Clanner: is that a star-league-era royal regiment variant catapult? Comguard: Yes. AND YOU MADE ME TAKE IT OUT OF THE PACKAGE!!!
@MasouShizuka2 ай бұрын
"And my buddy is in that suspiciously shiny Warhammer."
@ArcalargoАй бұрын
Unexpected Futurama is unexpected
@ReverendGoose3 жыл бұрын
As far as incredibly emotional single lines in Tex Talks Battletech, "They dismissed him as a joke, and failed to respect him - and for that, he fucking broke them." is up there with "...And then he blew his fucking brains out."
@theblackpantslegion3 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I enjoy writing, I'm glad you enjoy it as well
@templarw208 ай бұрын
@@theblackpantslegion Tex, there's a reason the TVTropes BT page's quotes are a good third from you.
@FlyingWithSpurts7 ай бұрын
"Stefen had himself a fucking problem, the Gawd Dammed Black Watch." is at the top of my list.
@templarw207 ай бұрын
@@FlyingWithSpurts "Angry Russians tend to make it into the history books."
@DauntlessProductionz3 жыл бұрын
Best part of this event is its actually two twisted remnants of the SLDF facing off, both believing they are the future of the SLDF.
@benvacco89972 жыл бұрын
Clanners: We are the future! Comstar: No WE are the future The great houses: NO! WE are the future! Civilians: guys? Did you know that there’s been a famine going on out here for three centuries?
@CatholicDragoon2 жыл бұрын
@@benvacco8997 Mercs: We're the PRESENT. Now who's paying me wo kill whom. Oh, if you pay me enough I'll go grab some chow.
@lornbaker10832 жыл бұрын
@@CatholicDragoon great houses Clans and even comstar self might one day all pass into the annals of history, nothing more than myths and legends. But BattleTech mercenaries will keep roaming the battlefields for a paycheck until the day mankind is extinct.
@V2011F2 жыл бұрын
@@CatholicDragoon we're out of C-Bills but we do have House Bills belonging to a house Ka-Mur-In? we've got like 80 Trillion of these things so they must be worth something right?
@TheDownrankTrain2 жыл бұрын
*Spoilers* It was fucking ComStar
@SkaerKrow5 жыл бұрын
"To make a long distance call, please insert 20 more Long Range Missiles. Thank you for choosing Space AT&T."
@NeiasaurusCreations3 жыл бұрын
"If you don't pay promptly we'll send 12 armies to 'requisition' the funds directly."
@anorouch10 ай бұрын
Wait... i just this week joked about my LRM stockpile in MW5 being an alternative to C-bills in case i go broke or the ATM breaks.
@MMDelta95 жыл бұрын
"A true victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness." Gul Dukat; Fredrick Steiner in another life apparently.
@jbarton85084 жыл бұрын
And Sun Tzu in a different Species, also apparently. :D
@mkang87823 жыл бұрын
Except Focht had a far better capacity for strategy and truly understanding your opponent.
@E100Omega1233 жыл бұрын
House Kurita: Then you kill them? Steiner: eeeehhh... *wobbly hand wave* only if necessary
@amymeadows98343 жыл бұрын
@@E100Omega123 that being All the Time
@BreadLordDormammu3 жыл бұрын
Dukat did nothing wrong.
@EnderPryde5 жыл бұрын
"Get bent weirdo" - Space AT&T
@marshall1045 жыл бұрын
I loved the phrase so much I made a shirt design for it imgur.com/gallery/uAxtNwq
@DrmChsr05 жыл бұрын
"AND PAY YO FUCKIN' BILLS"
@Velrisias5 жыл бұрын
@@marshall104 I want one :)
@kloppanator5 жыл бұрын
@@marshall104 I was going to say we need t-shirts
@mq57315 жыл бұрын
Why can't I like twice?
@Prometheus198533 жыл бұрын
Clanners: "So this is how it's gonna go down..." Comstar: *clunk of AC20 loading* "Yeah that's great." *cores Omnimech*
@ryanjohnstone89572 жыл бұрын
Annnd were still gonna need ur stapler
@funnyman43112 жыл бұрын
Haha LBX-AC/20 go BANG *Crits clan omnimech and promptly watches as it's ammo burns to a crisp*
@nickbarrett31632 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: the AC/20 is mounted on an Urbanmech
@Warhamer116 Жыл бұрын
@@nickbarrett3163 That just makes it more dangerous because if the mad cat pilot is distracted choking from laughter as ye sees UrbanMech try to waddle to firing position from behind a building, he won't notice the rest of the UrbanMech emerging from behind a building with the AC20 aimed point-blank at the mad cat's crotch.
@nemou4985 Жыл бұрын
@@funnyman4311 But omnimechs are immune to ammo explosions
@NorthernNorthdude917493 жыл бұрын
The Battle of Tukayyid was such a monumental loss that Clan culture was changed. Some even downright abandoned the crusader mindset and adopted the warden mindset. A good example is Clan Ghost Bear, who, after the war, merged with the Free Rasalhague Republic to create the Rasalhague Dominion, a nation where Inner Sphere and Clan people lived in a conjoined, united culture and way of life that would basically resemble space Norsemen.
@Deepingmind3 жыл бұрын
It also gave an already highly effective clan access to a massive industrial sector that could benefit from said clanner tech. The Dominion became an absolute powerhouse. Long live Clan Ghost Bear!
@sirflapfla972 жыл бұрын
dont forget it is the only nation that is somewhat stable that also is a republic. like an actual republic
@Ripster402 жыл бұрын
In all honestly while I believe Comstar absolutely wrecked the shit out of the clans this event. This invasion is what ultimately led to the downfall of Comstar. When Operation Scorpion blew up in their faces.
@TheDownrankTrain2 жыл бұрын
Straight up BTFO'd the stupid out of the clans
@commanderstorm88742 жыл бұрын
Some clans were wardens the whole time like wolf who were only in the invasion to try to limit the damage done by the other clans
@benjamintherogue2421 Жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about this is that it actually happened. All of this actually happened on the tabletop. What an amazing moment in storytelling.
@Typhis19 Жыл бұрын
You mean that they actually gamed this out at an event or something? That's really neat trivia!
@commanderstorm88746 ай бұрын
I’d love to see the game happening if it exists on youtube
@chrisgregory3955Ай бұрын
@@commanderstorm8874 This was way before you tube even existed.
@commanderstorm8874Ай бұрын
@ damn such a shame do you know if it was documented somewhere like turn by turn possibly with maps showing the units?
@benjamintherogue2421Ай бұрын
@@Typhis19 They played it out at a massive convention tournament. There were literally hundreds of players controlling the factions.
@cogsworther1639 Жыл бұрын
It was at the Battle of Tukayyid where the Clans learned the truth behind the maxim, "Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics."
@TheIceGryphon Жыл бұрын
Still a great and true quote.
@Robert-wf7xu11 ай бұрын
But they were defeated by tactics lol
@Rathmun11 ай бұрын
@@Robert-wf7xu Not really, the greatest strength of Defense in Depth is that you're running your logistical tail in reverse. You execute a planned retreat to your resupply points instead of bringing them up to you. This means your reserves and resupply are in hardened locations that are difficult to destroy, while the other guy's supplies have to come to them in the open from farther away. It also means that you can devote every single soldier in the field to the fight, because you don't need them running supplies to the front. The front is coming to the supplies. Defense in depth is really rough on the land you're retreating across, after all, it basically makes the whole area the "front lines" at one point or another. So you don't _want_ to do it if you don't have to, but Comstar prepared the entire planet ahead of time. They had time to remove anything they cared about. And, of course, that's another aspect of logistics.
@Robert-wf7xu11 ай бұрын
@@Rathmun and what is this? They just arrived to the place there was ammunition and shiet and it magically made clan disappear. That is why I like to paraphrase the quote "amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics - soldier knows that they both don't know shit about both"
@bohba1310 ай бұрын
@@Robert-wf7xu Tactics are just the logistics of putting your warheads on their foreheads.
@Tekisasubakani5 жыл бұрын
Nova Cats: Whee, lookit our mad skillz! Comstar: That's cute. XO, clear my skies.
@wytfish48555 жыл бұрын
"piss off, you're ruining my sun tan"
@year1115 жыл бұрын
Comstar: Banzai!
@Questknight12 Жыл бұрын
Prepare the riflemen.....clear the horizen.
@sasha1mama9 ай бұрын
**the demonic braying of a hundred RAC5s intensifies**
@OrigamiShinigami7 ай бұрын
Tbf, they did also inflict proportionally the worst damage TO ComGuard. CNC may have left with 15 mechs... but ComStar had about that much left too, and threw way more into the fight to begin with. But also goes to show, nearly completely destroying your foe doesn't matter much if they still held the objectives at days end and you died nearly to a man.
@Tarnfalk5 жыл бұрын
Tukkayid is one of the best examples of a modern set piece battle in sci-fi. It's a multifront defense in depth that shows exactly how to conduct a defensive operation against an invasion force. High usage of arty, airspace, ambushes, willingly letting go of defensive positions to get to a better spot, recon assets constantly roving and harassing enemy units to stop them from gaining any sort of initiative. This battle was basically modern day military force vs a Children's Crusade.
@thepbg84535 жыл бұрын
So pretty much the peoples crusade?
@dolomaticus11805 жыл бұрын
Remember the Wolves and Jade Falcons, along with the Bears, were the only ones who really adapted, with the Dogs pulling out a full win and showing that change was needed. I would also like to point out that the Clans were not playing war, but cause they went thru a war that was worse that what happened in the IS, the rules were developed to keep themselves from self destructing during their self imposed exile. Their way of fighting was good considering their situation, but bad against people who could use their rules against them. Just saw this comment and it fits perfectly to what happened to the Clans: The Clans knew how to fight, but forgot how to wage war.
@shaider19825 жыл бұрын
@Crashie-J also Kursk. They had multi level defense there.
@revolrz225 жыл бұрын
'Children's crusade' is inaccurate. The failings of the clans in this campaign were due to a mountain of factors, one of which being internal sabotage. In most cases, the clans punched way above their weight. Taking the Smoke Jaguars as an example, since everyone likes to pick on them: They were two galaxies (roughly equivalent to three Comstar Divisions, each) both of which were depleted from prior fighting, against 8 fresh divisions that had the luxury of being on the defensive. Of these 8 divisions, several were mauled to such a degree that ComStar disbanded them rather than reconstitute them. So while they failed to take their objectives, and decidedly lost, it isn't as if they were helpless 'children.' Rather, they were undermanned and on the offensive.
@SonsOfLorgar5 жыл бұрын
@@revolrz22 yeah, it was more of Carl XVIIs Napoleons and Nazi Germanys offencives vs Russia... three elite armies equipped and trained for quick, violent conquests counting on beeing able to forage what the intentionally under dimensioned logistics couldn't supply from their home bases forced into an extended war of attrition on a scorched earth battlefield with supply chains so long it's impossible to monitor them, let alone actually defend them against enemy partizans and troop remnants conducting guerilla warfare as they see fit behind enemy lines cut off from their own high command.
@Mjolnir1175 жыл бұрын
“hippity hoppity get off my property”- Tex love it
@StaK_19805 жыл бұрын
Yepp, and now I have to whipe my monitor. Bloody sarge! :-)
@TheCrackedFirebird5 жыл бұрын
I want it on a shirt with an AWS-8Q silhouette.
@mattk67195 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's definitely t-shirt material.
@Deridus5 жыл бұрын
My daughter has since taken this phrase as her own.
@danielcarman2965 жыл бұрын
“Amphetamine-soaked circus monkeys”!😂😂😂🐒
@adolhein2 жыл бұрын
We once again gather here to pay our respects to this event. The day the Clans Focht'd around and found out.
@ben2741 Жыл бұрын
I see what you did there
@greatlyreducedgameplay99393 ай бұрын
Clan won and took terra stay mad
@jorenvanderark35672 ай бұрын
@greatlyreducedgameplay9939 The Clans lost here, and it took them a century to finally recover and take Earth and stay mad.
@greatlyreducedgameplay99392 ай бұрын
@@jorenvanderark3567 to be fair dark age and ilclan is some crazy lore but the worst of it has to be republic of inner sphere poor Steiner got smaller for no reason
@TheKnightOfSmite4 жыл бұрын
Funny enough the Clans almost, *almost* discovered Focht's obscured command bunker nexus where he was directing the defense by accident (the scouts were dying elements of the Smoke Jaguars who kept pressing on even as they were falling apart) but the Clan scouting force was destroyed before they could announce their findings and let off a signal.
@Tayvin40423 жыл бұрын
Could be misremembering but I also recall that a few stray shots from Clan forces also nearly hit the bunker, almost destroying it and Focht with it. Wonder how things might have changed if that *had* happened...
@liamhogan43693 жыл бұрын
@@Tayvin4042 maybe a little bit, but not a whole lot. Focht’s planning was mostly done, and as part of his preparations he likely had selected secondary staff that could execute and adapt his plans. The sheer fanaticism of Comstar probably would mean their morale would barely take a hit at losing their commander. I’d guess a few more clams would achieve their objectives. However, the single largest benefit of Tukkayid would remain; the Inner Sphere now has access to all the clan tech salvage they could want. I know it goes against their culture, but I would have nuked Tukkayid into a radioactive snowball to slow down IS tech progression.
@willdavis38023 жыл бұрын
@@liamhogan4369 Given it was Comstar, I doubt anyone would even be told the commander was dead unless they were next in line.
@theeatherlash693 жыл бұрын
@@willdavis3802 Will Davis has it right - it's Comstar. Nobody would know Focht was dead until after the battle who didn't strictly need to know. Commands would keep coming and fighting forces wouldn't find out.
@templarw202 жыл бұрын
Didn’t Focht have an Altas 2 ready to go just in case? That might have been… interesting.
@thetimebinder5 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Wolf landed last and Comstar had already won 51%+ of the objectives. So, Comstar didn't have to try and win those objectives. In fact, the only objective Jade Falcon "won", they actually lost, but Comstar gave Jade Falcon the draw "because JF's Aiden Pryde fought so well", but really just gave them the victory because Comstsr already won the planet at that point. This show of respect was only done to encourage Jade Falcon to honor the terms and bo go on a rage filled vengeance crusade against the Sphere .
@THEGRUMPTRUCK5 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@dolomaticus11804 жыл бұрын
Actually that is why they still pushed to try and beat the Wolves: It was also to prove that they could take on each Clan. But the Wolves were the only Clan that actually brought enough troops to take their objectives and taught the ComStar forces that they were to be a force to keep an eye on.
@mkang87823 жыл бұрын
Ulric wasn't fooled by Focht; he manipulated the rest of the Clans through their pride into dropping first and to "punish" him and Clan Wolf by having them drop last. He studied what C* and Focht were doing, and adjusted his troops' kit accordingly. More reliance on energy weapons (so no running out of ammo), and also bringing sufficient ammo for an extended offense.
@erichpryde53093 жыл бұрын
@@mkang8782 The ultimate Crusader mistake. Jaguar, especially, compounded that mistake by putting the dezgra upon its survivors, instead of acknowledging any fault in perspective.
@mkang87823 жыл бұрын
@@erichpryde5309 #JustCrusaderThings TBF, Ghost Bear were somewhat as guilty of being ill prepared as the aforementioned Clans, and they were Wardens.
@Sluppie5 жыл бұрын
Tukkayid was a major turning point, not just for the Invasion, but for the Clans. Tex isn't kidding when he says it changed their culture. The events of the Wars of Reaving can be linked back directly to the failure at Tukkayid. The definition of Clan honor changed pretty quickly once they realized that it was costing them their sole purpose in life. This is really one of the basic tragedies of Battletech. Both Clanners and IS want to reinstate the Star League and unite the Inner Sphere. However, no one can help but keep doing the very things that tore it apart to begin with.
@frankg27905 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@Johnpinckney985 жыл бұрын
War... war never changes...
@benwilliams62215 жыл бұрын
When IlKhan Osis was killed, the Clans halted the advance and took a year break , giving the IS time to mount a defense. If they'd kept rolling they would've taken Terra easily. Ulric Kerensky was working against the Clans, he was a Warden by ideology. There was no reason to make a truce available as an option to the IS. So, in my opinion it wasn't the battle itself as much as it was an ideological civil war that brought the Clans down.
@noneedtoknow075 жыл бұрын
The Battletech universe seems to operate under the saying "My way or the high way." more than anything else.
@sheilaolfieway18855 жыл бұрын
DIdn't change Clan Wolf to much at least their Warden parts
@AeonVoom5 жыл бұрын
What Focht figured out and brought into his general strategy was, that the clanners are an assault force made for swift overpowering of enemies. He was also for a while the guest of the Il-Khan and learned their ways in person. His general Strategy included two things mainly: Smack em silly with all you've got but more importantly, wage a war of attrition the clanners were ill equipped, nor trained for. The latter really broke the back of most of them. Well except Clan Wolf of course. But they had recruited a young fellow from the inner sphere and their Khan was actually wise enough to listen to him.
@mkang87823 жыл бұрын
Exactly; the "freebith" Phelan (Kell/Wolf/Ward) was a tremendous asset that Ulric had the wisdom to make use of.
@THEGRUMPTRUCK3 жыл бұрын
There is some suspicion in Clan Wolf that Garth Radick's death may have been planned.
@justinjohnson96273 жыл бұрын
Everyone likes the better heat management of ballistic weapons, but if you can't get ammo resupply you've suddenly got 10 tons of useless dangling off your melee-ing arms.
@liamhogan43693 жыл бұрын
One point on Clan Wolf achieving their objectives. They went last. And probably bid more forces than the rest put together. So Comstar simply shifted it’s focus onto the poor sods in the other clans. Hell, Comstar might have let Clan Wolf walk right in. They were on good terms, the former garrisoning the latter’s worlds. Comstar had no need or desire to screw over Clan Wolf. In fact, maintaining their military strength when all the other Clans lost theirs? When Clan Wolf had not only voted against the invasion, but had sent the Dragoon’s to prepare the Inner Sphere … well, with enough plausible deniability when it comes to the other clans. Hell, with this in mind, Comstar probably prioritized the Clans with particularly toxic world views, and were a bit lax on say, Clan Ghost Bear. Social engineering , with guns! Comstar’s speciality. How much do you bet they kept mentioning Clan Wolverine just to piss the Clanners off?
@liamhogan43693 жыл бұрын
@@iwatchyoutubealot Fair. Though it was hardly a single battlefield, Focht was anything but subtle. Any social benefits regarding the Clams were either accidental, or a crushing of spirit bought by innumerable lives.
@FirstLast-cg2nk4 жыл бұрын
Tex has a voice that sounds like he could say, unironically, "The breakfast steak and whiskey is the most important steak and whiskey of the morning."
@dwaynedittoe22483 жыл бұрын
it is so i would agree with him if he said it
@bthsr71132 жыл бұрын
@@dwaynedittoe2248 it sounds like a surly hobbit aphorism.
@Grissbane2 жыл бұрын
it truly is. the second and third before lunch is good prep for a nice roast
@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus2 жыл бұрын
Hey you go try to assault a atlas with out at least two steaks and 7 doubles of whiskey in your system and see how that works out for you.
@LtCWest3 жыл бұрын
To quote Sun Tsu "If you know yourself and your enemy, you dont have to fear the results of a thousand battles..." Comstar knew themselves and their enemey. They went in and came out victorious.
@brianknapp62152 ай бұрын
To put it another way: _"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth."_ ~Mike Tyson
@SirusDiarota5 жыл бұрын
War. War never changes. Unless you don't pay Space AT&T.
@cropathfinder5 жыл бұрын
I am so using that
@RedShocktrooperRST5 жыл бұрын
Pay your HPG bills, fucko.
@SirusDiarota5 жыл бұрын
@@RedShocktrooperRST Comstar for life, baby.
@chronosschiron5 жыл бұрын
ya im stealing that term Space AT&T LOLOLOL great opne lad got a sub for it
@brianhenry1525 жыл бұрын
Hippity hoppity, get off my property!
@R3K7NO5 жыл бұрын
"When they landed they had an army, when they left it was gone." The best narratives. I lost it. I had to stop the video. Laughing too hard. I love this so much.
@amymeadows98343 жыл бұрын
"And they didn't Stop there" *Steel Viper ran into 321st and 401st division while outta ammo* "Are we boned yet?" "Yeah we're boned"
@kaosfury5 жыл бұрын
"Clan Wolf comprehensively defeated ComStar at every turn, even when facing four full Armies." This caused butthurt among the other clans.
@thomascruise49665 жыл бұрын
And fans of other Clans that lost spectacularly and were subsequently annihilated... 😏 I wonder who that could be... >coughChimneyKittenscough< Sorry about that, I'm having a hard time breathing all of a sudden. Must be all the Smoked Jaguar in the air...
@kereminde5 жыл бұрын
@@thomascruise4966 Hey, they got theirs, didn't they? Still, at least the Green Turkeys were still around to laugh at.
@dubuyajay99645 жыл бұрын
@@kereminde Not everyone has plot armor or Gary Stu powers...until they don't because plot demands it.
@kereminde5 жыл бұрын
@@dubuyajay9964 Or they lose them because plot demands it. That door swings both ways. It's how plots actually work. "I need this person around exactly this long." Even Natasha K wound up losing hers.
@dubuyajay99645 жыл бұрын
@@kereminde Thus I said "until they don't" because the writers realized they wrote themselves in a corner due to the writers' version of fan wank.
@BeerDone5 жыл бұрын
"An entire invasion force relegated to the past tense." Not one army in the existence of society was F'd that hard. Well done Comstar, and well done Tex for explaining it so accurately!
@absalomdraconis3 жыл бұрын
One of the Roman Legions actually did. The relevant Emperor supposedly would occasionally break into cursing at it's (dead, I believe) commander on occasion for years afterward.
@Neuttah3 жыл бұрын
@@absalomdraconis Teutoburg?
@alexkilgour13283 жыл бұрын
In WW1, at the Battle of Beaumont Hamel, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment took 90% casualties in a single day.
@11Survivor3 жыл бұрын
@@alexkilgour1328 Still not 100%
@alexkilgour13283 жыл бұрын
@@11Survivor the clans weren't destroyed 100% either.
@CharlesUrban3 жыл бұрын
The ComGuards are basically the military division of Comstar's Customer Service department. The Inner Sphere submitted the biggest Support Ticket in human history, and so management pulled everyone out of the phone queues and trained them to fight at Tukayyid. The mandatory overtime and risk to life and limb sucked, but it looked good on a resume if you survived, and you could tell your grandkids about how you and Steve from the Rigel V call center blew up a Mad Cat with rocket launchers and then apologized for the inconvenience.
@klortikterra44238 ай бұрын
that is... if it weren't for the word of blake, this would be funny.
@CharlesUrban8 ай бұрын
@@klortikterra4423 The Word of Blake ruined a lot. I try to ignore it.
@klortikterra44238 ай бұрын
@@CharlesUrban i can't, because they ruined the galaxy and forced the galaxy down a worse path.
@Beargeek6165 жыл бұрын
"Hey Mom! Uncle Tex read us a bed time story! It was the bestest! And then we threw empty Whiskey bottles at the AT&T guys the next day. Can he babysit us forever?! PLEEEEEAAASEEEE??"
@jasonthomas95965 жыл бұрын
Hahahahah I love this I an imagine mom losing her Collective mind going what the f*** over
@ShadrachVS15 жыл бұрын
"Honey... you need to listen to Uncle Tex more, throw bottles at the dirty Clanners. Pay your AT&T Bills or else."
@claytonhess55124 жыл бұрын
@@jasonthomas9596 It's been happening for ages. Tex is that awesome uncle that the parents would claim that calling him a bad influence is the understatement of the 31st century.
@sasha1mama9 ай бұрын
Can and will, my little learners. Scrap the System!
@gadget19k765 жыл бұрын
“Amphetamine soaked circus monkey” is going to be my new phase for crazy. I love these vids!
@lexi99565 жыл бұрын
Gadget 19K I literally did a spit take all over my phone at that one.
@lordmech5 жыл бұрын
i lost it when he said that funniest thing i have heard.
@belliott5385 жыл бұрын
Also a Great BAND Name!
@jbarton85084 жыл бұрын
@@belliott538 And don't forget their hit song, "Technical Fuckery"
@TheJaymundo4 жыл бұрын
@@jbarton8508 No, not Technical. Tactical. Tex was talking about screwing with Asymmetrical Warfare. Listen to it again. And yes, it is very funny.
@Peteman5 жыл бұрын
21:53 "TLDR: The clans brought their best, and Space AT&T said 'Get bent, weirdo!'" Great line.
@jimmyseaver36472 жыл бұрын
I chose this video, on this day, to formally introduce my youngest sister to BattleTech. She's genuinely interested in the setting because of this. Thanks for this chance for some precious family bonding, Tex. It's been a rough few years for her and I.
@EnwardSnowman2 жыл бұрын
HAPPY TK DAY!
@Muscovy74 жыл бұрын
It's actually pretty telling that the only clan force that beat the crap out of Com Star to the point of nearly breaking them entirely was also the original Warden clan that opposed the invasion. I wonder if the writers did that on purpose as a point of irony while the fanatically crusader clans were shredded. Clan Wolf really didn't mess around and Natasha broke 3 entire divisions with just her Dragoons.
@abelbabel84843 жыл бұрын
That was half the point of Tukayyid. The clans who fought like Inner Sphere won, those who fought like clanners lost. Dishonoring the clanlike and honoring the unclanlike invalidated their traditional way of life and gave real power to the pragmatics and reformers in their ranks, leading to internal upheaval and schisms - like a reverse Operation Klondike if you will. Clan Wolf is the best example: Comprehensive victory on Tukayyid, and within a few years it tore their clan in half. Focht didn't just beat the Clans on the battlefield, Focht broke their philosophy and their society. He set up a scheme that would kill the Clanner soul no matter who won the fight on the ground. Strategic level psychological warfare.
@Muscovy73 жыл бұрын
@@abelbabel8484 clan Wolf didn’t fight like the inner sphere. They’ve always been more adaptable than the other clans. The only one that was even more progressive was Clan Wolverine. As for Focht breaking their culture, not really. The IlClan era exists and Clan Wolf is still very clan-like.
@abelbabel84843 жыл бұрын
@@Muscovy7 Sure they did, they didn't bid away forces and accepted the dishonor of dropping last for the real world advantage of numbers. They suspended zellbrigen and set up actual supply lines for an extended campaign instead of a one and done bumrush. That's not Clanner procedure, that's the Sphere way. Tukayyid created such societal rifts that clan Wolf suffered a formal schism between their Crusader and Warden forces, the Clans fought a proxy civil war in all but name (Refusal war) and allowed the Sphere to get their shit together to come down on the Clans like a hammer. Then you get Clans actually settling in and merging with inner Sphere polities instead of aiming to conquer and rebuild Star League. Also the modern ilClan has no continuity with the original Clan Wolf but is a product of the changes and reforms since Nicholas' death. The original Clanner culture was already in decline by 3052, but received its deathblow on Tukayyid.
@liamhogan43693 жыл бұрын
@@abelbabel8484 Yes! Someone gets it. Where’s my double upvote button…
@INSANESUICIDE3 жыл бұрын
You seem very knowledgable about the Battletech universe, I'm a refugee from a certain other IP that went to shit and I have been trying to find which books are the chronologically most important books to understand the universe, could you help a fellow Mechwarrior out? Most videos reference events but not the source material so I am a bit at a loss as a newbie
@phantommauler36025 жыл бұрын
Ive read the books, I knew how the battle goes, I knew which Clans lost. What I didn't know, was how hard they lost. Well now I know, and I can only find one word to describe it. That one word... EPIC.
@shannon12345505 жыл бұрын
What books? I want to read them! Please!
@THEGRUMPTRUCK5 жыл бұрын
The wolves put up a good fight, but they were effectively bloodied and allowed to win, mostly because Comstar had already won the war. With all other clans losing and two having a draw, Wolf's win hardly mattered. The wolves fought well, but the loss of their Khan was quite a blow dealt by Comstar.
@sheilaolfieway18855 жыл бұрын
@@THEGRUMPTRUCK To be honest the Wolves didn't care they were dragged into this invasion as punishment, they never wanted it.
@aegisghost5 жыл бұрын
@@shannon1234550 Blood of Kerensky
@cterrel5 жыл бұрын
@@shannon1234550 Yes, the Blood of Kerensky series by Michael Stackpole. They've been favorites of mine for years. Awesome video, Tex!
@JAR7923 жыл бұрын
SO IT HAS BEEN: ONE FOUGHT FOR HONOR AND ONE FOR FINALITY, STEEL AND MAN FACING DOWN THEIR MORTALITY, FOR THEY ARE HARDENED WARRIORS THAT SHAPED THE GALAXY, AS THEY CLASHED IN THE BATTLE OF TUKAYYID
@jonnarterius31633 жыл бұрын
Amen fellow Stringstorm Brother! "Await their fearsome brothers of 3 centuries divide!"
@harryratcliffe48032 жыл бұрын
“And although Comstar won, they are harrowed and maimed” Preach
@bthsr71132 жыл бұрын
Not their best work, even for Battletech.
@pikachufantastic Жыл бұрын
@@bthsr7113true, but it's fantastic song
@abusedumpster88824 жыл бұрын
“This is called ‘Asymmetrical Strategic Planning’. In layman’s terms, this is called ‘Tactical Fuckery.’” God Bless Tex
@Vulpine4072 жыл бұрын
"Hippity, hoppity, get off my property" was a close second. (Yes, I know I'm late to the party. Just catching up with this wonderful series.)
@EricDKaufman2 жыл бұрын
@@Vulpine407 Welcome to the party! Welcome to the re-birth of Battletech!!!
@muadibadder33452 жыл бұрын
☝️👌💯
@gabsrants2 жыл бұрын
This comment: Gold Reading this comment for the first time while Tex actually says the line: Priceless
@DixonsCider Жыл бұрын
'If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck' -some famous Australian general
@razorsrequiem5 жыл бұрын
Comstar: "We challenge you to a duel!" Clans: "Alright, here's our rules." Comstar: *Throws rulebook out the window.*
@theblackpantslegion5 жыл бұрын
Quite true.
@razorsrequiem5 жыл бұрын
@@theblackpantslegion Let me commend you sir, though. I felt your analysis was absolutely spot on while being entertaining. I hope you will examine further lore.
@Madchefred5 жыл бұрын
Not quite. It was more, beating the clanners to death with the rulebook. It is learning the rules better than the writers and proceeding to use it to hamstring them. Clanners couldn't imagine taking such losses and still fighting, because resource management was paramount. Hence the bid system, use the least amount of resources and keep as much as you can.
@razorsrequiem5 жыл бұрын
@@Madchefred I can see your point.
@SMAXZO4 жыл бұрын
More like: Clans: Here's our rules Comstar: *reads through the rules and proceed to use every loophole in the book*
@fredlandry61703 жыл бұрын
I love the line about how Comstar had plenty of ammunition and decided to share it with the Clans.
@DJIFridays5 жыл бұрын
Clan Diamond Shark ended up becoming Clan Loan Shark
@TheCrackedFirebird5 жыл бұрын
Instead of conquering planets, they break your knees for late payments
@dagonfell15665 жыл бұрын
they became clan Sea Fox once again.... wtf is this Diamond Shark you are all talking about lol
@THEGRUMPTRUCK5 жыл бұрын
They learned from Space AT&T, the winners are the ones who make money off war.
@tkent685 жыл бұрын
Tell that to the Japanese....
@blogsblogs23485 жыл бұрын
Best thing to happen to them in a long time
@lancepickett56535 жыл бұрын
Georgi Zukov fought in a bloody manner but was damned effective, and was immensely effective well worth study. Not studied deeply enough by anyone outside of military colleges, the study of this Soviet commander has given me many victories in Battletech,fantasy, and historic battles.
@GMorgan845 жыл бұрын
Soviet doctrine was incredibly advanced. They had a huge supply of trucks from the US which dramatically boosted their whole armies mobility. The Germans were still moving supplies around by horse and men by foot.
@ineednochannelyoutube53845 жыл бұрын
@Comstar: Space AT&T Soviet battle doctrine is indded called deep battle. The effectiveness of it, and Zhukovs by proxy, comes from the fact that it took the experiences of 39-41, and examined them through a statistical lens. It is aimed at winning wars in a manner most efficient considering the resources availible to the belligerents. In case of the soviets, they posessed a number of advantages. Thabka to their more efficient procurement, and massive foreign aid, they could replace material losses more easily. Thanks to their larger pool of men, and less rigorous training, they could replace front line units more easily. They also posessed large swathes of nonessential land close to Germany. Therefore the key to soviet victory lay in strategy of trading land for time to build up parity in matériel and unit cohesion, and then trade manpower and equipment to destroy German equipment that could not be so easily replaced. Deep battle in essence is the tactical reality proven by the fall of France and Poland to combat an enemy with superior individual units but inferior logistics. It consists of, on an operational scale frontwide attacks, to identify weak apots, multiple armoured spearheads aimed at exploiting said weaknesses, then operational scale encirclements to cut off the enemy frontline and strike at its high value support units. Strategically, it consist of a string of such operational scale setpuece battles, all aimed at methodically reducing the enemy fighting force, and effecting a relatively slow, but steady advance, taking great care to prevent succesful counterpushes. All in all it results in an extremely costly, and relatively slow advance, that has enormous logistical cost, however it inflicts similarly horrendous casualties upon the enemy, and all but ensures athat any gains made are secured, as it involves no high risk strategic depth manouvers like blitzkrieg does. So basically it mirrors the situation with the clanners to a T, and is a devastatingly effwctive strategy to employ in such a scenario.
@Grubnar4 жыл бұрын
"He always asks for more. More men, more tanks, more artillery, more planes ... but he also gets more results!" - Josef Stalin, on Georgy Zukov
@baker903383 жыл бұрын
@@GMorgan84 you have to realize the numbers of the 2-1/2 ton 6x6 truck in the US military industrial complex at the time to know how significant they were. The GMC CCKW, the most common version had over 560,000 produced between the years of 1941-1945. It was the second most produced US vehicle of the war, behind the Jeep. The one that saw use by soviets, the Studebaker US6, had 195,000 produced by studebaker, with another 22,000 from REO… and you have to remember, one of these means that a squad could move up to 45 MPH/72 KMH at max, and had a max operational range of 236 miles, or 379.8KM. Those numbers could be carrying any number of wonderful anti tank ordinance to provide free redecorating services, machineguns for wonderful surprises, or artillery to landscape. In terms of supplies, it’s even more significant, as one of these could carry any assortment of food, water, fuel ammo, etc, at that speed.
@groundhero10casual3 жыл бұрын
Question? Didn’t Zhukov get Murdered by Stalin once he showed the world the might of the Soviet military: when ran correctly?
@everythingsgonnabealright88885 жыл бұрын
Aww yiss, this will be the most enjoyable 25 minutes X) Dude, seriously, continue this. There must be a lore channel for Battletech with your level of production quality, to rival Warhammer and Star Wars ones. Keep it up, good sir! Edit: Now that I watch this proper - I stand by my point ever firmly. This is your best Battletech work this far, Tex. You actually made me feel that nightmare of a battle through that narration. Atmospheric as all hell. Nice work indeed. tldr: MOAR
@jameslonghurst59145 жыл бұрын
Yeah thanks Tex this was fantastic.
@umngyr5 жыл бұрын
I will be officially celebrating Tukkayid day every may 20th from this moment forward. CHEERS!
@EgorKaskader5 жыл бұрын
Yes, please! Battletech deserves so much more recognition than it has now. Such an awesome universe! -random 40K fan just learning about the setting
@me02625 жыл бұрын
I wholeheartedly agree. I think this is the stride episode right here. The voice, narration, the jokes, down to even just the pictures, transitions, and even the voice and narration, all the way to the end credits. All future episodes should follow this as a template. (apart the odd beginning and ending). I loved the logo at the end with a part of the narration. "Hippity Hoppity get off my property" was absolutely hilarious!
@frankvalentine33152 жыл бұрын
@@umngyr Much to my wife's dismay, I take the 20th of May off every year and play BT all day. HBS BattleTech, MechAssault 1 and 2 along with MWO. Drives her nuts :)
@mkang87823 жыл бұрын
I loved reading the third book in the trilogy, when it describes how Focht is directing his forces, and, in one case, has to reign in a commander that wants to keep fighting in a zealous fit. Focht has to sternly, but not unkindly, remind him of the plan of attrition. Stackpole gets a lot of flak for some of this writing (arguably justified), but, man, he gets a lot right in that part of the third book.
@WolfHreda5 жыл бұрын
"They dismissed him as a joke and failed to respect him. And for that, he fucking broke them." So good. I second everyone here who says Tex should do more lore vids. This was fantastic and I'd love to hear Tex recount other events like the War of 3039 and the lives of Justin and Daniel Allard.
@stevenraycopley88855 жыл бұрын
What was the name of the music track playing during that
@OmicronusMartinez6 ай бұрын
Tex should do a video on the Allards. Justin, Daniel and Kai were probably the three best Mechwarriors in the Inner Sphere. According to some articles, shortly after the beginning of the Clan Invasion, Jaime Wolf had the more proactive IS leaders and notable Mechwarriors fight it out in a pseudo-Trial of Position. Kai was the second-last standing, just narrowly losing to Jaime Wolf and downing at least five of his opponents (which was exceptional even by Clan standards. Achieving that kill count in a ToP would net you the rank of Galaxy Commander or even Khan). Wolf even admitted to Kai that had Kai managed to down Jaime's Mech he would have had to hand Wolf's Dragoons over to Kai.
@Bdakkon5 жыл бұрын
Christ these videos are like ASMR for Battletech nerds like me. Can't convey how much I enjoy listening about Battletech lore. :) Thank you Sirs.
@DoctorPhobos5 жыл бұрын
So say we all!
@42Mrgreenman5 жыл бұрын
So true, I've listened to this and the fall of star league video at least 20 times each just to listen to Tex's voice and storytelling...
@phelan0105 жыл бұрын
Tex good sir I salute you for this absolutely glorious video You are the credit to the Inner Sphere
@ValosarX5 жыл бұрын
And the number one enemy of every clanner!
@fien1114 жыл бұрын
"How many dudes we got?" "A bunch" "How many dudes they got?" "Like a bunch times.....100? 500?" "......yeah but our mechs are cooler and we have power armor, let's invade their shit" "....k" *Clan Great Council minutes, November 3048*
@theblackpantslegion4 жыл бұрын
not....wrong
@conwaysquest69614 жыл бұрын
Seems about right.
@amymeadows98343 жыл бұрын
Like the opposite of what happened in the Winter War. Yeah Russia tried to crush them with overwelming forces... And lost about almost their entire force only to take 11 percent of Finland... And their real plans was a bit oh I don't know BIGGER than that. Yeah it was a failure no matter how much you say to that
@FakeSchrodingersCat3 жыл бұрын
@@amymeadows9834 Sure but the Russians decided to shoot 3/4 of their own officers and 1/10 of their common soldiers, focusing on the most experienced personal, before the invasion. They destroyed their own army's morale and institutional competence and then decided it was the perfect time to invade Finland in winter.
@amymeadows98343 жыл бұрын
@@FakeSchrodingersCat huh didn't know that... Thanks for that tid-bit friend.
@Spencer_Beard Жыл бұрын
I tell you what: I happened upon this channel last year, and have listened to all the lore episodes a dozen times. It never gets old, and is still compelling. The humor is top notch.
@owlsayssouth Жыл бұрын
I love that the phone company's secret weapon was Charlton Heston. At least going by that last picture.
@DairXV5 жыл бұрын
This video is great. It also doesn't mention another key element as to why ComStar won: IlKahn Ulric Kerensky of Clan Wolf. (You know the only clan to actually succeed?) See Ulric Kerensky HATED the invasion being a Warden not a Crusader. So much so that during the time ComStar was basically working alongside the Clans (not openly as allies, but secretly as "third party arbitrators for the transferal of power, and manipulating the HPG network to the Clan's benefit), he not only taught Focht everything about Clan way of life and philosophy, but also told him the goal of the invasion was Terra itself. See up to that point Comstar believed they could manipulate the Clans into recreating the Star League the way ComStar wanted it to be, partially believing that simply restarting the Star League was ultimately the Clan's goal and bringing the unruly Successor States to heel was merely a part of that plan (which is also something ComStar wanted, IIRC). Ulric Kerensky disabused them of that notion when he told Focht that they intended to take Terra, the place ComStar kept for themselves. Why would Ulric Kerensky tell Focht these things? Because telling Comstar they weren't going to be the power behind the throne was his best shot at ending the Clan Invasion without Clan Wolf being the ones to take Terra. So yes, Focht deserves every bit of praise Tex can heap on him, but let's not forget that Tukkayid would not have happened if Ulric had kept his mouth shut.
@tyvernoverlord53635 жыл бұрын
Let us not forget the brothers of the Wolves Dragoons... They helped rally a standing alert
@Gigas01015 жыл бұрын
Yeah, see the Mad Cat video to see the actual value of the Wolf's Dragoons in terms of the clan invasion.
@texteel5 жыл бұрын
from macro to micro. He let the others outbid themselves to be the first to drop, he dropped last but with the best/biggest force.
@sheilaolfieway18855 жыл бұрын
True Clan Wolf is unlike most other clans they wanted simply to let the Inner Sphere fixed themselves.
@sheilaolfieway18855 жыл бұрын
@@texteel And his clan won, but again, his clan was dragged into this invasion as punishment for resisting.
@Inglonias5 жыл бұрын
This video led me to binge the Blood of Kerensky trilogy. Kai Allard-Liao and Phelan Kell are ridiculously OP. I actually started laughing when the big emotional breakthrough for Liao in book 3 was "Wow, I really AM that awesome!"
@JeremyRyanWren5 жыл бұрын
Inglonias He’s a 1/2 pilot. Basically god mode in old tabletop Battletech when you play scenarios with him. A light mech/tank/vtol (some mediums too) could come screaming in at over 100kph by Liao, and all he’d have to do is stop moving and snipe it’s ass. Still rolling on a 5 at short range. As long as he’s in range he can hit what he’s aiming at. Worst case scenario without severe complications: Liao ran +2, target moved 10+ hexes +4, target is at long range +4, Kai’s Gunnery +1. To hit: 11. A shot impossible to even attempt for almost every IS pilot and most Clanners, he can do it.
@Inglonias5 жыл бұрын
@@JeremyRyanWren Having an OP character in a game is one thing. Not giving them any character depth beyond "awesome at everything" in a novel about them is another.
@Jago-mw4vc3 жыл бұрын
It is now a yearly tradition to listen to tex talk shit about clanners. Couple days late this year but eh. Keep doing what you’re doing Tex.
@lokai79143 жыл бұрын
I lost track of how many times I've listened to this... and it only gets better every time. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
@alanstanton1814 Жыл бұрын
Foch proved an age old adage at Tukayyid, knowing is half the battle... the other half is violence.
@Jamhael111 ай бұрын
LOTS of violence...
@liljenborg25175 жыл бұрын
As AWESOME as an 80 ton Steiner mech with a trio of PPCs. I love how you tell the story your own way, with your own style instead of just read it out of some sourcebook. Gonna re-watch this one a few times today.
@sd501st55 жыл бұрын
The Awesome is a Free Worlds League design though... ;)
@TheTrashball7 ай бұрын
Once again, we return
@FirstLast-cg2nk4 жыл бұрын
My favorite part is this: At the same time that ComStar pulls off Tukayyind, where the did everything right, they also performed Operation Scorpion, where they failed spectacularly at trying to conquer the Inner Sphere. They tried to force the great houses to bend the knee, threatening to shut off the HPG network... so the Great Houses just took over the HPG facilities. It's a bad idea to say "You and what army" when the other guy has an army and yours is fighting a battle elsewhere.
@retrosquadchannel2.0503 жыл бұрын
But Operation Scorpion was earlier.
@mkang87824 ай бұрын
Sorry for the thread necromancy; Operation Scorpion primarily failed because Precenter Dieron - Sharilar Mori - was a mole for the Draconis Combine, and passed on information about the planned activities.
@DuoSanguis5 жыл бұрын
I see Comstar went to the same academy of warfare as the Imperial Guard. Comstar infantry sees a Dire Wolf: AFFIX BAYONNETS!
@thegardenofeatin59655 жыл бұрын
Now I want a Dire Wolf with giant bayonets sticking out of its arms. In the words of Sniper: Stab Stab Stab!
@SonsOfLorgar5 жыл бұрын
@@thegardenofeatin5965 get a wh40k warhound titan with two turbolaser arms, it's the closest thing to a direwolf in wh40k anyway and about the same size and weight though a bit more powerful XD
@ironstarofmordian70985 жыл бұрын
@@SonsOfLorgar that's because 49k is incomprehensibly batshit crazy.
@chrisbaldwin85705 жыл бұрын
Well, later we get the Jihad where elements of Comstar basically kick everyone around hard until they all unite against them. Also, nukes. Batchall this Clanner!
@joelaroche81035 жыл бұрын
Pour on the las fire lads we might just make it !
@bew19772 жыл бұрын
This is the third year I've spent in Tex's lecture on my birthday. It never gets old hearing the Clans get their shit pushed in by a telecom company and makes May the 20th that much more special.
@PeachDragon_2 жыл бұрын
For real
@zeus28frenzy10 ай бұрын
Love me periphery, 'ate the great houses. 'Ate Clanners. Simple as
@rifleman2c9975 жыл бұрын
Pay your debts, indeed. I would say the clans defeated themselves. They had a long supply line and many of the invading clans were hardcore believers in eugenics, thus they never thought to make as many omnimechs and let the freeborn pilot those. They deliberately hobbled their pool of manpower. Sure they might make awesome warrior- but that might take years, The IS can train a person and toss them into the meatgrinder in months. The clans played at war, Federick Steiner practiced war.
@coyote16able5 жыл бұрын
Funny enough their was one clan that was fully prepared to bring everything they could to invade the inner sphere cause they actually looked and did the math on what it could take to invade.They also where like the only combined arms clan they where perfect for the invasion but because they made a reasonable bid they got laughed at.
@efffvss5 жыл бұрын
Didn't the Wolves also work out that Focht was Frederick Steiner, and therefore took him seriously?
@everyonethinksyoureadeathm57735 жыл бұрын
@@efffvss yes they did, that was due to Ulric trusting Phelan when it came to battle planning. Oddly enough when Ward decided to off Ulric because "muh honor". Phelan reached out to Focht for help to move the Wolves in Exile to Arc Royal. After that the Wolf Dragoons, Wolves in Exile, Kell Hounds and Space AT&T er... ComStar worked closely in anti-crusader training. What's even funnier is that the Hounds with the help of the Wolves science techs created some impressive Omnimechs. Plus the wolves adopted the Hounds as honorary wolves because of reasons (many bar fights that lead to respect).
@efffvss5 жыл бұрын
I thought Crichell killed Ulric under truce and Ward (for all his Crusader arseholery) avenged Ulric.
@coyote16able5 жыл бұрын
The wolves weren't too up their own superiority and took everyone seriously.
@patrickcoyle54695 жыл бұрын
The Clans knew how to fight, but forgot how to wage war. Hmm... I wonder how this would sound if Gotterdammerung from the Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries soundtrack kicked in at 8:00 or so...
It's a shame that while Foct was putting everything on the line to save the Inner Sphere Myndo was being Myndo and fucking everything up for everyone.
@theblackpantslegion4 жыл бұрын
Yin and Yang, brother. Yin and Yang
@DIEGhostfish4 жыл бұрын
@@theblackpantslegion Such as it is with most factions.
@antonjavierdizon9595 жыл бұрын
Well, it looks like Anastasius... *puts on sunglasses* ...Focht the Clans up real bad. YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH
@theblackpantslegion5 жыл бұрын
oof
@TymersRealm5 жыл бұрын
:::throws sheep plushie at OP::: Bhhhaaaaaadddddd!!!
@bobburris44455 жыл бұрын
Asymmetrical warfare, otherwise known as tactical fuckery - that made my day. Love your videos Tex!
@filipstancel73154 жыл бұрын
I have just watched this video for the 2nd time. First was around 3 week ago. I didn´t have any clue about Inner Sphere and Claners then. I was totally new to Battletech universe. After this Tex´s video, I have pre-orderdered Clan Invasion box, all wave 1 mechs, bought Beginners box a and Core game - Battletech A Game Of Armored Combat, plus 4 battlemats. This is thanks to you, Tex. You have brought me to this magnificent universe. Thank you, I´m in your debt.
@theblackpantslegion4 жыл бұрын
You owe no man a debt, other than to yourself - to learn the game, to teach others, and to continue your good works.
@JSRLPadre5 жыл бұрын
I have been arguing for years and will continue to argue that if there is a future show primed and ready to fill the Game of Thrones void, it's most likely gonna be pulled from Battletech lore. For me, Tukayyid was bigger than either of the Deathstar brawls. And BT is still thriving where many of her peers have fallen off and died.
@owenlagger Жыл бұрын
Yet another glorious May 20th
@fstorm0012 жыл бұрын
Comstar erased diamond shark from existence, even the memory of them had been destroyed and comstar was just standing there wondering why they were shooting into an empty field
@dieseljester3 жыл бұрын
ROFLMAO: "When Diamond Shark landed, they had an army. When they left, it was gone." OMG, Priceless!
@torokllts5 жыл бұрын
"Get Bent Weirdo" This is the best video you have ever made. I love the lore stuff on your channel!
@NodDisciple15 жыл бұрын
A hypocritical comment coming from the Priesthood of Mars rip-off that is Comstar. They have no right to call anyone "weirdo."
@malachai13815 жыл бұрын
@@NodDisciple1 Except battletech predates Warhammer 40k by about 3 years
@NodDisciple15 жыл бұрын
@@malachai1381 Exactly. They had 3 years to see how screwed up Comstar was and that it shouldn't be copied.
@SparrowNoire5 жыл бұрын
Been looking forwards to this for a few months! I knew you wouldn't pass up making a video about intergalactic "Rub a Clanner's nose in it" day. Great work from Crowind, MadAsgardian, and yourself as always. Really appreciate the love and dedication you guys so obviously marinate these in.
@mrmacguff1n5 жыл бұрын
*Sips tea* *Strokes Beard* *Laughs in "Freebirth"*
@RJThomas61 Жыл бұрын
Shout out to Tex and the rest of the BPL crew. Love your content, love your work ethos, and most importantly love your work on behalf of charity. The style in which you present this lore is one that inspires my own writings. The phrase "tactical fuckery" will forever have a place in my lexicon.
@BladeMasterGrom132 жыл бұрын
Oddly it has become a tradition to watch this every year
@LtCWest5 жыл бұрын
Guess the Clans.... *le glasses* got Focht!
@WolfHreda5 жыл бұрын
*YEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!*
@kingheath97 Жыл бұрын
Tukkyid I find to be the crucible that truly brought forth Kurinski's dream. Not Nicholas, but Alexander's. Ghost Bear, Nova Cat, and Wolf truly are Alexander's vision.
@MingusCasey5 жыл бұрын
you have the voice of an 80s action hero, brilliant. better than actually.
@KelebMoonDancer3 жыл бұрын
Tbh im surprised the Comstar army leader given his peculiar heritage didnt drop a few dozen Steiner scout lances in the middle of the enemy group. No amount of high tech can argue with steiner scout lances.
@npswm13143 жыл бұрын
Guten Tag Guten Tag! Ve have come for ze scouting.
@jotacep Жыл бұрын
Remembering May 20th as a day of Will, Resolve, Strategic Vision, and of course my favourite, Crazy. Everyone says it cannot be done until some great genius bastard comes along and says 'hey, yes it can. And this is how we do it.'😎
@mystiqblackcat5 жыл бұрын
I've always liked Battletech from a distance, played a few of the video games. You are pulling me in deep with these Tex Talks. Your style is just so good man, looking forward to more.
@EVAUnit4A5 жыл бұрын
Hear hear!
@WolfHreda5 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the heartbreak of trying to find the books at less than exorbitant prices, my friend. It is one of our greatest burdens.
@SonsOfLorgar5 жыл бұрын
@@WolfHreda some of them are affordable on audible.
@WolfHreda5 жыл бұрын
Oh! I just learned a little while ago that a bunch of the classics are now available as ebooks. Search Amazon for Battletech Legends.
@shagiephoto Жыл бұрын
Remembering May 20th.
@Solon_The_Lich7 ай бұрын
o7
@Cynidecia Жыл бұрын
The equivalent of bringing up The battle of Teutoburg forest to win an argument.
@nerdfatha3 жыл бұрын
I need to use the term "amphetamine soaked circus monkey" at some point in my life.
@dinodog60684 жыл бұрын
I can watch this so many times and not get tired of it. A lot of philosophical potential here.
@stevepittman37705 жыл бұрын
Damn Tex, you should definitely be doing more of this stuff. I'm an ooold school battletech lore nerd and would love to see more.
@craenos51565 жыл бұрын
New game= Drink whiskey every time Tex says honour.
@Inglonias5 жыл бұрын
Die at around 4:30
@greedkingcobalt2005 жыл бұрын
I like my liver, thanks.
@RocketChickArt15 жыл бұрын
For someone who only knows like the Bare Basics of BattleTech, this was amazing and I believe you and your team have great talent and should do more videos based on battles and wars and different companies and important time periods in universe.
@revolrz225 жыл бұрын
While the video is funny and cute, he really underplays the clan effort during the fight and makes it seem like a one-sided curb stomp. The clans punched well above their weight in most cases, and absolutely left most of the ComStar units in various states between 'mauled' and 'absolutely thrashed' by the end.Numerous Comstar divisions were just disbanded after the battle, the damage they had taken being so great that it wasn't worth it to reconstitute them.
@THEGRUMPTRUCK5 жыл бұрын
@@revolrz22 well, he does mention afterward that Comstar's losses were incalculable, showing that he did acknowledge comstar's substantial losses, and he goes pretty in depth with Comstar's losses describing how they "bulldozed the corpses of their comrades aside and kept fighting."
I have watched this several times and just notices the No Smoking sign in the smoke filled classroom. Thanks Tex and Crowind for always surprising me with the little touches like that. I don't think I am close to all of the little easter eggs you have put in, but when I do catch them I always enjoy them.
@dond43755 жыл бұрын
I have to avoid having anyone around when watching these. I end up spitting out my drink and cackling like a mad man (or Tex) when Tex drops some of his best lines. Good work all.
@matyaskanev21513 жыл бұрын
Well after Stringstorm released his song yesterday it looks like I will be spending a while listening to you. Have been only 40k guy so far but BattleTech sounds awesome.
@donttreadonmemes3 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the battletech universe! I hope you enjoy your stay.
@matyaskanev21513 жыл бұрын
@@donttreadonmemes Well so far I am enjoying my time with Tex.
@nikoclesceri22673 жыл бұрын
@@donttreadonmemes I wish tex had more videos like this, but his mech overviews are cool as well
@jonnarterius31633 жыл бұрын
Welcome brother! As a fan in a similar situation, it is a nice setting.
@jonnarterius31633 жыл бұрын
@@nikoclesceri2267 His "Mackie" video is one of my favorites. As well as his lead up to the Clan exodus.
@mkosmala13093 жыл бұрын
This might be my favorite Tex Talks, with the possible exception of the Amaris arc. You do a phenomenal job of bringing the 'history' to life. I'd happily attend your classes, threat of Clanners and all.
@deegodarkwulf12285 жыл бұрын
I'm fairly new to Battletech (casually over the last few years with MW4 mostly) and I kept hearing about the Battle of Tukkayid but never really read into it at all. I HAD NO IDEA This is why I love Battletech, so much depth to the lore that you can't help but fully invest. Love your videos, keep going!
@theblackpantslegion5 жыл бұрын
Thanks much cow guy
@refurbishedtechpriest9076 Жыл бұрын
It's also worth noting that a certain event at the Battle of Tukkayid would have a significant impact on the Clan Invasion beyond the 15-year Truc. If you're interested, the specifics of this are covered in the novel "Exodus Road", part of the "Twilight of the Clans" series. It's a great read.
@hendrikgrotefend40985 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for the Word of Blake edition. Now with extra crazy.
@dubuyajay99645 жыл бұрын
Tex won't do it. He hates post 2001 writing-even if it's canon. Badly made canon, but still canon.
@hendrikgrotefend40985 жыл бұрын
@@dubuyajay9964 Huh, thank you. Just started getting into Battletech, didn't know this was so unpopular.
@dubuyajay99645 жыл бұрын
@@hendrikgrotefend4098 You have to realize this was written during a period when the old company went belly up and the property was bought out by two different companies. Neither one seemed to really know what to do with it and it showed. It's finally been licensed out by it's new owner (Topps), to a company that somewhat seems concerned with the customer's wants. (Catalyst Games). Although it still has issues (mainly quality issues with minis. Minor, but they still exist.
@barrybend71895 жыл бұрын
Hey Mechassault was fun. Also Word of Blake fortress buster mechs we cool looking. And come on its Comstar they hide battleships.
@robertivey76445 жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t mind Tex explaining why the Jihaad is stupid and impossible.
@cezar93447 ай бұрын
Once again celebrate May 20th. Remember Tukayyid
@Kaiju-Driver Жыл бұрын
The more I learn, the more I ADORE this setting!
@oldmangimp24685 жыл бұрын
Tex, this story gives new meaning to the phrase: "Get Focht" (extending the middle finger is reccomended while quoting this phrase, but not mandatory.)
@the_protectorof_smols35633 жыл бұрын
...hey commander we are getting invaded by clanners again!" *Commander* Get Focht!
@Dalton7910004 жыл бұрын
Dude, you sold that story masterfully.
@theblackpantslegion4 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir
@annagramgaming89345 жыл бұрын
The Clans came out soon after I started playing Battletech. Early on, I got into an argument with a Clan Fan over what I felt were terrible practices after his description of the Clan bidding process. It took me mere *minutes* to figure out there was a problem. But, he knew the lore and read all the books, while I just played the game. So, I lost the argument, unable to enunciate what should have been obvious. Later, I drifted away from the game, playing a little MechWarrior but not much else from the franchise. Fast forward to May 20, 2019, after years out of the loop and following this channel for like a week (bumped into the Catapult video), I learn the exact problems I pointed out were real. I'm not stupid or crazy. Well, not about the Clans, anyway. All of that to say, thanks, Tex.
@theblackpantslegion5 жыл бұрын
Welcome, bud
@Splozy4 жыл бұрын
can you go into more detail? what's wrong with the bidding process?
@annagramgaming89344 жыл бұрын
@@Splozy I'm not sure I understand. You're asking what wrong with the Clan bidding process, past what was already explained in the video? I'm also curious if you think the Clan bidding process is actually a good idea?
@Splozy4 жыл бұрын
@@annagramgaming8934 no I don't I'm just curious about your story :) I watch these while I do other things and might have missed a bit out. You don't have to go into more detail of you don't want to.
@annagramgaming89344 жыл бұрын
@@Splozy The issue of the clan bidding process is wrapped up in efficient use of force. Purposely benching portions of your projectable force, barring situations where more units in an area results in them fighting ineffectively (al la Agincourt), only leads to negative results, such as increased losses on your side and increased chance of failure to achieve the tactical objective. Terms of engagement are so critical that sometimes the battle is more about the terms than the fighting. Jutland comes to mind. So, to put into perspective of the Clan nonsense, what I was referring to was being told how cool the Clans were because of their bidding process, when it is strictly at odds with effective military doctrine. At the time, I wasn't as knowledgable of the Battletech setting, the Clans specifically, or military history in general. So, I could not formulate an effective defense of my feeling that there was something wrong with the bidding, even if it seems 'cool,' which is all the Clan Fan seemed to actually care about. I hope that explains it adequately.
@Dalton791000 Жыл бұрын
I love this video. Tex tells the story with such passion that this video alone made me a Black Pants Legion fan.
@KylenPhylar5 жыл бұрын
See, as much as I love the clans (Coyote fan here) the big thing is that Tukayyid wasn't just Foct spanking the clans that were there and teaching them a lesson, but it was something else entirely: In a fight between a group of warriors and a group of soldiers, the soldiers will either win, or make the warrior victory so costly that it won't look like victory. Sure, most of the Comguard involved were green, but they had been drilled every day and moment they could have been leading up to this moment. They were told, in no uncertain terms, that their lives were being spent to grind the clans to a halt. They KNEW what they were getting into, where the clans thought this was going to be Thursday. In short, Foct was the mastermind, but it would have cost the Clans quite a bit even if Foct wasn't there given the same chance to prepare. Foct's strategies and tactics were simply a massive force multiplier on a group who were already resigned to likely being meat in the grinder, if only in hopes the gristle would jam up the gears.
@n0t_acat796 Жыл бұрын
I come back and watch this every year or so because Tex has done such a wonderful job of summarizing this battle that I don't ever really get tired of listening to it, lol. This is better than a lot of war documentaries I've watched.
@n0t_acat7962 ай бұрын
Back again. I didn't quite make it a year this time, lol.
@caljohnson8755 жыл бұрын
"The nerve on those bastards." I about died.
@MightyTachikoma5 жыл бұрын
Holy good lord you did it. You mad lad. REMEMBER TUKAYYID!