A brief history of the Inner Sphere

I know brief might not the best operative word for a near 50 minute video, but people have asked for a video like this for years iirc.

Anyway I hope you like it. It took a while to get the images which a lot of them are taken from the books via high tech tools like screen capture and MS paint.

[gwem]

Battletech is something i dabbled with when i was a lot younger & have rediscovered mainly through your channel and more recently the black pants legion. Its a wonderful universe and for me up there with warhammer 40k. Keep up the excellent output chum

[michealcormier]

Thank you for doing this. I've followed Battletech since 1994, but I've just now recently really started looking into the rich backstory of the universe to really get a feel of what it would be like to live there.

[RobinMerkley]

Good stuff! I recalled most of the start just up to the rumbling's of Word O' Blake... Your IS history lesson is much appreciated sir!

[jordanwarmachine]

Thanks for these quality uploads. I haven't been this into battletech since MechWarrior 4 was new. Refreshing my memory and learning new details has me not only wanting to read more of the books, but get back into writing my own battletech stories

[chazsaw]

I have started running a campaign for tabletop as well as a roleplaying game for destiny recently, so this is super useful to be able to hand around to players not used to the setting, thank you :)

[internetzenmaster]

37:44 "The Alshain Avengers" I remember them! They were part of the first (and only) Battletech novel I physically own: Test of Vengeance... which has a Ghost Bear Elemental 1v1 a _fucking Atlas _*_AND WIN._* Good book, fun read.

[Madash]

This was fantastic, especially for someone like me who didn't know a thing about Battletech before MWO.

[zot]

Great job on the intro, brief is relitve to the amount of source material I guess lol

[SatansPooper]

Here Rocket unpacks the 30 second intro cinematic to HBS BT into a 50 min video. WIN!

[JordonVirtue]

Fantastic stuff. Keep up the good work man!

[sid]

The problem with watching these is every time I do I itch to play BATTLETECH.

[richardlayton]

Love it...said a few things I thought of but did not fully understand understand...

[nineballseraph]

Please do more short stories from the BattleTechnology magazines, they're to die for.

[CMDR_Saber]

Loved it, big thanks. Huge fan of the setting and always thought the ganes didn't do the setting justice

[ostegonation]

Awesome video CR, thanks for making it! I shared your video with a friend who is just getting into Battletech; he is a long-time MW fan (not of MWO) and I just got him the HBS Battletech game. I recommended the 3025 mod to him once he completes the campaign and I think this video will be the perfect prelude to him beginning that career.

P.S. I love how the brief history of the IS is 50 min long, it's very fitting. This universe has such a deep and rich lore to it!
P.P.S. If you ever want some help editing images, like for transparencies and what not, just give me a shout.

[RyanTheScar]

You just made my day, Sir. Starleague above all

[reasonableastartes]

Saw the note on the Terran Hegemony slide - Don't worry, nobody on this side of the pond knows how to pronounce that word regardless!

[johnmoore]

You could do what Drachinifel does, a lede that says a "brief 5 minute guide (more or less)". The Galen Cox quip brought a chuckle.

[cynnister]

FINALLY Story Time With CR!!!! YES!!!!

[cSkylaneRG]

Ooo!!! Yes to Campaigns!!! That would be AMAZING!