Thank you so much to everyone who collaborated with me on this one. Please show some love and let them know you appreciate them volunteering their time:
https://www.youtube.com/c/BigRed40k
https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackPantsLegion
https://www.youtube.com/c/CriticalRocket
https://www.youtube.com/c/Madcat529
https://www.youtube.com/c/RenegadeHPG
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)
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
0:00 Final Call
2:04 Christmas Day Message
3:43 Disabling the HPGs (H-60mins)
7:53 Closing the Jumppoints (H-45mins)
12:14 Securing the Terran System (H-30mins)
15:20 Venus and Mars (H-5mins)
20:47 H-hour
26:48 Opening Minutes (H+5mins)
33:31 Last Stand of the Black Watch (H+15mins)
36:25 Fighting at the Royal Palace (H+35mins)
41:34 March of the Generals (H+50mins)
44:37 Space Battle Intensifies (H+60mins)
46:36 Evacuation (H+130mins)
48:31 Usurper (H+4hrs)
53:53 Survivors (H+18hrs)
56:48 Amaris Victorious
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awesome video ^^ cant wait for kerensky to bring the motherf***ing pain
Great short film 🙂 love the collaborative approach of the information and alternative viewpoints 🙂
Getting tex to voice over? Take my like already!
Edit: i wrote hastily: this vid is like an all-stars-Christmas special. Truly a testament to the strength of the BT lore community. Well done all who contributed here!
Of all the fantastical times in Battletech, the amaris civil war is probably my favorite. such a good set of stories.
So odd to see a map of deployments set in the Puget Sound. Apparently, Seattle and Tacoma still having a rough time, even in the far future.
And as it turned out, nukes are more than an inconvienience…
The coup reminded my a lot about Operation ODYSSEUS, but that is a story for the distant future!
Praise Blake!
May his word guide you.
I like that you not only added voices from the community but also let them use their own words. Tex's was most apparent but I could tell with Big Red too.
Letsgo
Excellent work as always! If you are ever looking for a new voice for segments or anything, hit me up!
I had known unity city was (is going to be?) in my area, but i had no clue how close to me some of the major events Happened. I live all of 5 or 10 minutes from Gorst, where the blackwatch mechs made their last stand 😳
Another video completely smashed out of the park. I can’t overstate how A W E S O M E these videos are!!!!
Excellent work Sven! I love the collaboration effort.
Amazing work!
Edge of the seat stuff. You and the others did a fantastic job; everything from the timing and choices for the voice-overs to the art (where DID some of those pics come from???).
The suspense of the minute-by-minute disaster unfolding was riveting, combined with the inclusion of new details I had never heard of before accomplished what every good documentary does: make it fresh, no matter how familiar with the story you are. Things like how well-trained & competent the regular RWA were was something I had never considered, confusing the brutality they operated with as a LACK of skill, rather than simply a different approach to war.
Operation APOTHEOSIS & the fall of the Star League is one of the most unfortunately dramatic falls in scifi; right up there with Order 66 and the fall of House Atreidies. You did it justice. Thank you.
You could say that Stefan put a lot of work into getting "ahead" in life.
Damn. This was an emotional listen.
"-expending a nuke to destroy just eight Blackwatch members-*
I MEAN… Trading a nuke for even ONE Blackwatch mechwarrior seems pretty reasonable to me.
Sven, you are a treasure to this hobby. Keep at it!
Masterfully done. Truly enjoyable and excellent musical choices
Dude. Seriously tip top work. Thank you for all your time you invest in these projects.
Fantastic job! Excellent detail, narration, and music! Top notch work!
Sven your work is unbelievable and im always in awe of the detail the battletech universe has in its lore
As soon as I heard Tex I knew this was going to be epic! 😁
Another banger, thanks.
Very well done. A little repetition now and then, but not enough to irritate the viewer. I look forward to the next segment.
Never heard tex get mad at a piece of paper. Damn.