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Tribute to FASA
"The night burned.
        A scene of ever-shifting light and darkness smothered the landscape. A wind gone mad drove sheets of flame that twisted and writhed as they consumed everything in their paths. Elm and asp trees and the tangled undergrowth of an old forest, dried by seventy-two days without rain, were transformed into towering pillars of fire as flames engulfed them and belched monstrous plumes of black smoke that shut out the sky and turned everything into soft-edged blurs.  Dark shapes stumbled to and fro, attempting to make sense of the madness on all sides, like drunkards stumbling from a gala that had lasted the night. Unable to see through the flames and smoke, the shapes slammed into trees and crashed into one other. An extremely strong gust of wind momentarily cleared the smoke in the near vicinity and the true scale of the moving shapes became visible; they towered among the trees like giants—Greek Titans come to reclaim their lost birthright.  But these gods were made of metal and though the very gates of hell appeared to have unleashed fiery demons on the land, the machines struggled with human determination to kill each other."

FASA, the creator of Battletech, has closed its doors after 20 years. It is unfortunate that this great company has stopped producing Battletech. Battletech will continue, however. Wizkids LLC now takes on the torch, and all fellow Btech players hope that the game is in good hands. Like all good stories and creations, Battletech has taken on a life of its own. All good things must come to the end, but that doesn't mean the Battletech story is finished. The saga will continue. Thank you FASA, for your creation. Smokie's Bandits wishes you the best of luck.