Thank you so much to everyone who collaborated with me on this one. Please show some love and let them know you appreciate them volunteering their time:
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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.
Support the Channel: https://www.patreon.com/SvenVanDerPlank
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: https://www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleTechWiki:System_coordinates
Maps used in videos available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tquGOMT_K_XJvqi6GpV-DLOSmDNd4QNc
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)
DropShips & JumpShips (1619)
BattleSpace (1680)
Strategic Operations (35004)
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 https://www.sarna.net/ - Thank you to the Sarna.net discord for additional support: https://discord.gg/YgQJCQTR
BattleTech belongs to #catalystgamelabs and Topps.
Art from HBS Battletech and MechWarrior 5 belong to Harebrained Schemes and Piranha Games respectively.
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: https://www.youtube.com/c/gamingambience
Mirror's Edge Catalyst soundtrack by Solar Fields: https://solarfields.com/
MechWarrior 5 soundtrack by Sean Kolton: http://www.seankolton.com/samples
Steiner font by Pixel Sagas: https://www.fontspace.com/steiner-font-f20445
Additional unit and faction insignias by:
Awesome Autocrat: https://www.deviantart.com/alchetbeachfan
Flieger: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=47591.0
Punakettu: https://www.deviantart.com/punakettu
Stacalkas: https://www.deviantart.com/stacalkas
Viereth: https://www.deviantart.com/viereth
Additional art/videos by the artists and photographers of https://www.pexels.com/
Barış Türköz
Cliford Mervil
Felix Mittermeier
Igor Mashkov
Jeff Nissen
Jol Acen
Pixabay
Putra Kusuma
Waldemar
0:00 Titles
3:00 I: Crisis
36:55 II: Arms
1:28:20 III: Uprising
2:05:51 IV: Coup
3:05:53 V: Empire
3:41:39 VI: Vengeance
4:28:16 VII: Collapse
5:37:05 VIII: Liberation
7:21:32 IX: Exodus
