BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War: Apocalypse (MechWarrior Lore)
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Күн бұрын#battletech #lore #mechwarrior BattleTech Lore & History is a series by Sven van der Plank that covers the history of the #innersphere and Periphery within the #battletech universe. Presented as a #documentary from the year 3025, the videos cover in detail major events such as the Age of War, founding of the #starleague, #reunificationwar, the Golden Age, #starleague Civil War and the four #successionwar.
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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)
Historical: Second Succession War (35236)
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)
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0:00 Operation BROKEN BLADE
3:46 Capellan Gains
5:11 Task Force Devlin
6:45 Davion Desperation
9:00 Operation BRASS RING
10:31 New Delos Massacre
11:56 Ghost Rain Protocol
14:11 Operation SOLAR SHIELD
18:05 Operation SILVER SHIELD
21:40 Battle for Tyrfing
23:31 Marik Retaliation
24:45 Destroyer of Worlds
26:40 Scouring of Inglesmond
28:09 Apocalypse
29:46 Outro
@Not.Jason.from.the.southwest 10 ай бұрын
I think that when you're first introduced to Battletech as a young person you're like "cool! Giant stompy robots!". When you're older and saltier you're like " Wow, the geo-political spacescape creates and environment where the pain,death , and suffering is beyond human suffering. Also, giant stompy robots!"
@macrux152__8 10 ай бұрын
Lures you with GIANT STOMPY ROBOTS, keeps you with so much wonderful lore, and STILL giant stompy robots.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Hope you're all ready for a light and cheery episode. It's nothing but wall to wall japes and shenanigans. Absolutely nothing traumatic or apocalyptic happens, promise.
@macrux152__8 10 ай бұрын
Oh God, they were using BARON's in this war. Any warship is better than no warship I guess.
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
just light-hearted shenanigans and just a smidge of trolling going on
@entr0physt 10 ай бұрын
I nuke, you nuke, we all nuke, for my Duke!
@Sierra026 10 ай бұрын
Hey, What's a few nukes amongst friends?
@Korraganitar 10 ай бұрын
You asked at the end why Forlow gets so much more attention than the destruction of Inglesmond and other worlds... I think I know why. The Succession Wars were horrible, but their horror is well known among any Battletech fan. Maybe not the sheer scale, but I can't say it is any surprise really. In contrast, the Star League is painted as the height of civilization, utterly different than the barbarity of the Succession Wars and Lords. For many, your videos on the Reunification Wars were the first taste of the reality behind the League. Makes it stick more.
@MM22966 10 ай бұрын
I imagine Lauren Hayes sitting in her quarters on Terra with a bottle of whiskey, quietly and venomously cursing General Kerensky as the list of casualty reports and dead worlds roll in.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Hayes sadly kind of disappears from the story after this point. ComStar does their best to not become a target and that involves breaking down, mothballing or decommissioning most of their military assets, giving Hayes not much left to work with. There's still one more covert military action she's behind in the next episode but that's pretty much it.
@MM22966 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank That's just a matter of fan-writing! :)
@thestabbybrit4798 10 ай бұрын
After listening to this, the old quote feels fitting: "war does not determine who is right, only who is left".
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Very apt for the First Succession War. Any credibility the claimants had goes right out the window along with ethics and morality. No body has really won anything by the end of it.
@Dracobyte 3 ай бұрын
True that!!
@Ironclockwork 10 ай бұрын
*Me, sadly watching this video's events:* "It can't possibly get much worse than this, can it?" *Sven, with much cheer:* "But wait, there's more!"
@Siegerzkranz 10 ай бұрын
Another interesting but underdiscussed cataclysm which begins with the commencement of the First Succession War is the general depopulation of marginal systems, esp. on the Periphery. The Outworlds Alliance loses maybe 2/3rds of all the systems it posessed at the beginning of the Amaris War, and most of those without the hands of a conqueror. The Inner Sphere today (3025) is not merely a less advanced place than in 2750, but also drastically emptier.
@Athrun82 10 ай бұрын
This is what the Hegemony fostered: reliance on the Hegemony. so this is only consequential when the houses ripped the Hegemony to shreds that all systems that rely on it suffer heavily. Plus the Alliance probabl suffered more then others from pirates and petty warlords due to their pacifistic nature.
@Smeghead76 10 ай бұрын
If I had to guess, I'd say the reason why the Kentares Massacre is better-known than Tyrfing is that the majority of the victims on Kentares IV were killed by _hand_ rather than WMDs
@rmod42 10 ай бұрын
"and then it got worse" - Every history of the succession wars
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
about every other page too, things STEADILY and PREDICTABLY go worse.
@Dracobyte 3 ай бұрын
Also Warhammer 40K!!
@decepticonpecock 10 ай бұрын
My takeaway is that House Kurita is directly responsible for the Renaissance of the 31st century by using nuclear weapons to render Helm strategically worthless, thereby preserving the now-famed memory core. Thank you First Lord Kurita!
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Hahaha, what a fantastic outlook. Long live the Draconis Combine. Long live House Kurita.
@SulliMike23 10 ай бұрын
Man Tyrfing was a rare battle for sure. The only time all 5 Successor States fighting over a single world. It just amazes me that these people would resort to such barbarism just to rule over each other.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
There's a good chance I'm wrong but I think it's the only time that the five major houses have all been fighting at the same time on one planet. Certainly don't recall any incidents before this in the timeline.
@langostinooo 10 ай бұрын
I can't think of any of time besides Tyrfing were the Great Houses had a five way free for all but much later in the time line all the Great Houses would fight together on Strana Mechty against the Clans. All the Great Houses would also fight together again on Terra during the Jihad. @@SvenVanDerPlank
@MrCookie0510 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Am kind of shocked it was only one time they had all five on the same world, a setting like 40k you would regularly see most mainline factions fighting on a world.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
@MrCookie0510 There are other planets where everyone has fought on at some point, but never concurrently like Tyrfing. Other than that there are a few three-way battles I can think of but nothing beyond that comes to mind.
@DarthGarak 10 ай бұрын
I think what makes Kentares more horrific is that it wasn't just nuking and orbital bombardments. It was that whole "Use your swords to kill these vermin!" thing which makes it more personal. That act broke the morale of the DCMS troops, even they got sick of it.
@afitz34 10 ай бұрын
And despite the literal hands-on approach which takes longer, it still only took a few months to kill fifty million civilians mostly with auto-rifles and katanas.
@darkalman 10 ай бұрын
12:30 The weapons facility on Helm did exist and would remain undiscovered for 250 years until it was found by the Grey Death Legion, with the resulting discovery of a data core changing the face of Inner Sphere.
@OriDisciple 10 ай бұрын
It will always be amazing that there was anything left after the dust of the First Succession War settled. Truly the most barbaric, yet still very human, period of Battletech's history.
@thomasrose4523 10 ай бұрын
You definitely weren't kidding with the casualty count going astronomically high (pun intended, cause a lot were occurring in space). But I've been thoroughly enjoying these videos, I'm getting to learn more about one of my favorite franchises in great detail! You and all the other BattleTech content creators on here have reignited my love of it. You guys all rock!
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. I'm enjoying exploring some of these overlooked parts of the history and seeing what kind of horrors we uncover.
@Gizmos69 10 ай бұрын
This was an incredible episode that I don't think even mentioned a single mech. I had no idea that playing mechwarrior 2 would lead me to an epic space opera where I was so invested in the story line, and we've not even reached the timeline point where I entered the game almost 3 decades ago.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
I think the 'Mechs are almost always there on the ground level but with a campaign this size I can only give a very high-level overview, in which the particular tactics employed the 'Mech regiments rarely features.
@macrux152__8 10 ай бұрын
Okay, now at the bit where Comstar(with Lauren Hayes) just took over Terra. Masterful positioning my Jerome Blake and his (future) cult, getting the fighting going THEN make their move so each idiotic house is busy with the others. The 5 first houses wete probably thinking they could take on Comstar if they wanted to, but they never will in the future.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
There's one last chance to do something about ComStar in 2789, but as we'll see next time, it doesn't quite go to plan.
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
it's just W after W for Comstar for 200 years straight
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Are you counting the various ComStar purges as wins?
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank of course, you need to make sure only the most faithful remain
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
very meme rich episode this time with the outgunnedgunned, the glitches, the incoming nuclear missile as way of greeting, the Kuritan impossibru honor, the no wonder they lost they had BARONS. truly amazing memes of viscous texture.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Hahahaha, that was not my intention AT ALL. I know I included Barbossa but I swear I was trying to create a sombre mood.
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank yet, it's fine because it lightened the mood a bit
@Tzilandi 10 ай бұрын
Calling this episode ”somber” might be Sven’s contribution to the Understatement Olympics. Like… I knew it was going to get bad, but by the time of the outro, it was actually getting hard to listen to. I think this series has actually made 40K less grimdark than BTech, because 40K never gives you any numbers. Keep up the great work, Sven; I’ll keep watching for as long as you make these. Love you. Now I’m going to watch cute animal videos to wash the taste of raw despair out of my mouth.
@fredlandry6170 10 ай бұрын
I hope one day to see the Fourth Succession War, that’s one of my favorite conflicts in Battletech. House Davion gave the Capellans a good stomping.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
We'll get to it eventually. It was reading the 4thSW Atlases that originally gave me the idea of doing this series so it's definitely something I want to cover.
@MrAWG9 10 ай бұрын
My god, man. I played table top BT way back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, but not once did we set up during the FSW timeframe. Now I know why: it would have been a short campaign. Turn one, Kurita nukes you. End of game.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Exactly. Players would have begun by setting up their characters or choosing their 'Mechs, then at the end of a successful mission, "Congratulations you won. The retreating enemy commander calls in a nuclear strike on your position. You and the objective are obliterated." FUN!
@Dracobyte 3 ай бұрын
Oof
@macrux152__8 10 ай бұрын
I never heard of the Battle of Tyrfing. 5-way battle for a former star league planet. God's what'll happen with the Helm fight. And all the planets in the former terran hegemony, Oh God.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
I wanted to bring attention to some of those lesser known battles because they far surpass the more infamous Kentares Massacre, which is probably the first thing that comes to mind when someone thinks First Succession War. That had its own horror to it though, but we'll get to that in a couple of episodes.
@macrux152__8 10 ай бұрын
It does sound a bit less than the pure unadultered HATE that was the Kentares massacre. You did it justice though, I can see the fight for yet ANOTHER sldf castle as something to make note on. Still, 5-way fight man, how the hell did the Davions get into the place I'll never know.
@BigRed40TECH 10 ай бұрын
What an uplifting episode! :D
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Hahaha, I thought I was making something sad when I was putting this together. Something went wrong in the premiere where somehow it transitioned into a big joke.
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlankit was still sad the memes lightened the mood a bit but the video was still amazing and your coverage touching at times, you did a great job with this premiere don't worry.
@animepeaches22 9 ай бұрын
You popped up in my feed at random a few days ago. I’d never looked into BattleTech before but something about the video caught my eye and made me click. I’m so glad I did! I’ve binged this whole playlist and can’t for more! You’re a fantastic storyteller!
@vonseitentv 10 ай бұрын
Hey, amazing history lessons, thank you!:) Such a grim universe it is. One improvement: could you put the Episode Number also in the Video title here on KZfaq? Otherwise, it was difficult to know if the next clip is the right one in order in the list view,
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
You're welcome, glad you're enjoying them. Thank you for the suggestion. Unfortunately the video titles are often at the character limit, so I'd only be able to add the episode number to half of them. Furthermore, replacing words for numbers doesn't help with the SEO so it's lower priority. However, all the thumbnails have the episode number in them (as well as the year) and there is a full playlist for the series on the channel that has them all in order. Hopefully that's useful to you. Thanks.
@Kingofdragons117 10 ай бұрын
I can't wait for the Kentares episode. Also the aftermath with the ELH.
@KarlRosner 10 ай бұрын
Good stuff my man, one day you'll get to the Il-Clan lore and modern battle tech will finally make sense.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
One day, maybe in 3151, lol. I do definitely plan to cover the whole timeline but that's a multi-year project.
@Zenoflame 10 ай бұрын
As always Sven; I'm looking forward to this video. The Succession Wars and the turmoil and devastation that is wrought during this time is always bandied about in the fiction, but is usually pretty murky in the end. Your videos have always been wonderful in the detail they bring to this IP and the rich history that is often overlooked. Will probably miss the premier, but as usual I'll be watching it as soon as I can.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Thank you Zenoflame. I'm glad I can shine a light on some of those forgotten parts of the history.
@MDFification1 10 ай бұрын
Watching these attrocities, it's starting to feel painfully ironic that Amaris is considered the embodiment of evil in the BattleTech universe. Each one of these would-be First Lords does orders of magnitude more damage than he even dreamed of.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Yeah, we're already so far beyond Amaris. I do think that his Operation TRIPWIRE did kind of open the door to these kind of things, but that was still tiny compared to the likes of Tyrfing or Inglesmond.
@Siegerzkranz 10 ай бұрын
Amaris is more considered evil I think for being a Judas, in addition to being a mass murderer, while, regardless of the merits of future Lords, the first generation of the Successors could hide behind the pretense of military necessity. Once one rival does it, your own extermination of a planet can no longer shock in comparison to anything.
@arwing20 10 ай бұрын
In a universe famous for its war crimes committed by everyone. Draconis Combine really are the guys that people can point to and say "you know, I think these are the bad guys"
@Runningfromtheredqueen 10 ай бұрын
And we haven't even gotten to Kentares yet!
@ferallion3546 10 ай бұрын
Buckle up everyone. Things get crazier. Sven, great work. I’m one of those legacy players that started playing in the late 80’s. I’m a gearhead so I’m always excited when mecha of any sort are mentioned. Your work immerses fans into the BT universe as eagerly as any of the source books, games, sims, wargames, and novel arcs of the past four decades. It’s that same feeling when you dive into the games and source data for the first time. Love your collabs with other BT creators. Well done sir. Bravo Zulu.
@MoreEvilThanYahweh 9 ай бұрын
Incidents like Inglesmond and Tyrfing are a good reminder that the Davions are still warlords same as the other scavenger lords at the end of the day, just more self-righteous and with good PR. A nice warlord is still a warlord.
@lexmats6709 10 ай бұрын
Be warned. This episode is filled love, fairness, equality and peace. Absolutely no one died. I swear on the name of chancellor Liao's name that im telling the truth
@HawkTheRed 10 ай бұрын
I feel like Tyrfing is the microcosm of the the Succession wars as a whole. It's the battle that can be used to describe the conflicts to come and to show how chaotic and destructive it is.
@deleonfrancis60 10 ай бұрын
Star league weapons cache in technology hah I did a battle report a few months ago with a similar story background glad I was right on the money.
@brent1975 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for fleshing out this part of Battletech history. Your narration and music are perfect.
@mkang8782 10 ай бұрын
I appreciate that folks like you and Tex are willing to dive into the earlier eras of the setting. It's one thing to read a summation that says the 1st succession war was cataclysmic. It's another to hear a more detailed breakdown of various events and actions. Thanks you for your work on this.
@DCBruinsMedia 7 ай бұрын
God damn this gets so overwhelming so quickly. Thanks for these First War histories. It's harrowing to hear the choices made by what feels to be real people struggling in the moment. The somber scripting and narration just drives the point home.
@Hammerheadcruiser 10 ай бұрын
That brief spurt of wisdom that lead to the Ares Convention has well and truly been forgotten.
@mathewkelly9968 10 ай бұрын
Kerensky had zero chances of stopping this militarily
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Yeah, I agree. As soon as the Successor Lords commit to this level of war, any SLDF concentrations would just get obliterated as priority targets. The only thing that allowed the Successor States to weather the storm (just barely) was the amount of territory they controlled, over which their military and manufacturing ability was dispersed. The bombed out Hegemony would not have been able to sustain the SLDF for long, as its size was only possible as long as funds continued to flow from the Member and Territorial-States.
@Korraganitar 9 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlankcounterpoint. Assuming he could maintain control of all his remaining forces, I am reasonably certain he could have taken out any one of the big 5. An announcement that whatever party started the fighting first would be given the same treatment as Amaris would make even Kurita think twice I believe.
@samculper3172 9 ай бұрын
If he focuses on destroying all the ship yards, then the warships he could have won i think.
@SvenVanDerPlank 9 ай бұрын
The biggest threat to WarShips isn't other WarShips, it's small vessels like Aerospace Fighters launching missiles with nuclear warheads. The Taurians demonstrated that weakness with their FireShips during the Reunification War. The power of WarShips is to deploy overwhelming amounts of orbital fire during ground engagements, but once the gloves come off with WMD usage, they're extremely vulnerable, hence why they very quickly died out.
@JMon2021 9 ай бұрын
@Korraganitar I agree, Kerensky had a TON of clout given his leadership during the Amaris coup, and the SLDF were still loyal to him. I see a few ways he could have severely limited or even prevented the Succession wars. As you said, declare that whoever starts it gets the Amaris treatment, and if he can convince blake to work with him and cut off HPG service to that state, that's a huge advantage. The only problem is, who heads it? Kerensky doesn't want to be first lord, so who takes the job? In my eyes, Jerome Blake is the guy. He runs the HPG network and is essentially the last star league official. Kerensky backs him, that's a lot of clout, combined with blakes ability to just shut off communications to whatever state objects. Is it perfect? No, are there issues I'm overlooking? Probably, but given what actually happens in lore, holy shit anything is better than the succession wars, IMO. *Edit, woops, didn't show who i was replying to*
@jamesjackson7787 10 ай бұрын
Really great story. Thank you for doing this
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
@blackspade1 10 ай бұрын
Your videos just continue to get better. Amazing stuff. Lore about the war is spread over so many books that the true scope of the war is hard to see. You do a great job tying it all together into a horrifying whole.
@thedocklighter 10 ай бұрын
This really brings it to light the insanity & inhumanity of the opening years of the first(!) Succession War. Amazing work!
@Alex-ip1dn 10 ай бұрын
Hippity hoppity Awesome work Sven. Thank you.
@mikeumm 10 ай бұрын
Hey hey I forgot today was the day the video came out. I just got done playing MW5 all day so my mind and body are ready.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoy it. Each one of these videos that I get done is a step closer to the day when I actually get to play MW5 (I tell myself it's a reward for making it to 3025).
@mikeumm 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlankit was dope! What happened to the troops that went into the crystal caves? Get lost looking for lostech loot? Well since you're waiting to play MW I'd love it if you checked out my MW5 music montages. If you want. Working on another probably for the Highlander, maybe. I just figured out I could use free cam on my PS5 so now I'm all jazzed up with ideas. My Atlas one is almost all free cam shots.
@captcorajus 10 ай бұрын
Looking forward to this. Amazing work, what a great series!
@Zenoflame 10 ай бұрын
Neat to see you here Cap'n. Always enjoy your Old School videos.
@captcorajus 10 ай бұрын
@@Zenoflame Awww.. thanks!
@joshkellemen5931 10 ай бұрын
Fuck yeah. It's the cap
@jwb_666 10 ай бұрын
Thank you and keep these coming! Great video and great work! You and the BlackpantsLegion are my favourites
@mancer0 10 ай бұрын
ALL TARGETS ARE VALID TARGETS!
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Now you're thinking like a Successor Lord!
@joelaugustin6407 9 ай бұрын
I just listened to this while walking on a foggy rainy mountain in Oregon, so I missed all the memes. Your intended mood was achieved.
@byboriusvonbarthowen521 10 ай бұрын
Cant wait, u do amazing job!
@kamikazebadger2686 10 ай бұрын
I appreciate the thorough coverage. Keep up the good work
@tacky4237 10 ай бұрын
*"Just saw another house think they deserve to rule the sphere. The Star league has fallen. Billions must be nuked."*
@chrisl10308 9 ай бұрын
Amazing job as always
@Dracobyte 3 ай бұрын
Another amazing video!!
@wiaf8937 10 ай бұрын
ayyyy, lets go :3 once again, thanks for making it.
@wiaf8937 10 ай бұрын
I think I read this book? It sounds super similar to something ive read.
@techpriest2854 2 ай бұрын
Another great episode
@cygryl 10 ай бұрын
As always a wonderfully well put together video. Devastating to hear the loss of life, doubly so to know the death toll only goes up from here. It was one thing to read about these events in snippets here or there in the past but wow seeing it all together. Just devastating.
@foenrik8941 10 ай бұрын
Instruments of destruction, tools of power play, It's a violent eruption, existence drips away.
@commandermcnash5137 7 ай бұрын
The Endless War certainly captures the entire geopolitical mood of MW5, from all the military scifi settings this is the one which I feel captures the best the concept of realpolitiks.
@Echo1608. 10 ай бұрын
Well damn...I knew it was going to be bad...BUT not this bad! 0.o'' this is on a whole other level.
@ceridangitp 10 ай бұрын
Keep up the good work.
@fabianmaryanowski2252 10 ай бұрын
I luv your vids, thx a lot!
@vondoober 10 ай бұрын
I thnk we need a campaign book for Tyrfing, Battle of five armies !!
@jasilvacook 10 ай бұрын
Awesomeness
@kurteibell2885 10 ай бұрын
Bravo!
@sebastiang.5032 8 ай бұрын
Amazing episode, if a really dark one.
@TheR00k 10 ай бұрын
At first I thought you meant the Kentares massacre when you said about the whole atrocities on another level thing. Now it pales in comparison.
@Heavy087 10 ай бұрын
@SvenVanDerPlank since you are doing more shorter vids, once is done with a "section" or "era" or whatever. are you going to edit the smaller vids into larger ones? (i personally enjoyed the long form vids, as i would play them while painting my Mechs for the TTG, but having shorter ones are good as well!) Keep up the great work!
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely. Every time I conclude a series (First Succession War for example) I plan to reupload them into one long compilation vid like I have in the past, along with any changes or additions that I pick up on over the course of doing the individual chapters.
@crashtestdummy9985 10 ай бұрын
I was told months ago by a friend that the results of loss of life from the Succession Wars, especially the first, would have made even Amos Forlough give pause...and that's painfully impressive. While the Star League might not have been perfect, it's immediately becoming clear that their and the SLDF's continued presence would have certainly been preferable to their absence. That's why General Kerenski's decision for Exodus was such a desperate call. Makes you wonder what he would have said or done or thought had he known before his death what transpired so shortly after their departure...and, knowing what sort of man Kerenski was, it makes me kind of glad he didn't know. Truth is, he knew at least that was a strong possibility sure, but to truly know what was going on with his own eyes and not just from hearsay or second-hand testimony surely would have killed him sooner and in more ways that just physically. So many people like Kerenski and Blake desperately cling to the notion that humanity is not all that bad and worth fighting for. The truth of it is indeed one hell of a gut punch.
@rudah90 10 ай бұрын
You know.. i can't waiting !!!
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
all around me are familiar faces burn out places burn out faceees
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Legit makes me cry that song.
@mikeumm 10 ай бұрын
Ok but the real question... Tears for fears or Gary Jules?
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Gary Jules. Songs From the Big Chair is a great album, but it's the only one of theirs I like. Their version of Mad World does absolutely nothing for me. Just a generic 80s pop song. As a Brit, I do hold a certain resentment towards the Gary Jules version for robbing us of perhaps the greatest Christmas #1 song ever, but that's outweighed by how good that version of Mad World is. I know it's in Donnie Darko but for me it's synonymous with Gears, and various other childhood memories through that.
@mikeumm 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank ah man. We have the exact opposite opinion. I think Jules' version, while beautiful and somber, is just a generic piano cover. The Tears for fears one is far from a generic 80s pop song. It's so discordant. It has an upbeat happy melody with a distorted layer underneath that really underlines the lyrics and sense of unreality that deep depression and anxiety can bring on. In my opinion.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
@@mikeumm I just gave it another listen because it's been a few years. I think calling it a generic 80s hit was not at all fair, but my dislike remains. It's particularly the vocals which I really do not enjoy. I couldn't identify any time signature changes but it just sounds to me like the singer is out of time, like he's going too fast for the song. You mention a discordant quality which I can totally hear, and I can point to other artists I like (VU and Stooges come to mind but I'm sure there's others) who also have that same quality in several of their songs, but it just doesn't sound right to my ears. I feel like I'd prefer it if it took it's time a bit more. Only having that instrumental interlude last 20 seconds was not enough for me.
@pa_gaming_dad2810 10 ай бұрын
Very dark and somber look at the First Secession War. Makes it pretty clear none of the great houses could lay claim to a moral high ground.
@floriangallus7760 10 ай бұрын
Nothing like a nice little nuclear apocalypse or two to end the day. I still can't shake the feeling there should be larger numbers in ships, industry, casualties and people in general for a civilization that had over 700 years to grow under modern circumstances. I mean look at population developement on earth over the last 700 years (and for most of that time conditions were worse and technology was less developed than in BT).
@ebla83 10 ай бұрын
Would an Old Fashioned cocktail and a cigar be recommended while viewing?
@spartanalex9006 10 ай бұрын
A good combo.
@lorefox201 10 ай бұрын
I was smoking a cigar during the premiere I will now treat myself to whiskey
@spectre111 10 ай бұрын
I suppose it is *WAY* too early to ask but... Will you be incorporating events from the PC games into your lore videos?
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
Sure. I plan to do a video on the history of the Aurigan Reach as soon as I'm done with the Second Succession War.
@spectre111 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Awesome!!!!!
@BreadTherian666 10 ай бұрын
In a mechwarrior5 mission, you find a derelict warship.. ryana calls it a monstruosity responsible for the death of millions. Wasnt kidding!
@DrendarMorevo 10 ай бұрын
There is a world of Potato (Pomme de Terre)??
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
I imagine it's potato shaped. It might be that the main colony there is a mining outpost on the large asteroid. But who knows, maybe it's a major agricultural world.
@DrendarMorevo 10 ай бұрын
@SvenVanDerPlank according to Sarna it is an Agricultural world.
@lexington476 10 ай бұрын
Well, I guess this fits, one of my hobbies is battletech, another one is gardening with one of my crops being potatoes, I grow a lot of potatoes 😀.
@ImBarryScottCSS 10 ай бұрын
Aw sheit here we go agen.
@seanbumstead1250 9 ай бұрын
May the peace of Blake be with you
@Fatherofheroesandheroines 10 ай бұрын
This whole thing is like the Wars of The Doadachi only on steroids.
@jamesmortimer4016 10 ай бұрын
Every faction had already used WMDs? Did you forget to mention the capellans first use of them in the last video or am I just forgetting that you did? Only nukes on that front I remember was FWL nuking capellan warships and spaceports and burning cities.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
In that same space battle, the surviving Capellan WarShip tried to use their own nukes but only caught DropShips and fighters. They've used orbital bombardments several times by the end of this episode, which may or may not include nukes launched from orbit.
@jamesmortimer4016 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Thanks
@fernandozavaletabustos205 9 ай бұрын
It is time for the Nuke Throwing Festival at a galactic scale!
@ShagShaggio 10 ай бұрын
Holy z0rg that is a high body count. Like, wow... Cheers!
@EndlessInfinity1 10 ай бұрын
I remember you debating how to represent dead worlds on the map... I guess we'll find out 😬
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
There's a few already visible on the "south" end of the map. They were already gone in the 2784 map. Because we don't have exact dates for even half of the ones that disappear, I'm just going to have them all change at once at the end of the series.
@jefaus06 10 ай бұрын
Minoru Kurita on Helm: Close, but no banana! Though one would have to agree, the "Ghost Rain Protocol" that wiped out a lot of the population on Helm did alot to protect the Memory Core from discovery. Major Keeler's last act of defiance would echo throughout history.
@ThirdCydonian 10 ай бұрын
Well, that escalated quickly.
@Wrangler-fp4ei 10 ай бұрын
Apocalypse is rightful title for this part of the First Succession War
@RandgrisAlmark 10 ай бұрын
Says here in my contract that civilian casualties are mandatory? I really got to get better at reading the fine print.
@jasoncooper6047 7 ай бұрын
Never underestimate Man's inhumanity to Man.
@LmC_Gh0STjt 10 ай бұрын
svenVanderplank very hype man!!!
@bbsamik1999 9 ай бұрын
Apocalypse comes let the machines of war feast let the seas boil the stars burn out the planets shatter
@LmC_Gh0STjt 10 ай бұрын
I know it is way in the future but will you cover the clan wars too??
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
I have no intention of stopping any time soon, but I'm sticking to covering the timeline linearly so it'll be a while yet before we get there.
@beevis690 10 ай бұрын
Sounds like the Houses need some superior Barren's to revitalize their navies.
@greysonjones5429 10 ай бұрын
Man. This one year in the first succession war was awful. And it wont be getting better anytime soon. Davion, my guys, get your crap together. Please.
@derekburge5294 10 ай бұрын
>10 billion die Great Houses: etoooo... bleh!
@jonathanscott8994 9 ай бұрын
War Crimes never sounded so good
@charlesballiet7074 10 ай бұрын
oh i just missed the chat poll, whitch greeting won?
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
The options were: A) hello B) hey C) hi D) nuclear launch Most folks enjoy option D.
@ssjjshawn 10 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlankWelcome to the Battletech community, we love WMD and saturation bombing Civilian Targets!
@Suodemon 10 ай бұрын
For the Algorithm! Also, I despise the Inner Sphere and Star League even more now that I've seen Sven and Tex's videos. Ill stay in the Concordat thanks.
@SvenVanDerPlank 10 ай бұрын
I don't blame you.
@JRufu 9 ай бұрын
The Concordat has a good run... enjoy it.
@Suodemon 9 ай бұрын
Kinda feels like Wizkids and CGL hate the Concordat, but that may finally be changing when the Two halves reunite sometime next decade in lore.
@nono2645 10 ай бұрын
man lets just go full bore there don't need to be anything left standing at the end of this conflict
@therakshasan8547 10 ай бұрын
Here is some algorithm pump .
@forgefathervulkanhestan18 10 ай бұрын
😢
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