh My! 
First off in this edition of P.R.I. updates is Khan Joseph Mallan's reupdated <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_game_aids.php#MBS>Mercenary Budget and Creation Sheet</a>. Now I haven't installed Office yet on my new computer so I haven't been able to look at this version, but he does excellent work and I'll push his stuff up even sight unseen. :-)

Also, Bedwyr has been waiting for a while for me to get off my duff and actually push up several very nice pdf files he sent me. The first are a set of <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_game_aids.php#Tables>Tables</a> for use in AeroTech 2 and BattleForce 2. They are easily some of the best player-made tables I have seen for the games. Very impressive. He also sent me some <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_boards.php#CTR>BattleMech Counters</a> that you can print off and use to play BattleTech with. TRO's 2750, 3025, and 3050 are currently represented here. Thanks very much Bedwyr.

by **Dan** » Sat Aug 12, 2006 6:02 pm

Medron Pryde wrote: Monday, July 24, 2006 
 Tables, Counters, and Budgets, Oh My! 
First off in this edition of P.R.I. updates is Khan Joseph Mallan's reupdated <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_game_aids.php#MBS>Mercenary Budget and Creation Sheet</a>. Now I haven't installed Office yet on my new computer so I haven't been able to look at this version, but he does excellent work and I'll push his stuff up even sight unseen.

[Homeric] Creation aids......gaaaaaaahhhhhh.

And those AT2/BF2 sheets. Beautiful! Seriously. Very FanPro quality. They made my harddrive.

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:13 am

As somebody told me at Gencon, I was very happy when I saw those tables.

So happy I was glad I was wearing baggy pants.

;-)

by **Dan** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:16 pm

That KJM spreadsheet is fantastic. I was very impressed with it.

by **Medron Pryde** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:48 am

hehehehe

glad you like it. :-)

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:51 am

Wednesday, January 24, 2006 
 More Goodies from Bedwyr 
It has been a while since I last updated, thanks to a number of reasons including major computer problems. I'll try to be more regular in the future, especially as I still have stuff in my P.R.I. to do list for all you guys that have sent me stuff. For now, here's a bunch of stuff from Bedwyr.

He sent me some more BattleTech <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_boards.php#CTR>counters</a>, for TROs 3055, 3058, 3060, 3067, and Project Phoenix. That is all of the TROs not counting the updated ones with new art. Very cool. He also sent me some new <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_game_aids.php#Tables>tables</a> for use in playing AeroTech 2, BattleForce 2, and BattleTech. If you thought that the last ones rocked (and I did), I think you'll fall in love with the new ones. Yeah. Bedwyr rules. ;-)

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:58 pm

Thursday, January 25, 2007 
 RUS Random Dates 
Ever wanted to use <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_game_aids.php#RUS>RUS</a> to generate random dates for campaign events? Well, now you can thanks to Ralgith who very nicely sent me some files for that. Cool.

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:58 pm

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 
 Mercenary Budget Sheet 
I just uploaded another <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_game_aids.php#MBS>Mercenary Budget Sheet</a>, this one courtesy of Erewhon, to P.R.I. and let me tell you this is a nice one. Easy to work with, easy to expand, easy to tweak, and very quick and to the point. It uses Periphery FM Revised rules and is really bloody nice. I'd suggest you try this one out.

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:58 pm

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 
 MechWarrior 1st Vehicles and Robots 
Ravi M was kind enough to send me a series of files for use in <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_featured.php#HMV>HeavyMetal Vee</a> that include the original stats for vehicles and robots published in MechWarrior 1st. This is a very cool look into one of the oldest publications in the BattleTech universe. Very cool and very very fun to play with. Thanks Ravi M. :-)

by **Medron Pryde** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:19 pm

Monday, February 12, 2007 
 MechWarrior 3rd Character Sheet for Word 
Jim Lytle designed a very good Word character sheet for <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_misc.php#MW3RD>MechWarrior 3rd</a> many years ago. About four years ago, Jason Stadnyk gave me a modified version that fit the format of MechWarrior 3rd's Companion. Well, I recently modified that sheet so I could work with my MechWarrior 3rd characters and I'm posting my version up now for you all to use if you wish. It has higher resolution graphics taken via screenshot from the official documents and I've changed the text areas to couier new font so typing into them no longer causes the data fields to move around. I hope you like this small update of the work that the other fans created. :-)

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:01 am

Wednesday, February, 14, 2007 
 MechWarrior 3rd Skill Advancement Calculator 
If you've ever felt your brain overheating from trying to figure out how much it costs for a character to advance a skill in <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_misc.php#MW3RD>MechWarrior 3rd</a>, then this is the sheet for you. You enter in the char's attributes and relevant traits, and this sheet will calculate everything for you. Way frakking cool. :-)

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:43 am

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 
 Forums, Industries, and Human Sphere, Oh My! 
Yeah, It's been a while since I've updated this bad boy. I've been working on the <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/humansphere>Human Sphere</a> for a long time, which has left P.R.I. to suffer with few updates. I have several in the waiting but I do have something which should make things easier for you all. I now have a <a href=http://forum.pryderockindustries.com>Forum</a> complete with file uploading abilities. If you have creations that you want other people to use and check out, join the forum and feel free to share them. Note that normal users do not have the ability to upload, a protection against spammers pushing up "Special" files, so you'll need to PM me with a request to have your permissions modded to allow for that. I hope this function will be of use to some of you gallant file creators, especially those of whom still have files in my To Do List. Ahem. Finally, I reorganized my links a little bit over on the side and added a button for the <a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/pryderockindustries/industries/>BattleTech Industries</a> site. This is a backup of the old Crouton Command site that was shut down a long time ago by its creator. I host it here so that it will never be lost.

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:52 am

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 
 Cyberboard 
Thanks to Jimmy the Tulip, I have uploaded the main
<a href=http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_boards.php#CB>Cyberboard</a> program and a gamebox that allows you to play the Succession Wars game on it. Very cool and thanks much dude.

by **Dan** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:05 pm

Congratulations, Medron; I'm really glad to see the forum is up and the New Star crew is assisting. I'll be by in a bit to check it out.

Update: MP, I may have screwed up my registration e-mail address. I've requested it be sent again, but its been close to 15 hours now. Could you change whatever I put in there to newdanbutler - g-mail.com? Let me know here, so I can erase this later.

Thanks, ma man.

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:31 pm

The e-mail you entered in was the same you just told me.

Don't know what happened.

Anyways, I've activated your account.

by **Dan** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:44 pm

Thanks, Medron. I'll be by presently.

Don't forget to sound in at the betatest forum.

by **Medron Pryde** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:38 am

What betatest forum?

The archive hasn't been touched in a LONG time and looks to be locked anyways.

by **Dan** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:41 am

Roger....I'll get to work on that issue. Try it now.

by **Medron Pryde** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:57 am

I've updated a large number of the Successor States with information on which units they use in combat.

ComStar and all of the factions of the old Inner Sphere are updated. I have the Clans and the old and new Periphery still to do, but the lion's share of the basic marking is done.

Note that in most cases the exact variant is not noted, so if you wish to use these pages to make a basic force some discretion will be required for the moment. Long term plans will include the exact variants and such, but I'm doing this one piece at a time.

I hope you understand. hehehe.

http://www.pryderockindustries.com/humansphere/ddb

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:53 am

The Clan factions have been updated with the lists of what primary units they use in their combat arms.

Next up on my list of things to do is the Outer Sphere and Periphery realms, and the lists will be complete.

Hope you enjoy.

http://www.pryderockindustries.com/humansphere/ddb

by **Medron Pryde** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:49 am

All Inner and Outer Sphere factions now have complete pages listing the major designs they use.

I'll be working on the outer Periphery factions next.

by **Medron Pryde** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:06 am

All major factions have had their military database page updated showing which designs are the most commonly used by them.

I'm now starting to work on pushing updated fluffed designs for all BattleArmor to the database. Next will come the ProtoMechs, and then BattleMechs and on up. Yeah...this could be a while.

INN's Defense Database can be found here:

http://www.pryderockindustries.com/humansphere/ddb

by **Medron Pryde** » Mon May 12, 2008 6:51 am

Human Sphere Updates
I've been spending the last several months putting most of my time into updating the Human Sphere, listing the major designs that each nation uses, designing and fluffing the "generic" units everybody uses, and now pushing up fluff and stats for said units. I also recently began the process of putting in a link to where the miniature for each design can be purchased after obtaining the approval of the Iron Wind Metals. The main Support Designs page and the Master List page has those units so far created complete with links to any IWM miniatures I have been able to find. If I have missed any, please message me. Also, if you have any ideas for miniatures that are currently in production that can be used for any of the designs that do NOT have an IWM miniature, please tell me. I'm open to "stand ins" and whatnot.

http://www.pryderockindustries.com/huma ... upport.php
http://www.pryderockindustries.com/huma ... r_list.php

by **rommel twee** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:53 pm

SOmething as a thought, CBT has the small icons the designate what era the 'Mechs went in. Why not something like that for The Human Sphere ? Would look good on the back cover of Proj: Dk Phoenix TRO when published

Kirk

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:06 pm

Hmmm?

I'm sorry, I really don't follow.

What do you mean?

by **rommel twee** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:09 pm

Medron Pryde wrote:Hmmm?

I'm sorry, I really don't follow.

What do you mean?

As they apprear down the right-hand side of the page

by **Medron Pryde** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:46 pm

Oh...interesting.

Very interesting.

BTW, my plan is to have a miniature of every design if possible, and to paint it up in faction colors.

Once the painting is done, I'm going to do up sourcebooks that will have pictures of those painted minis IN them.

The first sourcebook I'm getting close to having all of the material for.

The Terran Reaches will have ComStar, the Allied Mercenary Command, and the Tikonov Free Republic in it.

Then there will be a sourcebook for the Draconis Rifts, Federation Expanse, Capellan Rump States, Free Worlds League, Lyran Commonwealth, the Clans, and the Outer Sphere and Periphery.

Yes it will take a long time to get to them all.

But that is my goal and I hope to get to it.

Using those little insignias could be cool though how exactly to use them is still a bit beyond my comprehension.

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:52 am

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

TRO 3057 Spaceship Files

I now finally am hosting a set of files for HeavyMetal Aero that give stats for the canon spaceships in use in the BattleTech universe. This is the first collection of files I know of that show the canon ships and I hope you are able to get good playing time out of them.

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:28 am

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

More Spaceship Files

I have updated the TRO 3057 files for HeavyMetal Aero and have added a file for DropShips and JumpShip and for BattleSpace with designs in them that were not shown in the TROs or were not shown accurately. I hope you get use out of these designs as they are rather interesting.

http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_featured.php#HMA

by **Medron Pryde** » Tue Aug 12, 2008 4:38 am

Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Defense Database Files Uploaded
I've added and updated some HeavyMetal zip files of a large number of designs used in the Human Sphere. These are mostly the generic designs that can be seen everywhere, along with a good representation of DropShips, JumpShips, and WarShips throughout the Sphere. I also have detailed vehicles, BattleMechs, and Fighters used by the Terran Reaches and the Draconis Rifts and plan to expand in the future. They can be found on the Master Design List page. I hope you enjoy them and thanks all for the support in reading and commenting on the Human Sphere.

http://www.heavymetalpro.com
http://www.pryderockindustries.com/huma ... .php#FILES

by **Medron Pryde** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:09 am

Happy New Year With New Tokens
Well, the Christmas season has passed us by, a New Year is upon us, and I bring you some token gifts of my thanks to all of those who frequent this site. Well...actually I suppose it is Bedwyr that brings the gifts. I'm just hosting them.

They are new and very cool tokens designed for use with the Strategic Operations BattleForce rules. I of course plan to use them for modified "Double Blind" rules where the people on my table keep track of which "radar blip" is which unit until they get an eyeball on the unit. Should be fun, and WON'T force the use of three tables in all. Hehehe.

Bedwyr's Files - http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_g ... php#Bedwyr

by **Medron Pryde** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 6:01 am

Friday, March 19, 2010
BattleForce Cards
I got some new BattleForce Cards up. All of the TROs have blank cards with the picture on them so you can write the stats in using HMPencil if you wish.

I've also uploaded a rather large number of cards with full stats on them. These are mainly the ones that I'm actually using in games, so they are NOT all of the designs out there. Still, I hope you use them and have fun. I've had fun making them.

http://www.pryderockindustries.com/dl_game_aids.php#BFC

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