This box set marks the first alternate universe for BattleTech. Humanity fights The Endless War since the fall of the Golden Age. Familiar, but different factions take up arms against each other and Abominations, horrible creatures of amalgamated flesh and steel. War-torn worlds have been burned, resulting in barren wastelands that humanity still seeks to conquer.

The box contains:
- 8 high-quality, unpainted miniatures
- Rulebook
- Fiction novella, Reclamation and Rise
- BattleTech Gothic: Universe Primer
- Alpha Strike Cards
- Full-color BattleTech Record Sheets
- Pilot Cards
- Battlefield Support Cards
- heavy-stock reference sheets
- Punchboards of trees and game counters
- Poster map, "The Human Sphere c. 3015"
- Mapsheets
- 2 dice