THE HIGHLANDER | 90 tons of angry, Scottish, Inner Sphere assault mech

[@scienceinsanity6927]

The bagpipes were a mistake. I acknowledge that the video would be better without them. If you don't like them that's perfectly fine. But i left them in because Steve was having so much fun and he wanted them. So no, i will not be apologizing for it or changing it.

[@the_algo_rhythm]

As a kilt-wearing stompy robot nerd, I approve of the bagpipes.

[@zolo124]

​@the_algo_rhythm Same here. Should've gotten one of us to do the intro, though.

[@TheJasonDonald]

Hey it’s fine it was a entertaining and funny video regardless. So no worries lol. With that said a side note. SCOTLAND FOREVER! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@arfbark3924]

Bagpipes good

[@GeofftheIronwolf]

No no I laughed every single time. Go Steve.

[@lynchkid003]

It's not the Bagpipes that the audience is loving... It's how Steve is trolling the fuck out of Sci that we're finding hilarious.

[@thecursed01]

I...I like the bagpipes

[@scottmm78]

No its the Bag Pipes

[@rishoh]

The Audience did in fact find the bagpipe bit hilarious.

[@Deadly021]

incredibly, it was even better when sci realized he said highlander.

[@ishidan01]

I sure did. After the intro I started counting to see how long it would take to hit. Then it straight up Wile E Coyoted us. "The Higlandersomethingsomething goddamnit I said it again -bagpipe music plays-

[@ishidan01]

​@@Deadly021"and the Highlandersonofabitch" -bagpipes- oh god I laughed

[@Deadly021]

@@ishidan01 oh my god when he did that I lost it I was laughing so hard.

[@bartlester591]

Remember, there can be only one

[@ch0s688]

I don't know what's funnier The bagpipes Or Sci's reaction to the bagpipes.

[@xendakakorva3267]

It's BOTH

[@Squirl513]

YES

[@ragnarrocksoft9096]

It's the sheer joy eminating from Steve when he gets to hit the button

[@trealosgaming3345]

The answer is yes

[@omarsyed1980]

The Highlander runs on cold fusion boosted by whiskey. Real whiskey. Scottish single malt. That's where the extra 8 km/h comes from.

[@danielseelye6005]

"What is that?" "Whiskey! Thins the mix, gives us another 200 RPM!" 😁

[@entr0physt]

an' ye no ken why th' fuel tank be empty sooner dennit ough? a least now when ya ha' to leave you ca' still get DRONK while ye run. Dronk 'n cook'd a bi'

[@M4st3rDuck]

@@danielseelye6005 Underrated movie!

[@mackenziebeeney3764]

And this fuel has to be made in Scotland. The planet or the nation.

[@eriktarte2743]

Hell i figured it was the promise of sheep over the next ridge

[@robustdelirium9277]

Sci realizing what he’d done half a second after he’d done it was just * chefs kiss *. Very good trolling.

[@rishoh]

Just watched a second time, cause I was curious. Bagpipe count=16, with a missed bagpipe at 27:30, so it should have been 17.

[@drakkenmensch]

there were several highlanders that went unbagpiped because the sound clip hadn't been downloaded yet.

[@badluck-cp8bv]

He missied one? Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!

[@abucket14]

​@drakkenmensch I don't think you can miss a shot before you have the access to the weapon. Imagine if we posted the statistic that in medieval times they had a zero percent accuracy rating with an M1 Abrams, it'd be true but misleading.

[@richardkenan2891]

​@@abucket14That makes it the very best kind of statistic. Working as intended.

[@abucket14]

@richardkenan2891 well I can't fault you for being right

[@GregPrice-ep2dk]

HIGHLANDER!HIGHLANDERHIGHLANDER!!! *sits back to listen to bagpipes...

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

if only the audio quality of that bit was better... sounds almost midi-like...

[@Alizardwithdaftideas]

I can confirm the bagpipes were hilarious.

[@ohuckabee]

"One half-hour of Science Insanity Mechwarrior lore occasionally broken by bagpipe music."

[@GraniteGhost778]

Occasionally? Incessantly!

[@TheJasonDonald]

HIGHLANDER! Scotland FOREVER!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 *Bagpipes*

[@eddapultstab2078]

Normally when I hear or deploy a highlander, i hear "princes of the universe" playing in the background. Heres my highlander themed joke. I used to own two highlanders, but there can be ONLY ONE!

[@woodse0651]

Or the Braveheart theme

[@eddapultstab2078]

@@woodse0651 that works too

[@ranekeisenkralle8265]

for me it is either "Scotland the Brave" - for obvious reasons, OR (admittedly weirdly enough) The Final Countdown, especially the intro and first verse while picturing the Royal Black Watch making their last stand.

[@hentaioverwhelming]

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!

[@Duchess_Van_Hoof]

That song is epic.

[@jasonfarley9025]

Bagpipes are not cringe Bagpipes are glory

[@evilned1]

Bagpipes are an ill wind that nobody blows good.

[@valor1omega]

Only men in skirts like the bagpipes, lol.

[@jasonfarley9025]

@@valor1omega weak mean fear true power

[@valor1omega]

​@@jasonfarley9025 Who the heck fears bagpipes or men in plaid skirts while playing the bagpipes? That's like an Archer being scared of an Urbie from long range, lol

[@jasonfarley9025]

@@valor1omega only the ignorant don't Please, carry on, show the rest of the world how little you know of history

[@bthsr7113]

Mech crushing, cockpit sniping, nuke defying, tyrant traumatizing.

[@Animalover205]

The pipes were absolutely hilarious, I was laughing so hard I nearly burned my dinner 😂 Side note, as someone of Scottish decent, I truly appreciate that Battletech/Mechwarrior had not only a planet of Scottsmen and a Scottish Battlemech. The only thing that would make it better was if they had an Assult Claymore.

[@brent8491]

If only the Mech named the Black Watch wasn't terrible. Critical Rocket did a good breakdown on LoreWarrior

[@elchjol2777]

There's a variant that has a sword. It's rather scary in MW 5 in urban combat.

[@calebsmith4530]

The Highlander-VEST is the absolute best mech in MW5. Give it a Claymore and 3 PPC-X and an LB-10X. With a MASC it can go upwards of 96kph!

[@jrwilliams7534]

The Northwind Highlanders are one of the Few Mercenary unit allowed to by Claymore Assault Dropships. Most are sold to FedCom/LyrCom/FedSun Governments.

[@VallornDeathblade]

10/10 performance Steve

[@csbonepatem]

The bagpipes were to best!!! Thank you Steve!!!

[@matthewheistand2340]

Every time Steve hit sci with the Bagpipes, I couldn’t help but laugh 🤣

[@Takeshi_Yamato_103]

Same

[@michaelmoolick9419]

The bagpipe running ga was great. There is a strong reason the Harebrained Schemes game gives you the Star League version of Highlander, it more than lofts its weight in the tough fights.

[@Funkin_Disher]

You're also fighting against a coup so it's on theme considering its history

[@scrooge6975]

TOO ANGRY TO DIE

[@weldonwin]

Nukes are merely inconvenient...

[@jesperstrid4316]

To me, Steve´s wheezing is a tad better than Sci´s mental state eroding a little bit more every time Steve hits the button.

[@antagonist99]

"You really have to put yourself in the position of the enemy"? That sounds like something a Highlander driver would do.

[@erikthorup4336]

Best eposoid so far. Bag Pipes are never a mistake.

[@EpicSOB_]

The bagpipes had me rolling on the floor, best gag!

[@hakonsgaming535]

To quote a Heinlein character: funny once, the first time you're a wit, the second time you're a half wit, logarithmic progression.

[@n8zog584]

No the reactions of sci to the bagpipes only get funnier. If he wasnt reacting to them tho, it would've gotten old on like the third time

[@TheAKgunner]

@@n8zog584Agreed!

[@jayrigger7508]

Heinlein is not aways right

[@TheAKgunner]

@@jayrigger7508 That didn’t stop him from being a good author.

[@SlenderNSK]

the bagpipes were wonderful, but each time that Sci caught him self saying Highlander right before them was the best part

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

😅 i see Steve's new ration working with outstanding outcome 😅 Let's be honest, Grasshopper and Highlan... 🔊🔊🔊🔊 🤣 i was saying, these two are actually my upward weight favourite mechs...

[@SLDFMechWarrior]

Oh no Not the bagpipes!!

[@weldonwin]

Nukes are merely an inconvenience...

[@ronmiller5968]

I just played a highlander yesterday in a battle of classic and it rocked the whole enemy lance! This is the cherry on the top while i paint more miniatures

[@Vardyversity]

It has finally happened! The episode of SCIENCE INSANITY where the host actually went insane.

[@andrewweltlich9065]

Who knew Steve was such a troll lol

[@vidfan1701]

You have to watch the quiet guys, they can be surprising.

[@renegadeleader1]

So... After watching this early in the week I decided to use one of the Highlanders in my local groups matches. In four turns it headshot killed a Cyclops with a gauss rifle, gave a Highlander burial to a Thug, and finished off a Nightstar that had already been headshot by a Catapult K2K's ERPPC with yet another gauss rifle head shot. Bless you Science Insanity, bless you.

[@KageRyuu6]

It's because you can't have 4.5 hexes on the table top so they upgrade it to 5, thus 54kph rather than 48.6.

[@Esifex]

Now I'm just waiting to see if Steve is ready and waiting in the future videos JUST IN CASE you drop another reference to the Highlander to serenade you with more bagpipes. Also still loving the excellent use of Hardspace music for your outros, fits the feeling perfectly

[@leohalivan861]

It's not the bagpipe bit itself that I find hilarious. Yes, it's funny. But the fact that you know gods damned good and well that the Black Watch would have done the same shit is what's hilarious.

[@gigz44]

We find it hilarious!

[@johnkell5033]

Honestly the bagpipes in this episode made it the best so far, Keep it up steve. Just do it whenever the black watch are mentioned

[@speckter_prime475]

Watched the whole vid - Bagpipes DID NOT disappoint.

[@entr0physt]

AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAh Haud yer weesht, gonny no dae that accustical plumbery, aye? 'Ere was by FAR the best one yet. Well met, Steve.

[@scrooge6975]

STEVE THE MIGHTIEST HIGHLANDER !!!

[@frodo7287]

Ex Canadian military here. Bagpipes are my secret favorite instrument

[@FPAlpha]

One of the most hilarious BT videos i ever saw, well done!

[@MZZE-my7hz]

Highlanders being plural means it should have gotten more than one bagpipe sound affect being played.

[@connorohlander6683]

I watch their videos for two reasons. 1) Battletech lore, 2) Steve and Sci are hilarious.

[@barrybend7189]

THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!

[@themisspultone]

As I recall in the flavor text, they had to reinforce the leg design as " You put jump jets on a 90T mech some hot-shot WAS going to try to land it on another sooner or later (usually sooner)"

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

I told a new friend of mine I met on a discord server about the Highlander cause we were playing MWO. He bought the HGN-732 and started modding it to hell. In his first match with it he got 3 kills and stunned me with his performance.

[@ryanlorenzo5003]

It's one of these moments that I appreciate you put in audio spectrum visualizers if only to further accentuate the comedy of sudden bagpipes.

[@lindenbyrne7725]

You know I seriously don’t know why but I feel the need to mention again that you sound so much happier with the new channel! I mean seriously it’s making me feel better at the same time and I don’t even know why.

[@alexs5814]

I don't know if i already said this here but "FREEEEEDAAAAAAM!!!" Thanks for this deep lore dive of the mech. It helps a lot to flesh out the lore of the universe.

[@vidfan1701]

Hey Steve! Highlander!

[@AdaberemchiAjaOnu]

The bagpipes are possibly the best part of the episode, especially when Sci catches himself half a second later. The best episode by far. Might turn out to be the most-played episode eventually. 🤣

[@Vestheman7606]

SCOTLAND FOREVEEEEVERRR!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mewmewmech]

SCOTLAND, SCOTLAND, SCOTLAND, SCOTLAND, SCOTLAND, SCOTLAND, SCOTLAND

[@stephenm8107]

Watched a few of your videos and should have subscribed sooner but for the record, the pain and misery you went through with the bagpipes reminded me of one of my friends I game with and it pushed me over the edge.

[@elchjol2777]

Ah I have one of theses in Hairbrain's Battletech game. A Star League one that I have upgraded with a Gauss that weighs two tons less than normal freed up weight for extra armor and a flamer, a destroyed double heat sink was replaced with a second flamer when I realized that amount if double heat sinks was rather overkill anyway for heat dissipation. The Bellum Draconis is one mean Highlander. *Bagpipes insue*

[@imadethistopostponi]

Battletech is a Scottish powerfantasy

[@weldonwin]

Well, I mean sure the Inner Sphere was ruled by a Scottish family, until they got wiped out by Fat Genghis Khan

[@ibm355]

When steve desides to be the best side guy in all the videos and now is doing his job for once and we all cryed laughing

[@justanotheragamuffin]

This was absolutely grand!

[@brothersgt.grauwolff6716]

you've never run a Highlander properly in a table top Battletech game until you perform a successful Highlander Burial!

[@EricDKaufman]

I'm laughing my ass off at the bagpipes bitm.

[@khosegier3182]

I think the funniest part is when SCI called himself out on the first couple 'highlander' goofs that it seemed Steve missed.

[@jaredragland4707]

"It was desii--fuck, I said it again" [Highland Laddie]

[@Prich319]

Ah, the Highlander. A mech made for me as my DFA rolls in tt are amazingly good. Also in HBS Battletech, my Glitch is undisputedly the best of all Glitches. She performed a Highlander burial on a pristine Atlas. Goomba stomped cleanly on it's head! *THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!*

[@extremesheepdawg6379]

Bagpipes heard over the crunching sound of a Highlander burial…and a good many of them have a slight radioactive glow in those hard to reach cracks and crevasses. Nukes are just an inconvenience. They don’t even interrupt the pipers.

[@Lady-norune]

omg i laughed sooo hard hearing Steve laugh in the background of the bagpipes XD too good

[@Blindshot951]

I hate the damn bag pipes but i love your reaction to them... so overall win. Great video as always guys

[@dungeonpastor8295]

This was the funniest video I’ve watched in months. Gonna go back you guys on Patreon for this.

[@glennallen3859]

See, this is how I know you weren't a theatre kid growing up. A theatre kid just pivots to calling it The Scottish Mech, and gloats while he circumvents the madness 😂

[@arcdecibel9986]

Clearly not military, either, since the proper designation is HGN-732B.

[@snakes3425]

Highlander Pilot: THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!

[@franksol428]

Bagpipes for the win!

[@camerongunn7906]

The only thing funnier than the random bagpipes is the expletive laden exasperations of Sci just after stepping on a landmine. 😂😂😂 One of your best videos yet.👍

[@charleshenderson5951]

The bagpipes are awesome! By 11 minutes in, I am dying with laughter!

[@RoyHobbs-f4v]

... I've got a fever... and the only cure... is more bagpipe. Love this machine. Simply the best...

[@seanbigay1042]

The problem with the Highlander? There can be only one. (What? You didn't see that coming?)

[@jackthripper9989]

Checking my subs, Sci uploads a vid on my fav inner sphere mech and Steve is trolling him with bagpipes, what a day

[@JesterMotley]

I fell out of my chair cause of the bagpipes... not a gimmick to play again, but worked beautifully for this post. Loved it, thanks!

[@cesarespinozaspain]

I'm going to out on a limb and say....Bagpipes are the start up sounds when the mech is powered on...

[@lukasz88888888]

I used to play as the Northwind Highlanders. One had a Highlander "wearing" a kilt made of leftover armor from defeated enemies.

[@RyllenKriel]

Customizing a Highlander is always an end game goal for me in every Battletech game. It's definitely one of my favourites.

[@Yacovo]

Is there a charge for "Assault by Bagpipes"? Thanks for the video.

[@Sevarrius]

Scottish has two t's pal. Just finished the black Watch Episode so I was pleased to see this upload. I'm Scottish myself and have a personal connection to the Black Watch as it was my Grandads Regiment, a WWII veteran who served in North Africa, Survived the D-day landings and fought across Europe as well as some other small conflicts after the end of WWII.

[@nosidenoside2458]

My favorite episode i think

[@johnsmithfakename8422]

I came for bagpipes ... I was satisfied.

[@BigSwede7403]

It is the suffering of Sci that makes it funny. Well, that and Steve being an absolute troll about it.

[@callen1904]

My God, I was listening to this while i drove home from the hardware store and almost wrecked my car I was laughing so hard.😂😂😂😂

[@blackspyguy]

LOVE IT THANKS STEVE

[@tv_tim]

This was 'bagpipes intensify' the episode.

[@scottwalker6947]

I remember a game of BT back in the day, when one of my buddies stepped off a cliff, and did a full Highlander Burial on an enemy light mech.

[@Tigerblade2002]

Man, you guys made my day! Thank you for the laughs and the info.

[@shengetter1]

Great job Steve!

[@trealosgaming3345]

The bit with Steve is the best part of the video. But love this channel

[@Herpter_91]

The most fun I’ve head with a battletech vid since Tex released the Urbie vid

[@SRTifiable]

It’s all fun and games until the trees start playing bagpipes.

[@Hedron-Design]

Well he was right, us viewers fell out many times at the cursing just before the inevitable bagpipes! Also great commentary on this mech and its history.

[@oliverdouglas4065]

The bagpipes got me to subscribe.

[@mcchuggernaut9378]

As an American of 2-family Scottish descent, I approve of this video. Did you know, despite our propensity for foul language, hard drinking and fighting everything that moves, even ourselves, that we STILL managed to produce more inventions than nearly any nation in history, only beaten by the ancient Greeks, who had a LOT more low-hanging fruit things to invent that were not around yet? Also managed to hold off one of the greatest powers the world had ever known which happened to be situated right next door (The English and the Romans before that.) for a few hundred years with vastly inferior technology and weaponry until along came a man who had a claim to both the Scottish throne and English throne, and basically united the 2 countries, CREATING the damn United Kingdom - the Union Jack flag being the mashing together of the Scottish and English flags. Then the British Empire after including Scottish techno-barbarians into their ranks went on to outlaw slavery, and basically end the world-wide slave trade by force for the first time in human history. Yeah, nothing is more dangerous and innovative than a Scot trying to deal with a problem. They'll brute-force you first, while they build a super-weapon you never expected in a shed somewhere piss wasted on a random Tuesday out of shit they stole from a junkyard. I leave you with this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYOZe5amlNuMjMk

[@rabenfedersonnenhut]

I got unreasonably mad about the missed chances to bagpipe

[@mathewkelly9968]

Funnily enough a Highlander burial is the most ineffective use of a Highlander in classic

[@DefiantSix]

Digging it out after the wake for the salvage is a real b!tch.

[@captaindecounting8239]

And we do, we do find it hilarious. Several spit takes later, and I've hurt myself. Excellent content, CHEERS!

[@naomy1701]

god i love Steves antics XD keep on keepin on my guy >_< shits and giggles aside, the Highlander... * *listening for bagpipes playing up in the background* * ... was my first Assaultmech love and will always have a special place in my heart ❤‍🔥

[@108WARDOG]

Absolutely hilarious episode, favorite part was the Bagpipes everytime Highlander was said. Outstanding!