Clan Jade Falcon vs Rasalhague Dominion | BattleTech Alpha Strike Battle Report | ilClan Era

[@misterbeeps]

We've reached the point where they have to fly in opponents now for Aaron to squeak out a win.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

lol it’s the only way.

[@sebastiang.5032]

That Mastodon is looking terrific! Also, great to see Matt back in the studio. He rocks!

[@matthewbirdsall9518]

Thanks partner!

[@psionics313]

I agree, that mastodon is belisimo

[@sebastiang.5032]

Glorious! DFA batreps are the best! 🐺

[@juddjensen7578]

You guys do a great job with these battle reports. Always great fun to watch!

[@Magermh]

Mastodon performed really well in this game. It held that objective for a long time and pulled a lot of focus. This is part of the game. But once you start a collection and like to add to it. The Gladiator, Rime Otter, Karhu, Ursus II, Vulture Mk III, Viking IIC, Beowolf IIC, Kingfisher, Arcas, Grizzly and Kodiak. Ghost Bear has always been one of the respectable factions. Going Dominion has permitted them to gain vehicles and Battle Armored forces like the Alex IIC and Kobold IIC. Ghost Bear could gain access to the Tyr with Elementals or Rabid. Good game. Was surprised as that point lead.

[@Linkous12]

Nice to see the Mongrel being used. Super under-appreciated mech.

[@Ichaerus]

A fun BatRep to watch, and glad to see Matt make an appearance. My vote for character name, is to use that of one of the Ghost Bear fans in your roster of Patrons. In this case, he would be Star Captain Brian Hall.

[@Miranda_Ghost]

A very fun match between two great competitors! Thanks to you both. That Summoner at the end knew it came within a hair's breadth of death with the engine hit rather than the cockpit (for some reason, I thought of the scene at the end of Jet Li's Fearless, where he pulls his punch at the very end...). My favorite mech was the jovial power-posing Horned Owl/Peregrine. As far as the occasional oddball wargames on this channel, I heartily take up the time-honored Ghost Bear saying: "Tremendous!" Also, apparently mastodons went extinct in the Yukon earlier then elsewhere --- not sure what to make of that. Maybe they weren't fans of maple syrup? Or the Mounties tried to ride them and just ended up offending their pre-mammoth sensibilities?

[@jonasskinner5536]

YES! Do historicals. With the new version of Bolt Action getting ready to hit the streets or something like Saga, there are tons of choices

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Rack up another win for the Rasalhague Dominion! Also Matt it's nice to see you. ;) Keep up the great content DFAWG!

[@HouseMasterPoDing]

Excellent BatRep as always, gentlemen. Nice to see Matt Steiner visiting the studio and appearing on channel.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Always awesome to hang with Matt!!

[@gavincross2902]

Very dynamic battle. One of your best. Thanks.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks Gavin! Always appreciate your viewership

[@markbrown8154]

Yes, you should do Some historical wargames on the channel, just to break it up a bit, and see what us fans think.

[@willtijerina5149]

Right on, so good to see The Colonel on here again! Excellent content as always!

[@willtijerina5149]

Also Historical games: Yes Mastodon: extinction combo of human hunting and climate changes Peanuts: A plant

[@willtijerina5149]

Also also Star Captain Timn Meadbottom

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

3 for 3!!!

[@jasonrucker4722]

Yes, you should do historical wargames. I several recommendations depending on the genre. Great to see Matt play. Mechs and Terrain looks great as usual.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks Jason!

[@Daemonettee]

Fantastic batrep! ❤

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thank you! Matt is the man!

[@theredbeardbard]

What a treat to have Col. Steiner in the studio! Hell yeah! (My name is also Matthew, so there is some bias.)

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

BIAS ALERT haha

[@lucasupright]

That is some awesome terrain pieces.

[@ELITESrBAMOFOS945]

MASTODON! LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@chriswilson6486]

Yes to historical games! Saga, Bolt Action, whatever!

[@ophiuchus3252]

Yoo, Love to see the new batrep and the Mastodon mini in action!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks! I was so blown away by the quality of the Mastodon! Great design and mini.

[@kaibechtloff5674]

great work 👌

[@rburt3]

Yay! Matt!!

[@cavemanbum]

3:16 - I absolutely LOVE your Hellbringer H. I want one. However, this was one of your conversions though, correct? If I want one, I'd have to kitbash it? 🤔

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thank you! And yes - there is a short for it out somewhere I think, which says which other ‘mechs I sacrificed 😄

[@barryxanchez2965]

Need more Alphastrike

[@omegavulture8379]

The classic gauss headshot 👌. Tremendous as they would say on Balkan. My theory is that the Mastodon pilot got called into work on their day-off so they are just pretend-working 😂

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

lol “tremendous as they say!!”

[@patrickligot5100]

Oh yeah a Mad Dog! Love that design. Looking forward you guys using a Turkina Z in your battlelytics and an Alpha Strike Battle rep. It is by far has the highest damage ive seen to this date with 15,10,5 SML

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

That ‘mech is pure insanity!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

That ‘mech is pure insanity!

[@bentreasure]

I really enjoyed it thank you! If you’re wanting to branch out why don’t you do some battletech aerospace battles instead.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thanks for watching Ben!!

[@NF-nv3xw]

I know whos that star captain piloting the Thor. If i remember correctly his name was Hammer. Pretty sure Star Captain Hammer Cook would fit perfectly with his fav mech. Fried chicken were served today on the barracks.

[@matthewneuendorf5763]

Star Captain Collen Zeevi of the Ghost Bear Dominion. The "Collen" spelling being from a Welsh saint who was once a soldier.

[@markevans959]

To be fair, while he couldn’t hit the side of a barn door with a potential massive damage output lost….. damn that Mastadon absorbed a LOT of enemy focus from the rest of the star! Awesome Batrep as always guys!,Hawkins is a GB Bloodname, Star Captain Dale “Hawkeye” Hawkins?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Haha true story! Thanks for watching!

[@markevans959]

@@DeathfromAboveWargamingalso totally ordering one of those mechs from Ares to the UK. That miniature looks awesome.

[@barryxanchez2965]

Half baked! Naughty!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

LOL YESSS

[@odstbane]

The mastodon is one of my favorite ilclan mechs. They're impossible to put down in classic with reinforced structure on a mech that big

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

“Thats no moon, that’s a Mastodon!” - Obi-Wan Kenobi

[@derekburge5294]

I was going to write up some nonsense about jump signatures triggering an alert in an abandoned Comstar facility when the Falcons enter Balkan, but really, what story is better than the Hellbringer landing a gauss headshot?

[@box2battle]

Ice ice ferret ... too cold, too cold.

[@alphawolf2993]

A guy on reddit r battletech uploaded 2,500 Override record sheets today!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

That must have been time consuming! Glad this person is so passionate about the system!

[@tonyhicks8775]

Star Captian Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka!!!!! Snuka is actually a bloodname for the GB's lol

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

I love it haha “They call me Superfly Snuka”

[@tonyhicks8775]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming he was actually a WWE wrestler back in the 80s

[@craigwinter3792]

I'd have to go with Jorgenson for the Star Captain. Classic CGB name.

[@allknighter5791]

I would watch some blood and plunder on the channel!

[@androssthered1157]

Yessssssss GHOST BEEEAAAAARSSSS! Andross Jorgennson for the bloodnamed pilot good sir. 🫡

[@3DAlphaStrike]

Historical wargames: ✅ . Other tabletop wargames: ✅ . Mechwarrior Destiny with tabletop integration (MW Destiny pg.175) ✅

[@nymalous3428]

At around 3:30 or so, the music playing... I think it was a part of Mechwarrior 2: Ghost Bear... Hmm... it seems that some of the rest of the music is too.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Thematically appropriate

[@nymalous3428]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming I played the soundtrack for Mechwarrior 2 in college to fall asleep to. It is very relaxing. It was a very fun game. Thanks for the memories!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Absolutely! One of my fav soundtracks - including the MW2 mercs soundtrack. Good times!

[@reecedignan8365]

Huh, lists seem to be quite interesting. Ghost Bears not using Executioners, Mad Dogs or Ice Ferrets And the Falcons not using any Summoners, Hellbringers but atleast a Nova lol. Hmm, I’m guessing a stipulation in this was both sides had to swap a couple mechs around before the battle for betting reasons. Also good battle report as always, keep up the good work chaps

[@benthomas5759]

Peanuts are legumes, they grow in the earth. Fact check me though. Good game guys!

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

This is exactly why I am confused lol

[@stormcrow28]

Ah Alpha Strike. Where the Vulture Prime and Hellbringer actually become useful

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

haha HB especially

[@nyandyn]

26:15 Non-heat modified damages would be 7-5-4, but the heavy lasers in the short to medium bracket push it down to 4-3-4

[@nyandyn]

Because of how short and medium bracket heat is calculated together, those heavy small lasers on a Hellbringer H make it worse. Just removing them altogether pushes damage up to 4-4-4. Lesson of the day: undersinked mechs with a heavy emphasis on short-range weapons suck.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Ahhh that makes sense!!!! Thank you!

[@sgtrock2175]

The real life Mastodon went extinct due to accumulated critical hits.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Lines up 😂

[@theledzep]

Did you miss a critical with the boxcars at 27:50?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Maybe!

[@slavchansidorov32]

Guys, can I ask a question here about wording in mission ruleset Im not too sure about? Does "wins the primary objective" as say in Price of Retreat means scoring primary objective or does it mean victory in primary score?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Means “regardless of score they win it” - in this context, if you retreat you can’t also win 🙂

[@slavchansidorov32]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming thanks a lot

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

@slavchansidorov32 you got it!

[@slavchansidorov32]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming if I might I have another question. In missions like Recon it sounds like in order to scan the objective, the scanning unit must be within sensor range of the objective. It sounds to me as objective have sensors, if it is that way, how do we know it's range?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

@slavchansidorov32 sensor range of the unit scanning it… check our quick ref guide or ASCE for ranges

[@johnrogers63]

Can I get a link to your laser pointer please?

[@psionics313]

Man, Aaron is rolling hot. What's going on here?

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

There was certainly a couple turns where I was almost certain I was going to get smoked by Matt.

[@castenmackerer3278]

Peanuts are a plant and the peanuts grow underground.

[@krashkow]

My offering: Star Captain Johan Tseng

[@castenmackerer3278]

c Collins Thornson Or Thorsson sounds good to me.

[@NessieKnows]

Ice Ice Ferret shirts when? lol

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Hahaha

[@dennismaddox3869]

The mastadons went brazilian their mostly bald now. Those elephant's are hiding something.

[@chriswilson6486]

I don't think I've ever seen so many 5s and 9s for crits, lol.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

It was uncanny!!

[@MrHeadphones64]

I imagine painting like an awsome would be difficult since they only have one hand. Unless the ppcs been switched with a paint gun

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Paint Projection Cannon 😂

[@MrHeadphones64]

@@DeathfromAboveWargaming all three ppcs replaced with red, green and blue for color tones

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

The ultimate RGB machine!

[@SalamiTactical]

Star Captain Colin Weißenborn

[@ProjectWARBEAST]

The mastodons went extinct because Chuck Norris wanted breakfast.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

LOL amazing

[@andrewparsons7876]

Peanuts grow under ground guys.

[@Papa_Murgle]

His bloodname should be Magnus Ortiz

[@castenmackerer3278]

Collins Thorensson

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

I’m into it!

[@ToastedWaffles_]

Another Ohioian? Huzzah!

[@Kosh127]

After watching the guy in the hat cry and complain about how bad he is doing while kicking the teeth in of the falcon player I won’t watch any of this content again. What a baby. It’s really repulsive to see such a poor winner. The falcon player was a class act.

[@DeathfromAboveWargaming]

Please never come back.

[@sempermilites87]

At 27:52, I noticed that roll had a "through armor critical" that you forgot to roll for.

[@geammanDW]

57:20 We ate them all, and they were delicious!