BATTLETECH: The Marauder II

[@graetestfanever1]

In the words of a another historian: "if the marauder is a duelist, the marauder 2 is a nitromethane fuled steamroller"

[@seandumas1331]

i see your a man of culture BPL

[@jingleding9002]

I love the Marauder II. while it isn’t invincible, you can make your enemies think it is by pushing your reflexes and straining the limits of the machine while pretending that it breaking down isn’t inevitable.

[@cobalt968]

The more one delves into mech designs, the more it becomes apparent that it’s history and deployment are just as important as its weapon loadout. Which reminds me that I’ve been itching to read that one Legacy short story that follows a singular Grasshopper as it gets passed down from pilot to pilot from the Star League all the way to the Dark Ages.

[@TheFightingNemo]

Legacy is hands-down my favorite piece of Battletech literature. Only partly because the Grasshopper is my favorite mech. It's a great anthology.

[@KillerOrca]

​@@TheFightingNemoI'm gonna need to get me a copy, his sounds just my speed

[@DIEGhostfish]

Getting Melted down in the dark ages was a bad ending, should have ended on a "Hopeful" note... Well not hopeful for anyone forced to face it.

[@GoastLincoln]

Oof spoiled it ​@@DIEGhostfish

[@Chris_Sizemore]

The Marauder has outstanding firepower, but is a little light on armor. Also has a heat problem that requires heavy amounts of management. The Marauder II adds 25 tons to solve both of those problems. The Big Marauder is truly an impressive mech. Thanks for the love letter to one of my favorite mechs.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Big Marauder does unga bunga. lol

[@clydecraft5642]

in the lore mechs took advantage of armor angling and marauders were just generally efficiently designed if you look at them that way, if you expose the autocannon incoming autocannon fire is likely to bounce off at extreme ranges

[@TheTrilogy2012]

The MAD-SD Marauder Douglass is a beast of an Intro Tech Mech. Fixes the problems you state and is still 75 tons of fun. I've run this in tournaments, people do not expect this mech or how strong it really is.

[@combativeThinker]

@@TheTrilogy2012 Directional torso mounts on both its SRM 4 launchers? How does that work…?

[@ryandow6953]

Not the best chicken mech, but one of the best representations of a doom chicken

[@kagetemplar]

Imagine trying to order two Marauders and get 1 Marauder 2 instead.

[@rcgunner7086]

That's 100 tons for 150 tons, so wouldn't' it be a Marauder 2/3rds?

[@Dogue83]

Marauder 2 and an Urbie (plus 20 tons of burger king coupons)

[@tomarmadiyer2698]

Now kith

[@BobTheTrollKing]

@@Dogue83 Enough hamburgers from Federated fast food to create meat mountain. At least until the birds show up. They always ruin meat mountain...

[@ogrehaslayers605]

​@@BobTheTrollKing Comstar made a Meat Mountain on Tukayyid.

[@BoisegangGaming]

The battle of Hesperus seems like it should have been a warning sign or a lesson to the Clans: Even with better technology and seemingly better numbers, if the IS thought you were an existential threat, they will let the crazy fly.

[@riptors9777]

Considering how the Clans treated.. well everything back then... none of them where going to learn anything from any lost battles against the IS. The warriors that survived these lost battles where treated as pariahs and outcasts and their experiences where ignored. They where simply failures and you dont listen to failures. Wich in hindsight was ofcourse a gigantic failure, leading to a certain smoke jaguar pilot to betray his clan wich ultimately led to the destruction of the smoke jaguars and jadda jadda jadda.

[@christianholzschuh6853]

@@riptors9777 The Clans? Like all of them?

[@riptors9777]

@@christianholzschuh6853 Most of them, those who didnt treat their "aging" warriors like dirt where the wolfs, the ghostbears and i guess the nova cats, and even then it was common practice to delegate seasoned warriors to second line (speak sacrificial second class warriors that would take every chance they could get to die a glorious death in battle cause getting "old" / dying of age is an horror scenario for every clan warrior) garrison units, and these "seasoned" warriors where anything 25 years+ old in most cases (so not old at all by normal standards). And those where only the ones involved with the inner sphere invasion. Back in the clan homeworlds the situation was even worse, their culture so toxic that it eventually lead to the home clans to basically evict (and with evict i mean trying to destroy) all clans that had come into contact with inner sphere culture cause they saw these clans as "tainted" and corrupt and thus no longer aligned with kerenskys vision. That the clans even managed to survive at all is an amazing feat of plot convinience really.

[@Furzkampfbomber]

@@riptors9777 Sooo, it would have been a valid plan for the IS to make contact with as many clans as possible and then get some popcorn and watch the clans wipe themselfes out?

[@riptors9777]

@@Furzkampfbomber Nah, they did kinda make contact with all of them during the great refusal on strana after the temp. Star league reborn trashed smoke jaguar. It was more about staying in the IS for a long time that made the "purists" go: "you invasion clans are all corrupt! Get the hell out!"

[@terrinils3165]

My face lit up when you mention Barber's Marauders. For some reason, reading about their defeat at the hands of the Jade Falcons hit harder than any other merc unit.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I was bummed when I read it, but not distraught. lol

[@terrinils3165]

@@BigRed40TECH Maybe somebody will see the opportunity to bring them back in the ilClan era.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@terrinils3165 I'd rather see Smoke Jaguar die and the Blessed Order return :P

[@Mugdorna]

Personally the accidental loss of the Black Thorns hit me hard.

[@cavalryscout9519]

A big part of what made the Marauder II so powerful in the Succession Wars is that other assault mechs of that time were mostly very badly designed. Most assault mechs of the time were focussed on a niche role, underarmored, underarmed, or some combination of the 3. The Marauder II is one of the few that actually makes smart use of the weight and potential armor.

[@warlynx5644]

It pretty much is the OG Marauder’s attitude of “fuck your specializations I’ll be good at everything” and upscaled it to 100 tons

[@riptors9777]

@@warlynx5644 The original marauder pretty much sucked in the armor department though.. those poor poor sidetorsos XD

[@Cowboycomando54]

Its because all the good assault mechs were either extinct (excluding Comstar stashes), or severely downgraded due to a lack of parts, tech, and weapons/ammo. What's left are the mechs no one wanted to use. Thats how you get guys in chargers running full tilt into enemy lines, windmilling their arms like 12 year old on Monster.

[@PeachDragon_]

Save for the banshee 3s, the stalker and the atlas the rest were mostly over specialized and inflexible. The zeus and thug are just overgrown heavies for example. The mauler wastes weight. The awesome is inflexible.

[@armwulfpiloteer3255]

It also has a very simple, optimized strategy that is flexible at any range. You smack someone with PPC's to strip armor then follow up with a size 10 AC cluster round to crit seek. Done. About as simple yet effective a load out you can have.

[@Somewhat-Evil]

I hated when Barber's Marauder IIs was written out of the game, being wiped out by the Jade Falcons during the "unseen" purge.

[@BigRed40TECH]

They got Clowned on by the Clowns :(

[@weaselwolf]

I loved that the unit started out as "Miller's Marauders" nice, catchy, alliterative, with a handy double meaning... Then they changed bosses and changed mechs and it just became a clunky mouthful that only serves as a bland description. It's a lesson on the difference a small change can make

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

@@weaselwolf Shame to learn what happened to them, Miller's Marauders really was a good name.

[@anexistanthuman2435]

A true successor to the original Marauder. While I prefer assaults with a bit more firepower, it is hard to deny this beast's effectiveness!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Effective can often outdo raw firepower :)

[@demomanchaos]

More firepower? Didn't this thing in MW4 mount the Railgun, the biggest weapon in the game?

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@demomanchaos It's a Microsoft invention, not seen in the tabletop game.

[@riptors9777]

@@BigRed40TECH Slight correction: The marauder 2 and the railgun where added by the modders who made the fan mechpacks, since back then the marauder and its likeness where still considered as unseen and thus verboten to be implemented in any battletech media by license holders. And thats the one thing i will allways be gratefull for for PGI despite all the other shortcommings: slapping Harmony Gold with a big ol newspaper and giving us back those iconic designs.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@riptors9777 Yea, there is no railgun in BT. Closest thing are Gauss.

[@ghoulbuster1]

The biggest. The meanest. A mech so powerful it was respected by every state and clanner.

[@weaselwolf]

Part of the reason for them shifting to local production was also because after their first couple resupply missions, the atmosphere in clan space was starting to get hot and they almost got forced to come back and start prepping for invasion, so they decided to stop going home.

[@curthenderson6407]

From what I remember of the lore and books, Takahashi Kurita was trying to drive Wolf's Dragoons into financial ruin while they were his service so Kurita could keep them forever in his service.

[@Dang_Near_Fed_Up]

Yes Kurita wanted to absorb the Dragoons, and instead created an enemy. An enemy that could have cost Kurita the entire Combine. Had Jaime Wolf not been big enough to still protect the people of the Combine during the Clan invasion, despite his hatred of Kurita.

[@AzrealMaximus]

You are correct, it was during their service to kurita when that plan was hatched. It was more the brainchild of Warlord Samsonov, who also had a beef with Tetsuhara for believing in the old ways of bushido. Takashi had admonished Grieg Samsonov not to let the Dragoons leave the combine (subtle phrase to don't fuck this up) so that's when another DCMS officer was appointed as...lets call him a commissar, to over see the Ryuken regiments. This commissar was a sword of light veteran which placed him higher in the caste/samurai system. Not by prowess or loyalty, but by deviance and treachery. Anyway the Ryuken learned the Dragoon/Clan ways of fighting, that's why on Misery they were fairly matched, until someone on the kurita side broke the circle of equals and it turned into a melee. We know the rest of the battle....upon hearing the news of the misery debacle (including the loss of the space station Hyperion by that commissar) kurita offered his personal garden to Samsonov....to perform seppuku for his failure and loss of men and battlemechs. I can't remember when or how the commissar died, but I believe it was on Misery by the hands of the whole black widow company, melted him to slag. Remembered from the late 80s.

[@Spore9996]

@@AzrealMaximus Quite close! It was actually the Dragoons side that broke the circle / informal dueling agreement as a deliberate trap set by Jaime Wolf to cause the Ryuken MechWarriors to become enraged and charge onto an ice glacier the Dragoons' engineers had tunneled under and sabotaged with planted explosives - when detonated, this created an instant crevasse which quickly became a mass grave for Ryuken BattleMechs and MechWarriors. Jaime Wolf knew it was the best way to deal with the Ryuken, and even then, the battle continued after the massive casualties the Ryuken had suffered, and came close to wiping out the Dragoons. The commissar you talk about was Jerry Akuma, Minobu Tetsuhara's former second-in-command during both of their Sword of Light service days (and whose last name is "evil spirit" in Japanese; real subtle writing on that one). He'd helped engineer the downfall of the Dragoons with Grieg Samsonov purely to hurt Minobu Tetsuhara (who he'd hated to a huge degree since serving under him, as Akuma absolutely despised the concept of bushido and honour among warriors that compelled Minobu to prevent Jaime Wolf from dying in their mutual first encounter) - he was hunted down by then-Dragoons MechWarrior Dechan Fraser in his Shadow Hawk at the government skyscraper his office was in (on the world of An Ting), ironically saving Akuma's life from an ISF plant who'd decided to kill Akuma as well. Akuma escaped into an elevator which had its cables severed by Fraser's lasers, and fell ten floors into a heap of debris and flame - and was then slagged further by Fraser's 'Mech.

[@GrumpyCoffeeBean]

I've always loved the Marauders... The silhouette of the mech is just beautiful. And it has fangs....

[@blue95kun]

The Marauder II certainly lives up to its reputation when I fielded it on the tabletop. Truly one of the greatest hits of the Inner Sphere and enough to scare one of my friends and made him always prioritise that Marauder II when I field it. Thank you again for all your hard work for this video series.

[@Fizzacles]

I liked the b-roll of the Marauders stomping the hell out of the frozen wastes and the part of the "Blood and Iron" section. I think something like this should be done more often especially when the 'mech has an assigned role within a lance and roll with other 'mechs that they're usually seen with in a unit. Good job on the video.

[@Kurorahk]

The Marauder and the Marauder 2 are some of my most enjoyable mechs to play in MWO and MW5. There is an air about them about their classic nature in both games, both are also great machines, maybe not the best in any one area but they are flexible, and more importantly, they work. There weren't any teething issues to overcome akin to other mechs that struggled to find a place. Also, I am generally a fan of any mech that isn't humanoid just due to it is nice to see some flexing of artistic skill.

[@jdmmike7225]

Definitely a masterpiece. Definitely love the latest variant.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Davion's bringing the heat

[@jdmmike7225]

@@BigRed40TECH And I didn't think it was too long. I thought you had a great flow & setup for each segment. Might even rival the Black Knight vid in my book. Gotta give it a few more views because I've watched the Black Knight vid like 10 times lol.

[@ZontarDow]

As much as they keep redesigning it, you can still see the Zentradi commander pod underneath all.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

Glaugs are cool

[@Gigas0101]

I always liked how the Marauder 2 was just the Marauder with its perceived weaknesses addressed. You want it faster? It jumps now. Don't think it's durable enough? Up-armoured to Atlas levels. Think it needs more firepower? You get one new PPC and enough heat sinks to remove worry for a competent pilot.

[@duanewong1527]

I like how Erusea's X-02 wyvern from Ace Combat suddenly appeared

[@electrohalo8798]

Belkan witchcraft has gone to far

[@PeachDragon_]

​@@electrohalo8798 belka is what happens when instead of fedcom you get the cappellan commonwealth.

[@Tallus_ap_Mordren]

Dragoons: we want the heaviest mech possible. Blackwell: Cool! Here it its. Dragoons: …why does it have wings?

[@GhostBear3067]

Blackwell: "We added jump jets." Dragoons: "Word? My man!"

[@jacobrancourt2508]

My favorite mech in the setting. The Lamborghini of introtech assault mechs, the exemplar of the technology the inner sphere could swing at the time. Clans be damned, they know how to design a battlemech.

[@BigRed40TECH]

They've gotta be good at something :P

[@ELPMCFlashFrame]

Another fine video Red. Good to see people diving deep into the source material.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I do what I can :)

[@robbybarbera]

Outstanding! Your best video by far. Love the homage to the various mercenary factions of the Inner Sphere in the video as well.

[@BigRed40TECH]

They deserved it, especially those wiped out by the Clans. Gone, but never forgotten. Thank you Robby!

[@Ruriko-Is-Playing]

As a maurader Is and IIs appreciator I really appreciate this May the light of PPCs light up your way

[@lesjames2478]

You out did yourself. This was a great one!

[@BigRed40TECH]

This was a lot of work.

[@PhantomSturm]

I'm loving the artwork in these.

[@Dokdiamant]

One of my most favorite Mech Lance combinations in MW5, is the Marauder Family. 2 Marauder II and 2 normal Marauders. One with an Ballistic and one with an Energy Weapon on it's back. My Personal Marauder mostly have only one PPC or ER-PPC on it's back, but 2 Large Pulse Lasers + 2 Med Lasers or 2 ER Large Lasers and two med Pulse lasers in it's arms... depending on what Weapons I can get in the Game. ^^ And naturally switching all normal Heatsinks against double.

[@AM-kg3ij]

Im running a mad 2 with 4 large pulse lasers and 1 ppc. It rund hot if im not carefull but anything that enters 500meters range basically disapears. Wish i could get my hands one some more but no luck ingame so far

[@GB-sh9st]

This video helped it click for me that Mason's dad in MW5 was not just a clanner but probably a wolf's dragoon. TY for the great content!!!

[@BigRed40TECH]

You're welcome!

[@duanewong1527]

No he wasn't, the Wolf's Dragoons wasn't the first scouts the Clans sent back to the Inner Sphere.

[@WastelandWanderer1216]

A lot of the player base think Mason's father was with Clan Intelser.

[@combativeThinker]

@@WastelandWanderer1216 That, or a Diamond Shark.

[@theapostatejack8648]

The Marauder II. A tale of some crafty Clanners teaching the Inner Sphere how to make a proper Assault Mech. You know someone is taking a design seriously when they start adding Gauss Rifles. 👻🐻

[@offset7711]

After sitting through the entire video i gotta say, the quality of your videos greatly improved and i really loved this one! The amount of detail in the stories you tell are amazing. I admit i would be way too lazy to go through so much source material to piece together such an epic video! You got my like and sub! Thank you for this video!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you Offset 77! I do my best. :)

[@Jaeger_Bishop]

Master Class as always.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thanks again!

[@trilit2]

Wolves on the border is the best battletech book! Thank you for including it! Awesome job!(again)

[@goliathxanatos706]

Very well made video overall Red. As said in the live chat I was paying close attention to your coverage of The Battle of Misery as it is my favourite battle in Battletech. You didn't put as much detail in it like you did for Hesperus, and your reasons are sound for why. Still saddens me that it wasn't given as much attention. Nevertheless, the MADII and all its variants are a ferocious machine of war that would send shudders of terror into those who view it coming across hills in lined formations. A battlemech that first began with the Dragoons, that died with the Dragoons, and are now back in the regiments of the House States. A remarkable workhorse that won't be disappearing anytime soon. Bravo for this video 👏👏👏

[@Baker-2111]

MWO failed to sell me on the Marauder II, however BTA 3062 showed me the light. The jump Jets really put it on another level, (pun intended) from my other perennial favorite, the king crab. It's easy to say those six tons are a waste, Until you realize how many opportunities they give you to actually fire the rest of your weapons instead of having your shot blocked by Terrain time and time again. And thanks to its superb Heat management, you can jockey for position and still fire most if not all of your weapons even while maneuvering. It won't depose the original Marauder as my favorite, but I can comfortably call it my number II.

[@Boseeinsteinshake]

Amazing video about one of my all time favourite assault mechs! Thank you very much!

[@Darren_Xero]

That was quite a wild ride with Marauder II, Red! Awesome work as always! I love the Marauder II alongside the Nightstar. Both are my favorite Marauder series designs - looks cool, rugged & solid performances. As for "all Great Houses have Marauder IIs" part, even the Capellans have their own variants - specifically the stealthy MAD-4L variant armed with two Gauss Rifles & torso-mounted ER PPC

[@BigRed40TECH]

Yep, it's just not a variant I covered in this particular video. I'm also pretty sure the 4L was made from Captured 4S's, I don't think they ever were able to make a domestic buy of them iirc

[@Darren_Xero]

@@BigRed40TECH it made sense that Capellans modified from captured 4S chassis into a stealthy Nightstar for their own, but I'm fine with that not being covered. I wonder what variants are available to all Houses that aren't just House-exclusive during the Dark Age?

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@Darren_Xero The Master Unit list is your friend! lol

[@richardignizio794]

Really looking forward to this.

[@tomsimpkins1211]

Only just now spotted this video! The Marauder and Marauder-II are my two favourite mechs, lovely designs that fit in exactly what I want to be in a lance. The guy on the horizon ruining your day and you just can't get rid of. Doming guys with PPCs will never not be funny, in tabletop, in turn based games like HBS Battletech, and in Mechwarrior games. The Marauder is my favourite way to ding people in the skull in all of them.

[@michaelwilson5233]

I didn’t know a whole lot about the Marauder II, or Wolf’s Dragoon for that matter. Guess now I’ve got even more reasons to like the series of Marauder ‘Mechs. Thanks for making another awesome video, Red!

[@BigRed40TECH]

I didn't know the Dark Age or Ilclan era bits until I dug into the newer lore for it. Really cool. :)

[@sebastiang.5032]

The MAD-4S is a mainstay in my Kurita Sword of Light force. Such a brutal, yet beautiful, Mech.

[@SteelWolf13]

You know the design is awesome when it take 1.5 or more per frame to cover. Marauder and Marader II.

[@SteelWolf13]

The Marauders naration im referring to is done by Tex. Has the word pants in the channel name i think. Both this channel and the other one are top mech narrators of history in my book.

[@ssjjshawn]

Amazing video, I'd say on the level of the Black Knight video easily. It was also fun on stream playing to help you get footage. I'm glad my running away from a Blackjack in a MAD 2 to immediately get ambushed by more mechs made a good shot and was fitting for Hesparus lmao And of course all of our beautiful and not at all clashing Paint schemes XD

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you for the Help Shawn! It really enhanced the video, for real :)

[@j.vermilye3816]

Marauder II is one of my favorite mechs, but then i say that about most 100 ton mechs. This is a great video, i never knew the mech was still around in the dark age.

[@StilgarAstartes]

Another banger, Red! Thank you for all the work you put in this video! Looking forward to the next project!

[@BigRed40TECH]

The Blessed Order, for mainstay videos, should be next.

[@panoramatint]

I love this mech. The Marauder is my favourite Battletech and the Mad II is a worthy successor. Praise Blake, I've been waiting for this one.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I hope the video meets your standards :)

[@steviconh5378]

I just painted up a Marauder-II and thoroughly enjoyed it, which is what brought me to this video. Really enjoyed it, thank you!

[@slimebuck]

I enjoyed the video! Great job

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you!

[@CapnArrich]

Ah. Wonderful content, as always. And yeah, Wolf's Dragoons seems like alright people. For advance Clanner forces that went native, at any rate. Just as much humanity you can stand. My kind of Mercs. Thanks for the vid, BR40k. Good stuff.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you Undercard!

[@GhostBear3067]

Funny thing about them "going native", since Clan Wolf at the time of the Dragoon Compromise was officially Warden and did not support the invasion of the Inner Sphere Wolf's Dragoons had secret orders specifically to go native and help the Inner Sphere resist the Clans.

[@Thrawn655]

An absolute fantastic video combining the lore and history of that Era with the technical development of this awe inspiring machine❤

[@paulsim7589]

Woo, that is rather good. Nice Job, and just the right length. Very impressed. [NB: The faster Mad-II's are my fav]

[@blondie5835]

Great vid bear, Glad that the Marauder II is given the love it deserves!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you Blondie! And thank you for helping with the gameplay too :)

[@chainsaw1016]

Hell yes! My all time favorite battle mech bar none!

[@michaelkeha]

What happens when you take one of the toughest and sexiest mechs in battletech and give it 25 tons of extra weight to work with answer the second best 100 tonner in the IS behind the pure insanity of the Devastator

[@Reoh0z]

"I took one of the leanest, meanest beasts of the battlefield and gave it a new fitness regime. Now it knows how to weather a hit and pace itself. I've created a monster!"

[@rh352]

Wow! This was fascinating! The Marauder II has been my favorite assault mech for a while now, and this video just reinforces that. So cool!!!

[@thedocklighter]

Marauders & Marauder IIs are the prize components of my units in both BT & MW:DA. What a ride through this unit's IS history!

[@TheAngeloutlaw]

This was an amazing video sir! Well done. I loved the extra detail to the lore as well as the variant loadouts. The battletech lore is one of the only times you hear "the invading barbarian hordes had the advanced technology". Lol. I am a fan of the clans. And it's funny house liao couldn't buy the advanced variants, proving that even in 1'000 years no one likes the CCP. Keep it up.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

The Roman Empire didn't have stirrups for their cavalry until they stole it off barbarian horse nomads.

[@ryanjohnstone8957]

This is getting as good as Tex Talks!

[@jameswright2623]

The Marauder and Marauder 2 are my all time favorite mechs in their respective classes. Personally I think they're a bit underrated. You always hear about the Atlas or the Awesome or even the Highlander but many forget that Marauder 2 is just as capable as any other assault mech if not more so. And in a galaxy of unreliability a reliable mech like the Marauder 2 is ALMOST worth any price. I mean its literally as tough as an Atlas, can "fly" stays cool with almost any weapon configuration and it can fire behind itself! Not to mention it comes with 3 quirks. 3! With no negative quirks in most of its configurations! How could you not want one?! And its chassis! Oh it's chassis! I challenge any of you to find a mech that's even HALF as sexy as this prime machine. I'll wait. Talk about legs for days am I right? If there is one thing that nobody can deny its that the Marauders got style. And that's pretty underrated too. Thanks for covering my favorite mech! I've been waiting for this for awhile now

[@upandaljm]

You make just about the best Battletech content I have ever seen. I have been playing since it was originally released by FASA.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I've been playing since 1994. FASA dominated my childhood with Battletech :)

[@upandaljm]

@@BigRed40TECH Same here. Then Revell started the Robotech mech models and we lost our minds.

[@jonathaneytchison6841]

Thank you for the excellent video! You can make these as long as you want! These are my videos of choice to listen to while painting miniatures, so the longer the better!

[@IlanMuskat]

I just finished reading the excellent "Redemption Rites" minutes before this video went up. Thank you! It absolutely hit the spot.

[@IlanMuskat]

Also... I think I have more Marauder II miniatures than anything else. I got a couple of the new CGL Direct Fire lances (can't complain about those Atlases...) and they're exquisite, but I also have the Wizkids Bounty Hunter which is Project Phoenix style, AND my good old Ral Partha metal M2, which I've had to reassemble from "smashed" more than a few times...

[@BigRed40TECH]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@arandomyoutuber5399]

You earned a subscriber with this vid. This was my favorite ride in Mektek Mechwarrior 4 and hearing the tracks in this vid made me happy. Love the Marauder II!

[@aiugiamos3057]

Damn that's exactly the kind of video I've been looking for, thank you very much for your hard work!

[@BigRed40TECH]

There are more like this on the channel too. Check out the long-format playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLRFzNGRe-Hue2OA9NqIUnjSPVe2PtwPa2

[@aiugiamos3057]

@@BigRed40TECH Yes I directly went for the taurian concordat 5h video, perfect in the background of my modded MW5 mercenaries run 👌

[@KonnyKhaos]

Commenting for Comment’s sake. The original Marauder is my favorite mech, I won a 2v2 tournament in my MAD 3r (mechwarrior online) 8 or 9 years back, solidifying it for me. Thanks for the history lesson!

[@BigRed40TECH]

you're welcome! Probably the best mech-dive I've done on the channel. I hope to surpass it one day. lol

[@KonnyKhaos]

@@BigRed40TECH I was grateful for the length and detail! Going to chew up many more of your videos during the work hours. Im surprised you don’t have a larger following man this is great stuff! Ill be sure to share!

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@KonnyKhaos I dunno about that, I've only been doing KZbin for about a year, and there is a ton of support for the channel.

[@KonnyKhaos]

@@BigRed40TECH I didn’t mean for that to sound negative, 20k is incredible. The quality is worthy of 200k is all Im sayin.

[@RobertStJohn804]

Great job

[@BigRed40TECH]

Purple Bird strong!

[@fracturedtech426]

I of my favorite videos of yours ❤ I really like the deep dive into the lore and the overall great telling of the story. I have no idea the mad 2 had such a impact on the setting as a whole.

[@bryy2053]

Good work man. Wow, im highly entertained. Thank you!

[@phelan511]

3:10 Timberwolf: “RUN”

[@qwefg3]

Still amazed at its long and venerated history. Good job at getting it all together!

[@johnarnold8485]

Always love when you go all out on big videos like this. Get to hear some of the larger lore of the setting while also getting detailed run throughs and personal thoughts on the mechs that are its heart. Great work, see you next video.

[@franksmedley7372]

A most interesting, and highly detailed video. As you've said, just when you think things can't get any more over the top, they do. Outstanding work Red. Well-read, well presented, well researched, and delivered. I never used the Marauder II mechs. By that time, my Mercenary Unit had quit the Inner Sphere after being betrayed by House Liao. Going forwards though, and once established upon their colonies, the Ghost Lions Legion and the Stygian Compact would buy many Marauder IIs, and re-engineer them as desired. About the only variants left 'as is' are the 4L, 6S, and 8K. Although, I should not add the 6S into that list, since the Ghost Lions 'upgraded' the design with TSM. So, not only can their 6S designs wade through your fire, and dish it out in exchange, but they can run right up to you and bash you into a pile of scrap! Again, very well done, Red. I totally enjoyed the video. Even though this was a 'long' video, it was well worth the time to listen through it all, as well as being VERY informative and entertaining. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by this 'Gray Warrior'.

[@Kpiozero]

I thought your mauler vid was a standout but this video raises the bar even further!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Thank you! :D

[@faithmcclosky4528]

Great video as always Red! I don't know how I missed this one!!!

[@elchjol2777]

Putting three Binary Lasers on my Marauder II in MW 5: Mercs was both a good and a bad idea. Tons of damage but I had to downgradw the Medum Pulse lasers to medium lasers to fit 13 double heat sinks and generally had to chain fire the BLs to keep the heat down. I had also shoved cooling upgrades into it but an Alpha still put me at around 40% heat give or take 2%. Still great for chopping heads with a quick triple shot. Though getting the mech itself was no small feat, had to kill a lance of Dragoons to get it in the first place. But it allowed me to draw even with the Bounty Hunter later, took out BH's Marauder with an Alpha strike,two melees and a DFA but the Marauder's core went crit and was just enough to engine kill my Marauder II. My lance managed to clean up the rest of BH's lance to win the mission.

[@OptimusJedi]

This was awesome. Really makes me appreciate the Mech even more. Loved the history lesson included too. Some battles I knew nothing about while others were cool to have fleshed out more.

[@merkarion7883]

Very Good Video like always, especially with the Connection to the Lore 👍👍👍

[@BigRed40TECH]

The lore enhances the game. The game enhances the lore. They are ying and yang :)

[@merkarion7883]

@@BigRed40TECH A fact often overlooked . PS: Which Era is your favourite in BT ? Dark Ages, Clan-Invasion, Fourth Succession War or the Era before 3025 ?

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@merkarion7883 My personal favourite era is the 3rd Succession War. But I like most of them outside of the Fedcom Civil War and Blakist era.

[@merkarion7883]

@@BigRed40TECH I like the Timeframe of 3010 until 3030 which is the end of the Third and during the Fourth Succession War (mostly because there are three Trilogies are playing within^^ "Kell Hounds Ascendant-Trilogy", "Grey Death Legion-Trilogy" and "Warrior-Trilogy") Today came the first Novel of the "Kell Hound Ascendant" Trilogy in German for my Kindl^^ ...is starts 3010 on Galatea with the Beginning of the Mercenary Unit...and who is the first Member ...Walter de Mesnil...who is known from the Warrior Trilogy (and is part of the Davion MIIO...under Quintus Allard^^)

[@infernum5646]

Very intriguing stuff Red. Lots of different lore tidbits that add up to a great story for this beast.

[@mechwarrior7278]

Absolutely stellar video. It’s so exiting have people like you and Tex making this top notch Battletech content. It makes me so excited!!

[@bjornkleinert8854]

You make great videos. This is the best as of yet. Thank you !

[@johnw5154]

A brilliant video. Great history and fun informative listen. Cheers

[@kathilmechworks4895]

It's a mech I've really only started to play and started to love. Given Julian's Excalibur a try and boy is that an incredible mech. May it take him to victory against the black dragon.

[@jk3jk35]

Incredible! Thanks for making this! I keep coming back because even though I don't really like the MAD 2, I like using this video as background sound :)

[@realmofrandom3696]

this is my favorite assault mech, it used to be the hero king crab carapace KGC-CAR with 4 LB10X solid autocannons, but then i got to use a MAD-4A and i fell in love with it. on one of my MW5Mercs playthroughs i have four MAD-4A and it is the most effective lance i run.

[@enmafries]

Bear's own Triple ER Large Laser with Twin Medium Laser variant is the best MAD II variant.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I just put it together for the sake of it too, lol

[@harvestblades]

Definitely not too long as that was so much great tech data, usage & lore! As part of the 40k Diaspora I love this channel!

[@dhoffnun]

What a rich and enjoyable Battletech lore video. Fantastic work.

[@Shedovv]

This is an Amazing Video! Feels like a Great Companion Piece to Tex's Mrauder 1 Video with its production value.

[@thorstenschafer6907]

Thx for this great video!!! My favorite mech of all time. I will watch this masterpiece over and over!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Battlemagi212]

Fantastic history & lore of the Marauder II!

[@cheesenumnum]

Fantastic job cant wait for more MechWarrior Lore!

[@senint]

Really interesting lore on MAD-II. 🤔 Thanks for all the effort put on source reading! 👍

[@derekburge5294]

Very nicely done! The longer entries are certainly welcome.

[@BigRed40TECH]

Yes indeed!

[@chrisbarnes2882]

I think you did a fantastic job one this one, I like the longer length and especially the lore deep dives!

[@BigRed40TECH]

Awesome, thank you!

[@danielreader4814]

Excellent video, really appreciate the long format to make sure you cover everything :)

[@BigRed40TECH]

Much appreciated!

[@randomnetsurfer]

Good work on this one, combining history, drama, and technical info~!

[@BigRed40TECH]

I always aim to please. :)

[@randomnetsurfer]

@@BigRed40TECH Yeah but this time you must have been using a pulse laser at short range with a targeting computer, because you hit it bang on!

[@Alex-ip1dn]

Awesome video Big Red. Thank you

[@shawnjohnson2770]

Great video. Very entertaining and informative.

[@AlphaAurora]

Yeah! Always love the mech reveal videos