Battletech/Mechwarrior Lore - Tex Talks Battletech : The Marauder

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Bones in Old Van Zandt - Goatburger
Tex Talks Battletech Theme - Kumakin
Escaping Forever - Michael Vignola (Storyblocks)
Komm, Süßer Tod - Kumakin
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Neon Raceway - ELFL (Epidemic Sound)
Dying Wish - Lance Conrad (Storyblocks)
Not Our War - Will Van De Crommert (Storyblocks)
Sad Piano Cello and Violin - Valentina Gribanova (Storyblocks)
The Villain - Phoenix Tail (Epidemic Sound)
High Fever (Disco Funk) - Jonathan Paris (Storyblocks)
P I N K B I K I N I - Kumakin
Particle Emission - Silver Maple (Epidemic Sound)
Lumina - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen (Epidemic Sound)
Traditional - Handel Sarabande (Epidemic Sound)
Azimuth - Kumakin
The River Crossing - Vinnie Camilleri (Storyblocks)
Highland Sights - Trabant 33 (Epidemic Sound)
Triumph Hill - Hector Posser (Epidemic Sound)
The Arms Race - Bonnie Grace (Epidemic Sound)
I Think I Was There - Emil Axelsson (Epidemic Sound)
The Rider - Dandroid (Epidemic Sound)
Crossing Manhattan 3 - Martin Gauffin (Epidemic Sound)
Down the Alleyway - Damon Greene (Epidemic Sound)
Galatic Battles - Bonnie Grace (Epidemic Sound)
Deep into the Night - Aleksandar Srb (Storyblocks)
Cold War Games - Gabriel Lewis (Epidemic Sound)
Work Undone - Pearce Roswell (Epidemic Sound)
Stratosphere Voyage - Spirits Of Our Dreams (Epidemic Sound)
And The Sky Shall Unfold 1 - Johannes Bornlof (Epidemic Sound)
Root Cellar Blues - Dan Robinson - (Storyblocks)
Gypsy Jazz - Colodymyr Piddubnyk (Storyblocks)
Enter the Sphere - Gerardo Garcia Jr. (Storyblocks)
Fantasia - Mark Dee (Storyblocks)
Bones in Old Van Zandt - Goatburger
Kitt - Mark Dee (Storyblocks)
Course Syllabus:
Intro - 00:00:00
Part 1: The Madness of the 25th and 26th Centuries - 00:05:54
Part 2: It's always a Cameron behind these sorts of things - 00:18:37
Part 3: General Motors: From Fusion to Firepower - 00:26:22
Intermission - 00:28:02
Part 4: The Marauder - 00:35:14
Part 5: But how many Marauders are there, really? - 00:48:41
Part 6: Historical Influence - 01:04:02
Part 7: Conclusion - 01:08:56
Final Thoughts - 01:11:03
Commercials - 1:13:38
Credits - 01:23:59

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@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

GOAT'S BONES IN THE OCEAN - SUBSCRIBE! REQUEST MUSIC! BUY HIM HATS! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6M_9h5PEiFo.html

@richardthompson3871 3 года назад

Based space shanty man

@ColonelEviscerator 3 года назад

My God. If that is legit, you guys are going to be swarmed and swamped.

@sebastianthomsen2225 3 года назад

I LOVE THIS !!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤👍 YOU ALL GIVE YOURSELFS A PAT ON THE BACK!

@tenchraven 3 года назад

Tex, I'm sorry, I hate to be "that asshole" but has there been a massive retcon of lostech? You show TRO3025 variants with ferro-fiberous (3D, 3L, 3M) and CASE (3L, 3M). Isnt that still lostech for that era? Since Sarna sources the ilClan guids for the the -2T so I think it is a resurrection (and a good one), though. I think you missed the -4A, to. I would say please don't kill me, but I also think the 1911 like the SAA at this point is range toy for cosplay. Steampunk antiques! :P (Kidding, I just have short thumbs so I'm pettty)

@zakwert8916 3 года назад

HOLY COW TEX That intro made feel like I was 9 years old again and I LOVED IT! Edit: Hey I really think y'all have something special with the end PnP shadowrun skit, I would watch that.. alot.

@TheDownrankTrain 2 года назад

I love that GM made specific design considerations for melee combat, not because it was in any way tactically sound, but because if you put a bunch of amphetamine-fueled jarheads in giant mech walkers they are going to want to hit eachother with them.

@williamchamberlain2263 2 года назад

That pic of the assembly area somewhere in this video shows just how much space for padding is in those fist/pods, and just how overexcited GM knew pilots would get.

@travishabursky4362 Год назад

Its like the Galil and the bottle opener on the foregrip. They know they’re going to do it, so make it a design feature. Pragmatism wins out.

@UnreasonableOpinions Год назад

Grunt-proofing your tech is a vital part of any MIC designer's task.

@TheCrackedFirebird Год назад

As a Jarhead myself...I fully agree with you.

@pixelatedsethtube1271 Год назад

Amphetamine really is an amazing vitamin lol

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

59 gigs. 4k. Madness.

@skyvipers 3 года назад

You are a legend Tex

@sigrudvildhafre2511 3 года назад

It is a powerfull thing...

@potatoradio 3 года назад

Woot! Lol now you and Mike can get sleep. Well as much as ya'll can with normal jobs...

@s.r.delgado6921 3 года назад

My body is READY.

@bennyjallen 3 года назад

SWEET MOTHER OF GOD.... mere mortals such as ourselves aren't worthy of 20 gigs, let alone FIFTY NINE. Our hearts are with you and Mike. We do not deserve such benefactors

@eduardoaponte7492 6 месяцев назад

“General Motors gained a reputation as a mostly reasonable company” The entire city of Flint, Michigan would like to know your location

@violetnightmare9216 2 года назад

It amazes me that whoever proposed the MAD-3D for House Davion wasn't immediately charged with treason for depriving a mech of its autocannon.

@CharlesUrban 2 года назад

Maybe they were running low on ammunition at the time.

@et3inuyasha Год назад

Meanwhile, it's my own favorite version of the Marauder.

@brayachdragonbane7529 Год назад

ironically enough, despite the very common memes about davion loving cannons (they do, dont get me wrong) their combined arms units are easily the most effective in the sphere during the SW era... optimizing a war machine to be totally independent of ammo chains allows said ammo to funnel into places that need it, like BJ and RF firing lines on the kuritan border space (gotta love those bonzai charges into a hail of shells)

@Alvi410 Год назад

Its not that bad of an idea. Fewer logistic requirements, no ammo that can blow up. Reduced firepower a bit, but hey its not that bad. 2 PPCs and a Large Laser are still quite the punch.

@brayachdragonbane7529 Год назад

@@Alvi410 indeed it is... and oc course, it allows all those precious autocannon shells to go to other units

@h0riz0n45 3 года назад

I love the fact that all proceeds for this go to St Judes, as they could always use it. They helped me with my cancer, and where I would be dead today, I’m typing this instead thanks to them. Help them out any way you can, kids like me appreciate it.

@McBearGrylls 3 года назад

Same, they saved my nieces life 3 years ago, and she's on the calendar this year for them.

@CrazyGecko 3 года назад

Tex is the proof that texans love weapons, freedom AND life!

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

They are an exceptionallry worthy charity, and I am humbled to be able to help

@GhostWolfPrimal 3 года назад

You like Trains? o.o

@h0riz0n45 3 года назад

@@GhostWolfPrimal Yeah

@acereporter73 3 года назад

"It's also sad because Capellans made it... Moving on." I am wheezing.

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

It's the truth

@natsume-hime2473 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion Sometimes the truth is hilarious.

@dillongrabley9937 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion I don't fully know why capellans and Kurita are dicks, but I know I hate them

@tarron3237 3 года назад

@@dillongrabley9937 Warrior Trilogy. All you need to know

@dillongrabley9937 3 года назад

@@tarron3237 lemme do the research, thanks mate

@notsae66 3 года назад

As a refugee from 40k and GW setting their own ship on fire, I thank you for having such in depth and amusing documentaries on this setting and especially so for making them so open to new fans with zero prior knowledge of the setting.

@bthsr7113 2 года назад

Welcome, we're happy to have you.

@Awesomeduud 2 года назад

I’m in the same boat. Been playing a shit ton of MWO. Still preferring mechs like the Marauder and King Crab cuz they have the same form as titans lol but before all this GW bullshit, I put off learning battletech cuz the lore was massive. Thanks GW for exposing me to a new rich universe

@z3r0_35 2 года назад

Battletech has one of the most welcoming communities I’ve come across, and that’s saying something. I’ve been a very casual enjoyer of the series in the past, played Mechwarrior 4 on PC and Mechassault on consoles, but lately I’ve been getting more invested in it myself. It’s quite refreshing how accommodating and willing to answer questions the “old guard” is.

@warhawk4494 2 года назад

Welcome Brother. All are welcome here from almost all fandoms. Except clanners and bronies. (Im joking of course hahahahaha)

@z3r0_35 2 года назад

@@warhawk4494 Eh...some clanners are better than others. Still, Inner Sphere for life

@jimmyseaver3647 2 года назад

If the Mackie is the Mk. IV awkwardly creeping its way across the trenches of France, then the Marauder is the Centurion, practically redefining the role of vehicles of its type. God, I want one.

@brayachdragonbane7529 Год назад

one, why stop there... build a mercenary unit around them.... (in MW5M i have multiple lances of marauders and MAD IIs )

@mad_max21 Год назад

No, no. Centurions are the Centurions.

@WeareroftheFez Год назад

@@brayachdragonbane7529 Miller's/Barber's Maraurders......

@PeachDragon_ Год назад

It's the abrams

@RepublicanGuardMan Год назад

The warhammer would then be the t55?

@impatman1523 3 года назад

I hope Tex holds GM responsible for missing the 2020 deadline for fusion reactors

@john-paulsilke893 3 года назад

Wuhan put them back about 16 months. I have every confidence they will release the new engines in Late August.

@willlasdf123 3 года назад

Next earnings call someone needs to call on and ask!

@zakwert8916 3 года назад

@@john-paulsilke893 If we aren't designing clean renewable energy for the purpose of smashing robots together like 10 year olds; what the hell are we even doing here?

@battleoid2411 3 года назад

@@zakwert8916 Exactly, the Starleague isnt going to just collapse itself we need those mechs

@boneshaman8912 3 года назад

Instead of a revaluationised engine............. we get the Corona

@eldoniousrex3661 3 года назад

This is a doozy of an episode folks! Can't wait to show off all the BPL's hard work. I put in well over 200 hours on it by myself; maybe even more than that. It's hard to keep track after a while. The SLDF Black Watch title card art was over 40 hours alone!

@joe8389 3 года назад

Thank you. From the bottom of my heart.

@Insanemage2001 3 года назад

The hard work shows, already makes me actually want to paint tartan on my minis

@dennisthompson7921 3 года назад

Beautiful art for the splash page, can't wait to see the rest!

@jasongrinstead6269 3 года назад

You guys are the best!

@Soundwave001 3 года назад

Eldonios, this is all going to like visual candy. I will eat it up and love every second of it.

@Synthonym 2 года назад

You know the Marauder is an S-tier mech when several hundred years later it can go toe to toe with Clan mechs and come out on top

@tiagodagostini 2 года назад

Well The mechanics of battletech more or less limits how bad or how good a mech can be :P

@clydecraft5642 2 года назад

@@tiagodagostini more talking lore wise i thnk, as marauders were like the mbts of battlemechs, angled armor instead of a large humanoid shape, better than average maneuverability and weapons targetting due to its weapon pods, and it was easily refittable and repairable on top of all that

@saeyabor 2 года назад

The Marauder can handle Clan 'mechs. KALM There are Clan Marauders. PANIK

@michaelmagliocca9387 2 года назад

I still remember my first game in years in College. Big group battle during Freshman Orientation. I had the Marauder and jumped behind another player who was trying to corner me. He yelled out in surprise: "Marauders can't jump!" That memory and the one turn kill of his assault mech will always warm my heart. None of us had seen the 3050 Mechs before. We were all used to the 3025 Mechs and what they could and couldn't do.

@sdoo-ou2ni 2 года назад

or just speaks to how shit Clan mechs or to the general lack of intelligence showed by your average Clan MechWarrior

@kaelibw34 2 года назад

In a historical sense, I get this impression. The mackie was the equivalent to the introduction of the tank to the battlefield. The marauder is the introduction of the MBT. Same principles but designed as an all rounder

@Tula-cs1ef 2 года назад

Why are there so many historians in this fandom?

@patrickcoyle5469 2 года назад

@@Tula-cs1ef The creators and writers of the BattleTech universe put real effort into trying to imagine future history based on repeating patterns of the past. Many history buffs can't help but appreciate it.

@Dracobyte 2 года назад

Whats MBT?

@patrickcoyle5469 2 года назад

@@Dracobyte Main Battle Tank - "main" because it's a standard that does everything okay and doesn't specialize.

@kaelibw34 2 года назад

@@Dracobyte Main Battle Tank. Basically a general purpose tank. Think of the Abrams for a modern example

@nicholasbowen4381 3 года назад

"I bid the minefield comstar put at the jump point" I just can't stop laughing.

@weldonwin 3 года назад

Also, I thought Elemental Guy was Smoke Jaguar, but the wrecked Madcat we saw crash down from space was Jade Falcon... I mean, they are both the Asshole clans

@smsluck13 3 года назад

@@weldonwin pretty sure it's Star Colonel Paul Moon, it's the cover of "Grave Covenant Twilight of the Clans" book two or three.

@Scriptedviolince 3 года назад

I just realized that's why they emerged within visual range of the planet. They used a pirate point.

@DonaldWWitt 3 года назад

IT'S RAINING SALVAGE!

@shaysilverlocke6228 3 года назад

Someone clearly forgot to pay the HPG bill, unless they did something else to piss off Comstar

@Overonator 3 года назад

Dudes that 80's music and styled intro is impressive.

@collinbarker 3 года назад

And the multilayered panning shots (no clue what they are called). Just wow. The shots where the image is really 3 or 4 stacked and they are dragged at different speeds to fake 3d. Probably easier than how they shot the opening of Bambi, but still impressive as it is not even called into attention

@Overonator 3 года назад

@@collinbarker Can you give a time code to what you mean?

@collinbarker 3 года назад

@Overonator 2:38 has an example along with 18:10 .

@Overonator 3 года назад

@@collinbarker Oh yeah you are right. That is cool.

@randyrrandelson6444 3 года назад

👍

@KrawmKruach 2 года назад

Kudos to GM for having a sense of humor and playing along, their letters are just great.

@OmniMontel Год назад

GM got the Warhammer and the Marauder, I am going to say that they were rewarded well for playing along.

@BNRmatt 3 года назад

"The design philosophy is 'F*ck you, I'm fabulous.'" Brilliant!

@jamesperkins191 3 года назад

None of this training config bullshit

@hombreg1 3 года назад

Tex, at this rate, you'll become the David Attenborough of battletech lore. Now, be good and take a nap.

@fakshen1973 3 года назад

He already is.

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

No naps.

@onimenno 3 года назад

Alcohol induced coma then?

@hombreg1 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion Tex, you gotta rest or we'll make another gofundme

@anthonymonaghan4964 3 года назад

Just remember Attenborough had a rare parrot shag the back of his head ... what would a mech do to Tex lol

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

LOOKING FOR A BATTLETECH COMMUNITY?: 1. Sarna. If you know what Sarna is, congrats. You are patrician tier in terms of wiki taste. Sarna is the Battletech wiki. It has been around forever, and has served as a news hub for Battletech for quite a long time. Of latest, Sarna has set up an official discord to discuss history and lore, as well as coordination for wiki-efforts to help maintain our beloved Battletech resource in its best possible state. If interested in helping them out, or hanging out, I'd recommend joining Sarna's Discord here - > discord.gg/CPjUMCbk36 KEEP IN MIND this is NOT a Tex Fan Discord, so please act accordingly. This is just an awesome battletech resource and I want to help them have as MUCH support as possible. I hang out in there and shitpost sometimes and that's okay. I have a shitposting license. 2. www.everythingbattletech.com/ or their Discord here - discord.gg/C6CraMCfRt This is where there is a BPL Outpost, a Forum, and many points of contact across the Broad Battletech community. From artists to forums discussing your favorite and least favorite factions, and huge discord group. The Everything Battletech discord can be found on their site, and you will find a room/group to discuss your favorite faction. Tell David Vivas Tex says hi. 3. The Sietch - You want an old-school Forum for sci-fi? This is about peak 1999 and chock full of Nostalgia for me but the Sietch is fun www.the-sietch.com/index.php I'd recommend checking it out. Plenty of wonderful world-crafting and shitposting therein.

@EricDKaufman 3 года назад

I like how your marriage to that elemental in on the homepage right now :-)

@steelshanks1265 3 года назад

Sarna is the best. I'm on there quite frequently reading all things Battletech.

@chuckbuck5002 3 года назад

@BlackPantsLegion So GM pretty much said lets take the armor, and firpower of a t-34 - 85 and the cheap and highly versatile yet easy to maintian design of sherman and put it on legs I can dig that !

@EricDKaufman 3 года назад

@@chuckbuck5002 Except it came out as good as a Tiger II. Marauder FTW

@WardenWolf 3 года назад

One huge mistake I think FASA made was with Inner Sphere pulse lasers. The Clan pulse lasers' range was derived from their ER lasers, whereas the Inner Sphere pulse lasers' range were derived from standard lasers. So they were doubly screwed. I think had they made them, in lore, derived from ER lasers inherently, and given them similar range proportions, they could have actually been useful. As it was, Inner Sphere pulse lasers are 100% garbage and effectively useless. Their -2 to hit is offset by the fact that they're at +4 range modifier when a standard laser is at +2. So, greater weight, greater heat, and less potential range so you can't even hit with a Hail Mary shot.

@mkosmala1309 3 года назад

"There is nothing new under the sun." As humans are just as imperfect now as they ever were, war will always be with us this side of eternity. That does not mean we should not strive to be better, for, as Vince Lombardi once put it, "In chasing perfection, we may catch excellence." That, at least, is achievable. Never perfect, but sometimes better.

@KenshiImmortalWolf 2 года назад

There is something I realized through a lot of modern media, villains, anti-heroes, stories of madness, of love. To reach perfection, is to end. True perfection, is to reach a point in which nothing can be improved, nothing can be made better. To reach perfection is to have 2 outcomes, to go nowhere, forever, or eventually go down as there is no other option. There for, the marauder is as near perfect a design as you can get, because it can always accept any new improvements well. It is so versatile, so iconic, so viable, that all you need to do is bring it up to spec with what is, and it will become the ideal command mech once more. A good example is clan tech, while there is a cannon MAD-3R(C) it sucks, but it would not be hard to improve on the marauder's base design with clan tech, and if you made something even stronger and/or lighter then the already stronger lighter clan tech, then you could use that. Any mech that can so easily be logically retooled with new tech, not rebuilt, not redesigned but simply retooled like the marauder or warhamner, then you have made as close to a perfect mech as possible, for true perfection is to never reach perfection, but be able to keep growing with the curve.

@JLT0087 2 месяца назад

That was the part of Romantic philosophy that frustrated people. No, we could not, and weren't really meant to achieve our ideals, but by trying we made ourselves better. But that's hard and doesn't always leave noticeable progress so we decided it was easier to say "Fuck it, nothing matters. " and embraced Nihilism.

@zero-arc3810 Год назад

This feels like I’m getting a legit history lesson on space mech warfare from a cowboy and I love every second of it.

@phillipmele8533 3 года назад

These intros continue to be even more aggressively eighties and I’m HERE FOR IT.

@SweetLittleAki 3 года назад

Black Pants Legion: Setting the bar for all channels mega fucking high

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

And for that, we shall be ignored by the algorithm. Makes a man scratch his head

@gelenor2961 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion That's because it seems to favor the mediocre for some reason.

@EricDKaufman 3 года назад

@@gelenor2961 medicore middle of the road shit is profitable and non-offensive. Also, The BPL isn't monetized so wh would this current incarnation of RU-vid give a fuck... the bastards.

@gelenor2961 3 года назад

@@EricDKaufman it doesn't. That was what I was saying.

@MrDerKnofi 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion Please consider coming to Odysee.

@Gothmetalhead13 3 года назад

"Custom Marauders are the stuff of nightmares" Oh boy, Tex is right. My own refit ended up with a LBX10 AC with 2 tons of ammo, 2 PPC's, 2 ER medium Lasers and a Flamer for warcrimes. Its unlikely to see use as the fledgling UK scene is just not ready for it. Also the evil lauch in the background with Amaris, you made me choke on my drink you git.

@AGrumpyPanda Год назад

Honestly that just sounds like an MAD-2T, so I'm here for it.

@Xalerdane 7 месяцев назад

I prefer AC/10, 2 LLs, and 2 MLs.

@MoreEvilThanYahweh 6 месяцев назад

I occasionally run one with AC20, snub PPCs and the default twin medium lasers on MWO. Fun but pretty silly for turning the Marauder into a close up brawler.

@Xalerdane 6 месяцев назад

@@MoreEvilThanYahweh I am kinda surprised that you can fit all that in there without complications.

@MoreEvilThanYahweh 6 месяцев назад

@@Xalerdane Light engine and endosteel

@optweb2k 3 года назад

I must have missed it, but someone had to have commented on GM, “doing a rail of Canopus Battle Powder” and laughing their asses off. That one got me!

@ogrehaslayers605 3 года назад

I did too! 🤣

@Demolitiondude 2 года назад

Press S to snort!

@Ruffhouse789 3 года назад

The whole "Tex's ex wife is an elemental" thing has to be my favorite running gag in this whole series.

@lanasmith4795 3 года назад

So does that make the smoke Jaguar guy likely an in-law?

@csmead209 3 года назад

@@lanasmith4795 I headcannon that the Jaguar guy was her first Ex. Nothing ruins a marriage like a psycho Ex-Husband stalking you.

@Grizabeebles 3 года назад

@@csmead209 -- Tex DID compare his marriage "an extended trial of positon". Using the term loosely - a mock battle to assign caste and rank within Clan society. It's a pretty backhanded way to say he "married up" - but there you go.

@Grizabeebles 3 года назад

@@lanasmith4795 -- According to an announcement on the Sarna wiki, Tex's Ex-wife was from Clan Ghost Bear. Which makes a lot of sense considering Tex is a military historian and part-time mercenary whose lectures can all be boiled down to "pragmatism good".

@jonskowitz 3 года назад

I headcanon this union as the source of Clan Snek-Cobra 🐍

@lorzon 3 года назад

"I bid the minefield COMSTAR put at our jump point after we made them mad." Spare parts for days BOIS!

@weldonwin 3 года назад

And better yet, its Clan Tech, so that means the Van Zandt militia will potentially seriously outgun the next pirate assholes who rock up

@bthsr7113 3 года назад

And warship scrap is sooooo vauluable.

@weldonwin 3 года назад

@@bthsr7113 Even if its just to set up the weapon systems as improvised Orbital Defence Batteries, to serve as the ultimate in *(Racks Shotgun)* "You Best Be Head'n Back The Way Yah Came..."

@ineednochannelyoutube5384 3 года назад

It's rainin' salvage!

@weldonwin 3 года назад

@@ineednochannelyoutube5384 HALLEUAH!!!

@TalkerDudeMan 3 года назад

I will never be tired of hearing the words "The God Damn Blackwatch"

@templarw20 Год назад

I feel like that should be the official title...

@Actually_Sanguinius 2 года назад

I don't think I have ever gotten so emotional over anything until 14:23. So perfectly composed with the music, the tempo of tex's voice, and just the Bible quotation. Damn near brought me to tears

@witchdoctor1394 3 года назад

I feel like this presentation needs a "Please Be Kind & Rewind" as the endplate.

@davidshea6272 3 года назад

The baby Schmitt with nerdy glasses and hair staring up in awe at the gunslinger recruitment poster is a goddamn beautiful touch.

@markharding6342 3 года назад

Real take though. Lived in Pensacola, Florida when I was a kid and we had an Aztec, highkey the best drive around and hang out car ever made. The rear tailgate had seats carved out in it, it had back firing speakers to blast music out of its ass, it even had an auxiliary set of radio controls in the trunk. That weird plastic skirt all around it was to protect the metal from sand being kicked up, and it worked! Well! The thing was a beach monster. I don't care if anyone thinks its ugly as sin, it was a utilitarian masterpiece, and it was easily the most fun car my family ever had.

@thegloriouswizard5270 2 года назад

As a Battletech newbie, I am so glad that I discovered this setting (cause I love giant robots) and this upstanding pillar of the community. Haven't bought my own mechs yet *financial issues of a recent move*, but once that clears up I am going to get that Beginner Box. Rock on Tex!🤘

@84elmer 2 года назад

If you are short on cash try getting Battletech on steam, it's quite often on sale. The base game is fun if a little on a simple side when it comes to mechanics, but the modding community... oh gods the modding took a swing at it and created something glorious with roguetech and many other mods.

@Drak976 9 месяцев назад

What does that mean? Is that weird code for buying MW 2 or 5 Mercenaries? Are you going old school and buying ghost bears legacy? I mean that was pretty amazing. Or are you doing to 3d print irl mechs? I can't even tell anymore.

@blackops555 3 года назад

It's almost as if every successive TTBT is going to be more expansive and holy-shit-this-is-awesome in depth that the last one will make even the most minute topic seem grand and awe inspiring. And I am here for all of it. Bravo, Tex and crew. Now go take a goddamn nap.

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

NO. NO NAPS.

@Ashasverus 3 года назад

@Kingwolf Time traveler here. "Tableware of the Clanners," wins an Oscar in 2035. Also, don't eat cheese in 2022. Cya!

@Mandemon1990 3 года назад

@@Ashasverus Which cheese? Edam? Gouda? Parmesano Reggiano? Cream cheese? Pepperjack?

@squatchhammer7215 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion how about a fax break?

@DIEGhostfish 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion Immediate naps!

@nathanhingson7048 3 года назад

"i bid the minefield comstar placed" -this is the type of line that needs to exist in a mechwarrior game.

@housecoatgaming 2 года назад

That is Focht levels of great. Shame the Smoked Jaguar idiot's dead, though: he was hilarious when coupled with Tex's dry humor. ...If Tex has a real-life wife, can she play the tsundere Ghost Bear Elemental? I want to see passive-aggressive romantic comedy.

@Sashakemper 3 года назад

I've just started getting into Battletech after hearing about it since I was a kid, and these videos are the perfect way to recline and just... sink into the lore, stats, mechanics, and tactics.

@floriangallus7760 2 года назад

Same here. Always had it in the back of my head since I watched the MW2Mercs intro video as a kid, but was too dumb for the actual game. Man that video burned itself into my brain and gave me feels. Now with Tex' videos and all the new games I can just dive into it head first. Even started to read the novels. I yet need someone to play that beginners Box with me.

@franksmedley8619 2 года назад

Hello BPL Ah, the Marauder. Iconic, adorable, and deadly. I have used Marauders since the beginning of the game, back in 1984. I still like it and use it whenever I can lay my hands upon them. Although a design with serious heat issues during the 3025 Era, it was still a good design and one that stood out on the battlefields from almost all others by its profile. As technology improved in the Inner Sphere, the Marauder benefited from then increased capabilities of the rapid 'ramp up' of efficiency in the technologies. I could easily go on a 'rant' about all the various designs and both their benefits and flaws, as well as overall efficiencies. But I will not do so here. I merely mention that the Marauder has always been one of my favorite designs and probably always will. The Marauder II became an instant 'fave' when it was released as part of the game. Along with up-teched Awesomes, and a Gauss-zilla, they became my favored command Mechs for Assault Lances. Yes, I 'tinkered' with the Marauder during the early years of the game. Who didn't? And given the limitations of 3025 tech base, I felt the Marauder's heat issues were it's primary weakness. So, I did a bit of weapons swapping... exchanging the PPCs for Large Lasers, and the AC-5 for a PPC. These changed allowed the Mech to run cooler, and only barely affected it's ranged performance. A more efficient Mech meant more damage down range every turn and more damage output overall over the course of a battle. And until the 3050, 3055, and 3057 TRO releases, that was what I used. After that date? Oh, I went 'whole hog' into redesigning every Mech in my possession. And even those not. How? You say? Well, at one time I had six, 'slant-D' three ring binders, each 3 inches thick. Within these binders were every Mech design ever released by the game. But that only filled two of the binders. The other four were filled with Mech Sheets of my own design. I spent literally hundreds of hours calculating mass and filling critical slots, creating new Mech designs out of published designs and their variants. To say that I have 'some experience' in designing Mechs is to put is mildly. I was obsessed with making designs more 'efficient' and thus more useful on the tabletop. Enough so, that I had well over 40 such designs that were totally banned by my Playing Group as being 'no fun to play against', or 'cant beat that, so ban it'. Keep on making these videos! Professor Tex is a most excellent 'teacher' and presents the data in an interesting manner, even if it is 'slanted' a bit by his, and to be fair, my own dislike of Capellans and the Clans. BTW: Discount Dan is BANNED from attempting to do any transactions of 'business' within the Stygian System of Styx, and anywhere else where the Ghost Lions Legion has primacy in the marketplace. Since Dicount Dan is a citizen of Van Zandt, the Legion has yet to 'show him out the airlock, sans suit', merely because the Legion does not wish to commit a 'war crime' against Van Zandt by killing one of it's citizens. Although, in the Legion's defense, it would be a 'Justifiable Homicide' according to the Legion Legal System. Tex, however, is welcome to lecture on Hades, at the Hades Mech Museum at almost any time. Just give us some advance warning of his arrival to prepare. Tex will be 'wined, dined', and treated like the celebrity he is. As well as the knowledgeable and professional historian we all know him to be. spoken, Frank-ly

@tychozzyx9439 10 месяцев назад

I'd love to see some of those banned sheets. My most tilt-inducing design is the Tigger, a 100 ton experimental TSM melee mech with 10 jump (mechanical jump boosters!) and max armor. It just lays a huge template of death around it until it activates. Definitely curious what other people come up with for "broken" designs

@jfangm 10 месяцев назад

"Can't beat that, so bak it." That's not very Battletech. In BT, if you can't beat it, buy it. Or nuke the production factory. Either is fine.

@TheNerdForAllSeasons 3 года назад

Seriously, Dwight D goddamn Eisenhower will live forever just on that quote alone.

@TheNerdForAllSeasons 3 года назад

damn Ian Cameron got me feeling some type of way... and I'm straight.

@jamesperkins191 3 года назад

Republicans all sucked after him I lived on Eisenhower Street in Reservoir, Victoria, Australia.

@dog209 3 года назад

As will Carl von Clausewitz xD

@razorburn645 3 года назад

Well there was that whole WW2 thing as well.

@StickWithTrigger 2 года назад

@@razorburn645 oh yeah that thing

@lucasfrost4052 3 года назад

Good lord the production value is through the roof, every single one just gets better and better. Good show Tex! Good show indeed!

@patrickcoyle5469 3 года назад

Seriously... I have no idea how it can get any better than this, but goddamn Tex is going to try anyway.

@erloriel 3 года назад

Yeah, the intro alone was AAA. The Inner Sphere great house territory thing at the start was just so good. And the rest of the video keeps the bar just as high.

@benparker1822 3 года назад

Can't wait for the Stalker and Warhammer.

@Grizabeebles 3 года назад

@@erloriel -- I'm writing this barely 3 minutes into the video and the intro is the best thing ever. Totally worth a 5 month wait. Somebody needs to get Jason Wiesman to do a "Van Zandt" expansion for Mechwarrior 5.

@cynicalcitizen8315 2 года назад

As someone who just came to the setting and finding the Taurian Concordat to be the closest thing to a home, I am guilty of straight binge watching all of these vids.

@gregoryfolsom7882 Год назад

Space Texas rules

@myarbro909 3 года назад

As someone that lives in Memphis, Home of St. Jude, thank you. Thank you immensely. As always, Battletech lore perfection. You never cease to please and impress. Cheers a shot of bourbon with a piece of bacon in it.

@Knightfang1 3 года назад

lol "In the early years of the Star League, there was a problem with the Draconis Combine because, they were the Draconis Combine"..........might be one of my new favorite Battletech related quotes ever.

@weldonwin 3 года назад

Its always the Draconis Combine, except when its Cappellans, its always one of those two

@disgraced101 3 года назад

@@weldonwin Got keep true to the Yellow Panic theme of old Battletech lore after all.

@bthsr7113 3 года назад

@@disgraced101They'll need to work on correcting that with new Lore if they really want the franchise to see a wide resurgence. It is racist, whether intentional or not.

@dog209 3 года назад

@@bthsr7113 Well Lyrans all Portrayed as corrupt and inbred , is a good step ^^ but ofcourse Davion hasnt gotten something like that yet right ?

@cykeok3525 3 года назад

The "Yellow Panic" theme was outdated even for the time that early Btech lore was written, wasn't it? I know it was before the anime "weeaboo" madness hit pretty much the entire world, but even so, it was already the late 80s. Japan was already an ally of the United States for almost two generations, and China wasn't seen as a rival of any sort yet, not even an economic one (much less political or military). Regardless, when the lore was first written, I don't think FASA thought BattleTech would ever get that big, or remain relevant for this long. For reference, I'm ethnic Chinese, but I've never been to China (my grandparents are from there).. and to me I see it all as a curiosity in my favorite big stompy robot franchise setting. At least up until the Dark Age timeskip, not a big fan of that.

@paganhorde4463 3 года назад

Im looking forward to this more then any Hollywood releases

@Nabo42 3 года назад

It'll also be significantly better than any recent Hollywood release; BPL always delivers.

@danielm6049 3 года назад

It's too bad the legion laughs at Hollywood virtue signaling, they could hire Tex and crew to do a Battletech movie right, but they would be reeeing so much no one would be able to hear anything. A St Jude's fund raiser is the proper way to virtue signal. Wait a sec! Now I think about it almost everything they want signaled was already in battletech back in the 80s! Oh, wait. The strong women are believable, can't have that.

@Wastelandman7000 3 года назад

I hear that. Hell, I'm looking forward to this more than anything that has come out in the previous 5 years too. I know Tex and Co. will deliver amazing things to me.

@Bustermachine 3 года назад

The true power of internet content creation is that people can make laser targeted content for small audiences.

@bachtomin213 3 года назад

@ Daniel M- "The strong women are believable, can't have that" Black Widow - Natasha Kerensky has now entered the chat....

@GMorgan84 3 года назад

Joint with the Awesome as my favourite battlemech. I love the concept of "one of us is getting cooked here, I'm betting on you" that comes with the Marauder's immense energy load out. You don't need to stay cool, you merely need to be cooler than the melting enemy before you.

@willdavis3802 3 года назад

"Grayson Carlyle heavily favored the design." He stole one when he was what, 21? And wasn't even cleared as a mechwarrior by his dads unit before they were destroyed? Yeah, he loved his salvaged heavy mech. Hell, he loved the Shadow Hawk, and it is objectively a piece of shit in combat compared to other 55 ton mechs. He loved it because it was his Dads heaviest mech before they got screwed by a Kurita border skirmish.

@dashiellgillingham4579 2 года назад

I love my Shadowhawk. Assault 'mechs don't realize I'm there to kill them in particular and always get so confused when I charge them, then get even more confused when they can't break my armor as easily as they think that they should.

@sonoftheviper__4304 Год назад

The Shadow Hawk is good at any range. Not excellent, but good.

@CBrown-lc9sm 3 года назад

First mech I was ever introduced to via "Decision at Thunder Rift" novel in High school. Been Battleteching for over 20 years now. Can't wait Tex. Thank you for what you do.

@Mugdorna 3 года назад

Same as myself. I still have my old copy of it.

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

Welcome!

@nathanbrown8680 3 года назад

Wasn't the first mech actually introduced by name a Pheonix Hawk or Shadow Hawk or one of the bugs? I think all of Grey's dad's lance was introduced before the Marauder actually got given a name.

@CBrown-lc9sm 3 года назад

@@nathanbrown8680 the Marauder was on the cover. Front view looking up at the cockpit.

@jamesperkins191 3 года назад

@@nathanbrown8680 Carlyle's Commandos were a Phoenix Hawk, Locust, Wasp and Stinger I think, plus techs and infantry.

@FirstLast-cg2nk 3 года назад

The Bandersnatch: With two rear-facing lasers. Meant for mercs working for Capellans.

@CharlesUrban 3 года назад

For when backstabbers need to be stabbed by backs.

@redasylum 3 года назад

two rear facing lasers for fuck around and find out Capellan.

@FlameQwert 3 года назад

aren't the capellans the most reliable and trustworthy when it comes to hiring mercs? something like a third of their standing forces are mercs at certain times, and those mercs were more than willing to stay on. if anything it's the combine that loves to fuck over mercs (and some of the constituent states of the FWL)

@FirstLast-cg2nk 3 года назад

@@FlameQwert The Capellans have the most consistent *need* of mercs, but they also have a history of deciding that the best method of paying mercs is with ammunition delivered at high speeds, often when the merc's back is turned.

@michaelgreenwood3413 3 года назад

@@FirstLast-cg2nk Never works out when they try it with the Northwind Highlanders though.

@Xaxp 2 года назад

As one of the most gracious new arrivals from 40k and Star Wars before that, I humbly thank you for packing so much extra lore into these vids. So many others would give the bare minimum context and leave the video with more questions than answers or paint an incomplete picture. Glory to the Black Pants Legion!

@BattleBound 2 года назад

Man, this is still the most visually stunning intro y'all have ever done. I honestly could see it as an intro for a Battletech movie or television show.

@davidstegbauer7299 3 года назад

~checks calendar~ It's still May 20th in my heart.

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

Thanks for the forgiveness. We wanted more time to polish it. Better a good video than a rushed one. A bad product is bad forever.

@BigFrakkinOgre 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion Worth the wait

@Wildcat144 3 года назад

So much art... It was fun to work on. Love the Marauder to death. Hope you guys enjoy it all!

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

You did very good

@Wildcat144 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion Thank you boss! Its always an honor!

@s.r.delgado6921 3 года назад

My favorite rendition of the Marauder in this video. Great work.

@jaffarebellion292 2 года назад

The Marauder is my all-time favorite mech. It brings me no end of joy to see it broken down in such detail.

@evanulven8249 2 года назад

Know what I love most about your videos, Tex? The tongue-in-cheek 80's/90's Sci-Fi intros and music. Reminds me of the halcyon days of when I was young enough to think the future would be faster, brighter and better, instead of the boring dystopia and impending environmental and economic collapse we got instead.

@DwarfElvishDiplomacy 3 года назад

Proud of everyone that was involved in this, you rock guys

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

Thank you, it was an amazing effort

@andrewpantke1533 3 года назад

Snacks: check Beer: check Whiskey: check Kids in bed: GET YOUR REARS IN BED THE TV IS MINE!!!!!!!

@andrewamann2821 3 года назад

As a fellow Andrew, I must point out that it is in our bylaws to introduce, or at least heavily subject, our offspring to the games and lore that we enjoy. Failure to do so can be grounds for ejection from our most esteemed society, and revocation of your first name.

@andrewpantke1533 3 года назад

@@andrewamann2821 Amen. My oldest is 3 I’m counting down the days till he can roll the dice without trying to eat them.

@andrewamann2821 3 года назад

@@andrewpantke1533 you could always tell them bedtime stories about the Exodus, or the Amaris coup... Tell them tales of The Blackwatch, or the founding of the Star League... Tell them that Santa delivers Christmas presents in an Urbanmech...

@SteelPhoenix78 2 года назад

Tex, I just want to say that for me, the experience of watching these videos becomes more enjoyable with each rewatch. You & everyone you work with to make them do an exceptional job, and I eagerly look forward to everything to come!

@sharper68 2 года назад

He and his team do an amazing job.

@TheRyujinLP 2 года назад

Holy shit, this is still the best non-fan film fan content ever made. Not, some of the, *THE* best. Of course I'm still not sure what part is more impressive. That Tex can make a fucking documentary length video on a single 'mech or the fact that lore is so god damned amazing that there's enough history on them that Tex can make a fucking full documentary on one. Also, BlackPantsLegion fan film when? Because a full on fan film featuring the in universe Legion would be fucking awesome.

@GreatgoatonFire 3 года назад

Good gravy. That Rasalhague IKEA commercial hit me like a ton of bricks. Hilarious stuff.

@thepbg8453 3 года назад

"Use Shotguns on people, and go back the way they came." "I understood that reference" XD

@barclaybower512 3 года назад

What to, i probably know but want confimation

@thepbg8453 3 года назад

@@barclaybower512 Its a double reference One to a family guy skit where a person is trying to find there way back to town. Another is I referenced it in one of his old videos and its a pretty thrummed up comment :P

@mrgoob76 3 года назад

oh my god i LOVE the whole 80s vibe for this, i want a battletech movie NOW god damn it with this music from the intro!

@redgaara1 3 года назад

I thank you, and your whole team, for producing this. Grinning like a fool for the whole thing. Time well spent.

@TheThaloc78 3 года назад

My introduction to the Battletech Universe was a copy of Mechwarrior 2 with my Microsoft Sidewinder force feedback joystick. Since that day I've loved the franchise and it's great to see the BPL keeping it alive and continuing to educate us all

@EricDKaufman 3 года назад

MW2 Mercenaries here. I had to jump back to Mech Warrior 2 after Mercenaries. And yes, same joystick.

@Vynirian 3 года назад

MW4 for me.

@kevin-yb4fg 3 года назад

I still use my sidewinder 2

@acehigh79 3 года назад

I had a copy of the console version of mw 2 on my Sega genesis 32 x. It wasn't as good as the pc version but I loved it! Finally got a gaming pc when mw 4 came out. My allegiance is Clan Wolf. If I have to go IS I'm a Davion from the FEDCOM days!

@AJ15ist 3 года назад

Was introduced to Battletech when I saw my father play Mechcommander and my brother play Mechcommander 2. I've been playing Mechcommander 2 recently.

@muellermat 3 года назад

As a GM in Shadowrun with a, let's call it a team full of interesting appraoches, I can totally relate to that bit.

@TheReaver1234 3 года назад

Been there, hehe

@GaldirEonai 3 года назад

We had a guy end a campaign when he responded to a police raid on his hideout by setting off the absolutely ludicrous amounts of explosives he'd hidden throughout the inner-city neighborhood around said hideout. This took out most of a Lone Star precinct, some SWAT guys, a bunch of feds and a small surveillance team of Tir Ghosts who also wanted that guy's head. Oh, and a couple hundred assorted civilians. From unknown to #1 Most Wanted of two countries in a single push of a button. The next session was the rest of us racing to kill the guy before he could escape and before the combined power of the UCAS and Tir Tairngire rolled over us. After that, the characters had to be retired since although we got away, we ended up having to ditch our identities and pretty much all of our collected assets and spend the rest of our lives hiding in awakened siberia.

@bthsr7113 3 года назад

@@GaldirEonai Wow! I don't know how to respond besides, "Wow!"

@Parktrizzle 2 года назад

Hey there chummer

@JPG.01 2 года назад

Thanks to The Rageaholic uploading his audiobook of "Ideal War" I wanted to get into Battletech, well GW shitting the bed and all over 40k is additional motivation. I saw your talk with Arch, now I'm here. Thank you for your work.

@Morec0 2 года назад

I've listened to that exact audiobook over three times now. Something about it is absolutely fantastic.

@Culando 3 года назад

Another great episode, fantastic work from the whole BPL team! Also want to say that I've gotten into painting miniatures in the past few years, and this series is mostly at fault for making me want to find some Battletech minis to paint up. At the very least one each of my favorite mechs so I can have my own little stompy robots in my colors. I'd have to see if anyone around me plays though.

@reiver9031 3 года назад

Tex, you singlehandedly re-ignited my passion for Battletech when you released the Urbanmech video (the first one to pop up in my feed at random). You've now covered every one of my favorites (Urbie, Catapault, Rifleman, and now Marauder!) barring the Bushmaster, and I've faith that's coming yet. So... thank you. Thank you very much. And if you're even mildly curious why this post is a couple days late: I needed to find the time to have a quiet evening with a bottle of single malt to *properly* enjoy a feature length masterpiece. I'm sure you understand. ;)

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

I do understand.

@bob_the_barbarian 2 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion Bulleit... What can I say, I'm a simple farm boy.

@EricSwordswinger 3 года назад

My father's favorite 'Mech, he used to take great pleasure in popping cockpits with the autocannon. He used to say it was the cheapest way to get the best battlefield salvage, "Just drop in a new cockpit and a new Mechwarrior and you've got a working mech."

@csmead209 3 года назад

You'd think that the cockpit would be the third most expensive thing to replace, besides the reactor and the weapons. But I don't know mechs.

@bthsr7113 3 года назад

@@csmead209 I would agree. That's where all the precision electronics are.

@csmead209 3 года назад

@@bthsr7113 Without which, I would keep shooting myself in my foot thought the cockpit.

@adamofblastworks1517 3 года назад

@@csmead209 I think it would depend on how expensive neurohelmets are, and if they can be/are normally bought separately from the cockpit. I imagine they are probably bought sort of like any other helmet or article of clothing, but much more expensive. After all, if it doesn't fit the individual pilot well, what good is it? You can have pilots of all different head sizes pilot the same variant of a 'mech, because the mech is probably universal. So it's the helmet and maybe the seat that are not.

@jamesperkins191 3 года назад

@@adamofblastworks1517 By the 3rd Sucession war they were robust but awful, clunky but durable electronics, often with a hodgepode of salvaged circuit boards and hand-wiring.

@Passonator11 3 года назад

Handel's Sarabande playing as Tex talks about duels and "knightly orders" is a very subtle touch.

@fulminatus6241 2 года назад

Recently found your channel thanks to Mr. Welsh and I gotta say thank you. This stuff is pure uncut joy to me and I wish I was here from day one.

@FattoCattoGo 3 года назад

And somewhere, Grissom Miller sheds a single tear of remembrance for the men and machines lost.

@mikeriley1702 3 года назад

And Barber’s Marauder 2s Bow their spiritual heads in reference!!!

@Wastelandman7000 3 года назад

"I bid a Comstar mine field" Well played Tex, well played! Kind of killing two birds with one stone eh? MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@absalomdraconis 3 года назад

There's no way Comstar skimped that much ;)

@karlnielsen5759 2 года назад

I love the retro 80's intro to this documentary. (and yes I qualify this as a documentary, excellent work)

@BladeLigerV 2 года назад

The Marauder II’s 5B slapped a goddamn Gauss Rifle on the hull. And with twinned ER PPCs, it’s so ranged and sexy.

@WardenWolf 3 года назад

I once made a custom Marauder II. Went back to a standard Fusion Engine with 16 double heatsinks and put in a Gauss Rifle with CASE, ER Medium Lasers, and 2x ER PPCs. Endo Steel, max armor, and kept the jump jets. This thing was NASTY. It was virtually unkillable.

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

I'd scrap the ER Med Lasers for just more double heat sinks so you could roll heavy with those PPCs and also give a heat-buffer for any flamers you may encounter.

@basara7 2 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion because nothing says "fuck you AND the mech you rode in on" like dual ER PPCs with plenty of heat shedding capacity to back them up.

@lordsherifftakari4127 2 года назад

the only thing nastier than a Marauder II is an Awesome 9Q! 4x PPC's and the Heatsinks to use them! fired in a 4x3 rotation, I barely scratch the Heat Scale and can pretty much melt almost anything that gets in its way.

@GunRecon 2 года назад

If you're interested in durability I'd drop the Gauss altogether. As good as it is it's the equivalent of strapping a brick of C4 to your chest.

@jamescranley933 2 года назад

Gauss rifles benifit from CASE?

@imasspeons 3 года назад

Best belated Tukayyid Day present ever.

@janrautenstrauch4729 3 года назад

Blake's word does not approve this message. Get ready o be nuked.

@andrewgause6971 3 года назад

As a Clanner (Wolf, warden philosophy) I agree. :) A big thanks to Tex and the BPL for making this!

@imasspeons 3 года назад

@@andrewgause6971 thus it shall stand until we all shall fall.

@SecondSince 3 года назад

Having binged this series in a few days i just want to say i love it! Please keep up the excellent work! :D

@schatur 2 года назад

Absolutely, amazingly, incredibly fantastic!!! The art, the lore, the voice work, truly a superlative audio and visual experience! A humble thank you for sharing your love of a game and setting that is near and dear to many!!!

@TechnicolorRambo 3 года назад

"An elegant weapon from a much more civilized age" all said with a catgirl sitting on the side, ah, a man of culture i see.

@weldonwin 3 года назад

Just means its a Marauder operating out of Canopus

@Red-S-267 3 года назад

Does Canopus also have fox girls?

@weldonwin 3 года назад

@@Red-S-267 I believe so, as well as snake-girls and mermaids. It is, after all a nation that dedicates about 80% of its economy to the "Pleasure Industry" and is the single largest producer of pornography in the entire Inner Sphere, to the point that the Canopus Adult Entertainment Industry, receives government subsidies

@jeffweskamp3685 3 года назад

@@weldonwin And if that catgirl has enough C-Bills, she can also buy herself an officer's rank in the Magistracy Armed Forces. And she doesn't have to pay as much money as a man would, because of her sex.

@Red-S-267 3 года назад

Interesting Welp I know where my Merc is retiring. Lets be honest the only two real options are the Aurigan Reach or Canopus

@Evolution_Kills 3 года назад

I do love that the Pontiac Aztek remains the whipping boy and continued shorthand for 'GM dun goofed'. Also, almost 21K for charity from this documentary alone, hot damn! Excellent work everyone!

@mechcommander7876 2 года назад

The Aztek started as a pretty good concept but got committee’d and bean-counter’d into what it became.

@baker90338 2 года назад

@@mechcommander7876 see also: colt after the 1970's, Ruger up until the 2000's, etc.

@claytonhess5512 2 года назад

@@mechcommander7876 As much as I try to be objective with hardware, the appearance is too disdainful. The Aztek will forever be butt-ugly.

@SgtMac3208 9 месяцев назад

my brother had one and loved it.

@RecklessFables 9 месяцев назад

Honestly, it was a pretty cool trucklet when it came to all the extra widgets.

@davepenrod Год назад

I don't know how many times I've listened to this, but I just noticed the mayor says "zan vondt free radio". That's awesome, but so is this video. Thanks to every one involved with this video and all the others in making them phenomenal!

@elijoseph5256 3 года назад

Heyo, new fan here, just getting into Mechwarrior (and to that end Battletech) with my first entry to this awesome universe being Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries, the Marauder was love at first sight, its by far my favorite mech so I'm happy to see such a thorough video on it, im loving this content and am glad to have found this channel so, just wanted to say thanks!

@mattaffenit9898 3 года назад

Yay, more lore. *INJECT IT STRAIGHT INTO MY EYEBALLS PLEASE*

@tehlulzpare 3 года назад

This was amazing, although that wasn't surprising! Marauder's are such a good looking mech. I must say, the art of the SLDF Black Watch in dress uniforms with their Marauders was the stand out for me, that is just distilled bad-assery.

@HikaruLing 3 года назад

The Joint Strike Fighter would like to say: "Shot's Fired!"

@bthsr7113 2 года назад

Shots missed, and now my canopy is cracked, as is the cannon housing. Returning for maintenance.

@nonyabiz1285 2 года назад

The F-35 will someday be synonymous with "military boondoggle".

@tonystamp7760 2 года назад

After a long time away from this massive and rich universe I've found my way back to battletech. I think I've binged the last few years of videos that you have for Tex Talks Battletech, and I have to say I'm impressed. You've taken a game history of 35 years and kept the feel, atmosphere and the lore alive. You've woven threads of history, hersay, myth and legends together into a compelling historic lecture. Loved the format, the humour and the amount of work that you and the team have put into these lectures. Looking forward to the next one.

@Zantetsu13 3 года назад

"...One of the finest war machines mankind could ever hope for." But Tex, you already did an episode on the Catapult.

@LenaLangton 3 года назад

Catapult, the mech where you play “will it fit in the box” with your weapon systems

@devil8975 3 года назад

Zantetsu13, your Capellan blood is showing.

@ThatSlowTypingGuy 3 года назад

Catapult drivers unite!

@macrux152__8 3 года назад

Oi filthy round eyes. You desecrate the mighty catapult. The capellans never invented it. THE KURITANS DID. *proceeds to dab with his CLPT-K2 variant mech*

@MilitaryStyx 3 года назад

You spelt urbanmech wrong

@TheMajorActual 3 года назад

Just in time for my birthday -- a hearty thanks to Tex and everyone else at the BPL.

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

You are most welcome

@edrice2621 3 года назад

Happy Birthday.

@Dalton791000 3 года назад

A Tex talks video is like Amazing Grace sung with a full orchestra. Many people, most not even on stage, doing their part to bring everything together. Still, at center stage is a unique and talented star that brings everything together. Good work Captain Tex, stay the course.

@apg-ev2ob 3 года назад

Stumbled on this channel, but Tex and the whole BPL crew has renewed my love of Battletech. I am really hoping the next video comes soon because there is so much left that I would love your team to cover.

@johannaldbrecht1594 3 года назад

I am definately gonna use "I wager the minefield you just jumped into." in the future.

@adamofblastworks1517 3 года назад

Oh yeah... definitely... now I just have to figure out how to make cost effective stealth mines in Space D&D and deploy them in some traps. I do play as a former space DARPA field test commander promoted to spec ops commander in wartime (now rear admiral), with an R&D background mixed with heavy inspiration from Mikhail Kalashnikov. So if anyone can do it, it'll be me.

@S71xx 3 года назад

I'm giddier than a mechpilot in an urbie store during 1/2 off ac 20's day.

@mq5731 3 года назад

Theoretically an Urban Mech with an ARROW-4 launcher could fire nuclear attack bees

@Vynirian 3 года назад

@@mq5731 THEY HAVE CHOSEN THE BEES

@christopherings7996 3 года назад

I just have to say.... The opening to this one is one of the greatest things yet produced for this series. Getting the Instrumental version of KITT is wonderful. And the opening visuals are just so deliciously 80s.

@drzoidberg7767 2 года назад

I normally don’t leave comments at all but I have to give credit where credit is due. As a life long Battletech fan who remembers going to the local hobby store and spending countless hours pouring over the technical readout manuals, painstakingly painting the table top miniatures and getting lost in the novels, I have to say I’m seriously impressed with the quality of this video. 👍 You can really tell that this was made by people who truly do love the lore. ❤️ 🤖 Kudos to all the time and effort it must have taken to make this.

@theblackpantslegion 2 года назад

Thank you Zoidberg

@ThePraetorianOfTerra 3 года назад

Probably the best intro to a vid I've ever seen on RU-vid. That was some high quality stuff.

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

Thanks. RU-vid will prevent it from going very far, but I fuckin like it and that's good enough for me.

@ThePraetorianOfTerra 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion BTW I owe you a thank you. Your vids have been the sole reason for my new found interest in BattleTech/Mechwarrior. I knew of the universe prior to finding your channel but only thanks to the Mechassult games I played years ago. I had no idea it had such in-depth lore and background. I now own MW5 and MWO and absolutely love them both. I've even managed to drag a few mates along for the ride with me and they all enjoy the heck outa it. So, thanks for the high quality content. It's brought back childhood memories I forgot I had.

@jamesperkins191 3 года назад

@@ThePraetorianOfTerra More than any other media setting, BattleTech finds fans from all over: novels, the Tabletop, video games, the cartoon from the 90s... And then you find a new part of it with its established fan wars

@RussianHammr 3 года назад

Will have to watch the playback but stoked to see this coming Tex..... Scrombles scrombulate! :-)

@theblackpantslegion 3 года назад

SCROMBLES. PUNCH!

@rajeevjay8586 3 года назад

@@theblackpantslegion I'm a little Urbie, short and stout, here's my AC20 and that's all I've got.

@andrewamann2821 3 года назад

@@rajeevjay8586 ...See the back of your assault mech, hear you shout, Oops, spaghetti just all fell out.

@josephdedrick9337 3 года назад

@@rajeevjay8586 im a little urbie, here is my nuke...bye bye city...boom!

@Archangelm127 2 года назад

15:00 - "To become an historian is to suffer the Curse of Cassandra." --Me

@chrisloUSA 3 года назад

I love these, thanks for continuing on with the Lore videos, as of June I have been following your work for 2 years. Keep up the good work!

@Mak10z 3 года назад

Ah yes, the Mighty Zentradi Officer Battle Pod.. I mean Marauder :) I am now one GOOB COIN richer!

@cliffcampbell8827 3 года назад

I knew I've seen this somewhere else before. Harmony copper can eat shit until that company goes tits up.

@earnestbrown6524 2 года назад

Khyron jumping out of the ravine and landing made me fall in love with the Marauder.

@katherineberger6329 2 года назад

That's Roiquonmi Glaug, thank you very much. ;) Interestingly enough, with the destruction of the Roiquonmi factory in the Second Supervision Army War, the Glaug was lostech for 3,700 years!

@jclark4047 2 года назад

Yack! Deculture!

@MrSaywutnow 3 года назад

"...and those people were denied the use of precision tools and the right to proper education." So.......Capellans?

@BlUsKrEEm 3 года назад

Says the warriors that don't even learn how to use the infernos, minefields, chemical warfare, or ambushes untill well after grade four

@phoenixraider42 3 года назад

yea you would think capellans. but it was designed by New Avalon Institute of Science. so it was a Federated Suns mech

@JCDFlex 3 года назад

@@phoenixraider42 tinfoilhat mode active: those scientists were capellan spies!

@weldonwin 3 года назад

@@JCDFlex Like the one that tried to infiltrate the Mackie program?

@MultiKbarry 3 года назад

Capellans have the best education system in the sphere when it comes to general population.

@Azraiel213 2 года назад

35:43 - "And being that this is academia, I must now *prove* that assertion." Oh Tex, you beautiful optimist, you.

@ElectromagNick 2 года назад

A professor from a better age. A more civilized one. ...And the primary reason I abandoned my career path in to academia and now just work whatever jobs make ends meet, searching desperately for a purpose to my life, trapped as I am with my understanding of the futility of it all in grand nihilistic fashion. So anyway, the Marauder is pretty kickass.