BattleTech Lore & History - Terran Alliance: 'ab initio' (MechWarrior Lore)

#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.

Galaxy Map created from the Sarna Unified Cartography Kit (SUCKit) provided by Volt, colour added by Sven van der Plank.

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)

BattleTech belongs to #catalystgamelabs and Topps.
Art from HBS Battletech and MechWarrior 5 belong to Harebrained Schemes and Piranha Games respectively.

Additional unit and faction insignias by:

Alexandr Ivanov
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Barış Türköz
Cliford Mervil
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Edvin Richardson
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Felix Mittermeier
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0:00 Fall of the Soviet Union
4:20 Soviet Civil War
6:02 Western Alliance
7:17 Fusion Reactor
9:49 Kearny & Fuchida
11:03 Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
15:51 Outro

[SvenVanDerPlank]

Hope you enjoy this little diversion from the Succession Wars. Wanted to revisit some of the earliest lore in the timeline and create a more complete history of the Terran Alliance.

I promise this is all REAL BattleTech Lore. I didn't make any of this up.

I'm not even gonna bother telling people not to talk real-world politics in the comments because I know some of you lot won't be able to help yourself. Just know I ain't gonna engage.

[Einwetok]

Most excellent! Keep in mind guys, most of this timeline was written in the 1980's.

[EinsiJo]

So the entire Battletech universe can be summed up as "What if the Star Wars Program worked?"

[ZontarDow]

Didn't even realise this era had lore

[entrphyst]

"Sarna Unified Cartography Kit" 😆 I bet that was a helluva project.

[paulwhite]

I love this alternate timeline. This is great. We need more.

[meansofproduction]

Great stuff, Sven. The Rudy callout is especially hilarious, today.

I was six miles from the East German border when the wall came down, as people say now. It was a bit more complicated than that, at the time, at the sharp edge of the Warsaw Pact, but the alternate history gives me a warm glow and this was a great moment of canon.

[Kalabajooie]

President Giuliani? I guess it's no more absurd than the history we got...

[jefferynelson]

absolutely the best video about the origin of the BT universe

[ralphsexton]

@SvenVanDerPlank - I always thought these early years, and how they diverge from our own, were fascinating. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this from you. Honestly, as a 34-year-veteran of BattleTech... you, Tex, BigRed, and MechFrog make up much of my preferred listing. I greatly appreciate your work. Maybe one day I can afford to support, but for now I keep listing.

[erikyoung]

Best Battletech Lore series going on right now

[levelbearhuntingarmor]

6:06 No way Boris Johnson is a canon character in the Battletech universe lol

[igncom]

You can really tell when this was written before the 90's, but having prime minister Johnson mentioned for the UK gave me psychic damage.

[HereBeDragonsYT]

President Giuliani? That didn't age well.

[MrScientifictutor]

President Juliani and Prime Minister Johnson combo is great.

[eggdrasilwarthog]

Started your battletech lore series a month ago, finished it two weeks ago. Really cool to see how far youve come by seeing your first video covering this era and this one so close together

[Hatgames]

These journeys into history are nice to see. With your presentation and script they feel alive. Great work sir!

[Wrangler-fpei]

Great video, very special time in Battletech universe not people are familiar with. Thank you for highlighting it!

[TAITheAsian]

President Giuliani? I didn't even know that was a bit in the Lore. Its pretty crazy some writer back in the day projected forward with that. Unless its someone else aside from four seasons Giuliani. I'm hyped for more videos for the earlier lore! One thing I love about the Battletech books and such is how they talk about things from the ancient past and how crazy distant the Modern 31st century is from our 21st century world to them and what transmit through history especially after all the dang wars.

[krinsbez]

Oooh, I love this sort of thing. the backstory bits in a space opera that explained how we got here that inevitably turn into alternate history or, get ignored. it's cool in Star Trek, it's cool in Babylon 5, it's cool here. It's even cool in really old stuff like Last and First Men, which end up being completely gonzo in hindsight of how off-base the predictions were.