MechWarrior 5: CLANS - Character Featurette - KIT COMMANDER IBRAHIM ISMIRIL

[@pufthemajicdragon]

Dayum. I love the way Blake speaks in the first person. It tells me that he isn't just playing a character, he's identifying with and connecting with that character. And that adds depth and power to his portrayal. Plus it's extra meaningful how he's describing animated scenes in the first person, "...I'm looking up at the mech...", it shows how deeply invested he is. And it shows, the acting in these clips is AMAZING! I really hope PGI can get some BIG advertising on board with this. This kind of polish and attention to detail is what takes a game from A to AAA, and the whole world deserves to know that THE CHILDREN OF KERENSKY HAVE RETURNED!

[@twistedoperator4422]

Nothing worse than someone who talks in the 3rd person.

[@Wolfkin18]

Seyla Throthkin!

[@wicoli]

"I want the fans to like him" He's a Smoke Jaguar. The Smoke Jags are not to be liked they are to be feared, maybe hated. But, I'm impressed with the way he is talking about him.

[@d112cons]

That's sensible. When people are doing quote/unquote "evil", it's often not because they have evil intentions. There's plenty of people in these situations who are doing horrible things because they believe it's for the right reasons. That's likely to be significant in a story told within Smoke Jaguar - as they're culturally some righteous bastards.

[@wicoli]

@@d112cons That they are. Like I said Very impressed by how he was talking about the character.

[@BigRed40TECH]

I am so looking forward to this. I can't wait to rampage across the Draconis Combine for the glory of Clan Smoke Jaguar.

[@jaredsmith1337]

Love what you do & can't wait for your next video.

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@jaredsmith1337 Thanks! huge video on the Taurian Concordat is being worked on atm :)

[@jaredsmith1337]

@@BigRed40TECH AWS-M8, looking forward to it.

[@themodernfrontiersmen]

Same, even tho Kurita is my favorite, this is gonna be hype

[@MuteMccache33]

muh batchall

[@lsq7833]

"We were made for this." Literally, in this case.

[@bradhedgehog12]

That it is indeed. Let’s suit up.....and prepare for Mech Combat

[@themodernfrontiersmen]

lmao

[@azuaraikrezeul1677]

gets merced in tukkayid.

[@Blackthorn869]

Haha I showed my friend the latest trailer and when Jayden said "We were made for this", my buddy goes "How do you know??" So I had to explain that they were, in fact, quite literally made for this. 😂

[@jljl4560]

Truebirth!

[@brightenight8699]

PGI, please give us more of this guy. His performance was amazing. Despite only ever giving us grief I have heard people love this character. Mostly because he is honest and clearly experienced. He is a good contrast to our star mates

[@9f81rsd00]

I don't know why but I keep imagining Sergeant Hartman in his place. "Do you like donuts, mechwarrior?"

[@AdamK1095]

Ibrahim: "I bet you're the kind of guy that would fire on a person from behind and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to declare your Batchall! I'll be watching you."

[@lsq7833]

​@@AdamK1095those contractions are unclanlike, sibkin!

[@9f81rsd00]

"I do not discriminate between freebirths and truebirths. Here, you are all. Equally. WORTHLESS!"

[@ben2741]

“Is chow allowed in the mech-hanger?!”

[@thomasrose4523]

Ahh, with every video we get, the more excited I am! MW2 was my first video game, so childhood is coming full circle.

[@chilliewhk]

Same here! It's amazing seeing MW getting this cinematic again.

[@jonathanj.3695]

Same here! Even though I like Mechwarrior 4 a lot more.

[@Wraith-Knight]

MEK 2 was my reason for going out and buying my first pc

[@xyonblade]

mw2 was the first game i got from a garage sale, and never got a computer that could run it, lol. But I did play at a friends house.

[@warlordtarzan9850]

Nice! I grew up on Mechwarrior as well. Played the very first Mechwarrior in the early 90's! Hopefully this hits that nostalgia hype

[@emperorclaudius5499]

He's like a cross between Admiral Adama and Major Chip Hazard😅

[@r4plez]

so say we all

[@SulliMike23]

Everything else, is just a toy

[@allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

Damn, I was not expecting a Toy Soldiers reference on a BattleTech video all these years later, lol

[@Rawsilver]

This is definitely making me interested in the story. I really hope the rest of the game is as polished.

[@Lepestok_One]

A very colorful guy. Already love him

[@RicardoSavino]

If we don't get a movie after this game Hollywood is doomed. This can be better than Dune.

[@kryptonianguest1903]

I'd love a Battletech movie or TV series, but the rights to the IP are split up between too many companies. Look at how much it took to get Spiderman into the MCU and then remember that Spiderman is thousands of times more popular than Battletech. Also, too many people would jump to conclusions and assume that the Cappelan Confederation and Draconis Combine are racist caricatures of China and Japan.

[@elucid07]

@@kryptonianguest1903 And those same shortisghted hypcorites would not be up in arms about the "racist caricatures" of Germany and Sweden that are Steiner and Rassalhague.

[@fix0the0spade]

Hollywod is doomed, I wouldn't want them to touch Battletech anyway, look at the mess they made of Halo. Plus it took them 3 runs at Dune to actually make it good on screen.

[@bthsr7113]

@@kryptonianguest1903 Can you honestly tell yourself there isn't even a little yellow fear from the 80's? In particular, it's that they were the go to villains for the longest times. A tv series would be better given the long nature.

[@d112cons]

Not a movie. Give it to a company for a proper series - ideally somebody who's not afraid to throw cash at a production (basically HBO). Give me 12 episodes of the fall of Star League, ending on a single word to get you ready for season 2: "NO."

[@ra-ul1238]

Great cast and perfect match for that role if you ask me. His voice catches attention immediately as you'd expect from a kit commander. Really excited to see more once the game is out.

[@kevinwynott7755]

The Smoke Jaguar Clan are the equivalent of the early Klingons in Star Trek..... Ruthless and Brutal...but they haven't the resources for greatness. That's why, in the lore of the tabletop game, the Jaguar Clan literally folded under the attack of the Inner Sphere à the Star League......

[@MarkSerenadesYou]

The performance on display from this guy is brilliant imo. This is the character I'm most excited for and I think he's going to steal the show.

[@KerenskyTheRed]

It's great to see him talk about his character as if he is him. The production quality of these scenes is so good!

[@StarCaptainIcebeard]

He is a Starcolonel, a rank underneath the Galaxy Commander, with a Bloodname (family name) Ismiril. The Golden Ray going up indicates it on his insignia. Clans do not have family names, expect the top 25 Warriors of a Bloodname. He is called Kit Commander in functionality, since he is watching over those cadets. They are basically all his children, nephews or nieces. With a Bloodname, your Genetic code will be used in the Lab to produce more Warriors. There is no Gender requirement, since clans are a highly developed society. You can use eggs with the genetic code of two males or women, even from a surviving limb and so on. The strongest will reproduce artificially and as a result, there is an extreme evolution going on with the clan Mechwarriors in regard to intelligence, tactics, skills and so on.

[@ScottBoydathome]

"extreme evolution" - until you see the freaks in the pilot branch.

[@adamrandell7946]

@@ScottBoydathome Those big heads..... oooff.🤣

[@StarCaptainIcebeard]

@@ScottBoydathome Don’t forget the Fish-people produced by the SLDF, decaying slowly with the technology to freshen up the DNA being stolen by pirates after the succession wars.😂

[@StarCaptainIcebeard]

@@adamrandell7946 😂 I don’t want to know how Belters look like.

[@kdbx2sec]

Unfortunately, while selective breeding protocols do work (6 generations to produce 'elite' domesticated silver foxes, for example), the clan effort to breed the best warriors seem to have resulted in a bunch of charismatic assholes instead, because the methods used selected for those traits. Simply put, vain and selfish glory hunters who could manipulate situations and others to their benefit. But they aren't just flat-track bullies - they really could back it up too. That's why clan characters like Trent and Aidan Pryde stand out... they just aren't that kind of clanner.

[@jamessmith5666]

Battletech, doing war between the stars better than Star Wars.

[@baldbd64]

Starbuck, what do you hear? Nothing but the rain

[@tanksoldier]

Ironically, the Clans were bred and trained for combat... but not for war. There is a difference.

[@redknight85]

Some clans learn that and adapt. Other clans don’t…

[@Mr-Wisdomthief]

hence, Tukayyid...

[@johndevlin]

It isn’t ironic, per se. It was intentional. It’s Nicholas Kerensky’s system; a way to maintain the combat edge without destroying all their equipment and technology.

[@r4plez]

PGI is cooking good heavy atmosphere of the story

[@chargerguy1973]

The Word of Blake is spoken.

[@deabogg]

bro i cannot fucking wait for this game.. its crazy going from mechwarrior 2 being the first game I ever played on my dads computer.... to this

[@HalcyonDaze149]

Im very excited for this campaign! A real story with real narrative and character development

[@Ferrostitan]

It's super easy for game devs to shove voice actors in a booth, have them phone it in and call it a day, but I'm not seeing it here. These behind-the-scenes featurettes remind me of the Mechcommander, Mechwarrior 3 and 4 intros in a very good way. Let's hope they deliver with this one.

[@ben2741]

“You do not have value because you have yet to demonstrate any.”

[@tomgjgj]

Knowing Clan warrior caste society, he's the closest thing to a parent these kids are going to get.

[@MrArtrynk]

Blake Stadel did a great job, my respect ."I will buy it, Take my money")

[@jonathanj.3695]

Battletech is back, baby!

[@Indianaexplorer]

Kinda wish they would've modelled the character model on his face. He sorta looks the part

[@Blackthorn869]

Im so damn excited for this.

[@RambaRal87]

Man, thought of the Pyrde novels, and was like, oh their final bit of training is going to be so much easier than how Jade Falcon trueborns have to do their Trial of Position, lol.

[@ROIBR]

Excellent Job on being a Badass! 😁

[@MuteMccache33]

Meet the star: The Trainer

[@SodBoi]

Keen to see this VA do him justice! Looks promising!

[@iaiband]

This finally could be a decent game. Grew up on MW2 so this adds more dimension to the Clans

[@brennanxx3]

Love these!!!! Please keep them coming. I literally look up Mechwarrior 5 clans on KZbin every day as soon as I'm home to see if there is any news. This IP means the world to me. I spent AT LEAST 2000 hours or more playing Mechwarrior 4 mercenaries as a kid and still do today. I'm almost to 1000 hours in mech 5, I couldn't be more happy with what y'all have given us and I'm beyond stoked for what's to come in clans! Keep up the hard work PGI, y'all ain't let me down once 🩵

[@scottjuhnke6825]

Smoke Jaguars don't even like Smoke Jaguars. How does he think the fans will like him? LOL

[@herrlogan17]

I really look forward to this. Those cadets faces though....are they clones somehow?

[@magni5648]

They're Smoke Jaguars. Jags don't do freebirths, so every one of them is a test-tube baby. Same sibko means they're all from the same pair of "parents". "You were made for this" is a very, very literal statement in this case.

[@herrlogan17]

@@magni5648 Nice 👍

[@bradhedgehog12]

So the Draconis Combine Is the Main Bad guys for the Jaguars.

[@DriFD3S]

OMG, So cool. I literally can't freakin' wait!!! AAAAAAAAGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[@ben2741]

God that music in the beginning…

[@th3b33f]

That's how I talk to my discord kittens as well.

[@TheRumChum]

jesus b33f lmao

[@idunno402]

LMAO

[@thomascraiker6449]

I’m liking these character profiles.

[@y63r10n]

Seyla

[@DarthFiscus]

Battletech could work really well as a tv show. The lore has so many different tropes that you can intertwine in interesting ways. Court intrigues, mystery from the deep periphery, lostech treasure hunting, solaris gladiators, clashing ideologies, futuristic cities, merc life, betrayal, war crimes, heroic "last stand" battles. The rise and fall of star empires. Earlier in the timeline you even got spacebattles. The mech scenes might be a bit too cheesy for the mainstream, but they would be cheaper to produce than ever (thanks to new AI tools). A show like that wouldn't be so much of a financial risk anymore. I hope someone gives it a shot.

[@kdbx2sec]

I always felt they could start with something small yet relevant, fresh fiction. The story that suits it best would be the genesis of Avanti's Angels during the clan invasion. Just enough political intrigue to hint at the many layers of the 'Game of Thrones' going on, but close enough to the front lines, and of course taking place during the maelstrom of the clan invasion, and offers the directly opposite viewpoint of this game.

[@TomBealby]

Really excited for this, looks great. There are two female characters- Mia and Naomi- listed as your starmates in some of their earlier trailers, but only one in these clips. I'm hoping this means that they are going to really reflect the absolute cutthroat nature of the Trials these are going to have to go through to get their spurs and not all the original 5 are going to make it through to the game proper

[@ShadrackMeduson]

i noticed that they are making small changes to the cutscenes. In 2:38 that same scene plays on the jayden trailer. The hand of the commander is half open, like forming a claw. But in this trailer, the same scene his hand is completly closed forming a fist.

[@thesmoness]

yah game still in active development of the bug and polishing phase until release

[@HammerJammer81]

I REALLY hope the game lives up to the hype

[@iller3]

There's a saying about being wary of Old Men in a field where young men are dying every day

[@igorbukovy4313]

Never heard about kit commanders. What kit stand for?

[@logion567]

"Kit" is just the name Smoke Jaguar have for the kids in the Sibko where their Warriors to be spend their equivalent to middle and high school

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@logion567 Okay, thanks.

[@darkalman]

Kit as in Kitten The name for kids in Sibkos

[@KillerOrca]

​@@igorbukovy4313All the Clans have different names for their trainees. Many use the younger form of their totem animal (Jaguar kittens, Falcon chick's, Wolf pups)

[@igorbukovy4313]

@@darkalman Got it, thanks.

[@killadroid2]

I love these videos.

[@WatchTMC]

😳

[@NinjaContravaniaManX]

Next: Character Featurette - The Madcat! "Pew pew, shshshshsh shshshshsh, brrrrrrrrrr!"

[@andresabourin2423]

I am so hyped for this

[@xxxbg311]

Is MechWarrior 5: CLANS DLC or separate game? And do i need original MW:5 to play it? thanks.

[@Folgeantrag]

Its a new game

[@MrTBSC]

it's a stand alone

[@alyssadraculesti]

You kind of got Gunny from FMJ pretty decently as far as the tone.

[@JuergenGDB]

THIS IS MECHWARRIOR STYLE...

[@ace2ersatzhandy383]

@PGI, please please please don't fuck this up.

[@kyryosx]

Can’t wait for this one. Mechwarrior 5 was one of the best surprises in my life. 20 years after I got MW4 , I had played MWO for a bit but I never realized there was a MechWarrior 5 till I walked into a GameStop I gave over 250 hours logged

[@indignantlamentation6307]

Everyone is a badass until they have to fight space AT&T.

[@warlordtarzan9850]

The phone company shows no mercy....

[@OddSpartan1337]

Comcast lol

[@Kuraimizu9152]

I hope this means we are getting Operation Damocles in a expansion.

[@azuaraikrezeul1677]

heavy comstar breathing.

[@praiseHashut]

Word, Blake ;)

[@twistedoperator4422]

In sure this ends diplomatically...

[@swordsman422]

Based on his speech in the first trailer, I guess that means the main character's star are from the Ismiril bloodline.

[@SoranPryde]

Liam Ismiril was the 1st saKhan of Smoke Jaguar, so it is a highly regarded Bloodhouse. These kits have a lot to live up to

[@MalakianM2S]

Something, something, Luthien.

[@RevanBartus]

I like that we're getting more story.

[@winterpetersen5519]

It would be interesting if we could customize the pilots if multi-player was implemented.

[@MrTBSC]

you mean like the pilots looks? doubt it .. there will be skill trees from what i've heard multiplayer is also only coop, no PvP

[@Jizzfrosti]

I love his enunciation, real clanner shit

[@xyonblade]

just give me the game already!

[@vixbrabec]

someday Outworlds Alliance someday

[@johndevlin]

I think his bloodname shoulda been Moizoos

[@michael8985]

Can't wait

[@techazimut]

я фанат мехвариора с детства, 25 лет назад в первый раз поиграл в боевых роботов, продавайте пожалуйста вашу игру в России

[@Gaming_Helm]

Wait a second, this kid already has a bloodname? Without earning glory for the clan yet?! Or has this Star already fought and earned honour?

[@SoranPryde]

@Gaming_Helm The row of cadets are from the Ismiril Bloodhouse, but they have not earned their Bloodname yet unlike Kit Commander Ibrahim Ismiril

[@Lanceleader]

Oooooh got the chills at the end you did a very good job.

[@rlin]

Jaguar's Joanna

[@rlin]

though his face maybe says kael pershaw. cjf for life

[@Panax07]

So the starting mech is a Summoner?

[@deabogg]

I dont think so, I think you are gonna start with a shadow cat, and once you have proven yourself you get the summoner/thor

[@kdbx2sec]

@@deabogg Probably the Summoner is for their first Trial of Position.

[@marianofernandez6470]

Okay but where is TUKAYYID

[@bradhedgehog12]

He must be your boss?

[@chrismillin5805]

Very stupid is such a smoke jauar line and the kerensky line is classic

[@marcellinma6169]

*Blake's* Word be praise!

[@swordmonkey6635]

Sadly, the true culture of the Clans, that of a fascist military society grounded in the principles of eugenics and myopic social views, can't be shown in its real light in our current time. The late 1980s and 1990s, when most of the foundation of Clan culture was molded, would've been the better time to accurately show the Clan cultures and how alien and dogmatic they were.

[@AdlerMalthus]

A stereotypical sergeant in the American army :)

[@keanueraine]

Maybe you would prefer your training Sergeants to offer the cadets tea and crumpets with some cheese. Perhaps coddle them and fetch their slippers when they complain the floor is cold. I kid of course. This guy gives off more Commander Adama vibes than a staff drill sergeant. Caring but tough.

[@lsq7833]

Solahma.

[@mightybaloo1880]

I guess you could call this segment, "The Words of Blake." Eh? Huh? I'll leave.

[@MrTBSC]

way too early

[@sharlin648]

Superbly done and so now we know what the Jag's trainers are called. I'm guessing when he lost the eye he was probably on the edge of being solhama in terms of age and so it was deemed not necessary, but his skills netted him the role of Kit Commander. Which is something he probably HATES as he's a clanner and their goal is to die in battle. I wonder if he will or not, perhaps in some ambush or something.

[@Battal_Gazi]

İbrahim is a Muslim name. Are there Muslim nations in Battletech?

[@MrTBSC]

nations would be kinda wrong, you have a number of planets with influences from earth/terran religions you have the houses each spanning anywhere between 100 to 200+ worlds in the inner sphere which may focus on one or 2 religions over the others the free worlds league under house marik is said to be the most diverse in population and culture, so no real focus there the draconis combine under house kurita has a bit of a focus on buddhism and asian religion the clans don't really have a religion but they revere their founding father almost like a deity federated suns under house davion has a focus on christianity rasalhague republic afaik has more a focus on northern mythology lyrian commonwealth under house steiner focuses on ... money

[@Battal_Gazi]

​@@MrTBSCSo Free Worlds Leageue is like our Ottoman Empire. It suits for me 🙂

[@MrTBSC]

@@Battal_Gazi i wouldn't really say that but eh

[@Significantpower]

The only Clan with significant real life religions are the Cloud Cobras. Most Clanners will call themselves atheists, but with a devotion to their ideology and civic cult.

[@Battal_Gazi]

​@@SignificantpowerMost clanners are atheists? Oh no... I loved them 😢

[@ashuraha]

Even if this game playwise, is just Mercs with Clan skins and weapons, just from this scene I know this game will be genre defining.

[@TheFactMan1]

CAN’T INVERT THE Y-AXIS?!?!? What a dumb choice. Glad this was on gamepass, so I don’t have to submit a refund request to Xbox. Well, at least I have an extra 56gb of space available on my hard drive now. DELETED!

[@kassi420]

Everyone is always quoting Nicholas Kerensky… give me Clan Wolf. I want to play for Clan Wolf again!

[@MrSardauk]

Cool guy. Clearly solahma though. Stand aside, old-timer. Your views is what got you here: discarded.

[@kaeseblock1362]

[@artiesykes]

this character looks half decent as a battle hardened genetically crafted supersoldier but all the character models should be more bulked out and Ibrahim is about 8 - 10 years too old for a senior/elder in the clans. besides that, i have no other constructive criticism. his script and delivery fits the context and is promising.

[@MrTBSC]

bulked out? ... these are mechwarriors, not elementals

[@artiesykes]

@@MrTBSC im not saying they gotta be 7 feet tall and look like the liver king, but these guys look closer to aerotech sibkin than clanner mechwarriors. read a book guy.

[@Washeek]

@@artiesykes I don't really wanna fight, but maybe your view of the human form is a bit skewered? These people look healthy, athletic, immaculate. Definitely not weak or slim or light... Look at most MMA fighters outside of the heavyweights, but how they look in everyday clothes. Maybe it's the uniform that really doesn't do them justice.

[@artiesykes]

@@Washeek they look starved and emaciated, gaunt almost. they neither look athletic or immaculate. there's bigger and better fed looking inner sphere mechwariors. these kids look more akin to the clan aerotech pilots who are skinnier and lighter to withstand the higher G forces. my view of the human form has nothing to do with basic physics, descriptions from the books and the general atmosphere mechwarriors find themselves in. again, im not saying, nor have i ever said they need to be beefcake roided out liver king looking buggers, but they should have shoulders, they should have filled out arms and legs as a result of being part of the warrior caste. i beseech you try reading a few of the books. they're really good. after that, try going to a gym for a couple years. see how your body changes. and yes, i do mean years because these clan warriors train from early age in hand to hand combat, weight and endurance training and are actually fed well compared to the inner sphere counterparts. they are engineered to be warriors. bigger, stronger and faster than their original inner sphere sources. it's stated in the books repeatedly.

[@resonance01]

So I hate to say it but this concerns me as it shows that whoever provided the actor with direction honestly doesn't understand the source material. It is made abundantly clear in novels such as the Legend of the Jade Phoenix that the officers assigned to sibko duty were washed up warriors on their way out, and had nothing but contempt for those they were training. There would be no 'i see greatness in this kid' moments, just being a hard ass for the sake of being a hard ass. This worries me because it shows the writing staff just doesn't understand the material they are working with. Im really hoping that this oversight with the writing of this character is just a one off situation, and not indicative of the project as a whole, as I do want to see it succeed, it just worries me that something like this would slip past the writing room and make it into the hands of the direction team.

[@S.G.Thomas15]

🤖 We were made for this

[@BluntObjectTrauma]

Give me VR support

[@Torches-n-Tap-Sets]

The actors are fine. The trope is weak. The portrayal does not fit a militant mindset society at all. This is shaping up to be Breakfast Club Mecha from the looks of it. I'll just skip the scenes and go blasting I guess. But I am definitely waiting for input before putting my dollar into it.

[@Torches-n-Tap-Sets]

Maybe they shouldn't be posting these videos. Counterproductive.

[@Quanfalone]

PGI, good story telling comes from way more than MGS level cinematics, these characters look so bland

[@GreyMasker]

How so?

[@Quanfalone]

Jayden is a himbo with a stupid name and none of them seem to be interesting characters outside of being mechwarriors,

[@harbinger200]

Why are Clan pilots regular humans? Shouldn't they supposed to be genetically enhanced super-humans with bulked musculature and bigger size then regular human?

[@Digiarcstudio]

That's the Elemental warriors, not mechwarriors.

[@RambaRal87]

@@Digiarcstudio And we don't speak about the aerofighter subcaste

[@elucid07]

@@Digiarcstudio To be fair, the mechwarriors are also stronger and faster, just not *bigger*

[@harbinger200]

@@Digiarcstudio I see, but elusid said, they are too genetically enhanced. I wanted to say they look too regular. Not like a elite clan mechwarriors, but as Holywood soap opera actors.

[@Shaftronics]

They're fit in the way an F1 or Endurance race drivers are. Lean, capable of withstanding high G-Forces and physiologically very efficient. Being in cockpits they don't need to be uber muscular or too large. Now, elementals in Power Armor...