LANCER Lore: Harrison Armory | Imperial Mechs

[@mr.cobalt1668]

The Lancer setting doesn't have the Geneva Conventions. It has a list of "Things Harrison Armories Isn't Allowed To Do In The Third Committee".

[@bthsr7113]

"So long as Third Com is watching"

[@morepenguins6247]

The perfect corporation, with absolutely no flaws or disturbing elements!

[@alatar4188]

and anyone who said otherwise is a traitor ?

[@morepenguins6247]

@@alatar4188 Precisely!

[@luizbento6240]

I love things that are NOT warcrimes becouse H.A does NOT do that hahahahaha

[@LexYeen]

They're not war _crimes_ under Harrison Armory law! They're war _solutions!_

[@jeffreywiggins3502]

+2 Social

[@Humorless_Wokescold]

The Trade Wars are one of my favorite bits of the LANCER lore. It's genuinely great worldbuilding to remember there is never only one thing happening at a time. When a civil war breaks out inside an empire/hegemony, you better believe client states, neighbors and every dickhead with a coronet will be looking to capitalize on it.

[@Zaktact]

It's one of the things I love in my settings. Factions moving following their own goals and working around/with others. Not in a vacuum, but not stuck at the hip.

[@anguscampbell3020]

@@Zaktact This honestly reminds me of how the Soviet Union was sort of reconstituted into a corporate oligarchy in the Russian federation.

[@curiouswind9196]

"Its not a war crime if you make the rules" -Harrison, probably

[@romanplays1]

its not a warcrime the first time. so if you just keep inventing new warcrimes. you will never cause any.

[@gramfero]

​@@romanplays1correction: you will never be prosecuted for any war crimes you will still definitely do them a lot

[@romanplays1]

@@gramferoonly if you lose!

[@Luckie_7]

@@romanplays1and if you don’t get caught the first time well, that’s not really your problem is it ?

[@remor698]

I love the fact that Iskander's core power is a system that deploys miniature devices in an area that is like half a kilometer in diameter. This system was originally a mine clearer, seeking out those hidden explosives and firing a flechette into them to disable them. The emphasis here is on "was". Someone at the armory realized that this same system can also be loaded with miniature mines, suddenly turning the greatest mine field disabler into the greatest mine field creator. Effectively the entire map becomes explosive on use, though the trigger thankfully isn't proximity, it's any movement beyond your standard walk speed, so you better tread carefully.

[@1ManRandom]

You know, HA’s chassis designs make so much sense to me now. They used to confuse me, because while every other manufacturer’s designs tended to fall in line with their general image, GA’s designs always felt less like the products of a leading arms manufacturer, and more like the results of a company-wide cocaine bender. Their designs being created by a collective of cascading NHPs makes so much sense.

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

One of them: WHA. WHAT IFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF. *IFFFFFFFFFF.* LASERS. YEAH! LAAAAAAAAAAAAAASERS! AND BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURNING. HAHAHAHAHA CASTIGA- no, no don't tell them that BUUUUUUUUUURN!" and that's how they made the Sherman

[@Attaxalotl]

@@magicrainbowkitties1023 The NHP's training included every Sabaton song.

[@beancandev7818]

“Company wide cocaine bender.” Is one hell of a sentence, and very fitting for Harrison Armoury.

[@lividcanadian9406]

Ah my favorite war crime syndicate disguised as a company, Genghis my beloved

[@rocksteadyska6933]

BUUUUURRRRN EVERYTHING! ~ Ghengis Pilots. probably.

[@JudgeNicodemus]

*TOTAL BIOME KILL*

[@infernodelta70]

If you want to melt something, be that yourself, the laws of physics, or everything else, Harrison is the manufacturer for you!

[@bohba13]

Harrison having its foot in every door is just good business, war is won with logistics, and by doing a bit of everything their logistics are fully under their control.

[@Temporal94]

American Military Industrial Complex moment (legit though if there was something the US military is known for it's having logistics down pat lol)

[@bohba13]

@@Temporal94 _exactly_

[@w3vil233]

Can't fight on an empty stomach

[@bohba13]

@@w3vil233 an army marches on its stomach. also, funny seeing you here.

[@w3vil233]

@@bohba13 funny seeing you too

[@uhjn]

Worldkiller and enkidu are 2 of my favorite mechs in the game, because there are few things mkre satisfying that watching the enemy's eye whites melting

[@samueljohnson4414]

My Uncles third cousins brother served with the original Harrison. Glad to follow in his footsteps, we'll drown the stars in life.

[@BillNyeTheBountyGuy]

HA is a funny abbreviation of Second Commission.

[@AsynchronousStoryteller]

Tidal locked planets spin, they just spin in perfect time with their orbit such that the day side is always facing their star or parent object. If the planet didn't spin it would have a normal day and night cycle that would be a year long as it orbits the star ;)

[@enterchannelname8981]

Wake up babe new Zaktact just dropped

[@RecklessFables]

I guess I'll start making coffee.

[@AzureIV]

I am surprised that there is another very good content creator beyond 11dragonkid that has great Lancer content. Please keep up the great work!

[@diverlawn3491]

You should have metioned how Tokugawa has some of the highest damage combo in the game. And that it has defences made of paper.

[@talscorner3696]

"I paid for the whole heat cap, I'm going to use all of it!"

[@Attaxalotl]

-John Crieighton Harrison I, 4496U

[@be-noble3393]

Thank You for doing these. Our Lancer group went up License Level 1 and I ended up going with the Saladin.

[@loganswalk8621]

I do hope for a dedicated book for the big four(IPS-N,SSC,HORUS,HA) either individually or a single book because there’s a lot the core book doesn’t go into and getting a detailed look into the inner workings of these factions would be really nice and the book(s) could also introduce a few mechs related to those factions.

[@Laikafan02]

I think my favorite part about them is their weapons, specifically the Tachyon lance. It’s just a particle accelerator but weaponized, it’s overkill and I love it.

[@remdiaz483]

The "fight"" with ra is definitely the funniest thing in the history of Lancer

[@tecguySD]

I would like to thank Big Sal for keeping me safe out there.

[@modernswampwitch3399]

Thank you so much for making these! My kiddo is a dm and teaching me how to play, these are a super lifesaver!

[@Zaktact]

Happy to hear these videos are a help.

[@thatonezaku5011]

I have literally been checking your channel for this video religiously, thank you so very much.

[@planetfall5056]

19:19 That reminds me of the Boov weapons from The True Meaning of Smek Day.

[@notleviathan855]

Ghengis is my favorite frame, my first time trying it I didn't realize that I had turned into Pyro from TF2. What's even better is if you start putting points into movement, and start sliding around the battlefield like a mad man burning literally everything. Such a fun mech, totally not busted.

[@TheRaikoku]

That "hola" at the end fucking killed me 🤣

[@necktiefox2917]

Harrison Armory: All we're saying is: Give War A Chance! -'This message brought to you by people who are definitely not SecComm war criminals who also did nothing bad ever, honest.

[@BadPabda]

With all the hype you gave Ghengis mk2, i cant wait for you to cover the mk1

[@Yacovo]

Harrison the Yes: "For the Sta..., I mean for the Clone Netwo... I mean for the corporation! Got it right the third time so it counts." Thanks for the video.

[@Cage532]

They're doing their part, are you? Join the Harrison Armory Legions Today! Great video.

[@dathore]

Every time I see one of your videos drop, it makes me wanna get into Lancer more and more.

[@RoyHobbs-f4v]

... love "The Armory". Thank-you for these videos; you present them so well.

[@bohba13]

I've loved your content because of how funny it is, _but knowing you're a fellow packers fan!_ SUB!

[@HuevoBendito]

FOR THE PURVIEW

[@alexadre2142]

I like u gave the baronies a glove as in more soft power and harrison a gun

[@Zaktact]

A small touch I'm happy was noticed.

[@thatoneguy5856]

“And also the first large scale documented case of those accords being enforced.” Just an ominous sentence lol

[@metavault0923]

oh no, you left Enkidu out in the end, great video tho, i'il be wwatching more of it

[@ArkStClair]

How they fuck are people sleeping on this youtuber?? Keep it up mate your making fire

[@jeffthedoomknight]

Great vid! Looks like you're having a lot of fun experimenting with video editing on this one and it feels a little less scattershot than previous vids trying to cover a lot all at once

[@Zaktact]

I look to improve. Improving sometimes takes experimenting, which doesn't always work out. I'm happy with how this one turned out and am happy you liked it.

[@samuelparis7218]

HA also makes all the Axe Body Spray scents. Why do you think the cans fit in a 40mm launcher? (do not try)

[@CaptianScorpion9769]

Yet another great video from Zaktact.

[@xx_lowly_xx]

I have no desire to play this game. But i love these videos 😂 keep it up dude ❤

[@ChartreuseDan]

I've been looking forward to this all day. Another great lancer guide

[@caelanforeman8639]

"Horus is... horus" yep, sounds about right.

[@qigonglungz]

Warhammer 40K fan looking for new and interesting lore. I'm interested!!! You got my sub...!!! Nice presentation...!!!

[@Chaos-Devil51]

I love this series and your coverage of it thank you good sir.

[@trashman9712]

Ah yes the goat zaccy zac back at it again

[@svenabel2987]

Name a better couple than HA and Nuclear Cavalier. I'll wait

[@kronos661]

Caliban that can beat you to the pulp with it's bare hands because that tiny wrecking ball didn't have enough things that can push you away or blow you through the walls.

[@robselby9567]

@2:12 There's a typo, says 45145U. Love the videos, keep up the good work!

[@PeachyBeins]

Whoops looks like Lich shenanigans 😅

[@Zaktact]

Aaaah, dang it. Tried to get all of those.

[@FireFan44]

As someone who killed a Witch with a fully charged Apocalypse Rail a couple sessions ago, I approve this message

[@damiens_hair]

Hell yeah, love this man

[@Grimsowerart]

God I'm looking forward to the KTB

[@necro5000]

Love your videos!

[@postmodernguava9518]

I love the bit of Lancer fanon that the Think Tank uses all the crazy shit that Lancers (and by extension, PCs) do as inspiration for their ideas, inventing ways to _enable_ said crazy shit.

[@ragnar40kblackmain]

Are there any stories about Harrison the first purging the local 3rd comm elements on Ross'shamra? Or is all that just four paragraphs in the core rules PDF?

[@Zaktact]

Sadly only mentioned in the Draft and alluded to in the core book. Not much on it except that it was very "red scare" esc in the following decades after the founding. Lists, disappearances, suspicion, etc.

[@bthsr7113]

Question. In battletech both as a wargame and TTRPG, it is very possible to get toys you like from people you don't by looting, salvage, and yoinking. How viable is it to acquire a certain manufacturer's gear if you don't like supporting them, or you're actively in their bad graces for covert operations to upset their longer term for annexation and conquest of a world in the purview?

[@LexYeen]

HORUS provides, comrade.

[@bthsr7113]

@@LexYeen But I'm not talking about Horus randomly(?) sending me paracausal nightmare things without my asking, I'm talking about acquiring Monarch License ranks after disrupting omninet traffic to an SSC gene vault or getting Barbarossa license ranks after doing raiding of a supply hub and distributing classified communiques from Harrison Armories internal communication.

[@warlynx5644]

It really depends on your GM, but that can certainly be a possibility

[@gunslingerspartan]

Harrison armoires we gave you the whole thermometer, use the whole whole thermometer

[@somefishhere]

Is there a fan compendium of homebrew mechs? Would love for you to review a couple of those.

[@eu4io602]

The Sunzi bit was nice

[@Attaxalotl]

_Hola_

[@mavairick]

21:20 => if you are not in the danger zone, are you even fighting ? XD

[@Naedlus]

Okay, I would expect a "crack" as air rushed into the void creating a sonic boom for people near the effect to hear from that one displacement weapon, but, sure, it can possibly displace matter back to prevent that given paracausal capabilities that allow for science that is effectively magic

[@Zaktact]

Yeah when it comes to the "effectively magic" part., rule of cool, etc. Though that actually brings up a point as to how it works when it fails to displace. There is no save for it in the game, it simply does a large amount of flat damage, the things that would be brought to zero by that damage are just gone (including parts of structures), but if something survives it's left with pieces of itself missing almost as if taken atom by atom from the total construct. So it's not exactly just teleporting away, it does "something"...

[@Naedlus]

@t Sorta sounds like a tech similar to Star Trek transporters, just without the fancy sound effects. As though they disassemble at an atomic level, catalogue, and transmit the matter as energy to a new location to be reconstituted, but without the safeguards, revelling in the idea of "If it can't get warped out in X amount of time, they can deal with partial deconstruction as we forcibly halt the teleportation process.

[@____________838]

I was beginning to wonder if I had missed this one.

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

8:02 Worm reference?

[@flameendcyborgguy883]

My gameplan: >Get the Sherman >Get the mag clamps >Get the Pulsejets >Get the Barbarosa long range brasing thing... >... >Profit

[@toodles3492]

YES YES BIG MECH BIG GUNS YES

[@sonicx059]

Could I know where the images from 13:19 came from?

[@Zaktact]

Both images came from Endless Space 2 United Empire faction art.

[@SpaceMarine4040]

Hmm, Ghengis reminds me of Battletech's firestarter. Love of fire: check, viewed as a walking war crime in universe: check, continues to be used as people disagree that war even has rules: check.

[@utsukushiidesu3966]

21:21 Edgingrunner mech

[@BadPabda]

Harison is my favorite manufacturer im kinda sad that some of its mechs got left out :( Also Tokugawa is singlehandedly weebier than every SSC mech.

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

7:15 there’s gotta be a sherman antitrust act joke here somewhere

[@danielharrison2383]

FOR ROCK AND STOOOOONE

[@epikreaper19]

never expected to see a photo of RASPUTIN my beloved in a video about lancer, but her i am!

[@Zaktact]

Big secret synthetic mind base in a polar cap of mars, how could I not put big red in the video.

[@epikreaper19]

@ yesssss

[@dappernecromancer5364]

Okay but what's the music playing during the Tokugawa section

[@aidengaming5999]

Minor correction, but tidally locked worlds do spin, just at the same rate as they orbit, still loved the vid though

[@Biotear]

ComStar: You don't get a choice!

[@XavierAcosta-lf5kt]

Oh, man. I missed the premier😮

[@Rin-u1c3w]

I would like to know more about Enkidu please

[@chickensox8318]

what was that track that played when he started talking about Sherman?

[@codussigma]

Wheres the picture from 5:09 from?

[@Zaktact]

Endless Space 2. The United Empire

[@luizbento6240]

Im late but im here

[@st47hammer]

what is the picture at the start from the one with the guys in red and black

[@alexlopez4298]

United Empire from Endless Space

[@richardvaldes3959]

"The purple bruise"

[@tylershannon9319]

What's the song playing in the background of this? The guitar track. It sounds oddly familiar.

[@derekburge5294]

HA built the Sun Tzi. All crimes and flaws are fully forgiven.

[@skellylichboi6313]

BIG SAL SQUAD GATHER

[@Itsunobaby]

Harrison is just space ford. No one can change my mind on this.

[@wakefieldh121]

Green Bay Packers Shirt AND Lancer. I swear, up in Wisco there's more folks that know Lancer than anywhere else I've been. Haha.

[@Stormseer88]

It's not xenocide if you don't get caught! Warcrimes? What warcrimes!?

[@italianspaghett4359]

Xenocide is basically pesticide anyway...

[@martincampbell4211]

You should add the wii sports strike sound effect 😂

[@malachimusick6868]

Please more lore 🥺

[@kalintodorov7971]

i made characters who joins harrison armory at a young age and deserts and steals barbarossa what is your opinion

[@connendarf3857]

Hello there

[@BoisegangGaming]

Harrison Armory, AKA "Second Committee? No, we're legally distinct and totally not anthrochauvunists. Please stop investigating us. Here's a cool mech that was definitely not developed during the only war humanity has ever fought with an alien civilization where we pretty much genocided them and forgot about it."

[@demonkingsparda]

Also known as Warcrimes Inc, or Warcrimes R Us

[@ancientbuns6770]

21:39 *Who is YOU!?*

[@Zaktact]

Sunzi, a supplement mech for Harrison Armory. Current plans are to cover supplement mechs and frames in their respective supplements.

[@Gyro-nb6tp]

HA MY BELOVED

[@Mare_Man]

I feel like Genghis and Sherman should've swapped names

[@Moonlight-tf5ts]

The Garlean Empire wishes it was Harrsion Armories

[@rita6355]

At least they have emet selch

[@Scaevola9449]

I really wish Napoleon actually worked. That's right. It just doesn't function properly.