Browse and search
Sign in and choose Resources > Pilot cards. No campaign membership or library import is required. The database includes all 620 distinct scanned pilots, including specialist cards and cards that need hiring review. Extra copies do not create extra pilot records.
More Pilots adds 24 distinct source cards and retains all 32 scans, including four known pilots and four extra copies. Use Original scans to inspect the printed evidence. For Hot Spots hiring, repeat Import scanned pilot library from Campaign > Pilot-card catalog; the 24 new cards initially need campaign-era review and any unresolved source/ability binding. Existing campaign edits, approved cards, generated skills and receipts are preserved. Aces players may use the shared resource as reference; browsing does not add a named pilot to the shared force.
Search names, backgrounds, printed units and abilities. Filter by affiliation, Mek chassis, printed ability or whether skills are printed. Filters and the shared page controls update results in place and remain in the URL. Browser Back restores the previous filters. Without JavaScript, Apply filters and the numbered page links load server-rendered results.
Select a pilot to read the original card sides, printed ratings, organization, ability names and specializations, background transcription and source pages. Only the saved distinct card faces are displayed and printed. Repeat scans remain recorded in Source pages and the source archive; they are not presented as additional sides. Genuine backs and continuation pages remain visible. Blank skills remain blank; browsing never generates campaign skills or changes availability. Alpha Strike Skill, when shown, is derived from printed Gunnery and Piloting by averaging and rounding down.
The October 30 scan update adds 92 new pilots and keeps repeated copies under the same identities. Original rules continued on another side are included in the source evidence. Existing campaign copies remain separate: the GM can repeat Import scanned pilot library to add missing people without replacing campaign edits, generated skills or receipts.
Six card views
Choose Card view on the list or pilot detail: Classic original, Alpha Strike, Override, or the Draconis Reach version of each. The choice stays in the URL, results, detail links, Back navigation and print links. Detail selections update in place. Without JavaScript, use Show card view.
Classic preserves the original scans. Other views render a readable card using the selected system and rules profile. Alpha Strike shows one Skill: the average of printed Gunnery and Piloting, rounded down. Override retains Gunnery and Piloting and uses Override SPAs.
Draconis Reach uses the matching system Edge abilities and shows reference Edge equal to 1 plus positive improvements over Gunnery 4 and Piloting 5. A 3/4 pilot has Edge 3 in all three systems; Alpha Strike still derives Edge from the original two ratings. Missing printed skills leave Skill and Edge blank. This display formula does not change actual campaign Edge or advancement.
Printed specializations are retained when valid for the selected rules. Missing or ambiguous system-specific ability definitions and incompatible specializations are marked on the card, rather than borrowed from another system. Use Original scans to compare the printed evidence.
After installing v374, an administrator runs Admin > Database updates to remove the repeated conversion disclaimer and generic activation paragraph from existing catalog descriptions. Individual ability effects and separate source evidence remain available; saved campaign history is preserved.
Print and campaign use
Print original cards or Print selected card opens a separate tab or window with the current view. Use the browser Print command there. Originals print one scan per page; converted cards print their selected skills, Edge and ability text. Navigation and view controls are hidden on paper, and the originating page stays available.
This is a read-only shared reference, separate from campaign edits, service reservations, generated skills, prices and hiring approval. It does not reveal another company's hiring records. For Hot Spots hiring, GMs use Campaign > Pilot-card catalog and Import scanned pilot library to prepare campaign hiring. Actual offers use the campaign's rules profile, game system and current eligibility.
Reviewed abilities and Legendary pilots
After uploading this release, an administrator runs Admin > Database updates to install reviewed catalog definitions and saved-card bindings. Existing administrator rule text is preserved; campaign hiring approval and unrelated source reviews remain separate.
Inspiring Commander maps to Inspiring. Its Classic SPA grants the printed one to four failed-attack rerolls per scenario, accepting the second roll. Draconis Reach uses the reviewed Inspiring Edge rules. A printed Inspiring Commander level above one adds exactly one Edge point, regardless of level. Original card evidence and printed names are preserved.
Phantom ’Mech belongs only to Morgan Kell. No Pity, No Remorse, No Fear belongs only to the reviewed Bounty Hunter card identities. Both use the user-reviewed Legendary rules, cost one Edge to activate, and are excluded from ordinary progression and ability purchases. Read the selected system definition for the effects; Alpha Strike uses its movement and critical-hit wording.
Database updates reconcile saved source-card bindings and current linked temporary pilots with audit evidence. Historical offers, paid receipts and ledger entries are not rewritten or paid again. No other existing character is automatically renamed, granted a Legendary ability, or given guessed historical progression.