<s>
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
science	O
fiction	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
designed	O
by	O
Sam	O
Lewis	O
,	O
produced	O
by	O
FASA	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
from	O
1989	O
to	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
deals	O
with	O
large	O
,	O
military	O
battles	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
hexagonal	O
grid	O
mapsheets	O
in	O
a	O
turn-based	O
rules	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
from	O
these	O
various	O
rogue	O
TOG	O
units	O
the	O
setting	O
derives	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
as	O
they	O
form	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
professional	O
army	O
of	O
the	O
Commonwealth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
panel	O
at	O
RedCon95	O
,	O
FASA	O
President	O
Sam	O
Lewis	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
series	O
of	O
games	O
were	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
series	O
was	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
five	O
board	O
games	O
,	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
war	O
game	O
,	O
two	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
with	O
another	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
one	O
board	O
game	O
and	O
one	O
computer	O
game	O
,	O
announced	O
but	O
never	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
two	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
series	O
was	O
compatible	O
on	O
all	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
of	O
the	O
boxed	O
boardgames	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
series	O
used	O
a	O
template-based	O
mechanic	O
to	O
determine	O
weapon	O
damage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
intent	O
was	O
to	O
add	O
depth	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
system	O
beyond	O
simply	O
counting	O
up	O
damage	O
points	O
(	O
as	O
in	O
FASA	O
's	O
BattleTech	B-Application
)	O
,	O
as	O
weapon	O
type	O
and	O
hit	O
location	O
would	O
now	O
be	O
important	O
to	O
game	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
key	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
series	O
was	O
interoperability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
games	O
first	O
shipped	O
with	O
die-cut	O
cardboard	O
boxes	O
as	O
the	O
playing	O
pieces	O
;	O
each	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
depicted	O
the	O
unit	O
from	O
the	O
appropriate	O
angle	O
(	O
front	O
,	O
back	O
,	O
side	O
,	O
top	O
,	O
or	O
bottom	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Interceptor	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
single	O
-	O
or	O
two-crewmember	O
starfighter	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Centurion	O
,	O
the	O
second	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
series	O
,	O
covered	O
ground	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circus	O
Imperium	O
was	O
the	O
fifth	O
of	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
board	O
games	O
published	O
by	O
FASA	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
the	O
others	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
this	O
tongue-in-cheek	O
game	O
of	O
chariot	B-Application
racing	O
was	O
played	O
strictly	O
for	O
laughs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
involved	O
anti-grav	O
chariots	B-Application
being	O
pulled	O
by	O
carnivorous	O
beasts	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
object	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
other	O
racers	O
,	O
usually	O
by	O
knocking	O
them	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
race	O
or	O
getting	O
them	O
eaten	O
by	O
the	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ral	O
Partha	O
produced	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
lead	O
figures	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
chariots	B-Application
,	O
senators	O
and	O
imperial	O
guards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
catalogs	O
have	O
had	O
these	O
figures	O
present	O
as	O
items	O
available	O
to	O
order	O
but	O
in	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
BattleTech	B-Application
figures	O
the	O
Identifiers	O
have	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legionnaire	O
was	O
the	O
role-playing	O
game	O
(	O
RPG	O
)	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
expanded	O
the	O
original	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
setting	O
with	O
three	O
new	O
alien	O
races	O
:	O
the	O
Menelvagoreans	O
,	O
the	O
Vauvusar	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Zog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
Universe	O
,	O
aliens	O
are	O
designated	O
as	O
a	O
greater	O
or	O
lesser	O
race	O
determined	O
by	O
whether	O
the	O
race	O
had	O
acquired	O
spaceflight	O
before	O
first	O
contact	O
with	O
other	O
alien	O
species	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Humans	O
(	O
Greater	O
Race	O
)	O
:	O
A	O
near-dominant	O
species	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
Universe	O
,	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
major	O
factions	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
engaged	O
in	O
a	O
civil	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
armies	O
of	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
are	O
grav	O
tanks	O
,	O
grav	O
APC	O
's	O
for	O
transporting	O
infantry	O
,	O
and	O
Bounce	O
Infantry	O
that	O
use	O
grav	O
belts	O
to	O
enable	O
them	O
to	O
jump	O
long	O
distances	O
even	O
while	O
fully	O
loaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Grav	O
vehicles	O
,	O
roads	O
are	O
not	O
nearly	O
as	O
important	O
to	O
armies	O
of	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
visual	O
art	O
style	O
of	O
Renegade	B-Application
legion	I-Application
most	O
often	O
depicts	O
grav	O
vehicles	O
as	O
having	O
a	O
box	O
shaped	O
hull	O
with	O
two	O
downward	O
sloping	O
prong	O
bow	O
section	O
with	O
upturned	O
tips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
common	O
weapon	O
,	O
but	O
best	O
known	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
setting	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
source	O
of	O
misery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Military	O
forces	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
setting	O
make	O
extensive	O
use	O
of	O
electromagnetic	O
projectile	O
weapons	O
,	O
variously	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
mass	O
drivers	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
gauss	O
cannons	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Military	O
forces	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
setting	O
also	O
commonly	O
use	O
guided	O
missiles	O
of	O
various	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ground	O
combat	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
setting	O
has	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
types	O
of	O
long-range	O
fire	O
support	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
indirect-fire	O
artillery	O
munitions	O
and	O
orbital	O
kinetic-bombardment	O
weapons	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Thor	O
satellites	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Faster	O
than	O
light	O
travel	O
(	O
FTL	O
)	O
is	O
possible	O
in	O
Renegade	B-Application
legion	I-Application
by	O
spaceships	O
that	O
enter	O
Tachyon-space	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
T-space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legionnaire	O
was	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
role-playing	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
:	I-Application
Interceptor	I-Application
was	O
a	O
straight	O
translation	O
of	O
the	O
turned-based	O
board	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
and	O
allowed	O
two	O
players	O
to	O
fight	O
each	O
other	O
with	O
a	O
squadron	O
of	O
starfighters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
game	O
was	O
called	O
Renegade	B-Application
:	I-Application
the	I-Application
Battle	I-Application
for	I-Application
Jacob	I-Application
's	I-Application
Star	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phalanx	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
individual	O
combat	O
,	O
like	O
Battletroops	O
in	O
Battletech	B-Application
or	O
DMZ	O
in	O
Shadowrun	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FASA	O
published	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
titles	O
in	O
support	O
of	O
their	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
several	O
paperback	O
novels	O
that	O
used	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
setting	O
:	O
Renegade	O
's	O
Honor	O
by	O
William	O
H	O
.	O
Keith	O
,	O
Jr.	O
;	O
and	O
Damned	O
If	O
We	O
Do	O
…,	O
Frost	O
Death	O
,	O
and	O
Monsoon	O
,	O
all	O
by	O
Peter	O
L	O
.	O
Rice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renegade	O
Legion'''s	O
Leviathan	O
module	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
base	O
for	O
FASA	O
's	O
Battletech	B-Application
new	O
aerospace	O
rules	O
known	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
as	O
BattleSpace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Leviathan	O
rules	O
have	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
updated	O
and	O
revised	O
for	O
Battletech	B-Application
's	O
newer	O
aerospace	O
ruleset	O
,	O
Aerotech	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
an	O
anthology	O
entitled	O
"	O
Voices	O
of	O
Varuna''	O
"	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Renegade	B-Application
Legion	I-Application
universe	O
was	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
