Platoon Attack Craft | The INSANLY Simple Solution to Battle Droid Logistics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ค. 2024
- The Platoon Attack Craft or PAC, is the CIS solution to moving B1, B2 and Droideka droids across the battlefront during the Clone Wars. While the MTT may look more impressive, the PAC was a crucial element in the Separatist war time logistics. See how this Star Wars vehicle compares to those of the Republic and Droid army, and lived on into the Imperial era.
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The Droid Army is one of the best militaries I’ve ever seen in sci-fi
Yep, with some of the dumbest troop. Lol
Don't say that too loud. A 40k IOM fanboy will be summoned and say how the IG would curbstomb...insert sci-fi/sci-fantasy faction here
@@chrismath149 But the IG series were not part of the Droid army. I'm talking B1 and B2, which overall were dumber than a bloggins
@@dracoswhitewolf he's referring to the imperial guard from warhammer 40k. pretty much any faction from that universe could stomp any faction from star wars, but imo comparing universes never really works, the power levels are too different.
@@dracoswhitewolfthe IG series _was_ a part of the droid army. IG100, better known as the magna guard
The Separatists have the best logistics in all of Star Wars.
Pretty easy when you barely need much food and pretty much everything can be expendable and eventually replaced. The Republic probably could output more vehicles, but it was the manpower that was the hardest to replace, thus the eventual specialization over fielding larger numbers.
almost like they were founded by several galactic wide corporations that are focused on maximizing profits and thus efficiency
A small but reliable and logistically effective transport. If only we could see more of it. A CIS focused version of The Clone Wars TV show would be a great way to reintroduce this vehicle back into the main Star Wars series.
Also that tweet at the end was hilarious.
It’s the Droid AT-OT just much less complicated
As someone who works in logistics and loves star wars vehicles i really appreciate designs like this. Its just so good, compact and it makes sense. Good job trade federation!
And thank you metanerdz, i always wondered what this vehicle was called after noticing it in the background on naboo and kashyyyk. I also own all 3 versions of it that lego has made
Makes sense to me, you have a few MTTs in front to soak up the enemy fire, and the PATs behind to carry the rest of the troops. With the PAT being smaller and lighter, you can carry more of them on a transport ship.
Have to admit cis was well organised and really well suited
What did you expect from a faction mostly consisting of businessmen?
I'll always remember the Droids being deployed at the Battle of Naboo; so Nostalgic
You could consider the PAC equivalent to the deuce and a half or other unarmoured truck to carry a lot of troops to different locations where they'll unload before the battle and advance mostly on foot. That's why we dont see them a lot in the shows and movies, but you can probably assume any time we see battle droids, they were at one point dropped off by a PAC behind the lines.
Compared to the MTT which is more equivalent to a IFV where it takes part in the battle while offloading troops.
Even though the lego set only had 8 droids it was still pretty cool
I always love your measurement units. "It's as tall as a bed" is one of my favorites.
I almost chocked out at the CIA-Joke XD
The CIS council being almost solely comprised of industry leaders was no doubt beneficial due to the abundance of logistical expertise they brought to the table.
Amazon clearly working with the mouse to crush unions🤣
I've always felt like the GAR is really missing having a few utility vehicles. We only see the AT-OT, but I feel like it's really missing something between the BARC/AT-RT/Swamp Speeder and the AT-TE.
Like a truck or jeep equivalent like this.
A nice 4-10 man vehicle.
The BX commando droid is the best!
Should have replaced the B1, B2 and droideka battle droids the instant it was made!
It's an improvement in every single way possible!
Even if it is expensive, it's well worth having a droid 50 to 100 times more effective on the battlefield!
well, but it's right there in the name; "commando" droid. sure, it's superior to the standard battle droid in pretty much every way, but that doesn't only come at a higher cost, but also a different use case. just consider why the republic used an army of standard clones, with the clone commandos being much fewer in number and only assigned to special missions, even though, technically, they could've just cloned a ton of clone commandos.
And what about the cost ? No. B1 are the best because they be built in number and they are not expensive. BX are usefull in infiltration mission or security in small space (like droidekas).
@@fallenanger123Roger roger
Pilot droids were replaced by independent thinkers
Roger roger
Roger roger
Professionals study logistics, always!
I wonder how difficult and costly it would have been to equip them with shield generators...
Yes! I love these videos. The complete "life of" and species analysis are great, but it's nice to have more of the shorter vehicle/droid/tech videos from time to time.
I fell in love with that droid transport when the Phantom Menace came out
I have always wanted to know about this vehicle ever since I saw it in the Star Wars cross-sections book you meta nerdz
Honesty really love how you show how much better the knockoff lego set was, i got one and it was great to have 4 times the B1s in a transport
Unimportant fact: there were actually 3 Lego sets representing this vehicle, and the second one (not pictured on the video) was a bit more accurate
I just want to say you’re doing great quality stuff still. I remember a couple years back watching your livestreams, the one that comes to mind is when you made the gonk droid cosplay. Keep it up man👍🏽
Wow that's crazy that was a great memory. Thanks for this comment this is awesome
these videos are next level insane keep it up!
Man, the detail you bring to this videos is so impressive..... Most Impressive. Perfect and thought provoking while I enjoy my morning Caf. Which of course, is strong, hot, and black. Made using a Naboo Press.
Do you think you could consider doing the Gungan Bongo please?
I love these ridiculous size comparisons you always make. Same size as a King size bed tall and Wookie plus a Jawa wide.
Honestly, the only battle use I see for these in the Clone Wars is either droidekas or commando droids. No point to waste space carrying B1 or B2 droids when the MTT does that better
I disagree. It's basically a truck, it's propably much cheaper to operate than MTT and is faster. Excellent way to bring up reinforcements as second wave after droids deployed by MTT have been spent.
@@blackore64 but with no weapons on it, I wouldn't want to bring up any kind of reinforcements on it into an active battlefield
@@dragonblaster-vu8wzit's not meant to be on an active battlefield, its meant to shuttle droids in calmer environments where the armor and size of the MTT is not only unnecessary but may be easier overall
@@dragonblaster-vu8wzDid you watch the video? It's a support vehicle meant to transport infantry from storage to another staging area efficiently. Tanks and armored carriers like the AAT and MTT go in with those vehicles even if holding onto handrails.
@@dragonblaster-vu8wz Well, Since Indirect fire is not really that much of a thing in Star Wars Battlefields, It can get pretty close to frontline, and just behind the frontline it can deploy its droids, which then can walk to battle lines to help MTTs and AATs without exposing the vehicle to much danger, basically how military trucks work with modern armies.
As I kid, I got 3 of these Lego Droid carriers for my birthday the year phantom menace came out 😁 the next year I got the MTT, I had my own little Lego Droid army ❤
Yoo MetaNerdz! Love the vehicle breakdowns. Are you hyped for the Ahsoka show?
yeah hoping to update the ahsoka complete life series and get thrawn out before the show
I wasn’t expecting the CIA I mean Jedi I couldn’t sense that coming
Holy crap good eye I never seen those in the movie tell you pointed them out
This video made me go back to playing the Galaxy At War mod
Love the CIS
Roger roger
I have the old lego set of this Separatist Vehicle :)
I actually have that knockoff! That thing is straight flames; it's worth the price in comparison to official Lego, and the quality is still quite good despite being off-brand! I'd recommend it if you're looking for that vehicle. For reference, I also had Lego's official one, so I had a basis to compare.
Another great video! Thanks lots.
Yeah we're actually looking to work with one of those sellers there is so much cool stuff out there
@@MetaNerdzLore Based, that's awesome.
Cool practical concept. I’d love to see a Technical version with improvised armor to protect the cargo tho. Also as cool as the MTT droid rack is the ones we see in Phantom menace are ludicrously complex. Why not just have the droids unfold INSIDE the MTT and walk out the front hatch instead?
I love the pac so much I bought on in lego
Idea for a future video: what if the Trade Federation didn't join the CIS, but decided to be "neutral" in the Clone Wars?
I have both versions of the lego set, and yes it is a collectors dream
There are actually three versions of it that lego has made. But still agreed, it is a collectors dream
@@falloutgamer347 Oh yeah I forgot about the OG one, but yeah the amount of droids they have is great for army building
@@aurorahasfallen definetily, back in the day i got five of the 7929 set, only downside is i have five Jar jars aswell but also 50 b1 droids just from that, around 200 in total. How many droids do you have? Oh and cant blame you for not remembering the og one, i didnt even know it was thing before i found one online. Pretty nice for its time but the 2014 version outmatches it in all categories
@@falloutgamer347 Better to have 5 jar jars then none lol, I probably have around 300 maybe 400 with the different variants (I kinda cheat by buying fakes on Amazon sometimes for like $20) I recently bought the 7662 MTT and got a ton from that.
@@aurorahasfallen Impressive! I dont think thats cheating really, a droid is a droid. Do you have them all on display? If you do they must take up a lot of space, i can barely fit my droids on my shelves, thinking of just putting them in a box to get more space for other sets. I got the 7662 somewhat recently too, around 4 months now. Hands down the best separatist set ever made but you could argue that the 8018 AAT or 7654 droids battlepack could take that place. Those are really the best CIS sets we have gotten so far, doesnt look like we are getting any now either, its been 3 years since the last CIS set
A battle droid school bus.
I have a question involving the arquitens
Where is the hanger bay on it, it can store 3 tie’s and 2 shuttles but i can’t figure out where the shuttles goes or how they dock to the cruiser
There is an error, the at-te does not cost 300,000 credits, but 100,000
There was a version of this in Lego from 2011
Set 7929
Also carrying 8 droids on 2 levels, folded up
I always thought the PAC was a great concept for a droid army. Just a simple way to move droids around in rear echelons.
I think that these things were used very often, it doesn't make sense to have the battle droids use up power that they have to spend recharging moving across field to get to their position from the garrison. Instead you have sleds that transport them in a low power or shut down state until they get to the spot where they can be deployed safely deploy them and you have battle droids that have a full charge. Rather than ones that have had to cross terrain burn through their power supply maybe not all of it but plenty of it which essentially means they'll have a longer lifespan on the battlefield just power wise.
Then you have to take into account the financial logistics, as well as the resource logistics. Even though the PAC is only a little less than a third The cost of the AAT, I guarantee you it uses a 10th of the amount of materials to build. You also pointed out with the PAC if someone were to remove the deployment rack of droids, you would end up with what is essentially a cargo sled. That makes perfect sense So it's a very good logistical tool to have for both moving supplies and troops.
Can we please get a Rishii lore video?
I missed the Jawa and Wokkie picture meassure convertion 😂
CIS logistics is so simple and easy that even a B1 can do it.
Wasn't that a modified PAC that Obi-Wan was a passenger in on his series as transport to work?
If the MTT is the BMP, the PAC is the MT-LB.
What is the name of the song used as background music
what is the name of the background music
There was an MTT storming the beach on Kashyyyk in BF2 (the newer one). Was this wrong of them to put in there? Are there repulsorlifts that can’t hover over water? Can you do a video explaining why some speeders can fly anywhere but some are stuck a few feet above the ground? 1:37
Damn good point didn't think of that
The front of the MTT looks like jabbas body armour
One thing I wouldn't say is the droides using combined arms, more like mass wave.
I want my own droid army to impress my crush
3:40 hahahaha
why would the MTT not be able to cross the lake tho. It's a repulsor lift vehicle. It should be able to cross the lake just as easily as an ATT or PAC.
There was an other version of that Lego set
I have two, one in pieces😢
Why is Star Wars ship scaling so weird? Every time I hear ship they always feel either way too big or way too small even when it’s coming from official sources
The Lego set shown carried 12 droids plus 2 pilots but one in 2011 carried 8+2
Video idea. All the parts you can get for a yt freighter
Damn that would be interesting
What game is in this video??
They are essencially trucks.
But the real difference to the MTT is probably that, deploying from the MTT, barley takes a minute. The PAC uses the same racks, but it has obviously not the MTTs rails and ability to just slide it out in full on its own power, so they probably take a lot longer to get out. Probably ten whole minutes or so. Simply put: Not good for the frontline.
Brilliant to restock your MTT when they go full shuttle mode, just stack the droids somewhere in the rack, drive up to the MTT, have the thing just pick up the rack from the back of the PAC and go on. Also, perfectly adequate to get a formation from A to B without wasting the droids charge or risking them stumbling and breaking their blaster or something equally inconvinient.
I like how you said Dave Feloni. Because Cathleen Kennedy don't give a rat's ass
Why are your old video only accessible with a membership
It is?! That sucks 😞
because I think they are bad, wanted to delete them, people said they want to see them, but they are so bad they hurt the channel growth, so I figured the only way to keep them and not hurt the channel is to put in membership, $0.99 a month gets you hundreds of old videos and I don't worry about deleting them
@@MetaNerdzLore oh ok well thought they were very good but I understand your reasoning
Im sorry, a AT-TE is faster than a AAT?
The CIS vehicles particularly the MTT are much cooler than Clone vehicles
5:09 doesn't it carry 12?!
Two groups of 4.
@@DioBrando-jm7ufI used to own the set, theres spots for 6 per rack
@@Madobe-Nanami There were 3 versions, supposedly.
@@DioBrando-jm7ufThe one in the picture seems to have 6 per rack 12 total looking at the set pictures online. so i'd say the official lego has 12
Count the heads. It’s eight.
😂 That CIA reference. 😂👌
“Platoon attack craft”, 112 is the largest platoon I’ve ever heard. Just shy of a company. No complaints just a funny thought to me.
You know I gotta ask for 90,000 or a 100,000 credits for one vehicle. That's almost as much as what we can buy here. So what is the minimum wage of the star? Wars universe like if I worked at dexs dinner Would I be getting thirty credits an hour
All od this makes me qauntion how they lost . especially whan the Republic only had 3 million soilders. On a galatic level conflict
These guys were cool, until they weren’t.. As I recall, these droids supposedly cost next to nothing, which is why there are so many. Think $0.003 a dozen, vs $12k per droideka. This was used to explain why they were so dumb too, but I think the AI was a weird situation. I don’t recall if they were actually dumb, or heavily suppressed.
100+ droid ship made from lego? Yeah for $300
one of the weakest droid designs, it really looks just like a quick kitbash to fill in the scenes of EP1 a little more, which is probably why its never really featured in a big manner again
Lmao the CIA messing with anyone these days
Money talks
just think of how little you could accomplish with a platoon of transports, full of battle droids
I kinda never understood the utility of this one, I even had it in lego because I thought it was a part of the MTT
Can’t get a Mtt down a small street or don’t need a whole mtt load of droids use this thing
@@ethanbird5399 that’s also true you are very right but that got me thinking, one clone trooper with a bazooka on top of a roof or one grenade thrown in a small street and lights out you know?
Haha sorry I shouldn’t put logic into our beloved Star Wars
Yeah even hand guns can take this thing out because it was so cheap the biggest reason it was used