BattleTech Lore & History - Periphery Sideshows: Aurigan Coalition (MechWarrior Lore)
Рет қаралды 9,347
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.
Support the Channel: / svenvanderplank
A very special thank you to Jason from the Gaming Ambience channel. His mixes have helped my productivity in uncountable ways over the years. Many a video has been scripted while listening to their work. They very kindly allowed me to use some of those tracks here. Please give them some love: / gamingambience
Galaxy Map created from the Sarna Unified Cartography Kit (SUCKit) provided by Volt, colour added by Sven van der Plank.
Blank map available from Sarna: www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleTech...
Maps used in videos available at: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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)
Further references from www.sarna.net/ - Thank you to the Sarna.net discord for additional support: / discord
BattleTech belongs to #catalystgamelabs and Topps.
Art from HBS Battletech and MechWarrior 5 belong to Harebrained Schemes and Piranha Games respectively.
Mirror's Edge Catalyst soundtrack by Solar Fields: solarfields.com/
MechWarrior 5 soundtrack by Sean Kolton: www.seankolton.com/samples
Steiner font by Pixel Sagas: www.fontspace.com/steiner-fon...
Additional unit and faction insignias by:
Awesome Autocrat: www.deviantart.com/alchetbeac...
Flieger: bg.battletech.com/forums/inde...
Punakettu: www.deviantart.com/punakettu
Stacalkas: www.deviantart.com/stacalkas
Viereth: www.deviantart.com/viereth
Additional art/videos by the artists and photographers of www.pexels.com/
Barış Türköz
Cliford Mervil
Felix Mittermeier
Igor Mashkov
Jeff Nissen
Jol Acen
Pixabay
Putra Kusuma
Waldemar
0:00 Star League
3:56 Succession Wars
5:40 Aurigan Trade Partnership
7:01 Aurigan Coalition
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
A little side project I threw together to tide things over until the Second Succession War compilation video is finished. Feels kind of strange to see 3022 on the thumbnail. After 2.5 years, we've almost reached the beginning. Also in this miniseries, I would like to look at the many bandit kingdoms on the coreward edge of the Inner Sphere, an episode on the Marian Hegemony and rebirth of the Circinus Federation, and another on the deep periphery Hanseatic League plus neighbouring Nueva Castile/Umayyad Caliphate. In regards to that last one, if anyone has a copy of IP3: Interstellar Expeditions and would like to help me with my scripts, let me know. I'm missing that book myself and I always prefer to check the actual source rather than relying on Sarna alone. Cheers folks. Hope you enjoy.
@BroundGeef 2 ай бұрын
“Should we invade sir?” *looks at the map of the Don’t system* “Nah we’re good for now”
@MM22966 2 ай бұрын
Duchy of DON'T....I fell over laughing!
@witherrose1566 2 ай бұрын
@@MM22966Not much worse than the planet called Pain
@RouterChain 2 ай бұрын
@@MM22966 As I heard it I imagined a postcard with text "Greetings from the Duchy of Don't! We don't apologise for any inconvenience,we are inconvenience"
@bthsr7113 Ай бұрын
@@RouterChain Sometimes it's an Airline baggage code of SUX. Sometimes it's the consonant car crash of that one town in Wales. Sometimes it's an entire planet's name. At a certain point, all you can do is lean in.
@DrendarMorevo 2 ай бұрын
"Luckily for Kamea Arano, Mercenaries enjoy money and vengeance."
@bthsr7113 Ай бұрын
Moral high ground, steady work, substantial favors, gifts of materiel, and payback. What nutter of a merc wouldn't want what to get all that in one series of contracts?
@BoisegangGaming Ай бұрын
@@bthsr7113 It sounds great until Kamea Arano shoots you in the back with her kintaro. That happened to me in my first playthrough. I wasn't even mad lmao
@rookiemechwarrior 2 ай бұрын
Ah, the Aurigan Reach, my introduction to my favorite universe. This region of space holds a special place in my heart.
@EricDKaufman 2 ай бұрын
You only stumbled into BattleTech through HBS's game. :-) that is wonderful!!!! Welcome to THE BEST Sci Fi franchise there is. *Star Wars is high fantasy..... FIGHT ME!!!!
@Ceysth 2 ай бұрын
I love seeing lore on the lesser known groups around the periphery since the great houses and clans take so much of the oxygen in the room. Independent systems, pirate states, deep periphery nations need more love!
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
Well I'm definitely planning to cover some of the other categories you've mentioned. Should hopefully see another instalment in this series later in May.
@duckfilms3662 2 ай бұрын
Best periphery nation in human space, got me into this setting after all.
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
I think it was a gateway drug for a lot of people.
@Archangelm127 2 ай бұрын
Operating out in the Reach, I always wondered how a periphery area had such (relatively) high-level industry and armaments. Now I know. Thanks! :)
@MM22966 2 ай бұрын
I know, right? This is back-filled on the existing canon, but it was very expertly woven into the existing history.
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, whoever wrote the sourcebook tried to include as many little references to weapons stockpiles and Star League caches as they could as a way to justify all the heavy machinery we see stomping around during the game. Obviously it's still exaggerated but I appreciate they still tried to weave an explanation out of the existing lore for that region.
@MM22966 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Nobody wants to play Dirt Poor BT with nothing but Locusts, Urbies, and clapped out Scorpion tanks....
@Tzilandi 2 ай бұрын
@@MM22966Hey, look; it’s the Dark Age!
@ArawnNox 2 ай бұрын
This is why the video games are considered "semi-canon". The events happen, but probably not how they're depicted in-game. There's just way too many mechs stomping around the Reach.
@TheElegantMachine 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting this! It's great to have a short, concise video that provides context, and shows how the main story events in HBS's BattleTech game fit into the larger picture with the Inner Sphere and Periphery.
@MM22966 2 ай бұрын
In reality, given the upheavals of the BT universe, the problems of interstellar communication, and the generally feudal rule of many planets, there should be dozens of pocket states like Aurigan or St. Ives, not an almost unbroken lineage of 5 (or six) major states. The internal dynamic of Aurigan is actually more what you would find throughout history.
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I like all the microstates that pop up in the wake of the 4thSW and later in the Chaos March. Five monolithic Successor States existing in isolation doesn't look right to me.
@MM22966 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Playing devils advocate and reversing myself, great powers always run from age to age. Their power levels go up and down and their names change, and sometimes one or two fall out of the running, but there has always been something like "France" since the Dark Ages, or a Russia, or a China, etc. But periods of Italy/Germany being hot messes are possible, too...
@Tzilandi 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlankSeems to be the consensus that the Lyran- and Jade Falcon splinter factions in the Hinterlands are the most interesting part of the ilClan-era, so maybe the Inner Sphere should do some more Balkanizing?
@SootShade 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, that's always been the weirdest thing about the setting to me. Of course it's clear why the setting ended up this way, since the lore started off as just background for the wargame, but it feels like there were missed opportunities in this regard as things progressed. Not only would make sense to have a lot more different realms - somewhat depending on the era, granted - but it would also make the setting more interesting.
@MM22966 2 ай бұрын
@@SootShade Playing devil's advocate, I actually prefer the more centralized states as lore/background. I just can't get motivated for smaller countries like St. Ives, Rasalhauge, Marian, etc. I actually like the Star League era most.
@JonMow 2 ай бұрын
and one single mercenary with his/her blackjack changes a dynasty's destiny
@gearstark2479 2 ай бұрын
Long Live House Arano!
@Deridus 2 ай бұрын
(Racks LB-10X) Someone needs to turn back the way they came. I'm more than happy to oblige facilitating them. 'Course, that LB-10X is a bluff... no ammo in the Periphery.
@chrisbritt4266 2 ай бұрын
Hell yeah and amen gearstark2479
@STSGingie 2 ай бұрын
This little pocket empire was the fertile soil my love for Battletech grey from. I loved the game and the region and I look forward to seeing you cover the rest of the story.
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
I certainly plan to do a follow-up on the Restoration and post-war up to 3028 but I need to actually play the game myself first. I've been putting it off for years until I got around to covering their early history.
@STSGingie 2 ай бұрын
@SvenVanDerPlank Its fantastic, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
@robdead4550 2 ай бұрын
Always enjoy your little side projects, keeping things fresh, and talking about my favorite parts of the BT universe. Great stuff.
@darkalman 2 ай бұрын
There is something VERY wrong with the gin we picked up on Lyreton...
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
I think this is a reference I'm missing, maybe?
@Tzilandi 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank It's some random in-game voice chatter from Darius, the XO.
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
Ah, I see. I always told myself I wouldn't play the game until I reached this point in the timeline and that day has finally come.
@ArawnNox 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank The campaign is quite challenging. Be prepared for some difficulty spikes along the way.
@fix0the0spade 2 ай бұрын
And remember, pets are NOT allowed aboard the Argo. If you see something cute and fluffy, leave it where it is.
@thedocklighter 2 ай бұрын
A great addition to your lore series! Periphery they may be, peripheral they are not: the causes and rise of these nations are central to what options people had to the destructive wars and intrigue of the Inner Sphere powers.
@readwatchlisten2863 2 ай бұрын
I like this. Nice to see periphery nations get some love. Good length too. 12 to 20 minutes is perfect.
@1mightydragon357 2 ай бұрын
The HBS Battletech PC game was my introduction to the Succession War Era of Battletech. Excellent work.
@thomasrose4523 2 ай бұрын
Wasn't expecting anything tonight, but it's a welcome surprise! Got back on the Reunification War video while weeding out a flowerbed today.
@bthsr7113 Ай бұрын
A brief but enjoyable stretch of Periphery History. A toast to a state that was.
@jmullner76 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this Sven. The cartoon was my intro back in the day, and the HBS game was the first Battletech I played (and still play). I love having the backstory played out in this fashion.
@negatronnortagen8037 2 ай бұрын
Fabulous, the timing is outrageous, just got back into the setting after a LONG hiatus (mw2) and JUST finished this game like a month ago!
@therakshasan8547 2 ай бұрын
The Pre-HBS BT game history Of the Aurigan Coalition was well presented , and greatly appreciated .
@shadowkeep2949 2 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed and played this game when it came out a long time ago and still play today. Been watching your videos ever since the unification wars and I have to say it’s really great that you’re adding this.
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
Cheers. It's been my intention to cover the history of the Aurigan Coalition for years just as soon as I completed the 2ndSW. Finally reached that point in the timeline.
@floriangallus7760 2 ай бұрын
Very cool! I love the game and its atmosphere. It's the thing that together with Tex' videos finally got me into Battletech after years of just watching from the sidelines and still the best presentation of everything Battletech I've seen/read so far. I sadly haven't been able to keep up with the second succession war videos for some time now and the backlog only grew - didn't want to watch them out of order. So this sideproject was a nice way to finally watch one of your videos again. Looking forward to more periphery stuff. As always, thank you for your awesome work Sven!
@Echo1608. 2 ай бұрын
Oh man this is wonderful! So many great tid bits of lore and set up. Makes me want to play the Battletech game again.
@MLCrisis1790 2 ай бұрын
Really like Periphery lore. Its so much of a mess both in-game and irl that you always learn something new and interesting.
@Advima 2 ай бұрын
Hey Sven. This is less a response to this specific video and more to your work overall, i hope that's acceptable. I don't remember exactly when it was all recommended to me, at some point during your opening Star League founding series, but i am so glad it was, ever since i've listened religiously every week for new releases, and it has reignited a very old facination with the BT universe that even the 2018 game didn't quite manage. I know you said at the end of a previous video that you are embarrased by a lot of your earlier work, and while i get it, maybe it helps that i find it compelling and solid enough that i'm on my 6th relisten now because it's engrossing enough to keep me going for long drives or late night sessions? Anyway, rambling aside, for what it's worth, this Norwegian is very grateful for your effort, and can't praise it enough. :)
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for the kind words, Advina. I'm always happy to hear I was able to rekindle an old interest in the franchise for somebody, and I'm very pleased you've found this series enjoyable enough to rewatch it multiple times. Cheers.
@milankostic2571 2 ай бұрын
I love this, long live the Reach! Any chance of doing a video on Nueva Castile and Umayyad Caliphate? It would fit into short format just fine and time period fits too
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
I did mention it in my pinned post. Unfortunately, I'm still missing one of the sourcebooks I need for a complete history so it'll come later.
@milankostic2571 Ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Amazing, can't wait!!! 😃
@milankostic2571 Ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank I have Interstellar Expeditions 3, I could email it to you (or screenshots of relevant pages if you prefer)
@SvenVanDerPlank Ай бұрын
@@milankostic2571 Thank you for the offer but somebody else already sent me the pages I needed.
@alexwatts1064 2 ай бұрын
The HBS game is what got me into BattleTech. great video!
@theodoremccarthy4438 2 ай бұрын
Never had the time to play all the way through the game set in the Reach. This was great background. Thanks.
@Zenoflame 2 ай бұрын
Okay, now this... this is wonderful! Even though it may be a 'side-show' for you and others this little 'bit sized' knowledge of realms is perfect to help those who don't know the history of these micro realms. Next do the Marion Hegemony! 😉 Thank you for this Sven a perfect topping to a wonderful (pain)pie of the Succession Wars!
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
I'll look at doing the Marian Hegemony soon, just as soon as I've finished the 2ndSW compilation. I'm not sure if there's enough pre-3025 history to be worth a video exclusively on them, so I might bundle it with Circinus, Lothians and Illyrians since their history becomes intertwined on later eras.
@matthewmoser1284 2 ай бұрын
BABE! BABE SVEN IS CONTINUING HIS BATTLETECH SERIES! QUICK GET OVER HERE!!!
@ZechsMerquise195 2 ай бұрын
Really like this one, as well as the future videos on the smaller states. This should be both entertaining as well as educational.
@chilliewhk 2 ай бұрын
This was a nice look into a part of the Periphery. Thanks for the video 👍
@AtomicOnionTree 2 ай бұрын
Really excited for this side story series. I loved the paradox Battletech game. Very good.
@Grimangel53 2 ай бұрын
I actually love this, especially as someone who was brought back to the franchise through the HBS Battletech game. Thank you for this!
@thecuriousanthropologist 2 ай бұрын
This is great, and really handy for me as I intend to complete a Battletech project i nthe next few weeks and I will featrue the Aurigans. It does help me put some things in context better. Great work, as usual. :)
@AW-wf2dx 2 ай бұрын
Great video! Small focus is as important as the big stuff.
@ryandugan9176 2 ай бұрын
I just wanted to say thank you. I have binged your entire video series from start to finish over the last few days and it has been incredible. I cannot imagine the amount of work it must have taken to reach this point.
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
Cheers, I'm glad you found it enjoyable enough to watch right the way through.
@ColumbmacDiarmata Ай бұрын
I want to echo this sentiment. Sven, your videos are truly stellar, and though you may be critical of your own vocal delivery, know that, having just listened to all of your BT videos, your delivery is excellent and engaging thoughout.
@K3flyn 2 ай бұрын
Big thumbs up! My favorite faction ... I want to see your post HBS content looks like!
@JuergenGDB 2 ай бұрын
Very cool, was always wondering about the minor Houses and such. I know the Arano story is woven in from canon and they did a wonderful job.
@agtsmith87 Ай бұрын
Good background for the game, nicely done.
@Tellos 2 ай бұрын
like this little vid fun to see some of the side stuff occasionally and how it was influenced by the succession wars
@odinulveson9101 2 ай бұрын
Yes! Deserves much more attention. This is my fav Periphery faction along with most others like Jarnfolk. I really do hope they have survived into theiLClan Era. Ally themself with the Taurians too, which themself etc. Wish the CGL would make more solid mentions of them in sourcebooks, beginner and other kinds of table top wargamer boxes like A game of armored combat. Force packs for each deep/ periphery nation would be neat. Aaand hear about them in computer games😁
@Ichaerus 2 ай бұрын
Aurigans didn't survive into the ilClan era. They collapsed around the end of the Third Succession War, or got absorbed by one of the neighboring nation states. Jarnfolk really don't have much to make them of note, especially when they only have four planets, and no Battlemech power to project. The computer games are separate from continuity in the main game universe, because Microsoft owns the rights to all video game related products, rather than Topps/Fanatics. CGL doesn't own the rights to BattleTech. They're just licensing stewards that have to answer to Topps/Fanatics.
@FineWine-v4.0 Ай бұрын
There's this free OpenRA mod called Combined Arms You'll love it, it's like ALL Command & Conquer games combined
@Linkous12 Ай бұрын
Makes me want to replay Battletech.
@harvestblades 2 ай бұрын
I really want to play HBS BT & was very curious as to the lore as someone of Lithuanian ancestry & seeing their are characters with Lithuanian surnames on Sarna from the game. I also enjoy these short videos covering brief glimpses into periods, persons, regions/planets.
@adanfuenets3148 23 күн бұрын
The most wild bit to me, is that the only reason in my mind that the Coalition was never official recognized (besides only recently being created irl) was that despite holding 24 star systems to it's name (twice as large as Oberon that's recognized shockingly later on), a decently sized military. And actively expanding with seemingly the Jumpships and capital to do so. The Concordant would never accept the Coalition's existence and would consider it an existential threat to its very foundation. After all, at that time, only 33 could be said to be under their defacto control, were as both the Magistracy of Canopus and Outworlds Alliance had 3-4 more planets then they had. If the Aurgian Coalition kept up its momentum, if not snatching a world of greater importance and industrial compacity due to the Concordant inability to property address there concerns.... Well I'll just say it's mighty suspicious and fortuitous that the Concordant had a hostile takeover and later civil war with material backing from themselves that greatly weaken the Reach's ability to expand. Then there's an interesting detail of all the charger mechs in the game for both sides, while theirs a Draconis combine spy outpost in the reach, alongside the Merc liaison being the only one to be 'friendly' to the player merc company. Again, highly suspicious. In the end, the Concordant got what it wanted, a half to the Coalitions expansion and freedom to expand themselves later one without fear of their colonies being subverted from right under them.... Oh boy does history have quite the twists. I do hope you explore these facts when you finish playing the game and get around to recounting the events of the Civil war.
@RouterChain 2 ай бұрын
Great video about great realm. Long live the Reach!
@williamthompson8136 2 ай бұрын
Just when I was thinking.. I need to know more.. sven deliveres
@Bluehairedgirl89 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for all the effort you put into this video! I deeply enjoyed seeing the periphery and the aurigan coalition getting some attention! You genuinely make me want to play the game again! I can’t wait to see your next video. Long Live House Arano!
@MOrab46019 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for all you do.
@TheSpaceHamster 2 ай бұрын
Great video! I love your mega lore series, but BT universe has so much content for 12-15 minute style videos.
@ebla83 2 ай бұрын
Excellent work Sven! It is nice to hear about the little powers of Battletech!
@ulricgrey5219 2 ай бұрын
A pleasent surprise to be sure.
@theonegunslinger21 2 ай бұрын
nice, looking forward to hearing more about the game, now that i have finished it after having it for years
@andrewrose3748 2 ай бұрын
That was great! Love the periphery
@chrisbritt4266 2 ай бұрын
Love that via hope you do more on the little nations
@TheGiggityG 2 ай бұрын
BRAVO!!!!
@jamesmccrea4871 Ай бұрын
As a fan of Battletech going back to the mid-90s, I was surprised that HBS would be allowed to just plot a whole new Periphery State that close to the established Inner Sphere and then backdate it a hundred years or so. That said, I found I loved the Reach, and unlike some, it's addition has never bothered me. I was pleasantly surprised it was canonized, and it has threatened to unseat my loyalties to House Davion. I hope they expand more on the Aurigan Reach in the future, but I'm not going to hold my breath, it was a small miracle it got a sourcebook at all.
@gregdomenico1891 Ай бұрын
Once you do start playing it, during the Heavy Metal DLC, there are some really nice GDL and Black Widow Company Easter eggs.
@Deridus 2 ай бұрын
Remember New Vandenburg!
@EricDKaufman 2 ай бұрын
VERY GOOD!!!!
@henryholton 2 ай бұрын
Look forward to seeing your Video every week ,Thanks again for you hard work.
@Zattack19 2 ай бұрын
Oh nice, some Periphery Lore
@Nerd_Rage255 2 ай бұрын
Great work.
@blackspade1 2 ай бұрын
That was a fun one!
@nigelhing6605 Ай бұрын
Ahh, now I support Santiago. For the Directorate!
@silmarillion1780 2 ай бұрын
YES MORE SVEN
@azou5th 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the surprise video.
@Beargeek616 2 ай бұрын
PLease do more Aurigan Coalation Lore!
@Hunter_312 2 ай бұрын
HBS Battletech was my first contact with the universe. It's really nice to see you cover it's story, even though it's not technically canon. Also, I know it's a long way off, but will you also cover the story of Connor Sinclair and the Damocles task force that 'killed' the Jade Falcons?
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
I've no idea who Connor Sinclair or the Damocles Task Force are, but if it's part of the BT timeline, there's a good chance I'll cover it. It's my goal to go right up to the ilClan eventually, but that's still multiple years away.
@Hunter_312 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Sinclair was the main character of Mechwarrior 3. And Operation DAMOCLES was the strike at the Smoke Jaguar stronghold on the planet Tranquil.
@yecnay25 Ай бұрын
Real downer is CGL confirmed the Aurigan Civil War was the Death Knell and the Coalition breaks apart gradually in the after years slowly but surely
@Wrangler-fp4ei 2 ай бұрын
Great vid!
@shahinaryan-taasheedaar4516 2 ай бұрын
You are getting better and better.. Not bad stravag 😉
@cesarespinozaspain 2 ай бұрын
You are truly doing an Amazing job with this lore. A sincere thank you for all your hard work and effort in this, you are truly a chronicler of the future. And I am truly great full for your channel. As a ancestor of house Espinoza I approve!
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
You're welcome, glad you've enjoyed the videos.
@psychoticwiki2336 2 ай бұрын
I love the video I’m a big Periphery Realms fan seeing these states try and survive as the David to the inner Sphere Goliath the Coalition and the Concordat have to be my 2 favorite realms one for the video game and one for that get off my lawn attitude
@roguedexx938 2 ай бұрын
Nice!!🎉
@benlouw7009 2 ай бұрын
Love it. A surprise video.
@adiuntesserande6893 2 ай бұрын
Does anyone else notice the humour in the fact that Portland is in Aurigan?
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
You'll have to explain that one to me.
@adiuntesserande6893 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Portland, Aurigan = Portland, Oregon. The nation's name is often pronounced the same as the US state.
@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey 2 ай бұрын
Keep the stories coming.
@MM22966 2 ай бұрын
Sorry I missed the debut, but it allowed me to concentrate on listening! Great work, Sven! (Where did you find that art of General Kerensky looking after the departing dropships?)
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
There was no premiere for this one, I tend not to bother for these short side projects. The art is from the front cover of Fall from Glory.
@MM22966 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Ah, good. I know where to look.
@CMDR_B0B Ай бұрын
As the Official Liaison for the 🎶 Amazonian Space Pirates 🎶... ...I very much appreciate any and all Periphery based information vids . On the other hand, The Girls are now worried about the affects of a bunch of Spheroid Tourists coming to our stomping grounds;-). Have Fun&Post Dangerous -Keelback Marketing Division - 'Only ship in the Galaxy to come equipped with a soul 😇'
@tomrowlette9573 2 ай бұрын
I might have a new favorite faction, though it'll be hard to get me to abandon the MoC. It has always seemed strange to me that more periphery states haven't tried to expand outward, but they just have too many other worries to take on that project, I guess.
@Hillbilly001 2 ай бұрын
Well done. I've enjoyed the series although I only have a passing knowledge of the universe in question. Mainly from MechWarrior games and novels from the 80's and 90's. Thanks again for the post. Cheers from Tennessee
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
No problem. Glad you've enjoyed it.
@willers478 2 ай бұрын
Is there any particular reason you have your videos from the perspective of someone in 3025? I know it's the end of the Third Succession War but why not 3049 or something else? Honestly just super curious about your reasoning. Keep up the great work though! I'm loving this channel ❤️
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
It was supposed to be an introduction to the BT universe so that anyone jumping in could watch without fear of having any of the events in the novels or games spoiled for them. Once we reach 3025, I'll cover the rest of the Succession Wars from a 3049 perspective as you suggest, and repeat for all future eras.
@kodiak_qp614 2 ай бұрын
I did not know they finally made a lore and history of that faction. Is it officially in BT or only the game?
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
Yes, they released a House Arano sourcebook not long after the game released. That's the only part of the story that's been canonised.
@krinsbez Ай бұрын
9:59 The...Taurian Conconcordat...saw another state as "belligerent upstarts"? Oh, the hypocrisy.
@Tarrasuge 2 ай бұрын
👍
@Deridus 2 ай бұрын
Any concensus on ithe Aurigan canoninity?
@milankostic2571 2 ай бұрын
It's 100% canon They have sourcebook, Shrapnel Magazine stories plus more content coming up as well
@odinulveson9101 2 ай бұрын
@@milankostic2571I just hope they have survived into the iLClan era without turned into a tyranny like her uncle preferred 😰
@Deridus 2 ай бұрын
@@odinulveson9101 (looks at Taurian Concordat) Wait, what year is it?
@Deridus 2 ай бұрын
@@milankostic2571 'preciated.
@azuaraikrezeul1677 2 ай бұрын
daoshien liao says otherwise.@@odinulveson9101
@sfjadfds 2 ай бұрын
what a suprise
@hyndriandelmundo6855 Ай бұрын
So this story games batttech mercenary
@SvenVanDerPlank Ай бұрын
This video covers everything that leads up to the HBS BattleTech game.
@user-cq3fc3fn5o 2 ай бұрын
Please make Tex’s account of Space AT&T’s endgame appearance canon
@PaganPilot 2 ай бұрын
Still wished you could've joined the Aurigan Directorate
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
As a Merc, you join whoever's paying the best. No room for ideology.
@marley7868 2 ай бұрын
I will never not find it funny that these guys are almost gaurenteed to not get anymore lore so they just drop off the face of the spheres after 3025 almost like that massive civil war left them weak and they got raided to death
@ASNS117Zero 2 ай бұрын
I think it's good. It leaves you with more factions for your custom campaign.
@marley7868 2 ай бұрын
@@ASNS117Zero oh hell yeah agreed but it's still funny
@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын
The last we know about them is in 3028, but the picture painted in the sourcebook isn't one of a healthy nation. I reckon many of the individual worlds and families survived though so we might see a rebirth in the ilClan era.
@ASNS117Zero 2 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank The feeling I got was that they wanted to leave lots of options open for story campaigns set in the region for people who had played the BT 2018 game, which was why they gave it so much conflict. Kind of like older campaign setting books for a TTRPG.
@guiltygearalonecompl 2 ай бұрын
Taurians go home
@ZontarDow 2 ай бұрын
The Aurigan Coalition is a nation that it's painfully obvious that it was originally on the opposite side of the Inner Sphere when conceptualised, its position making it clear why no mention was ever made of it in other lore (the clans steamrolled them) with the relationships with the two neighbouring nations being clearly that of Rasalhauge and the Combine, and only after the fact being changed to Canopus and the Taurians which is also why the two's actions in the video game make absolutely no sense. Whoever wrote the final draft of the game's story did not do any research into the two factions and it's painfully obvious. The fact the game doesn't allow you to make a choice in who you support in the civil war was also a mistake given it forces you to pick a faction that is frankly the least interesting and most players probably wouldn't if given any semblance of a choice.
@nineballmk2 2 ай бұрын
na
@Archangelm127 2 ай бұрын
The politics between the Taurians, FedSuns, and Canopians seem completely on-brand to me. Unless you have some interviews or something to back up your theory, I call BS. Also, you're quite right: how dare a tiny studio not create two totally different campaigns for their game?
@matthewdavies986 2 ай бұрын
I think it makes far more sense where it is than between the combine and Rasalhague, because books like heir to the dragon would seems really weird in retrospect if they retconed a third nation into the whole Rasalhague Independence/ronin war situation which never got mentioned at all. Being between minor periphery nations makes far more sense as to why I never came up in any lore. Also why set the game in 3025 if it was originally intended to be set after 3034?
@ZontarDow 2 ай бұрын
@@Archangelm127 You act like it would require making two entire different campaigns from the ground up rather then just writing a bit of dialogue and a few voice lines for the scripted encounters.
@ZontarDow 2 ай бұрын
@@matthewdavies986 It doesn't make sense in any context but then that's why it's treated as non-canon to begin with.
@gavincross2902 2 ай бұрын
Great video as always!!! I wouldn't really list all those books as references though. The Aurigan Coalition (Reach) never exists in any of the source or reference books. It is solely a kickstarter video game and that is the only "lore" source. The HBS game is and was the gold standard of Battletech games imho and poorly supported.
@marley7868 2 ай бұрын
my moneyes on indepantent raiders destroyed what was left of there houses and rendered the planets isolated following there weakness post civil war I hope a taurian unit leveled the capital that'd make it funnier
@tstststs 2 ай бұрын
Incorrect, the Aurigan Coalition is in fact canon after CGL released the official sourcebook House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) in June 2019, and that sourcebook also makes the events of the campaign (the Directorate and Restoration) canon as well.
@gavincross2902 2 ай бұрын
@@tstststs Absolutely correct. In the same vein as Clan Spaniel and other marvelous works of the BT universe! It is NOT canon for any reader and fan of BT. But hey...here is a tip for you. Women have ALWAYS been in the Custodes Brotherhood as well. LOL
@gavincross2902 2 ай бұрын
@@tstststs Where is house Arano on this list? You know, the one I mentioned... 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)
@gavincross2902 2 ай бұрын
@@tstststs There always has to be that moron who has to say "Askually..." 💅
@AmericanUnionState1824 2 ай бұрын
First Comment
@mathewkelly9968 2 ай бұрын
Not a real state sorry , totally not Canon to me , sighs in Fronc Reaches that should be inhabiting this part of space
@bthsr7113 2 ай бұрын
Aren't those a post Clan thing though?
@odinulveson9101 2 ай бұрын
I get your worry but It is canon, deal with it. And whats the problem? Too much, too complex? Threat too comfort bubble? I dont get fans who see new additions as heretic threats when they dont break lore but can add new life and depth to the setting! Front Reaches could be weaved, canonified still. Important to let Catalyst Game Labs know. They let densheaded writers butcher the Rasalhagues Identity by making Hjalmer, Alarics yes-man and killed Lars Magnusson instead of using his talents elswhere as punisment for his blunders vs the Kuritans
Sven van der Plank
Рет қаралды 9 М.
Sven van der Plank
Рет қаралды 10 М.
The Templin Institute
Рет қаралды 100 М.
Sven van der Plank
Рет қаралды 10 М.
Sven van der Plank
Рет қаралды 19 М.
Scott's Game Room
Рет қаралды 6 М.
Sven van der Plank
Рет қаралды 10 М.
Sven van der Plank
Рет қаралды 315 М.
ShadowPriestok - Евгений Чернявский
Рет қаралды 370 М.