The Black Watch - Dying is for Other People

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"Oh, you dropped a nuke on my headquarters? I have decided that doesn't work." - Colonel Hanni Schmitt
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Actual Real Life Black Watch
1:46 - Prior to Amaris
3:44 - Amaris Ruins Everything
6:12 - Last Stand of the Black Watch
12:03 - Ghosts of the Black Watch
13:18 - Black Watch 2: Electric Boogaloo
15:06 - Theorycrafting/Making Things Up
17:20 - Conclusion
18:21 - Also Pipkin Pippa Collab When
Music:
FTL: Faster Than Light - Space Cruise, Rockman (Explore)
Halo 3 - One Final Effort, Warthog Run
Age of Mythology - Chocolate Outline
Age of Empires II - Track 5, Track 8

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@Fordmister
@Fordmister Жыл бұрын
Fun fact theres also an in universe conspiracy theory that the last stand of the Blackwatch actually had nothing to do with covering the marines attempting to kill Steffan Amaris, but instead was distracting the 4th Ameris dragoons while the only two surviving children of house Cameron not present at Stefan's massacre in the throne room were smuggled off world aboard the Black lion class battlecuiser Tripitz, With the ship being found just floating in the periphery near Taurian space some 200 years later with nobody on board. In which case if its true they actually did succeed in their duty as the body guards of house Cameron one last time before the second round of nukes was dropped on them.
@dashiellgillingham4579
@dashiellgillingham4579 Жыл бұрын
The best part was that became an out-of-universe fan theory before it was ever a thing in universe. The BT author who wrote in the SLS Tripiz's demise (and it's impossible history) was just doing it as mystery box to just be weird and inexplicable. It escalated until they had to acknowledge it with the Word of Blake's (only mostly) fake booklet, which solidified the conspiracy theory you see on Sarna. To this day, the man grins the grin of a man who has absolutely no control of the engine but loves the acceleration when it's brought up.
@RobertWilke
@RobertWilke Жыл бұрын
@@dashiellgillingham4579 Still say they made it to the deep periphery. Then set up shop and bided their time. Then a hundred or so years later the remnants of the Minnesota Tribe follow the path they did and find them. Offering their services to their new True First Lord. Right now I'm just waiting to hear that the new big bad after the IlKhan era will be them coming back for theirs.
@mrbigglezworth42
@mrbigglezworth42 Жыл бұрын
@@dashiellgillingham4579 So he made a legit mystery both in universe AND out of it, and even if it doesn't have a conclusive answer it still gets people talking? He should JJ Abrams tips on how to make mysteries.
@aprinnyonbreak1290
@aprinnyonbreak1290 Жыл бұрын
Oh no. Not a THIRD group of Star League Remnant nutjobs
@codyyoung5946
@codyyoung5946 Жыл бұрын
The Tripitz incident has always seemed to me as the Taurians just covering their salvaging of the ship, however it has always seemed a bit weird to me that a SLDF WarShip is just randomly sitting undisturbed in the middle of nowhere. And the conspiracy makes no sense because Kerensky would have a legitimate heir to the Terran Hegemony and Star League, and thus give the SLDF substantial credibility and the ability to put pressure on the Houses to get involved, as well as mean that at the Great Houses wouldn't need to figure out who to be first lord at the end of the civil war. Yet none of these things happened, but once more we go back to 'Why was the Tripitz there?'. And so, here is my own theory: The conspiracy is partially true, The Black Watch were covering for the Marines storming the palace as well as a Cameron(s) (Whether surviving child of Richard or another relative) to escape, yet for one reason or another, the Tripitz failed, Maybe the dropship that took the survivor was unable to rendezvous. Perhaps the Tirpitz suffered a miss-jump, or maybe it was sabotaged. What ever the answer may be, it is locked in a Taurian databank, rusting in a scrap yard, or worse, has been lost to time.
@GhostBear3067
@GhostBear3067 Жыл бұрын
Battletech fans have gotten actual cease and desist orders from GM to stop contacting them to remind them they are (insert number of years) late in making a fusion reactor.
@brentkalmbacher9092
@brentkalmbacher9092 Жыл бұрын
I had one of them framed.......
@GhostBear3067
@GhostBear3067 Жыл бұрын
@@brentkalmbacher9092 that is amazing.
@SHDW-nf2ki
@SHDW-nf2ki Жыл бұрын
Blackwatch: Sir we've been fighting Amaris for literal years. Kerensky: Outstanding job, give me all the intel you got and then you can retire with full honours. Blackwatch: Sir with respect. We want to keep fighting Amaris. It's been fun.
@betalima1849
@betalima1849 Жыл бұрын
Remembers folks, the blackwatch were such à pain they had to be nuked. Twice. And that left behind the arm of à highlander still flipping the bird
@retrosquadchannel2.050
@retrosquadchannel2.050 Жыл бұрын
But you forget one thing: for the Black Watch nuclear fire is mere inconvenience.
@phantam23
@phantam23 Жыл бұрын
While the last stand of the Blackwatch is a tale of epic proportions, what they achieved with the scant few hours their stand bought doesn't get brought up enough. For while Hanni Schmitt's company held off the Amaris Dragoons from getting into Unity City, the survivors at Fort Cameron braved lethal radiation to clear rubble from the launch tubes and deployment bays of the heavily fortified and shielded central command building, Fort Cameron's citadel. Four squadrons of fighters, six assault craft, and a battalion of mechs, all piloted by ranking officers and their normally office-bound colleagues, deployed over the course of the day from the blasted ruins of the Fort to defend Unity City. From there the surviving SLDF commanders organised resistance against Amaris' forces for a full day, waging guerilla warfare against his troops across the city while key personnel were evacuated to the far reaches of the solar system. Fort Cameron was assaulted countless times that day, Amaris nuked it a second time, and eventually only managed to stomp out the last bits of SLDF command when he parked a squadron of Warships in orbit and bombarded the Fort for an hour straight... And the ghosts of the Blackwatch walked out from the deepest parts of the fort the day after.
@chesterstevens8870
@chesterstevens8870 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, but that's just weapons-grade bullshittium plot armor. It takes all the suspense out of a setting when the writers fiat in plot armor so thick it can withstand more than one nuke.
@phantam23
@phantam23 Жыл бұрын
@@chesterstevens8870 SLDF bases like Fort Cameron and the Castle Brians were built at the height of the Age of War and designed to withstand being carpet nuked from orbit, they go deep underground and the main building are radiation and blast shielded, and even then nukes are plenty devastating, as shown when the first nuke destroyed the entirety of the Black Watch Regiment except for a company worth of Mechs that had already been deployed and were outside the blast zone. Further nukes were attempts to blast out and completely destroy the deeply buried fortifications. No one who is caught in a the blast zone survives a nuke in Battletech. Everyone in Fort Cameron outside the Citadel and underground fortifications died when Amaris dropped the first nuke. The 9 surviving Blackwatch died when the second one was dropped on Puget Sound. The surviving defenders sortied around Unity City died when the third one was dropped, and the ensuing hour of Orbital bombardment dug into the bedrock and killed those who weren't in the tunnels at the edges of the compound, including almost all the surviving command staff who chose to remain in the base proper to coordinate resistance. The tenacity and unkillable-ness of the Blackwatch is as an organisation and a legend, not as individuals who shrug off nukes.
@Jesus_Offical
@Jesus_Offical Жыл бұрын
Actually thrice
@philipkelly7369
@philipkelly7369 Жыл бұрын
"And while [Aleksandr] Kerensky was a good man and stellar general, parenting evidently wasn't his thing" *stares at Nicholas Kerensky*
@timebrain3188
@timebrain3188 Жыл бұрын
I mean... his other son wasn't anywhere near as bad.
@TheAchilles26
@TheAchilles26 Жыл бұрын
@@timebrain3188 so he got it right once out of three attempts
@nitesy381
@nitesy381 Жыл бұрын
@@TheAchilles26 I mean we cannot say. guy is already dead.
@Kingofdragons117
@Kingofdragons117 Жыл бұрын
Tbf Nicky probably had a little brain damage.
@somerandomschmuck2547
@somerandomschmuck2547 6 ай бұрын
@@timebrain3188 Also Nicky only really went off the deep end after the exodus civil war started and after he barely survived an illness which killed his mother and can cause brain damage.
@burningchrome8622
@burningchrome8622 Жыл бұрын
THIS IS A BATTLE TECH CHANNEL NOW GLORY TO KERENSKY
@jimarioclark6970
@jimarioclark6970 Жыл бұрын
GLORY TO KERENSKY!!!
@pancreasnowork9939
@pancreasnowork9939 Жыл бұрын
Glory to Kerensky and may Blake’s Peace be with you.
@burningchrome8622
@burningchrome8622 Жыл бұрын
@@pancreasnowork9939 congrats on that glow up i remeber when this was a 40k chan w just a weeeeee lil bit o halo
@zigzaghyena
@zigzaghyena Жыл бұрын
I don't know what that means but I'm vibing with it.
@cousinzeke4888
@cousinzeke4888 Жыл бұрын
@@zigzaghyena I'll tell you what it means, it means they're HERETICS!
@L_Monke
@L_Monke Жыл бұрын
I'm already sitting in my Highlander with bagpipes at the ready.
@jonathanathor117
@jonathanathor117 Жыл бұрын
Came here for mechs, stayed for lore and ideologies. Man alot of fictional media from the 70s to early 2000s are like that. There is a simple hook and a huge rabbit hole when you get deep enough. For example Warhammer, transformers, halo, GI Joe, Battletech and lego ninjago, etc. Even comic books are like this.
@H240909
@H240909 Жыл бұрын
That because that “simple hook” has had 20 - 50 years to dig in without a single tweezer in sight. 😂
@lucascoval828
@lucascoval828 Жыл бұрын
I just came. Hard.
@jonathanathor117
@jonathanathor117 Жыл бұрын
@@H240909 fair point but what I mean by a simple hook is something that catches your attention. For example Master chief or even sergeant Johnson do catch one's attention due to their overall appearance and actions. Similar thing goes for optimus prime. Robots that can turn into cars and super soldiers are interesting to look at/ read about. A similar thing can be said of real life subjects and topics. Knights and samurai are interesting at 1st glance; therefore I would want to read about the history about them. I guess it all boils down to what interest you because everyone likes different things.
@imstupid880
@imstupid880 Жыл бұрын
Ahem. Bionicle.
@soccerandtrack10
@soccerandtrack10 Жыл бұрын
@@imstupid880 bionicle,then transformers,then warhammer 40,000. I do know stories for bionicle, I like transformers/40,000 stories better/more in.
@anlize3422
@anlize3422 Жыл бұрын
You know there is epicness to be found when the characters refuse to die.
@PeachDragon_
@PeachDragon_ Жыл бұрын
9 Scottish lads beat the shit out of an entire invasion force
@respectfulevil9022
@respectfulevil9022 Жыл бұрын
And their Scottish *insert blue power ranger*
@ladywaffle2210
@ladywaffle2210 Жыл бұрын
Some have said that the Black Watch was listed as "Missing In Action" instead of "Missing, Presumed Dead" in official Star League and SLDF records. It's me. I said that. And I stand by it.
@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus
@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Жыл бұрын
“Dis but a scratch” -original founder the black watch probably
@user-bs1zg9nk3g
@user-bs1zg9nk3g Жыл бұрын
Never thought about it like that. The one guy Custodes were supposed to protect is dead. And he was immortal!
@ThePaeppa
@ThePaeppa Жыл бұрын
Imagine being the most skilled demigods in a galaxy-sized empire... And still suffering a skill issue
@velphidrow8317
@velphidrow8317 11 ай бұрын
​@@ThePaeppaI mean If you read the end and the death You understand it all
@VallornDeathblade
@VallornDeathblade Жыл бұрын
I would like to add that the Black Watch's preferred mech is the Highlander. A 90 ton assault mech infamous for its ability to snipe the cockpits of other mechs at range with its Gauss Rifle... and perhaps even more infamously it comes equipped with jump jets enabling it to simply jump on top of other mechs and crush them in what is known in-universe as the "Highlander Burial". It also comes with SRMs, LRMs, and several medium lasers for when you need to blow people up in several different ways.
@marseldagistani1989
@marseldagistani1989 11 ай бұрын
Imagine if they got to Amaris and they performed the Highlander burial on him
@Nathan_Talisien
@Nathan_Talisien 27 күн бұрын
​@@marseldagistani1989Then he'd only be 99% as ugly.
@CMTechnica
@CMTechnica Жыл бұрын
Battletech- if you hear bagpipes, get off the battlefield Gundam- if you hear jazz, get off the battlefield If I had a dime for every time that happened, I’d have 20c, which isn’t much, but it’s curious it’s happened twice
@TheDarkkilla12
@TheDarkkilla12 Жыл бұрын
Basically when you hear music in a place where you didn’t think was possible, *TIME TO PACK YOUR SHIT AND LEAVE*
@mistertaz94
@mistertaz94 Жыл бұрын
@OHGAS i could see that in G Gundam Fighter
@axsprime
@axsprime Жыл бұрын
TROMBE! Intensifies.
@ninjartist36
@ninjartist36 Жыл бұрын
@Easttowest and Noise Marines
@ronanoftheborealvalley4353
@ronanoftheborealvalley4353 Жыл бұрын
If you hear jazz that means I'm coming for you
@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver
@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver Жыл бұрын
My godfather was in the blackwatch during ww2 and passed away recently. He wasn't a big fan of sci-fi but I feel like he would have loved battletech for it's complex politics and lore.
@gundampharmacist7348
@gundampharmacist7348 Жыл бұрын
As a great professor has said: NUKES ARE MERELY INCONVENIENT. Glad to see you doing more BT content! :D
@weldonwin
@weldonwin Жыл бұрын
"Stephan Amaris had himself a... FUCKIN' PROBLEM! The God. Damn. BLACK WATCH!"
@fluffydistroyer
@fluffydistroyer Жыл бұрын
In the great words of Tex, Outnumbered and outgunned two lances of the Black Watch held up the entire 4th Amaris Dragoons, and so began the last stand of the Legendary Black Watch.
@RobertWilke
@RobertWilke Жыл бұрын
As i'm reading this i'm hearing it in Tex's voice.
@Jamhael1
@Jamhael1 Ай бұрын
All the while cursing in Doric, drinking scotch, and playing bagpipes.
@Kingofdragons117
@Kingofdragons117 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact, the Northwind Highlanders book has a scenario for the last stand of the black watch. And it has the Black Watch in non-royal mechs too. None of the pilots bar one have piloting/gunnery under a 2, so you are gonna hit just about every damn shot even at long range. Also Elizabeth Hazen in the Exodus at one point had to eject from her mech and was shot in her helmet, when she came too, she found Aaron DeChevilier,s (Kerensky's Right hand man and Best friend) Atlas go up in flames from Inferno rounds. He Ejected after which the Rebels they were fighting tore apart the general causing her and the men around her to snap. She went up to a rebel, stole his sword, and went on to slaughter them with nothing but a sword. The incident was so bad, it was labeled a massacre.
@KillerOrca
@KillerOrca 8 ай бұрын
According to Clan Jade Falcon's Remembrance, the blade was not stolen. Hazen fell into a deep malaze, completely unwilling to do anything, even breath, as she looked upon her fallen friend and ally. From beyond came the jade falcon she had trained through its life, the holy Turkina, bearing in her talons a blade of Terran origin. In so many words, it told her; "Get your fucking ass up and KILL THOSE BASTARDS!" And so. She did. All of them. This is why Jade Falcon's clan emblem is a bird holding a sword in its claws.
@WolfHreda
@WolfHreda 4 ай бұрын
That's what those dirty Capellans get. Don't know if they lived by the sword (more like the dagger), but Elizabeth Hazen sure as hell made sure they died by it.
@asgrahim9164
@asgrahim9164 Жыл бұрын
Every Mechwarrior who wants to pilot a Highlander had better install a loudspeaker blaring bagpipe music onto his mech and have his Highlander painted a tartan pattern.
@nitesy381
@nitesy381 Жыл бұрын
that is just northwind highlander tradition. do not forget your jump jets too. we need no shovel when the battle is over. we bury em with mechs during the battle.
@missjayspeechley9213
@missjayspeechley9213 Жыл бұрын
Now place a Highlander in the 40K universe, and laugh as a techpriest tries to win over the mech's machine spirit with haggis and beer
@user-wd8oe1vo8n
@user-wd8oe1vo8n 8 ай бұрын
​@@missjayspeechley9213 what a funny mental image an angry Scottish machine spirit
@Jamhael1
@Jamhael1 Ай бұрын
​@@user-wd8oe1vo8n "SOD OFF, TIN CAN!"
@doctorcorvus1319
@doctorcorvus1319 Жыл бұрын
11:25 - Well that’s the purest definition of “Too Angry/Stubborn to die” if I ever seen or heard. And another reason to like this series
@archerbascha8757
@archerbascha8757 Жыл бұрын
I have the feeling that the Black Watch is almost the only special operation unit in Battletech that doesn't try to backstab the ruler they are protecting to take control for himself. On the other hand, I have a feeling that this is caused by a lot of Star League brainwashing and conditioning. Otherwise, keeping a bunch of soldiers from the other states in line seems pretty difficult without it.
@M3RUL3Z
@M3RUL3Z Жыл бұрын
Honestly given that the Northwind Highlanders are one of the chief donators to the Blackwatch talent pool, i'd imagine the blackwatch is happy as long as some surplus SLDF tech gets sent to their parent organization
@spencerjones841
@spencerjones841 Жыл бұрын
As a Royal SLDF Regiment at least in the first iteration of the unit only natives of the Terran Hegemony would have members
@ladywaffle2210
@ladywaffle2210 Жыл бұрын
All SLDF forces served under the motto "Star League Above All." The Cameron family was Star League. Their house crest was the Star League.. uh... star, and the title of First Lord was their birthright. So, a combination of ideological loyalty and devotion to duty.
@skyefox
@skyefox Жыл бұрын
Spec ops/bodyguard units are almost always the most loyal. DEST, Death Commandos, Fox's Teeth, Knights of the Inner Sphere etc have sterling records. It's the intelligence agencies that are always trying to make power plays.
@magni5648
@magni5648 Жыл бұрын
Erm, that's actually not particularily common in Battletech at all? Outside of the Draconis Combine's habit of taking weak or too reform-minded Coordinators behind the shed, internal struggles in the Successor States tend to be about dynastic squabbling or lower-tier nobles playing power games with their rulers, not palace coups by bodyguard units.
@him_That_is_me
@him_That_is_me Жыл бұрын
Excellent performance as always. Have to say, the retelling of the blackwatch holding their ground is definitely some of your best content yet. The emphasis, emotion but still staying in your typical cadence, just wonderful. Would throw up the suggestion that you do that as a regular kind of content, retelling historical battles in the settings in these kinds of videos. I know I'd watch it, repeatedly.
@HawkTheRed
@HawkTheRed Жыл бұрын
*and thus, the Legend continues, for the Black Watch will never die* Also, would 100% love more Battletech
@blairdurward4324
@blairdurward4324 5 ай бұрын
Agreed, I played mechassult as a kid and now learning this whole franchise is this cool! Also been playing mechwarrior online, hunchbacks are fun
@giantflyinghog3550
@giantflyinghog3550 Жыл бұрын
I would be extremely remiss if I did not mention that Stringstorm has an amazingly badass song which is where I first found out about the Blackwatch.
@markhardesty3434
@markhardesty3434 Жыл бұрын
As a lifelong BattleTech aficionado on his 50th birthday. I'd like to say "good job,keep up the good work"
@k.hogan-emmons3290
@k.hogan-emmons3290 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sacrificing your pancreas to create such glorious content
@ForgottenHonor0
@ForgottenHonor0 Жыл бұрын
What you said about bagpipes in the Battletech universe scaring the shit out of everyone has parallels in OT since there are recorded accounts of when Highland regiments entered the battle the sound of their pipes was enough to drive entire units to retreat from the field. Alba gu brath.
@MaSOneTwo
@MaSOneTwo Жыл бұрын
In general the use of bagpipes and giant hornes made from brass was meant to intimidate the opponent. These things were in use across Europe, especially with the Celts in nowadays France and Germanic tribes. Simple matter of fact is that only in Scotland has the tradition survived but bagpipes are not exclusively Scottish. That is not to say that the moment I hear Scots playing the damn things I don't reach for my broadsword to smash the darn sassenachs to bits and restore Scotland's honor and pride as a sovereign nation.
@ForgottenHonor0
@ForgottenHonor0 Жыл бұрын
@@MaSOneTwo If thas nae what ye immediately do then we need to have a wee chat, laddy.
@dashiellgillingham4579
@dashiellgillingham4579 Жыл бұрын
@@MaSOneTwo The Independence Party has won by a huge margin every election since the Brexit vote, and they are right now in a staring contest with England after their parliament blocked their second (recent) vote to succeed. There is a future where a sovereign Scotland rejoins the EU in a few years. The pieces are currently set for it.
@RobertWilke
@RobertWilke Жыл бұрын
@@dashiellgillingham4579 and if ya believe that I got a bridge to sell you, CHEAP!
@MaSOneTwo
@MaSOneTwo Жыл бұрын
@@dashiellgillingham4579 I am well aware mate. Let's hope it comes to pass.
@axellenhart7890
@axellenhart7890 Жыл бұрын
Amaris thought we died that night. Our ghost will haunt him for the rest of his life. Nuclear fire an inconvinient grit. Nemo me impune lacessit.
@vissler
@vissler Жыл бұрын
There's nothing more that I hate than good people losing to evil men
@barrybend7189
@barrybend7189 Жыл бұрын
When you first mentioned Ameris all I hear is the god damn cackle from the Black Pants Legion videos.
@cleshsesh6155
@cleshsesh6155 Жыл бұрын
After a shit shift at work this has made my day
@victor227
@victor227 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! One of the great tragedies of the setting is that the Ghosts of the Blackwatch left with the Exodus and didn't stick around to join ComStar after the war.
@chrisbingley
@chrisbingley Жыл бұрын
Hats off to that one Black Watch member who played the bagpipes under Amaris' bedroom window every night.
@carlosolea4290
@carlosolea4290 Жыл бұрын
I can't tell you how much I appreciate your choices in music. AoE music in particular has a special place in my heart
@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver
@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver Жыл бұрын
FTL and Halo too
@jonguilt7789
@jonguilt7789 11 ай бұрын
There is definitely bloodline magic in Battletech. Or at least Legacy magic where anyone with a name taken from a previous main character is pre-determined to get shit done regardless of probability, sanity or narrative structure. That said, good video.
@ballisticwaffles
@ballisticwaffles 10 ай бұрын
You got a sub entirely for the Age of Mythology soundtrack in the back. The Battletech content was just a bonus.
@karmaschampion8940
@karmaschampion8940 Жыл бұрын
Honestly I could listen to you talk about lore for hours. You have a chill and layback vibe that just makes it fun to listen too. Keep up the great work.
@danielmegow966
@danielmegow966 Жыл бұрын
I just want to say this video is fantastic! The writing and pacing are great. I've watched Tex's videos on the Amaris Civil War a bunch of times so course I'm familiar with the event and the Blackwatch. This is to say that I highly appreciate your unquie take on this and wanted to say i can't wait to see more Battletech content from you. Thanks for the hard work and wonderful content!
@AWizardfromMars
@AWizardfromMars Жыл бұрын
Super glad to see you reach 100k and making a Battletech video at the same time the Black Pants Legion reaches 100k subs. Been getting into BT myself lately, it's a great setting that's far more niche than it should be. The tabletop game is fun as fuck and the vidya games are great too.
@VallornDeathblade
@VallornDeathblade Жыл бұрын
I think the BPL previously had 100k, but unfortunately they got hacked and turned into one of those crypto scam pushing channels a couple of weeks ago. So they're getting back up to 100k while they put up their old videos and fix up the channel.
@cropathfinder
@cropathfinder Жыл бұрын
Considering some of the most known royal guards like the pretorians have the history of killing their charges and deciding to be the one who decided on who is ruler i say the BW did a damn fine job. Hell the best example of this is just the Roman pretorians who had their own wiki page(sadly it was vandalized to hell and is gone last time i checked) listing all the roman emperors they killed, hell they sometimes killed multiple emperors in a the span of a single week. GM IS WORKING ON IT! They sadly just got delayed by a few years
@jimarioclark6970
@jimarioclark6970 Жыл бұрын
My Atlas is juiced up and ready for this video right here.
@dcc105
@dcc105 Жыл бұрын
Man If only bodyguards in any scenario actually were known for doing their job, and doing it well.
@aprinnyonbreak1290
@aprinnyonbreak1290 Жыл бұрын
I mean. You only ever hear about the one time they fail
@nicholasbonk8414
@nicholasbonk8414 Жыл бұрын
always nice to see a fellow team 4 star fan! also great video, I'm excited to hear more lore about this new sci fi setting.
@RiffSilverthe1andonly
@RiffSilverthe1andonly Жыл бұрын
My favorite group in Sci Fi now but the Finhert Highlanders in 40k despite their limited lore is also baller by working with crew to defend against infinite daemons on Cadia
@JackzTheIcompetant
@JackzTheIcompetant Жыл бұрын
Fun fact concept art of Grievous is actually what the Magna guards are based off of
@firebornliger
@firebornliger Жыл бұрын
It's funny. Having the ear of the First Lord gave Amaris pretty much everything he wanted, except the hat. Just a constant point, don't lose your head over a hat.
@BlitzedNostradamus
@BlitzedNostradamus Жыл бұрын
The Black Watch: Nukes are just an inconvenience.
@melvinlemay7366
@melvinlemay7366 Жыл бұрын
"Now, their history is over..." Weeellll, technically.... The OG ghosts of the black watch would go on to form clan Jade Falcon. Alaric has appointed them as his new Black Watch (I don't know how he doesn't forsee having falcons serve as guards to wolves could backfire, but that's his problem). They also have several highlanders as bondsmen with implications that efforts may be made to bring more on board.
@AndrewChumKaser
@AndrewChumKaser Жыл бұрын
Amaris was so shaken by the blackwatch he became paranoid, made mistakes, and diverted bodyguards and soldiers to protect himself, arguably contributing to the downfall ameris empire's life as karinsky beat the snot out of them. Maybe they can't take all the credit. The war probably would have happened the same way regardless, but while you can't say the blackwatch were the deciding factor, you can be damn sure they were the first nail in the coffin.
@succ7530
@succ7530 Жыл бұрын
Thought his was a legion or some sort of faction in WH. Glad I decided to because this shit is fucking awesome
@maxostmeyer8768
@maxostmeyer8768 Жыл бұрын
Tex uploads his talks rather infrequently, so I am happy to have another great narrator to listen to at work!
@dhreddedsick2849
@dhreddedsick2849 Жыл бұрын
I love how I literally just got into battletech lore last week and now a channel that I never suspected to touch on this subject all of a sudden does :)
@versebuchanan512
@versebuchanan512 Жыл бұрын
The Last Stand is fucking awesome. To quote a wise robot, "We can't hold out forever, but we can give 'em a HUMONGOUS repair bill."
@thescottishkarter6151
@thescottishkarter6151 3 ай бұрын
They've got more Sharkticons than we've got photon charges! So let's hold a demolition derby.
@GUMMRUCHK
@GUMMRUCHK Жыл бұрын
The fact they had to nuke them multiple times to even have a snowballs chance in hell is hilarious.
@UGNAvalon
@UGNAvalon Жыл бұрын
A 40k channel talking about Battletech while using Halo music. There is much to celebrate here. ☺️
@calikk26
@calikk26 Жыл бұрын
Dude, you got me into this franchise. Thank you.
@dapperhk-4733
@dapperhk-4733 Жыл бұрын
Very happy to see some love for the amazing Battletech lore. I would also recommend looking into the 201st Comguard, veterans of Tukayyid who also held out against the Word of Blake on Terra.
@norbykarger4244
@norbykarger4244 Жыл бұрын
Just got in to Battletech recently very very very thankful for people like you, still making content for it on KZbin. Thank you.
@insertnameheregk
@insertnameheregk Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of that old inner sphere joke. How many Black Watch does it take to destroy an Atlas? Three, One to destroy the Atlas and the other two to play the bagpipes.
@madmachanicest9955
@madmachanicest9955 Жыл бұрын
I just like to point out that the ghosts of the blackwatch you such a good job securing the spell Morris's head that they're one of the primary reasons the guy went crazy . They were so impossibly hard to kill but it actually drove the guy insane and made a much more paranoid . Potentially making the ghost the blackwatch one of the best psychological weapons ever
@Integer_Overload
@Integer_Overload Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the Aiel from my favorite book series, the Wheel of Time. They're a honor-based society of desert dwelling people who live in basically fantasy Australia which is even more harsh and deadly than the real thing. At one point they give a peace offering to one of the regular nations and when said nations King eventually destroys the peace gift, the Aiel set a bounty on the King and send some of the best warriors of four of their clans to claim their price. Keep in mind, there are twelve clans and basically EVERY able bodied Aiel can fight well, but they just sent some of the full time soldiers. Some number above 80,000 sent into a completely foreign land to hunt ONE man for his crimes, by any means necessary. After about 2 years of absolutely annihilating in just about every battle, burning cities, and hunting this man later, they finally face off against a combined army of over twice their number in a battle called the Blood Snow. Once the Aiel finally figured out where the King Laman was hiding, it went about as well for the defenders as you'd expect. The Aiel killed him and immediately stopped fighting to go home. Later on, the nations of the world would call this occurence the "Aiel War" and claim it was an invasion from hordes of savages that took a combined force of volunteers from every known nation to turn back. When in truth, this 2 year long campaign of destruction was nothing but an usually large assassination for the Aiel. Just like bringing a criminal to justice.
@beetee6986
@beetee6986 Жыл бұрын
I first heard about this bit of lore from a song by Stringstorm, the lore here really helps to contextualize it and truly instill the fear of bagpipes
@deron2203
@deron2203 Жыл бұрын
The age of mythology music never gets old. Love the videos!
@MalakianM2S
@MalakianM2S 28 күн бұрын
"Terrible case of explosions" made me soil my undergarments in laughter.
@MysteryMastery69
@MysteryMastery69 7 ай бұрын
I love this story. And love finding new retellings of it. Thank you for this awesome video!
@harbingerx7793
@harbingerx7793 Жыл бұрын
Very poetic description of Amaris' reaction to the Infantry assaulting the throne room.
@brentwilburn5166
@brentwilburn5166 Жыл бұрын
Let’s go! This was well done dude; I hope you do more!
@bradydonovan6180
@bradydonovan6180 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos man. And it’s awesome that you branched out to battletech.
@RedScorpion92
@RedScorpion92 Жыл бұрын
Battletech has badass highland units, this universe is quickly gaining my attention go house Cameron.
@powerist209
@powerist209 Жыл бұрын
About Custodes, they actually are good at their job. Like they managed to hold off Demons after Magnus broke the magic FTL project and one of them literally go toe to toe worn arch demon. Emperor issue was that he personally went to Horus (he wasn’t aware that help is coming, so he didn’t wait) to duel.
@jackodenthal2392
@jackodenthal2392 Жыл бұрын
I can't wait to watch a video about Black Timepieces
@discipleofsound4565
@discipleofsound4565 Жыл бұрын
Well, the Black Watch have ties to a certain important clan (no spoilers), and without that clan, the story of Star League in Exile and the Invasion would have been EXTREMELY different. So yes, god bless the Black Watch. Cue the playing of "All the Bluebonnets are Over the Border."
@mattbrown5511
@mattbrown5511 Жыл бұрын
Congrats on 100K. You deserve it. Be well friend.
@Fadinglight117
@Fadinglight117 Жыл бұрын
The thing about The Emperor's Royal Guard in Star Wars is that by the lore they're arguably the best non-force sensitive warriors of all time, but in the movies they just aren't even a factor.
@starhammer5247
@starhammer5247 Жыл бұрын
One of the requirements is to kill your friend who's been your buddy the entire time while training. That's the entry requirement.
@catosicarius3027
@catosicarius3027 Жыл бұрын
Wait holy shit how dare pancreas dox me. I live in the puget sound area. Also yes, the terrain in the puget is very rough and it would be hard for hundreds of stompy mechs to come through it.
@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver
@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver Жыл бұрын
Wait, Terra is a giant city now. How would you know what the terrain is like? I smell heresy!
@KillerOrca
@KillerOrca Жыл бұрын
Quite a few of us do. I keep telling people we need a Blackwatch Day in Gorst
@catosicarius3027
@catosicarius3027 Жыл бұрын
​@@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver Damn it, I need to go inform my genestealer cult brethren to retreat to a different sector of terra.
@esper2776
@esper2776 Жыл бұрын
I literally start getting into BattleTech this week and my favourite lore youtuber starts uploading about the setting. Life is good
@Memiliano_
@Memiliano_ Жыл бұрын
The Blackwatch is really like "Personally I wouldn't let that slide"
@tdab3883
@tdab3883 Жыл бұрын
I wasn't a battle tech fan Until now, this was fucking amazing
@randomcenturion7264
@randomcenturion7264 Жыл бұрын
If you liked that there’s a song about them: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rILak4SPjslqp6M
@dimitri6936
@dimitri6936 Жыл бұрын
"if you hear bagpipes, run." Me a bulgarian with a national instrument being the bagpipe:
@justevil100
@justevil100 Жыл бұрын
I discovered your videos today and am loving your brand of lore. Many good laughs.
@ghost.2527
@ghost.2527 Жыл бұрын
4:34 guy on the right is doing a lightskin stare
@fatboy7609
@fatboy7609 2 ай бұрын
As Tex once said, "Making the enemy poop their pants and cry is more important than winning the damned war anyways."
@Nobody-zl3kk
@Nobody-zl3kk Жыл бұрын
0:34 that's why the best canon is Lego star wars canon, I remember those guys on the final fight of the complete saga being pretty tough, tough by the standards of a Lego game of course but that's like saying that a guardsmen and a custodes in 40k are similar because one has 1 wound and the other "just" 3
@Igloo254
@Igloo254 Жыл бұрын
More battletech! Love listening to you talk about battletech as much as I like listening to Tex talk about it :)
@dwwolf4636
@dwwolf4636 16 күн бұрын
Somewhere, somehow, an Amaris descendant wakes up from a nightmare filled with bagpipe music.
@joewow1229
@joewow1229 Жыл бұрын
Loving the battletech content! Getting me interested in its lore
@imperialfist2304
@imperialfist2304 Жыл бұрын
When life gives you a satchel charge and a Rim Worlder mech you create scrap metal. - Most likely someone from the Black Watch
@kalebthehistorian5928
@kalebthehistorian5928 Жыл бұрын
Could you please do a video about Comstar? I'm trying to learn their lore, but as you said in your previous battletech video, the lore is dense.
@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit
@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit Жыл бұрын
To be fair to the Custodes, they did protect the Emperor from everything the traitors threw at them during the Horus Heresy. They just happened to fall short of fighting the avatar of 4 malevolent gods that nobody else except the Emperor himself could rival.
@heymay724
@heymay724 Жыл бұрын
and a similar avatar with similar powers were defeated by normal, mortal men and a Orc trice in Warhammer Fantasy, whats your point.
@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit
@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit Жыл бұрын
@@heymay724 Fantasy Battle sucks at power scaling.
@NewsOfTheInnerSphere
@NewsOfTheInnerSphere Жыл бұрын
"Do you hear bagpipes?" -Stefan Amaris, probably...
@nickfulton8173
@nickfulton8173 Жыл бұрын
I quote a Madman and a scholar "Nukes are merely inconvenient" -Textalks-
@centurion7398
@centurion7398 7 ай бұрын
And that’s why periphery mechwarriors have a genetic fear of the distant sound of bagpipes.
@retrosquadchannel2.050
@retrosquadchannel2.050 Жыл бұрын
For Amaris beginning of the coup was a blessing. For the Black Watch it was tuesday. And they were so frakking crazy bastards, that nukes were mere inconvenience, like shot from a mech gauss rifle to a pilot's head.
@levongevorgyan6789
@levongevorgyan6789 Жыл бұрын
Kir Kanos and Crimson Empire show how awesome the Emperor's Royal Guard were in Legends.
@randomcenturion7264
@randomcenturion7264 Жыл бұрын
Kir Kanos was a BEAST.
@PrinceAlhorian
@PrinceAlhorian 19 күн бұрын
As a proud member of Clan Ghost Bear, I can say with confidence, Clan Smoke Jaguar's own hubris turned them into Clan Smoked Jaguar. Now who's going to help me find the remnants of Clan Wolverine? We're in desperate need for some of their bad assery. BTW, not all Clanners are bad, just those who drank too deeply of Kerensky's youngest Cool Aid. (My wife plays Periphery, Taurian Concordant, and we have our own merc unit on paper for fun.)
@Tula-cs1ef
@Tula-cs1ef Жыл бұрын
The last stand of the black watch is the definition of "You f##ked around and now you're going to find out"
@wheelcha1rman2
@wheelcha1rman2 Жыл бұрын
Aaaay nice Tex shout out, I was about to comment that very quote. 😀
@idiom2805
@idiom2805 Жыл бұрын
They aren't bodyguards. They're retribution.
@brandonteflon1232
@brandonteflon1232 Жыл бұрын
The Waffle House Has Found It's New Host
@thegreenmessor3809
@thegreenmessor3809 Жыл бұрын
10:26 Ngl I'm having serious deja vu at looking at this image and hearing your narration.
@Ragehaven
@Ragehaven Жыл бұрын
Excellent video, love your work
@Dodsodalo
@Dodsodalo Жыл бұрын
I don't fear music on the battlefield. I fear the guy watching hub vids on the battlefield with ease. Whipping it out in an area with explosives shows a fearlessness unseen by many. Fuck fighting that.
@LillianAredhel
@LillianAredhel Жыл бұрын
That TFS reference was unexpected to say the least
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