BATTLETECH: The Hatamoto-Chi

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  • Another #Battlemech in #Battletech that is in many ways directly related to some of the huge events that unfurled during the #SuccessionWars period, the #HatamotoChi is one of the #DraconisCombine 's most recognizable mechs. Built for #HouseKurita due to #Comstar accidentally shipping them several #Mechs they shouldn't have, this warrior of a machine has a huge and storied history, stretching from the #Warof3039 all the way until the #DarkAge and #Ilclan era.
    The #FederatedCommonwealth, #SmokeJaguars, #Novacats, and #RepublicofTheSphere couldn't line up with the Combine and their Samurai-Clad Battlemechs, what makes you think you can?
    Check out the video and find out!
    #HouseSteiner #HouseDavion #HouseMarik #HouseLiao #CapellanConfederation #4thSuccessionWar #SuccessionWar #ClanInvasion
    *Accidentally called Theodore the Coordinator. I forgot Takashi was still alive and Coordinating. That's my slipup, apologies. Theo's just a much, much more memorable. lol
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ความคิดเห็น • 255

  • @tullyDT
    @tullyDT ปีที่แล้ว +119

    For all the trash talking the Thug fanboys do, at least you can see out the cockpit window of the Hatamoto-Chi

    • @CMDRFandragon
      @CMDRFandragon ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Does the thug really have a big bubble on its face?
      Hatomoto is cool honestly. I like its symmetrical loadout

    • @kingleech16
      @kingleech16 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Eh, seeing what you’re doing is for cowards. Real courage is operating in blindness.

  • @screamingcactus1753
    @screamingcactus1753 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I knew the the Hatamoto Chi was a heavily modified Charger, but I had no idea that they basically just crammed the internals of a completely different mech into its chassis. It's a Thug wearing a Charger's skin, and there's something kinda hilarious about that

    • @dubuyajay9964
      @dubuyajay9964 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And yet it looks better than both.

  • @thestabbybrit4798
    @thestabbybrit4798 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I love everything about this Mech. I love the backstory of converting a failed design into a totemic icon, I love the weapons loadout, I love the disgusting amount of armour, and most of all I love that it's a giant Samurai!

    • @yeisonalvarez5776
      @yeisonalvarez5776 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Those are the reasons why everyone loves it

    • @Alex-pj8nz
      @Alex-pj8nz ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well it’s only a matter of time since the Hatchet Man showed up.

    • @yeisonalvarez5776
      @yeisonalvarez5776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Alex-pj8nz That's a good sign

    • @krissteel4074
      @krissteel4074 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, pretty much!
      They could be hard to use sometimes depending on the type, but sometimes you just need someone to take punches and it does that well

    • @Dracobyte
      @Dracobyte 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Very interesting mech!

  • @Darren_Xero
    @Darren_Xero ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Hatamoto-Chi is basically a story of how a virgin Charger - went through a rough trials & intense trainings, transformed into a chad samurai

    • @Dracobyte
      @Dracobyte 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Challenges make character!

    • @PeachDragon_
      @PeachDragon_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'd love to see you insult a charger while it's rapidly closing distance.
      See what happens.
      You certainly won't be a virgin after it's done beating your mech into junk

    • @memecat57
      @memecat57 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A man cannot improve without suffering for he is the sculptor and the marble

  • @tullyDT
    @tullyDT ปีที่แล้ว +49

    28T - Shin is my favoured configuration. It has a gauss rifle, 6 medium pulse lasers, jump jets, TCM and a sword. It catches out people who are used to facing the standard PPC and SRM load out

    • @jasonsantiago6308
      @jasonsantiago6308 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That'll wake up honorless FedCom dogs in the morning for sure

    • @JuergenGDB
      @JuergenGDB ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jasonsantiago6308 Do these varients even exist in Mechwarrior 5?

    • @jasonsantiago6308
      @jasonsantiago6308 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JuergenGDB Not sure since I am embarrassingly far from having collected everything but if so I'd imagine it requires DLC since the main campaign ends in the 3040s and melee weapons didn't come out until the release of Call to Arms

    • @Aladine11
      @Aladine11 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JuergenGDB with all current dlcs hatamoto has only two t26 variants and two t27 variants + one hero mech

  • @anexistanthuman2435
    @anexistanthuman2435 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The hatamoto-chi, turning a glorified running coffin into the embodiment of the dcms. Versatile? Yes. Resourceful. Absolutely. This thing is what every draconis combine pilot wants to look like in a battle, a samurai of old honorably facing down their enemies, ideally in single combat.

    • @justinjacobs1501
      @justinjacobs1501 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, they took a running coffin, a literal brick wall, and mashed them together into a running wall...

    • @nialltealeaf275
      @nialltealeaf275 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@justinjacobs1501 An unstoppable force that is, simultaneously, an immovable object. The perfect embodiment of the Combine's persistence in the face of other Houses coveting their lands and mechworks.

  • @MechanicalFrog
    @MechanicalFrog ปีที่แล้ว +75

    One of the few battlemechs that will lure someone to the Draconis side of the galaxy.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There's also Maulers and Jenners, but that's why we shoot their cockpits and take th mechs home.

    • @MechanicalFrog
      @MechanicalFrog ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@bthsr7113 I'd also toss in the K2

    • @jollyjohnthepirate3168
      @jollyjohnthepirate3168 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah. Much honor. Tea ceremonies are cool. Love Anime. Everythings cool until that pesky Kurtian trait of madness shows up again.
      Jinjero Kurita when asked what his first orders were.
      "Kill them. Kill them all."
      He also issued orders in Haiku.

    • @JERRYR708
      @JERRYR708 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bthsr7113 also Dragons

    • @135forte
      @135forte ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I found out they have the Crab and the King Crab during the Clan Invasion. I think DC is my only choice.

  • @s41nt-hardy85
    @s41nt-hardy85 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love how in Heir to the dragon they assume it is only a charger due to it's profile at distance , and get a face full of LRM and a dose of Bruh

  • @bigtony4930
    @bigtony4930 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    FOOLISH SAMURAI!

    • @michaelkimberling7307
      @michaelkimberling7307 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      AKU!!!!

    • @MKmaki6094
      @MKmaki6094 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      extra * T H I C C *

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I will return and strike you down.... SAMURAI!!!

    • @barondiamondo6676
      @barondiamondo6676 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      *Davion mechwarrior knight*
      "Stylish samurai Charger, really?"
      *Get reckted by 2 ppc and srm 6*

    • @Dracobyte
      @Dracobyte 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Loong time ago...

  • @kythebengzon8023
    @kythebengzon8023 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Ah yes I remember the Melee Hatamoto or as our MM (Mech master) called them the Premier Draconis mech capable of wielding a sharpened metal stick to shank other mechs with.

    • @Dracobyte
      @Dracobyte 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like Gundam Barbatos?

    • @randomfurrygirl548
      @randomfurrygirl548 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@DracobyteNah barbatos preferred smashing with maces lol

  • @RyeFields
    @RyeFields ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Even my friend who hates the Draconis Combine can respect this design. You know you made a good mech when your opponents respect and occasionally admire the design.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      See also: Mauler.

    • @Gigas0101
      @Gigas0101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bthsr7113 I'm dreading the Mauler vid. I like the design but I get the feeling Red's gonna rip it a new one due to the AC2s on it.

    • @PeachDragon_
      @PeachDragon_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Gigas0101on the mauler they work very well actually, the range, precision and volume of fire are exceptional, it's kinda like long range machineguns

  • @PopeMetallicus
    @PopeMetallicus ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I may absolutely despise every other Kurita design, but the Hatamoto-Chi, just like my baby the Thug, is an absolute brute on the battlefield...plus I love that they made it a samurai...never change, space weebs, never change

    • @ham_the_spam4423
      @ham_the_spam4423 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      how about Jenner and Panther? I think they're at least decent light mechs

    • @PopeMetallicus
      @PopeMetallicus ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ham_the_spam4423 the Jenner's good, if ugly. The Panther is just an undergunned and armored Vindicator. Hell, the Wolfhound absolutely smokes it

    • @ham_the_spam4423
      @ham_the_spam4423 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@PopeMetallicus well the Wolfhound was specifically designed to hunt both the Panther and Jenner

    • @DerDrecksack87
      @DerDrecksack87 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think the DC are not weebs, they are space communists, clearly more so based on china than japan in my opinion.

    • @PopeMetallicus
      @PopeMetallicus ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DerDrecksack87 You're thinking of the Capellan Confederation, which IS pretty much space China/North Korea. the DC is straight up feudal Japan in almost every facet

  • @BoisegangGaming
    @BoisegangGaming ปีที่แล้ว +77

    It really was only a matter of time until the Kuritans gave a mech a katana because... muh honor or something.
    The Hatamoto-Chi is an extremely interesting mech from the point of view of production, as it's the attempt to turn the charger into something regarding an actually usable design.
    And then the Kuritans decided it wasn't honorable enough and slapped on a bunch of samurai Armor for no good reason.
    That said, I do like the relatively recent trend of giving more Chinese/Japanese inspired names to Capellan/Kuritan mechs (respectively) as it does make it seem less like just Europe in space.

    • @brandonpeters9155
      @brandonpeters9155 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Hatamoto-Chi is an extremely interesting mech from the point of view of production, as it's the attempt to turn the charger into something regarding an actually usable design.
      MFW they just made a thug

    • @BoisegangGaming
      @BoisegangGaming ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@brandonpeters9155 Hey gotta live that thug life somehow

    • @eddapultstab2078
      @eddapultstab2078 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ever since the hatchetman came to service kurita had serious melee envy. They tried deploying axes of their own but their warriors are total weapon snobs so they had to spend decades designing a sword that was practical enough for battle.

    • @jeffersonian000
      @jeffersonian000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eddapultstab2078
      I refer to Kurita Hatchmen as “Hachimon”, the Japanese god of war.

    • @robrib2682
      @robrib2682 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look into the story of the mech axe, they made the giant katana because they're MechWarriors refused to pilot a mech that had such a "brutish weapon"...
      In the middle of an invasion by the free worlds league using a bunch of mechs that have the axe in their loadout

  • @rotwang2000
    @rotwang2000 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    An absolutely unique mech, only the Draconis Combine could have come up with the Thug, I mean the Hatamoto Chi !!!!

  • @DreamFireNostalgia
    @DreamFireNostalgia ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love your dedication to this universe. Between you and tex. I have had my love of battletech renewed. Not that I'm t ever left. But i grew up loving battletech but noone in my area were ever interested. Most were warhammer 40k fans and had no interest. So i never got to play the tabletop or hang out with others. It warma my heart how battletech is getting a resergance of popularity and its thanks to people like you we can get a battletech lore fix. Keep on it man. And thank you.

    • @Dracobyte
      @Dracobyte 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nerdy Overanalyzed and Mechanichal Frog are also good channels!

  • @Gigas0101
    @Gigas0101 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    When you let your Thug get a crunchyroll account... For real, though, the diversity of the variants is mind-blowing! Great video, thanks for this.

  • @dantauche7917
    @dantauche7917 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This mech became my favorite from the first time I heard the AI announce it in Mechwarrior 2 Ghost Bears Legacy…..”Hatamoto….CHI”. It was so badass

  • @liljenborg2517
    @liljenborg2517 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Oh yes, ComStar "accidentally" shipped the Kuritans several _losttech_ mechs they "shouldn't have", that just happened to turn the tide against the Federated Commonwealth in the war of 3039 and stopped the Fed Coms from weakening the largest major obstacle against peace in the Inner Sphere: House Kurita and their Draconis Combine (AKA ComStar's favorite patsy for starting Succession Wars to tear the Inner Sphere apart so that, once the Great Houses had weakened one another enough, ComStar could step up to "save humanity" and reform the Star League in the name and vision of the Blessed Blake as transmogrified by the religious wackos ComStar became). ComStar WANTED to protect the Kuritians and break up the Federated Commonwealth.
    ComStar did NOT instigate the alliance of the Federated Commonwealth. That was Katrina Steiner's plan. ComStar participated _on the surface_ while, behind the scenes, they did everything they could to SABOTAGE it (including a false flag attempt to kidnap Melissa Steiner and aide the Capellan scheme to replace Hanse Davion with a clone - something they would do with a few years later with Thomas Marik, and facilitate the negotiations to forge an alliance between the Free Worlds League, Capellan Confederation, and the Combine to COUNTER the Federated Commonwealth.
    Yes, the FedCom's targeted the Confederation first, not because Hanse Davion was "using" the Lyrans to help him defeat HIS enemies, but because it was the WEAKEST target, and hated enough by the Combine and especially the League that they wouldn't really work all that hard to defend it (and they didn't) - and once toppled, free up resources to focus on the nastier, and more important target. ComStar was instrumental in convincing Theo Kurita to allow the break-away Rasalhague Repulbic to PROTECT the Combine from the Federated Commonwealth being able to attack the Combine from both borders. The Combine had been just as big a thorn in the Steiner's sides as they had been in the Davion's. And Hanse Davion targeted the Combine next instead of the Free Worlds League for two simple reasons, the FedSuns half of the Commonwealth couldn't help much, because they didn't have a shared border, and because he believed he could actually get the League to JOIN them (at best) or simply make peace and enjoy making a TON of MONEY trading with them (which is what Leaguers care about the most - or second behind fighting civil wars with themselves), and, the Combine was the MUCH bigger threat to EVERYONE. Davion just didn't know that, by that time, the ruler of the League was actually a pawn of ComStar and IN ON ComStar's efforts to stop the Federated Commonwealth from reforging the Star League in a way that would keep ComStar on the sidelines, if not replace them with an HPG network NOT controlled by megalomaniacal zealots determined to KEEP humanity in a Dark Age until THEY could be the people credited for ending it.

  • @jollyjohnthepirate3168
    @jollyjohnthepirate3168 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    During the Clan invasion the Fed Com and Combine declared a truce and pledged to not use their house armies against each other. Then Davion sent his largest merc units to assist the Dragon. Much to the despair of his successors.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      More honor that the Average coordinator at least.

    • @EmperorPylades
      @EmperorPylades ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Because he said he wouldn't send FedCom forces into Kurita space.
      It becomes an even funnier backhand when you remember that the DCMS had a nasty habit of killing Mercs who operated in Combine space at the time, and had only abandoned the policy during the Clan Invasion because of just how utterly they were being crushed by the Clans - the dueling culture that was so prevalent among DCMS Mechwarriors meant that early in the war they eagerly responded to Clanner challenges, and thus lost horrific numbers of veteran warriors, and saw their Mechs claimed as isorla

  • @MrDarthtelos
    @MrDarthtelos ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Look, I understand that the Combine’s whole thing is Bushido and all. All I’m saying is adding a couple claws to a mech never hurt anyone. KING CRAB GANG!

    • @tullyDT
      @tullyDT ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What about sculpting it to look like the Shredder from TMNT?

    • @MrDarthtelos
      @MrDarthtelos ปีที่แล้ว

      With claws.

  • @dzeclectic2327
    @dzeclectic2327 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The H-C is such a weeb mech, but the history is pretty cool. Interesting video as always.

  • @ChaosTicket
    @ChaosTicket ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Hatamoto-Chi is a Thug with a samurai aesthetic.
    Its rather ridiculous and shows when the owners started making factions more distinct. I thought it was the Jihad/Dark Age where Capellans gained many chinese battlemechs, Draconis Combine gained samurai mechs, and so on.
    I remember seeing a Hatamoto-Chi in the early 90s Battletech cartoon, so its a surprisingly old design.
    Its overall solid, but I would probably prefer a Warhammer 6D.

  • @frankb3347
    @frankb3347 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well Hanse when a Charger and a Thug love each other very much.....

  • @michaelallen3894
    @michaelallen3894 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video Red!! The Hatamoto Chi has been my go to Mech when I play the DCMS Sword of Light.
    It just looks so friggin cool!!

  • @nuke999170
    @nuke999170 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Dunno why, but whenever I think of this mech I imagine it with a katana in it's hand

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's probably a variant or custom option for that.

    • @CaptRedJack
      @CaptRedJack ปีที่แล้ว +2

      there is, the 28-T (shin) has a sword listed on the sheet. good weapon, little less damage than a hatchet but bonus to hit

    • @Dracobyte
      @Dracobyte 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For honor!

  • @theapostatejack8648
    @theapostatejack8648 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Aww that is cute. They made it a totem mech to disguise the blatant copy.
    And again with the Comstar bleepery too.

  • @sim.frischh9781
    @sim.frischh9781 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was my favorite IS Mech in its TRO, it upgrades the look of the Charger to such a high degree, i only found out much later that that´s what it was based upon.
    I especially like the early art works on the Hatamoto, though most of the later ones were not as good as i hoped, at least until the MWO version came out.
    Because that one looks GLORIOUS, Iglesias did great work on both the Charger and the Hatamoto.

    • @tullyDT
      @tullyDT ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The only clue is that the designers seemingly forgot to give it a left hand, or forgot to mount a weapon inside the stump.

  • @elchjol2777
    @elchjol2777 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ah the Hatamoto-Chi,it looks fancy and I like smashing them apart and selling what's left. It's armor feels rather weak in MW 5,I generally have more problems with Charger 1A5s that the Hatamoto-Chi. It might be due to the tactical difference though,I tend to act very aggressively when facing a Hatamoto-Chi,while I tend to go defensive and play for distance when facing a 1A5.

    • @robertharris6092
      @robertharris6092 ปีที่แล้ว

      I found tge variant that only has 8 energy hardpoints and 1 AMS and it only gets like 64 kph with the same armor as my zeus. Seems pretty meh considering it gets no useful quirks.

  • @robrib2682
    @robrib2682 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    and this children is what happens when the factory world runs out of metal.... or you refuse to not eventually make a decent weapons platform from a lemon
    Edit: but yea, I love the look of this thing. fighting a lance with this in it is like seeing a Zeus in the enemy's lance. You know who is upset at you and they are very

  • @enricopaolocoronado2511
    @enricopaolocoronado2511 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When I first saw the Charger, I actually liked the design. It ain't as great looking as other Assaults such as the Battlemaster, the Warhammer IIC, the Atlas, and the Marauder II/IIC, but it looked good in some angles.
    And then I saw the armaments and I immediately took regret at even liking the thing in the first place. Like, 5 Small Lasers on something that big and fast? That gets a hard pass from me, folks.
    The Hatamoto-Chi, on the other hand, is something I liked with the samurai-esque appearance plus its more respectable loadout options such as the twin PPCs and SRM-6s.
    Glad to see that the Dragon hasn't lost its teeth with this 'Mech.
    EDIT: Anyone else think that the Hanse Davion image used in this video looks like Anthony Starr's portrayal of Homelander from the Boys?

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว

      It does kinda look like Starr, but it also does look like the original artwork.
      Hanse was a monster, so it fits. lol

  • @GhostBear3067
    @GhostBear3067 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Every time I run into one one on Mechwarrior Online my first thought is "TIME TO BAG ME A GUNDAM!!"
    Then I remember I am bad at that game.😅

  • @verathorn1556
    @verathorn1556 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I'm definitely preferring these videos with a focus on iconic faction mechs. The extra faction info with the mech info definitely makes the video feel more well rounded I think.

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's just for a few mechs, it won't be for all of them. These are just in the order of coverage atm. The Shogun next week for instance, ain't getting this kind of love.

  • @g3heathen209
    @g3heathen209 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ah yes the ham tomato with cheese.

    • @tullyDT
      @tullyDT ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Put some mustard and mayo on it and grill that baby!

  • @arcdraconis9579
    @arcdraconis9579 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this mech can be ploped into red alert 3 and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference

  • @aidiotontheinternet1803
    @aidiotontheinternet1803 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I know the charger is a bad mech but it still hurts when someone says it because I love the charger

    • @madmalkavian3857
      @madmalkavian3857 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I fear you more than anyone who prefers a "good" mech.

  • @jdmmike7225
    @jdmmike7225 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We'll make sure the HTM-30S has a grave on New Avalon. WE'RE TAKING IT BACK!!!!! Great vid Red👍

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Dragon shall hold New Avalon! It is the rightful territory of the Combine!

    • @jdmmike7225
      @jdmmike7225 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigRed40TECH NEVER!!!!!! LOL

  • @alexanderleach3365
    @alexanderleach3365 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If there is a samurai in BattleMechs, the Hatamoto-Chi takes the cake.

  • @Chris_Sizemore
    @Chris_Sizemore ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The more this Charger successor evolves the slower it becomes. Assault mechs are anvils. Things other mechs run into and break. The Hatamoto-Chi embodies this concept. Though, 3/5 movement is more appropriate for heavier assault mechs. An 80 tonner should be able to maintain 4/6 movement so it can be assigned to heavy lances.

  • @mattcarper9853
    @mattcarper9853 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Best thing Space Japan ever made.....

  • @failsc2player
    @failsc2player ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Draconis Combine never punish people for such sleights as treachery, they simply offer you the chance to dine with your ancestors prematurely.

  • @Gigas0101
    @Gigas0101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm just a submarine
    But I am really mean!
    I'm Hatamoto-Chi
    Kaeru!
    If you get this reference I am so, so sorry.

  • @CaptRedJack
    @CaptRedJack ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have one of these on order so I can paint it like Sgt Kabuki man NYPD

  • @yeisonalvarez5776
    @yeisonalvarez5776 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video was incredibly awesome. My group and me are planning a gathering the day you make the AXMAN video🤣. Please emphasis in the AXM-2N👍

    • @tullyDT
      @tullyDT ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I second this

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean, I will be covering it at some point soonish?

  • @gbprime2353
    @gbprime2353 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like to envision a battlefield where the Davion forces are giggling at numerous mechs of this class. When you make the mech plural, you're facing the Hatamoto Cheese. =)

  • @Reverb154
    @Reverb154 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ah, the (un)holy union of the Charger and Thug.

  • @beskar66
    @beskar66 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have awoken go a samurai mech pointing a big ass sword excellent

  • @Demolitiondude
    @Demolitiondude ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unfortunately it has thrown off the pope's groove.

  • @faithmcclosky4528
    @faithmcclosky4528 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video as always Red. One knock, Theodore was not Coordinator during the war of 3039, he was still Gunji-no-kanrei. Takashi still held the title of coordinator through the Clan Invasion until his death in 3054. Only then would Theodore rise to Coordinator.

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yea, I realized only after the fact. I literally forget about Takashi all the time because Theodore's just a bigger character by far.

    • @z2ei
      @z2ei ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigRed40TECH Takashi's best stuff is in Wolves on the Border, in my mind. There are bits in the Blood of Kerensky books too (in the Invasion of Luthien, namely) but Theodore definitely gets more attention most of the time.

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh I completely agree. It's crazy how time can make one forget about the smaller details in a story XD
      I literally read Takashi's name several times while putting together the script, and I just literally forgot about him, it's kinda crazy.

  • @Squiggles01
    @Squiggles01 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Combine picked a winner! It became a warrior after a trial by fire! I would gladly pilot it into battle!

  • @robkitchen5344
    @robkitchen5344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Terrible propaganda..
    The Charger works excellent when teamed up with the Atlas with a ratio of 4 Atlases to every one Charger.. these are modified Atlas featuring 2 gauss rifle and an ER PPC or 2 guass rifle 2 ER Lg Lz and the Guass rifle and 3 ER LG Lz builds for the most effective use of the stock 3025 Charger.. Up grade the Charger with an XL engine and 26.5 tons to armor and armament and that ratio is eliminated. Add endo steel and jiump jets are added and you have the assult scout mech and unbeatable recon/raider

  • @Marc_Araujo
    @Marc_Araujo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still wish that Tyco had released a Battletech: The Animated Series Hatamoto-Chi action figure (with Franklin Sakamoto) back in the day.
    P.S. In my personal head-canon, the Hatamoto-Chi wields a giant katana blade in one of its hands...cuz it should.

  • @bezyn2291
    @bezyn2291 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That background video, where a beefy assault struggles to get enough firepower to deal with a fucking firestarter, perfecly exemplifies my problems with early Hatamoto line. 2 PPC and 2 smr`s6 is just too little dakka for my taste.

  • @mr.e1944
    @mr.e1944 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great run down of the history. This is new to me. I enjoyed learning how this mech was developed. I will appreciate it more now, when I use it or face it on the battle field.

  • @Iknowtoomuchable
    @Iknowtoomuchable ปีที่แล้ว +3

    8:50 This picture immediately made me wonder what it would be like if Antony Starr were to play the Fox.

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you can see homelander in his cold dead eyes. lol

  • @MrGrimsmith
    @MrGrimsmith ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I still feel that anything over 54 kph for an 80 tonner is a bit much in the engine department as you're in to the diminishing returns category, a 75 tonner would do the job as well for less and have as much if not more firepower for marginally less armour. That's just my opinion though and it's not as if the DCMS are consistent in their design philosophy (Panther anyone?)

  • @impressiveprogressive7343
    @impressiveprogressive7343 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Charger was a "noble" failure, an assault class "scout".The idea and attempt was notable, It's was fast but severely lacked in the firepower dept. The Chi was another attempt to make the Charger a viable battlemech and yes, there is some success there.
    The Charger should only be used as built against conventional forces and light armored vehicles. When a real battlemech shows up to the party the Charger need to charge the back door and leave.

  • @observationsfromthebunker9639
    @observationsfromthebunker9639 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great review man, you made this Kurita adaptive design look excellent.

  • @abanks9591
    @abanks9591 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is good.

  • @ogrehaslayers605
    @ogrehaslayers605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No no no. The Charger is an amazing mech! Always loved that thing, and one of the few minis i have multiples of!

  • @JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey
    @JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Justice for the executives of Wells Technologies came with their heads separated from their bodies.

  • @rmcdudmk212
    @rmcdudmk212 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Hatamato series has some good mechs. I'm always a little surprised when I don't see more of these bad boys when I'm playing against DCMS builds with friends.

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hopefully we get them in the new Kickstarter.

    • @rmcdudmk212
      @rmcdudmk212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigRed40TECH new models are almost always a good thing. 😁

    • @tullyDT
      @tullyDT ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BigRed40TECH I actually think the current one holds up. So if we don't get a new one, at least our exiting models will be ok next to the other new models.

    • @wanderertheta
      @wanderertheta ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigRed40TECH sadly it has been confirmed to be on the list of designs that are definitely not included.

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wanderertheta Aw, that's unfortunate.

  • @jeffjr84
    @jeffjr84 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had always thought that the Hatamoto was a black knight in samurai armor lol.. finding out that its a charger is a huge turn off i was trying to farm one on mechwarrior 5.. last charger i had though was good for coyote missions.. i used it like a scout mech with a supercharger and a big engine. it does okay at the role but nothing the raven cant do better..

  • @vixbrabec
    @vixbrabec 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hey man outworlds alliance for life there anit nothing like running around throwin hands stuff. fast enough? its the fastest assault in all games forms you can run up too people slap the marik out of them

  • @gjfwang
    @gjfwang ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Take the charger and remove the engine that caused it to lack space for weapons and armor, not exactly genius

  • @AXE2501
    @AXE2501 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    taking a rock that was polished into something great, how to take Mech and rework it from the ground up

  • @hoshket
    @hoshket ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ok. I will stop asking for this now.

  • @dhoffnun
    @dhoffnun ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I call mine the "Hottie Motor Chicken"

  • @raxsavvage
    @raxsavvage ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you say that the 28T has a standard but XL is written on screen

  • @ChesterRico
    @ChesterRico ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The weaboo discount-Thug. What a bad mech, sweet Blake.

  • @kindasupersonic7114
    @kindasupersonic7114 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Hatamoto-chi is a wannabe Warhammer ! change my mind. lol.

  • @HarperStl
    @HarperStl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To me the HTM is a little underwhelming. The Warhammer has almost as much firepower, the same speed, and marginally less armor - meanwhile the Awesome will shred through a HTM in a long to mid range engagement.
    I genuinely think it would have benefitted from not installing the SRMs, and instead mounting another PPC, making it a more mobile and nearly as well-protected Awesome-8Q.

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว

      It gets way better with time. :)

  • @rho1581
    @rho1581 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What wait- this isn’t the Chicago variant from Terra 😅

  • @angryangel6t9
    @angryangel6t9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Comstar does not make mistakes....

  • @krieg4017
    @krieg4017 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good.

  • @punjasandtyger4090
    @punjasandtyger4090 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kaeru (Ka-eh-roo) means frog 🐸 lol that's cool

  • @obsidiananubis1017
    @obsidiananubis1017 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's basically a re-skinned Thug

  • @ДмитрийБеляков-ч6б
    @ДмитрийБеляков-ч6б ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What this background theme is called?

  • @lukedudley5030
    @lukedudley5030 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There are so many of these hatamoto designs and the chi is probably one of the best :-) great over view of a pretty decent assault :-)

  • @gunnargunnhilt
    @gunnargunnhilt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a good one!
    Here's a question though. Is there a video on the channel on the current geopolitical disposition. I.E. who is currently occupying which part of space and allies with which factions. Would be nice imho

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not at this time but maybe in the future.

    • @gunnargunnhilt
      @gunnargunnhilt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigRed40TECH Thanks! Good luck with the channel!

  • @McLoven-vm1ck
    @McLoven-vm1ck ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I run a couple HTM-27T's in Mechwarrior Mercenaries 5, generally as my "fast" assaults often paired with a couple heavies. While the chassis may lack flexibility, they have respectable speed and armor while their 2xArt Iv SRM6's and 2x ER PPC's pack plenty of punch with enough cooling to keep them humming. One of my favorite chassis'.

  • @jameshunter3867
    @jameshunter3867 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ...Once ran a unit that got ahold of a few of these & a successful modification involved dropping the SRMs & ammo & replacing them with 4 medium lasers, as well as 2 flamers for anti-infantry work, & adds 2 heat sinks. Lacking any ammunition to worry about allowed this variant to operate for long periods without resupply. One of these made its way to Solaris VII & was able to have triple strength myomer added, turning it into a very effective brawler,
    ...Ahhhhh, memories!

  • @Alex-ip1dn
    @Alex-ip1dn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was great! Thank you

  • @osogitzgraymane72
    @osogitzgraymane72 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Random:
    I need to find a mech that I can turn into an LBX AC10 boat.
    Shotguns for Days.
    Why?
    Shotguns for days.
    Maybe even us the shotguns Gauss Rifle as too?

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well.
      King Crab?

    • @osogitzgraymane72
      @osogitzgraymane72 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BigRed40TECH ALL WILL BECOME CRAB!
      I'm not a fan of the aesthetic of the crabs but you are eight, the king crab would work.

    • @z2ei
      @z2ei ปีที่แล้ว

      Annihilator works too (but I'd take the King Crab, it's more practical).

  • @CruentusCruor
    @CruentusCruor ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I started watching, and subscribed 5 minutes in!! Loving you content, man!! Battletech always needs more love, and creators like you, do it justice!! Stay safe, and healthy, always, and keep on doing the good that you do!!

  • @riptide1ful
    @riptide1ful ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know you can change a Awsome to one.

  • @joshuamidgette4846
    @joshuamidgette4846 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    DCMS Hatamoto Chi vs Federated Suns Sagittaire?

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Depends on the variants tbh.

  • @Beargeek616
    @Beargeek616 ปีที่แล้ว

    Since the H-CHIs are based off the Charger, I always give them a Light Engine and give them a 5/8 speed when I play Battletech. Makes it more fun for the Korita Player, and not so much fun for the Clanners/FedCommers.

  • @heirofaniu
    @heirofaniu ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a Thug for weebs. Personally mine has a Natasha Kerenski daki sitting in the jumpseat and a Sailor Moon keychain dangling from the control stick.

  • @josephmitchelljr.4354
    @josephmitchelljr.4354 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the vids

  • @z2ei
    @z2ei ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Hatamoto-Chi has always been one of my favorite mechs. I believe my first non-TRO BT tabletop book was the Field Manual Draconis Combine, with these bad boys on the cover in a military parade.

  • @morganjohnson4332
    @morganjohnson4332 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This mech just makes sense. From production, to the build itself. Many an at home mech engineer has essentially made the same thing after hours of toiling.

  • @schneecoraxx8689
    @schneecoraxx8689 ปีที่แล้ว

    Draconis bois have an awful lot of cool mechs...do jobs for house Davion, make friends with house Davion, headshot Kuritan mechs and take them home, arm them with Davion weapons. Makes for a very nice mech bay.

  • @robertharris6092
    @robertharris6092 ปีที่แล้ว

    Perfect timing for this video lol. I just found the variant that has only 8 energy weapons and no other weapons. Pretty meh. Only goes 64ish kph.

  • @Paladin-1
    @Paladin-1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🇦🇺🥋🇦🇺
    👹👻👺

  • @joebyrnes9254
    @joebyrnes9254 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have seriously never encountered this mech. Be it MW5 or tabletop I have never seen anyone use it

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's like a Thug

    • @joebyrnes9254
      @joebyrnes9254 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BigRed40TECH let’s be Frank, it’s a Thug with a fancy hat.

  • @JulianVR4
    @JulianVR4 ปีที่แล้ว

    100% a reason to jump ship to Kurita and smuggle my beloved Wolverine with me.
    I love the idea of a beefed up super charger chassis

  • @vogelunsterblichen1006
    @vogelunsterblichen1006 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hatamoto Chi Feels like combination between or inspiration of Gundam and Gurren Lagann (For the ONI) one

  • @lukesearle1302
    @lukesearle1302 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved this design when I first saw it in Mechwarrior 3 Mercenaries. It came up as a special buy and would only be there for a short time, so whenever I played I had to be careful not to miss it.

  • @eddapultstab2078
    @eddapultstab2078 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One misnomer you put in is that the delivery of thugs was a comstar "mistake. Comstar did not like house Davion especially since they nearly devoured house liao and merged with steiner and basically gifted lostech to kurita as a veiled mistake. Comstar is obsessed with maintaining a balance of power and created as much problems to whoever threatens the status qou as they possibly could. It's ironic because they also wanted the restoration of the star league and Davion was not only poised to do that but also would have been the best choice of the five houses.

    • @BigRed40TECH
      @BigRed40TECH  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's listed as a mistake in the Technical Readout. They were meant to deliver downgraded variants.
      They delivered mostly downgrades, but accidentally delivered some Star League era ones. The same thing happened with Battlemasters. It's what's in the books.

    • @eddapultstab2078
      @eddapultstab2078 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigRed40TECH yeah and the tech readouts are kinda written in a comstar point of view, which is very biased in a humorous way lorewise.

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eddapultstab2078 the "mistake" is just the official narrative, and that is rarely the full story with ComStar.

    • @eddapultstab2078
      @eddapultstab2078 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GhostBear3067 I'm not saying it is comstar, but it's probably comstar....

  • @igorbukovy4313
    @igorbukovy4313 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stock 1A1 sucks but modified 1A1 and other variants are solid mechs.