The Story of BattleTech... BattleTech is an ongoing science fiction story.  Here is a quick summary to bring you up to speed if you are unfamiliar with BattleTech. In the year 2571, mankind united to form an interstellar government.  This was called the Star League.  The Star League included the 5 major political parties of the Inner Sphere or central universe;  including The Lyran Commonwealth (controlled by House Steiner), The Capellan Confederation (controlled by House Liao), The Federated Commonwealth (controlled by House Davion), The Free Worlds League (controlled by House Marik), and The Draconis Combine (controlled by House Kurita).  Leading these political parties as the First Lord was the Cameron family.  A vision of Ian Cameron, the Star League was the dream of bringing all of humanity towards a common goal.  Though most found the Star League an acceptable governing system, those planets of the outer rim of the universe, the Periphery planets, deemed the Star League's reincarnated noble system as unacceptable.  They refused to accept the Star League system of rank, as well as its rulers.  The Star League did not accept these smaller Periphery political sectors as seperate entities, and so they began to fight and conquer these nations.  Weapons of this war included the newly invented BattleMech or Mech.   These BattleMechs were walking, piloted tanks, carrying advanced weapons and incredible armor.  This war lasted nearly 200 years, with neither side really gaining on the other. The BattleMech war finally ended and nearly 10 years of peace followed.  The throne then belonged to Richard Cameron, a young man struggling to mature into his position of First Lord of the Star League.  Richard developed a close friendship with one of his subjects, Stefan Amaris - the ruler of the Outer Rim Alliance.  Stefan revealed his true intentions in 2766, after manipulating the young First Lord and setting the stage for his own act.  Amaris and his followers began attacks on over 100 of the Star League ruling planets, while at the same time slaughtering the First Lord and taking the position himself.  Stefan's master plan was successful and the largest portion of the Star Leagues Armed Forces lay in defeat after suffering traps and terrorist attacks.  The Armed Forces General, Aleksandr Kerensky, gathered his remaining troops and began his retake of Terra.   After defeating Stefan Amaris, the coming political battle amongst the House leaders was apparent.  Kerensky gathered what troops would follow him and left known space.  As the Inner Sphere Houses began to battle for the First Lord throne, all peace between the five Houses was lost.  New war broke out... This war in the Inner Sphere went through many stages.  Each of these stages is commonly known as a Succession War.  During the Succession Wars, alliances were made and destroyed, with no single House ever really dominating another.   After the fourth Succession War, the Inner Sphere seemed relatively peaceful for nearly 10 years.  Then in 3050, the Inner Sphere was invaded by the descendants of Aleksandr Kerensky.  Kerensky's descendants had evolved into a war based society called The Clans.  The Clans used genetic breeding programs and advancing technologies to promote their warring society.  Meanwhile Inner Sphere technologies had ceased to advance, and even some technology was lost to the constant fighting of the 5 political houses.  The Inner Sphere united to form a new Star League, primarily to combat the Clan threat.  After 12 years the Clans have finally been halted, though they conquered a large portion of the Inner Sphere.  A shaky treaty has been approved, with the Clans honor system hindering further invasion of the Inner Sphere planets.  Now the Inner Sphere fights for its lost worlds, and hopes to one day control all of what it has lost.