South Periphery: Weird, licentious, isolationist, sometimes paranoid, but civilized. North Periphery: HAVE YOU HEARD OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, MAD MAX????!!!
@drakozozhaeternus28403 ай бұрын
I was originally planning on running a Time of War game set in and around the Free Worlds League, but damn do I want to run something in the Rift now just because of how batshit that region is
@stephenrickman43003 ай бұрын
Last time I was this early, stefan amaris was walking into the golden corral!
@stuartwald23953 ай бұрын
He was definitely an “unlimited buffet” kind of guy.
@fuzztsimmers34153 ай бұрын
I miss the golden coral where i live
@stephenrickman43003 ай бұрын
There are still some in Illinois.
@Oi1Suzy3 ай бұрын
That man was wearing a bib!
@chrisc75633 ай бұрын
"Ah phew we survived the 4th sucession war" "AND ITS CLAN JADE FALCON WITH A STEEL CHAIR
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
This'll be the last lore video for couple weeks I think now while I knuckle down and get the Third Succession War scripts finished. I will probably release a couple chapters of an HBS BattleTech playthrough before then. There'll be one more chapter in this mini-series after I finish that game. I bumped the timeline forwards to 3028 for this one. Felt appropriate since we've been going for about three years now.
@nikoclesceri22673 ай бұрын
does that mean we'll have to wait a couple decades for the clan invasions
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
Ha, realtime history wasn't my intention.
@EricDKaufman3 ай бұрын
So, where is Van Zandt and why did it get scrumbed off the star charts by ComStar out of pure spite? 🙂
@niteshad93 ай бұрын
@@EricDKaufman Clearly, you are not familiar with the Fiesta Pail incident.
@asgrahim91643 ай бұрын
@@EricDKaufman Considering Kerensky stopped by there during the exodus and left a bad review of the local restaurants, I'd definitely say it's just barely within the Rift
@tripwire313 ай бұрын
You know, I get a lot of flak for liking the "dead and forgotten background faction" of the Rim Worlds Republic, yet their ghost is everywhere and it's something that makes my day whenever we hear of the..."descendents" of the RWR. I just wish the Finmarks lasted longer.
@MDFification13 ай бұрын
So are you excited for the Timbuktu Collective's future as I am then? One group of Rim World survivors has finally retaken a provincial capital.
@tripwire313 ай бұрын
@@MDFification1 Yes. However I feel like they're a century late to the setting. Though if they popped up earlier, they'd definitely have been wiped out by the clans for reasons.
@theprinceovercameall3 ай бұрын
I love and appreciate getting to learn the detailed backstory of these parts of the setting I've never really read into before (despite being into it since the beginning). I feel very well briefed on the history of the Inner Sphere at this point.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
Glad you're enjoying them. You've made me realise that at this point, some people are more familiar with BT history than their own country's.
@warauder42533 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks for that. It's a funny thing with some players; they've played the game for decades, know the Houses, the various mercs, Comstar and the Clans and can talk and debate them for hours (slowing down a perfectly good battle) and yet apart from the three larger periphery states and a couple of pirate groups they've fought, their eyes sort of glaze over when Niops, the Lothian League, St. Andrews etc. are mentioned. Needless to say I've told my group to watch your previous video (and will this one too). Oh, was Santander V and jolly ol' Helmar Valasek overlooked or do you consider his band not part of the Rift bandit kingdoms?
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
I was gonna include him (I said half-a-dozen at the start of the video but then added in the Ptolemeans in his place) but technically he's in the Draconis Drift and not the Rift. He'll probs get a mention in the 3rdSW towards the end.
@Somewhat-Evil3 ай бұрын
Some of the worse periphery pirates of the period between 3025 and 3075 were actually from the "civilized" Inner Sphere. Red Jack Ryan was former LCAF, Helmar Valasek was AFFS, Vance Rezak was DCMS. Of the 5 worst offenders only Lady Death Paula Trevaline and Hopper Morrison were born in the periphery. Johann "Ceasar" O'Reilly was also a native of the periphery, but he was more a concurring warlord who supplemented his recourses and income with privateering.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
I guess that ties into the Antithesis Creed, "nothing good ever comes from the Inner Sphere," themselves included.
@dashsocur3 ай бұрын
Oh their days are definitely numbered but I don't think their end will come from the direction they expect...
@thomasrose45233 ай бұрын
Wooo! More BattleTech lore! Rewatched the Star League Civil War, started the First Succession War video. It's been a nice week so far!
@devalk_3 ай бұрын
Happy to hear more about the periphery, So much takes place in the great house territory, it's nice to hear about them too
@ero98413 ай бұрын
Periphery is such interesting area of battletech. Good job on your videos man
@afitz343 ай бұрын
It would take about 25 more years before pirate activity in that portion of space would be brought to heel.
@jefferynelson3 ай бұрын
leaving a comment to support this content creator
@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey3 ай бұрын
Always a treat when Sven posts a new video.
@wimhertogen59793 ай бұрын
Hell yeah, thanks Sven
@devlincognito50053 ай бұрын
Loving these!
@RenBR3 ай бұрын
Awesome video. Keep up the good work
@takumicrary43963 ай бұрын
Been reading thru the first couple of Battletech books and having watched a bunch of your videos made it really enjoyable.
@harvestblades3 ай бұрын
I really dig these sideshows!
@harbingerx77933 ай бұрын
As always, I enjoy your history lessons. So glad to see more of the Periphery covered. Such an interesting and mysterious region full of possibilities.
@stephenknizek26513 ай бұрын
Never heard of the Ptolemean Province before, interesting.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
As far as I know, it's sole appearance was in the 25th anniversary book. Very minor thing to include but I wanted to highlight that some of those systems that have been greyed out are still supporting sizable populations.
@floriangallus77603 ай бұрын
These are coming out fast😮 I love it. Especially since I have the week off to enjoy them without the thought of work in my neck. Thanks man.
@Bluehairedgirl893 ай бұрын
As always, thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into this video. It’s hugely appreciated and I enjoyed this one just as much as all the others.
@thecommuterzombie3 ай бұрын
Really enjoying these punchier lore videos, a nice change of pace before the next big series. 😊
@Zattack193 ай бұрын
Welcome to my favorite area of the my periphery for all the weird stuff. Enjoy the Rosetta Head Hunter missiles, the weird Blakist undersea converted Amaris factory, the weirdos at Stars End and cap it off with a hunting expedition at Hunters Paradise!
@slayeroflore2213 ай бұрын
Thank you. The micro states and bandit kingdoms get so little attention. Great work as always sir.
@ebla833 ай бұрын
Excellent work Sven! I love these mini series!
@thedocklighter3 ай бұрын
Bandit or government... In BT it's all a matter of perspective, the ability to gain "respectability" through force of arms, and whether the bother of deployment of a single nuke can easily & quickly resolve any difference of opinions.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
You're not wrong. The Successor States are nothing if not hypocritical. They'll decry bandit attacks striking at their periphery facing worlds, then turn around and launch another invasion against their neighbour.
@sebastiang.50323 ай бұрын
Brilliant work, this adds so much spice to my knowledge of BT fluff.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
The Bandit Kingdoms are definitely spicy.
@camd63943 ай бұрын
Sven makes my 12 hr work day feel like just 11 1/2 ( I get a 1/2 hour lunch)
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
Glad I can offer you something that makes the day pass a little quicker.
@Tzilandi3 ай бұрын
And then the Clans showed up!
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
All these different groups, all equally trashed come 3050.
@krinsbez2 ай бұрын
I'm finally caught-up, woo-hoo! 8:31 Finally! At least SOMEONE in this setting has the self-awareness to call themselves a King.
@stuarttarsey60943 ай бұрын
Great video. I'm surprised you didn't mention the actions of The Red Cousair (the first one) as she was active at the time.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
That's way more relevant to Inner Sphere history since it's Katrina Steiner's pseudonym while she's in exile. It'll absolutely come up when I reach that point in the 3rdSW.
@robin64693 ай бұрын
Another banger from Mr Plank!
@AGS3633 ай бұрын
I do not want to give Spoilers: but the situation on von Strang's world got far worse in the future.
@paulthomas78023 ай бұрын
Outstanding as always
@RouterChain3 ай бұрын
As good as always! Thx,Sven.
@duanewong15273 ай бұрын
Ah yes.. Sigurd... Brings back the days of pirate hunting in mechwarrior 2 mercenaries, until stumbling into some very interesting, militaristic, high-tech animal worshipping people...
@SulliMike233 ай бұрын
I look forward to any videos on the Magistracy of Canopus and the Outworlds Alliance.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
I've given them a lot of focus in the past, in the Reunification War series especially. I just wanted to focus on some of the more minor fractions in these episodes.
@1000nod3 ай бұрын
looking into the inner sphere for the Fist and the dragon, but missing the bear, the wolf, the falcon and the jaguar.
@Ragnaroknrol3 ай бұрын
More comments to feed the algorithm so many more may know your awesomeness.
@shimazutakuma103123 күн бұрын
Banditos amigos, in every shape or form, banditos will be there 😅 these are rich bandits tho
@marley78683 ай бұрын
well I'll give that philosophy credit no good has ever come from the inner sphere the seemingly to screw everyone over
@lexington4763 ай бұрын
Redjack!
@zapdragon233 ай бұрын
Ah yes the bandit kingdoms, the Lyran's very stupid prize for the very stupid game they played with the remains of the RWR.
@getfreur24583 ай бұрын
RWR had it coming after what they did with the TH. Karma is a bitch.
@zapdragon233 ай бұрын
@@getfreur2458I meant with Finmark and Oberon. They destroyed any semblance of functional government that could have kept the pirates in check. They wanted an unstable region but didn't consider the long term consequences of creating a lawless region right in their own back yard.
@nono26453 ай бұрын
love it
@mkang87823 ай бұрын
I love hearing about these areas that I frequently forget about, myself. Does the lore say why the original Hendrik Grimm went AWOL?
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
I mentioned it in the 2ndSW briefly. Grimm was described as someone who was once reliable but has slipped into a kind of paranoia. He was tasked with defending a crucial lynchpin near Terra but snapped under the pressure. He claimed a lack of support from the LCAF, and several other sources have given that at face value, but in the context of his known personality, who knows what the actual situation was.
@Sierra0263 ай бұрын
Haha, Butte Hold
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
I pronounced it correctly this time, lol
@Western_13 ай бұрын
How in the hell do you put these out so fast. I want to make videos but can't even sit down to do one.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
Well the scripts were already written for this one, so I sat down to record after yesterday's went out and then did 50/50 last night and this morning to have it rendering over lunch. When you don't have many complications like map work to slow things down you can really crank this shit out after you've been doing it for a while, lol
@irishtank423 ай бұрын
Hmm, odd looking area. I feel a corridor could be made...nah.
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
Good place to test your mettle before embarking on a great crusade.
@timkaase87Ай бұрын
I haven't heard from you in a couple of months,are you feeling okay?
@SvenVanDerPlankАй бұрын
Still alive. I got really burned out and was struggling a lot to write the next project. Then in early June I was really unwell and that lasted for over a week. But I'm finally getting back into it now. I'm fact, there should be a new video going live within the next 24 hours.
@ThatSlowTypingGuy3 ай бұрын
2:30 Anyone know which mechs are on the right here?
@SvenVanDerPlank3 ай бұрын
Starslayer
@ThatSlowTypingGuy3 ай бұрын
@@SvenVanDerPlank Neat. Thanks! It's surprising I'm still encountering so many pre-invasion era mechs I've never seen before.
@derekburge52943 ай бұрын
I love the idea of a pacifist faction thinking they'll inherit the Inner Sphere... Absolutely the least genre-savvy group in fictional history.