BattleTech is a combat simulation game made by FASA, who also produce a role playing game with the same theme(MechWarrior). It takes place during the Succesion Wars in the 31st Century, in an area of space known as the Inner Space. There are five Succession Houses (Kurita, Steiner, Davion, Liao, and Marik) The main there is cobat waged with mechs...huge armored robots. There is a BatleTech simulator off of the Main Access Node, built by Clifford; it is currently experiencing technical difficulties but will definitely be open for business before the end of the millenium.