BattleTech: The Rim Worlds Republic - A Short History - Part 2

[@michaelkimberling7307]

It’s always fun to hear a different spin or perspective on a lore event. You shouldn’t feel held back just because someone else covered it already.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Fair. Thanks.

[@HubStationCostumes]

Please keep doing literally anything you want on Battletech. Your presentation is amazing and a delight to listen to.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Thank you!

[@defiantmechwarrior2397]

Oh snap up to Stephan...I've been waiting for that name since the first episode

[@MechanicalFrog]

dun dun dun...

[@deccard7106]

Dude, this narration is spectacular. Part three would be most welcome.

[@dieseljester3466]

I second this sentiment. Sure, Tex, Critical Rocket, Sven, Big Red, and others have done the Amaris/Star League Civil War, but I always love hearing how others cover the history. Everyone has their take on it and hearing this from the RWR side of things would be interesting.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Thank you.

[@chesterstevens8870]

The RWR appears to be a microcosm of the larger Inner Sphere chicanery, in that it perfectly encapsulates many people's summary that Battletech is more or less "Game of Thrones, with giant robots."

[@MechanicalFrog]

Not too far off from that.

[@matthewneuendorf5763]

Game of Thrones is more accurately described as "Battletech but without the giant robots." Battletech even has dragons (the faction, the 'mech, and the xenofauna).

[@MechanicalFrog]

@@matthewneuendorf5763 The BT universe is infinitely more interesting.

[@igorsdonjon2271]

or is game of thrones battletech without giant robots?

[@MechanicalFrog]

@@igorsdonjon2271 BT is GoT but with better writing and a much deeper backstory.

[@oleksaderzybis9052]

Wonderful. Not sure the detailed description of Amaris Civil war is really needed, but putting it in 5-10 minutes (contrary to 3 hours) and expanding on "what happened to RWR territories after" sounds like a neat idea. Newcomers would really appreciate this.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Sounds like a plan.

[@iller3]

I would **not** be offended if it trailed off from here because what was covered was done so thoroughly and just portrayed the tone of everything happening so very well

[@MechanicalFrog]

Fair.

[@A88mph]

You may as well conclude your take on this slice of BattleTech lore. Everyone brings something to the table.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do.

[@wraith7989]

Make the next one. Every lore video I’ve seen offers something different and has its own take on things. It lets you see the story from several different points of view.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Roger dodger.

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

Go for it. Yes there's a huge Amaris Civil War/ The Fall of the Star League video(s) out there (BPL) but a discussion of what happened to the Rim World's Republic after Amaris would be fascinating.

[@MechanicalFrog]

I think focusing on the RWR offers an opportunity for a unique take.

[@kennethhummel4409]

Yes please! Continue the story.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do.

[@michaelgelose6029]

I’d like to hear your take on the Amaris Civil War. Go for it.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do, though I will focus on the impact of it on the Rim Worlds.

[@davidwilliams1579]

Personally I'm really enjoying this as I do your other videos. I think its fitting the story is finished in your style. I feel It would be jarring to have the start and middle your style and finished in someone else's. It's your channel and your time. Do what your passionate about, I'll still be watching.

[@MechanicalFrog]

I've been convinced. Part 3 next week.

[@cesarespinozaspain]

Go ahead and make part 3! You do you and lay it on with your style, there can never be enough lore and history. Finish what you started!

[@MechanicalFrog]

Roger dodger

[@Somewhat-Evil]

Please continue, your take on the event might add something new to discussions, as most videos center on the SLDF/General Kerensky POV.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Alrighty. Will do.

[@Brofisticus]

I'd like to see part 3 and as much onward as you have a desire to create. More variety in perspectives and presentation is rarely a bad thing and I always enjoy more good Battletech content.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do

[@matthewneuendorf5763]

I'm very much enjoying these historical surveys. Please keep it going. You can easily do two more sections: the Amaris Coup (through to the fall of the Amaris Empire) and the Amaris Heir (the attempted Amaris restoration after the Clan Invasion). Don't worry about whether or not someone else has already covered a topic. New perspectives and presentation styles are always valuable, and if the length of the video is similar to this one then it offers an alternative just from the standpoint of time commitment. IMO it's also good to have a more serious overview without all of the memes and hyperbole.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Roger dodger.

[@grinningidiot]

Just because it's been done doesn't mean you shouldn't do it. As an artist almost everything I just is just my own flavor of something that is already out there but that's part of what makes it worth doing.

[@MechanicalFrog]

I'm working on it. Just with a little bit of a twist.

[@imjustajanitorbut2399]

Nah, keep going. I really dig your delivery and I don’t know who those other KZbinrs are. I’m also very interested in the various states especially the ones outside of the core.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do. But I'll try to put a unique spin on it.

[@kierdalemodels]

Thank you so much for making this. It was far more detailed about the Republic than I had expected, and really serves to show how bad the Reunification Wars were. Makes me want to use my 🦈RWR mechs against some Kurita and Lyran forces in the future!🔥 I’d love to see a third part, if you can do it in a way you enjoy. Perhaps cover it just from the Republic’s perspective🤔, rather than focusing on Stephan Amaris - where he was and what he was doing - which I think most of us know.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Fair. I'll work on it.

[@117Aster]

Part 3 would be welcomed. I enjoy your stuff because of the shorter format and how you really cut to the chase

[@MechanicalFrog]

I try to limit the flim flam. 😀

[@VaciliNikoMavich]

This a great video, your story telling and narration are top notch.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gregbird5684]

There is no such thing as 2 much battletech lore😊 keep up the awesome ness 👏 👏👏👏👏

[@MechanicalFrog]

Heh, ok!

[@jackl4349]

I'd love a wrap up and paint combo vid. If you feel like painting a mech from this faction.

[@MechanicalFrog]

That's an interesting idea... I'll have to ponder if that's possible in the schedule.

[@harvestblades]

Give us a part 3 or however many it takes assuming you want to cont to cover it. I enjoy your content & as I am currently thinking about needing to paint my mechs I will never get around to it or be happy with tye end result if I hold myself to the standard of all the amazing mechs I see painted up (yours included). Just give it your best & I'm sure we will enjoy it at the least it is more content & more practice for this growing channel.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Part 3 next week. I'm going to limit it to how Stefan Amaris's... kerfuffle... ended up impacting the Rim Worlds itself rather than the entirety of the Inner Sphere.

[@STSGingie]

The point of these videos is to tell these stories in your own words. Don't worry about other KZbinrs, you started this narrative and now it's time to finish the story and by God do it with pride.

[@MechanicalFrog]

I will, and focus on the Rim planets/people rather than the galaxy-wide conflict.

[@STSGingie]

@@MechanicalFrog Your perspective on the Amaris Coup is just as valid as others.

[@Arron-S]

Part 3 please, you cover different points to others helping to create a bigger picture

[@MechanicalFrog]

Roger dodger

[@CraigSteinhoff]

More! Great series

[@MechanicalFrog]

More to come! btw, thank you for your membership. I wasn't able to get you into tomorrow's video recognition slide as it was already rendered and uploaded, but I added you for next time.

[@TheMurlocmage]

do the part 3, there's no need to fret about what others have done when you have a story to finish.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do.

[@justdubuc1292]

Can’t wait for a part 3 keep up the great work

[@MechanicalFrog]

It should be ready Tuesday of next week.

[@BCWasbrough]

If the next parts of the story are something you feel you'd like to cover on your channel, I'd watch/listen.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do.

[@oneproudbrowncoat]

Here's a suggestion. How about doing a "VH1 where are they now" with the various RWR worlds?

[@MechanicalFrog]

Trouble is, there's very little official lore on many of these planets.

[@oneproudbrowncoat]

@@MechanicalFrog I reckon not. More's the pity.

[@JanJansen985]

Mostly absorbed into lyran states and one funny bandit kingdom that fought the clans

[@jessebrotherthat5364]

We can do with seeing the civil war from the rim world perspective.

[@MechanicalFrog]

That's the current plan.

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

I have this character I've been chewing over in my head for my own mech force. A bit of a joke on a neo confederates from the modern day, basically a pirate queen who's from a bastard Ameris line that survived to the dark age.

[@MechanicalFrog]

huh.

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

@@MechanicalFrog just thought it be a funny Back story. Gotta get a stone rhino for her lance now.

[@bthsr7113]

If we didn't know what came after, it would sound like Stefan was off to a decent start to hold the ship steady or continue the slow restoration after all the damage of the SLDF invasion.

[@MechanicalFrog]

I can't imagine what he thought he was going to do to keep it all together or if it was just an act of destructive spite.

[@bthsr7113]

@@MechanicalFrog I'm inclined to think that at some point after the SLDF started really gaining ground in the Hegemony, he realized his plan was lost, but I don't think he knew before then. I feel that by the time the SLDF deployed to Terra itself, he was fully trying to take them down with him or put them down before he went, but he would finally see he had lost, and evidently, he preferred being a prisoner over trying to deny a full victory.

[@Kaiju-Driver]

I thoroughly enjoy your content so whether if you decide to make a 3rd video or not just know I'll watch it regardless lol.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Thank you! I'm working on it this weekend.

[@meatmelon1476]

I think it would be neat if for part 3, instead of looking at the entire civil war, you focused on what was going on within the RWR when it went down. Like, instead of doing part 3 on amaris, you looked at the Republic itself

[@MechanicalFrog]

Yeah that might be interesting.

[@greysonjones5429]

Excellent video as always, would love to hear your thoughts on the Usurper's war. Also, small criticism: I think that your transitions in between the sections sound a bit flat. My suggestions to fix this is either 1) Let silence hang over the area, or 2) find a different way of saying it. Look forward to part 3. Cheers!

[@MechanicalFrog]

Thank you. I'll ponder how to mix things up a bit with the transitions.

[@Fenris77]

A different view on the BT lore is allways welcome.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Roger dodger.

[@Fenris77]

@@MechanicalFrog Plus I LOVE how accurate you are about the Taurians the greatest and most awesome example of bullheaded independence minded people in the BT universe. Pun intended.

[@MechanicalFrog]

@@Fenris77 Thank you. I do want to give everyone their fair shake.

[@Fenris77]

@@MechanicalFrog Great. When you get to the clans I can say two names. Clans: Wolverine and Blood Spirit.

[@MechanicalFrog]

@@Fenris77 We'll see... we'll see...

[@AronFigaro]

I like your take on things, and you don't have to be so hard on yourself comparing yourself to folks like BPL. They have this thing called a budget. If you're not confident covering the whole civil war, one thing that is very rarely talked about is the early years of Stefan Amaris, before Terra.

[@MechanicalFrog]

I'm going to focus just on how the civil war impacted the planets and people of the Republic, rather than trying to explain the grand opera.

[@bthsr7113]

"a triumvirate was chosen to guard the realm until she matured" Oh for.... there are no good ideas here.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Triumvirates always go well.

[@lorefox201]

oh boy

[@MechanicalFrog]

and how!

[@MaxSabbath666]

sorry if this is a weird place to ask questions about 3d printing, but i figured id give it a shot. im a big fan of your work. your prints are very crisp and very impressive. ive previously asked you whioh printer and settings you use and you told me youre running an elegoo saturn. i just found a Saturn "S" model online for $100 and im pretty sure im gonna buy it. it appears to be just a slightly upgraded version of the regular saturn. what are your thoughts? should i go for it? im currently rrunning an anycubic photon S and my results are nowhere near as awesome as yours, much lower resolution. thank you for all your hard work

[@MechanicalFrog]

So long as it is functioning and doesn't need an overhaul with a new LCD screen or more, I'd go for it. The Saturn is a good machine.

[@StoriesByPenguin]

please continue.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do.

[@135forte]

If you do move to other topics, might I request the Brotherhood of Randis?

[@MechanicalFrog]

Heh, I'll have to look into that.

[@robrib2682]

The only thing that I'd say that if you don't want to cover the rest of it because it's been done to death so to speak by people who have done a very good job of it, is to just link one of those videos in the description and call it a day

[@MechanicalFrog]

Fair.

[@dieseljester3466]

*GASP* The Draconics Combine is callous and cruel to civilians!? Surely you jest! The Combine is the kindest, most considerate Great House towards all civilians. Just ask the people of Kentares, they'll back me up on this! 🤣😂😜🤪

[@MechanicalFrog]

This tweet paid for by the People's Committee for the Greater Combine

[@dieseljester3466]

@@MechanicalFrog Glory to the Coordinator! LOL 😆😅

[@MechanicalFrog]

@@dieseljester3466 Indeed...

[@finncampbell4662]

Part 3! Part 3! Part 3!!!!!

[@MechanicalFrog]

ok!

[@finncampbell4662]

@@MechanicalFrog Woooot!

[@jeffd7976]

I'm so excited to hear about the rest of the periphery I'm inclined to say skip it but there's something about leaving a story half-told right....If your plan for all this is "full short histories" then you gotta tell it. If your plan is "historical origins" then I'd say skip it. Newcomers would probably appreciate a full history. I can't imagine what it's like trying to find your way into the lore from scratch. The periphery isn't covered in the box set Primers.

[@MechanicalFrog]

The third video will focus on the planets and people of the republic. Rather than the galaxy wide conflict. I think there's a story to tell there.

[@Based_Lord_Humongous]

PART 3!!

[@MechanicalFrog]

ok!

[@jeffallison09]

Make the next one. Why rely on other channels, you've got your own to run and earn from.

[@MechanicalFrog]

True. I just want to make sure I focus my efforts on what people will find entertaining.

[@fluttershy89]

part 3 please

[@MechanicalFrog]

Will do.

[@bryanmcmahon8593]

Do it you amphibian, part 3 or bust.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Alrighty.

[@eyelovebacon]

Do it!

[@derekburge5294]

Just because someone else covered it doesn't mean we don't want to hear your take.

[@MechanicalFrog]

Fair.

[@derekburge5294]

@@MechanicalFrog No joke, man! We all love ya here.

[@MechanicalFrog]

@@derekburge5294 Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@weaselwolf]

Always happy to see more vids from you, but I think I'd rather see something new. Not that you couldn't do the civil war justice but it's been covered by plenty of people, but actual breakdowns of the other periphery nations is something seriously lacking. Circle back to the civil war later. A short, concise summary would be nice to have (nothing against Tex but 3+ hours is a lot) but I'd rather see you cover something else first

[@MechanicalFrog]

I think, due to feedback, I will do a third video but focus mainly on how it impacted the Republic words themselves rather than trying to do all of the civil war.

[@weaselwolf]

Sounds like a good idea

[@tehpw7574]

Finish this.... please?

[@MechanicalFrog]

Alrighty. Just because you asked.

[@tehpw7574]

@@MechanicalFrog TU. We already ONLY got 1st & 2nd Succession Wars Books... don't be like Catalyst...

[@MechanicalFrog]

@@tehpw7574 hah, ok ok.