BattleTech Lore & History

==Description==
BattleTech Lore & History is a series of videos created by Sven van der Plank's Youtube channel. Which is dedicated highlight canon history of the Battletech universe.
==Videos==
===Background Videos to BattleTech===
These are introduction videos that goes into the basics of the BattleTech universe. Overall history & Key factors.
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*Description: An Introduction to the Inner Sphere & the BattleTech
center|500 px|An Introduction to the Inner Sphere & the BattleTech Setting
*Description: Introduction to BattleMechs
center|500 px|Introduction to BattleMechs
*Description: Understanding Regimental Names in the 31st Century (MechWarrior Lore)
center|500 px|Understanding Regimental Names in the 31st Century
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*Description: JumpDrives, JumpPoints & JumpShips- How do they work?
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===History of Battletech by Era===
====Terran Alliance Era====
Summary: Earliest era of the Battletech universe, where these series of episodes show the beginning era how things evolved into mass colonization of space.
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Episode 1 - ab initio (From the Beginning)
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Episode 2 - pax terran (earthly peace)
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Episode 3 - ad astra (to the stars)
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Episode 4 - ultra infinitum (to infinity)
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Episode 5 - memento mori (remember that you will die)
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====Age of War Era====
Summary: Each entry is a significant event featured in Sven van der Plank's series focus on the Age of War Era. This was first major timeframe featured in the BattleTech universe, which covers the Fall and rise Terra's interstellar influence, the development of former Terra Alliance nations becoming the major interstellar nations of what become the Inner Sphere, of course development of the BattleMech, the walking machine of war that changes everything.
Each entry focus on certain aspects of the era and its factions.
*Wiki Note: In canon, Age of War era is a "sub-era" which belongs to the Star League Era listed below. For chronicle reasons, its listed separately. Its original listing was to simplify break down of Battletech history for newcomers to the genre.
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Terran Alliance, The Exodus & Outer Reaches Rebellion
center|500 px|Terran Alliance, The Exodus & Outer Reaches Rebellion
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Campaigns of Persuasion and Capellan Zone Collapse
center|500 px|Campaigns of Persuasion and Capellan Zone Collapse
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First Interstellar Nations and the Free Worlds League
center|500 px|First Interstellar Nations and the Free Worlds League
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Rise of House Kurita and the Hegemony-Supremacy War
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Operation PROMETHEUS and the Long March Campaign
center|500 px|Operation PROMETHEUS and the Long March Campaign
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The Von Rohr Rebellion and the Death of House Kurita
center|500 px|The Von Rohr Rebellion and the Death of House Kurita
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Rim War, Marik Campaigns and the "Bloodthirsty Giant"
center|500 px|Rim War, Marik Campaigns and the "Bloodthirsty Giant"
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Davion Civil War - War of the Five Princes
center|500 px|Davion Civil War - War of the Five Princes
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Overall History of the Age of War - A Complete 500 Years account on events.
center|500 px|Age of War - A Complete 500 Year History
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=====Forgotten Fragments from the Age of War=====
Overview: The Fragments from the Age of War, is a series of short videos highlighting notable events in during Age of War that didn't not a lot attention in the original series.
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Episode 1 - November Conspiracy 
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Episode 2 - Times and Tribulation
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Episode 3- The Dark Years
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====Star League Era====
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=====Reunification War=====
Each entry is a significant event featured in Sven van der Plank's series focus on the Star League Era. This Era shows the rise of the Terra Hegemony influence and control by signing the treaties cementing it's new power, the Star League. The treaties that led to Terra's control, the war that unified major ruling Houses under the aegis of Star League. Under leadership of the Star Lord, Star League would rule all of known human space within the Inner Sphere and it's neighboring Periphery.
Then it's later descend and decline as ambitious personas craved the power of the Star League and perhaps revenge. 
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End of the Age of War and Founding of the Star League
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Reunification War - Introduction & Malagrotta Affair
center|500 px|Reunification War - Introduction & Malagrotta Affair
Reunification War- Military Overview & Comparison
center|500 px|Reunification War - Military Overview & Comparison
Reunification War - Operation Bull Run & Battle of Robsart
center|500 px|Reunification War - Operation Bull Run & Battle of Robsart
Reunification War: Operation Mailed Fist & Union Hold 
center|500 px|Reunification War - Operation Mailed Fist & Union Hold
Reunification War- Case BLACK & Fall of Canopus
center|500 px|Reunification War - Case BLACK & Fall of Canopus
Reunification War- Nukes Unleashed & Freebooters War
center|500 px|Reunification War- Nukes Unleashed & Freebooters War
Reunification War- Day of Rage & Star League Victory
center|500 px|Reunification War- Day of Rage & Star League Victory.
Reunification War- Periphery Aftermath & Epilogue
center|500 px|Reunification War- Periphery Aftermath & Epilogue
Reunification War- A Complete 20 Year History 
center|500 px|Reunification War- A Complete 20 Year History
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=====The Golden Age=====
The Golden Age, the rise of technology heights humanity had never dream to archived with promise of peace and prosperity under the guidance of Terra and Star League.
However, with under the shiny towers, technological marvels, and promises of dreams come true are nightmares. Dark movements of political greed among the member states with conflicts hidden from plain view. The underbelly of it all, subjected Periphery States, begin to grumble of mistreatment.
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Golden Age- The Good Years & Amaris Crisis (MechWarrior Lore)
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Golden Age - First Hidden War & Selaj Purge
center|500 px|Golden Age - First Hidden War & Selaj Purge
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Golden Age- Second Hidden War
center|500 px|Golden Age- Second Hidden War (MechWarrior Lore)
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Golden Age- Marik Civil War & Third Hidden War
center|500 px|Golden Age- Marik Civil War & Third Hidden War
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Golden Age- Overview of the 150 Years of the Gold Age of the Star League prior to the Civil War.
center|500 px|Golden Age - A Complete 150 Year History
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=====Star League Civil War=====
War with many names, Amaris Coup, Star League Civil War, Rim Worlds War; Whatever names this moment in history, this marked the end of Mankind's Golden Era heralding sub-era which would trigger centuries of wars to come. With General Kerensky, attempting retake heart of the Star League, Terran Hegemony from hands of a power crazy madman & his army after the murder of his Star Lord, Richard Cameron.
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Star League Civil War - Inner Sphere in Crisis. Beginning war the destroyed the Star League.
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War- Crisis in the Inner Sphere (MechWarrior Lore)
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Star League Civil War - Inner Sphere in Crisis: Arms Industry & Deployment of the Star League itself and its would be conqueror the Rims Worlds Republic
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War- Arms Industry & Deployment (MechWarrior Lore)
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Star League Civil War - Members-States Military Oveview
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War - Members State Military Overview
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BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War- Periphery Uprising-Freedom War
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BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War- - The Amaris Coup - APOTHEOSIS (MechWarrior Lore)
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Battletech Lore & History - Star League Civil War - The Last Stand of the Black Watch
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BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War - The Amaris Empire
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War - The Amaris Empire
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BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War- Rim Worlds Republic Invasion
center|500 px|Battletech Lore & History - Star League Civil War - Invasion of the Rim Worlds Republic
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BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War- The Battle for Terra
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War - The Battle for Terra
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Star League Civil War- Kerensky's Exodus (MechWarrior Lore)‎
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War - Kerensky's Exodus
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BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War- A Complete 35 Year History
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Star League Civil War- A Complete 35 Year History
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====Succession Wars Era====
Centuries of War, where countless lives and technology would be lost. Series conflicts reducing once produce interstellar nation to near barbaric conditions with only some technology remaining, hinted of far more sophisticated age had passed. Each entry is a significant event featured in Sven van der Plank's series focus on the Succession Wars Era. This Era tells the detailed accounts from all known canon source books of most defining era of BattleTech, the Succession Wars. 
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=====First Succession War=====
Arguably the most violent of these wars was the sometimes referred to as the First War or Great Succession War, where technology and weaponry of Star League was plentiful with many recruited exSLDF troops turn mercenary fight exStar League states for resources and domination. In the process of this conflict to be next Star Lord, worlds burn, technology lost, and people die. 
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Battletech Lore & History - First Succession War- Phoney War - Episode 1
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Phoney War (MechWarrior Lore) 
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Political Overview - Episode 2
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Political Overview (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Military Overview - Episode 3
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Military Overview (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Armageddon Comes - Episode 4
center|500 px|First Succession War- Armageddon Comes - Episode 4
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Apocalypse - Episode 5
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Apocalypse (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Sins of the Fathers - Episode 6
center|500 px|First Succession War- Sins of the Fathers (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Eternal Dishonour - Episode 7
center|500 px|First Succession War- Eternal Dishonour (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- New Blood - Episode 8
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- New Blood (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Politics at Play - Episode 9
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- The Grind - Episode 10
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- The Grind (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Peripheral Vision - Episode 11
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Peripheral Vision (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- End of the Road- Episode 12
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BattleTech Lore & History - First Succession War- Peace For our Time - Episode 13
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=====Second Succession War=====
Barely 20 years of peace having passed from apocalyptic Succession War, the Great Succession War. Then the unexpected turn of events that lead to the Second Succession War.
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Eye of the Storm - Episode 1
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Echoes from the Past - Episode 2
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Echoes from the Past (MechWarrior Lore)
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- The Auld Enemy - Episode 3
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- The Auld Enemy - Episode 3
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Military Overview - Episode 4
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Military Overview - Episode 4
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Ignition Point - Episode 5
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Ignition Point - Episode 5
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Fortress Tikonov - Episode 6
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Fortress Tikonov - Episode 6
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Clipped Wings - Episode 7
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Clipped Wings - Episode 7
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Darkest Hour - Episode 8
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Change of the Guard - Episode 9
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War - Changing of the Guard - Episode 9
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- The Last WarShip - Episode 10
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Marathon Offensive - Episode 11
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File:BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Exhaustion - Episode 12
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BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Hollow Peace - Episode 13
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Second Succession War- Hollow Peace - Episode 13
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=====Third Succession War=====
Near forever war, centuries long conflict which found the Succession States barely stand up armies to wage war. Star League Technology now fable and sought out Holy Grail of the time period, conflict which was fought in raids than in massive armies. This is the Third Succession War. Original starting point for many players of the tabletop game when BattleTech began as a tabletop war game in 1984.
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BattleTech Lore & History - Third Succession War- Shadow War - Episode 1
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BattleTech Lore & History - Third Succession War- Operation PENDRAGON - Episode 2
center|500 px|BattleTech Lore & History - Third Succession War- Operation PENDRAGON - Episode 2
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BattleTech Lore & History - Third Succession War- One Last Bomb - Episode 3
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BattleTech Lore & History - Third Succession War- Traitors & Turncoats - Episode 4
center|500px|BattleTech Lore & History - Third Succession War- Traitors & Turncoats - Episode 4
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===Forgotten Fragments from the Age of War===
Overview: The Forgotten Fragments from the Age of War, is a mini-series of short videos highlighting notable events in during Age of War that didn't not a lot attention in the original series.
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Episode 1 - November Conspiracy 
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Episode 2 - Times and Tribulation
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Episode 3 - The Dark Years
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Episode 4 - September Revolt
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===Periphery Sideshows===
Overview: This a series of videos highlighting minor events of the periphery realm surrounding the Inner Sphere which accrued during the Succession Wars Era.
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Episode 1 - Aurigan Coalition
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Episode 2 - The March Worlds
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Episode 3 - Rift Bandit Kingdoms
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===Guides to BattleTech===
Where to Begin & What Order to Read (BattleTech & MechWarrior Books)
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==External Links==
*Sven van der Plank BattleTech Youtube Channel
*Sarna.net's interview with Sven van der Plank- Archive copy of interview on Archive.org
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