@@BigRed40TECH all i can hear is Davion:“you don’t like me and i don’t like you but if we don’t stop Dragon boi, then we can kiss the eastern side of the galaxy goodbye” Taurians: “but you’ll be dead so i see no benefit to interfering” Davion: “…let me dumb it down…Dragon..eats sun….Dragon still hungry….Eats bull” Taurians: Quickly send the mechs to Suns space! 🤣🤣
“Hey Alaric, the Rasalhague Dominion is probably down for this Star League thing, but we need to vote on it first.” “Vote, you say?” *Then he got an idea. An awful idea.*
I've been pushing the parallel between the DC/FS war and the last phase of the Sassanian/Roman wars. Specifically, you have an emperor killed by a usurper (Harrison killed by Caleb), leading to a collapse of the military (instead of a civil war you get a massive trap and massacre), followed by a loss of most of the empire's territory and the investment of the capital (in this case, the Dragon's Tongue and the occupation of New Avalon). A young, energetic patriot overthrows the usurper and begins rebuilding the army while leaving the capital to its own devices under the command of the patriarch (Julian is elected First Prince and scrambles to rebuilt the army with the RotS's help while trying to force a peace on the Capellan front that leaves him with enough resources to support a military revival, and the Warrior Pope of New Avalon is gathering a resistance on New Avalon), culminating in a 6-year campaign that sees the new emperor defeated all comers, including defeating several generals in single combat, ultimately seizing the enemy capital and defeating the enemy once and for all (Julian has an opportunity to cut off most of Kurita's forces which are spread across the Dragon's Tongue, leaving many of the core territories of the Combine vulnerable and possibly opening Luthien itself to invasion, while the New Avalon Pope is steadily bleeding the Combine's occupation forces). The empire treated with the White Huns and got them to attack the Sassanians from the rear (the Ghost Bear Dominion is plunging into civil war, and I could easily see some of the pro-Clan warrior factions deciding to attack the Combine, further bleeding the DCMS). In the aftermath, both countries were badly weakened, but the Sassanians got much the worst of it and collapsed entirely under the Arab invasions that followed, while the Romans at least managed to hold the line eventually (Clan Snow Raven and the Outworlds Alliance could well prove the spoilers here, taking advantage of the chaos they've sewn to grab large chunks of both Successor States).
Yup, I expect DC will attack the Ghost Bears while in their Civil war starting a war between the 2 while SR will attack the DC after it suffer horrible losses due to their over stretch supply lines and the fact that FS is creating irregular units armed with Clan Tech weapons while the DC only has militia units armed with Inner Sphere weapons. SR might also want revenge for DS killing of a Clan like the Wolves. We also need to consider that the scorpions might show up since they were not mentioned in Tamar and empire alone ?
@@vincegalila7211 Could happen, if they attack the combine they have 2 Clan warden allies. If they attack the Lyrans they have go content with the Wolf Empire, Hell horse and what’s left of the Jade Falcon.
@@Alex-pj8nz so do think that if the Combine loses badly enough Yori's legitimacy may once again be brought into question by enough warlords that we may see a warring states period for the Combine? As the new Clan invasion gobbles up the successor states one at a time until an equivalent to the "great unifers" show up?
I see 2 outcomes for the New Avalon Campaign. 1. The DC will be forced to make a retreat to its boarder along the dragons tongue after losing New Avalon, and in many ways it may become a very reenactment of Napoleons charge into Russia. With there flanks so easily exposed and with the capital proving a lost cause, what remains of the army must run to safety before the corridor is broken. 2. We end up with a Stalingrad situation. New Avalon ends up in a siege like situation with troops landing in on it over time with FS forces cutting the tongue with DC forces having refused to give the capital up so quickly, however, not find themselves trapped and there resources slowly depleting and a pocket slowly being forced down on them.
FS still has reserves from the Periphery March in addition to the mercenaries, ROS also has one missing unit from the 2 that liberated Robinson because their transport got wreck by the fighting. One unit got destroyed by Clan Wolf when they returned the other is missing some where. Maybe Stone wanted to help Julian liberate New Avalon after all.
the only winner i see here is yori herself. if DC loses, she will blame it all on warlord matsunaga. if DC wins, she'll be the best coordinator since siriwan era.
In case of imminent defeat, Yori and her ilk will choose Draconis' time-honored tradition of being spiteful losers by turning New Avalon and every strategic world in the Dragon's tongue into ashes nothing like planetary scorch policy to make your enemies' victory as hollow as possible.
@@BigRed40TECH I think the incompetent Lyrans would be perfect for a morally upright faction. Really press home how they mean well and have the money to throw at problems. Fits the established values, like a strong value on human life, present in the Commonwealth.
At first I was flabbergasted that she didn't make a move for a few of the regional capitalis. Then I thought about the moves she did make and I can see the brilliance. As big red said. She's bankrupt. So her competitors in her own territory are going to front the bill, drawing them and their resources out so The lyrans can do what they are best at. Broker a deal with anything that isn't occupied by clusters of clanners later on. Cleaning up the back of her territory helps tremendously for logistics I would think, re educating now clan populations maybe less so. I doubt the new minor states pose a threat to stiner and create a stress free buffer she never could that will do all the heavy lifting until a more convenient time. Gives the game back the Kell hounds and a chaos march outlets as well but that's 4th wall stuff tho.
I really dislike both Kurita and Davion, but if i had to choose i'd side with the Federated Suns. I couldnt see myself living in feudal space Japan. Glad the Rasalhague survived and got some love. Marik? Liao? Where my boys at?
Liao is busy pulling horns out of his back after he tried to get free real estate to he galactic south again. As for space Japan….. Tex breaks them down the best. Personally Id run to Taurian space. Sure Jihad era they implode but there basically 1940s America in space. Everyone gets polite when someone racks an LBX20.
This is shaping up to be the one of the biggest sourcebooks yet. So many major factions and characters involved. I feel the Battle for New Avalon should get the same level detail that was presented for battles in the ilClan book. I excited to see what happens to the Draconis Combine. I want to know the fate of Kitsune Kurita and his family. Where the hell is Kisho Nova Cat? And when is Yori finally going to get rid of Toranaga?
I so want to see the potential of Yori marrying Kitsune with that becoming essentially the “bond” / truce that ends the Fed-Drac war. You know what they say, like father like son and scions of house davion always seem to attract the heirs of great houses.
@@reecedignan8365 That's a horrible proposition considering how old Kitsune is, if he's even still alive. Which I doubt he is. I believe he has grandchildren running around somewhere. However, I also doubt that Yori will be marrying anytime soon and if she does, it might not be to a male.
The legit Kurita line wasnt strong enough to survive, but Yori has manged to do what no other has done. She has secured a House capital. It doesnt matter who is Coordinator as long as the Dragon is strong and prospers. Liao has only survived, because it never faced the Clans and taken advantage of its neighbors. I feel regret for the FWL, they deserved better. I dont care about the Lyrans and Davions. Its an interesting time, but I prefer the simpler age of 3025 - 3065.
I feel the same way. I know the setting needs to evolve, but I feel like the pace steps up a bit too quickly after 3065. I like having more tech to play with, especially the battle armors. As time passes I drift toward the Clanners. I don't actually like them, but they've got a measure of constancy to them that the inner sphere feels like it loses after '65.
@@noanswer1864 Love the tech, hate the politics. Clanners are extreme eugenic Nazis. Honestly cant see how they could operate as a society, but I just accept it as part of the game. We accept jump drives and myomer, what a little Space Nazis between players?
That Madcat (?) Art for when you switched to talking about bears is amazing looking. Is there a place where you can find these images? *crosses fingers for Bears to pull it together* What is that rotary cannon in the first image? Is that just an ac5? Looks cool.
Honestly, for as nonsensical and scattered as most of the Battletech fiction/timeline has been since the clan invasion, might as well have Clan Wolverine come back from the deep periphery and annihilate Wolf, seize Terra and recreate the real Star League
@@rustyshaklford9557 Completely agree! The whole jihad really took the idiot cake. Hidden space fleets, whole secret production runs of, mostly garbage, mechs. We played out the New Avalon campaign and some others, with the group switching who was the Jihadi Op-for. No matter who it was, WoB always lost, especially when fielding WoBbie mechs. The plot was nonsensical and the results when playing out the scenarios didn't come close to matching the fiction.
Ravens are to be expanded upon? That's a great news, hopefully this time politics and spy stuff won't get the standard treatment, I know the alliance is not the same as the mother clan but it actually makes it even more potentially interesting
Can they finally show Liao fight the Clans? I mean, its not like they've been on a massive roll since post-4SW in winning all the time, and they were continually gunning for Terra...... Apparantly their erstwhile periphery neighbors have finally turned on them too. Kurita has also been really weird. In spite of the dysfunction they were supposed to be having with the Black Dragons, the Ghost Bears and Ravens havent done crap against them at all. Meanwhile, they are arguably at their strongest ever.
@@BigRed40TECH Certainly hope so! IIRC, I think it was either hinted at or discussed that the Fortress walls are still up around Terra in Empire Alone, so this has been a huge question mark for a while.
The Sakamoto gambit paid off? I'm surprised. I assumed it was over after David renounced his claim. Still, pretty cool to see a thread from the Animated series carry forward.
For a wargame all this conflict is good, but it make me roll my eyes a tad that every single faction is facing ruin in one form or another. It says a lot when Liao is the most stable nation, facing ruin is their normal state so they're used to this
Awesome video on the power players in dominion divided. The davions and Kurita will wage war for quite some time. The burning questions are what do you think the snow ravens and the capellans do? I think the ravens will sell and play both sides. But will thesnaky capellans do now their military is under Danai liao’s control?
Is the ilclan here to save the inner sphere or to conquer it? As the third star league rises from the ashes of the republic of the sphere, Who will join it? Who will defy it? Who will exploit it?
@@BigRed40TECH Star League in general sounds more dystopian than even DC, so clanner or not it hopefully doesn't return, or becomes just another IS faction with some clan traditions That being said a clanner league under something like the Star Adder (ironically the inventors of Bastion doctrine) would be the least of evils, since they're basically a traditional style professional military bound through esprit de corps and hierarchy rather than parareligious cult of Kerensky and Star League like most other clans, or need for control and superiority complex like spheroids.
12:25 Taurains helping Davions? Voluntarily? Gonna take more than Toranaga for that, I think thats a more attacking Davion for planets back, and adding conflict between Julian and his Champion "Influencal role in House Davion Affairs" I mean they Told Yori/Toranaga where Caleb was. Thats a net Null I say (sure lead to Capture of New Avalon and death of most of the AFFS, but in return Caleb died so I think everyone came out a winner there)
The military juggernaut. . . of the Capellan Confederation. Is there a bridge in Brooklyn you'd like to sell me, as well? Or a Canopian Prince who needs my help accessing his vast inheritance? Perhaps a stunning vacation villa timeshare on planet Bob?
Rasalhague Dominion at core here, Wyrm and Bear, best of both IS and Clan. Some struggles, sure, like the deniers vs joiners of iLClan Alaric. But totally hilarious headstrong incursion into Draconis Combine, ca 2 jumps from Luthien😂 Now since the Aurigan Coalition got lorecanonized, how do they really fare down south of the Capellans and west of the Taurians? My favorite periphery state thanks to HBS gang and Battletech game👏
@@BigRed40TECH They were, in my opinion, meant to be a new power in Dark Age as the scope was supposed to be much smaller in that potential new age with mechs as a rarity and combined arms returning to prominence. It didn't turn out that way, but I hope we get to see the rise of other small powers as the larger ones balkanize and we get something beyond 5 color factions in terms of player choices.
Sure was a nice setup. Yes, it's the Ilclan era. My review of this book though, unfortunately, it didn't meet my expectations. I have a further video on it after it came out.
So i was going over books writen in this era, read the whole "oh Grey Monday was just some Blakists who happened across my setting destroying super weapon i just so happened to have laying around" but i noticed something interesting. The Word of Blake's protectorate has been destroyed. But we now have a Manei Domini agent named Lucifer as of 2020's Legends book, and Apollyon has made it very clear he would never give any of his Manei Domini the name Lucifer or Satan. Also most of the Manei Domini are MIA not KIA and at least two of the Word's Hidden World's remain unconquered. Add on that marketing wise its just flat stupid to have mech designs like those used by the word of Blake be not only WOB exclusive but for only one short era when the vast majority of mechs have at least two eras to their name. But then the WOB made their army for the express mission of exterminating the Clans and now we have a Ilclan on Terra. The very thing the WOB dreaded and wanted least of all being willing to go postal on the whole inner sphere just to avoid the remote possibility of someone else allowing the clans to invade Terra. So what we have is acknowledged remnants in Comstar, shaddy background plots from the people living in the old protectorate, a army of cyborg super soldiers who've had some 70 years to recruit and prepare, and what are still some of the most distinct and unique mech designs that could easily be upgraded for the era and combined with the cyborg pilots could easily serve as a "counter clan" army. I think the WoB is going to make a return with the express mission of driving at minimum Clan Wolf out of the Inner Sphere, Clan Ghost Bear, well I think they're popular enough with the locals that even the Wobbies couldn't possibly succeed in driving them out even if they have allies in the form of some of the Houses (notably the Lyrians) and maybe the Dragoons and Free World's League though that would certainly be some teeth clenched teamwork...but then again the story potential in that alone, plus giving Dragoons maybe access to Wobbie mechs would be insane.
Wait a minute, wait a minute--did I hear correctly? Clan Nova Cat returned from the dead, and Clan Jade Falcon destroyed? Be still, my little black heart! Tell me you're not just yanking my tail here, nyao!
@@BigRed40TECH "A couple" of Nova Cats is hardly a full Clan, though, although I admit that in theory the clan could be rebuilt from eough survivors. Of course, in theory Clans Mongoose and Widowmaker could be rebuilt, although I don't see that happening anytime soon either. I seriously need to get caught up on everything that happened since the Great Refusal and the annihilation of the Smoke Jaguars!
@@BigRed40TECH Whose--the Jade Falcons'? Like I said, I've been out of the loop since the start of the Dark Age and the founding of the Republic of the Sphere novel-wise, and haven't played since the end of the Clan Invasion.
@@kitirena_koneko No, the Nova Cats. The Nova Cats had their genetic repository literally annihilated by the Draconis Combine by a nuclear-demolition attack. They placed a powerful nuclear bomb in the facility, and destroyed it with a nuclear attack.
My humble opinion about future of BattleTech: Clanners should be eliminated, Terra belongs to ComStar , Steiner should put his sh*t together. LONG Live FedCom!
I guess you got your PC back up and running, I hate when something like happens, the pc says something isn't there, but you know it's there, specially when your looking at
Meanwhile, the Free Worlds League is pulling its head out of it's own ass just in time to smack around the Sue Cla- I mean Clan Wolf while their plot-armor is weak. And the Cappies are a literal inbred, dysfunctional family falling apart due to manipulation by Canopian cat-girls. That's what i love about BattleTech. The Status quo is always in the air if done right.
I read. A lot. lol There are a ton of resources to cover this. A good deal can be found here: store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-era-report-3145-pdf If you go for the official era report. There are free resources as well such as Sarna, but the direct source is there for the latter era stuff.
Man, not even Big Red can make this sound even remotely interesting. It's like they're not even trying anymore. Did the line developer just decide that a constant state of ridiculously implausible scenarios is now BT's modus operandi? Loren/Catalyst, just keep churning out this garbage- you'll kill BT's resurgence before it gains its footing. 🙄🤦♂️
To be fair, this part of the lore is a legacy of the Dark Age. Also to be fair, I'm really excited for this, I wanna see what goes down between the Combine and the Suns. Though I know it's unlikely, I'd love to see Toranaga win on New Avalon.
I just love the idea that the Taurians may have to work with house Davion OMG 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It could happen!
@@BigRed40TECH Really? I thought the Fedsuns were still angry about the conquest of the Pliedes?
@@BigRed40TECH all i can hear is Davion:“you don’t like me and i don’t like you but if we don’t stop Dragon boi, then we can kiss the eastern side of the galaxy goodbye”
Taurians: “but you’ll be dead so i see no benefit to interfering”
Davion: “…let me dumb it down…Dragon..eats sun….Dragon still hungry….Eats bull”
Taurians: Quickly send the mechs to Suns space!
🤣🤣
Yea, but Davion's gonna Davion.
Imminent threats of annihilation to a nation makes for strange bedfellows
“Hey Alaric, the Rasalhague Dominion is probably down for this Star League thing, but we need to vote on it first.”
“Vote, you say?”
*Then he got an idea. An awful idea.*
Alaric is a smood criminal.
@@BigRed40TECH Also a smooth brain.
@@garlicbread529 The smoothest. That's why he's Ilkhan.
Wonder if it will backfire on him like the 30 pieces of sliver to the Dragoons.
Tamar Rising with a Somerset reference.
The DC run by a descendant of Franklin Sakamoto.
I love it that the Cartoon gets the recognition it deserves!
But will there be a Hawkins reference too?
Listening to this, I wish there was an open world Battletech RPG.
I've been pushing the parallel between the DC/FS war and the last phase of the Sassanian/Roman wars. Specifically, you have an emperor killed by a usurper (Harrison killed by Caleb), leading to a collapse of the military (instead of a civil war you get a massive trap and massacre), followed by a loss of most of the empire's territory and the investment of the capital (in this case, the Dragon's Tongue and the occupation of New Avalon). A young, energetic patriot overthrows the usurper and begins rebuilding the army while leaving the capital to its own devices under the command of the patriarch (Julian is elected First Prince and scrambles to rebuilt the army with the RotS's help while trying to force a peace on the Capellan front that leaves him with enough resources to support a military revival, and the Warrior Pope of New Avalon is gathering a resistance on New Avalon), culminating in a 6-year campaign that sees the new emperor defeated all comers, including defeating several generals in single combat, ultimately seizing the enemy capital and defeating the enemy once and for all (Julian has an opportunity to cut off most of Kurita's forces which are spread across the Dragon's Tongue, leaving many of the core territories of the Combine vulnerable and possibly opening Luthien itself to invasion, while the New Avalon Pope is steadily bleeding the Combine's occupation forces). The empire treated with the White Huns and got them to attack the Sassanians from the rear (the Ghost Bear Dominion is plunging into civil war, and I could easily see some of the pro-Clan warrior factions deciding to attack the Combine, further bleeding the DCMS). In the aftermath, both countries were badly weakened, but the Sassanians got much the worst of it and collapsed entirely under the Arab invasions that followed, while the Romans at least managed to hold the line eventually (Clan Snow Raven and the Outworlds Alliance could well prove the spoilers here, taking advantage of the chaos they've sewn to grab large chunks of both Successor States).
Yup, I expect DC will attack the Ghost Bears while in their Civil war starting a war between the 2 while SR will attack the DC after it suffer horrible losses due to their over stretch supply lines and the fact that FS is creating irregular units armed with Clan Tech weapons while the DC only has militia units armed with Inner Sphere weapons. SR might also want revenge for DS killing of a Clan like the Wolves. We also need to consider that the scorpions might show up since they were not mentioned in Tamar and empire alone ?
Honestly a very rarely depicted in history even through analogs and expy's, in spite of it being a very very interesting and dramatic war.
@@Alex-pj8nz so you think that the Scorpions will fulfill the Role that the Arabs did in our world? And conquer large swaths of the Combine?
@@vincegalila7211 Could happen, if they attack the combine they have 2 Clan warden allies. If they attack the Lyrans they have go content with the Wolf Empire, Hell horse and what’s left of the Jade Falcon.
@@Alex-pj8nz so do think that if the Combine loses badly enough Yori's legitimacy may once again be brought into question by enough warlords that we may see a warring states period for the Combine? As the new Clan invasion gobbles up the successor states one at a time until an equivalent to the "great unifers" show up?
I see 2 outcomes for the New Avalon Campaign.
1. The DC will be forced to make a retreat to its boarder along the dragons tongue after losing New Avalon, and in many ways it may become a very reenactment of Napoleons charge into Russia. With there flanks so easily exposed and with the capital proving a lost cause, what remains of the army must run to safety before the corridor is broken.
2. We end up with a Stalingrad situation. New Avalon ends up in a siege like situation with troops landing in on it over time with FS forces cutting the tongue with DC forces having refused to give the capital up so quickly, however, not find themselves trapped and there resources slowly depleting and a pocket slowly being forced down on them.
FS still has reserves from the Periphery March in addition to the mercenaries, ROS also has one missing unit from the 2 that liberated Robinson because their transport got wreck by the fighting. One unit got destroyed by Clan Wolf when they returned the other is missing some where. Maybe Stone wanted to help Julian liberate New Avalon after all.
the only winner i see here is yori herself. if DC loses, she will blame it all on warlord matsunaga. if DC wins, she'll be the best coordinator since siriwan era.
Space Weebs lose New Avalon and run from the battlefield. SHAMEFUL DISPLAY.
In case of imminent defeat, Yori and her ilk will choose Draconis' time-honored tradition of being spiteful losers by turning New Avalon and every strategic world in the Dragon's tongue into ashes nothing like planetary scorch policy to make your enemies' victory as hollow as possible.
@@Gelb33 Then Fed Sun will do the same to every Drac world when they cross the border.
In Battletech, the Slogan of the Fallout Franchise really would match: War, War never changes. :D
The real question of Dominions Divided is will the Battle Pope and his Knights Redemptor get a writeup and paint scheme in the book or not?
We can only hope.
The Battle Pope is the strongest of all.
So far the Ilclan era is really turning out to be interesting. Looking forward to the Raven Alliance getting fleshed out too.
I agree. I'm excited.
The fall of house Steiner-Davion is truly the darkest of hours.
Don't worry, Steiner is now ruled by a Steiner-Davion. There is still gas in the tank!
@@BigRed40TECH I think the incompetent Lyrans would be perfect for a morally upright faction. Really press home how they mean well and have the money to throw at problems. Fits the established values, like a strong value on human life, present in the Commonwealth.
Pssst. They might be bankrupt atm.
Don't tell the provinces.
@@BigRed40TECH Also, the ilKhan is a Steiner-Davion...
At first I was flabbergasted that she didn't make a move for a few of the regional capitalis. Then I thought about the moves she did make and I can see the brilliance. As big red said. She's bankrupt. So her competitors in her own territory are going to front the bill, drawing them and their resources out so The lyrans can do what they are best at. Broker a deal with anything that isn't occupied by clusters of clanners later on. Cleaning up the back of her territory helps tremendously for logistics I would think, re educating now clan populations maybe less so. I doubt the new minor states pose a threat to stiner and create a stress free buffer she never could that will do all the heavy lifting until a more convenient time. Gives the game back the Kell hounds and a chaos march outlets as well but that's 4th wall stuff tho.
I really dislike both Kurita and Davion, but if i had to choose i'd side with the Federated Suns. I couldnt see myself living in feudal space Japan. Glad the Rasalhague survived and got some love. Marik? Liao? Where my boys at?
Empire Alone covered House Marik.
Liao is likely to get the next book, AFTER Dominions Divided.
Lyran commonwealth all the way!
For the Chancellor!!
Fed Suns !!!
Liao is busy pulling horns out of his back after he tried to get free real estate to he galactic south again. As for space Japan….. Tex breaks them down the best. Personally Id run to Taurian space. Sure Jihad era they implode but there basically 1940s America in space. Everyone gets polite when someone racks an LBX20.
If I can't get my Purple Bird fix, then Raven will do just fine. I look forward to it.
Empire Alone is for Purple Bird.
Purple Bird strong.
Thinking of waiting for dominions divided to be out before I get everything, including novels.
There is another novel coming prior to Dominions iirc.
You dropped a really heavily French Davion in there which was different than any pronunciation I have heard and I am stealing that going forward
Wolf empire crossing Davion borders: Time for a crusade.
Provided they go through the FWL , DC and CC first.
This is shaping up to be the one of the biggest sourcebooks yet. So many major factions and characters involved. I feel the Battle for New Avalon should get the same level detail that was presented for battles in the ilClan book.
I excited to see what happens to the Draconis Combine. I want to know the fate of Kitsune Kurita and his family. Where the hell is Kisho Nova Cat? And when is Yori finally going to get rid of Toranaga?
Toranaga isn't the Warlord we want.
But he's the Warlord we deserve.
Long live the Dragon!
@@BigRed40TECH Long live the rightful Dragon. Down with Yori Sakamoto and her damnable puppet master!
@@terrinils3165 Love live Yori-Kurita! The rightful Coordinator of the Draconis Combine!
I so want to see the potential of Yori marrying Kitsune with that becoming essentially the “bond” / truce that ends the Fed-Drac war.
You know what they say, like father like son and scions of house davion always seem to attract the heirs of great houses.
@@reecedignan8365 That's a horrible proposition considering how old Kitsune is, if he's even still alive. Which I doubt he is. I believe he has grandchildren running around somewhere.
However, I also doubt that Yori will be marrying anytime soon and if she does, it might not be to a male.
The legit Kurita line wasnt strong enough to survive, but Yori has manged to do what no other has done. She has secured a House capital. It doesnt matter who is Coordinator as long as the Dragon is strong and prospers. Liao has only survived, because it never faced the Clans and taken advantage of its neighbors. I feel regret for the FWL, they deserved better. I dont care about the Lyrans and Davions. Its an interesting time, but I prefer the simpler age of 3025 - 3065.
Long Live the Coordinator!
I feel the same way. I know the setting needs to evolve, but I feel like the pace steps up a bit too quickly after 3065. I like having more tech to play with, especially the battle armors. As time passes I drift toward the Clanners. I don't actually like them, but they've got a measure of constancy to them that the inner sphere feels like it loses after '65.
@@noanswer1864 Love the tech, hate the politics. Clanners are extreme eugenic Nazis. Honestly cant see how they could operate as a society, but I just accept it as part of the game. We accept jump drives and myomer, what a little Space Nazis between players?
WOW this book will be a must have! I play Kurita and Ghost Bear. My Brother plays Mercs and the Raven! This book will be very interesting.
I'm super looking forward to it.
Finally someone clarifying things for thise of us who can't read all the novels.
That Madcat (?) Art for when you switched to talking about bears is amazing looking. Is there a place where you can find these images?
*crosses fingers for Bears to pull it together*
What is that rotary cannon in the first image? Is that just an ac5? Looks cool.
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Great video as always, Red. I like this video, a nice take and lead up to the new book, and helpful for new fans to get caught up to the present era.
Honestly, for as nonsensical and scattered as most of the Battletech fiction/timeline has been since the clan invasion, might as well have Clan Wolverine come back from the deep periphery and annihilate Wolf, seize Terra and recreate the real Star League
please no. lol
It's not any dumber than the WoB Jihad.
@@rustyshaklford9557 Completely agree! The whole jihad really took the idiot cake. Hidden space fleets, whole secret production runs of, mostly garbage, mechs. We played out the New Avalon campaign and some others, with the group switching who was the Jihadi Op-for. No matter who it was, WoB always lost, especially when fielding WoBbie mechs. The plot was nonsensical and the results when playing out the scenarios didn't come close to matching the fiction.
Looking forward to getting this book.
Ravens are to be expanded upon? That's a great news, hopefully this time politics and spy stuff won't get the standard treatment, I know the alliance is not the same as the mother clan but it actually makes it even more potentially interesting
Ravens ARE in it. I can confirm.
Julian might make a deal with them like with the Sea Foxes.
Can they finally show Liao fight the Clans? I mean, its not like they've been on a massive roll since post-4SW in winning all the time, and they were continually gunning for Terra...... Apparantly their erstwhile periphery neighbors have finally turned on them too.
Kurita has also been really weird. In spite of the dysfunction they were supposed to be having with the Black Dragons, the Ghost Bears and Ravens havent done crap against them at all. Meanwhile, they are arguably at their strongest ever.
They're covering all the other conflicts first. Liao vs. Wolves should be after Dominions Divided I suspect.
@@BigRed40TECH Certainly hope so! IIRC, I think it was either hinted at or discussed that the Fortress walls are still up around Terra in Empire Alone, so this has been a huge question mark for a while.
Awesome synopsis of the new era! Definitely looking to House Kurita getting their comeuppance!
The Sakamoto gambit paid off? I'm surprised. I assumed it was over after David renounced his claim. Still, pretty cool to see a thread from the Animated series carry forward.
For a wargame all this conflict is good, but it make me roll my eyes a tad that every single faction is facing ruin in one form or another. It says a lot when Liao is the most stable nation, facing ruin is their normal state so they're used to this
Liao faces ruin because Daoshen just couldfn't leave well enough alone.
@@BigRed40TECH Too be fair, his Cousin commiting public suicide to continue a war probably didnt help.
Awesome video on the power players in dominion divided. The davions and Kurita will wage war for quite some time. The burning questions are what do you think the snow ravens and the capellans do?
I think the ravens will sell and play both sides. But will thesnaky capellans do now their military is under Danai liao’s control?
I think the Ravens are going to savage one side,then turn on the other.
FOR THE REPUBLIC!
Keep up the good work.
Thanks Christopher!
Is the ilclan here to save the inner sphere or to conquer it? As the third star league rises from the ashes of the republic of the sphere, Who will join it? Who will defy it? Who will exploit it?
Hopefully it doesn't conquer the Sphere. I'm really not a fan of a Clan Star League.
But, I'm excited with the current events so far.
@@BigRed40TECH Star League in general sounds more dystopian than even DC, so clanner or not it hopefully doesn't return, or becomes just another IS faction with some clan traditions
That being said a clanner league under something like the Star Adder (ironically the inventors of Bastion doctrine) would be the least of evils, since they're basically a traditional style professional military bound through esprit de corps and hierarchy rather than parareligious cult of Kerensky and Star League like most other clans, or need for control and superiority complex like spheroids.
Well the current star lord is a crusader so he will attempt conquered it as crusaders do.
Dude Rasalhauge can't catch a break.
But as evidenced by their entire existence, they can catch bullets. lol
I hope Davion can get their homeworld back.
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Taurains helping Davions? Voluntarily?
Gonna take more than Toranaga for that, I think thats a more attacking Davion for planets back, and adding conflict between Julian and his Champion
"Influencal role in House Davion Affairs"
I mean they Told Yori/Toranaga where Caleb was. Thats a net Null I say (sure lead to Capture of New Avalon and death of most of the AFFS, but in return Caleb died so I think everyone came out a winner there)
Might be because of the influence of the Calderon Protectorate, which is allied with Davion.
@@BigRed40TECH Ah I missed that that happened.
Then LMAO at the Taurians being pulled into a War to help Davion.
Awesome, thanks!!
No problem!
The military juggernaut. . . of the Capellan Confederation.
Is there a bridge in Brooklyn you'd like to sell me, as well? Or a Canopian Prince who needs my help accessing his vast inheritance? Perhaps a stunning vacation villa timeshare on planet Bob?
In Dark age, the Capellan Confederation is a MAJOR power. It's the strongest house atm.
Rasalhague Dominion at core here, Wyrm and Bear, best of both IS and Clan. Some struggles, sure, like the deniers vs joiners of iLClan Alaric. But totally hilarious headstrong incursion into Draconis Combine, ca 2 jumps from Luthien😂 Now since the Aurigan Coalition got lorecanonized, how do they really fare down south of the Capellans and west of the Taurians? My favorite periphery state thanks to HBS gang and Battletech game👏
I'd just say that the plot doesn't make sense and makes them look dumb. I'm really disappointed by Dominions Divided.
Been playing Battletech since 1992, I'm tired of Davion/Kurita/Steiner/Clan focus. Would like to see more Taurian Concordat / Minor Power Story's.
Agreed more Taurian and for me Aurigan and Canopus!
Also hope to hear from Fronc Reaches and Filtvelt Coalition!!!
I don't think we're going to, but they might get mentioned.
@@BigRed40TECH They were, in my opinion, meant to be a new power in Dark Age as the scope was supposed to be much smaller in that potential new age with mechs as a rarity and combined arms returning to prominence. It didn't turn out that way, but I hope we get to see the rise of other small powers as the larger ones balkanize and we get something beyond 5 color factions in terms of player choices.
Filtvelt Coalition is the most advance of that lot that is independent.
@@Alex-pj8nz I thought that was Canopus?
Maybe I'm slow or just an idiot but can you do a timeline video and hit some bullet points to present lore? I have no idea where to even start.
It's all dark age stuff. Starts in the 3130's.
Im waiting for a Ilclan Era, Battle tech game. 20 years from now maybe.
If that, sadly. :(
Man! What a nice status setup! Just to be clear, this is set in the IlClan Era right?
Sure was a nice setup.
Yes, it's the Ilclan era.
My review of this book though, unfortunately, it didn't meet my expectations. I have a further video on it after it came out.
So i was going over books writen in this era, read the whole "oh Grey Monday was just some Blakists who happened across my setting destroying super weapon i just so happened to have laying around" but i noticed something interesting.
The Word of Blake's protectorate has been destroyed. But we now have a Manei Domini agent named Lucifer as of 2020's Legends book, and Apollyon has made it very clear he would never give any of his Manei Domini the name Lucifer or Satan. Also most of the Manei Domini are MIA not KIA and at least two of the Word's Hidden World's remain unconquered.
Add on that marketing wise its just flat stupid to have mech designs like those used by the word of Blake be not only WOB exclusive but for only one short era when the vast majority of mechs have at least two eras to their name.
But then the WOB made their army for the express mission of exterminating the Clans and now we have a Ilclan on Terra. The very thing the WOB dreaded and wanted least of all being willing to go postal on the whole inner sphere just to avoid the remote possibility of someone else allowing the clans to invade Terra.
So what we have is acknowledged remnants in Comstar, shaddy background plots from the people living in the old protectorate, a army of cyborg super soldiers who've had some 70 years to recruit and prepare, and what are still some of the most distinct and unique mech designs that could easily be upgraded for the era and combined with the cyborg pilots could easily serve as a "counter clan" army.
I think the WoB is going to make a return with the express mission of driving at minimum Clan Wolf out of the Inner Sphere, Clan Ghost Bear, well I think they're popular enough with the locals that even the Wobbies couldn't possibly succeed in driving them out even if they have allies in the form of some of the Houses (notably the Lyrians) and maybe the Dragoons and Free World's League though that would certainly be some teeth clenched teamwork...but then again the story potential in that alone, plus giving Dragoons maybe access to Wobbie mechs would be insane.
Wait a minute, wait a minute--did I hear correctly? Clan Nova Cat returned from the dead, and Clan Jade Falcon destroyed? Be still, my little black heart! Tell me you're not just yanking my tail here, nyao!
There are a couple living Novacats, and the Falcons are returned from the dead :\
@@BigRed40TECH "A couple" of Nova Cats is hardly a full Clan, though, although I admit that in theory the clan could be rebuilt from eough survivors. Of course, in theory Clans Mongoose and Widowmaker could be rebuilt, although I don't see that happening anytime soon either. I seriously need to get caught up on everything that happened since the Great Refusal and the annihilation of the Smoke Jaguars!
@@kitirena_koneko Their gene centre was also annihilated with a nuclear blast.
@@BigRed40TECH Whose--the Jade Falcons'? Like I said, I've been out of the loop since the start of the Dark Age and the founding of the Republic of the Sphere novel-wise, and haven't played since the end of the Clan Invasion.
@@kitirena_koneko No, the Nova Cats.
The Nova Cats had their genetic repository literally annihilated by the Draconis Combine by a nuclear-demolition attack. They placed a powerful nuclear bomb in the facility, and destroyed it with a nuclear attack.
this is interestesting never been this far head before!
It's not wednesday anymore, Clark.
Welcome to Friday. O.O
Good.
Very good
My humble opinion about future of BattleTech: Clanners should be eliminated, Terra belongs to ComStar , Steiner should put his sh*t together. LONG Live FedCom!
Sakamoto. Franklin's daughter? Granddaughter?
Yep!
I guess you got your PC back up and running, I hate when something like happens, the pc says something isn't there, but you know it's there, specially when your looking at
Not really. This took forever to make. PC's going into surgery in an hour though.
@@BigRed40TECH well shit, I hope it all works out
Yori Kurita is an usurper and as much a Kurita as Nikol Halas is a Marik.
Yori is more a Kurita than Nikol Halas is a Marik.
At least she's actually related to them at some point. lol
The biggest issue for her is that she is a women and she is put in place by a non Kurita, if he dies there would be a civil war.
All Space Weebs are pretenders to the legacy of GLORIOUS NIPPON, and should commit Sudoku for their SHAMEFUL DISPLAY.
Meanwhile, the Free Worlds League is pulling its head out of it's own ass just in time to smack around the Sue Cla- I mean Clan Wolf while their plot-armor is weak. And the Cappies are a literal inbred, dysfunctional family falling apart due to manipulation by Canopian cat-girls.
That's what i love about BattleTech. The Status quo is always in the air if done right.
I think I’m to early says no stream tap to retry
Perfect. Thanks CZcams! lol
@@BigRed40TECH it’s working now ha I’m just always stupid early.
Do we have any info on the Indrahar family?
Not that I've heard yet. We'll know in the sourcebook. :)
How do you know the current story line so well?
I read. A lot. lol
There are a ton of resources to cover this.
A good deal can be found here:
store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-era-report-3145-pdf
If you go for the official era report. There are free resources as well such as Sarna, but the direct source is there for the latter era stuff.
Is house sorensen still alive?
Honestly not sure.
Man, not even Big Red can make this sound even remotely interesting. It's like they're not even trying anymore. Did the line developer just decide that a constant state of ridiculously implausible scenarios is now BT's modus operandi? Loren/Catalyst, just keep churning out this garbage- you'll kill BT's resurgence before it gains its footing. 🙄🤦♂️
To be fair, this part of the lore is a legacy of the Dark Age.
Also to be fair, I'm really excited for this, I wanna see what goes down between the Combine and the Suns.
Though I know it's unlikely, I'd love to see Toranaga win on New Avalon.
@@BigRed40TECH Toranaga to be the man who finally destroys the FedSuns for good eh?
czcams.com/video/jv7jcciKB_s/video.html
What don't you like about it?
@@ssjjshawn That'd be amazing. lol