BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War: Crisis in the Inner Sphere (MechWarrior Lore)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
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Sourcebooks Referenced:
House Davion: Federated Suns (1623)
House Kurita: Draconis Combine (1620)
House Liao: Capellan Confederation (1624)
House Marik: Free Worlds League (1622)
House Steiner: Lyran Commonwealth (1621)
The Periphery (1629)
The Star League (1630)
ComStar (1655)
Handbook: House Davion (35024)
Handbook: House Kurita (35205)
Handbook: House Liao (35204)
Handbook: House Marik (35019)
Handbook: House Steiner (35001)
Handbook: Major Periphery (35203)
Era Report: 2750 (35222)
Historical: Reunification War (35231)
Historical: Liberation of Terra Vol.I (35232)
Historical: Liberation of Terra Vol.II (35233)
Historical: Operation Klondike (35230)
Historical: First Succession War (35235)
Field Manual: SLDF (35251)
Field Report 2765: AFFS (35FR010)
Field Report 2765: CCAF (35FR008)
Field Report 2765: DCMS (35FR009)
Field Report 2765: FWLM (35FR011)
Field Report 2765: LCAF (35FR012)
Field Report 2765: Periphery (35FR013)
Jihad Hot Spots: Terra (35205)
Further references from Sarna.net - Thank you to the Sarna.net discord for additional support
0:00 Intro
3:00 Death of the First Lord
5:46 The High Council
8:34 Aleksandr Kerensky
10:58 Military Growth
12:57 Stefan Amaris
16:33 Operation PERSUASIVE FORCE
18:53 Periphery Tensions
19:31 Arms Proliferation
21:18 The Secret Army
23:24 Border War
27:29 Cameron's Delusions
29:37 Changing Faces
30:58 Losing Control
34:07 Moments Before Disaster
36:47 Outro - เกม
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Was a pleasure collaborating! Can't wait for the next one!
Hear hear
The use of Tex and other BT contributors as voice-overs was a really nice touch. Gave it a "historical counterpoint" feel, and even more depth.
Thank you. I was aiming to expand my documentary-like style and having some "historians" come on to voice their opinions seemed like a fun way to collaborate with some of my favourite BT channels. I kept things manageable with just five in the first episode but there are certainly others I'd love to get in touch with.
@@SvenVanDerPlank Now you just got to get somebody to "voice" Thelos Auburn, or other in-universe luminaries. :)
Funnily enough that was something me and Big Red discussed.
@@SvenVanDerPlank How would you do it? Invent a script to support a document, or maybe have somebody (multiple somebodies maybe) do a reading of key passages from relevant novels? (i.e. Hanse and Melissa's wedding/start of 4th Succession Wars from the Stackpole books, etc)
I'm not sure. I suggested the idea to a few people afterwards but it felt too involved for the first attempt at something like this.
Spectacular work Sven! My most enjoyable BattleTech watch in some time. I will eagerly await the next chapter!
Thank you for lending your voice and time to the project, I really appreciate it. Was great to work with you on this.
@@SvenVanDerPlank It was an honor to be invited, made even more so by the quality of your work. The community is lucky to have you sharing your talents with us.
Man, real gold standard of BT youtubers on this collab.
The collaboration that nobody expected, but everyone dreamed of. It's weird to hear my boss's voice in your video (MadCat is the project lead for our Winter War fan project). I so look forward to the next videos chronicling the Amaris Civil War, and then the poorly-documented Succession Wars. Continue doing Kerensky's work good sir.
Thanks. I too am looking forward to studying the Succession Wars because there is a 200 year gap in my knowledge between the Fall of the League and circa 3000.
@@SvenVanDerPlank You're in for a ride. There's a lot.
I love how you have a bunch of the BattleTech TH-camrs on here.
33:26 how I found out that tex had a hand in writing his own lines lol
Collab with tex?!? Based
And rocket and big red! Ambitious
Don't forget the Renegade HPG.
Oh this might one of the biggest collaborations battletech has ever seen, I’ll need to keep a very keen eye on this series
LOVE that you brought Tex in on this 👏👏👏👏
OMG TEX!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THIS!!!!!!! I love the work both of y'all do!!!! This is my battletech/mechwarrior fix i needed!!!!!!!!
Edit: OMG posted only at 30 second mark like an idiot. I love this colaboration. Love every one of these content creators!!!!!!!!!
Really pleased you enjoyed it. Hopefully I can get you your next fix soon.
Oh boi, here we go Gentlemen.
Thanks again Sven for a great video as always.
Thanks for your continued support Zenoflame.
Nice to see Big Red collaborated, considering that he's often saying on his podcast that he's not keen on such things. Looking forward to listening to the video this evening as I have several jobs that require few hours driving (one way) to reach them.
Well documented Chronicler of Planks, we shall continue to monitor this stream on information for additional intelligence to work with
Sven seems to have just been declared the 1st , First Lord of the Battletech Creator League. We’ll done sir! Awesome vid!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, though I'm not sure how I feel being described as the First Lord considering it didn't end well for them.
It is so cool to see you all work together. Too bad the Star League wasn't as magnanimous as you all.
Phenomenal work, and so awesome that a bunch of names in the BT community were so willing to collaborate. They recognize the quality of your work.
When you said 2 to 1 and the mw5 theme kicked in I had goosebumps
I've legit been picturing that moment for six months now. Happy that someone mentioned it. As I was doing the scripts I would go back to the final paragraph of each episode and read it in time with that song to see how it fit.
This creates a mighty need in me to have a large scale rpg based in Star League politics.
It's like we should just make a Comstar History Channel documentary with this, I love it, it's perfect.
Big fan of you, Tex, and Critical rocket! Mooooaaaaaar, please and thank you.
This is really good. I love the Ken Burns style documentary. You are the Ken Burns of BattleTech
Thank you. I remember watching his Civil War series in school and finding it fascinating because it's a subject that really doesn't get covered much in the UK, so it's funny to see the comparison now.
Fantastic expansion of your style. It is amazing to see the diversification of BattleTech video producers but also the willingness to share with each other.
I'm super grateful that they were happy to share their time with me on this and thrilled to see the response. They've elevated it to a level I couldn't have reached otherwise.
I am sad that I can only like this once... It deserves BOTH of my thumbs up
And thus, The Leage of Lore was formed.
WOWOWOWOW what cameos!!!! Amazing!!
I have to say getting tex and Big Red 40k it's a really nice touch because I also subscribed to their channels as well I just got into BattleTech so I really don't know that much about it
congrats on this. All of you. You all do the setting and yourselves much credit. It makes me happy to know that others "Get it", for lack of a better phrase
Thank you Lucas, glad you enjoyed it.
Oh man. This one was hit right out of the park!!! Grand Slam good sir!!!!
This is unmatched quality. And getting the voices of the community involved is absolutely amazing. Keep up the great work!
Seeing you guys all collab in this video, makes me want to do my own BTech lore videos. I don’t have all the fancy software you guys have, but I could at least record my voice over pics.
Give it a go, you might really enjoy it. It's a fun creative outlet. It's such a vast franchise as well that there is so much you could pick to talk about.
Oh, we're in it now, boys!
Beautiful work, Sven. You even got Rocket to do his historian voice!
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it and appreciate your continued support. I must admit it was kind of surreal when I opened up the recordings from CR and heard his voice.
MORE CROSSOVERS LIKE THIS PLEASE. I’d kill for an in universe history section with these guys again
Well fingers crossed we can do it again in the near future. Glad you enjoyed it.
I'm 2 mins in and goodness that's some absolutely phenomenal editing.
The infographics in the Military Growth section really show why every sane opponent feared provoking the SLDF, and how it managed to grind down the Periphery, then go straight on to crush Amaris, and still retain the might to potentially decide the balance of power in the IS. Just boggling numbers there. Also explains how the Exodus fleet could start an entire new society so far beyond the borders, fight their own massive civil war, and still have the ability to rebuild into a true threat to the IS in the centuries to come. Even the much-reduced SLDF was an enormous organization.
I really delve into the numbers in the next episode. The size of the SLDF is just utter insanity.
@@SvenVanDerPlank The League operated on a scale that beggars imaginations, but it's still hard to believe the Great Houses let the SLDF grow to that size while exerting so little control over it. Even the Camerons didn't really control it, its served an ideal rather than a man or even a dynasty. Sadly not a very good ideal, and in the end the avoidance of politics left the SLDF unable (or at least unwilling) to rebuild after Amaris.
Kerensky's career proves the SLDF was shocking independent and the majority of its members were ultimately loyal to the organization rather than the smaller polities they were born and raised in. Must have had a phenomenally effective training program to break so many recruits of their regional loyalties and make them see the SLDF (and to a lesser degree, the League as a concept) as "home" no matter what their background.
outstanding work. thank you for an excellent video. the voice over help was a great addition. Can't wait till chapter 2.
Growing up Battletech and Mechwarrior were some of my favorites. I collected the miniatures had the technical readouts. But never had anyone to play the boardgames with. Mechwarrior 4 multi-player was my first foray into multi-player games. I even joined a clan.
It's so great seeing this resurgence in Battletech and getting such great content from the community.
So much nostalgia.
Nice job big Battletech fan. Cool to see other Battletech TH-camrs helping out with this video.
What a great start to this section of history,
and amazing to see all the people you were able to collaborate with on this.
This is an amazing orchestra of collaborations, contributions and community talent. Thank you so much for the organization, hard work and excellent presentation!
It's been a joy to put together. Thank you for your continued support.
@@SvenVanDerPlank any time, anytime. You are doing a wonderful service for the fans, and folks in general. Sure beats the usual diatribe utube keeps trying to push.
Damn. You were already my favorite battletech channel but you've truly outdone yourself here. And those cameos really are the icing on the cake.
Your people may call you a common piece of building material, but you're a good man in my book.
Thank you, really pleased you enjoyed it.
@@SvenVanDerPlank same, will send some patron money when the month ticks over.
Thank you, I really appreciate that support.
Love them all. And love the universe we the fans keep alive through creators such as yourself.
This was truly the right way for a collaboration for all of you folks. Well done!!!!
Such a great collaboration and video Sven! All the guests are some of my favorite BT creators.
Great video. Loved the cross pollination and cooperation of other channels. Strikes me as strangely apropos when considering the lore of the Battletech universe and the lessons it tries to impart. Can’t wait for the rest of the series 🍿
Incredible quality as always man. You're a rising star!
Thank you.
Another great video! Your quality was always high but it is visibly improving with each new work. Thank you for adding your perspective!
An awesome and amazing collaboration ! Happy to see all the loremasters/contributors of BattleTech working on a project together. Keep on the good work !
your becoming BattleTechs answer to Oculus Imperia, this is a great thing.
really loving the collab between my 2 favorite BT lore creators
Just subbed to everyone doing voices in this vid, thanks Sven!
WOW this really feels like a war documentary multiple "historians" narrating the events and giving their opinions on the why and how and then showing the events in motion as they happen discussing the people involved what their personality was like this was just all around great one of your best videos Sven thank you! :D
Thank you, glad you thought so. Was trying to expand on my documentary-style coverage of the timeline by getting some additional voices into the videos and think it worked really well. Was fun to put together.
Looking forward to this!
Hope it doesn't disappoint.
@@SvenVanDerPlankit did not! Thank you sir! An emotional event for me... Loved it
Top notch series! Really has that “History Channel documentary” feel to it. Keep them coming!
The introduction to this was perfect. Set up almost like a movie introducing characters no one was expecting. I got excited. "I know that voice, and that one too!" This was so fun and cool to watch.
Thank you, really pleased you enjoyed it. Hoping to conclude this series in May so not much longer now.
Great job. Excellent work. Every video gets a little better than the last.
God I love this, also love the collaboration between content creators. The Battletech Community is amazing!
This was an AWESOME video!
Thanks, pleased you thought so.
Perfect timing, I’m new to this, like found out about it yesterday after only hearing about it in passing for decades
New to BattleTech? Well welcome then. You might be best served going back to the beginning of the playlist as I cover the entire history of the universe up to this point (and eventually much further too).
Amazing collaboration. Can't wait for the next one.
So happy to see Critical Rocket with other greats! CR was my first BT channel that I ever watched. Been a BT/MW fan since I was 5. Everyone check out Criticals channel, one of the best out there.
Holy shit, Tex. I can't imagine the HPG bill there.
Addendum
I'm going to just stop pointing out people I recognize.
Look as Cameron is my favorite house and I'm literally foaming at the mouth for a Cameron restoration in the Ilclan era. Goddamn was Richard Cameron blindingly unself aware and don't get me wrong he was a KID and ISOLATED he had 0% chance the state set him up to fail as well as the bad parenting practices of the dynasty in general. IF they ever do a Cameron (best way is a video game IMO) Restoration the dissection of that part of the dynasty and the faults of the house in general would make great character building for a Restoring Cameron to reflect upon also I think would make good reading/gameplay.
I would be interested to see that too. I'm not familiar with the later lore but I think there is some great potential there.
I do try to rehabilitate Richard Cameron in this series because he gets a bad reputation and I want people to realise he was just a victim.
There's sucessors to the Mckennas, and, secretly, the Camerons in the The Clans.
Richard's sister had two children, the second one with Amaris (ew) but the first with her brother (double ew).
@@jamesperkins191 where on earth does it read that? I always heard that they all got shot in the throne room. I never heard of any of them escaping... well except the whole Tirpitz affair but that would've been more like an obscure Cameron that would only line up for the throne after Amaris killed everyone. Never heard anything about incest and rape babies. Also, wasn't Amaris Married? (Not like it would stop him)
Awesome video, and I loved the collaboration. You do a good job of covering these large scale, sweeping events in an enjoyable and easily followable way.
I forgot to comment earlier, lol.
Great video, I knew it would. :)
Thank you man.
What a great video. Top tier.
Having you, Tex, and Big red 40K in collaboration is excellent! Not to mention the others!
This was awesome! Many thanks to the vocal contributors as well. Gave you a like and long since subscribed. Keep up the great work Sven!
Oh, NOT EVEN TEN SECONDS IN and I know this was going to be a good video.
Can’t wait for Part II.
As a fellow Sven I greatly appreciate your work.
Fantastic 😍 great to hava all this talented narrators in here. Perfect Sven!
This was so much fun! Everyone sounds so good!
BT Lore TH-camrs collaborating? Yes, please. I'll have another.
Awesome video, especially with the inclusion of ither BT historians, certainly surprised the hell out of me. can't wait for the next one. 😃
Fantastic video! This has become my favourite era of Battletech, even ahead of the Clan Invasion and succession wars!
Y’all did an amazing job!
I love this with all the Battletech channels on here helping shows how much y’all love The material and how we all as gamers can come together and have fun
Thank you. It's been a great experience to collaborate with so many channels to create this series.
Obligatory complimentary post for the algorithm. (In all sincerity, great job.)
This fantastic, and roping in some of the top Luminaries in the BT youtube community, Truly Well done.
Loved this very much
Thanks, glad to hear it.
Sounds like the whole BT community threw in on this. Solid!
Loving the vidoes Sven.
Keep at it you ABSOLUTE MADLAD
Outstanding!
As soon as I heard Tex's voice I knew this would be a good one
Excellent video sir, getting better all the time.
Really good work, gentlemen! Thank you very much! I can't wait for the next chapter!
Love hearing voicing from Critical, Tex, and the rest. Great video man!
I love this. The music is just, *chefs kiss.
Great work Sven love yourr work, effort and the work on the maps
Awesome as always!
Awesome video, thanks!
Another great lore video!
Is that TEX?! I herd? Nice collaboration! Well done! Sven! Outstanding character portraits!
Thank you.
Brilliant work.
An awesome collaboration effort!
Love your work, It's amazing to see this collab and it fills me with hope for the hobby.
Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying them. It's been really rewarding the collaborate with other channels, many of whom I've watched for years before I was making BT content.
Even with the quality of your BT vids, I was NOT expecting to hear the whiskey rumble of Professor Tex! Had my phone sitting off to the side and I nearly pulled a muscle with the speed at which I whipped around to get visual confirmation of what I was hearing.
Doing this series has been a great opportunity to work with some of my favourite BT channels. If you like Tex, you can hear more of him in some of the later chapters too.
This was really amazing, well done. More like this please
There are several more episodes in the series already if you haven't seen them. Currently working on the Amaris Coup chapter.
Holy smokes was that Tex?!