<s>
BattleForce	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
FASA	O
Corporation	O
,	O
a	O
wargame	B-Application
set	O
in	O
the	O
BattleTech	B-Application
universe	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
simulation	O
of	O
larger-scale	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Normal	O
BattleTech	B-Application
game	O
play	O
usually	O
is	O
set	O
up	O
for	O
small	O
encounters	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
12	O
units	O
per	O
side	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
large	O
battles	O
are	O
possible	O
using	O
the	O
normal	O
games	O
rules	O
for	O
BattleTech	B-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
can	O
consume	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
time	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BattleForce	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
remedy	O
this	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
BattleTech	B-Application
was	O
relaunched	O
,	O
revising	O
and	O
reprinting	O
many	O
its	O
rule	O
sets	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
BattleTech	B-Application
:	O
Total	O
Warfare	O
rule	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
supplementary	O
rulebook	O
called	O
Strategic	O
Operations	O
includes	O
several	O
chapters	O
for	O
revised	O
and	O
updated	O
edition	O
of	O
BattleForce	B-Application
and	O
its	O
successor	O
Battleforce	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
units	O
have	O
been	O
added	O
to	O
BattleForce	B-Application
game	O
(	O
including	O
new	O
units	O
added	O
to	O
BattleTech	B-Application
since	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
including	O
Large	O
Naval	O
Vessels	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
BattleForce	B-Application
's	O
elements	O
appear	O
in	O
Interstellar	O
Operations	O
which	O
will	O
be	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
large	O
scale	O
combat	O
operations	O
on	O
interstellar	O
scale	O
(	O
Solar	O
System	O
to	O
Solar	O
System	O
vs	O
planetary	O
operation	O
which	O
BattleForce	B-Application
is	O
originally	O
conceived	O
for	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
simplest	O
description	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
BattleForce	B-Application
is	O
still	O
a	O
tactical	O
level	O
game	O
comparable	O
to	O
BattleTech	B-Application
,	O
but	O
on	O
a	O
slightly	O
larger	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Individual	O
vehicles	O
still	O
retain	O
statistics	O
to	O
track	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
much	O
simplified	O
over	O
the	O
normal	O
game	O
of	O
BattleTech	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
BattleTech	B-Application
a	O
BattleMech	O
combat	O
robot	O
is	O
tracked	O
internally	O
for	O
8	O
locations	O
and	O
for	O
exterior	O
armor	O
in	O
11	O
locations	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
BattleForce	B-Application
there	O
is	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
stats	O
for	O
armor	O
and	O
internal	O
structure	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
usually	O
single	O
digit	O
numbers	O
between	O
1	O
and	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
