BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War: Clipped Wings (MechWarrior Lore)

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#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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Barış Türköz
Cliford Mervil
Felix Mittermeier
Igor Mashkov
Jeff Nissen
Jol Acen
Pixabay
Putra Kusuma
Waldemar
0:00 Operation COOKIE JAR
2:38 Toy Soldier
4:51 Exclusion Order 2837/1
7:13 ComStar War
9:47 Humiliation
13:05 "Thunder Clouds Gathering..."
14:58 Invasion Resumes
17:47 Distant Foes
18:58 Fifth Battle of Hesperus
20:40 Political Stalemate
22:27 Infamous Andurien
25:05 Outro

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@ebla83 3 ай бұрын

I am confident they will peacefully sort out their differences this time.

@Szoki86 3 ай бұрын

They better, because Kerensky and SLDF are due to return at any moment now.

@theodoremccarthy4438 3 ай бұрын

It has to happen eventually 😂

@NegTharayas16 3 ай бұрын

Yes, they will recognize that a new star league should form governed by the trinary of periphery powers, with each of the major houses only each having half a vote.

@Szoki86 3 ай бұрын

@@NegTharayas16 with the Magistracy's economy, the Concordat's production base and the Alliance's pacifism, the Periphery Union would be heaven in space. If only there weren't some violent jackasses lodged between them...

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Outworlds can't even govern itself. They'd be hopeless in charge of anything.

@Korraganitar 3 ай бұрын

Easily one of the finest moments for House Marik, though it ended in failure. Truly Comstar are the biggest villains in Battletech.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

I agree. I respect the stubbornness and refusal to admit fault even as things are collapsing around you knowing they were in the wrong.

@Korraganitar 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank personally, i can't help but view Conrad Toyama as perhaps even worse than Amaris. For all the damage Amaris did, the legacy of Comstar seems ultimately even worse, and Toyama is even more the father of that organization than Blake imho.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Just wait until the next Primus comes along. Toyama is just an appetizer for the main course of ComStar craziness to come.

@MrScientifictutor 3 ай бұрын

The dumbest move of house Merik. He should have not revealed he knew. It was the greatest weapon he had. He threw it away. Imagine the manipulation he could have achieved.

@Korraganitar 3 ай бұрын

@@MrScientifictutor nah, cause as soon as the warehouse attack happened, it was only a matter of time til ROM realized that he knew. A false Intel honey pot like that is great for confirming leaks, less great for keeping the leaks none the wiser.

@bthsr7113 3 ай бұрын

I'm imagining Jinjiro giving the toy a thousand yard stare before foaming at the mouth, stomping on it, and looking for something sharp.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

I like the mental image of it just sitting there on a table benignly while he's writhing on the floor screaming. Those cold dead eyes staring down at him.

@bthsr7113 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank This also works.

@spearhead7777 3 ай бұрын

Sadly it appears Marik tipped his hand to quickly when discovering the truth. The reprisal should of been far better planned out. That said coordination would be the issue obviously.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

You're absolutely right. They had the jump on ComStar, who were oblivious to COOKIE JAR. Instead of taking advantage of that, Charles' anger got the better of him and he immediately moved to take out his frustration on who was probably just the unwitting instrument of his betrayal; his sister Jeanette. But how do you spread the word when the enemy can read all of your messages? The Successor States had already left it too late to curb ComStar's power.

@Tzilandi 3 ай бұрын

Makes you wonder what would have happened if Charles just kept going with his refusal to give in to Toyama; the entire setting could have changed radically if he'd won that staring match.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Given that just two years reversed almost every gain they had made since the fall of the Star League and lost them a ton of units besides, I doubt continuing to be defiant would have helped. Probably would have collapsed the League. Maybe ComStar steps in to broker a peace and makes the whole realm a puppet state like they had hoped to do with Jeanette.

@Tzilandi 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank The entire setting could have changed radically if he'd won that staring match OR LOST EVEN WORSE. The FWL breaking apart during the 2nd Succession War like what happened after the Jihad, except Liao and Steiner are both in condition to take advantage? That is an interesting prospect for an "alternative history" scenario.

@SweetLittleAki 3 ай бұрын

These warship losses keep getting more and more painful as they get more and more scarce.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Unless I'm forgetting something, there are only two more WarShip on WarShip engagements left, plus one battle we don't really know anything about that destroyed the last Mako-class.

@foenrik8941 3 ай бұрын

"The greatest threat to -Marik- Kurita is another Marik/Kurita, glory to Marik(Kurita?)" Zabu deserved better. Kudos to Marik and SAFE, for all the talk of how they're the least effective IA, they caught on fast, and first. Didn't do them much good, but credit where it's due.

@jasonfarley9025 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic I particularly like this part of the Second Succession War At the same time, the hight of ComStar's power, and the moment their ultimate goals fail forever

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I enjoyed making this part a lot. It's a turning point in the 2ndSW history. Up until then it's been very much the same kind of the grind as the 1st. Everything gets a lot more politically complex from here.

@Bluehairedgirl89 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for all the effort you put into this video! It was great and I enjoyed it a lot! I’m going to try to start commenting on these videos more as another way to support the channel. I’ve got to agree about Zabu Kurita being a tragic figure and he’s a perfect example of what I dislike about the Draconis Combine. He’s exactly what the Combine needed at the time, a capable administrator and a steady hand who also realized that technology was backsliding and wanted to do something about it. He had basically been running the Combine loyally in his brothers name for years at this point. But the Warlords took the first chance they got to betray and kill him then put someone on the throne who was more warlike and more of a soldier. Freaking snakes.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome. I'm glad you've been enjoying the series. Zabu could have been a good ruler. Had he been able to stem the flow of technological decline, it might have put the DC in a stronger position than it's rivals down the line. However, it might also have brought the wrath of ComStar down on them. When you look at some of the other rulers later in the 2ndSW who had little interest in war, their realms did suffer to the aggression of their neighbours, so removing Zabu might genuinely have been right for the Combine at that moment. But his death is nonetheless tragic.

@Bluehairedgirl89 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Thank you very much for your response! I can’t argue with your analysis of Zabu, I hadn’t really thought of the long term effects that his policies would have had on the Combine. I’m just appalled that the Warlords of the Combine were willing to take a risk on a new untested Coordinator when they already had one that was an effective and capable administrator. Monarchy is always a roll of the dice when it comes to heirs and that just feels like your asking for trouble. But you do make sense and it could have broken many different ways. We’ll just have to see how the new Coordinator breaks for the combine. I know I’m developing a bad case of everything shady in Battletech is Roms fault because my first thought when I heard about the toy soldier was that comstar did it. I can’t see why they’d do it beyond stirring up chaos but it was my first thought. Also the story of Charles Marik and the shadow war with Comstar makes the FWL and house Mariks alliance with the Word of Blake so much more tragic. They knew that these people weren’t trustworthy and had known for generation still they tried to use them and it ended up almost costing them everything.

@brianbeard7278 3 ай бұрын

I dont understand how this guy doesnt have WAY more subscribers.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Obviously not good enough! Probs doesn't help my voice puts people to sleep.

@nodu9303 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlanknormaly getting people to sleep geht's you tons of subscribers lol 😂 great work..Battletech is not WH40K ... I bet if it would be 1995 you would be the Luetin of Battletech.. Dont get me wrong quality is the same you really got me to undust all my Battletech stuff...👍

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Well that's a very flattering comparison. Always pleased to hear that I've helped someone rediscover their love of BT.

@nodu9303 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank yeah I am glad I never sold all that stuf...I think I almost have everything FASA did back than...but I still learn al lot from your lore....

@Ironhold_Watch 3 ай бұрын

@SvenVanDerPlank start doing your best duncan fischer

@matthewmoser1284 2 ай бұрын

Charles Marik is a hero. Not of the Free World's League, but of the Inner Sphere. The FWLM had the largest navy. He should have sent every last warship on a scorched earth campaign against the Lyrans, Capellans, and former Hegemony world's HPGs. If he can't use them, no one can. As an added bonus, this would have made it hard to coordinate attacks on the FWL. Even with the blackout.

@Deadmeat313 3 ай бұрын

These videos remain top quality. I like it when you discuss Capellan victories in such detail.

@JetfireQuasar 3 ай бұрын

Neither side can trust each other again. The GALL of Toyama to even think this when hes been backstabbing everyone and got called out by Marik 😂

@mathewkelly9968 3 ай бұрын

Ah the FWL and ComStar a match deserving of each other

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

A match made in hell.

@AGS363 3 ай бұрын

I wounder what Thomas has to say about that...

@gregdomenico1891 3 ай бұрын

@@AGS363Which one? The real one turned out to be more of a butcher than Amaris, and the fake did better than half of the real Mariks.

@localhearthian2387 3 ай бұрын

Zabu: Guys, hear me out... healthcare is good. Combine Government: So you have chosen death.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

He was a traitor to his own kind.

@DDVargas1983 3 ай бұрын

FWL needs more wins in the lore. Best faction, first ones to realize who was the real villain of the setting.

@devalk_ 3 ай бұрын

Been looking forward to the Comstar war Really helps set a clear image for the eventual rise of the WoB within FWL territory.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Next chapter you really get to see the origins of Word of Blake fanaticism. ComStar might have undergone a transformation since the death of Blake, but they're about to ramp the craziness up to 11.

@SulliMike23 3 ай бұрын

Despite the fact that we're half-way through the Second Succession War, we haven't even gotten to the worst part that comes out of it. Once it ends and ComStar, once again, prevents peace from being achieved the Successor States will start fighting again, only this time, the fighting will be smaller in scale and longer in the years. So long that the Third Succession War surpasses more than three generations of leaders around the Inner Sphere.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Worst part as in after all those deaths, they couldn't find a way to arrive at a peace? Otherwise I wouldn't say the 3rdSW was the worst because of it's length when it had only a fraction of the death toll and almost zero use of WMDs.

@griffingamer8624 3 ай бұрын

Screw you ComStar! You hurt Purple Birb. Feel the wrath of bureaucracy and 40 lances of Fleas. Though, honestly, Captain-General Marik, you could have exposed ComStar to all the Great Houses and the public. That would have been better than going ham on a heavily valued HPG station with no thought of reprisal.

@imasspeons 3 ай бұрын

You're forgetting that Comstar reads everything you send. I'd imagine any communication sent out of the FWL would be heavily scrutinized after the leak tipped their hand and personal envoys sent to neighbouring territories would likely be eliminated by ROM agents aboard the jumpships.

@griffingamer8624 3 ай бұрын

@@imasspeons Then send it by envoy and by secured data packet in hands of your agents to all news networks of the IS.

@AW-wf2dx 3 ай бұрын

This was a cool episode. A lot of chickens coming home to roost.

@verysilentmouse 3 ай бұрын

Love your work

@theodoremccarthy4438 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic work as always 👌

@bluequiltedness 3 ай бұрын

What was it about an SLDF action figure that finally broke ol' Jinjiro for good? Did he think the 'Minnesota Tribe' was sending him a calling card?

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

You can interpret it however you want. He was already teetering on the edge so there was nothing rational about the way he was thinking. Probably thought that the entire SLDF was about to arrive on his doorstep.

@bluequiltedness 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlankKind of reminds me of the scene in The Aviator where a piece of lint on someone's shirt sends Howard Hughes overboard

@blackspade1 3 ай бұрын

kind of like real history, so much of the Succession Wars just makes me sad. Great video as always!

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

This part of the history is basically just, "things get worse for 250 years in a row" so it can feel pretty grim and hopeless at times.

@blackspade1 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlankYou got that right. There are multiyear interregnums where I'm sure (like in real history) where people are like, "whew" glad that's over, just as the shit hits the fan. One of the things that I like about the BT universe lore even though I find it kind of sad. As always, appreciate the responses and keep up the always excellent content!

@JuergenGDB 3 ай бұрын

Freaking awesome, I love this channel. :)

@Greggg1981 3 ай бұрын

Your library of BattleTech lore videos is phenomenal!

@derekburge5294 3 ай бұрын

Your efforts are just *chef kiss.*

@Ashasverus 3 ай бұрын

Great work

@ebla83 3 ай бұрын

Sven, once again this was a fantastic production, and you have done Battletech proud.

@alexwatts1064 3 ай бұрын

Malazan! I just started that book series. Great video as always!

@azou5th 3 ай бұрын

Thank you again for another great chapter

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome.

@vidyaorszag 3 ай бұрын

"Clipped Wings" Oh no, I wonder if this episode is about House Marik!

@wazup85 3 ай бұрын

one more great video

@ebla83 3 ай бұрын

At 19:22... That Atlas!!!! What a beast.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Think that art is from one of the latest ilClan sourcebooks. What you can't see is the other ¾ of the image I cropped out because it's full of Wolf Dragoon OmniMechs and elementals.

@jefferynelson 3 ай бұрын

Sven, thank you for the work you put into the channel, your audience appreciates you sir,, I have zero constructive criticism to offer

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Very pleased folks have been enjoying this series as much as they have.

@Keldrynn 3 ай бұрын

For a great in depth look at the ancient history of the planet Malazan, read The Malazan Book of the Fallen. It is the single greatest book series I have ever read.

@Jaeger_Bishop 3 ай бұрын

I think Zabu just proves WHY all successful Kiritans are evil, the good ones with actual morals and foresight beyond war get betrayed. I pity such a society.

@watchm4ker 3 ай бұрын

It feels like a parallel to inter-war Imperial Japan, where the Military seized control of the civilian government, out of fear that they would pursue economic development over colonial conquests.

@AGS363 3 ай бұрын

Battletech always get far better if the Blessed Order is involved. ComStar is the true hero!

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

The hero it needed, but not the one it wanted.

@AGS363 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank 😂

@mickbrown7793 3 ай бұрын

And now we're getting towards the height of Marcus Steiner's success. Hopefully the most under-appreciated Archon will get his due here

@Steven-dt5nu 3 ай бұрын

That shadow war would have been an interesting time period for game play.

@shagakhan9442 2 ай бұрын

Charles stood on business. By this point, there wasn't much to do against Comstar. Parliament once again proving they only have L's to give the FWL. Shame. The "Eagle" was a G in the first war. My favorite faction is the FWL, and my least is the FWL Parliament.

@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын

"Damn Free Worlds League. They ruined the Free Worlds League!"

@Ironhold_Watch 3 ай бұрын

Clipped wings is a serious issue😢😅

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

A little clue as to which faction is about to get their ass handed to them.

@ebla83 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank me by my girlfriend for drinking too much while watching this. 💁‍♂️

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

If you're a Marik fan, you might just want to skip the next two videos.

@michaelkimberling7307 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank purple bird BBQ!!

@lorefox201 3 ай бұрын

they get beaten like red headed stepchildren like rented mules I mean usually only the Liao get btfod this hard.

@bthsr7113 3 ай бұрын

A pincer of Cappellan daggers and Lyran hammers while suffering under radio silence. That's a pretty horrifying position to imagine. I can see why Marik chose to withdraw. His only other alternative was to prostrate himself before the puppeteers of this forsaken war who'd used his sister to feed him lies. Neither good, in fact, both were pretty terrible options, but giving ground to his rivals bought him time to continue defying the real enemy in hopes of actually being able to control the destiny of his nation. As for Zabu, I am far more critical. He had a very good point and asked so very little of the military. He needed to put his foot down, but by accepting his fate from upstart warlords, he let his cause died an ignoble death while sending a message that if the military didn't like a coordinator, they'd suffer no substantive consequence for deleting one. A most dangerous precedent that echoed the past.

@lucassmith4524 3 ай бұрын

Oh Comstar...;.what tangled webs we weave!!

@tiR1871 3 ай бұрын

thx for the great video. i have a question, what is that animation before the premiere? where is it from?

@DrendarMorevo 3 ай бұрын

It's a stock countdown animation made for KZfaq creators who want to use it.

@tiR1871 3 ай бұрын

@@DrendarMorevo thx

@gregdomenico1891 3 ай бұрын

65 systems in 20 months? Ouch! Did that many systems even change hands during the First Succession War?

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

The Free Worlds League gained 64 and lost 24 systems in the 1stSW.

@gregdomenico1891 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Yeah, I kind of forgot how much was taken during the Hegemony land grab.

@level98bearhuntingarmor 3 ай бұрын

Hope the FWL gets those systems back

@krinsbez 2 ай бұрын

8:29, what, he doesn't make him kneel in the snow for three days?

@Ironclockwork 3 ай бұрын

What I appreciate the most about these videos is just how well they emphasize the sheer level of duplicitous villainy that Comstar had been pulling even before the Word of Blake affair. I had always known that Comstar was filled with sneaky bastards, but seeing these compiled accounts? Really lets you know the terrible depths that Comstar was willing to plumb in the name of humanity's future straight from the outset.

@lexington476 3 ай бұрын

What's the Tripits (sp?) Affair during the second or third war? Where the Torians found a black lion disabled were trying to salvage it and Comstar popped in and busted their bubble.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

It was late 2900s. Not a 2ndSW event.

@JustShoveJayOhBe 3 ай бұрын

At this point was comstar looping papa roach oldies towards its acolytes on terra and building giant spiders?

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

...what?

@JustShoveJayOhBe 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Mechassault era, my friend, things get a bit wild in the jihad

@lorefox201 3 ай бұрын

Poor Keynan did all of that for nothing...

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Kenyon never had to deal with a fanatical ComStar the way Charles did.

@mathewkelly9968 3 ай бұрын

Oh itll get worse for the FWL and their dealings with ComStar ......... Pretty much can blame the FWL for the Word of Blake

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Their proudest achievement...

@drakron 3 ай бұрын

That is in a way funny considering what the Word of Blake ends up doing to ComStar.

@watchm4ker 3 ай бұрын

Noooot really. Waterley and Focht are more to blame. Waterley for basically creating the secret armies, and Focht for not controlling or destroying the zealots when he had the chance

@gregdomenico1891 3 ай бұрын

Add in the Primus before Waterly, who made the Thomas Marik switch.

@reecedignan8365 3 ай бұрын

Comstar - “why does everyone think we’re a bunch of shady cultists” Also Comstar messing with each of the successor states so much it kind of became overly obvious for most that Comstar was the primary enemy of humanity.

@rickveenbergen9021 3 ай бұрын

Bit of a nitpick. The music is too loud or the song in the background is to distracting.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. I'll turn it down a touch before I upload the compilation video.

@rickveenbergen9021 3 ай бұрын

Geen probleem.

@NotThereJustGone 3 ай бұрын

Surely, the Purple Birds of Space Freedom will make peace with the Space Communists, the Space Austrians, the Space Samurai and the Space Protagonists, thus averting Space War II!

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Oh they may well do. But you forgot one important faction. And there will be no peace there.

@NotThereJustGone 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Are you suggesting there is some all powerful, shadowy organization secretly manipulating the Great Houses of the Inner Sphere, while sitting atop of vast network of spies, propagandists, and information collection? We have to get the word out to the people! Quickly, we must tell the ComStar News Bureau!

@NotThereJustGone 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Are you suggesting there is some all-powerful, shadowy, malevolent organization secretly manipulating the Great Houses of the Inner Sphere, while sitting atop a vast network of spies, propagandists, pseudo-religious zealots, and information collection? We must alert the people-quickly contact the ComStar News Bureau!

@Szoki86 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Space AT&T is like "but muh corporate culture and brand loyalty" and starts reeeing. Remember, in space, everyone can hear you REEE through the HPG.

@NotThereJustGone 3 ай бұрын

@SvenVanDerPlank Are you suggesting there is some all-powerful, shadowy, malevolent organization secretly manipulating the Great Houses of the Inner Sphere, while sitting atop a vast network of spies, propagandists, pseudo-religious zealots, and information collection? We must alert the people-quickly contact the ComStar News Bureau

@nodu9303 3 ай бұрын

Why is ComStar so obsessed with the FWL?

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

Easy target.

@nodu9303 3 ай бұрын

Yeah sure...I never understood why the FWL survived the S uccession Wars lol good to be neighbour state of the Davion Warmongers

@DrendarMorevo 3 ай бұрын

@nodu9303 huh? The Free Worlds League and the Federated Sun's don't share a border?

@Makaan 3 ай бұрын

Bleak seasons.

@EricDKaufman 3 ай бұрын

So, Marik fucked that one up big time.

@SvenVanDerPlank 3 ай бұрын

You gotta stand by your principles. ComStar deserved to get the middle finger.

@Snow-qe8zt 3 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank He should have played the long game, fed ComStar with purposely wrong information. Blowing up the HPG was rash at best. If he had played his cards right he could have turned the rest of the Inner Sphere against ComStar and weakened them or removed them from the picture.