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On top of all of this, 1994 saw the release of the [[Animated Adaptation]], [[Name's the Same|also called]] ''BattleTech''. Set during the war against the Clans, it focused on a military unit led by Adam Steiner. It was later [[Retcon|RetConned]] as being a [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|propaganda account of events that actually happened]], with Adam Steiner and at least one other character showing up in the novels.
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* [[Absent Aliens]]: A few novels (most notably ''Far Country'') actually do have aliens. The rest? None.
** For ''Far Country'', the aliens in question live in a system that's only been accessed by humans twice, both in jumpship mishaps that leave the humans stranded there. So they exist, but they can't interact with the rest of the Battletech universe.
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* [[Cut Short]]: The animated series ended on an unresolved [[Cliff Hanger]].
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: A common method for mercenary units looking to recruit people.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: {{spoiler|Trent of Clan Smoke Jaguar. Having been a victim of politics several times (his sibmate changes the official report of the battle of Tukayyid, and then manages to steal his spot on the Trial of Bloodright), with the help of his bondsman, he manages to escape his Clan, goes to
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: The Seventeenth Recon Regiment, aka "Camacho's Caballeros". Their top scout is a recovering sociopath, one of their best captains is a repeated rape victim, another is clinically insane (and proud of it), and their commander is grieving his deceased daughter while his surviving son suffers from [["Well Done, Son" Guy]].
* [[Everything's Louder with Bagpipes]]: The Northwind Highlanders have their bagpipe band play the loudest song possible onto Clan Smoke Jaguar radio frequencies to jam up the Clan's communications, forcing the Clanners to use more troublesome line of sight based communications.
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