Where better to start than the beginning? As it turns out... pretty much anywhere else. The Terran Alliance is so early in the BattleTech timeline that there is virtually no art for it and what major events we know of are poorly documented. I show a map of secessionist planets at one point that has fewer than ten highlighted, but in reality there were half a hundred. Outside of the Alliance, A LOT was happening during the 23rd Century, and that'll be the focus of the next video, bringing the two roughly up to the same point in time. I'm not going to work through the history linearly though. I'm probably going to jump ahead to 3025 to do a faction overview or maybe document a recent campaign using maps and unit heraldry. Let me know what you think. We don't know what the flag of the Terran Alliance was, only that its colours were "green, red and white." I went with the simplest possible design because I have no artistic flair. If you want to create some flags/icons of your own and have them included in future videos, I'd happily give you full credit if it's something you're interested in. Yes, those Star League era warships in the video are FAR larger and more powerful than even the Alliance Dreadnoughts but like I said, no art exists from this era.

Neat. This is a period in the lore that is so rarely ever covered. It's nice seeing the early formative years getting some attention.

Thank you for these. Makes it easy for some of the newcomers to get some deep lore info. I have been playing for year and still learned something. Nice work.

Good video and well done, an excellent summation of BattleTech lore. The only possible minor quibble I could muster is that I feel like the term Exodus in BattleTech lore is most strongly associated with the departure of General Kerensky with the bulk of the SLDF from the Inner Sphere, so using that term to refer to a different event might invite confusion later -- but that's a very trivial complaint on an otherwise excellent video.

Damn this is a great essay. You summarized this wonderfully, and have fantastic reference material. Honestly that intro video was the best thing to come out of Harebrained schemes. (Essay I said.... sorry. God damn this is some of the finest lore overview ive seen, cant believe you have structured these to reed back to back so damn smoothly!)

I'm going back through and watching older videos of yours Sven. This is so nice to see the early history of Battletech covered.

This content is really great! I hope you gain some traction and can make more!

Man surprised to see a new Vid so quickly! well done!

HBS really knows how to make a really good slideshow.

Loving these

This is some very solid work. Just found your channel swing Battletech and a ton of C&C both some of the first games I ever played so going to be checking this out.

Slight suggestion: although this can date the video going forwards, perhaps a quick word at the start (or when relevant) regarding the point in the setting's history you are discussing vs. what the current year is? I say this because as someone who is still only beginning to dip my toes into the setting I saw the first vid and thought it was the current state of affairs but that's not really it, no? Not saying it needs to be in the vid, maybe in the notes below, either description or pinned comment? Thank anyway dude, great vids!

Good video I like the maps.

Oh, so THIS is why we dont have portable fusion generators yet. (Mumbles angrily about GM for not hurrying the hell up on that) Still, cool to see the EXACT point things broke from our world. And to remember that this was all written in the 80s so XD.

Im guessing this is the place to start with your historical series? Bit difficult to understand with the order of the playlist that it's in. Very excited to listen to these during my commute though thanks! Also, is that a wee Scottish lilt i hear in your voice?

Nobody: McKenna: **deletes Australia**

I do not see a playlist for Battletech. How can I find your videos?

More please

With such beginnings of governments its no wonder so many went to the Periphery to start a new.

So humanity makes cluster fucks after clusterfucks why am I not suprised????

Fall of the Soviet Union in 2011: How you know this game dates backs back to 1984. :) I kind of miss the days when it was called Battledroids and came with Macross model kits in the box...

would a mechwarrior in the 3000s even know any of this

Song on 6:15?

Wait, are Australia and Scotland sunk in battletech lore? Or did they just get wiped of human life?

Thank you for leaving out the names and not just reading a barely intelligible wiki. Made the course of events much easier to follow.

How did Scotland become a island?

Elon Musk IV is the catalyst

ohh nooo reverse bulgaria is the future would government