Definitely a vortex bomb, it wasn’t a boom so much as it disappeared one specific area. I feel they are kind of lucky to have a powerful patron this kind of thing doesn’t seem like something that would go unnoticed.
If I remember correctly, Tex mentioned his inspiration for it on one of the podcasts. In proper usage, that was supposed to be used to sterilize the outer hull of a starship. Considering the scale of the Imperial Navy, it makes sense it would level several blocks.
That "too tired to run so just gonna sleep in the MRAP" Sergeant was me. I had gotten tired of scrambling for cover every time we took fire, so I'd just sleep under our Cougar. Got real good at sleeping through the gunfire.
One of the best sleeps I've ever had was in conscript training on my final exercise by just opening up the front of my flak vest, my boot laces, putting on a pair of knitted wool gloves, a balaclava and sliding down a bit on the seat with my feet raised level on top of some ammo boxes😊 My Conscript Ensign platoon leader had one of his worst nights sleep as he had chosen to crawl in and sleep in foetal position underneath one of the map tables directly on the floor and woke up freezing and so stiff we had to physically pull his 7ft ass out of there as he was too stiff to properly move...😂 All this in a tgb1321 with the mortar platoon on ordered 5min alert with the pieces deployed and everyone in uniform with webbing and carbines in arms reach. (The tgb1321 is a heavy mortar/artillery battery control variant on the Volvo C306 6×6 offroad truck.)
I can't be the only one who imagimes the theme from Police Squad (The Naked Gun) whenever these guys say something like "we need theme music for this."
I'm a simple man, when I see a Magistratum Mundanus episode posted at 11:00 PM CST, I remember that tomorrow is Fall Back Day. Fall Back Day, the greatest American holiday, where everybody in the country is granted one additional hour of sleep. Everyone you meet tomorrow will be slightly more rested. Nobody had to go anywhere special. Nobody had to buy anyone any special gift that they totally didn't just pick up at a Walmart on the way. Everyone that is... everyone who didn't see this and decide, "Fuck it. I'm going to listen to Tex and the boys do some policemans.".
You're a goddamned legend; I just finished the last episode and you dropped this one right after. Truly perfect. These videos are peak TTRPG fun, and as a Forever GM it brings me endless joy to see another GM getting blindsided by batshit insane player actions that vaguely make sense, then having to work that back into the narrative as if shit is even remotely adjacent to normal lol.
"Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned, little man?" Is that a Star Trek TNG reference I see? (Or did something use that line before Lore did?)
No you are correct. That’s my favorite line. It’s either Lore disguised as Data or a hijacked Data and he’s about to kill Wesley. I just wish no one stopped him.
Two major items to take from this episode. Always blame the ratlings especially when there is absolutely no evidence left that can be brought up against you. Second, all dog souls go to heaven.
I only started listening to them once they made it to RU-vid because I didn't know about the podcast. Now I'm working on writing a short story about Grigglak returning to his homeworld.
The orb was a vortex grenade wasn't it? I was so hoping it would be. Also, the best worst thing about the night shift. Every day can be a day off as long as you can live without sleep
I did shift work for 10 years once doing signals/networks and essentially I can sleep anywhere. Things were either working fine or gone to complete shit, so middle ground was nonexistent sleep/not asleep
@@kacpadestro8086 Back in the old rules, because I'm old and shit so they're the only ones I remember. There was a 70% chance that something very random happened and about 30% chance it just annihilated what you threw it at and the surrounding area. But they'd increase in size, go wandering off in random directions, split in half and then they go off in different directions or blink out and appear somewhere else. They're about the same level of fun from a distance as watching a biopolar woman on hard spirits. Stuff's gunna happen
Did not have 'Pocket Nuke' on my Magistratum Mundanus bingo card, didn't expect that. Honestly I figured the device was going to be a homing beacon for when the squad was REALLY in trouble, giant mechanical eagles would arrive with Colm riding one like the end of Lord of the Rings to rescue them.
Your dedication to tabletop simulator is admirable. I think my group got through 2.5 sessions of objects floating away, dice hangs, and general difficulty before we swapped back to roll 20. It makes verticality harder to visualize, but that's the only downside in a sea of QoL improvements.
Invisible Quinn, Dr Grigglak, Krieger being Data for a second. And Uriah being Brick from Anchorman with a grenade. All finished off with wmds. Best episode yet.
Im making progress on writing a short story about Grigglak returning to his homeworld. For the short story, i decided to name it Ursus 6. I will likely post it here in the comments. If anyone knows a better place for me to post it, please let me know.
16:41 are we just NOT gonna mention how good Tex’s Deckard Cain is? And are we NOT gonna mention that deckard is basically Tom Hardy’s bane without being muffled?
I feel that on this night, on my Longest Factory Night Shift (thank you Fall Back Day), I shall listen to a story about some suckers who have it worse than me.
Imagine being a rating ganger, your stealing dogs to raise as attack animals and maybe turn into bread, in comes delta squad who is notorious for wiping up your friends enmasse... How can it get worse you ask?....
Whats up with the post time? BTW why has no one found a plasma weapon yet? I had very fond memories of getting self deleted by an epic fail playing Dark Heresy .
1:01:06 I keep picturing this as a decidedly less sexy version of the scene from Desperado where is Selma Hayek is singing to my heart and Antonio Banderas is getting ready to unleash hell.
SO THIS is the episode we get as a teaser in the intermission of the Hunchback Tex Talks Battletech, I have been waiting to hear this part.*Oops, misremembered which Tex talks battle tech, it was actually the Charger episode*
I swear, hearing these guys set a booby trap involving bottles and grenades reminds me of some stories I heard from a few Vietnam Vets that centered around claymores, bouncing bettys and an aluminum christmas tree. Real life is stranger than fiction sometimes, huh? Colm is an absolute menace to all things on this planet, so thank the Emperor he's on our side. Giving what sounds like a void bomb to this group makes me question his motives. Damn shame about the poor dogs, but there are fewer ratlings, so it evens out
That device is known as a vortex grenade, it’s still in production to my knowledge, just extremely rare, and usually only given to the most elite of space Marines, inquisitors, and other powerful individuals.
@@evangold4748 Holy crap! Then Quinn's psychic sight should have been going crazy as a miniature warp storm was birthed over that whole black before sucking back in on themselves. They're lucky that warp rift didn't walk around, sucking up more stuff before dissipating.
Glad to hear about the switch to Foundry, it is a very nice VTT. Lots of modules. One of the Carousel modules might be a good choice. Maestro for character background music if that is desired.
@@bbsamik1999 no, it was a game they played a couple years ago it was based in 40 k Striker was a squad commander crow played a British soldier and tex was a tank commander goat ran the game.
@@bbsamik1999 I get home from work they would live stream it on a Saturday. It was the game right after shadow run. The shadow run game, and Werewolf are still on courtesy flush.
If that orb is what a lot of people in the comments think it was, that's exactly what happened. A vortex grenade is basically a tiny warp engine that blows a hole in reality. Anything caught in the blast is sucked directly into the warp.
@cynicalcitizen8315 Vortex warheads do exist. They can be used by things like Titans or on Deathstrike missile launchers. They're extremely rare, valuable, and unpredictable. Even if they're available, they're only used as a last resort because of the collateral damage they cause. Not just material damage either, they can potentially leave the surrounding area tainted by the warp. Obviously, it's not something just anyone is supposed to have or know about. If an inquisitor found out that these random guys had *seen* a vortex grenade, never mind used it, they'd probably have the entire station killed. Carelessly using one on an imperial world is the kind of thing a Space Marine chapter could get in trouble for.
@@magicianman534 so wouldn't it be under the Mechanicus purview? The Era the campaign is under, I thought that the Mechanicus was still it's own system independent of the Inquisition. So a random tech adept would have A: the access to the information for the grenade form and B: the materials for such a gift? The funny thing is why such technology wouldn't be used by such Ordos like Malus, Castigatio, or the psychotic Hereticus is beyond me. Or is this particular Era after the Mechanicus is absorbed wholesale by the Imperium and the Guard called by the idiotic name in modern 40K?
@cynicalcitizen8315 Colm did make it in a dream. Maybe it was divine inspiration? Lol. I wouldn't think that hard on it, Tex just wanted to give his players an incredibly dangerous box without telling them what was in it. In the setting, these grenades are the kind of archeotech that are only made in very small numbers and are gifted out by a given forge world to high ranking agents of the Imperium they are politically aligned with. It's the kind of thing that could be the heirloom of a Rouge Traider house for generations because an Archmagos palmed them one under the table as a reward for a great service 2000 years ago. So yeah, agents of the Inquisition do use them, if they have any. They're one of the only groups who get to have access to them unless someone happens to be owed a favor by the Mechanicus. Fun fact, the living Emperor was almost successfully assassinated by a vortex bomb. One of the few weapons that could maybe actually do it.
Frog appears to be frog COME OUT CANDY! Deckard Cain: Go Away and Shut the F up! Wait, this place plays?!? Deputy dies laughing quietly Police Squad it out of there The shootsing begins
First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.
u CAN'T give a bunch off idiots a red button and expect them to NOT press the button it's tabletop rule number 2..... number 1 there must always be some sort of food.
