BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War: Military Overview (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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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.
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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 Intro
1:54 Rearming
4:26 Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery
5:55 Capellan Confederation Armed Forces
7:39 Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces
9:20 Free Worlds League Military
10:36 Armed Forces of the Federated Suns
12:53 Loyalty and Experience
13:49 Mercenaries
17:03 War Resumed
17:46 Outro

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@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

If you can't wait for the next premiere, chapters 5&6 are available for Patrons today: www.patreon.com/SvenVanDerPlank

@zapdragon23 4 ай бұрын

one thing I particularly like about the battletech unit names is how you can tell what the different nation's philosophy for creating battlemech units is. The Fed Suns and Cap Con name them like cavalry/armor units, the Lyrans name them as elite guards units, the Combine treats them as a more normal part of their armed forces, and the league has more philosophies than it has provinces.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

That's an interesting observation. I hadn't noticed how much their character carries over into the naming of their brigades.

@Bluehairedgirl89 4 ай бұрын

That’s actually part of the reason why the Fed Suns are my favorite inner sphere faction, I have a mild obsession with cavalry and I just think the names of their units are so cool! But your spot on about how all the different name schemes work and it certainly gives some clues to their mindsets.

@Khemri7 4 ай бұрын

Fighting Urukhai? It's nice to know that even among the mercenary companies of the 29th Century there still exist Tolkien nerds.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Gotta respect the classics.

@spartanalex9006 3 ай бұрын

Remember, there’s a canonical planet named Numanor right next to New Avalon.

@MM22966 4 ай бұрын

Those graphs really make you understand how necessary merc units were to "close the gap" between nearly equal (but not quite) powers. And it doesn't even count all the battalion-level and below mercs serving individual lords, corps, planetary governments, even cities, etc.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely. There is a notable divide between the strong and the Capellans.

@firesb7791 4 ай бұрын

love the use of the older Mech Commander background music for a military overview, very apt and nostalgic

@zapdragon23 4 ай бұрын

it honestly feels right. I always heard it right before the action began.

@luthorcorp0 4 ай бұрын

The best Battletech lore channel. Period. Consistently delivering a quality product. Wish you all the success Sven!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Thank you very much. This series has been going well so far so hopefully that'll continue.

@the_protectorof_smols3563 4 ай бұрын

Some sheer depth of detail. Yes, I agree this is the best channel but I still find the black pants. Legions channel to be more engaging for me I watch big black pants legion videos cuz they entertain me but I come here when I want like the ultra fine nitty gritty nerdy details delivered in like that serious kind of military documentary style way two very different niches and I love them both for different reasons TLDR BPL is witty and amusing Van is Super engaging my nerd brain with glorious fact and Details Knowledge

@derekburge5294 4 ай бұрын

Sven: this one might be a bit dry, guys... The rest of us, licking tables and spreadsheets: not when we're done with it.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Hahaha, good grief.

@thomascraiker6449 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for adding the notable merc units.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

No problem. I meant to do that from the start but was just so fed up with editing when I rendered it for Patreon I forgot to do so.

@MechanicalFrog 4 ай бұрын

Looking forward to it.

@spectre111 4 ай бұрын

Guess who I listen to while waiting for the video 😉

@richardfendt1166 4 ай бұрын

If I don’t get my fix i am gonna event horizon my eyes right outta my head!!!! The suspense is killing me

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Good lord!

@richardfendt1166 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Lol

@robertbyerlay5040 4 ай бұрын

I liked the mercenary multi regiment part. Wolf's dragoon arrives with 5 pristine regiments 170 years later making it a surprise after more breakdowns in mercenary units through attrition and company store.

@gregdomenico1891 4 ай бұрын

Sven, even though you don't think so, it's your attention to detail and thoroughness that keeps me coming back for more. Even though I can't watch the premiere (being in the Asia Pacific time zone) I look forward to these every Sunday. Keep up the great work, it is appreciated.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Greg. I'm glad you've been enjoying my obsessiveness over all the minutiae.

@nikoclesceri2267 4 ай бұрын

I’ll watch this when I get off work. These are one of my favorite episodes

@eltoxicdog7587 4 ай бұрын

Me too.

@inquisitorgarza312 4 ай бұрын

Quite frankly Battletech is the only universe where you could genuinely see and feel the coming Dark Ages of stagnation and death in the Inner Sphere and what even worse is that you as a reader are both horrified and at awed by the lengths that the Great Houses went to be the supreme power in the setting.

@mcinnisboy 4 ай бұрын

Love seeing the table being set. Thanks so much for all your wonderful work.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Ha, I love the way you've phrased that. The table is gonna get swept clean of a lot of those, I promise you.

@mrouschkateer 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate how much work goes into these - and I didn't notice any issues. I know creators are going to be hard on themselves, but treat yourself too! Great info and graphics as always. I love the lore so far.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm really pleased you've been enjoying it.

@JPG.01 4 ай бұрын

Just came here from big Red40tech's Warhammer IIC premiere. After having watched this one I'm having an absolute blast this evening. Thank you. An english speaking battletech content creator who actually knows how to pronounce Strana Mechty makes me happy.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Ha, I'm still gonna need to practice that one. I might know roughly how it's said, but I fumbled it every time I tried. There are so many thousands of names from so many more languages in BT, it's inevitable that people get some wrong. I don't think a week has gone by since I recorded the Age of War series two years ago where I don't cringe at remembering how badly I butchered Dnepropetrovsk.

@usauk3605 4 ай бұрын

I am almost frightened of what is going to be left of the Great House militaries at the end of this blood bath. This is like if WW1 and WW2 happened almost back to back, only everyone has nukes, and giant robots. Loved the video, can’t wait for the next one!

@dutchduke8864 4 ай бұрын

The detail with the limited lore available is amazing. Look forward to these videos every week.

@kausalkraken5951 4 ай бұрын

This is my favorite video of yours. I love seeing where all the military units are located on the map. Great job.

@andy7614 4 ай бұрын

Showing the unit positions was a nice touch. Thanks for that!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

No problem. When I was plotting then out on the map I noticed that the brigade were much more clustered in certain regions than in the past so thought it would be a good thing to highlight.

@nerdinebe 4 ай бұрын

Gods your work on this is phenomial mate, I love seeing the sheer depths this setting has. It makes the austistic brain I have so happy

@HPGBlackout 4 ай бұрын

Another great video Sven! Thank you for covering these wars in such great detail!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

My pleasure. I'm pleased you've been enjoying them.

@Deridus 4 ай бұрын

Light Horse, 3025: "I hear the Archon's about to bring the Commonwealth and FedSuns together. Who knows, maybe we'll see a Star League flag up on the poll." Somwhere in Kuritan space: *Grumpy Dragoon noises*

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Maybe if they hadn't been such murderous psychopaths, the ELH might have stuck around a bit longer.

@Deridus 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank These's a reason I don't pay attention to anything Post-Jihad. I usually stop at the end of the FedCom Civil War.

@gregdomenico1891 4 ай бұрын

@Deridus The ELH left the Combine during the 1st Succession War. They saw what happened to Kentare's, and said we are out of here. As for the WOB era not really being covered, we can blame WIZKIDS for that one. Hopefully, someone at CGL does a Historical that covers that mess.

@Deridus 4 ай бұрын

@@gregdomenico1891 I don't have any faith in Catalyst doing BT any justice anymore, not with this idiotic ilClan Wolf Empire thing they've got going on. Watching the Jade Falcons disintigrate was nice, but that's about it. Seeing how they just canned Pardoe, though, really doesn't instil any good feelings towards them.

@gregdomenico1891 4 ай бұрын

@Deridus And with Coleman in charge, who's a big Cappelan fan(who also hates Steiner and Davion) doesn't help. The whole IlClan era is a mess. And don't even get me started on that genetic abomination, Alric Ward.

@bthsr7113 4 ай бұрын

With the stage set and the players known, Once more unto the hell mouth.

@AtreidesT660 4 ай бұрын

Superb work as always Sven. Recently managed to find the time to watch the 1st succession war vid in one go. You're on a roll thank you for dropping this today. This Saturday was great for us Battletech lore fans with this vid and BigReds Marauder IIC was happy to hear your narration. Great to see the Battletech content creators helping each other out 😊

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Cheers. I've got good momentum going into this series so hopefully I can carry it all the way through to the end. That's quite an endurance test to sit through those two 4+ hour videos in one sitting.

@AtreidesT660 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Depends on what you consider an endurance test lol. Try sitting through 4+ hrs of virtual project management meetings where one's expected to contribute i.e blabber. Being able to watch your vid while laying on the couch was a breeze 😁

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

lol, fair enough.

@Thormgrim 4 ай бұрын

Dont be so hard on yourself, I think the scrolling was fine, looked cool :)

@L0NGSH4D0W.PL4YZ 4 ай бұрын

Ugh, I don't wanna wait!!

@connorflaherty175 4 ай бұрын

Love the use of music from mechcommander.

@reecedignan8365 4 ай бұрын

Another great video mate, love these military breakdowns. And I especially appreciate the more haunting soundtrack that seems to be there too and to those who know what the second succession wars like, a very fitting one that can easily carry on throughout.

@daizeejoanslocker8043 4 ай бұрын

Quick get the popcorn it's about to go off!

@MrScientifictutor 4 ай бұрын

Great visuals

@BK2207 4 ай бұрын

Great summarize before the big clash. Looking forward to it.

@ScanManP13 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic. I find this insight so intresting.

@BattletechAlternateHistory 4 ай бұрын

absolutely amazing content as always. your series on BattleTech lore inspired me to try my hand at animating maps of the Inner Sphere. keep up the glorious work :)

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

That's great. I'm always happy to hear that folks are trying different creative projects because of something I've done.

@azou5th 4 ай бұрын

Another great video, I can't thank you enough for all that you do.

@chrisl10308 4 ай бұрын

You did an amazing job as always

@ScottSmeltzer-dw4cr 4 ай бұрын

Man I’m loving these. I just wish they were all on here! Now I have to wait every week for something new! Really awesome job

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm really trying to get into a more consistent schedule of weekly episodes. In the past I've been super productive for a month or so, and then just go complete radio silence for a while as my interest goes elsewhere. Getting ahead of the release schedule allows me to cover those lean periods.

@ScottSmeltzer-dw4cr 4 ай бұрын

I’ve watched all your older stuff now. I’m hooked… I’ll go over and get the membership for some new content and to show my appreciation for your great work! Keep it up!

@blackspade1 4 ай бұрын

Annnd, away we go. The vid looks great!

@nukenuked5749 4 ай бұрын

thanks mate another top video

@jasonfarley9025 4 ай бұрын

Yep, these episodes are fantastic. To what extent are you using the old boardgame for the unit deployments? The symbols and formations all seem very familiar, as someone who played it a lot.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

The old Succession Wars boardgame? I've used some of the character art but most of the insignias originate from the Housebooks that came out over '87-'88. Either way, I'm using more recent vectorised versions wherever I can find them. The actual location data comes from the much more recent Second Succession War sourcebook.

@henryholton 4 ай бұрын

Great Job Brother. :)

@TheThinKing23 4 ай бұрын

I’m quite surprised they were able to rebuild so much in the short intervening years! I guess the devastation wasn’t as total yet? They weren’t able to rebuild nearly as much between the second and start of the third succession war?

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, there is a bit of contradiction between how bad we're told the first war was and how much they were supposedly able to reconstruct. Their industry was operating at full force in 2821 of course (what hadn't been destroyed anyway), unlike the more gradual buildup leading into the war, and it never stopped spitting out weapons over the next eight years of relative peace. However it was the second conflict where things really started to decline and a large part of that is Operation HOLY SHROUD, which also ensured there would be no recovery afterwards, but we'll get to that in a few more chapters.

@lexington476 4 ай бұрын

15:45 the unit yes. but the soldiers that had served with Karensky would have been retired by the Second Succession War.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Not true. Colonel Ezra Bradley would not step down from command of the ELH until 2853, by which point he was over a hundred years old.

@Deadmeat313 4 ай бұрын

These videos really are amazing. Well done!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Cheers, glad you think so.

@ebla83 4 ай бұрын

Excellent work Sven!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Cheers Ebla. Glad you're still enjoying the videos.

@randomnetsurfer 4 ай бұрын

I am fairly certain that you could make the Phone Book sound dramatic and exciting...

@ricardomachado6718 4 ай бұрын

My perosnal and great THANK YOU for your hard word! Love your videos, always follow up your videos

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Glad you've been enjoying them.

@jameshain1248 4 ай бұрын

Sven, you have provided another awesome chapter. So from a fan believe me when I say the graphics were very good at supporting your narration. The detail is everything we have come to treasure from you. Thank you

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, James. I'm glad you found those visualisations helped. There were a couple of others I wanted to include but I was getting sick of looking at all those coloured squares after a week of working on this one.

@thomasrose4523 4 ай бұрын

It's been a great week so far, and BattleTech and MechWarrior are a big part of that! Still catching up on Big Red 40 Tech's Mech Overview playlist, I was excited for this video, Thursday the Solaris Showdown dlc was revealed and it comes out in my birth month? It's definitely a good time for us that love BattleTech and MechWarrior! Hope you're doing well today!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Cheers, Thomas. Doing great thanks.

@janwitts2688 4 ай бұрын

Mere units is not an indicator of Kuritas overall power (which it wasted) thousands of Jenner were expended in one way missions against random systems.. these would have outfitted 30 or more regiments alone if not so wasted and although they served to cause much destruction, especially to unarmed people, they also served as a useful training tool for davion hunter killer units which were not expended at such a rate and therefore gained significant experience...

@Prich319 4 ай бұрын

Idk, having read Double Blind, I'm not sure I would call Astrokazy a "colony." that would imply an outside power brought what they thought was enlightenment to that world. Astrokazy is so anarchic that you could euphemistically call it a third world shithole on a planetary scale.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

If memory serves, it was the arrival of Mercs in 2892 that it really went downhill. I think it was a small settlement with a modicum of law and order before then.

@EricDKaufman 4 ай бұрын

I liked the map and stuff.

@Kelnor277 4 ай бұрын

I personally just listen and maybe reference what’s on screen a few times. In fact, it might be a good idea to have a reward level that gets you early access to the audio portion of a video while you’re still tightening up the animations and maps.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

I could share it in theory but I adjust the timing in the editing process alongside the visuals and animations. If I shared the audio file it would be full of long pauses and alternate takes because it's pointless to edit that stuff out first. That's why I upload an audio only version at the end of the project once the entire script has been properly paced out and corrected.

@Kelnor277 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank fair enough, not worth it if it’s isn’t easy to implement. Thanks for the reply!

@lexington476 4 ай бұрын

13:43 all these different color bars are confusing. these need to have a key with them.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

I don't know why I didn't include one. I did in the First Succession War series. I'll create something and add it in for the compilation video. Thanks for the feedback.

@8moebius8 4 ай бұрын

Cheers.

@BigRed40TECH 4 ай бұрын

I for one, welcome our new Free Worlds Overlords.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Purple Bird STRONG

@BigRed40TECH 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank I hope everyone has been practicing their Czech lol

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Don't you know Marik are German? 😜

@BigRed40TECH 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Ugh. Just the worst novel ever. Runs roughshot over all the lore and is mostly ignored afterwards, thank goodness. lmao

@harvestblades 4 ай бұрын

Which novel was that one?!

@tgs9740 4 ай бұрын

I have to wait till my birthday. Fine XP.

@tgs9740 4 ай бұрын

Yup whiskey in one hand phone in the other. Cheers.

@Wildcat144 4 ай бұрын

So something im seeming to notice is that the regiments listed are what appear to only be battlemech regiments. Which hundreds of regiments is a lot, but for the expanse of the universe, not enough numbers. Id be curious about the numbers of combat vehicle, aerospace and just conventional forces regiments there are

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

I did briefly show them before the detailed breakdown began, but since the basis of the game is in the 'Mechs, that's naturally what gets all the focus in the sourcebooks. We only know ratios relative to the number of 'Mech regiments each faction has, so no accurate breakdown or deployment map is available. As a general rule, for every 'Mech unit each Successor State and periphery realm has three armour, five infantry, an artillery battalion and two Aerospace wings. That's the low estimate though, the Lyrans have an increased number of conventional forces for example.

@Wildcat144 4 ай бұрын

@SvenVanDerPlank very interesting. I noticed, it doesn't seem like the conventional forces get named regiments

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Every now and again one will be named, but it's just offhand by whatever author is currently telling the story and not done with any consistency. There are none with detailed histories that I can think of, with the only exception being the SLDF Infantry Divisions but they were combined-arms with their own BattleMech briagde.

@MrTony1995 4 ай бұрын

Incredible video as always, but I have one question. I've read something regarding that the last warships under the banner of the great houses were destroyed in the 2nd Succession War. Could you please tell me how many Warships every great house had before the conflict? Thank you!!!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

We only have numbers for 2821. The Great Houses had between 12-18 WarShips each. The last WarShips vanished in 2853 (with a couple exceptions I'll go over when we get there).

@MrTony1995 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank thank you!!

@NvrPhazed 4 ай бұрын

Mech Commander OST 😌🎶

@ArawnNox 4 ай бұрын

Starting the video about the House militaries with the MechCommander soundtrack. Good choice. :)

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

I've been using the MechCommander deployment screen music in each of the prior Military Overviews I've done, and will probably continue it forwards in the future.

@ArawnNox 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Class. Loved those games.

@nolanburke3669 2 ай бұрын

What's the track at 4:27? It sounds like a Freespace 2 briefing track

@SvenVanDerPlank 2 ай бұрын

It's the Mechbay Loadout screen music from MechCommander.

@jradick2 4 ай бұрын

I'm curious about the use of "brigade". In universe/lore how is it used? From my understanding regiments are three battalions, but it sounds like it is used as a grouping of regiments? A brigade should be essentially what RCTs are, reinforced regiments with support assets organic.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

In the SLDF, brigade was three regiments and a division was three brigades. But in the Successor States, a brigade is a loosely defined grouping of regiments that share similar origins, training organisation. Some of these are far larger than even an SLDF division. I talk more about it in the second chapter of the Star League Civil War series.

@TorricRoma 4 ай бұрын

Idr if you did it but maybe have a breakdown of each state and their army and maybe each unit and their legacy or who what when where why and how they fought

@TorricRoma 4 ай бұрын

One for each video

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

I went into more detail when I did the First Succession War. Episodes 2&3 were a Political & Military Overview that covered more than just the areas they were deployed. When I get to 3025 I'll probably do a series of videos covering each in detail again.

@DDVargas1983 4 ай бұрын

Welp, time to build another company of FWL to play the early Succession Wars.

@duanewong1527 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the awesome content. You, Tex, Big-Red40k and MechanicalFrog are reviving the interest in Battletech Lore!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome, glad to be playing a part in that growing interest.

@carlosrgns 4 ай бұрын

sven do all the mechs go Kaboom!!!???

@zapdragon23 4 ай бұрын

While I think the video came out good, if it was such a pain to make it probably wasn't worth it. maybe keeping the larger maps but eliminating the panning?

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Well it was just this particular episode that was really labour intensive to have to do. I'm sure someone better trained could make use of features I don't know exist to do it so much quicker, but for me it was a very repetitive process of setting up hundreds of keyframes. Anyway, we're past it now.

@chaosknight9131 4 ай бұрын

Battletech Historian timeline Tex - Post Jihad/Early Republic Era Sven - Succession War Era Big Red - Dark Age/IlClan Era MadCat - Late Clan Invasion/Pre-Fedcom Civil War Era Rocket - Fed-Com Civil War Era

@Steven-dt5nu 4 ай бұрын

Comstar!!! Well actually Toyama

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

You dare to suggest they are different? One and the same, my friend. Toyama is a ComStar saint, and woe betide anyone who says otherwise.

@NotThereJustGone 4 ай бұрын

I bet all those generals and defense contractors are going to be real disappointed when peace breaks out, and all the mechs get put in cold storage and conscripts get sent home. Peace in the Inner Sphere is inevitable!

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Talk about getting egg on your face. How embarrassing.

@NotThereJustGone 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank "Alright, guys, enough fooling around-even I think it's time we give peace a chance." -The Ghost of Stefan Amaris, circa 2829

@floriangallus7760 4 ай бұрын

Comments for the Algorithm. Blake be praised.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Florian

@janwitts2688 4 ай бұрын

Many of these battlemechs were in a sorry condition.. err.. you mean they were hornets wasps or urbanmechs..

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

At least they were still using BattleMechs. We haven't yet got to the IndustrialMech madness of the Dark Ages.

@janwitts2688 4 ай бұрын

@SvenVanDerPlank Most of us don't recognise anything past End Game.. and even a lot of that was Ham.... what you get when your best writer isn't paid and leaves and you let several people paint VSD as some sort of utter moron... also regents don't have the authority to hand over an entire state to someone else.. their powers are very much limited against any such eventuality.. etc etc

@ConorD1990 4 ай бұрын

Being from Ireland I very much appreciate your pronunciation of Donegal. Beautiful part of the world if you ever get a chance to visit. 😊 Also I can imagine the thinking among many civilians around the subject of rearming being "the other states are rearming so we must too." Looking forward to the rest of the series.

@SvenVanDerPlank 4 ай бұрын

You're exactly right. The state media was no doubt hyping up just how much the other nations were building their militaries, true or not, so that likely helped drum up support. As for Donegal, I've said it differently in the past (and still have to regularly correct myself). But I'm slightly confused about the name. If you've ever seen the series Sharpe, I'm 90% sure that Harper (who is Irish and supposedly his character is from Donegal) does not say it Dun-nee-gawl, but Do-neh-gal.

@ConorD1990 4 ай бұрын

@@SvenVanDerPlank Yeah Irish place names can be odd sometimes when spoken in English, like "Dun-ee-gawl" is anglicised from the county's name in Irish "Dhún na nGall" meaning "Fort of the Foreigners" a reference to a old Viking settlement.

@sbplankton_1999 4 ай бұрын

Where is Red Alert 2 Lore - Chronology & Canon Explained are Go?

@Nerd_Rage255 4 ай бұрын

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@8moebius8 4 ай бұрын

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@lorefox201 4 ай бұрын

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@TheKeyser94 4 ай бұрын

And I trough that Kerensky would have brought some resemblance of peace in his exile, whatever he had gone, but his son become a hierarchical fanatic, creating a rigid social cast system, everything that his father was against, in the end the Clans had become no better than the Nobles Houses that they left behind, and the rigid cast system only become a source for conflict.

@gregdomenico1891 4 ай бұрын

Kerensky died in the middle of the SLDF in exile Civil War. It had already gone to hell. As for Nicholas, in the old FASA Lore, the caste system is no where near as brutal as it is now. When CGL took over, they re-wrote him as the second coming of Hitler. I like that CGL is keeping the setting alive, but their politics are, shall we say, a little left of center?

@TheKeyser94 4 ай бұрын

@@gregdomenico1891 I think that this has Worshop is trying to copy the other more successful setting, Warhammer 40K, if the Exiles reached peace and had go well and dandy they wouldn't have continue the grimm tone of war, and if you not known, Warhammer 40k is a parody of hardcore right-wing ideology, Battletech may be a parody of the hierarchical nature of nobility, and have no issues killing thousands of billions of civilians, for power and status, and how delusional they are, in case of Richard Cameron, and of course now, Nicholas, that mirror how close the British monarchy were with the NAZI, for much they didn't want to admit it, Battletech basically is continuing the tone of Warhammer 40k but without the space elves, seeing that to date we already have Four Succession Wars, a Clan Invasion, and then the Clans fight each other and become separate entities.

@gregdomenico1891 4 ай бұрын

@TheKeyser94 You do know that Battletech came out in 1984, and 40K came out in 1987? So a good chunk of the early lore was already written. As for 40K, I have all but 1 of the HH series, so I do know a little about the setting. TT wise, 40K is the King, true. However, more people know Battletech from its spin off video game series, Mechwarrior. As for the real world politics part, that all changed in the mid 2010's, when CGL took over. During the IlClan era, you can see the changes in the writing style. And yes, some 40K authors have been doing the same thing. Sorry, I just don't like it when Companies and Authors start pushing a political agenda in my Sci-fi setting. Leave the real world out of it.

@TheKeyser94 4 ай бұрын

@@gregdomenico1891 Yeah, I began to known the lore of Battletech because the Paradox game of the same name and Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries, I only began to understand the lore of Battletech a year ago, and I like it, is more than giant robots shooting each other, and mostly because is a post-post-post-post apocalyptic setting in a galactic scale, even that I like the setting of Warhammer 40K not have the same appeal, is basically medieval galaxy with orcs and elves, with their elder gods on a whim decided to colonise a random planet and plant the seeds of what later become Warhammer Fantasy, is a shame that you can find like hundreds of wallpapers in the internet about Warhammer, but nothing on Battletech, seeing the hundreds of mech designs, planets and factions.