BattleTech: The Periphery - An Early History

Today we're going to take a deep dive into the original Periphery sourcebook for some historical background on the origins of the Periphery planets and states. Their impact on the history of the Inner Sphere is undeniable. Let's check it out.

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[dayaninikhaton]

Holy crap Firefly is the EARLIEST Battletech story era.

[SvenVanDerPlank]

A really well put together history of the early periphery history. Love your commentary and the overall atmosphere of the video.

[Kaiju-Driver]

The periphery is quickly becoming my colors of choice. I just admire their tenacity.

[bthsr]

Something has struck me is that these are the nations best positioned to grow largest if given time. They don't completely engulf the outer borders of the major powers, but being on the outer border of the map gives them an edge in finding and settling new worlds with time.

[matthewpena]

Awesome video and that pioneer archetype is 100% what I feel they were going for in that book in the later part of the 80s. The Taurian social egalitarianism really holds true to the frontier life of everyone working together as a community. Right into them using a Monarchy as an allegory for the mayor or the one strong notable wealthy family in town. I'm still working on how not to paint them like hot dogs. :) Also thanks for doing this as there are few videos on the periphery.

[Psychohistorian]

God, those old House books were amazing. I desperately need to pick up the Periphery book.

[Kotch]

Loving this content. Rarely played the Periphery pre-Clans in BattleTech due to the scarcity of material. It was great for the Mechwarrior RPG for much the same reason.

[madlark]

Thank you so much for these videos. As I'm relatively new to the setting and am hoping to run a campaign of my own one day, these are a tremendous help in understanding the lore, especially since there is so much source material out there it is overwhelming.

[tripwire]

Amazing vid on not just the early Periphery, but on the early history of the Inner Sphere!

[Bluehairedgirl]

Thank you very much for the work you put into this video! It was a awesome watch. I’m a proud citizen of the Magistracy and I genuinely love all the Periphery states more than the inner sphere states and a LOT more than the damn clans. It’s nice to see them get some love.

[TheHussmanStuff]

The Periphery is the place to be in the BattleTech Universe

[jamieblacksmith]

I had that old manual with that marauder on it. Plus an old black and white TV as well. Yes I am old lol! Another great vid Mech Frog!

[elonwhatever]

Some engagement for a well put together project

[firtee_adorabold]

Painted up my first mechs a few weeks ago, and quickly became overwhelmed at the different factions and times. Then saw there's pirates, and I know what a pirate looks like! So that's been my anchor into all of this lol

[VaciliNikoMavich]

Beautiful story telling, I enjoy the Periphery folks, almost as if they are the rational humans.

[anselmoffrisia]

Another great synopsis video. These have been a huge help to wrap my head around the history!

[anja]

I'm really curious to hear more about the terraforming in this universe. It seems like a lot of them is like what's described in Firefly where colonists are dropped off without much supply, but was there a system for getting atmosphere and forests going?

[willbbwluvr]

Y'all, need to understand the words: "hippity hoppity, get the f$&k offa mah property!" *giggles in deep periphery while picking "bones in old van zandt" on a banjo*

[harbingerx]

Just wanted to say, this video was an unexpected treat!

[lukedudley]

I'm inner sphere forever but my heart is turian :-) gotta love a periphery nation that stands up to the sldf and doesn't blink :-) great overview :-)