BattleTech Urban Warfare

BattleTech Urban Warfare is an add-on that brings ‘Mech combat to the vast cityscapes of the Inner Sphere. Urban battles add electronic warfare, destructible buildings, environmental effects, new enemy units and a new mission type.

Urban battles

Street fighting brings new tactical challenges as combat moves from open natural landscapes into sprawling cities. Every building in the new urban biome can be destroyed, opening new lines of sight or leaving high-rise rubble that provides defensive cover. Destroyed coolant exchanger buildings and broken electrical transformers can also change the battle, disrupting targeting.

Electronic warfare

‘Mechs equipped with Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), along with nearby friendly units, are obscured from enemy targeting systems and immune to indirect fire. Active Probe systems can reveal, locate and target enemy units that would otherwise remain hidden.

New units

The add-on introduces two BattleMechs and three enemy vehicles:

• Raven 1X: an experimental BattleMech with a lightweight electronic warfare package combining ECM and Active Probe systems.
• Javelin: a BattleMech that balances speed and firepower, with strong close-range knockout power.
• Gallant Urban Assault Tank: a fast, agile vehicle with weapons for fighting at all ranges.
• Packrat: a battlefield support vehicle equipped with a prototype ECM system.
• Rotunda: a reconnaissance vehicle equipped with a prototype Active Probe system.

Flashpoints and missions

New branching Flashpoints link mercenary missions with crew conversations, special events, critical choices and rare bonus rewards. The new Attack and Defend mission type tasks your mercenaries with destroying an enemy base to stop a steady stream of attackers before they overwhelm your forces and knock out your employer’s base.