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Season 01
YOUR FIRST CONTRACT
A guided field briefing on the setting, its powers, technology, warfare, and the many ways to enter the universe.
S01E01Welcome to the Inner Sphere: What Is BattleTech?Open episode →S01E02BattleTech and MechWarrior: Same Universe, Different DoorwaysOpen episode →S01E03What Is a BattleMech?Open episode →S01E04Who Is a MechWarrior?Open episode →S01E05Why Giant Robots Still Rule the BattlefieldOpen episode →S01E06The Inner Sphere: Humanity’s Fractured HeartOpen episode →S01E07The Great Houses: Five Dynasties, Endless WarOpen episode →S01E08The Clans: The Exiles Who Came BackOpen episode →S01E09Mercenaries: Soldiers for Hire in a Permanent WarOpen episode →S01E10ComStar: The Organization That Controlled Interstellar CommunicationOpen episode →S01E11The Periphery: Life Beyond the Great HousesOpen episode →S01E12Terra: The Prize at the Center of EverythingOpen episode →S01E13JumpShips, DropShips, and the Reality of Interstellar TravelOpen episode →S01E14HPGs: How Messages Cross the StarsOpen episode →S01E15Lostech: Why the Future Forgot Its Own TechnologyOpen episode →S01E16Salvage: The Economy Behind Every BattlefieldOpen episode →S01E17Lances, Companies, Regiments, Stars, and GalaxiesOpen episode →S01E18Lasers, Autocannons, Missiles, and PPCsOpen episode →S01E19Heat, Armor, Ammunition, and Why ’Mechs ExplodeOpen episode →S01E20War Beyond the ’Mech: Tanks, Infantry, Aerospace, and ArtilleryOpen episode →S01E21A Normal Day in the 31st CenturyOpen episode →S01E22More Than a Thousand Years of History in One EpisodeOpen episode →S01E23Where the Human Sphere Stands in 3152Open episode →S01E24Canon, Apocrypha, Retcons, and the UnseenOpen episode →S01E25Classic BattleTech, Alpha Strike, RPGs, and Video Games: Where to BeginOpen episode →
Season 02
REALMS OF THE HUMAN SPHERE
Survey the Great Houses, Periphery states, ComStar, the Republic, and the institutions competing for the Human Sphere.
S02E01How the Great Houses Divided HumanityOpen episode →S02E02The Federated Suns: Liberty, Nobility, and Davion PowerOpen episode →S02E03Armed Forces of the Federated Suns: Davion Guards, Crucis Lancers, and Combined ArmsOpen episode →S02E04Life in Davion Space: Democracy, Feudalism, and the MarchesOpen episode →S02E05The Lyran Commonwealth: Wealth, Industry, and Steiner AmbitionOpen episode →S02E06The Lyran Military: Heavy ’Mechs, Industrial Power, and the General StaffOpen episode →S02E07Life in Lyran Space: Merchants, Nobles, and Border WorldsOpen episode →S02E08The Draconis Combine: Duty, Dynasty, and House KuritaOpen episode →S02E09The DCMS: The Sword of Light, Bushido, and Total CommitmentOpen episode →S02E10Life in the Combine: Order, Fear, and Cultural ContradictionsOpen episode →S02E11The Capellan Confederation: Survival Under House LiaoOpen episode →S02E12The CCAF: Warrior Houses, Death Commandos, and Strategic PatienceOpen episode →S02E13Life in Capellan Space: Citizenship, Service, and the StateOpen episode →S02E14The Free Worlds League: One Realm, Many NationsOpen episode →S02E15The FWLM: Provincial Loyalties, Political Armies, and Marik CommandOpen episode →S02E16Life in the League: Freedom, Factionalism, and Local IdentityOpen episode →S02E17The Federated Commonwealth: The Superstate That Could Not LastOpen episode →S02E18The Free Rasalhague Republic: Independence Between GiantsOpen episode →S02E19ComStar as a State: Terra, the HPG Network, and Armed NeutralityOpen episode →S02E20The Republic of the Sphere: Devlin Stone’s Grand ExperimentOpen episode →S02E21The Taurian Concordat: Frontier Pride and the Davion GrudgeOpen episode →S02E22The Magistracy of Canopus: Wealth, Medicine, and MatriarchyOpen episode →S02E23The Outworlds Alliance and Raven Alliance: Pacifists, Pilots, and Clan PartnersOpen episode →S02E24The Marian Hegemony, Aurigan Coalition, and the Smaller Periphery StatesOpen episode →S02E25Intelligence Wars: ROM, MIIO, Loki, SAFE, ISF, and the MaskirovkaOpen episode →
Season 03
FROM TERRA TO THE STAR LEAGUE
Follow humanity from its first interstellar expansion through the rise, triumph, coup, and collapse of the Star League.
S03E01Before the BattleMech: Humanity’s First Steps Into SpaceOpen episode →S03E02The Kearny-Fuchida Drive: The Invention That Opened the StarsOpen episode →S03E03The First Great Migration From TerraOpen episode →S03E04The Terran Alliance: Humanity’s First Interstellar GovernmentOpen episode →S03E05The Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Collapse of the AllianceOpen episode →S03E06The Terran Hegemony and the Cameron DynastyOpen episode →S03E07The Rise of House DavionOpen episode →S03E08The Rise of House SteinerOpen episode →S03E09The Rise of House KuritaOpen episode →S03E10The Rise of House LiaoOpen episode →S03E11The Rise of House MarikOpen episode →S03E12The Age of War: When the Great Houses Learned Total ConflictOpen episode →S03E13The Ares Conventions: Rules for an Uncivilized AgeOpen episode →S03E14The Mackie: The First BattleMechOpen episode →S03E15Ian Cameron and the Founding of the Star LeagueOpen episode →S03E16The Reunification War: Unity at GunpointOpen episode →S03E17The Star League Defense Force: The Greatest Army Humanity BuiltOpen episode →S03E18The Golden Age: Prosperity, Expansion, and Hidden Fault LinesOpen episode →S03E19The Periphery Under Star League RuleOpen episode →S03E20Richard Cameron: The Child Lord of a Failing OrderOpen episode →S03E21Stefan Amaris and the CoupOpen episode →S03E22Aleksandr Kerensky and the Long War Against the UsurperOpen episode →S03E23The Liberation of TerraOpen episode →S03E24The Fall of the Star League and Kerensky’s ExodusOpen episode →S03E25What the Star League Left BehindOpen episode →
Season 04
THE SUCCESSION WARS
Trace four centuries of dynastic war, technological decline, mercenary campaigns, and the Federated Commonwealth’s rise.
S04E01Who Should Rule? The Succession Crisis After the Star LeagueOpen episode →S04E02The First Succession War: The Great Houses Burn the FutureOpen episode →S04E03Nuclear Fire, Dead Worlds, and the End of RestraintOpen episode →S04E04Kentares IV: The Massacre That Changed the Federated SunsOpen episode →S04E05The Second Succession War: Victory Becomes ImpossibleOpen episode →S04E06The Long Collapse of Technology and IndustryOpen episode →S04E07The Third Succession War: Centuries of Raids and StalemateOpen episode →S04E08Life in 3025: Feudal Lords, Frontier Worlds, and Endless RepairOpen episode →S04E09ComStar’s Hidden Hand During the Succession WarsOpen episode →S04E10Mercenaries in the Age of ScarcityOpen episode →S04E11Mallory’s World and the Death of Ian DavionOpen episode →S04E12The Galtor Campaign: A Lostech Prize Worth an ArmyOpen episode →S04E13Wolf’s Dragoons: The Mercenaries Who Knew Too MuchOpen episode →S04E14The Battle of Misery: Jaime Wolf’s War With House KuritaOpen episode →S04E15Grayson Carlyle and the Helm Memory CoreOpen episode →S04E16Hanse Davion: The Fox Prepares His WarOpen episode →S04E17Katrina and Melissa Steiner: Building the Davion AllianceOpen episode →S04E18The Wedding That Launched the Fourth Succession WarOpen episode →S04E19Operation RAT and GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: The Davion-Steiner OffensiveOpen episode →S04E20The Capellan Collapse and the Birth of the St. Ives CompactOpen episode →S04E21The Free Rasalhague Republic: Freedom Before the StormOpen episode →S04E22Theodore Kurita and the Reform of the DCMSOpen episode →S04E23The War of 3039: The Invasion That StalledOpen episode →S04E24The Federated Commonwealth at Its HeightOpen episode →S04E25Why the Succession Wars Remain BattleTech’s Defining EraOpen episode →
Season 05
THE CLANS
Enter Clan society, culture, military organization, technology, rival philosophies, and the histories of its major and minor Clans.
S05E01Kerensky’s Exodus and the Long Road to the Pentagon WorldsOpen episode →S05E02The Pentagon Civil War: The SLDF Exiles Turn on ThemselvesOpen episode →S05E03Nicholas Kerensky and the Second ExodusOpen episode →S05E04Operation KLONDIKE: The Clans Conquer the PentagonOpen episode →S05E05How Clan Society Actually WorksOpen episode →S05E06Trueborns, Freeborns, Sibkos, and BloodnamesOpen episode →S05E07The Five Castes: Warrior, Scientist, Merchant, Technician, and LaborerOpen episode →S05E08Trials: How the Clans Settle Almost EverythingOpen episode →S05E09Zellbrigen: Honor, Ritual, and the Limits of Fair CombatOpen episode →S05E10The Touman: Stars, Binaries, Trinaries, Clusters, and GalaxiesOpen episode →S05E11OmniMechs, Elementals, and the Clan Technology EdgeOpen episode →S05E12Wardens and Crusaders: The Argument Over the Inner SphereOpen episode →S05E13Clan Wolf: Kerensky’s Heirs and Masters of AdaptationOpen episode →S05E14Clan Jade Falcon: Tradition, Pride, and Relentless AmbitionOpen episode →S05E15Clan Ghost Bear: Family, Patience, and the Road to RasalhagueOpen episode →S05E16Clan Smoke Jaguar: Strength Without RestraintOpen episode →S05E17Clan Nova Cat: Visions, Sacrifice, and RebirthOpen episode →S05E18Clan Diamond Shark and Sea Fox: Warriors Who Became TradersOpen episode →S05E19Clan Snow Raven and the Raven AllianceOpen episode →S05E20Clan Hell’s Horses: Combined Arms the Clan WayOpen episode →S05E21Clan Goliath Scorpion and the Scorpion EmpireOpen episode →S05E22Clan Steel Viper and the Wars of ReavingOpen episode →S05E23Clan Star Adder and the Homeworld Power StruggleOpen episode →S05E24Clan Wolverine: The Not-Named Clan and the Price of DefianceOpen episode →S05E25The Other Clans: Coyote, Cloud Cobra, Blood Spirit, Fire Mandrill, and MoreOpen episode →
Season 06
INVASION, RESISTANCE, AND CIVIL WAR
Reconstruct the Clan Invasion, Tukayyid, the Inner Sphere counteroffensive, and the wars that shattered the Federated Commonwealth.
S06E01Outbound Light: The Discovery That Triggered the InvasionOpen episode →S06E02Operation REVIVAL: The Clans Race for TerraOpen episode →S06E03The First Wave: When the Inner Sphere Met the ImpossibleOpen episode →S06E04Phelan Kell: Captive, Bondsman, and Future KhanOpen episode →S06E05The Shattering of the Free Rasalhague RepublicOpen episode →S06E06Turtle Bay: Smoke Jaguar Terror From OrbitOpen episode →S06E07Twycross: Kai Allard-Liao and the Great GashOpen episode →S06E08Wolcott: Theodore Kurita Outsmarts the Smoke JaguarsOpen episode →S06E09Tyra Miraborg and the Death of ilKhan Leo ShowersOpen episode →S06E10The Year of Peace: How the Inner Sphere Learned to Fight BackOpen episode →S06E11The Battle of Luthien: Davion and Kurita Stand TogetherOpen episode →S06E12ComStar Revealed: Anastasius Focht Prepares the Com GuardsOpen episode →S06E13Tukayyid: The Battle That Saved the Inner SphereOpen episode →S06E14The Seven Clan Campaigns on TukayyidOpen episode →S06E15The Truce Years: Red Corsair, Border Wars, and an Uneasy PeaceOpen episode →S06E16Operation GUERRERO and the Fracture of the Federated CommonwealthOpen episode →S06E17The Refusal War: Clan Wolf Against Clan Jade FalconOpen episode →S06E18The Wolves Divide: Crusaders, Wardens, and ExilesOpen episode →S06E19The Second Star League: Unity Against the ClansOpen episode →S06E20Operation BULLDOG: Driving Clan Smoke Jaguar From the Inner SphereOpen episode →S06E21Task Force Serpent and the Road to HuntressOpen episode →S06E22The Great Refusal: The Inner Sphere Challenges the ClansOpen episode →S06E23The Capellan-St. Ives War and Sun-Tzu Liao’s ResurgenceOpen episode →S06E24The FedCom Civil War: Victor Against KatherineOpen episode →S06E25The Second Star League Falls and the Road to JihadOpen episode →
Season 07
JIHAD, DARK AGE, AND THE ILCLAN ERA
Move from the Word of Blake Jihad through the Republic, Gray Monday, the Dark Age, and the struggle for Terra.
S07E01The ComStar Schism and the Birth of the Word of BlakeOpen episode →S07E02The Blakist Protectorate: Terra, Politics, and a Secret ArmyOpen episode →S07E033067: Why the Word of Blake Went to WarOpen episode →S07E04The Jihad Begins: Capitals Under FireOpen episode →S07E05Weapons of Mass Destruction ReturnOpen episode →S07E06The Manei Domini: Cyborg Knights of the WordOpen episode →S07E07Shadow Divisions and the Hidden Armies of BlakeOpen episode →S07E08A Galaxy in Chaos: Alliances, Betrayals, and SurvivalOpen episode →S07E09Devlin Stone and the CoalitionOpen episode →S07E10The Liberation of Terra and the End of the JihadOpen episode →S07E11The Republic of the Sphere: Peace, Disarmament, and a New OrderOpen episode →S07E12The Hidden Worlds and the Hunt for Blakist SurvivorsOpen episode →S07E13The Wars of the Republic EraOpen episode →S07E14Gray Monday: The HPG Network Goes DarkOpen episode →S07E15The Dark Age Begins: Worlds Cut Off and Old Enemies ReturnOpen episode →S07E16Fortress Republic: Devlin Stone Closes the WallOpen episode →S07E17The Capellan Crusades: House Liao Reclaims Its Lost WorldsOpen episode →S07E18The Draconis Combine Strikes the Federated SunsOpen episode →S07E19The Free Worlds League: Collapse, Successor States, and ReunificationOpen episode →S07E20The Lyran Commonwealth in Retreat and the Birth of the HinterlandsOpen episode →S07E21The Ghost Bear Dominion and the Rasalhague QuestionOpen episode →S07E22Malvina Hazen and the Jade Falcon Mongol DoctrineOpen episode →S07E23Alaric Ward, the Wolf Empire, and the Race for TerraOpen episode →S07E24The Battle for Terra and the Birth of the ilClanOpen episode →S07E25The Third Star League and the Human Sphere at the End of 3152Open episode →
Season 08
HOW WAR IS FOUGHT
Examine how campaigns, BattleMechs, combined arms, aerospace forces, logistics, and battlefield technology actually work.
S08E01War at the Scale of Worlds: How BattleTech Campaigns Actually WorkOpen episode →S08E02Anatomy of a BattleMechOpen episode →S08E03Inside the Cockpit: Neurohelmets, Gyros, Sensors, and EjectionOpen episode →S08E04Fusion Engines and Myomer: The Heart and Muscles of a ’MechOpen episode →S08E05Armor, Internal Structure, and Critical HitsOpen episode →S08E06Heat: The Invisible EnemyOpen episode →S08E07Lasers and PPCs: Energy WeaponsOpen episode →S08E08Autocannons, Gauss Rifles, and Machine Guns: Ballistic WeaponsOpen episode →S08E09LRMs, SRMs, and Streak Systems: Missile WarfareOpen episode →S08E10Kicks, Punches, Charges, and Death From AboveOpen episode →S08E11Targeting Computers, C3 Networks, ECM, Probes, and StealthOpen episode →S08E12Speed, Jump Jets, Terrain, and PositionOpen episode →S08E13Light, Medium, Heavy, and Assault: Weight Classes and Battlefield RolesOpen episode →S08E14Lostech and the Technological RenaissanceOpen episode →S08E15OmniMechs and Modular WarfareOpen episode →S08E16Infantry: The Soldiers Beneath the GiantsOpen episode →S08E17Battle Armor: When Infantry Learned to Hunt ’MechsOpen episode →S08E18Tanks, Hovercraft, and Why Tracks Still MatterOpen episode →S08E19VTOLs and Conventional AircraftOpen episode →S08E20Aerospace Fighters: War From Atmosphere to OrbitOpen episode →S08E21Artillery, Mines, Fortifications, and Battlefield SupportOpen episode →S08E22DropShips and Planetary AssaultOpen episode →S08E23JumpShips, WarShips, and Naval StrategyOpen episode →S08E24Maintenance, Repair, Transport, and SalvageOpen episode →S08E25Combined Arms, Objectives, and Why Bigger Is Not Always BetterOpen episode →
Season 09
MERCENARIES AND MECHWARRIOR LEGENDS
Meet the mercenary commands, champions, spies, gladiators, and legendary MechWarriors who shaped the setting’s mythology.
S09E01Why Mercenaries Define BattleTechOpen episode →S09E02Contracts, C-Bills, Salvage Rights, and BetrayalOpen episode →S09E03Galatea, Outreach, the MRB, and the MRBCOpen episode →S09E04Building a Mercenary Command: Recruitment, Transport, and BankruptcyOpen episode →S09E05Wolf’s Dragoons: From Clan Reconnaissance to Inner Sphere PowerOpen episode →S09E06Jaime Wolf and Natasha Kerensky: The Dragoons’ Two FacesOpen episode →S09E07The Kell Hounds: Skill, Loyalty, and the Phantom ’MechOpen episode →S09E08Morgan Kell and Yorinaga Kurita: The Duel That Became a MythOpen episode →S09E09The Gray Death Legion: The Unit That Found the FutureOpen episode →S09E10Grayson Carlyle and Lori Kalmar: Building a LegendOpen episode →S09E11The Northwind Highlanders: Scottish Tradition Among the StarsOpen episode →S09E12The Eridani Light Horse: The SLDF Regiment That Never ForgotOpen episode →S09E13McCarron’s Armored Cavalry: The Big MACOpen episode →S09E14Snord’s Irregulars: Raiders, Relics, and Battlefield ChaosOpen episode →S09E15Hansen’s Roughriders, the 12th Vegan Rangers, and the Waco RangersOpen episode →S09E16Camacho’s Caballeros: Family, Culture, and Irregular WarfareOpen episode →S09E17From Crescent Hawks to Somerset Strikers: Heroes From Games and TelevisionOpen episode →S09E18The Bounty Hunter: The Many Identities Behind the Green MarauderOpen episode →S09E19Solaris VII: MechWarriors as GladiatorsOpen episode →S09E20Justin Allard and Candace Liao: Espionage That Changed the SphereOpen episode →S09E21Kai Allard-Liao: The Champion Who Never Wanted the SpotlightOpen episode →S09E22Phelan Kell: From Mercenary Heir to Clan KhanOpen episode →S09E23Aidan Pryde: The Jade Falcon Who Broke Every RuleOpen episode →S09E24Anastasius Focht: ComStar’s Soldier-SaviorOpen episode →S09E25Who Was the Greatest MechWarrior?Open episode →
Season 10
THE BATTLEMECH HALL OF FAME
Tour the machines that defined eras, from the Mackie and classic Inner Sphere designs to Clan OmniMechs and assault icons.
S10E01The Mackie: The Machine That Started It AllOpen episode →S10E02Locust, Wasp, and Stinger: Light ’Mechs EverywhereOpen episode →S10E03Commando, Jenner, and Panther: House-Built Light KillersOpen episode →S10E04UrbanMech: Slow, Awkward, and Somehow ImmortalOpen episode →S10E05Raven and Wolfhound: The New Generation of Light ’MechsOpen episode →S10E06Phoenix Hawk: Scout, Raider, and DuelistOpen episode →S10E07Centurion, Enforcer, and Vindicator: The Soldiers’ Medium ’MechsOpen episode →S10E08Hunchback: The AC/20 Delivery SystemOpen episode →S10E09Shadow Hawk, Griffin, and Wolverine: The 55-Ton TrinityOpen episode →S10E10Crab, Kintaro, and Trebuchet: Survivor, Brawler, and Missile BoatOpen episode →S10E11Rifleman and JagerMech: Anti-Aircraft ’Mechs in a Ground WarOpen episode →S10E12Archer and Catapult: The Classic Missile BoatsOpen episode →S10E13Thunderbolt, Orion, and Grasshopper: Heavy ’Mechs Built to EndureOpen episode →S10E14Warhammer: The Heavy ’Mech Everyone RecognizesOpen episode →S10E15Marauder: Elegance, Firepower, and FearOpen episode →S10E16Dragon, Quickdraw, and Crusader: Flawed, Common, and DangerousOpen episode →S10E17Black Knight, Guillotine, and Flashman: Star League Heavies ReturnOpen episode →S10E18Awesome, Zeus, Stalker, and Banshee: Assault ’Mech WorkhorsesOpen episode →S10E19BattleMaster, Victor, and Cyclops: Commanders at the FrontOpen episode →S10E20Highlander and King Crab: Royal Monsters of the Star LeagueOpen episode →S10E21Atlas: The Skull-Faced King of the BattlefieldOpen episode →S10E22Clan Light OmniMechs: Fire Moth, Kit Fox, and AdderOpen episode →S10E23Clan Medium OmniMechs: Stormcrow, Nova, and Shadow CatOpen episode →S10E24Clan Heavy OmniMechs: Timber Wolf, Summoner, Mad Dog, and HellbringerOpen episode →S10E25Clan Assault OmniMechs: Dire Wolf, Warhawk, Executioner, and the Search for the Perfect ’MechOpen episode →
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