Huge thank you to Chapter Master Valrak for lending his voice to this video for the TRO quote. Valrak's channel, which covers Warhammer 40,000, can be found here: www.youtube.com/@ChapterMasterValrak Master Unit List information: Resources: www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/6336/scarecrow-ucu-f4 www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Details/6337/scarecrow-ucu-f4r TRO Dark Age: store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-technical-readout-dark-age Record Sheets Dark Age: store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/battletech-record-sheets-dark-age Iron Wind Metals Scarecrow Miniature: www.ironwindmetals.com/index.php/categories/cat-battletech/cat-bt-bm/product/battletech-20-5175/category_pathway-2
@Dazzxp Жыл бұрын
I thought that was Vals voice but then was thinking Battletech isn't really his sort of cup of tea, but what do you know it was!
@marcmiddleton2277 Жыл бұрын
I was like I know that voice, can it be So 😂
@NemFX Жыл бұрын
.. and then I saw this comment, and was immediately less impressed by my ability to guess voice actors. I mean, I was right, but still.
@spencerjones841 Жыл бұрын
It's not evil. It's just designed to deal with the threat that is infantry and especially battle armor spam.
@alexhurlbut Жыл бұрын
It's not evil? Every infantryman would like a word with you about facing flame-based weaponry..... There's a reason the flamethrower soldier was not a very popular job to take.
@mitch7235 Жыл бұрын
@@alexhurlbutso does that mean that soldiers in general are evil? Soldiers engage in warfare, which is brutality, and violence. This is the problem with subject morality. Without an objective, an ultimate, without something, someone greater than our feelings or cultural norms… Then it is all completely meaningless.
@alexhurlbut Жыл бұрын
@@mitch7235 again this is from soldier's PoV. Flamethrower soldier is an unpopular job not because you're attacking civilians but because you're inflicting flames on other soldiers and the soldiers hate it the most.
@mitch7235 Жыл бұрын
@@alexhurlbut yeah, I get what you are saying, and I understand. It’s cruel, horrific, and seemingly unnecessary. At least the majority of the time in war. However, if there is no objective basis for those feelings, then they don’t matter. In the grand scheme of things, nothing matters if there’s no ultimate good.
@spencerjones841 Жыл бұрын
I mean by that logic the Vulcan, Firestarter and every other flamer equipped design is evil
@th3b33f Жыл бұрын
Average Scarecrow pilot keeping a copy of the Ares Conventions in the cockpit just to laugh at it.
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
And rightly so!
@Martel_Clips4 ай бұрын
keeping it as a checklist you mean
@Chris_Sizemore Жыл бұрын
"Did you ever hear the tragedy of the Dark Scarecrow? I thought not. It's not a story the Federated Suns would tell you."
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Hah!
@RyeFields Жыл бұрын
It's the firestarter after it grew up, went to the gym, and starts to become an unhinged psychopath. And I love it...
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
That would imply that the firestarter wasn't already a favorite of psychos.
@leoismaking Жыл бұрын
No, this is more like Firestarter finally figured out that yelling "FIRE FIRE FIRE HAHAHA FIRE FIRE FIRE" from 2km away just gets you Gaussed in the face. So it learned to be sneaky.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
@@leoismaking Also that people are slightly less hateful of you if you mainly use bullets and photons instead of burning everyone alive.
@thomascraiker6449 Жыл бұрын
The Scarecrow, because if you have to kill infantry you might as well be efficient about it.
@MrDmitriRavenoff Жыл бұрын
That is right and proper.
@toysoldierkelsey Жыл бұрын
“War crimes oriented battlemech” is my new favorite classification for a mech.
@blue95kun Жыл бұрын
Sometimes, you need everyone in that trench, foxhole or bunker dead really fast. The solution obviously is to make something so good at doing it, there any survivors cry foul and declare it a warcrime to use it. But enough about the Trench Broom. The Scarecrow really hammers the point home that when you need dead infantry, you send this guy.
@Ironhold_Watch Жыл бұрын
It scares everything but actual crows.
@RyeFields Жыл бұрын
I don't know... 8 LMGs would probably scare those off
@Qardo Жыл бұрын
@@RyeFieldsBe surprise how fesrless Crows can be. *thinks* Wait. Is there a Crow Clan?
@josepholiveira2873 Жыл бұрын
@@Qardo No, but there are (Snow) Ravens. And some of them have the blood name Crow. (Otherwise, the Crow is a scout VTOL. I don't know enough about VTOL rules to know if the Scarecrow would be particularly good against it.)
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
Oh, I don't know, the noise, heat, bright light, and movement of mass would all likely scare most avian populations away.
@leoismaking Жыл бұрын
@@josepholiveira2873 Aren't Snow Ravens known for having a lot of naval assets? If so, I'd keep quiet about this 'mech. You really don't want to get into a war crimes competition against a faction known for having WarShips. Those things are basically giant war crime dispensers.
@g3heathen209 Жыл бұрын
Not as fast as a vulcan, but better armoured, armed and stealthy. Also more expensive of course.
@robrib2682 Жыл бұрын
what I'm hearing is a vulcan but worth the price of putting new armor on it instead of selling the salvage for 2 packrats
@argokarrus2731 Жыл бұрын
@@robrib2682nah stealth armor's pretty gas
@robrib2682 Жыл бұрын
@@argokarrus2731 bruh, I'm saying this thing is worth keeping around unlike the base vulcan... unless you mean a variant of the vulcan that has stealth armor in which case sarna needs to update
@afitz34 Жыл бұрын
I have not delved into the later eras of Battletech yet, but if and when I do-this mech will be on my list and will be assigned to (Classified Ultra Secret) Love hearing Chapter Master Valrak's voice in the intro. A true 7th Legion man! Glory to Dorn and House Davion!
@orbitalbutt6757 Жыл бұрын
I was with you right up until you said Davion. Y'all realize that someday you'll have to stop coasting on Victor's accomplishments, right
@afitz34 Жыл бұрын
@@orbitalbutt6757 More of a Hanse guy myself to be honest. Man definitely knows how to put on a wedding!
@greysonjones5429 Жыл бұрын
Great video! As a Fedsun, this just proves that we're the good guys. We're just making sure that all the bad guys dont go home!
@robrib2682 Жыл бұрын
*Davion savior complex invasion intensifies*
@carlll6101 Жыл бұрын
Damn.... that chassis can fit so many warcrimes... I love it.
@TheArchaos Жыл бұрын
The greatest danger to a Scarecrow pilot is not an enemy infantry formation, nor the BattleMechs's that support them, it is neither the artillery of far-distant guns. The greatest threat to a Scarecrow pilot is hubris and its best friend, overconfidence.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
"Can't hit what you can't see!" Runs straight into a minefield while laughing too hard to pay attention.
@XanderDraft Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the mech video. Another predator style mech like exterminator. The specialized designed means while it has weaknesses it does its job very very well. Thanks for covering the mech always on the lookout for new and exciting mechs. Hopefully megamek has this mech , and their is a 3d printable version to pickup
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Xandar!
@GrammarTron3000 Жыл бұрын
I love the mech warrior's take on war. What? 200 soldiers killing another 200 is FINE, but not a mech designed to do the same? Cry harder, Federated Suns journalists
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
It's the potential to do it to a sleeping company out of nowhere or to massacre a town and get off scot free that irks them. Also, that just means freedom of the press is still alive in the Federated Suns.
@gregdomenico1891 Жыл бұрын
As a FedSuns player, I like it. As for SpecOp Mechs, this isn't the first time they have done this; the Stealth was designed for the same thing: deep raiding and assassinations. The only thing this thing really needs is a Plasma Rifle. As for Valrak, I've been watching his channel for quite awhile, even though he is a dirty Dorn fan!
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Dorn would sign off on the Scarecrow.
@gregdomenico1891 Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH I'm thinking it's more of the Alpha Legion or Night Lords Style. Dorn would get a Construction Mech.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
@@gregdomenico1891 I see Dorn being fond of the Hermit Crab for versatility, though overall I see him favoring artillery and breakthrough mechs to fit the mind of assaulting fortifications.
@miafillene4396 Жыл бұрын
Take a Vulcan, improve it in every way, sick it on Kurita infantry.
@robrib2682 Жыл бұрын
you mean make the vulcan a viable weapon platform and then sick it on the weeabos
@SindriTheReaper Жыл бұрын
And Capellans. It's not war crimes cause kuritans and Capellans aren't people.
@Vericyn Жыл бұрын
Just looked this up on sarna. This is gonna be great.
@ARCCommanderOrar Жыл бұрын
Onwards my glorious mech friend!
@spotH3D Жыл бұрын
Nice! Such a cool mech and back story. I have one painted up in 1st Fed Suns Armored Cavalry scheme.
@kathilmechworks4895 Жыл бұрын
Just remember when I first got a look at this monster when I first saw the 3145 tro for house Davion and fell in love with it first sight. I like special missions mechs a ton and plan on putting one of these with a stealth a vulpes and gunsmith as part of a special missions lance. I can't think of a mech that is better at hitting infantry formations and ammo dumps and field bases than this thing. The shear psychological effect this thing has. The fire breathing demon in the dark. If you are in the business of winning wars, you build something like this plan and simple. Have a feeling if the fedsuns is going rise again, this thing is still going to be used a lot in times to come.
@idiom2805 Жыл бұрын
I think the other houses are mad they didn't think of it first
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Damn right.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH Given house Liao's history of pioneering both stealth tech AND advanced antipersonnel systems, I imagine they were especially envious and annoyed they didn't come up with it.
@georgesulea Жыл бұрын
"Killing utensils", I'm adding that to my vocabulary.
@johntaylor8095 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video, thank you!
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
It was fun to make :)
@Commander_Nearsight Жыл бұрын
I wonder if catalyst will ever make this mech. Such a cool platform I’ve never heard of before. Great video!
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Ironwind does, and a link to it is in the pinned post.
@Commander_Nearsight Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH awesome thank you!
@joeclerkin2653 Жыл бұрын
Wow, wasn’t expecting Valrak to show up there!
@JustinPivinski-cm2rh Жыл бұрын
I like that guest appearance from valrak. Wasn't expecting to hear his voice in a battletech video lol.
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
As I mentioned, I used to mod for Valrak, he's been a huge help to the channel and I'm super happy he agreed to do the part for this video. :)
@JustinPivinski-cm2rh Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH lol yeah I posted the comment in the middle of the video and at the end I heard your story with him. It's cool to know he's a good person outside of KZbin. Its clear both you guys really have a passion for the subjects you cover.
@Soulfruit260 Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the mech that goes “it’s not Geneva Convention, it’s Geneva Suggestion” Great vid as always red!
@infernum5646 Жыл бұрын
Another great video. That machine is a nightmare for light armor and anything made of meat. Lookin forward to the next one.
@freeranger00 Жыл бұрын
While they have a machine here that would be excellent for war crimes if it used in it's intended role, as a raider and anti-infantry mech, it won't be committing any. Yes, it is horrible that it would be burning unarmed logistics trucks and mowing down unarmored infantry, but that's no war crime, it is just the horrible nature of war. Anyway, I really like this mech. I generally prefer the FWL, but this is like a bigger, stealthy Firestarter or an advanced Vulcan and I'm into it.
@AlphaAurora Жыл бұрын
One thing I do love about the WoB era are all the stealth systems. Which I also hate fighting against. Also, the armour on this feels like the Vulcan
@gearstark2479 Жыл бұрын
This was a great video, I hope we get a plastic mini of this mech. I want two so I can call them Jeeper and Creeper. Also Chapter Master Valark was a great cameo. Can’t wait for the next Dark Age Mech!
@leoismaking Жыл бұрын
Someone should tell that Davion pilot that "hey, it's not THAT much worse than a Firestarter" isn't as encouraging as he seems to think...
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, should have stuck with the Locust comparison. That is a very effective infantry hunter, but it's okay because bullets are more humane than fire.
@jamesoakes192 Жыл бұрын
I'm enjoying the later era IS mechs interesting to get more of a look at those eras and I apricate the links for the master unit rules ^^
@BoisegangGaming Жыл бұрын
8:28 Captain Edgar Grantham should be called "holedigger" because dear God that is not the right response 9 times out of 10.
@shaider1982 Жыл бұрын
It’s like a walking Klingon Bird of Prey, another stealthy vehicle designed by another honorable warrior race.
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Honour in victory friends! honour in victory! :P
@robrib2682 Жыл бұрын
this one has an escape pod though
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
I've posited that a stealth hunch IIC would be ideal for Klingon values.
@shaider1982 Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECHagreed👍🏻
@RUINERx117 Жыл бұрын
I never knew about this mech and I LOVE it! Definitely need a mini of it. Maybe pair it with a Raptor II for stealthy spec ops missions.
@MrGrimsmith Жыл бұрын
Valrak is good people, remember following a lot of his Space Hulk stuff. I've also never lost the 40K bug, just don't buy the games anymore outside of for the PC. I simply can't afford it. Wonderful take on things and a reminder that the Federated Suns were based on Anglo-French nobility. Not exactly a good track record to follow, categorically NOT the good guys, just better at hiding their crimes than most. Excellent work as usual though, can't say that often enough!
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Thanks! And it was great that Valrak lent his voice, it definitely matched the quote. :)
@Doomrider47 Жыл бұрын
Figures an Imperial Fist would be part of the Fed Suns
@MrGrimsmith Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH If you need precise English or East Midlands drawl in the future I can help. Just most folks wouldn't understand the latter :P
@paladinslash4721 Жыл бұрын
If it’s called a scarecrow why wasn’t it designed to fight stormcrows?
@Primearch-GG Жыл бұрын
Because of their storm attribute, scarecrows are vulnrable to high winds...
@twobees7 Жыл бұрын
Just call it scarecorvid and have it kill ravens too
@HybriddicAirsoft Жыл бұрын
Ya know with the mercs box coming out and it being more combined arms, I can see the scarecrow and other anti-infintry Mechs having an increase in use
@R4V3-0N Жыл бұрын
Edgar Grantham is pretty spot on. I can't speak for its clandestine operations as I am unfamiliar with them. But attacking military targets and attacking infantry is no crime if it's carrying a machine gun or 8. With rubber bullets (something that BT does have exist and why so many security 'mechs use or depend on MG's) is also a non-lethal way to deal with crowd dispersion too. The 'mech has a job that is merely filled already by other 'mechs and tanks for millennium. They can argue about it not being 'sportly' but this isn't a game (well... in setting it isn't), it's a war, and people participate in wars to win as quick and efficiently as possible. What would make it more controversial though is if it took a page from the Liao book and just loaded it up with inferno SRM's and an assortment of flamers or plasmas... Though even so, I see no evidence that the Ares conventions forbade use of these weapons against infantry, tanks, or people in general beyond non-military targets.
@Sqwallbg Жыл бұрын
Great video as usual :) Have a bit of a question - which mech is on the last picture of the video? Looks cool.
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Custom mech to the channel.
@Sqwallbg Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH Thanks for the fast answer. So bottom line is i can't have this wallpaper :D Oh well - bummer.
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
@@Sqwallbg The channel discord has all the art and it is free for people to download.
@spacewolfblackmane19 Жыл бұрын
Seems like a pretty good, if not superior take on the anti infantry mech concept, with all the strengths and weaknesses that you'd expect. But honestly aside from maybe a few more double heat sinks, and a bit more speed, the Scarecrow isn't bad.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
And clan spec MPL. That would also be a nice upgrade.
@JCDadalus Жыл бұрын
I love that conclusion!
@liamboyle7749 Жыл бұрын
I’m so freaking excited for this.
@warlok363 Жыл бұрын
House Liao: Look what they have to do to achieve a fraction of our power (for specOps murder)
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Fantastic. lmao
@NevynAtAll42 Жыл бұрын
Well, it is war, atrocities happen. May as well be efficient at it. Except the R, that is just boneheaded; but war is like that, too.
@EmperorPylades Жыл бұрын
For all the talk about war crimes, I see this thing as a raider. Logistics are a valid target, and a couple of these things ambushing a convoy are going to raise absolute hell, and the lasers give them enough punch to deal with escorts. War is cruelty, and the Scarecrow is a reminder that even the supposed idealists embrace that fact. Just not when people are looking.
@robrib2682 Жыл бұрын
it looks like the bastard lovechild of a BJ-1 blackjack and a vulcan (don't get me wrong, I love the look). Glad to know that the inner sphere hasn't forgotten what both of those were made to bully
@bthsr711311 ай бұрын
Well the BJ-1 was meant to bully insurgents and civilians. The Firestarter was built ready to bully actual professional infantry.
@Somewhat-Evil Жыл бұрын
It's just a modern recon/rear area raider mech, as long as It's not used against civilian populations its far from being a "walking war-crimes factory". The controversy sounds more like a traditionalist Clan viewpoint of this type of combat unit. The mech looks like a Blackjack and a Vulcan had a lovechild.
@lordilluminati5836 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, people are acting like this thing shoots radiation
@Tyrchon001 Жыл бұрын
I've always seen the Scarecrow as a Dark Age replacement for the Vulcan. Similar mission profile, the same weight, and the Vulcan was nicknamed "Scarecrow" by the SLDF. On top of that, the main configuration of the Scarecrow is basically a better version of the Vulcan-5T, which was a variant predominantly in the Federated Suns. It makes you wonder if Corean looked at the Vulcan-5T, said "Hold my beer" and decided they could do "better."
@Capsuleer7 Жыл бұрын
As a fan of the Vulcan, I absolutely love this thing!
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
It's just not a vulcan though lol
@Capsuleer7 Жыл бұрын
@BigRed40TECH Ha, true. Still, it's right in my range of mechs. I've always been a fan of bad or quirky machines. Most of the games I play tend to be mostly infantry and tanks, with most mechs not exceeding 55 tons. Combined arms is a blast, especially when fielding loads of artillery!
@PraetorGix Жыл бұрын
It has 4 MGs and 2 lasers in each of the arms. But apparently to Battletech that is minimal. I guess in the adv. rules it's not an arm until it has 48 crit slots and 5 elbow joints...
@matthewneuendorf5763 Жыл бұрын
If I have one quibble with this, it's why use IS MPLs when you've already gone all-in on bleeding-edge tech? Lean in and use the cMPL instead. I really appreciate this 'mech especially in the Dragon's Tongue salient, which as I understand it is a long, unmitigated series of war crimes on the part of the combine. If the Scarecrow gets dropped behind enemy lines and begins a campaign of terror against Combine occupation forces and logistics systems, then it could potentially have a massively outsized impact on the campaign to liberate occupied territory while simultaneously putting the fear of God into the heathen barbarians who are slaughtering the people of the Federated Suns.
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
I suspect that in 3099, Davion didn't have access to Clan MPL tech, but did have Clan ER ML tech.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH Maybe, but it would be a good Block 2 upgrade.
@krissteel4074 Жыл бұрын
Anyone who runs is a Capellan, anyone who stands still is a well disciplined Capellan!
@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey Жыл бұрын
The Federated Suns would never commit war crimes. Surely you are confused about this.😊
@tanks608 Жыл бұрын
Capellan propaganda at its finest
@basara7 Жыл бұрын
Also, there is no war in ba sing se
@Elrigger Жыл бұрын
Killing your enemy with flamethrowers before the kill you is not a warcrime
@Kotch111 Жыл бұрын
I thought the Vulcan was nicknamed the Scarecrow so not sure why anyone would want THAT legacy!!
@Tatsu_of_Liao Жыл бұрын
Cool ‘mech!
@lucycooper9149 Жыл бұрын
*Points at Operation Lactic, Operation RAT, the whole Justin Xing affair* I'd argue that the FedSuns has a fine and long history of covert fuckery. Just because they preside over one of the less jackboot-y parts of the Inner Sphere, doesn't make the Davions any less dirty than anyone else.
@jasonmcquain7821 Жыл бұрын
Nobody survives the Realpolitick of the Successor States and comes out with clean hands. Davion sometimes coasts on having been the designated protagonists of the early years of the setting, but there's been a lot more that's come out in the years since that make it clear that while the FedSuns MIGHT be the least bad of a bunch of bad options...they're still a bad option.
@aelreth- Жыл бұрын
So the scarecrow is just as elusive and obscured as the Julian Davion's honor. That vile snake shot an unarmed man in his cell. #neverforget #toranagaistheman
@l0rf Жыл бұрын
Davion are just as bad as the rest of the Inner Sphere, but they feel bad about that, which makes them Noblebright.
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
"We killed you, which made us feel bad. :( "
@l0rf Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH look at all the war crimes you made us commit!
@lexington476 Жыл бұрын
4 out of 5 😊.
@treevenewson Жыл бұрын
Definitely a War Crime machine (MG).
@kirkkeichinger4534 Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to come up with a list of mechs to form a army to take on 40k imperium of man. This mech I'm adding to it.
@nathanielgrey4091Ай бұрын
I've never heard of this mech, and on looks alone in i think it may be ny favorite
@yecnay25 Жыл бұрын
Missed the Premier but here now.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
Instead of a mainline fighter, I think leaning into the stealth with a forward observer would be a much better option.
@HouseDavieMerc Жыл бұрын
Great video. To anyone that thinks Davion is above using flame throwers on infantry - Did you REALLY think they put a flame thrower on the Valkyrie VLK-QF in 2967 just to light cover fires? Did you think that Kentares IV happening in a year with the same digits scrambled wasn't deliberate? (2796) VLK-QF pilots have one thing to say to you: Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
@maxanderson2180 Жыл бұрын
A fantastic video as always, and hearing Valrak was a surprise, but a welcome one! We shall all unite as members of the plastic crack community!
@NemFX Жыл бұрын
Valrak, is that you voicing that dude?
@andrewryan1946 Жыл бұрын
Important note: Endo-Composite comes with the serious drawback of any internal structure damage being DOUBLED. One SRM gets through a crack in your plating? That’s FOUR damage to your skeleton, bucko
@andrewamann2821 Жыл бұрын
There's an easy way to get around that weakness: don't get hit, and don't leave survivors to call for reinforcements.
@byronbellaem6122 Жыл бұрын
Endo-Composite Internals are different from Composite Internals. The latter mimics Clan Endo-Steel in space and weight but takes double damage. The former weighs lighter Standard and heavier than Endo-Steel yet is just as tough as both.
@JosephMitchell-zw3db6 ай бұрын
Love this mech tanks for telling me about it
@ArexusGalia Жыл бұрын
I, a member of the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces, condemn the existence of this mech! *whispers* and would like to be able to get 20 of them
@chrisb3585 Жыл бұрын
The negative perception around the Scarecrow and it's intended use seems to be a very Davion problem, I doubt other powers having an issue with it, the previously stated Locust and Firestarters have been around for centuries by the time this strode off the assembly line. Hell, even the Clans have some very nasty and vicious anti soft target builds on their Omnis. You would think after centuries of exposure to conflict the citizens of the Federated Suns wouldn't be so... squeamish, yes the Scarecrow does horrible things to it's target, which is usually helpless against it, but so does an artillery barrage or an airstrike. Perhaps the public's view speaks more of the insidious nature of Davion propaganda concerning it's own actions and the wider Inner Sphere. As you said Red, the Davion government are far more like their neighbours in the Capellan Confederation and Draconis Combine than they would like.
@DeepBarney Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to get my dirty Capellan hands on one. I reckon some of the lasers can make way for more flamers and machine guns.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
I'd be more interested in seeing if stealth armor combined with the already installed active stealth is a worthwhile upgrade to make an even sneakier mech.
@h0shidont35 Жыл бұрын
Seems like an incredibly fun mech to use when playing combined arms, that's for sure.
@sim.frischh9781 Жыл бұрын
This mech is an ugly anti-infantry terror, like a mechanical monster from nightmares. Able to become near invisible, appearing out of nowhere striking the back of the enemy. Even mechs can be threatened if it gets in their backs.
@vixbrabec10 ай бұрын
man that mech never skiped leg day
@da_BemBem Жыл бұрын
This very spooky mech brings the action, at a distance.
@biancamitchell-x3f11 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Kaiju-Driver8 ай бұрын
Very nice.
@Xman42635 Жыл бұрын
Valrak jumpscared my ass, I was not expecting to hear his voice outside of his videos.
@turk88 Жыл бұрын
i would keep the chameleon and swap out the armament for ER Clan LLs , heatsinks and a targeting computer. Any extra tonnage can be put to a bigger engine. Engaging at long range with the Chameleon makes this variant a much better prospect.
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
Ah, nothing says, "F YOU!" quite like active stealth snipers.
@Reverb154 Жыл бұрын
Why so shocked? Wherever there is light, there are shadows...
@rafen40k402 ай бұрын
I think I would love this Mech in MWO I love stealth armor and can probably switch out MG for AC
@originalfreak31422 ай бұрын
Hearing Chapter Master Valrack here mid battletech video through me off XD
@BigRed40TECH2 ай бұрын
I knew he was perfect for the role lol
@hurnn1543 Жыл бұрын
Wow when the Firestarter isn't war-crimey enough
@AphexWebb Жыл бұрын
Another amazing video Red. Thank you for your continued dedication to produce Battletech content. If you need a voice actor, I'm happy to offer my services. If you need a grizzled sounding English tone that is.
@AlexVergo764 Жыл бұрын
❤
@observationsfromthebunker9639 Жыл бұрын
Great short take video. You haven't lost your touch there! the Scarecrow is a niche 'mech design, but he does his job well! Definitely designed to replace a Firestarter or more general Light/Medium type for FedSuns raiding companies. The Scarecrow is nicely designed to turn someone's second echelon formations into bleeding, burning chaos! The Hobbled Scarecrow is a pretty useless variant. For that one I'd say keep the Chameleon shield, drop the FTs, arrays, and pods, and put the saved weight (such as it is) into jump jets. The lasers are enough what's needed is more mobility and the ability to strike from ambush!
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
But then its not a scarecrow :P
@Finleymcg Жыл бұрын
Man! It's down to this or the Firestarter to be the terror of infantry.
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
This shreds infantry much harder than an FS9 I'll tell you waht.
@lopezmarlon Жыл бұрын
Personally, I was always scared of the Piranha. The Piranha IV is nightmare fuel. This Scarecrow is a Soul Reaper.
@patrykkaminski9747 Жыл бұрын
Why did i was thinking the scercrow has to plasma rifles
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Because you wished it was Capellan :P
@Gigas0101 Жыл бұрын
Stick for a body, head fulla straw! Gimme a scarecrow, rah rah rah!
@bthsr7113 Жыл бұрын
Play it through loudspeakers for extra trauma.
@fearlessfarless Жыл бұрын
Love me some good guy anti-infantry “fire” power!
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Support-staff beware! You're in for a scare! lol
@fearlessfarless Жыл бұрын
@@BigRed40TECH it’s not a war crime if they’re in a uniform…
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
@@fearlessfarless Successor States only kill people in Uniform, thankfully. :P
@rickusjamesus Жыл бұрын
Valrak was a great cameo!
@DonaldWWitt Жыл бұрын
Honestly think it's an over investment for an Infantry Killer; Clan spec Light Machine Guns and ER Medium Lasers, only the latter of which will be useful for extended unsupported raiding, and the Chameleon Stealth Tech makes it too hot to take on anything heavier than itself. It's expensive overkill for a job that could be much more cheaply done with Chemical Weapons.
@fjodorstjulkins5179 Жыл бұрын
Good choice on using Valrak for a warcriminal's voice!
@stephenknizek2651 Жыл бұрын
Scarecrow sounds interesting, but to be honest I'm not sure if it fits my merc unit's doctrine...even in the Dark Age. Especially with that 8m C-Bill price tag. That's equal to a pair of Centurions. O-O
@BigRed40TECH Жыл бұрын
Do a pair of Centurions kill an entire Infantry army without being noticed?