ERRORS: 11:58 Those are Union-C DropShips. Don't know why I forgot they were the main type used by the Clans. Confederates are much smaller. 19:08 Misspoke. It's the 362nd Assault Cluster (Silver Jaguars) It is so apparent to me from watching the launch trailer that the people at Piranha Games working on MechWarrior 5: Clans have poured all of their love for the franchise into this game. There are so many tiny details I was able to pick up on from that 2 minute video I just could not help myself from doing a thorough analysis and breakdown on what I was able to spot. I have no doubt that there will be things I missed, so I'll include any extras that you folks point out in this pinned comment. My excitement went through the roof as I watched this trailer for the first time, and I must have already watched it half-a-dozen more. I cannot wait to play MW5:C. See you guys there. P.S. Yes I know I mispronounced "deified." My excitement got the best of me.
Sven mind if I shout out madcat529 he did a great primer on clan smoke jaguar today for fun watch before clans. Not trying to take away from your awesome video just sharing.
The fact that the people making it seem to still care is one of many factors that has rapidly propelled Battletech to being one of my favorite settings.
I think the reason we see a Wolf Dragoon officer is actually pretty simple, the player characters see the clans' action as being wrong, probably because of turtle bay and defect during the truce or around the battle of Luthien. So the Wolf Dragoon and the presumed Blackwidow are welcoming them. Hence the "We could use warriors for the fight ahead". The story's climax would thus be the battle of Luthien.
@@SvenVanDerPlank Fair point, I forgot she left right away and not later. I still can't shake the feeling our player character will defect one way or anotehr but I might be wrong about who and how ^^
@@ursulcx299In an interview, one of the devs said that the player would have a choice to make. I've been thinking since then that after witnessing the Turtle Bay massacre, we'll have to choose whether or not to turn against Smoke Jaguar.
"We are Smoke Jaguar, Trueborn warriors selectively bred for war over generations." That's a callback to "We are Clan Wolf, children of Kerensky," and "We are Jade Falcon, great among the clans." Also "Are we go for invasion?" is a callback to MechCommander "We are go for invasion!" Also, the Timberwolf fighting in reddish terrain is similar to the Mechwarrior 2 intro.
I did pick up on the MechCommander line but assumed I was reading too much into it. Never played MW2 myself but now I can see that there were deliberate callbacks throughout.
@@foxdavion6865 Yeah. It has been a LONG time since I played MW2, had to look it up. Was set in 3057. This is set in the very beginning of the clan invasion. I wonder how far the campaign goes. Tukayyid or Huntress? One of the Mercenaries games did have the player encounter the clans in the periphery. I forget if it was mw2 or mw3, but that was from the perspective of the IS.
@@dirkflannigan5271mechwarrior 2 mercenaries. Despite being outdated, it had probably one of the best endings to a trailer I have seen from the franchise. Showing the battle of tukayyid , and how brutal it was for the inner sphere, literally having to throw their heaviest against the clanners. Search mechwarrior 2 mercenaries ending video on UA-cam. It’s awesome. The cutscene of the mad dog’s ending and the inner sphere coming back from the brink is so good.
@@Deridus I'm fairly certain it was a warship laser battery, not nuclear. 1945 was almost a thousand years exactly in the past as well: I doubt any clanner remembers the first tactical nuclear deployments at all, least of all who did it and the name of the planes
@12:35 "Obliterated by a clan warship" Sven, may I direct your gaze to the lower right corner of the screen. That's not a gun emplacement. That's a mech. I think that's a Stormcrow firing on the warship.
That's all Starcom. I want a Last mini campaign in Mech5:Mercs of the Last Operation were mercenaries played a heavy part in defense of the IS . "Operation Bulldog". Mercs were used in a astermectal warfefre(Guerilla Warfare) against the Clans . Until the Great House and Empires could get their shit together.
Thank you, Smoke Jaguar, for freeing us from the tyranny of the Great houses regardless of what everyone on the planet thinks. I'm so thankful you've politely removed everyone who objected to your considerate liberation. Smoke Jaguar soldiers are in no way holding my family, and there's nobody holding anything to my head at this moment.
The Bears laugh at the weak jags. They and their khans are Degraza fools.we had problems with captured planets but we never used our ships to kill an entire city..
7:38 The Texas class Battleship is the Veiled Huntress, the clan flagship. The ship on the top right is a Vincent Corvette, either the Ripper, Azov or Simas Osis. The other Essex is the Sabre Cat, which is the dedicated escort vessel to the Veiled Huntress.
The enhanced imaging implants make total sense. No wonder Nikolai Malthus from the BattleTech cartoon was so crazy. He and his enhanced imaging implants became famous with the "You dare refuse my Batchall" meme.
If I remember correctly the Implants weren't a thing during the initial invasion and came after the truce. Though the majority of Clan warriors wouldn't touch it due to the debilitating side effects. But they became a necessary evil for the Protomech pilots. And funny enough the Word of Blake developed something similar called the VDNI interface which was just as invasive but not as damaging to the pilot.
They think they're the greatest humanity has ever been because of all the hype they were raised to believe. Only thing bigger than their egos are their shocks at realizing how expectations and presumptions have been chewed up and spat out by the harsh truth of reality.
@@worldoftancraftif Star Adders participated from the ground up of planning , and were leading initial IS reconnaissance mission instead of Wolves, Inner Sphere would never stood a chance. They would calculate time required for IS logistics to face the direction of invasion, and make sure that IS will never accumulate the advantage in time. Plus their designs and second line mechs were perfectly fit for this war, but had to stay behind instead.
I gotta say the artists working on the space and warship scenes absolutely nailed the imagery and vibe form the OG battletech art and stories, but managed to elevate them into a significantly more concrete and plausible BTech rendering of a warship instead of the 80s and 90s era art of round blobs and square blobs firing lasers in every direction.
I'm pleased that you're doing this analysis. I'm looking forward to all the details you can uncover. The trailer was far better than anticipated, even considering the various character snippets released so far. Believe it or not, I've seen folks complaining about spoilers... for a story that's about thirty years old.
I guess you could say that the Battle of Tukayyid wasn't Comstar giving the Inner Sphere room to breathe, but cleaning up the mess they made by triggering the invasion in the first place. I bet that woman at the end is Nasty K.
Let's be honest Comstar make allot of messes just look at the IS and the countless dead because of them interfering. By design they cause the wars because having all the houses fighting each others means they won't turn their attention into Comstar.
Nah it doesn't look like Natasha, unless they went and uglified her of course. Also she would still be semi young at that point, that woman seems to old to be her.
@@thomasschmid7404 I'm pretty sure that they're referring the Black Widow herself, Natasha Kerensky. Which would make sense if the main character fights in the Battle of Luthien.
The story is so much larger than a single game can encompass. I've got all but one of the Battletech series and all but one of the Mechwarrior series. And, a dozen or so of the newer material. Just the Battletech series is an enormous amount of material. You've done an excellent overview and seem to be well versed in the cannon. Kudos for a job well done
I do kinda wish there were differences in how the dropships work and CSJ uniforms look. Neither is strictly wrong. Aerodyne dropships can technically operate in VTOL mode as many of the games depict, but more commonly by far, they should be using airfields and landing strips. I wish the games were better at depicting that. With the uniforms, the is unapologetically just a jaguar face. It's great. The basic lines are still there in the trailers and you can make out a face if you squint and look for it, but I do wish it was blatant and in your face like some of the old art. There's a certain charm to it which I love. I do however love how the game is giving warships and aerospace assets some actual respect, despite their limited use in the clan invasion and probable lack of appearance in gameplay. They look beautiful and it's great seeing all these modern model renditions. They all look so great. So too with the elementals. So cool seeing them in motion with "modern graphics".
The Wolf's Dragoons guy looks like Mackenzie Wolf (a.k.a. Darnell Winningham), son of Jaime Wolf. The woman at the end looks like Natasha Kerensky, who was also Wolf's Dragoons by that stage, and became Khan of Clan Wolf after Ulric Kerensky became ilKahn of the Clans after Leo Showers died. Leo Showers was killed at the Battle of Radstadt on the CW Dire Wolf after a Shilone fighter flown by Tyra Miraborg of the Free Rasalhague Republic kamikazed into the bridge of his flagship.
It's really cool getting to see so many Warships and Jumpships on the spotlight, but I have to confess that I'm a little bummed the designs didn't get a makeover to put them in line with the style introduced in Paradox's Battletech. I absolutely love how the aerospace units looked on that game, the Union and Leviathan dropships, the Texas-class Warship in the intro sequence, and even the Invader Jumpship despite its sudden growth of a fourth docking collar lol
Almost certainly. The art always did a terrible job of showing Natasha as being as old as she actually is, it would be cool if the game actually showed her being a badass combat granny. Though the constant de-aging in the art lead to one of my favorite theories: That there's been several Natasha Karenskys just like her nemesis the bounty hunter LOL
@@michaelkimberling7307 except based on her lore and copious fiction I cant see her trying to convince people like some old Grandma. At least I hope not. Even at 70 she is written as being hot, very much in shape, dressing provacatively and exually active as a woman and the woman shown there is very much not. I think that may be Myndo Waterly who is Precentor Luthien at the time which would explain the uniform.
The first few trailers made me worried that they were going to turn Smoke Jaguar (and by extension the Clans) into modern time protagonists. This trailer makes me feel genuinely excited.
Sarah Weaver was Leo Shower's junior. She tried to become senior Khan but was defeated in a trial for the position by Lincoln Osis who succeeded Showers, while Weaver remained the junior.
@@SvenVanDerPlank No, he was Khan all the way through the invasion. Oddly, Sarah Weaver wasn't - she was demoted after Turtle Bay and fought her way back up to be junior Khan again by the end of the Invasion.
thanks for the insights to all the details! I missed a couple of them but it makes me grin so hard when i see how much heartblood PGI and the whole team put behind it - hype went straight through the roof too now, ngl :D
@@Dazzxp Neither are fascist. Fascist is not a catchall for despotism, it comes in many flavours. The clans are a caste based Darwinian meritocracy, the Draconis Combine is feudal.
@@Dazzxp Let's say it this way: Kurita had trouble on some of their worlds after Operation Bulldog because the people there felt more free under Smoke Jaguar occupation.
It's around six hours before the release of MW5: Clans in my region (I am from Russia,it is going to be 2 a.m in my region) and I am just watching the breakdown. Thanks for reminding me of the Clans upcoming release. Thx,Sven,I am looking towards the release of the thing and you covering the Clan invasion.
You are correct about the Iowa. She was one of the 30 remaining Essex left after the amaris coup and only a few of those ships joined the Exodus fleet. That ship has seen a lot.
Being an old school lore/Tt player myself I gotta say I’m digging channel.It’s been a great way to introduce peeps into the game compared to days of the ol’table top or hours of playing the game.Clan Snow Raven,,,masters of the void
The desert location looks kinda like the desert planet from MechWarrior 2 mercenaries when you fought the clans the first time. It was also in the periphery.
Great refresher of lore there thanks. After playing MW2 back in the mid to late 90ies went to buy and read all the books. Great memories. Will try to play this one, if my newborn lets me - I should say freeborn 😂
IDK... someone on the release video also suggested she was Nasty but i disgree, with the same reason: Vanity. Nasty K was notorious for being vane, as well as having had several cosmetic sugeries over the years. If it supposed to be HER, having her look like that, will certainly be controversial...
Would be interesting if the older woman is Salome Ward, Phelen Kell's mom and a member of the Kell Hounds who also participate in the Battle for Luthien
A great video, I have a feeling that the woman with red hair is Natasha Kerensky. The original art of her was a mixture of Sara Conner and Ripley with Elvira, Mistress of the Darks....'assets/huge tracts of land' for good measure but by the time of REVIVAL she'd be old, like heading towards her 80's and she didn't really look it as Clan genetic science can be quite magic in that regard. But if that is her, then I would wonder why she's shown like that, when the original art was basically at times, softcore porn, I'd guess that its because of that and the changing of times, and the fact that most of the early art was her when she was considerably younger, like 25 - 40 years younger when the Dragoons rocked up in 3005 and she was 84 when she died.
Strictly speaking, it can't: What Sven left out was that Wolf's Dragoons *were* issued recall orders in 3049, and the then *76-year-old* Natasha Kerensky, one of, if not *the* only Bloodnamed warriors that volunteered for the Dragoons, *was the only one who came back.* But with that hair, and those colours, in the context of showing the Dragoons, that is *definitely* what they're trying to imply.
@@watchm4ker if i'ld have to guess then the 2 characters are indeed Jamie Wolf and Natasha Kerensky. And the cinematic that is played is their conversation that is also in the books. In part 1 of the Blood of Kerensky trilogy Lethal Heritage in the prolog they discuss the posibilities of an invasion. The dialog is dated to 16th of August 3030.
@@watchm4ker see that’s the thing: if it is Natasha Kerensky, she wouldn’t be with the Dragoons at the time the Dragoons are back in the battle. She would be with Clan Wolf. Doesn’t mean that it can’t happen, as it could be a flashback, or it could be that she is with Clan Wolf, but still use a black and red suit, as she is still the Black Widow. But normally, she wouldn’t be with the Dragoons during the second half of Operation Revival.
@@watchm4ker Then again Natty K was also playing for both sides when she did come back and was Jamie's eyes and ears within the Clans, so its possible that here she's talking in private with folks
@@ASNS117Zero Been looking into this, it should run better because luckily the engine is based on Unreal 5.4, Unreal 5.4 has multi-core enhancements and Digital foundry have said helps lower end processors the most like a Zen 2 fps going from 17fps to 27fps. Which might not sound great but that is a 58% performance increase from unplayable to somewhat playable lol. It also allows like a 7800X3D to go from 58fps to 95fps which is 67% improvement.
I am very excited! I am really happy they are sticking to the lore and main story of Battletech. I am personally really excited to see the space battles.
The Soveski Soyuz has always been a favorite of mine, at least the way they realized it in TRO-3057. I am glad they seem to have gone with that TRO for the artwork in the game! And see these ships come to life is awesome! Thank you for sharing it! Oh, and the woman @ 28:00 - that has to be Natasha Kerensky of the Dragoons. 🙂
The Achilles v Dire Wolf had a nifty detail in the earlier still of the two. A Stormcrow is on the hull shooting at the Achilles... Stormcrow confirmed!!! I mean, yeah, it's arguably the Clans best 55 tonner, but nice to see it there.
I am more excited about this than Homeworld 3, which i have not played as critics said it was a let down sadly, I pray after 20plus years of waiting PGI brings mw back to the glory days!!!
I believe we are seeing Jamie Wolf (Wolf's Dragoons) and Salome Ward (Clan vs Inner Sphere). Both merc units were called upon to help save the capital planet of Luthien by Hanse-Davion for fear that if the planet fell, that all of the Draconis Combine would collapse and the Federated Commonwealth would be next.
@@disregardthat Yeah, you're right. Just thinking how Mackenzie dies two years after this battle in the periphery and wondering if he was present or not.
@@dgollner1 Mackenzie was second in command of the Dragoons and next in line to take over; and the entire force of the Dragoons was deployed to Luthien by Hanse Davion... Where Beta Galaxy under saKhan Weaver dropped. They very canonically fought each other on Luthien, where the Dragoons (and Kell Hounds) won, driving the Jags back and saving the Combine (much to the annoyance of both the Dragoons and the Combine). Basically, it could be any of the Dragoons. I think it's Mackenzie because he was absolutely there, and he's not really talked about much in the books. His only major plot relevance was getting killed a few years after the invasion and that sparking the Dragoon Civil War some time later.
Really hope Smoke Jags story will be concluded by a DLC, playing for the opposite side - as an Eridani Light Horse. This is the biggest potential for all the drama, as they were off-duty during the REVIVAL, but will come into play, to show how truest descendants of SLDF view Clanners, by grinding Jags to dust and heavy losses that would entail.
Jaime Wolf, Natasha Kerensky, the Black Widow. And the first shot of the dropship being fired upon, is a Stormcrow on the surface of a Warship! And in the fleet scene, there are TWO Sovetsky Soyuz class Battlecruisers!
So, not usually a fan of 'trailer breakdowns' but your break-down @SvenVanDerPlank is most appreciated. I can hear excitement in your voice and the frame by frame breakdown and theories is neat; touching on how these visuals all connect with your videos and the like. Also, I have to say Piranha not going all wonkey on how they model these ships and vehicles is nice. Continuity of visuals only adds to the excitement and joy by long time fans in my opinion.
I think the mystery Moustached Dragoon is Mackenzie Wolf, Jamie's son and 2nd in command during the clan invasion. He became the second in command after Natasha Kerensky left and rejoined wolf, and was probably deployed to Luthien with the dragoons. He's a deep cut in the lore, because he was mentioned only twice in the lore, once when he became a captain in the Black Widow Batallion, and again in a retrospective during the book on the dragoon civil war. He died shortly after the invasion. Also the old woman is almost certainly the black widow herself, Natasha. She became Khan of Wolf in her 70s.
@@stephenradlett1418 Jamie is also in his 70s during the clan invasion, as was Natasha. We see Old Woman Natasha, and Mustache Dragoon is clearly younger. PGI isn't missing _at all_ on this one, so it's not Jamie. It could be a random Dragoon, but I given how little Mackenzie is talked about (he's only notable because he was killed), I think that's him.
Man, this is AWESOME!! If it's free of modern crap for modern audiences, it will be a blast. You missed that there's a Stormcrow on the hull of the Dire Wolf shooting at the Vengeance!
Hey Sven, No need to reply. I just wanted to write that I enjoyed you feeling out about the WarShips (I know there aren't that many, and I've read the entries on each of the WarShips (I find them fascinating too) but couldn't identify them by sight, and appreciated the breakdown.) I'm likely going to save your upcoming MW5 Clans videos until after I've played the game.
Probably, after all the War Ship CW Dire Wolf is confirmed to be in the game, and that is the warship he was aboard when it happened. I'd expect at least a passing mention of that event to happen.
1:22 UM ACKSHUALLY The Point is the smallest unit used by the Clans 12:30 Because the Clans are such a peaceful society, _quiaff?_ 26:08 This could be Natashka Kerensky, too
@SvenVanDerPlank I think the older Female mech warrior at the 26:00-minute mark may be the infamous Black Widow, Natasha Kerensky. Her MechWarrior Uniform is Black and Red, were not only the colors of Wolfs Dragoons, but also the Colors of the Wolf Spiders. additionally, we have seen a wolf dragoon in the trailer. then you follow it up the fact she is older, at the point of the clan invasion, she was 77 in 3050. she also had reddish brown hair, just like the older female MechWarrior in the clip. we can't see her rank in the clip. but she was a Star Colonel in 3003 before being sent to the inner sphere mission with wolfs dragoons and she returned to the clan home worlds in 3048, just before the beginning of Operation: Revival. she becomes Khan of clan wolf, after the election of Ulric Kerensky to Ilkhan after the death of Ilkhan Leo Showers, which was caused by a kamikaze attach in his ship, which is think is also in the trailer at 11:39, where the aerospace fighter rams the dropship. also, the ship that rammed the dropship and killed Leo Showers was a Shilone flown by Tyra Miraborg, when they accidentally jumped into the Radstadt System, in close proximity to the invasion fleet. although in the book, it was not a Dropship she rammed but the flag ship of the invasion fleet, CWS Dire Wolf. however, there were 4 dropships attached to the CWS Dire Wolf, CWS Lair, CWS Snap, CWS Snarl, CWS Howl. all 4 were used at the battle of Radstadt.
considering that a good chunk of smoke jag bloodlines are originally from the federated suns, it's no surprise that they blame house kurita for all their problems, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. so too where they take from other clans, just as davion takes from other houses.
Woman at 26:00 Minutes is probably Natasha Kerensky. Old, yes, Inner Sphere, yeah technically she was part of Wolf's Dragoons. Big part of Operation Revival, absolutely!
Natasha Kerensky was a trueborn though, not Inner Sphere, and she wasn’t part of the Dragoons during Operation Revival. Or at least when the Dragoons were active.
She was in the inner sphere with the dragoons until the clans returned, so regardless of true born status, she does qualify as inner sphere, technically
@@Koshea69 but that does mean she has Clan DNA, and thus she is genetically modified and probably looks younger than she actually is. In the video, when he says that the woman cannot be Clan, it's because they don't live that old and that they look younger than they are. Natasha certainly lived older than most Clan pilots because she was in the Inner Sphere yes, but she probably looks younger than her actual age.
I didn't realize how straight-hard they were going off the Stackpole novels for this. I thought maybe they were just using some background history and improving a storyline of their choice around it. Call it the "Disney" approach. But this is going to be more like Ben Hur meets Battletech, isn't it? Bravo to the game designers, then!
the original MechWarrior 2 was set during the Clan Jade Falcon / Clan Wolf Refusal War. and used a lot of the story line from the mid-clan invasion period, starting with Assumption of Risk in 1993 is really a primer for moving the era forward and covers the politics behind the refusal war, Bread for War in 1995 was the book Mechwarrior 2 was based on. and concludes with Malicious Intent in 1996 that is the after math of the Clan Refusal War, and the preparation for the Twilight of the Clans Series, which both MechCommander 1 and MechWarrior 3 were based on. Personally I am Happy they are using cannon material for this game! unlike the 2018 BattleTech RTS game. although it was really great game and it set everything as very late 3rd secession war. there is a lot of techs in that game that was extinct at that time but still fun to play.
At 25:55, that person may be Natasha Kerensky. She certainly matches the description. Officially on canon, Natasha had returned, but perhaps the game has taken artistic license here. It's been suggested that 24:08 may be Jamie Wolf himself.
Looks like Comstar's Expedition Ship found what they were looking for.. I remembered that a ship was set out in to the unknown years before 3050 and all. I guess we know why the clans came as they did. It's no surprise that Comstar lost it's way during the years after the SLDF left the Inner Sphere in exile. Reason I say that is because a deal was made for those who stayed behind and guard Terra from invasion by the great houses. Leo Showers looks amazing in the CGI. One thing I am surprised of is the Strormcrow that was on the hull of a battleship in Zero G firing ERLs in Space. Vibes of GBL right there. I am so happy to see that. There is going to be cinematics that I think are going to give us a better understanding perspective in regards of many iconic characters in the lore and its going to be pretty good. That last character shown I am personally thinking maybe someone iconic. You know what's funny about all this? Mw5 Clans does not and thank god for this, does not follow any representation of identity politics or any of the bullshit that we have seen in other games that have been out lately. So yeah. Looking forward to this. Looking forward to seeing a game that does things "The Clan Way" if you know what I mean.
definitely not a fan of DEI (didn't earn it) but TBH there's already plenty of representation in BT to begin with all those decades ago, Nasty K, a woman, is the most lethal mechwarrior ever, the ilKhan Leo Showers and Lincoln Osis are black, the DCMS samurai Minobu Tetsuhara founder of the Ryoken regiments, is also black, Justin Allard Liao the Solaris 7 champion who was Eurasian...
@@Mr-Wisdomthief Ya. Most of the characters they have are based off of lore from what I've seen and that is a big deal. It is going to look like representation but its done in the proper form of actual story telling and keeping it lore accurate. Leo Showers was beautifully shown in this trailer and I am curious to see what is next. If writers in the entertainment industry followed what battletech has, You wouldn't such terrible content like AC Shadows or SW Outlaws. Here's to all you mech fans. Kurita's Greatest Crisis will be coming shortly.
Lincoln Osis takes Leo's spot as Khan, just as Howell will take Osis's place for a moment after Tukayyid until Osis is found alive and then become SaKahn, we are not told what/why/how weaver's spot is open at this point in the lore, so we are likely to maybe find it out.
The Wolf's Dragoons being spies sent to the Inner Sphere to collect information feels like a bit of a plot hole since they surely were sending that information back, meaning at least Clan Wolf knew the truth and could've countered Smoke Jaguar's blood-lust.
They were to a point. A bit before the invasion, they stopped sending anything at all back, and (if I'm not mistaken) were assumed to have gone native.
@@KaiHarper89 They were ordered (secretly) by Khan Kerlin Ward of Wolf (leader of the Wardens) in 3015 to break contact and prepare the inner sphere to defend against what was seen as an inevitable invasion. Of course, since only one person among the Clans knew of those orders, the rest of the Clans presumably assumed they went native.
@@claytonhollowell4488 Ah, yeah, that's right. Thank you, I couldn't recall where the 'defend' order had come from, but did remember it. I just wasn't sure if it was an order from Jaime, or above.
12:49 the dropship isn’t being fired on by a warship. It is being fired on by a Stormcrow in the lower right! I love all the hidden stuff in this video!
I'm definetly pumped, with all the new players and fans of the franchise and this new reinessance coming with a vengeance on your average RPG? Are you kidding me? This next expansion is gonna be a breath of fresh air and an intro to the clans in a game, even if MW5 is just MW diet. Lol
I absolutely love the clans and I absolutely hate the clans. They are my most favourite and least favourite faction in Battletech. A man sacrificed everything to save his nation. His men and women at arms revered him so much that when the nation betrayed him they said "fuck you" and wanted to burn it to the ground. They were ready to fight the Lyrans, the League, the Capellans, the Suns, and the Kuritans and kill them all for the sake of their leader. And if they couldn't live to see their jewel gleam with the light it deserved, they would shatter it. They loved him. And they followed him into the abyss, into the unknown, into the blank void. They created something else for themselves. They gathered their strength and prepared a force powerful enough to crush everything in its path. And they were ready to take their jewel back. But they changed too much. They became just as broken and splintered as those they fought and despised. They created a culture based on an ideal set by ancient nations that has never been achieved. They clung to honor, justice, and fairness and expected their enemies to do the same as if any of those outdated notions mattered in the slightest to them. They refused to change and adapt when their foes did. In an ideal world, they would be kings. They would set things straight. They would return the jewel's shine. But it isn't an ideal world. It's dirty, bloody, brutal, cold, and treacherous. And it has no sympathy for those dwelling in it They were too noble and too stubborn. And they paid the price. No one will chase them out of the Inner Sphere. No one can. But it will never be theirs.
The old woman can be Natasha Kerensky, red Hair, their uniform seems be a Wolf Dragoons reminiscence and she is spoken about use "experimented" mechwarrior (maybe " too old" warrior for the clan standars"), may be just before to take command of the new 352nd Assault Cluster. And the man, can be Jaime Wolf.
I'm pretty sure the old woman in the end is Natasha Kerensky. That colour scheme is black and red like the Black Widow company or Wolf Spiders. And we all know where she ends up by 3050.
The Dragoons did not go 'Rogue' they were ordered by Khan Ward in 3019 under oath to cut ties find a base and begin preperations to help the inner-sphere against the possibility of the Crusaders invasion. And there are some 'older' people in the clans though other then Natasha, she could be example of one is Cyrilla Ward for example who was as old as Natasha and a clan warrior, who had held her position until 3052 (until she killed herself to open the chance of Phelan getting her Ward Bloodname) and had been a wolf SaKhan, the head of the house of Ward. It is just very very rare for them to remain active warriors normally as they get older they either try and die a 'warriors death' or move to become the matriarch/patriarch of their bloodname house or get relegated to working as trainers.
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11:58 Those are Union-C DropShips. Don't know why I forgot they were the main type used by the Clans. Confederates are much smaller.
19:08 Misspoke. It's the 362nd Assault Cluster (Silver Jaguars)
It is so apparent to me from watching the launch trailer that the people at Piranha Games working on MechWarrior 5: Clans have poured all of their love for the franchise into this game. There are so many tiny details I was able to pick up on from that 2 minute video I just could not help myself from doing a thorough analysis and breakdown on what I was able to spot. I have no doubt that there will be things I missed, so I'll include any extras that you folks point out in this pinned comment.
My excitement went through the roof as I watched this trailer for the first time, and I must have already watched it half-a-dozen more. I cannot wait to play MW5:C. See you guys there.
P.S. Yes I know I mispronounced "deified." My excitement got the best of me.
24:06 That seems to be Mackenzie Wolf, Jaimie's son :)
Nice analysing video!
Sven mind if I shout out madcat529 he did a great primer on clan smoke jaguar today for fun watch before clans. Not trying to take away from your awesome video just sharing.
Could be Maj. J. Eliot Jamison?
Female Dragoon could be Col. Bruebaker?
I think MacKenzie was still "hidden" at this time.
@@jeffreyvandoren3740nah that's Natasha Kerensky
The fact they did their homework and got all the details right makes me grin.
The fact we can name these ships from a few seconds of screen time...
The fact that the people making it seem to still care is one of many factors that has rapidly propelled Battletech to being one of my favorite settings.
Kinda baffling how true to source it is. Mechwarriors are usually pretty good but this is next level dedicated - super impressive.
I think the reason we see a Wolf Dragoon officer is actually pretty simple, the player characters see the clans' action as being wrong, probably because of turtle bay and defect during the truce or around the battle of Luthien. So the Wolf Dragoon and the presumed Blackwidow are welcoming them. Hence the "We could use warriors for the fight ahead". The story's climax would thus be the battle of Luthien.
I think it's reasonable that we defect or get taken bondsman at Luthien, but Natasha has already left Wolf's Dragoons by that point.
Widow is already back with Clan Wolf. Probably Alpha Regiment commander. I think Col. Bruebaker.
@@SvenVanDerPlanknothing tells us where this frame is captured. Why is it not 3050 when she's just arrived?
@@SvenVanDerPlank Fair point, I forgot she left right away and not later. I still can't shake the feeling our player character will defect one way or anotehr but I might be wrong about who and how ^^
@@ursulcx299In an interview, one of the devs said that the player would have a choice to make. I've been thinking since then that after witnessing the Turtle Bay massacre, we'll have to choose whether or not to turn against Smoke Jaguar.
"We are Smoke Jaguar, Trueborn warriors selectively bred for war over generations."
That's a callback to "We are Clan Wolf, children of Kerensky," and "We are Jade Falcon, great among the clans."
Also "Are we go for invasion?" is a callback to MechCommander "We are go for invasion!"
Also, the Timberwolf fighting in reddish terrain is similar to the Mechwarrior 2 intro.
I did pick up on the MechCommander line but assumed I was reading too much into it. Never played MW2 myself but now I can see that there were deliberate callbacks throughout.
the original 3050 technical readout also had a red clan ghost bear timber wolf on a red planet
In all but name, this game looks to be a prequal to Mechwarrior 2 as far as story presentation goes.
@@foxdavion6865 Yeah. It has been a LONG time since I played MW2, had to look it up. Was set in 3057. This is set in the very beginning of the clan invasion. I wonder how far the campaign goes. Tukayyid or Huntress? One of the Mercenaries games did have the player encounter the clans in the periphery. I forget if it was mw2 or mw3, but that was from the perspective of the IS.
@@dirkflannigan5271mechwarrior 2 mercenaries. Despite being outdated, it had probably one of the best endings to a trailer I have seen from the franchise. Showing the battle of tukayyid , and how brutal it was for the inner sphere, literally having to throw their heaviest against the clanners.
Search mechwarrior 2 mercenaries ending video on UA-cam. It’s awesome. The cutscene of the mad dog’s ending and the inner sphere coming back from the brink is so good.
My wife and I were wondering if they'd do Turtle Bay. And my God, they're doing Turtle Bay. Damn.
That’s got me excited! I read through the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy earlier this year, so I’m excited!
Turtle Bay bid outrage and riots, Clan Smoke Jaguar bid one warship.
BURN, EDO!
Were I the Clan Pilot of the WarShip that deployed the nukes... I think I'd demand a Trial of Grievance for not renaming it EnolaGay.
@@Deridus I'm fairly certain it was a warship laser battery, not nuclear.
1945 was almost a thousand years exactly in the past as well: I doubt any clanner remembers the first tactical nuclear deployments at all, least of all who did it and the name of the planes
@12:35 "Obliterated by a clan warship" Sven, may I direct your gaze to the lower right corner of the screen. That's not a gun emplacement. That's a mech. I think that's a Stormcrow firing on the warship.
I noticed that too. I wonder how many lasers were just mechs standing on the ships lmao
It's quite certainly a Stormcrow Prime as you can see it first firing 2 large ER lasers and then 3 medium ones.
yeah, I saw it and can't tell on my phone for sure what it was. I was guessing Mad Dog.
Imagine we get a space battle mission
Shit, I think this is Miraborg's suicide run.
I love that there is so much lore in BattleTech that you are identifying characters by their rank and what unit they belong to.
Last mission of the campaign: *Tukayyid*
Objective: *SURVIVE*
*Frederick Steiner* laughting in the background
hey mr anastasius focht please no spoilers.
That's all Starcom.
I want a Last mini campaign in Mech5:Mercs of the Last Operation were mercenaries played a heavy part in defense of the IS . "Operation Bulldog". Mercs were used in a astermectal warfefre(Guerilla Warfare) against the Clans . Until the Great House and Empires could get their shit together.
Thank you, Smoke Jaguar, for freeing us from the tyranny of the Great houses regardless of what everyone on the planet thinks. I'm so thankful you've politely removed everyone who objected to your considerate liberation.
Smoke Jaguar soldiers are in no way holding my family, and there's nobody holding anything to my head at this moment.
The Bears laugh at the weak jags. They and their khans are Degraza fools.we had problems with captured planets but we never used our ships to kill an entire city..
7:38 The Texas class Battleship is the Veiled Huntress, the clan flagship.
The ship on the top right is a Vincent Corvette, either the Ripper, Azov or Simas Osis.
The other Essex is the Sabre Cat, which is the dedicated escort vessel to the Veiled Huntress.
Saber Cat also removed turtle bay
@@davidm.corbin4643Edo, Turtle Bay is the planet.
And none of those Warships would survive the eventual counter offensive that was Operation Bulldog.
But they make one mistake... They attacked my homeplanet!!
You dare refuse my Batchall?
WE'RE GONNA TAKE BACK OUR GALAXY
Those Bantered Commies Clans. Attacking Free Captiliest citizen's in the IS .
The enhanced imaging implants make total sense. No wonder Nikolai Malthus from the BattleTech cartoon was so crazy. He and his enhanced imaging implants became famous with the "You dare refuse my Batchall" meme.
Don't take the Cartoon for lore. They took a lot of liberties for that show
If I remember correctly the Implants weren't a thing during the initial invasion and came after the truce. Though the majority of Clan warriors wouldn't touch it due to the debilitating side effects. But they became a necessary evil for the Protomech pilots. And funny enough the Word of Blake developed something similar called the VDNI interface which was just as invasive but not as damaging to the pilot.
No matter how far you jump, Space AT&T will always find you and get you to pay your bills.... and ask you about extending your mech's warranty
I love the over the top dramatics from the clanners. Feels very fitting
They think they're the greatest humanity has ever been because of all the hype they were raised to believe. Only thing bigger than their egos are their shocks at realizing how expectations and presumptions have been chewed up and spat out by the harsh truth of reality.
@@bthsr7113the invasion would be very different if Star Adder would be invading and smoke jaguar be absorbed by other clans.
@@worldoftancraftif Star Adders participated from the ground up of planning , and were leading initial IS reconnaissance mission instead of Wolves, Inner Sphere would never stood a chance. They would calculate time required for IS logistics to face the direction of invasion, and make sure that IS will never accumulate the advantage in time. Plus their designs and second line mechs were perfectly fit for this war, but had to stay behind instead.
Super Militant Sovients. There are Communality's between the the Clans and former USSR. The Clans are not Corporate capitalist like the IS .
@@roboparks How 20 clans, a syndicalism thing, match with the centralisation of the USSR
I gotta say the artists working on the space and warship scenes absolutely nailed the imagery and vibe form the OG battletech art and stories, but managed to elevate them into a significantly more concrete and plausible BTech rendering of a warship instead of the 80s and 90s era art of round blobs and square blobs firing lasers in every direction.
I'm pleased that you're doing this analysis. I'm looking forward to all the details you can uncover.
The trailer was far better than anticipated, even considering the various character snippets released so far.
Believe it or not, I've seen folks complaining about spoilers... for a story that's about thirty years old.
I guess you could say that the Battle of Tukayyid wasn't Comstar giving the Inner Sphere room to breathe, but cleaning up the mess they made by triggering the invasion in the first place.
I bet that woman at the end is Nasty K.
Let's be honest Comstar make allot of messes just look at the IS and the countless dead because of them interfering. By design they cause the wars because having all the houses fighting each others means they won't turn their attention into Comstar.
Unfair! The blessed order could not know that kerensky descedants turned into a bunch of rabid animals.
Nah it doesn't look like Natasha, unless they went and uglified her of course. Also she would still be semi young at that point, that woman seems to old to be her.
Salome Ward?
@@thomasschmid7404 I'm pretty sure that they're referring the Black Widow herself, Natasha Kerensky. Which would make sense if the main character fights in the Battle of Luthien.
13:22 it’s got a lil storm crow shooting at it , not even a warship
i saw that too haha
Damn, that's a great spot.
@@SvenVanDerPlankI wonder if we will be doing some fights on warship hulls
I understand clan Er LLs are strong but that seems too much lol
I thought it was a Vulture(Mad Dog), but either way.
The story is so much larger than a single game can encompass. I've got all but one of the Battletech series and all but one of the Mechwarrior series. And, a dozen or so of the newer material. Just the Battletech series is an enormous amount of material.
You've done an excellent overview and seem to be well versed in the cannon. Kudos for a job well done
I do kinda wish there were differences in how the dropships work and CSJ uniforms look. Neither is strictly wrong. Aerodyne dropships can technically operate in VTOL mode as many of the games depict, but more commonly by far, they should be using airfields and landing strips. I wish the games were better at depicting that. With the uniforms, the is unapologetically just a jaguar face. It's great. The basic lines are still there in the trailers and you can make out a face if you squint and look for it, but I do wish it was blatant and in your face like some of the old art. There's a certain charm to it which I love.
I do however love how the game is giving warships and aerospace assets some actual respect, despite their limited use in the clan invasion and probable lack of appearance in gameplay. They look beautiful and it's great seeing all these modern model renditions. They all look so great. So too with the elementals. So cool seeing them in motion with "modern graphics".
The Wolf's Dragoons guy looks like Mackenzie Wolf (a.k.a. Darnell Winningham), son of Jaime Wolf. The woman at the end looks like Natasha Kerensky, who was also Wolf's Dragoons by that stage, and became Khan of Clan Wolf after Ulric Kerensky became ilKahn of the Clans after Leo Showers died. Leo Showers was killed at the Battle of Radstadt on the CW Dire Wolf after a Shilone fighter flown by Tyra Miraborg of the Free Rasalhague Republic kamikazed into the bridge of his flagship.
A Rifleman doing what it was designed to do? WWhhhhaaaaatttt?
Ya shoot in a Complete 180 degree Rather than a standard 45 . To Bad Mech 5 :Mercs didn't get that right .
@@roboparks I was talking about in the cutscene not actual gameplay
It's really cool getting to see so many Warships and Jumpships on the spotlight, but I have to confess that I'm a little bummed the designs didn't get a makeover to put them in line with the style introduced in Paradox's Battletech. I absolutely love how the aerospace units looked on that game, the Union and Leviathan dropships, the Texas-class Warship in the intro sequence, and even the Invader Jumpship despite its sudden growth of a fourth docking collar lol
26:56 that could be Natasha Kerensky. She was in her 70s during operation revival.
i saw her and immediately said that's the Black Widow!
Almost certainly. The art always did a terrible job of showing Natasha as being as old as she actually is, it would be cool if the game actually showed her being a badass combat granny. Though the constant de-aging in the art lead to one of my favorite theories: That there's been several Natasha Karenskys just like her nemesis the bounty hunter LOL
My thoughts as well.
@@weaselwolf she's just a lady who uses the clan-anti-aging creams and clan-enhanced-result makeup. Baked up with clan-extra-long lifespan.
@@michaelkimberling7307 except based on her lore and copious fiction I cant see her trying to convince people like some old Grandma. At least I hope not. Even at 70 she is written as being hot, very much in shape, dressing provacatively and exually active as a woman and the woman shown there is very much not. I think that may be Myndo Waterly who is Precentor Luthien at the time which would explain the uniform.
The first few trailers made me worried that they were going to turn Smoke Jaguar (and by extension the Clans) into modern time protagonists. This trailer makes me feel genuinely excited.
As a bigtime Battletech lore nerd, this trailer got me hyped.
Looking forward to your analysis :)
Bet you had fun helping, eh?
@@Deridus yea, this was a dream come true for us.
Sarah Weaver was Leo Shower's junior. She tried to become senior Khan but was defeated in a trial for the position by Lincoln Osis who succeeded Showers, while Weaver remained the junior.
Thank you for the clarification. I wasn't sure when Osis came onto the scene. Thought it might have been after they returned to Strana Mechty.
@@SvenVanDerPlank No, he was Khan all the way through the invasion. Oddly, Sarah Weaver wasn't - she was demoted after Turtle Bay and fought her way back up to be junior Khan again by the end of the Invasion.
thanks for the insights to all the details! I missed a couple of them but it makes me grin so hard when i see how much heartblood PGI and the whole team put behind it - hype went straight through the roof too now, ngl :D
It would have been so comforting to know that Smoke Jaguar was out there, day after day, protecting us from fascism.
A shining light in all of our lives.
Wait a minute... The light's getting brighter! INCOMING!
Which fascist regime is worse? kurtia or the jags?
@@Dazzxp Neither are fascist. Fascist is not a catchall for despotism, it comes in many flavours. The clans are a caste based Darwinian meritocracy, the Draconis Combine is feudal.
@@Dazzxp Let's say it this way: Kurita had trouble on some of their worlds after Operation Bulldog because the people there felt more free under Smoke Jaguar occupation.
“Fascism” 😂
It's around six hours before the release of MW5: Clans in my region (I am from Russia,it is going to be 2 a.m in my region) and I am just watching the breakdown. Thanks for reminding me of the Clans upcoming release. Thx,Sven,I am looking towards the release of the thing and you covering the Clan invasion.
Thank you for linking the animated series with the FASA,WotC, and Catalyst together.
This game is going to be exciting
You are correct about the Iowa. She was one of the 30 remaining Essex left after the amaris coup and only a few of those ships joined the Exodus fleet. That ship has seen a lot.
Being an old school lore/Tt player myself I gotta say I’m digging channel.It’s been a great way to introduce peeps into the game compared to days of the ol’table top or hours of playing the game.Clan Snow Raven,,,masters of the void
I wasn't planning to either, and won't. I'm super excited for it too though!
Still, it's going to be awesome. I can't wait until Wednesday / Thursday.
So Sven...how's that "war correspondence" thing going? 😏
I was deceived.
Really cannot wait for this, loved the Succession Wars videos. Can't wait for more vids.
The desert location looks kinda like the desert planet from MechWarrior 2 mercenaries when you fought the clans the first time. It was also in the periphery.
Great video ! And helpful explanation. Of some of the lore behind mechwarrior ! Much appreciated ! 🙌
Great refresher of lore there thanks. After playing MW2 back in the mid to late 90ies went to buy and read all the books. Great memories.
Will try to play this one, if my newborn lets me - I should say freeborn 😂
I'm virtually certain... 26:04 is the Black Widow... Natasha Kerensky... She would be 76 years old
I just had the same thought after watching the video.
IDK... someone on the release video also suggested she was Nasty but i disgree, with the same reason: Vanity. Nasty K was notorious for being vane, as well as having had several cosmetic sugeries over the years. If it supposed to be HER, having her look like that, will certainly be controversial...
This game will be legend.
Really looking forward to it.
I am now too after this! :D
Appreciate the time and effort you put into this vid, Sven. Incredible! 👍👍😁
Some random Comstar Precentor: "Van Der Plank is commentating! Quick, take notes, take notes...!"
Would be interesting if the older woman is Salome Ward, Phelen Kell's mom and a member of the Kell Hounds who also participate in the Battle for Luthien
"We are Jade Falcon, first among the Clans..."
I took that opening snippet with the Timberwolf as an homage to the original MW2 opening sequence.
shut up plucked chicken.
A great video, I have a feeling that the woman with red hair is Natasha Kerensky. The original art of her was a mixture of Sara Conner and Ripley with Elvira, Mistress of the Darks....'assets/huge tracts of land' for good measure but by the time of REVIVAL she'd be old, like heading towards her 80's and she didn't really look it as Clan genetic science can be quite magic in that regard. But if that is her, then I would wonder why she's shown like that, when the original art was basically at times, softcore porn, I'd guess that its because of that and the changing of times, and the fact that most of the early art was her when she was considerably younger, like 25 - 40 years younger when the Dragoons rocked up in 3005 and she was 84 when she died.
Given she had thw same color scheme as the other wolfs dragoon guy(who might be Jamie Wolf) I would say that is a safe bet.
Strictly speaking, it can't: What Sven left out was that Wolf's Dragoons *were* issued recall orders in 3049, and the then *76-year-old* Natasha Kerensky, one of, if not *the* only Bloodnamed warriors that volunteered for the Dragoons, *was the only one who came back.*
But with that hair, and those colours, in the context of showing the Dragoons, that is *definitely* what they're trying to imply.
@@watchm4ker if i'ld have to guess then the 2 characters are indeed Jamie Wolf and Natasha Kerensky. And the cinematic that is played is their conversation that is also in the books. In part 1 of the Blood of Kerensky trilogy Lethal Heritage in the prolog they discuss the posibilities of an invasion. The dialog is dated to 16th of August 3030.
@@watchm4ker see that’s the thing: if it is Natasha Kerensky, she wouldn’t be with the Dragoons at the time the Dragoons are back in the battle. She would be with Clan Wolf. Doesn’t mean that it can’t happen, as it could be a flashback, or it could be that she is with Clan Wolf, but still use a black and red suit, as she is still the Black Widow. But normally, she wouldn’t be with the Dragoons during the second half of Operation Revival.
@@watchm4ker Then again Natty K was also playing for both sides when she did come back and was Jamie's eyes and ears within the Clans, so its possible that here she's talking in private with folks
Amazing detailed coverage of the Mechwarrior Clans trailer! Great job!
I was just surprised by the amount of lore in the trailer. Got me pretty excited. Now I need to buy a new computer to run it...
So many little lore snippets. Felt like a lot of care and attention went into it.
I too am really excited so much so I have to keep this post clean...
i got one last year time to get it running i'v been lazy for a year got it in black Friday deals lol
Clans is probably going to be the last hurrah of my current PC. It clears the min reqs but just BARELY squeaks out the recommended.
@@ASNS117Zero Been looking into this, it should run better because luckily the engine is based on Unreal 5.4, Unreal 5.4 has multi-core enhancements and Digital foundry have said helps lower end processors the most like a Zen 2 fps going from 17fps to 27fps. Which might not sound great but that is a 58% performance increase from unplayable to somewhat playable lol. It also allows like a 7800X3D to go from 58fps to 95fps which is 67% improvement.
I am very excited! I am really happy they are sticking to the lore and main story of Battletech. I am personally really excited to see the space battles.
The Soveski Soyuz has always been a favorite of mine, at least the way they realized it in TRO-3057. I am glad they seem to have gone with that TRO for the artwork in the game! And see these ships come to life is awesome! Thank you for sharing it! Oh, and the woman @ 28:00 - that has to be Natasha Kerensky of the Dragoons. 🙂
Sovetskij Sojuz(Soûz)
*Angry Slavic noises*
Thank you for preview! Standard JumpShips have no business being next to a planet, this is just developer choice.
The Achilles v Dire Wolf had a nifty detail in the earlier still of the two. A Stormcrow is on the hull shooting at the Achilles... Stormcrow confirmed!!!
I mean, yeah, it's arguably the Clans best 55 tonner, but nice to see it there.
It's the Battle of Turtle Bay. Which will probably be the turning point for the protagonist characters.
I am more excited about this than Homeworld 3, which i have not played as critics said it was a let down sadly, I pray after 20plus years of waiting PGI brings mw back to the glory days!!!
I believe we are seeing Jamie Wolf (Wolf's Dragoons) and Salome Ward (Clan vs Inner Sphere). Both merc units were called upon to help save the capital planet of Luthien by Hanse-Davion for fear that if the planet fell, that all of the Draconis Combine would collapse and the Federated Commonwealth would be next.
too young to be Jaime Wolf, who is like 70 years old by the time of the invasion. my guess is his son Mackenzie
@@disregardthat Yeah, you're right. Just thinking how Mackenzie dies two years after this battle in the periphery and wondering if he was present or not.
@@dgollner1 Mackenzie was second in command of the Dragoons and next in line to take over; and the entire force of the Dragoons was deployed to Luthien by Hanse Davion... Where Beta Galaxy under saKhan Weaver dropped. They very canonically fought each other on Luthien, where the Dragoons (and Kell Hounds) won, driving the Jags back and saving the Combine (much to the annoyance of both the Dragoons and the Combine).
Basically, it could be any of the Dragoons. I think it's Mackenzie because he was absolutely there, and he's not really talked about much in the books. His only major plot relevance was getting killed a few years after the invasion and that sparking the Dragoon Civil War some time later.
Thanks for turning my almost legendary, infinite patience into childish excitement. This game is going to occupy quite a lot of my gaming time.
@ 12:50 the Mech on top of the ship firing at it had me rolling.
I'm so stoked! Haven't been this excited for a game in years!
Really hope Smoke Jags story will be concluded by a DLC, playing for the opposite side - as an Eridani Light Horse. This is the biggest potential for all the drama, as they were off-duty during the REVIVAL, but will come into play, to show how truest descendants of SLDF view Clanners, by grinding Jags to dust and heavy losses that would entail.
Jaime Wolf, Natasha Kerensky, the Black Widow. And the first shot of the dropship being fired upon, is a Stormcrow on the surface of a Warship! And in the fleet scene, there are TWO Sovetsky Soyuz class Battlecruisers!
Man... thanks to your video I'm now kinda hyped for the game.
13:05 look at that spicy Storm Crow trying to get credit for that dropship kill
So, not usually a fan of 'trailer breakdowns' but your break-down @SvenVanDerPlank is most appreciated. I can hear excitement in your voice and the frame by frame breakdown and theories is neat; touching on how these visuals all connect with your videos and the like.
Also, I have to say Piranha not going all wonkey on how they model these ships and vehicles is nice. Continuity of visuals only adds to the excitement and joy by long time fans in my opinion.
Yeah, these are pretty great extrapolations of the old b/w line drawings.
The Dragoon looks like old line art of Sergeant Colin Maclaren, Marauder pilot in the Black Widow's Command Lance
I think the mystery Moustached Dragoon is Mackenzie Wolf, Jamie's son and 2nd in command during the clan invasion. He became the second in command after Natasha Kerensky left and rejoined wolf, and was probably deployed to Luthien with the dragoons. He's a deep cut in the lore, because he was mentioned only twice in the lore, once when he became a captain in the Black Widow Batallion, and again in a retrospective during the book on the dragoon civil war. He died shortly after the invasion.
Also the old woman is almost certainly the black widow herself, Natasha. She became Khan of Wolf in her 70s.
Likely. Jaimie was aways portrayed with a beard as welk
@@stephenradlett1418 Jamie is also in his 70s during the clan invasion, as was Natasha. We see Old Woman Natasha, and Mustache Dragoon is clearly younger. PGI isn't missing _at all_ on this one, so it's not Jamie. It could be a random Dragoon, but I given how little Mackenzie is talked about (he's only notable because he was killed), I think that's him.
Mackenzie also got stomped flat in a single volley by Kai during his Trial, didn't he?
Man, this is AWESOME!! If it's free of modern crap for modern audiences, it will be a blast. You missed that there's a Stormcrow on the hull of the Dire Wolf shooting at the Vengeance!
Now this looks fantastic. The Star League is back!!!
Star League was amazing.
Clanners on the other hand....
No, the Star League won't be back for another decade, and then only temporarily.
Let's be real here. Once I saw warships in the trailer all I could hear, was Sven giggling happily in background 😂
Hey Sven,
No need to reply. I just wanted to write that I enjoyed you feeling out about the WarShips (I know there aren't that many, and I've read the entries on each of the WarShips (I find them fascinating too) but couldn't identify them by sight, and appreciated the breakdown.)
I'm likely going to save your upcoming MW5 Clans videos until after I've played the game.
So if Leo Showers is making am appearence... SPOILER:
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Will we all get to see him get the Super Star Destroyer Bridge sequence treatment?
Probably, after all the War Ship CW Dire Wolf is confirmed to be in the game, and that is the warship he was aboard when it happened. I'd expect at least a passing mention of that event to happen.
13:33 The ship is being shot by a Battlemech double ER Large Lasers (bottom right corner).
1:22 UM ACKSHUALLY The Point is the smallest unit used by the Clans
12:30 Because the Clans are such a peaceful society, _quiaff?_
26:08 This could be Natashka Kerensky, too
@SvenVanDerPlank I think the older Female mech warrior at the 26:00-minute mark may be the infamous Black Widow, Natasha Kerensky. Her MechWarrior Uniform is Black and Red, were not only the colors of Wolfs Dragoons, but also the Colors of the Wolf Spiders. additionally, we have seen a wolf dragoon in the trailer. then you follow it up the fact she is older, at the point of the clan invasion, she was 77 in 3050. she also had reddish brown hair, just like the older female MechWarrior in the clip. we can't see her rank in the clip. but she was a Star Colonel in 3003 before being sent to the inner sphere mission with wolfs dragoons and she returned to the clan home worlds in 3048, just before the beginning of Operation: Revival. she becomes Khan of clan wolf, after the election of Ulric Kerensky to Ilkhan after the death of Ilkhan Leo Showers, which was caused by a kamikaze attach in his ship, which is think is also in the trailer at 11:39, where the aerospace fighter rams the dropship. also, the ship that rammed the dropship and killed Leo Showers was a Shilone flown by Tyra Miraborg, when they accidentally jumped into the Radstadt System, in close proximity to the invasion fleet. although in the book, it was not a Dropship she rammed but the flag ship of the invasion fleet, CWS Dire Wolf. however, there were 4 dropships attached to the CWS Dire Wolf, CWS Lair, CWS Snap, CWS Snarl, CWS Howl. all 4 were used at the battle of Radstadt.
considering that a good chunk of smoke jag bloodlines are originally from the federated suns, it's no surprise that they blame house kurita for all their problems, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
so too where they take from other clans, just as davion takes from other houses.
I'm not surprised the best clan evolved from the best house.
is there a research on distribution of bloodlines between the clans and their origin?
@@worldoftancraft maybe in the sourcebooks to individual clans but they are very long out of print.
Reactor goes online on 17th of October.
Let's hope all systems will be nominal (or overperforming).
Woman at 26:00 Minutes is probably Natasha Kerensky. Old, yes, Inner Sphere, yeah technically she was part of Wolf's Dragoons. Big part of Operation Revival, absolutely!
Natasha Kerensky was a trueborn though, not Inner Sphere, and she wasn’t part of the Dragoons during Operation Revival. Or at least when the Dragoons were active.
She was in the inner sphere with the dragoons until the clans returned, so regardless of true born status, she does qualify as inner sphere, technically
@@Koshea69 but that does mean she has Clan DNA, and thus she is genetically modified and probably looks younger than she actually is. In the video, when he says that the woman cannot be Clan, it's because they don't live that old and that they look younger than they are. Natasha certainly lived older than most Clan pilots because she was in the Inner Sphere yes, but she probably looks younger than her actual age.
Natasha leaves the Dragoons and rejoins Clown Wolf at the very beginning of the invasion.
Thank you for this Sven.
I didn't realize how straight-hard they were going off the Stackpole novels for this. I thought maybe they were just using some background history and improving a storyline of their choice around it. Call it the "Disney" approach.
But this is going to be more like Ben Hur meets Battletech, isn't it? Bravo to the game designers, then!
the original MechWarrior 2 was set during the Clan Jade Falcon / Clan Wolf Refusal War. and used a lot of the story line from the mid-clan invasion period, starting with Assumption of Risk in 1993 is really a primer for moving the era forward and covers the politics behind the refusal war, Bread for War in 1995 was the book Mechwarrior 2 was based on. and concludes with Malicious Intent in 1996 that is the after math of the Clan Refusal War, and the preparation for the Twilight of the Clans Series, which both MechCommander 1 and MechWarrior 3 were based on. Personally I am Happy they are using cannon material for this game! unlike the 2018 BattleTech RTS game. although it was really great game and it set everything as very late 3rd secession war. there is a lot of techs in that game that was extinct at that time but still fun to play.
At 25:55, that person may be Natasha Kerensky. She certainly matches the description. Officially on canon, Natasha had returned, but perhaps the game has taken artistic license here.
It's been suggested that 24:08 may be Jamie Wolf himself.
Looks like Comstar's Expedition Ship found what they were looking for.. I remembered that a ship was set out in to the unknown years before 3050 and all. I guess we know why the clans came as they did. It's no surprise that Comstar lost it's way during the years after the SLDF left the Inner Sphere in exile. Reason I say that is because a deal was made for those who stayed behind and guard Terra from invasion by the great houses. Leo Showers looks amazing in the CGI. One thing I am surprised of is the Strormcrow that was on the hull of a battleship in Zero G firing ERLs in Space. Vibes of GBL right there. I am so happy to see that. There is going to be cinematics that I think are going to give us a better understanding perspective in regards of many iconic characters in the lore and its going to be pretty good. That last character shown I am personally thinking maybe someone iconic. You know what's funny about all this? Mw5 Clans does not and thank god for this, does not follow any representation of identity politics or any of the bullshit that we have seen in other games that have been out lately. So yeah. Looking forward to this. Looking forward to seeing a game that does things "The Clan Way" if you know what I mean.
definitely not a fan of DEI (didn't earn it) but TBH there's already plenty of representation in BT to begin with all those decades ago, Nasty K, a woman, is the most lethal mechwarrior ever, the ilKhan Leo Showers and Lincoln Osis are black, the DCMS samurai Minobu Tetsuhara founder of the Ryoken regiments, is also black, Justin Allard Liao the Solaris 7 champion who was Eurasian...
@@Mr-Wisdomthief Ya. Most of the characters they have are based off of lore from what I've seen and that is a big deal. It is going to look like representation but its done in the proper form of actual story telling and keeping it lore accurate. Leo Showers was beautifully shown in this trailer and I am curious to see what is next. If writers in the entertainment industry followed what battletech has, You wouldn't such terrible content like AC Shadows or SW Outlaws. Here's to all you mech fans. Kurita's Greatest Crisis will be coming shortly.
oh my god, the black lion class looks amazing. those curves
Lincoln Osis takes Leo's spot as Khan, just as Howell will take Osis's place for a moment after Tukayyid until Osis is found alive and then become SaKahn, we are not told what/why/how weaver's spot is open at this point in the lore, so we are likely to maybe find it out.
According to Era Report 3052 Weaver died on Tukayyid on day 3 of the battle when her Warhawk was obliterated by artillery
Glad I found this video before I got too far into the game because while I'm aware of Inner Sphere terminology, I don't know much Clan lingo.
This is how a lore heavy game should be made
"Retired as a front-line warrior" is the nicest way to say "demoted to off-line duty". lol
The Wolf's Dragoons being spies sent to the Inner Sphere to collect information feels like a bit of a plot hole since they surely were sending that information back, meaning at least Clan Wolf knew the truth and could've countered Smoke Jaguar's blood-lust.
They were to a point. A bit before the invasion, they stopped sending anything at all back, and (if I'm not mistaken) were assumed to have gone native.
@@KaiHarper89 They were ordered (secretly) by Khan Kerlin Ward of Wolf (leader of the Wardens) in 3015 to break contact and prepare the inner sphere to defend against what was seen as an inevitable invasion. Of course, since only one person among the Clans knew of those orders, the rest of the Clans presumably assumed they went native.
@@claytonhollowell4488 Ah, yeah, that's right. Thank you, I couldn't recall where the 'defend' order had come from, but did remember it. I just wasn't sure if it was an order from Jaime, or above.
Stoked for this game!
13:30: that is ryokan battlemech, on the hull of the warship, firing at the IS assault drop ship.
IS surat! that is a Stormcrow! Quiaff?
12:49 the dropship isn’t being fired on by a warship. It is being fired on by a Stormcrow in the lower right!
I love all the hidden stuff in this video!
I support this content.
I'm definetly pumped, with all the new players and fans of the franchise and this new reinessance coming with a vengeance on your average RPG? Are you kidding me? This next expansion is gonna be a breath of fresh air and an intro to the clans in a game, even if MW5 is just MW diet. Lol
I absolutely love the clans and I absolutely hate the clans. They are my most favourite and least favourite faction in Battletech.
A man sacrificed everything to save his nation. His men and women at arms revered him so much that when the nation betrayed him they said "fuck you" and wanted to burn it to the ground. They were ready to fight the Lyrans, the League, the Capellans, the Suns, and the Kuritans and kill them all for the sake of their leader. And if they couldn't live to see their jewel gleam with the light it deserved, they would shatter it. They loved him. And they followed him into the abyss, into the unknown, into the blank void.
They created something else for themselves. They gathered their strength and prepared a force powerful enough to crush everything in its path. And they were ready to take their jewel back.
But they changed too much. They became just as broken and splintered as those they fought and despised. They created a culture based on an ideal set by ancient nations that has never been achieved. They clung to honor, justice, and fairness and expected their enemies to do the same as if any of those outdated notions mattered in the slightest to them. They refused to change and adapt when their foes did.
In an ideal world, they would be kings. They would set things straight. They would return the jewel's shine. But it isn't an ideal world. It's dirty, bloody, brutal, cold, and treacherous. And it has no sympathy for those dwelling in it
They were too noble and too stubborn. And they paid the price. No one will chase them out of the Inner Sphere. No one can. But it will never be theirs.
"But it will never be theirs."
YOU LIE! The Inner Sphere belongs to Clan Smoke Jaguar!
@@SvenVanDerPlankOnly Star Adder actually have been preparing to take the peace from Earth. While smoke car Leopold had been bloody wonking around
@@SvenVanDerPlank hey hows huntress looking smoked jaguar!
@@SvenVanDerPlank In honor of the mission briefing guy from MechWarrior 3, I resent that statement.
Awesome Job SVen
As someone who played the original MechWarrior back in 1989 and pretty much all of the games that followed, I have to say that this looks awesome!
The old woman can be Natasha Kerensky, red Hair, their uniform seems be a Wolf Dragoons reminiscence and she is spoken about use "experimented" mechwarrior (maybe " too old" warrior for the clan standars"), may be just before to take command of the new 352nd Assault Cluster. And the man, can be Jaime Wolf.
I'm pretty sure the old woman in the end is Natasha Kerensky. That colour scheme is black and red like the Black Widow company or Wolf Spiders. And we all know where she ends up by 3050.
I agree, black with red piping doesn't match the uniform of any of the clans. Nova Cat comes closest. It is a fit for the Goons though.
The Dragoons did not go 'Rogue' they were ordered by Khan Ward in 3019 under oath to cut ties find a base and begin preperations to help the inner-sphere against the possibility of the Crusaders invasion.
And there are some 'older' people in the clans though other then Natasha, she could be example of one is Cyrilla Ward for example who was as old as Natasha and a clan warrior, who had held her position until 3052 (until she killed herself to open the chance of Phelan getting her Ward Bloodname) and had been a wolf SaKhan, the head of the house of Ward. It is just very very rare for them to remain active warriors normally as they get older they either try and die a 'warriors death' or move to become the matriarch/patriarch of their bloodname house or get relegated to working as trainers.
or worse a sohlama infantry unit, not with suits like elementals or fancy stuff just like today get your flak jacket and helmet and your rilfe :/
Good breakdown, chief. Gotta say, we all know who the old redhead is. She still looks pretty good for someone in her mid 70's, eh?
C-extended efficiency make-up and clan-anti-age cream backed up with clan extra long life span