BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War: Crisis in the Inner Sphere (MechWarrior Lore)

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

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[@Madcat529]

Was a pleasure collaborating! Can't wait for the next one!

[@treevenewson]

Hear hear

[@MM22966]

The use of Tex and other BT contributors as voice-overs was a really nice touch. Gave it a "historical counterpoint" feel, and even more depth.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you. I was aiming to expand my documentary-like style and having some "historians" come on to voice their opinions seemed like a fun way to collaborate with some of my favourite BT channels. I kept things manageable with just five in the first episode but there are certainly others I'd love to get in touch with.

[@MM22966]

@@SvenVanDerPlank Now you just got to get somebody to "voice" Thelos Auburn, or other in-universe luminaries. :)

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Funnily enough that was something me and Big Red discussed.

[@MM22966]

@@SvenVanDerPlank How would you do it? Invent a script to support a document, or maybe have somebody (multiple somebodies maybe) do a reading of key passages from relevant novels? (i.e. Hanse and Melissa's wedding/start of 4th Succession Wars from the Stackpole books, etc)

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

I'm not sure. I suggested the idea to a few people afterwards but it felt too involved for the first attempt at something like this.

[@RenegadeHPG]

Spectacular work Sven! My most enjoyable BattleTech watch in some time. I will eagerly await the next chapter!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you for lending your voice and time to the project, I really appreciate it. Was great to work with you on this.

[@RenegadeHPG]

@@SvenVanDerPlank It was an honor to be invited, made even more so by the quality of your work. The community is lucky to have you sharing your talents with us.

[@JeraldSizzler]

Big fan of you, Tex, and Critical rocket! Mooooaaaaaar, please and thank you.

[@billrich9722]

Holy shit, Tex. I can't imagine the HPG bill there. Addendum I'm going to just stop pointing out people I recognize.

[@pappicusrex1238]

I am sad that I can only like this once... It deserves BOTH of my thumbs up

[@lexington476]

I love how you have a bunch of the BattleTech KZbinrs on here.

[@caesari3708]

And thus, The Leage of Lore was formed.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

The Battletech Loremasters!

[@richmcgee434]

Man, real gold standard of BT youtubers on this collab.

[@Elit3Nick]

The collaboration that nobody expected, but everyone dreamed of. It's weird to hear my boss's voice in your video (MadCat is the project lead for our Winter War fan project). I so look forward to the next videos chronicling the Amaris Civil War, and then the poorly-documented Succession Wars. Continue doing Kerensky's work good sir.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thanks. I too am looking forward to studying the Succession Wars because there is a 200 year gap in my knowledge between the Fall of the League and circa 3000.

[@PenTheMighty]

@@SvenVanDerPlank You're in for a ride. There's a lot.

[@Zenoflame]

Oh boi, here we go Gentlemen. Thanks again Sven for a great video as always.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thanks for your continued support Zenoflame.

[@ThradNevar83]

OMG TEX!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE THIS!!!!!!! I love the work both of y'all do!!!! This is my battletech/mechwarrior fix i needed!!!!!!!! Edit: OMG posted only at 30 second mark like an idiot. I love this colaboration. Love every one of these content creators!!!!!!!!!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Really pleased you enjoyed it. Hopefully I can get you your next fix soon.

[@richmcgee434]

The infographics in the Military Growth section really show why every sane opponent feared provoking the SLDF, and how it managed to grind down the Periphery, then go straight on to crush Amaris, and still retain the might to potentially decide the balance of power in the IS. Just boggling numbers there. Also explains how the Exodus fleet could start an entire new society so far beyond the borders, fight their own massive civil war, and still have the ability to rebuild into a true threat to the IS in the centuries to come. Even the much-reduced SLDF was an enormous organization.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

I really delve into the numbers in the next episode. The size of the SLDF is just utter insanity.

[@richmcgee434]

@@SvenVanDerPlank The League operated on a scale that beggars imaginations, but it's still hard to believe the Great Houses let the SLDF grow to that size while exerting so little control over it. Even the Camerons didn't really control it, its served an ideal rather than a man or even a dynasty. Sadly not a very good ideal, and in the end the avoidance of politics left the SLDF unable (or at least unwilling) to rebuild after Amaris. Kerensky's career proves the SLDF was shocking independent and the majority of its members were ultimately loyal to the organization rather than the smaller polities they were born and raised in. Must have had a phenomenally effective training program to break so many recruits of their regional loyalties and make them see the SLDF (and to a lesser degree, the League as a concept) as "home" no matter what their background.

[@JoPrair]

Sven seems to have just been declared the 1st , First Lord of the Battletech Creator League. We’ll done sir! Awesome vid!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, though I'm not sure how I feel being described as the First Lord considering it didn't end well for them.

[@e-train765]

LOVE that you brought Tex in on this 👏👏👏👏

[@BigRed40TECH]

I forgot to comment earlier, lol. Great video, I knew it would. :)

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you man.

[@DuckDuckToysStudio]

Oh this might one of the biggest collaborations battletech has ever seen, I’ll need to keep a very keen eye on this series

[@dantauche7917]

WOWOWOWOW what cameos!!!! Amazing!!

[@UrbanmechAce]

The introduction to this was perfect. Set up almost like a movie introducing characters no one was expecting. I got excited. "I know that voice, and that one too!" This was so fun and cool to watch.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you, really pleased you enjoyed it. Hoping to conclude this series in May so not much longer now.

[@lexington476]

This is really good. I love the Ken Burns style documentary. You are the Ken Burns of BattleTech

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you. I remember watching his Civil War series in school and finding it fascinating because it's a subject that really doesn't get covered much in the UK, so it's funny to see the comparison now.

[@sneedmando186]

Perfect timing, I’m new to this, like found out about it yesterday after only hearing about it in passing for decades

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

New to BattleTech? Well welcome then. You might be best served going back to the beginning of the playlist as I cover the entire history of the universe up to this point (and eventually much further too).

[@michaelkimberling7307]

33:26 how I found out that tex had a hand in writing his own lines lol

[@melvinlemay7366]

I'm 2 mins in and goodness that's some absolutely phenomenal editing.

[@YycGrumpyGamerDad]

Oh man. This one was hit right out of the park!!! Grand Slam good sir!!!!

[@kevincarlson4755]

outstanding work. thank you for an excellent video. the voice over help was a great addition. Can't wait till chapter 2.

[@JerryMnemonic]

When you said 2 to 1 and the mw5 theme kicked in I had goosebumps

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

I've legit been picturing that moment for six months now. Happy that someone mentioned it. As I was doing the scripts I would go back to the final paragraph of each episode and read it in time with that song to see how it fit.

[@bbsamik1999]

WOW this really feels like a war documentary multiple "historians" narrating the events and giving their opinions on the why and how and then showing the events in motion as they happen discussing the people involved what their personality was like this was just all around great one of your best videos Sven thank you! :D

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you, glad you thought so. Was trying to expand on my documentary-style coverage of the timeline by getting some additional voices into the videos and think it worked really well. Was fun to put together.

[@richardthompson3871]

Collab with tex?!? Based

[@richardthompson3871]

And rocket and big red! Ambitious

[@harbingerx7793]

Don't forget the Renegade HPG.

[@mikeumm]

Growing up Battletech and Mechwarrior were some of my favorites. I collected the miniatures had the technical readouts. But never had anyone to play the boardgames with. Mechwarrior 4 multi-player was my first foray into multi-player games. I even joined a clan. It's so great seeing this resurgence in Battletech and getting such great content from the community. So much nostalgia.

[@yourseatatthetable]

Nice to see Big Red collaborated, considering that he's often saying on his podcast that he's not keen on such things. Looking forward to listening to the video this evening as I have several jobs that require few hours driving (one way) to reach them.

[@jamesperkins191]

The channel had a personel change at some point for... reasons.

[@yourseatatthetable]

@@jamesperkins191 There's always reasons I'm sure.

[@KillerOrca]

MORE CROSSOVERS LIKE THIS PLEASE. I’d kill for an in universe history section with these guys again

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Well fingers crossed we can do it again in the near future. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@derekdokter4702]

This creates a mighty need in me to have a large scale rpg based in Star League politics.

[@Alpharius-Omegon]

Well documented Chronicler of Planks, we shall continue to monitor this stream on information for additional intelligence to work with

[@mkosmala1309]

Phenomenal work, and so awesome that a bunch of names in the BT community were so willing to collaborate. They recognize the quality of your work.

[@thelordofcringe]

Damn. You were already my favorite battletech channel but you've truly outdone yourself here. And those cameos really are the icing on the cake. Your people may call you a common piece of building material, but you're a good man in my book.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you, really pleased you enjoyed it.

[@kyokyodisaster4842]

@@SvenVanDerPlank same, will send some patron money when the month ticks over.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you, I really appreciate that support.

[@melikwalker296]

I have to say getting tex and Big Red 40k it's a really nice touch because I also subscribed to their channels as well I just got into BattleTech so I really don't know that much about it

[@dantauche7917]

This was an AWESOME video!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thanks, pleased you thought so.

[@lucassmith4524]

congrats on this. All of you. You all do the setting and yourselves much credit. It makes me happy to know that others "Get it", for lack of a better phrase

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you Lucas, glad you enjoyed it.

[@clarkreamer4560]

Fantastic expansion of your style. It is amazing to see the diversification of BattleTech video producers but also the willingness to share with each other.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

I'm super grateful that they were happy to share their time with me on this and thrilled to see the response. They've elevated it to a level I couldn't have reached otherwise.

[@thegunslinger8806]

It's like we should just make a Comstar History Channel documentary with this, I love it, it's perfect.

[@CyberChud2077]

Just subbed to everyone doing voices in this vid, thanks Sven!

[@JordonVirtue]

Incredible quality as always man. You're a rising star!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you.

[@TheDarkkilla12]

Oh, NOT EVEN TEN SECONDS IN and I know this was going to be a good video.

[@TroySeward]

Nice job big Battletech fan. Cool to see other Battletech KZbinrs helping out with this video.

[@RyeFields]

This is unmatched quality. And getting the voices of the community involved is absolutely amazing. Keep up the great work!

[@MathewJC25]

So happy to see Critical Rocket with other greats! CR was my first BT channel that I ever watched. Been a BT/MW fan since I was 5. Everyone check out Criticals channel, one of the best out there.

[@davidmelton3704]

Awesome video, and I loved the collaboration. You do a good job of covering these large scale, sweeping events in an enjoyable and easily followable way.

[@slenaas]

Top notch series! Really has that “History Channel documentary” feel to it. Keep them coming!

[@harbingerx7793]

This is an amazing orchestra of collaborations, contributions and community talent. Thank you so much for the organization, hard work and excellent presentation!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

It's been a joy to put together. Thank you for your continued support.

[@harbingerx7793]

@@SvenVanDerPlank any time, anytime. You are doing a wonderful service for the fans, and folks in general. Sure beats the usual diatribe utube keeps trying to push.

[@nathanielgrey4091]

This was so much fun! Everyone sounds so good!

[@MechanicalFrog]

What a great video. Top tier.

[@gabrieliacoboni6951]

Love them all. And love the universe we the fans keep alive through creators such as yourself.

[@SulliMike23]

Seeing you guys all collab in this video, makes me want to do my own BTech lore videos. I don’t have all the fancy software you guys have, but I could at least record my voice over pics.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Give it a go, you might really enjoy it. It's a fun creative outlet. It's such a vast franchise as well that there is so much you could pick to talk about.

[@slayeroflore221]

Great job. Excellent work. Every video gets a little better than the last.

[@nathanwheeler2047]

I love this with all the Battletech channels on here helping shows how much y’all love The material and how we all as gamers can come together and have fun

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you. It's been a great experience to collaborate with so many channels to create this series.

[@BK2207]

An awesome and amazing collaboration ! Happy to see all the loremasters/contributors of BattleTech working on a project together. Keep on the good work !

[@MLCrisis1790]

Another great video! Your quality was always high but it is visibly improving with each new work. Thank you for adding your perspective!

[@johnathan8388]

This was truly the right way for a collaboration for all of you folks. Well done!!!!

[@cropathfinder]

really loving the collab between my 2 favorite BT lore creators

[@chrisl10308]

Amazing collaboration. Can't wait for the next one.

[@Inignot12]

Such a great collaboration and video Sven! All the guests are some of my favorite BT creators.

[@derekburge5294]

Oh, we're in it now, boys! Beautiful work, Sven. You even got Rocket to do his historian voice!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it and appreciate your continued support. I must admit it was kind of surreal when I opened up the recordings from CR and heard his voice.

[@yecnay25]

God I love this, also love the collaboration between content creators. The Battletech Community is amazing!

[@devalk_]

What a great start to this section of history, and amazing to see all the people you were able to collaborate with on this.

[@Arron-S]

Looking forward to this!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Hope it doesn't disappoint.

[@Arron-S]

@@SvenVanDerPlankit did not! Thank you sir! An emotional event for me... Loved it

[@Cyberfender1]

Is that TEX?! I herd? Nice collaboration! Well done! Sven! Outstanding character portraits!

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you.

[@drzoidberg7767]

Great video. Loved the cross pollination and cooperation of other channels. Strikes me as strangely apropos when considering the lore of the Battletech universe and the lessons it tries to impart. Can’t wait for the rest of the series 🍿

[@Mofflin1]

Love your work, It's amazing to see this collab and it fills me with hope for the hobby.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying them. It's been really rewarding the collaborate with other channels, many of whom I've watched for years before I was making BT content.

[@thechefhans739]

This was really amazing, well done. More like this please

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

There are several more episodes in the series already if you haven't seen them. Currently working on the Amaris Coup chapter.

[@kurteibell2885]

It is so cool to see you all work together. Too bad the Star League wasn't as magnanimous as you all.

[@treevenewson]

Excellent video sir, getting better all the time.

[@Dogue83]

Wake up babe new svenderplank video just dropped

[@maggiweber]

Fantastic 😍 great to hava all this talented narrators in here. Perfect Sven!

[@gigamix7394]

Loooove hearing Big Red on this

[@sid2112]

I've been saving this for RogueTech S4 and finally it is here! I'm playing and watching! Thanks to all of you for this insanely good content.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying the videos.

[@sid2112]

@@SvenVanDerPlank I finished it just now. That was probably the best video on the SLCW that I have ever seen. Hands down #1.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Well cheers, that's very high praise. There's another four chapters out too if you aren't already watching.

[@sid2112]

@@SvenVanDerPlank Oh I am, the Concordat has me on periphery lawn maintenance for the foreseeable future!

[@chilliewhk]

As a fellow Sven I greatly appreciate your work.

[@nathanbattles3958]

Y’all did an amazing job!

[@spartanalex9006]

Can’t wait for Part II.

[@JC-nl9yq]

This was awesome! Many thanks to the vocal contributors as well. Gave you a like and long since subscribed. Keep up the great work Sven!

[@robbybarbera]

Outstanding!

[@foenrik8941]

Well done.

[@MrApvel]

Very cool collab, i enjoyed every minute :) keep it up

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I continued to collaborate with other BT channels throughout this Star League Civil War series.

[@MrApvel]

@@SvenVanDerPlank yes i found your channel through someone recommending you in Tex comments, and i now have a lot to watch the next weeks :) i will stick around

[@albireo8166]

Great work Sven love yourr work, effort and the work on the maps

[@Lemonhead209]

This fantastic, and roping in some of the top Luminaries in the BT youtube community, Truly Well done.

[@thomasc.3832]

Another great lore video!

[@namefinder]

Fantastic video! This has become my favourite era of Battletech, even ahead of the Clan Invasion and succession wars!

[@chadweirick]

Holy smokes was that Tex?!

[@rahjar]

Loved this very much

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Thanks, glad to hear it.

[@justicar5]

your becoming BattleTechs answer to Oculus Imperia, this is a great thing.

[@yourseatatthetable]

One of the things that I have always thought was that Richard Cameron was really set up for failure. A large part of this is Kerensky himself. Alexander was brilliant yet human and fallible. He really should have seen that he could either be the leader of the SLDF or Reginent, not both. A large part of Richards failings can be laid at Alexander's feet. The young Cameron was not at all prepared for his role, not was he properly raised. In a modern comparison would be that of Joffery from King of Thrones. He was horrible in part because he had few checks and balances, and no real parental guidance. We will never know if history would have been different, had Kerensky devoted himself fully to the Regent role.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

100% agree. Kerensky was not perfect and despite trying to do good, as a regent he was not very effective and allowed the First Lord to be exploited.

[@yourseatatthetable]

@@SvenVanDerPlank FYI, did you get my return email? Sometimes I think the system doesn't always work they way they say it does.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

I did indeed. Currently constructing a list of talking points to send out. Will share it with you soon.

[@yourseatatthetable]

@@SvenVanDerPlank Kewl, take your time.

[@DeamonMaim]

Look as Cameron is my favorite house and I'm literally foaming at the mouth for a Cameron restoration in the Ilclan era. Goddamn was Richard Cameron blindingly unself aware and don't get me wrong he was a KID and ISOLATED he had 0% chance the state set him up to fail as well as the bad parenting practices of the dynasty in general. IF they ever do a Cameron (best way is a video game IMO) Restoration the dissection of that part of the dynasty and the faults of the house in general would make great character building for a Restoring Cameron to reflect upon also I think would make good reading/gameplay.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

I would be interested to see that too. I'm not familiar with the later lore but I think there is some great potential there. I do try to rehabilitate Richard Cameron in this series because he gets a bad reputation and I want people to realise he was just a victim.

[@jamesperkins191]

There's sucessors to the Mckennas, and, secretly, the Camerons in the The Clans. Richard's sister had two children, the second one with Amaris (ew) but the first with her brother (double ew).

[@DeamonMaim]

@@jamesperkins191 where on earth does it read that? I always heard that they all got shot in the throne room. I never heard of any of them escaping... well except the whole Tirpitz affair but that would've been more like an obscure Cameron that would only line up for the throne after Amaris killed everyone. Never heard anything about incest and rape babies. Also, wasn't Amaris Married? (Not like it would stop him)

[@Tucker0603]

Love hearing voicing from Critical, Tex, and the rest. Great video man!

[@williamgalbraith3621]

Really good work, gentlemen! Thank you very much! I can't wait for the next chapter!

[@ebla83]

Having you, Tex, and Big red 40K in collaboration is excellent! Not to mention the others!

[@Athlon2736]

Loving the vidoes Sven. Keep at it you ABSOLUTE MADLAD

[@redasylum]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@peterh9110]

Awesome as always!

[@Demolitiondude]

One down. Eight to go. Bring the whiskey.

[@SvenVanDerPlank]

Hopefully it won't be long before the next one as I've already got it nearly finished. Just depends on other folks' schedules now.

[@Demolitiondude]

Sweet. Got no problem with waiting. Rl is priority.

[@Dracobyte]

An awesome collaboration effort!

[@michaelman957]

YOU GOT TEX?! YES!!!