Falcon ending is boring, but I like how the wolf ending involves half of the wolf clan turning into Jade Wolf! The wardens are crusaders who followed falcon insight to ascend to the heavens of the same. Terra awaits the Falcon.
I must say I'm impressed with the voiceovers in all the mech2 cinematics. The writing is decent by any standard and the voice acting is just marvelous.
And now it is indie-games level, heh. Technological progress once again exceeds readiness of humanity to reap its fruits. Just like Star League. Will we fall as easy as that fictional union?
@@user-py4ek3vg3u Heh heh, in 2007 this was considered Playstation 2 level for realtime graphics (this movie used prerendered graphics). But if you know Mechwarrior/Battletech Lore, the Star League didn't fall because it was too technologically advanced for an immature humanity (as far as I know). But what you say certainly applies to modern-day real-life humanity, especially with technologies like nuclear weapons. I certainly hope we don't fall into blind warring chaos like the Star League did.
@@Mazryonh Today's world is too small. If one side try to plunge another into stone age, it will suffer too great consequences. For example, a nuclear weapon you mentioned will cause a nuclear winter even if the side that is bombed will not use it's own arsenal. So, the conflict that will fully erase one side is impossible and that's exactly what works as a doctrine of nuclear deterrence. But when the planets are divided by the very best defence from the backfire - unspeakably long distances, that stops anything? It stops working. And the consequences of the vengeance strike from dead planet's allies are just a possibility, not certainity. Thus, I believe that the rise of technology while neglecting morale advancement were the key factor of the fall. Though, to be honest, I cannot even imagine how humanity as a whole can become "good" without some nightmarish brainwashing stuff or without losing what makes us human in the process. Sorry for my awful english.
I mean... this game is about the Wolves-in-Exile, the Warden Wolves. In this cutscene, they're going to Terra to defend it from invaders. The Crusader Wolves conquered Terra to become the ilClan. I'm pretty sure that Phelan and the Wolves who fought the Refusal War would have been appalled, and would have fought against Alaric tooth and claw to protect Terra. Alaric's Wolves are an abomination and a betrayal of what it meant to be Clan Wolf.
@@uanchovy9480 No the exiles rejoined with Clan Wolf after the Falcons attack Arc Royal and savagely killed alot their people, they was out for blood.
Really makes you think, doesn't it? I mean, we take our planet for granted so much, and yet in Battletech, they regard it as this legendary paradise of sorts. When we venture out into space to colonize other worlds, will we look back at Earth as a real-life garden of Eden, or a filthy rock of a regretful past?
Not the canon ending as per BT lore. However, the canon ending (Jade Falcons) ends up with the Wolves ultimately 'winning' anyways: The refusal is rendered moot with the deaths of the Wolf Khans, but the Falcons are so bloodied (both in numbers and from losing both their own Khans in combat) that they cannot afford to continue the invasion of the Inner Sphere. The Wolves' crusader population has also been rendered to a fraction of their starting numbers in the fighting, while their warden faction under Phelan Kell have relocated to the Inner Sphere along with most of their civie population, eventually settling on Arc-Royal in Lyran space. Kell would then go on to advise the Inner Sphere in formulating the plans for what became Operations BULLDOG and SERPENT, which effectively ended the invasion for good.
Underlyng discussion: Kerensky was Russian and a lot of russian survives in clan lingo. The capital of all clans was named Strana Mechty, russian for Land of dreams and its capital city is Katyusha, A 5 pointed star shaped city thats houses The Grand Council in the Hall of Khans, seat of all clans
@@remanscimitar not exactly for the boys going to the WW2, but for ones serving as a border guards "И бойцу на дальнем пограничье от Катюши передай привет" (And pass Katusha's hello word to the warrior at a far borer line the). The song was written in 1938 when the SU was not at WW2
The Wolf's Dragoons were originally a recon unit sent by the Clans to investigate what was going on in the Inner Sphere. The Dragoons were comprised solely of Clan Wolf warriors. Nicholas Kerensky, who founded the Clans, joined up with the Wolves, thus allowing only the Wolves to fight for his Bloodname. The Major Kerensky in MechAssault 2 is probably either a Bloodnamed warrior who defected to the Inner Sphere, or the descendant of a Bloodnamed warrior.
@chekvb I loved the dialogue of Mechassault: Phantom War, especially the techwarrant's lines. "Holy CRAP!" "Convert the HPG into a weapon?! Hauptmann Faulkner, the HPG is a communication device, it's impossible to-"
Clan Wolf is very much alive. After the Word of Blake Jihad they remain a huge power since they weren't hit as hard as the successor states. They also have some Lyran(Stiener) extremist support due to their demanding Melissa Steiner-Davion or they would attack the inner sphere again (they stopped you see). Anyway, they're just hangin around now. This movie makes me think that they're Clan Wolf in Exile refugees with the whole protect earth thing.
Yeah screw the crusaders and the warden, when all is said and done the Bears will rule the galaxy. Because everyone else will have killed each other over it by then.
@harkeill Yes It's the moon. Yes that is a rendition of the Earth's south pole. It's an alternate future type of ending if you win with the faction. It's obviously not canon. And yes you are right the clan invasion in the Battletech universe never got near earth.
The game happens mostly before the clan invasion. It's about the trail to prevent the invasion of the inner sphere. It's been a long long time but i think this is still cannon. What you are looking at is clan wolf in exile and they did end up in the innersphere. And had some sort of understanding whit com star.
Try Mechwarrior 3; it came frighteningly close to looking this good or better. But yes, I would have to agree; we NEED a Mechwarrior game that is closer to its original rules. The BattleTech: Total Warfare revisions are nice and balanced, for instance! Who wouldn't want to kick protomechs (mini-mechs that fight in points of 5 and weigh a maximum of 9 tons) like a soccer ball with an Atlas?
Binary or Trinary = Star Capt Star = Star Cmdr Galaxy 3-5 clusters = Galaxy Cmdr Cluster 4-5 binaries or trinaries = star col. (Nova is the clan nova cat equivalent of a Binary, using 1 star of mechs and 1 star of power armor. supernova is a cluster, consisting of multiple nova's) The Khan commands the entire clan's military structure indirectly, having direct control of the elite cluster known as the Keshik, or the elite "bodyguards" of the Khan
its also the same way if you put it in that text for the Jade Falcons as well...so, basically, until they run into Word of Blake, they'll never see Earth.
Ok, not exactly sure what you mean there. In the Battletech/Mechwarrior lore there are several people named Kerensky. One led the clans away from the Inner Sphere, his son formed the clans when they got there, and then 25 elite warriors from Clan Wolf can have the last name Kerensky at a time (it's complicated). So if you are talking about an NPC in Mechassault that is likely how they got their name. Regular players often like to use the name Kerensky because of that history as well.
But the only reason they fight that way is because THEY all agree to follow the rules. People in the Inner Sphere don't. Therefore as soon as they came to the IS they were forced to drop that fairly quickly or face constant loss.
Ah yes, I still need to play that more. I only played a little of it. The graphics were good, but not as good as these cinematics... The mechs in this have more polys still, but that game was prolly closer to the original B-tech than Mech 2 was, which I love.
General Alexander Kerensky took his troops and divisions and left the inner sphere a long time ago. the clans were developed after they arrived in the outer-rim. they continued their weapons development and genetic engineering to the point that genetic engineering was forfront, and freeborn (natural child-birth) was severely frowned upon. the clans would compete against each other over territory and spoils, and the ultimate prize, to have their genetic material added to the clan codex.
@PyroAcid Mechassault was supposed to be a "sequel" to MW4: Mercs but Microsoft fucked up the timeline by going against canon and gameplay by making it into a third person shooter instead of a simulator.
I prefer to think that they are invading with the rest of the Inner Sphere to put an end to Word of Blake :) Granted that plot wasn't even a thought in anyone's head when this game was made, but I think it anyway :)
Partly true. The main reason was to preserve resources that were dangerously low due to the long Exodus and the many civil wars that led to the creation of the Clans in the first place.
@orkkilla5589 heavy research went into terraforming once space travel was achieved, and through that, new science was developed purify earths air and ecosystem. the creation of fusion reactor mass production meant there was no more burning of fossil fuels and no more harmful emissions, even from factories and power plants.
Read the Books on the clan wars. you can find them at barnes and noble, b.dalton, waldenbooks or amazon, but they are really good reads. explains alot that the games do not. Especially the books by Michael A. Stackpole.
I unfortunatly agree. There is no need for them to make it a great movie. Even if they do it wont draw in the masses. N' If they dont devout nerds will still adore it...
Kerensky was the founder of/person who organized the clans, so he might be mentioned in mechassault too. He would not have been a playable character though.
@evaunit143 They can make Mechwarrior games... if they avoid using Mechs (roughly a dozen of them) called Unseen; which Harmony Gold (the guys who created Robotech) defends like a rabid dog.
@monkeyman1140 Actually, they are NOT on the moon, that is simply a common. Misconception by people, since the Clans didn't get anywhere near to Terra. The video is more to be looked at as the Clans regrouping after Tukayyid, while standing on the moon of another planet in the IS, and the earth-like plamet you see representing everything they are working towards to retake Terra. Or another way - look. Closely at that planet: doesn't anything like earth, does it, where continents are concerned.
*smirking*, only issue is....the wolfs in exile never went to earth...they stayed in the arc royal defense cordon. and terra at this time..or damn near the same time, is being taken over by word of blake, so...LAST place clanners would be allowed. Oh..and its KHAN! phelan kell ward.
first kerensky, alexander kerensky fought a war for earth during the first succesion war against the star leauge and won. he than told the people of earth (terra) that he would not let one man control all of the inner sphere, and would one day return to earth. he than took the best engineers with him and formed a union on 5 worlds far off in the galaxy known as the pentagon worlds. after his death of old age, the pentagon worlds started waring over the leadership of the worlds (continue)
I never said they were innocent or civil, they merely have a more noble way of fighting. The Smoke Jaguars at Edo Bay, the Wolverines at Dehra Dun, you are bound to get a few bad apples in the harvest.
@orkkilla5589 it only sucks because we made the decision to make it so, because our egos cause us to want to be better than everybody else in the world, and so our race competes with itself instead of working together to expand and survive as a whole, all the same race but the individual having his or her own perception of life.
@silvercat18 It's not Wolf's fault Ghost Bear, Jade Falcon, Steel Viper failed to do their part. Wolf achieved their part of the plan and was smarter than those other clans.
This is so poetic, its almost like something the Wolves in Exile would write into the remembrance -a poem each Clan writes sort of like a living history. It would have been cool if, back in the day, FASA had declared it to be so.
hopefully after the mechwarrior reboot works out I am hoping that the following gets addressed in the future. The Clans, the FedCom Civil war, or better yet the jilhad which I believe was recently wrapped up. And if there is a god finaly a battletech/mechwarrior MMO which should have been released years ago.
The game takes place during the Refusal War, I believe. By the end, Clan Wolf was split into two: the "official" Clan Wolf (Crusader Clan) and Clan Wolf-in-Exile (Wardens). Unless I'm mistaken, this ending is told from the perspective of Wolf- in-Exile. So, you may be right.
The old Wolf Clan first split into the "Clan Wolf-in-Exile" and the "Jade Wolves", the latter in honor of the Crusader philosophy shared between Wolf and Jade Falcon. A few years later the Jade Wolves became Clan Wolf (crusader).
It's about schism in clan society between Wardens ( those who are against invading IS) and the Crusaders ( Those in favor of invasion) When it was put to Grand council to end the Truce of Tukayid, Clan Wolf, srongest of the wardens, declared a trial of refusal against the matter and the Falcons, champions of crusader case, accepted the challenge. Khan Ulric Kerensky of the wolves however bid this entire Touman to the trail, intend to smash the falcon warmachine, no matter the outcome of the trail. In secret he sent 1/3 of his clan under Phelan Kell on a mission to seek refuge in the IS, while he and Natasha Kerensky took the rest of the wolves on a suicidal attack against the falcons and they smashed their old rival beyond recognition. Both Ulric and Natasha died for the cause which was ultimate to protect Terra from their crusading brethren
@JheakrynaKyAlur Its about the purpose of the Refusal War which was the right to invade Earth. Warden clans believe their purpose was to protect the inner sphere while Crusader Clans believe their purpose was to come back and dominate the inner sphere.
The clans were put into 20 separate factions because a large superstate can never exist. And any attempt at conquest of the Inner Sphere (even a bloodless one) will never create a new Star League. The SL was born of mutual trust and cooperation, and an invasion will never bring this back. That, coupled with the clans extreme cultural differences from the people of the IS means that Clanners could never rule them as they desire.
Yes I got stuck on that level as well. Played in doxbox recently and beat the level, there is a random power generator you need to destroy to take down the shields, the generator doesn't show up on the radar until you are close enough so finding it is basically luck.
Fun fact: Clanners are born into sibkos and regularly have sex with one another even though they are all genetically related and comparable to siblings. XD
@Significantpower im aware of harmony gold there the ones who damned MW5 with lawsuits because they cant let go of the fact that MW was far more successful than robo tech..... none the less i think they should have used a marauder instead of a war hammer or at least some mech that doesn't resemble one of there's
