Heavy Gear Campaign Setting One, based on the Activition PC Game. From the back cover: Based on the Heavy Gear computer game by Activision, The New Breed: Battle Before the Storm focuses on the two landships from the game. More than a simple background book, it is a prelude inspired by the characters and situations at the center of the computer game. Furthermore, this book contains a complete campaign and provides beginner Heavy Gear Gamemasters with everything they need to start their own series of adventures aboard a landship. The GMs and PCs may opt for a Northern or a Southern campaign, depending on their preferences - this book covers both options. Complete history and background for the Vigilance and the Draco Detailed personalities and Non-Player Characters Army Listings for both Northern and Southern forces aboard the landships Color section: New Breed Perfect Memory Vehicle descriptions for the Northern and Southern complements Sixteen RPG Scenarios (8 North and 8 South) Eight tactical scenarios (4 North and 4 South) Complete and integrated RPG/wargame campaigns Detailed deck plans for the Vigilance and the Draco