BattleTech - Periphery States - The Filtvelt Coalition - A Short History
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Today we look at the short history of the Filtvelt Coalition. I do like rooting for the underdog.
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I love the Periphery states. Especially when they are a state that’s annoying those self righteous Davions.
Yeah, we'll see how the Davions end up dealing with the Filtvelt in the long run. It would just be so easy to crush them rather than play nice.
@@MechanicalFrog which is typically how the Davion’s deal with most issues.
@@wraith7989 All fun and games until the Taurians start tossing around wmds.
When the Davions have a sane ruler and are able to suppress the independent bellicosity of the March lords they can get a lot done through peaceful means.
(Sorry for the random aside but your comment and all this reminded me of my first Battletech roleplay campaign.
A cluster of periphery worlds near the Fed Sun border discovered rich veins of rare minerals worth a fortune and began to move to form a small independent state to exploit the resources. The Fed Sun started eyeing them up and when they couldn’t convince they to open up with sweet heart trade deals and bribed. They hired a rather nasty mercenary company to invade them and start committing all the war crimes. So that the AFFS could intervene and bring a end to the violence.
We of course were mercs hired by the Taurians who were paranoid about this being a Davion plot, they were right, sent to fight the pirates tooth and nail them eventually start a guerrilla war against the AFFS. It was fun, it’s where my main Battletech character comes from, and kinda formed how I see the inner sphere even now.)
Go fivelt coalition, you lasted longer then rausalhauge 😂
Poor poor Rasalhague...
Oh! Shots fired! ...and Rasalhague is down.
Well, they lived longer than the Tikonov Free Republic.
Should be interesting where this small coalition goes in the future. They did the smart play by sending support to Davion again the Combine. I could see them being more important to Battlemech production since they have a working industrial Mech facilities. Would be smart to have a more secure back area to keep production going. That and an experienced Mech army to fend off an opportunist is a good deterrent.
We'll find out if playing nice results in a different outcome than the Taurian strategy...
If Fitvelt's Coalition can keep itself above water, their ability to produce Industrial Mechs and arm them should be a major factor in their continued success. Although many deride the IM, enough of them can win battles. Especially against the hodgepodge of Pirate fielded Mechs, only a few of which would be serious threats to well maintain 'standard' Mech forces. If Fitvelt can import such 'standard' Mechs, spare parts, and support equipment, they can assure their continued existance against almost any foe, up to and including a return of Davion House units. Until then, Fitvelt needs to double down on its production of IMs and standard vehicles to provide enuogh forces to meet any foreseeable threats.
@@franksmedley7372 Agreed. It'll boil down to just how much value they can be vs. how much trouble it would be to crush them.
@@MechanicalFrog : Agreed. By doubling down upon their production, and arming, of Industrial Mechs, the Coalition makes itself a tougher nut to crack. By the time the major powers around them, including the Taurians, figure that out... the FC should be in a position of being able to fend off most incursions. Outright invasion by major forces? Unlikely, but what does the FC have that is THAT important to gain control of?
The Fitvelt Coalition is the closest BT comes to a faction I would like to live as a part of. Last I checked, it was the only democracy in the entire Inner Sphere or Near Periphery.
Not too shabby.
I love that everything around the edges of the innersphere are crumbling thats how it always starts b4 the cores do the same the fwl are pioneers in crumbling
Basketcase seems an understatement.
Space Australia lets go! Orange mechs for everyone!
80 Ton Drop Bear mech is go.
The little state that could. Long may they continue.
My primary merc unit was and is based between the Outworlds (I’ll never call it Raven) Alliance and what would become the Filtvelt Coalition. I never thought my contracts would be for anything beyond fighting the Draconis Combine and pirates, but apparently after the era I played in for the most part, everything started getting exciting. XD
Good times had by all...
The last time I saw an orange battlemech, was on New Avalon; the spaceport security mechs Davion used were orange.
-mechwarrior 4 mercenaries
Another Fine job Mech© . Good to see "Good Guys" Get their due. Fed Sons arrogant attitude got them invaded. Just Hearing good Ole Caleb got stomped by a Mech rolling up on it in his demolisher was HARD CORE. The Combine didn't even bother catching him for Ransom. Just yelled Eww disgusting and Stompy Mech NOW!
Eventually, we all sit down to a banquet of consequences.
That’s one of the other things Battletech has over Warhammer 40K. People die and stay dead. The timeline moves on and the universe changes.
Davions haven't been stomped enough. Reminder that the ilClan is led by and Terra held by an inbred Steiner-Davion
Well now, here's a Periphery State I've never heard of before. Interesting and informative. Thank you very much for all of your due diligence. (And also considering the fact that my HBS Battletech merc company has orange colors, I feel like rooting for these fellows too)
Thanks for coming by and giving it a shot.
Very happy of this development, as the Outback issue is very much a Davion problem that never was resolved, even at the peak of the Federated Commonwealth.
Did a lot of mercenary campaigns in that area of space myself as well, so can't wait to see any new development on this rising small nation.
Ironic it is called a Periphery State, as it is clearly inside the Inner Sphere.
It's a wild place out there. Plenty of fun to be had.
@@MechanicalFrog Like nation building.
Whereas I fully understand and sympathize with the Filtvelt Coalition's break from House Davion, I worry that they have not the resources to fight off Davion aggression or a concerted Tortuga push. Given their political/economic attempts to associate with the Raven Alliance, I can see a very typical Snow Raven maneuver to fully incorporate the FC into their fold. Never put anything past a Snow Raven.
Very informative video, I’m to paint some Mechs Orange.
Let's go orange!
I'd never heard of these guys, I like them! Ironically two of my three favorite factions are the Fed Suns and Taurians, if I ever play in the ilClan era, which I admit is pretty unlikely, I'll toss Filtvelt into the mix as well.
Awesome. The Taurians have some really cool infantry stuff which may get their own video in the near future.
Given how it's breakaway notice to the Davions was self describing as a temporary measure, I feel the best they can hope for is a peaceful reabsorbtion while retaining greater localized defense capabilities and economic concessions.
That would be a nice outcome. Unfortunately, this is BattleTech, where nice outcomes are rare.
If I were the Davions, I would accept a protectorate status along what Britain did with Canada.
@@ericjohnson2024 Could possibly work.
@@MechanicalFrogThere's another advantage: it could give the davrats an intermediary to deal with Taurus.
What a kerfuffle to be in.
Quite the quandary...
Nice your covering one of my favorite areas of the BT universe. Plus these videos help reference factions your explorer corps videos might encounter
I'm writing about the first meeting with the NEC and RA representatives right now. Good times...
@@MechanicalFrog Ooo, a sneak preview!
The Hound's a great Periphery Mech, too.
Solid
Thanks for doing these and love the Kentaro!
Thank you for giving it a go. I feel lucky that I can make them and be a BattleTech booster.
I'm currently painting up a company of Citizen's Militia after seeing this video. Ya got me interested in and rooting for this Periphery state now!
Awesome! I hope they turn out. We need more periphery state representation on the tabletops.
(Thank you for all the work you put into this video! It was really good and I enjoyed it a lot. It’s always nice to hear about more periphery states and I like this one a lot.
Honestly I kind of agree with you, there is part of me that feels like the Battletech world should have balkanized far more during the dark age. More states and factions to play as would be cool and it would make sense. But oh well.)
Not much to say here. It’s good to hear another small periphery stare is out there succeeding and didn’t immediately get crushed by the great houses who’d rather shoot people that admit their wrong. Thankfully House Davion for all its flaws understands it’s easier to catch flies with honey rather than vinegar. I’m glad they found a good merc company to form the backbone of their army, that’s happening more and more out here. It shows we all aren’t just dogs of war. Maybe one day my regiment will get a contact to head out that way and put some pirates in the ground.
Thank you, as always for coming by with your unique point of view.
@@MechanicalFrog (Of course! I’m glad to see your posts and I hope my silly little in character posts are fun for you.)
Never heard of them! They are awesome
Have to root for the little guy!
Nice, thanks for the info! I'm a fan of the FC now. It's easy to cheer for an underdog, isn't it?
It feels good to root for the little guy.
Great video! I too am curious about the Filtvelt Coalition going forward. I also think they’re homegrown mech, the Hound-2F, is a neat looking platform.
Thank ya! The Hound is a beast. I need to try it out one of these days.
I'd like some hi-vis orange mechs.
I want them to be so bright that you can see them through closed eyelids.
Filtvelt Coalition? I almost thought that was a meme?!?
Love the way you say "Kerfuffle" and this shall be the word I refer to your channel by. LOL
We have had long discussions on discord about what word to use instead of the J-word.
@@MechanicalFrog J-word?
@@Fenris77 The Word of Blake J____
@@MechanicalFrog Okay.
@@MechanicalFrog We WoB players prefer to call it a Tactical Misunderstanding.
But! But! Orange battlemech bad.😨
Noooo...
Filth-belt-thumpers? sounds somehow dirty.
mmmaybe.
An alternative to calling it the Word of Blake Kerfuffle could be the Word of Blake Bullshittery (unless you cant say bullshittery on TH-cam without getting demonotized)
Sadly we cant get an equivilent of calling the Horus Heresy the "Horus Humbug"
Life is full of little challenges.
We WoB players prefer to call it a Tactical Misunderstanding.
Orange is a good color… you know, sunshine, camp fires, exploding mechs!
Good times had by all...
Yep. Orange explosions means good salvage. Blue explosions means a radioactive crater.
Love your vids man. 👍👌
Thanks for giving them a go! Have a great Friday.
00:14 Lack of representation, loose borders, and lack of forces to defend and hold?
Oh the reasons are many...
Feeding the algorithm
It is always hungry. Thanks!
But does anyone control the planet Farhome? I want my Jurassic World dangit! But with mechs and power armor! 🌿🌴🦕🦖
Still independent. Out by its lonesome.
@@MechanicalFrog Any word on who is living there other than mute French Quakers atm?
How about dinosaurs with power armor! Oh wait we don't want another Far Country!
why are you calling it a curffule, wasnt it a ji-.... oh youtube isnt it
Yep.
@@MechanicalFrog rip
“Kerfuffel” let me guess the “j-word” gets you demonetized?
Shadow banned in a very literal sense
Yes it does. Comments that include it are also instantly blocked by YT.
I just call it the "Stacy Church Origin Story" Era. or Scozy. It's much safer. Nice and scozy. :)