Battlemech Primer Episode 30: The Awesome and the Tempered Might of the Free Worlds League

[@thestabbybrit4798]

The Awesome has three PPCs so it can fight all of Marik's foes at once - one for Steiner, one for Liao, and one for Marik. Glory to Marik!

[@dayaninikhaton]

One for Regulus, One for Oriente, and One for Marik

[@gusty9053]

I would have though it was for the last three other siblings directly in line for whatever title was at stake that afternoon and had survived the other assassination attempts. :)

[@Bombers57]

@gusty9053 I believe this

[@stevensavage9491]

"The Awesome is a Quartermaster's dream." *Smiles in Tex lore*

[@pit2444]

The Awesome: the mech that will burn several holes in your competition, without burning a hole in your wallet.

[@harvestblades]

That sounds like a Discount Dan quote!

[@pit2444]

@@harvestblades What can I say? A catchy comment is like a good sales pitch: you have from when the elevator closes to when it opens again to get someone's attention.

[@martinkafka9510]

Or your reactor shielding.

[@baker90338]

>PPC costs

[@EnwardSnowman]

If the Awesome wasn't intended to be the armored fist of the FWL... it would have been named something like the "Pretty Decent I Guess"

[@Solon_The_Lich]

The Remarkable

[@thechazz3230]

The Adequate

[@niahanabishi5954]

I do love the "Tangent history of a faction before the actual mech" approach.

[@mageleader3699]

I'm doing it for each Great House

[@krullachief669]

The Awesome, otherwise known as a mech that gets perfected with the 9Q. It just makes the 'Mech a better version of itself, nothing fancy like giving it a streak 2 for some god forsaken reason, no XL engine turning it from a zombie to fragile like glass, just another PPC, freezers, and a Guardian ECM so it can live a little bit longer.

[@baker90338]

Personally I’d invest in large lasers instead of PPC’s as you get with it improved damage and lose the min range. Also the parts are less expensive.

[@jackthripper9989]

This mech is what I would call a sleeping dragon, at first glance when it is seen people believe it is just a standard assault mech but when it's put into the field it is a machine that can easily win fights be it long attritions or quick firefights it is truly one of a kind and will whoop ass wherever it may go.

[@willc.8456]

That Damned Marik mech! It can start firing at the beginning of the current session of Parliament and keep going til it closes.

[@yecnay25]

Another knock on of the Magistracy Crisis as that economic boondoggle was called is that the Periphery lost our best ally on the High Council. Prior to the ten year depression the FWL regularly sided with the Periphery in trade matters. So for the price of a slight economic boom we laid the grounds for the future Directives and Tax Edicts that would make the Periphery Uprising inevitable.

[@stephenknizek2651]

Mage Leader is alive! 🎉

[@TheStraycat74]

Mage Leader is back? That's Awesome!

[@Ratkill9000]

Always found the Awesome design with the arm/shoulder pads to be a bit weird. But I do enjoy the Great House's back stories to be nice.

[@MrDmitriRavenoff]

The shoulders pads are basically spaced armor protecting the shoulder actuators.

[@Kaiju-Driver]

To my wargroup, this faction is an easy 'well rounded' pick. As Big Red 40 has stated, Purple Bird Strong! Lol

[@terryhiggins5077]

Good to have ya back Mage, and an Awesome mech, The Awesome!...................I'll show myself out.

[@BobSmith-oo7ei]

The awesome is my absolute favorite mech. My only wish is that it was upped to 100 tons to take advantage of the extra room.

[@davemilner5504]

Being a fan of energy boats (for obvious reasons) myself I see the Awesome as aptly named. Well done, Mage Leader.

[@InquisitorJack]

The triumphant return

[@cantembargo]

We're so back

[@revermen3580]

I didnt make the manpower connection until it was mentioned at the end 😕. Sure bet commoners would be very loyal to whomever gave them a mech.

[@ChaosTicket]

The Awesome is one of my favorite Battletech designs. Mostly its just because its had 3 big guns making it seem like a walking battleship unlike say an Atlas which is a Swiss-Army Knife. The AWS-8R and AWS-8T Awesome variants are interesting as being they become more like a missile cruisers compared the AWS-8Q's Battleship. If the Awesome itself has just 1 major weakness, its not 100tons. It it was heavier could have had 30% more armor, it could carry more Heat Sinks and even close range Medium Lasers. I used the Awesome a lot in Mechwarrior 4. Upgrading an Awesome is as simple as replacing its guns with Clan-tech like Clan ER-Large Lasers or C-ER-PPCs, and maybe C-LRMs.

[@MrDmitriRavenoff]

Even just switching to DHS would easily allow a 4th PPC.

[@ChaosTicket]

@@MrDmitriRavenoff Well the AWS-9Q is close. It has 4 PPCs, 19 double heat sinks, and a Guardian ECM suite. The AWS-11M has 8 Light PPCs(4 with PPC capacitors) and 20 clan grade double heat sinks.

[@Sealhunt]

The Awesome...what an awesome mech to mark your awesome return, Mage Leader! Okay, I'll stop now.

[@syrusmarks1]

This gave me some respect for Merik as you gave a backround that i could understand.

[@spencerjones841]

For what I recall Lycomb Davion Introtech has a license for this bad girl along with the guillotine but post 1st SW they haven't bothered to make facilities to make use of them. Which is weird in a post helm IS.

[@syrusmarks1]

I was so happy to see new content! The like and follow thing worked!

[@claytontindell9939]

The taurian concordate shall never have to rise again!

[@AceVendetta]

Good to see you back, mage leader!

[@derekburge5294]

Just when I think the Kuritan assassins I hired had *finally* caught up with, you upload a new video. I need to get my money back.

[@mageleader3699]

Your assassin ended up marrying one of our mechwarriors. They're an adorable couple.

[@derekburge5294]

@@mageleader3699 Oh, no shit? That is awesome news! C-bills well spent then. I do not suppose you would come out for an honorable duel next Tuesday?

[@Reverb154]

Hey, nice background!

[@crimsoncosmonaut9734]

Welcome back mage we all missed you

[@styxriverr5237]

I love my Awesome in MW5 a walking brick shithouse my favorite moment was wading out into a battle surrounded by 2 enemy lances, 1 allied lance, and my own lance as artillery up a hill was hammering all of us, I simply walked through the hell fire pimp slapping mechs with the battle fist and sadly having only one ppc to fire as I couldn't get the Awesome I wanted but hey shotgunning some light mech with LRM 15s does put a smile on my face, never over heats so I kept firing till the end of battle, armor in the red ammo for the LRM all but gone. Fun times

[@conhunter7024]

Good to finally be home!

[@lazerlad89]

Glad to see your back

[@haroldbenton979]

I have an awesome 8q that in mw5 modded ive stuffed with a light engine clan doubles and endo. Then stuffed every CERPPC and double heat sink in it possible along with energy fcs LMAS and HARJEL2 self repaired armor. I can brawl one shot any assault in the head and run away from them.

[@megamadd9220]

Much love chief!

[@TheFirstVonGunther]

Hell yeah! Looking forward to this one!

[@phillipmorel5116]

One thing that always bugged me about the awesome being A fwl mech is its ppc,s, lore wise the fwl is supposed to be ppc starved with little to no domistic production, many fwl mech vatients trade ppcs for other weppons, such as the fwl Marauder trading its ppcs for large lasers. Yet the primary fwl assult mech is a ppc boat? Never made since to me.

[@legokill1019]

they needed to take the ppc's from all those other mechs so they could stick them on awesomes

[@thestabbybrit4798]

You could always swap the three PPCs for four large lasers and add an extra heat sink. Slightly more firepower on paper and still quite manageable heat load.

[@pit2444]

@@legokill1019 ...and put them on Schreks as well.

[@phillipmorel5116]

@@thestabbybrit4798 And they did as well as a lrm boat and a few lrm/ppc hybrids, but canonically the 3ppc vairent is still the most numures,

[@nationalsocialism3504]

Constant production of Awesomes for centuries sucks up the PPC supply... the FWL is "PPC starved" which is why everything else gets stripped and what supply does exist is allocated to Awesome production.

[@thorshammer8033]

It is the rock, the anchor of the battle line.

[@mrfawkes9110]

FWL Is the Austo-Hungarian empire in space, epic facial hair and all.

[@princeleoofnohr583]

One ppc a moderate hole in a mech, but when you need mech to look like Swiss cheese call for an Awesome.

[@tomtheconqerur]

The virgin Awesome 9M Vs the Chad Awesome 9Q. The 9M The 9M has slightly better er pccs but still the same number as the 8Q Has anmo in its left leg which makes the legs more vulnerable which can cripple the mech. Its uses a XL engine whic makes it more vulnerable due to its size and further increases the chance of the mech being crippled. The only good thing about is that Adam Steiner made a better version of it The 9Q Makes use of fucking 4 classic PCCs and still has enough room for a small laser. Has a ECM suite which makes it great electronic warfare. Again has more PPCs.

[@nationalsocialism3504]

11H

[@claytontindell9939]

Cool video man!

[@lexington476]

1:32 what's that gray area on the lower left?

[@Gibbo81]

great video

[@louiswilkins9624]

Pretty good mech

[@mattmaddogwheaton4724]

The Awesome is indeed awesome.

[@garlicbread529]

The FWL can be best summarized as Space Balkans because of how much civil wars they do.

[@mageleader3699]

There's actually not that many. There's only been one big one and a couple minor skirmishes. They get along with each other far better than the Balkans ever could.

[@Sierra0331]

Whoo hoo first! Also welcome back dude!

[@amw5288]

Great episode Mage! Is Twist of the knife dead?

[@mageleader3699]

I wouldn't say "dead," but it's going to eventually be restarted from the beginning.

[@amw5288]

@@mageleader3699 Well I'll be waiting anyhow

[@archmagosreductorsethyrh7558]

GLORY TO MARIK!

[@Marlena_M]

Purple bird strong!

[@delphaneuxlacroix]

Worth the wait. That mechwarrior list though... if it gets much longer, you're gonna have to practice speaking faster.

[@lordyin5977]

Free Worlds League America as the founding fathers intended

[@kennendo8922]

What does it say on the Griffin's side torso? Between the lift and the tech.

[@mageleader3699]

D121023H It's just a fictional serial number.

[@KGC-000B]

Devastator when?

[@thepbg8453]

Awesome the best brick

[@jackotheclanner]

love the new background art i see you have what looks like a griffin llC but i cant tell whats the second mech is. i humbly ask what is the second mech? (also love the video glory/death to marik)

[@mageleader3699]

Shadow Hawk. And the first 'mech is a Griffin, but not a IIC.

[@jackotheclanner]

@@mageleader3699 okay thank you for the information

[@kinggeo8545]

Mage's hatred of the clans is still going strong I see.

[@HeadHunterSix]

How is it we have yet to see anything about the Marauder? Did I miss it?

[@mageleader3699]

I haven't done one on the Marauder yet.

[@ZontarDow]

Free World League is Space Austrio-Hungary, so of course civil war would be its national sport.

[@kinggeo8545]

And I wouldn't have it any other way

[@xxxlonewolf49]

Initiate Enhanced Imaging!

[@jmullner76]

Adam Steiner can't be wrong. Well except for idealizing the Star League...

[@Qardo]

Wait. Liao banned Anime? Was this the one they let a Steiner win one battle in that Mech Anime? If so. Then, damn...I would say more but I already hear the cars pulling up. I need to go. *runs away*

[@rainmaker7667]

Vanilla awesome is nice. But an awesome using endo, ferro, and XL to install 5 snub PPCs just to say FUCK THAT THING IN PATICULAR

[@madmusial]

Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth

[@lexington476]

First 😎.

[@devilin100]

43 seconds slow.

[@lexington476]

@@devilin100 😀

[@aconnagan3680]

Discovered you. Good narration. Funny. Kept that edit in. Good stuff. Sub'd.