
It is 3056, centuries since the fall of the Star League, and the Successor States of the Inner Sphere face their greatest threat ever - The Clans, warlike invaders from beyond known space. The rules have since undergone considerable change, to the point where the stats for capital ships as published in the original version of the Technical Readout: 3057 (which was conceived as a companion Technical Readout for BattleSpace) had to be changed. It would in turn later be replaced by AeroTech 2 the most recent and up-to-date edition of the aerospace and space combat rules is spread over the most recent set of rulebooks ( Total Warfare, TechManual, Tactical Operations, and Strategic Operations).


It expanded the latter's concepts and incorporated information from the DropShips and JumpShips sourcebook and other Clan Invasion era publications, focusing on WarShips instead of aerospace fighters.

BattleSpace was a space combat game set in the BattleTech universe, replacing the outdated AeroTech.
