Mercenary Contract Generator

Overview

Mercenary Contract Generator (MCG) uses the rules in FASA's Battletech/Mechwarrior sourcebooks to randomly generate contracts for mercenary units in the Battletech universe.

News

August 15, 2000

A new version, is NOT in the works right now. I have lots of ideas for a new version, however Battletech has sort of lost interest for me for the moment.

July 5, 1999

The Java version may turn out to be a bust, but I will get working on a new version pretty soon. I wish to get some bug fixes done in Wallpaper Randomizer and Theme Randomizer done first. But I do have a new version planned.
I have also been asked to put the beta version of MCG 4.0 online. It is now available here. However the next version will be a complete rewrite, but this one should show some of the planned functionality.

Supported Sourcebooks

(as of Version 4.0)

Mercenary Handbook
Mercenary's Handbook: 3055
Field Manual: Mercenaries

Features

(as of Version 4.0)

simple switching between Mercenary Units
simple switching between different rulebooks
custom employers
automatically calculates the Ending Date of a contract
includes a database of planets for easy selection of contract location
export to different file formats: Text, HTML
printing of the displayed information
printing of a completed contract
easy customization of individual contracts after generation
load/save contracts for later use

Version History

Version 4.1 Java
Now written for Java. Should run on all platforms.
(soon to be released)
Version 4.0 Beta
Added support for other rulebooks, multiple units, custom employers.
Never made it out of beta.
Version 3.2
Bug fixes, and addition of start and end dates to contracts
Version 3.1
Improved printing, and modifiable contract information
Version 3.0
Changed to windows 95/98/NT only. Also made more changes to the interface and added printing abilities
Version 2.0
Added save/restore ability, and made changes to the interface
Version 1.0
Works in Windows 3.1 and supports Mercenary's Handbook: 3055