BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War: Armageddon Comes (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.

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Galaxy Map created from the Sarna Unified Cartography Kit (SUCKit) provided by Volt, colour added by Sven van der Plank.
Blank map available from Sarna: https://www.sarna.net/wiki/BattleTech...
Maps used in videos available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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)
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)

Further references from Sarna.net - Thank you to the Sarna.net discord for additional support:   / discord  

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Art from HBS Battletech and MechWarrior 5 belong to Harebrained Schemes and Piranha Games respectively.

BattleTech (2016) soundtrack by Jon Everist: https://joneverist.bandcamp.com/
MechWarrior 5 soundtrack by Sean Kolton: http://www.seankolton.com/samples
MechCommander soundtrack by Duane Decker: https://www.duanedecker.com/

Steiner font by Pixel Sagas: https://www.fontspace.com/steiner-fon...

Additional unit and faction insignias by:
Awesome Autocrat: https://www.deviantart.com/alchetbeac...
Flieger: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/inde...
Punakettu: https://www.deviantart.com/punakettu
Stacalkas: https://www.deviantart.com/stacalkas
Viereth: https://www.deviantart.com/viereth

0:00 One Minute to Midnight
2:36 Preparing for Invasion
3:58 A Path to Sarna
7:42 "The Eagle"
9:04 Battle for Skondia
11:22 Last Stand for New Dallas
12:31 Reprisal Raids
16:09 Missed Warnings
17:29 The Great Wave
22:39 Marik Side Shows
24:39 Liao Strikes Back
28:44 Outro