BATTLETECH Battle Report | Part 4 - Roar of the Kodiak | ilClan Era | Override

Honor.
The legend of Star Captain Thor Bekker, called Odin's Claw by the local populace, assembles his finest warriors to make a final push to decapitate the Dragon.
But Tai-sa Okamoto Goro will not have his name stained by the lunacy of a blood-crazed clanner…
Now, the two command units are on a collision course - the victor of this battle surely foreshadowing the events of the much larger war.
With honor on the line for both sides, there will be no surrender and no retreat…
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[@redbaronsnoopy2346]

Love the story driven campaigns. Sweet that both commanders cut each other down. Epic. Brilliant videos as always, thanks to you both, Aaron and Thom!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks for watching and happy holidays!

[@thomberg3457]

Happy holidays, appreciate it as well.

[@HouseMasterPoDing]

The story of Thor Bekker is an epic one! Excellent BatRep, Gentlemen! I love the narrative driven campaigns, it's what I strive for in my own telling of the story of Master Po, you guys do it amazingly! Keep up the great content!

[@Bhaalspawn]

On clan facial hair: A Question of Survival has quite a few trueborn clan warriors with facial hair. Jiyi Chistu is described as unshaven at one point and Emilio Hall and a few other Ghost Bears are described as having facial hair. The short story Horn and Fang in the Slack Tide anthology has Star Colonel Yvgeny of Clan Steel Viper with a "bushy beard." That's at least 3 clans that have it including Ghost Bear.

[@eoincorrigan3030]

"Quest for facial hair!" Very funny - the banter is one of my favourite elements. Also, what a campaign! Loved it, from start to finish. I was hoping Thor's Kodiak would survive a fourth mission.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks for watching! It was a fun one for sure!!

[@theangryMD]

Really enjoyed this four part series. Clan Ghost Bear and the Kodiak Mech have been some of my favorite parts of Battletech since I played Ghost Bear's Legacy in the late 90s. Glad to hear the story of Thor, for better or for worse, will go on. In this engagement, the Rasalhague Dominion took 33% material losses and no personnel losses, those are clanner numbers. Now to play some BTA 😏.

[@Linkous12]

The Kingfisher is one of my favorite Clan assaults. Lovin' that model.

[@Geotku]

Great video

[@corrinald2971]

What a thrilling conclusion to this campaign that was down to the wire until the very end! Tons of fun to watch. Really looking forward to How To videos on playing Override. Its a great sweet spot between Battletech and Alpha Strike and I am intrigued

[@jessepunch8945]

Such a good game, im so impressed with how strong those clan mechs are!

[@shaneflickinger]

Took me a bit to get around to watching this one, but wow what an absolute meat grinder. I do appreciate you guys playing it out to the absolute last. Have a great holiday gentlemen.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Happy holidays Shane!!

[@rgjellybean661]

ghost bear still has some true clanner still in their ranks.😮

[@foenrik8941]

Even when down, the Madclaw is not out. And those who tried paid the ultimate price.

[@sebastiang.5032]

Woah, what a surprising upload! Will watch the show right after work. 🎉

[@markphinney3476]

BT Override for the WIN!... Played a pitch battle last night, heavy metal mayhem at its best. So easy to play, with a good taste of classic

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Glad you like it!! We are having a good time with it too… and thanks for watching!

[@sebastiang.5032]

Amazing BatRep, the whole campaign was fun from start to finish. Keep up the great work, I'm looking forward to the 'how to play' videos for Battletech:Override 🐺🤘

[@jasonrucker4722]

Another epic finish for Thor 'Core' Bekker, he is a legend in the making. I am pretty sure Clan Wolf will fight to take him as part of their Clan. That could be a good part 2 set of missions. Good work Aaron and Thom! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thor would rather die than be part of Wolf! Haha Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

[@MrKazyFreak]

Amazing game. Love the content and the banter. As always lovely board. Looking forward to the how to play overdrive. Debating between it and classic for an rpg next year.

[@theredbeardbard]

Table layout is killer, guys. Really nice! Also, the soundtrack selections are bangers!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thank you thank you!

[@markevans959]

This to start my day! Awesomeness

[@crusignatioutremer791]

I will admit, I saw this had been uploaded this morning, and I jumped to the end to see if Thor and the Kodiak survived. I dropped in at the point of seeing smoke rising from its shattered remains, but heard that Thor survived! I will watch the rest of this later today, but I know now that he has the chance of the Bane 7 upgrade now!!!! Great job!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

LOL Bane 7 upgrade is fitting!

[@thomberg3457]

It was bittersweet.

[@105Gunner]

That…was…epic! The mech just falling over was symbolic😂 @HouseMasterPoDing - Wawa will always triumph in the battle of Pennsyltucky.

[@goforitpainting]

Thank you for sharing it.

[@cablecing]

I love this campaign damn goood JOB

[@LollipopKnight2]

Of course the Ghost Bear warriors can't grow facial hair. That's why the ghost bear hunt is so important to their culture; it's the only honorable way to acquire a prosthetic beard. Great batrep; was gripping the whole way through!

[@DwarfElvishDiplomacy]

The story of clan Ghost Beard remains untold

[@davidnelson6168]

Fantastic batrep. Nice job DFA!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks for watching! Happy holidays!

[@HouseDavieMerc]

AWESOME urban terrain! You have some new buildings. You had a video a while back on the Hardware Studios buildings and some videos on the Hextec but there's some other new stuff out there. I'm almost at the point of getting a 3D printer just for this. I actually like to have a mix of different buildings to make cities appear more like different people designed different structures. I also like to put larger more high-tech looking buildings towards the center with smaller buildings further away. That kind of gives it an urban sprawl appearance like most modern cities have. Thanks for setting all that up and taking videos.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Ichaerus]

@Death From Above Wargaming: Aff. Clanners, and Ghost Bears can grow facial hair, and even big bushy beards. An example would be Galaxy Commander Ramiel Bekker, formerly of Clan Ghost Bear, claimed by Alaric Ward of Clan Wolf prior to the invasion of Terra. It has been mentioned in both Children of Kerensky, and Hour of the Wolf quite prominently. Examples of Clanners who grew facial hair include: Ragnar Magnusson(Clan Wolf, sakhan of Clan Ghost Bear) Vandervahn Chistu(saKhan of Clan Jade Falcon) Horse(Star Captain of Clan Jade Falcon) Elias Crichell(Khan of Clan Jade Falcon, ilKhan) Ulric Kerensky(Khan of Clan Wolf, ilKhan) Ivan Kerensky(Khan of Clan Wolf) Jaime Wolf(Clan Wolf, Wolf's Dragoons) Lincoln Osis(Khan of Clan Smoke Jaguar, ilKhan) Garmen Kerensky(saKhan of Clan Wolf) Perigard Zalman(Khan of Clan Star Adder)

[@Joshf4phan]

Really the list starts and ends with Horse.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Who grows the best beards though?

[@Joshf4phan]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming after the era of Horse I would give it to the Ghost Bears due to the infusion of Rasalhague berserker genes.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

LOL love it

[@basement1908]

Amazing setup! Great job as always Gents! Have a fantastic New Year's!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks & Happy 2024!!

[@androssthered1157]

Long Ghost Bear!!!!

[@Trajann]

I’m just waiting for one of my favorite mechs - The Regent - to take the stage 😂❤

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

It may be on the paint bench for 2024!

[@crusignatioutremer791]

As Pope Leo XXI's righteous ride?

[@HouseMasterPoDing]

The House Master approves of this BatRep, very good! I am watching it currently, and have confirmed at least one "water" on-camera. What happened to the wudder, Aaron?! Also the House Master shops at Sheetz.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Wawa 4 lyfe. And Ritas wudder ice

[@HouseMasterPoDing]

Hiss!!!!! Master Po does not approve of this flagrant Wawa fanboism. But we can find common ground on Ritas, at least!@@DeathfromAboveWargaming

[@gavincross2902]

Great battle!! Ofc clanners can grow facial hair. Many images in BT books make it so. :)

[@sebastiang.5032]

I believe broken units can still shoot when they've failed their morale test, but with a negative modifier.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Oh really? You prob know these rules better than me 😂

[@sebastiang.5032]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming "Attacking and Forced Withdrawal Withdrawing units may shoot, make physical attacks, spot, etc. However, all attacks are at a +2 penalty as the pilot/crew is focused on dodging incoming fire and falling back to safety. There is no additional penalty to spotting, but if a unit in forced withdrawal opts to spot and attack, they would be at a net +3 penalty" 😄

[@derekburge5294]

A question for the master of cover... A *test* if you will! Down here in the comment section, *do I get cover from the description box above?*

[@thomberg3457]

No however, long comments which trigger ellipses give cover if at least 33% of the comment is hidden

[@sebastiang.5032]

@@thomberg3457 And thus, the Covermiser has SPOKEN!

[@JCDadalus]

Where do you get record sheets for every mech and vehicle and other units for Destiny? Is there like a Master Unit list for Destiny units?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Patrons have access to an import feature from Megamek. You can also manually enter the data in.

[@mathewkelly9968]

Recently got some hextech stuff in my quest to get people actually play alpha strike

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Nice!! You’ll be seeing more great stuff from Thunderhead on the channel in 2024

[@jeffbrown1958]

Aaron and Tom this was the best campaign battle report I think you have done yet (I just watched the whole thing from 3 months ago). The story telling alone from humble clan cadet to rank of star captain and then each subsequent battle that fed into the next was really well done. Lots of different mechs in play and weapons used. And I find the idea that Thor Bekker returning as a Star Colonel at some point to be fantastic. Also do you guys play mechwarrior online at all?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks and awesome to hear that you notice and appreciate the effort!! Maybe Thor will indeed return - though so many stories to tell these days!! My last MW video game addiction was MW4… since then I have avoided getting sucked back in haha

[@chrisduwe4130]

Great story. As a House Kurita loyalist, I think Aaron made some mistakes in mech choices. However I recognize a couple of buildings from the Hex Tech series from Battlefront but where did you get the others?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Hardware Studios and a random collection of other resin and printed buildings.

[@mathewkelly9968]

For the Coordinator !!!

[@CarlosSanchez-th3vl]

Beautiful board! Where are the roads from?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

gcmini.com makes 285 scale acrylic roads… they are the 2 lane variety!

[@crusignatioutremer791]

Just an opinion here, but when you started Turn 5, you should have had to declare which mechs were shooting at which. Allowing the Marauder to shoot first, and waiting for the result, to see if you were going to finish it off with the second mech, sort of defeats the whole “simultaneous/real time” engagement feel to the battle. Those Clan mechs would have been a threat to both at the same time, and if your Katana was exposed to both, he would have had to make a decision on the spot, of which he considered the biggest threat, that is unless, he felt he could shrug off an attack to help the Marauder do his business. Perhaps if you were using an LRM platform (out of LoS, and used in a SBF role), they could have waited to see the results of the attack, before also engaging the same target as the Marauder. In a case like this, a quick “odds or evens” could be used to replicate the Katana’s mech warrior split second decision. Thanks again for the story!!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

I’d have to go back and review the turn, as I don’t recall exactly what happened there - but I believe we acted in initiative order?

[@rgjellybean661]

Didn’t the marauder lose the Gauss rifle

[@rgjellybean661]

And don’t they blow up? So would it not be like an ammo explosion?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

No, per the Destiny rules they do not!

[@TheSarge23]

Can anyone give some good suggestions for BT-scale fuel/gas tank STLs? I want to recreate a few Mech Commander style locations and want some set pieces that can blow up when fired upon. :) A few of the DFA battle reports feature some cool models, but I can't seem to find them anywhere.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Check out Thunderhead Studios and Hardware Studios! Both have an array of amazing STLs you could make use of!

[@TheSarge23]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Aaah, thank you! Botha are awesome and the "Scatter Silos" by Hardware Studios are a near-perfect fit for what I was looking for. :) You just made them a sale. :D As a very specific question to you, though: In the video "Classic BattleTech is BACK | Clan Burrock vs Avatar Knights | Post-Battle of Tukayyid Era" at 12:23, the four silos/tanks in the lower right of that second: Do you know where you got those from? Oh, before I totally forget: Thank you for your Battletech content. You rekindled my desire to want to actually play again, instead of just paint and read. Your reports are amazing and your Overdrive Rules-set is the right mix between fast and crunchy to get and try my friends to play with me. :)

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

I think these are what you are looking for: www.xmarx.com/xmarx-store/X-Rnd-p171450283 They are cast in resin. I love them. Use them all the time as they fit in a variety of set ups. And thanks for kind words! Hearing the good stuff like that keeps us motivated!!!

[@TheSarge23]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming Thank you! 🖤 •also purchased• As a small suggestion in return : I just also printed some "Full Spectrum Dominance" buildings from "The Lazy Forger" for use in Alpha Strike and can heartily recommend them as well! The scale is an excellent fit and the sculpts are super detailed and fun to paint.

[@Ravenclaw74]

Where did you get the roads???

[@thomberg3457]

Dang the roads are stealing the spotlight all of a sudden!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Streetlights get no love.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

gcmini.com - look for the 285 scale roads.

[@relishcakes4525]

I think a friend of mine ruined battletech for me. We were talking about it and he said "wait, these things have heatsinks...why don't they have heatsink fans?" Now all I can see are a bunch of multi ton war machines with CPU heatsinks and fans jutting from them.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

They’re under the armor 😂