No, they play The Battle of Gettysburg, as Battletech. And then they get shot at. Why yes, I facepalmed at that, too.<br/><br/>It's a sad truth that BT novels are a mixed bag of quality; the Highlights are the 17th Recon Trilogy, The first 3 Novels of the Grey Death Legion (Thunder Rift, Mercenary's Star, Price of Glory), Most of the Exodus Road Campaign, and a large chunk of the FedCom Civil War (Archer Christifori, as a character is damn nifty; now if only the author would stop 'sperging about comparing Archer to 'Stonewall' Jackson, as, really, most BT-contemporary characters or news feeds wouldn't give a rip about some guy that dropped dead over a millenium ago, much less make comparisons to)<br/><br/>The Lowlights are the Jade Falcon Trilogy, 90% of the Clans, Any part of the Black Thorns set, Far Country, and so on.