>>96078230
That’s not actually true for Heavy Gear though, it actually put out a huge amount of lore (picrel). The difference is that Heavy Gear lore is incredibly autistic and expects people to pay attention to stuff like in-universe debates over political philosophy and the specific logistical chains involved in performing orbital resupply because it’s written by and for people who get off to stuff like >>96071155. Meanwhile Battletech is largely warmed-over Arthurian and WWII stereotypes, which can be easily comprehended by anyone.

That and the Heavy Gear fluff books were out of distribution for like a decade.