What the life and experiences of a mechtech are like and how they keep battletech running
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ย. 2024
- While MechWarrior's might be the stars of the show, without the hardworking and often forgotten mechtechs behind the scenes all those stompy battle chariots would be a one and done affair. So if you've ever wondered what it's like to be the ever busy engineers that keep the inner spheres armies running, then settle in and enjoy a short dive into the life of a mechtech.
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In a Mechwarrior TTRPG game I was in, we has a sub-plot where our most capable Mech Tech was discovered to be doing "midnight requisitions" to get the parts we wanted for our unit. He would beg, borrow, steal from anyone who had the parts he wanted... including the enemy. Down side being, he was giving them the parts they needed to continue to fight us.
We decided that the benefits outweighed the risks, and gave him his bonus pay.
As a side note, he once went toe-to-toe with an Elemental, and came out on top. Hell of a dirty fighter, lol!
Hello Sci.
I know, I've said it before, but I've been playing B-tech since 1984, when the game was released. Shortly after playing a few battles on the tabletops, the group I was playing with, nearly every weekend, decided to keep track of the battles fought, damage done, salvage, ammo, etc. This, as you can readily imagine became a real headache at times. Especially when you need to keep track of parts, supplies, contracts, personnel, equipment, vehicles, etc. It goes on and on.
Well... When this was happening, I had the bright idea of NOT keeping every little thing gotten in salvage rights after a battle. Instead, selling everything that didn't fit my unit's needs. 325 Engine? I don't have anything using that, so I'd either swap it for a 300 and some cash, or pay a bit to trade up for a 350. Ditto for weapons, ammo, etc.
This lead to me pairing things down to only a few Engine types and sizes (remember, were were playing with 3025 tech). The 300 VLAR engine was a staple of my unit. Easily divisible by 20, 25, 30, 50, 75, and 100 tons. I had a bit less than half a dozen such engine sizes that I used most often, all subject to the same logic for tonnages of mechs that could use them. But, by far the VLAR 300 was my 'go to' Engine size.
Yes, this meant that I didn't field Warhammers, but I could easily repair and refit any Marauder I could lay my hands on. Trading Mech frames between players was a 'thing' as well, so I took the laughter of buying up 100 ton Mech frames and then building up modified Atlas Mechs. One of which, the GRU-5M 'Grusome' mounted a total of 17 LRM-5s! And enough ammo to fire them all for at least a dozen combat turns. The laughter stopped, when a guy fielded three Awesomes against a pair of Grusomes, and the missile 'rain' literally melted the armor off this Mechs before they could cross into short range of my Mechs, which, I helpfully had sitting in light forest, behind a level one hill, also covered in forest. Since I knew the battle was going to happen, I chose my firing position with malice aforethought, and armored the torsos and arms fully, while skimping upon the leg armor.
I killed all three of the Awesomes and only took moderate damage to the Grusomes. The salvage from that battle alone was sufficient to keep my company running in the green for months.
now, I bring all this up because I am actually getting to the point here in relation to your video. When I built the company, I hired twice the number of Mech-techs and Astechs as anyone else. Yes, this cost me in yearly salaries and bonuses, but I was able to repair, outfit, refit, etc, all my Mechs and vehicles FAR faster than anyone else. By limiting what Engines I thought useful, and weapons types, I didn't have the 'overhead' that others did. And I could 'bodge' designs up that scared the crap out of my fellow players.
An example: I mentioned the VLAR 300, but that was not the only thing. I tended to favor Missile weapons like LRMs, SRMs, as well as Medium Lasers, and even the MGs that everyone else thought were pretty useless... that is, until I fielded the Effigy, a 100 ton 'atlas' variant... which mounted ONLY Med Lasers and MGs. A dozen Med Lasers and 40 MGs to be precise. The Effigy was designed as a strictly Defensive City Fight Mech. Being concealed inside a building until one desired to just 'walk' through the walls and attack a target. The Effigy would fire off it's lasers, then 'spam' the MGs, which did wonders 'crit seeking', even before the phrase was coined (If memory serves, the first outing of the Effigy Mech occurred sometime in the middle of 1985).
Another, similar Mech was used as well, the KTT-3N 'Kitten' Mech. 40 tons, 4/6/4 movement, 3 Med Lasers, and 10 MGs. The Mech would leap over buildings to get behind an Enemy Mech and scour it's rear armor, then leap away, to maneuver and repeat the back-stabbing attack later.
But, back to the Techs. I never stopped hiring them. At one point, over half my available 'non-combat' forces were Techs of various types. But, by that point, I was running an 'enhanced' Battalion of Mechs and vehicles, and owned several drop ships, and had a jump ship that owed me 'big time'. I eventually bought out the shares of the family owned jump ship and made it an asset of the Legion. I kept the crew and paid them well, and had them train up replacements, so that when I later was able to take over other jump ships, I would have crews to operate them. Or, at least, put my own people in charge of the 'former owners / operators'.
I also built specialized tanks for my Techs. I think I ended up with 7 designs. One of which was very similar to what was later seen in Mech Commander and Mech Commander II as the 'Repair Vehicle'. I had 'tanks' that were lightly armored carriers for parts and supplies, one for field housing for the Techs, Another for hauling off entire Mechs, and even one with 3 cranes with 'gripper' claws. I also specified that ALL vehicles had to have mountings for 'tube ways'. Flexible tubes that would link the tanks together, allowing free movement between them even in the harshest environments.
Its kinda nice to think that I thought of the Repair Vehicle before it was used in a computer game. Or, at least, I give myself that conceit.
Techs... not just needed, but BADLY needed to keep one's Company afloat.
And yes, before you ask or mention it, the other players often had more Mechs than I did, but they sadly never had the Tech backup that I did. This allowed me to field freshly repaired units against partially repaired Mechs so often that the other players HAD to follow my example. But, due to my Mercs hiring all the 'best' talent for years, the pickings were rather 'slim' and their results never matched my efficiency.
Col. Leonidas Granger, Ghost Lions Legion Corps.
Damn I wish I could have been part of that.
86:Eighty Six Really made me appreciate mech technicians, and the work they do for their pilots.
Now, whenever I watch Gundam and see someone do something stupid with their machine, I don't care how hype it may be, I get very mad at the pilot now.
I can relate. 86 is a really well grounded view of how mechanized units rely on their mechanics to keep things running. Ironically I just reread Gundam Thunderbolt Volume One today. The lead feddie pilot had a close friendship with his chief technician. Keep your friends close and your techs closer LOL
Astechs: The only people in the Inner Sphere who can see a Highlander Burial and respond with, "Does that asshole know what kind of inspections we have to do after that?!"
It would be like being the lead mechanic for a race team.
Yeah uhhh sorry, even though I won, I might have tweaked the car a bit...
You bent just about every part of the front suspension. The frame is about 14⁰ too far back. You have fractures through out the cage. And you need it ready by next weekend?
No joke here. The job would be akin to fixing the planes on board an aircraft carrier, but at least 10X the scale. And the liability! A jet engine fails, yeah, that's terrible, but usually the damage is fairly contained. A nuclear reactor overheats and ruptures, there goes everything nearby and the town downwind is no longer inhabitable.
@@CWS-i3n it's a fusion reactor not nuclear fission reactor. Unfortunately Stackpole decided rule of cool is best and made the fusion reactors go critical like a fission reactor.
Well the highlander was made to gomba stomp other mech. So i guess it would not be that bad.
@@tworedshirt I'll give you a little anecdote from my time as a helicopter mechanic in the army. Our helicopters can do some pretty impressive flying, to the point that the rotor blades bend well past where you'd think they could without issue. That being said, if you flex a blade further than about eight inches in any particular direction, you're supposed to do an inspection on that blade. Never mind they regularly flex upwards of a foot and a half in either direction during flight. Just because it's designed for something doesn't mean you don't have to inspect it anyway.
To paraphrase an event from the BATTLETECH PC game; "NO TECHS NO MECHS"-Blowtorched into the side of a Phoenix Hawk's left leg armor plates by a Work Crew on strike due to a pay difference between pilots and technicians.
Mhmm... treat your MechTechs well; in their greasy calloused hands lie the foundations of ongoing safety/success.
I never had this situation come up. Mostly because I was always able to pay my personnel on time and in full. Mostly I just took another mission and sold excess material and that got me through the next month whenever money really got tight.
@@connormclernon26 My Mech pilots once complained about me paying my Techs ten times what I pay them, and gave them unrestricted access to our salvage. I just reminded them who fixed their Mechs. They shut up fast.
Kickstart a landmine is now my favorite phrase.
Mine is "pogo sticking a 240". It umm, has some dark lore behind it.
@@aveng3r89 Elaborate.
I’d love to see a clan overview of life as a non-combatantant. Despite making up the vast majority of the clan population, I feel like there are barely any sources that give us an understanding of what being a clan labor caste is like other than “yea they’re basically just slaves that we don’t sell”
They aren't just slaves they're treated as cattle. Given orders on who they'll breed with to produce the best stock and then disposed of when no longer productive.
That's because nobody gives a crap about Clan civilians...including the Clans.
I thought I read they are allowed to marry whoever as long as it is in-caste. @@frankb3347
Way of the Clans follows the life of someone (without spoiler here) and that person spends time in the lower castes.
highly depends on the clan some treat their laboring caste better than others...
As an IRL mechanic and lifelong pretend Mech Pilot... Hell yeah. Props to the unsung heros of the Inner Sphere.
like the say goes "don't fuck with the people that make/repair your stuff"
The way you laughed after the "i guess he didnt manage his heat" explanation, I knew there was going to be a story about that happening.
WOO YEAH THE MECH MECHANICS, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT BABY!
In more seriousness, I'd love to see a game about being a mech tech or salvage team, in a similar fashion to Hardspace Shipbreaker.
Maybe it could be a side portion to a mechwarrior game? Then you could fight with what you salvage after
It’s called “Mech Engineer” and I found it too hard and fiddly.
Same. I dream of a salvage game where you break down mechs with an old vet who shares neat stories about 'em. Some sort of hopeful, meditative, "the end of war" swords-to-plowshares kinda thing.
I would want that game to also make you figure out how to pull it out of its crater that is filled with mud. Something like how ARE you going to retrieve the highlander burial victim BEFORE the repair?
@@ohuckabee There are several novels about farming/wood logger equipment mechs turned warrior so farming simulator 3037 with mechs could be a game i guess?
Do some farming and logging while fighting off pirate raider drops by either salvaging or C-bill your grain away for a ER-Laser unit from your local comstar trader next to your tractor shop?
😂🎉😂Did you just say “ kickstart a land mine “Lmaoooo!!!
I feel like a book series on a singular mektech's life from childhood all the way up to retirement would be insanely cool. Like imagine they've been passed around like 20 different units in 5 factions over the decades, all the weirdos they'd meet, all the strange mechs they'd work on, it'd be hella cool
My current Battletech: A Time of War character is actually an amateur mechtech himself. He's skilled enough to perform all the required maintenance on his own mech, replace spent ammunition as well as replace destroyed/damaged armor. He cannot repair damaged structure or swap out weapons/etc. It's actually really useful if ever you're in a situation where you don't have access to your support crew but can get into a machine shop or, if you're lucky, a mech bay. It requires no small amount of investment though. You have to be proficient in four different tech skills. Nuclear, mechanical, electrical and myomer.
One of the things I loved about the Fox Patrol stories is that for the first, like, 2 or 3 stories, their entire mercenary "company" is like, 3-5 pilots, and their only mech tech is their lance leader, company leader, and chief tech, Katie Ferrero, who is also just a huge dork where mechs are concerned, and fangirls over Clan tech. It's adorable.
In my last campaign, we made sure to share the good stuff with our techs and security infantry. You can buy a lot of loyalty with good coffee.
I remember playing an entire game in the ‘90s where we were playing some version of mech-tech or support crew and our job was to hunt down and steal the parts to get our mech going. I think The guy running it preferred Shadowrun, Because things got really crazy when we ran into the WoBbies.
I agree. Only exception I can think of is The Grey Death. Grayson had his pilots cross trained to help the astechs keep things running.
I feel for these guys because I know how it is to fix stuff after the soldiers go through stuff and gear.
I imagine people could still do it if it’s a “my parent(s) were mech techs and I’ve been in the shop as a jr tech since I was 5 and just handing them tools.” Like, more than just main characters and stuff.
I look forward to more of the “life of a [BattleTech thing]” series.
I've never seen coffee machines mentioned, therefore they're Lostech.
They brew it up by sitting the pot on the fusion bottle LOL
The true heros of battletech, especially on Solaris games 😊
Oh good lord, can you imagine the absolute pain in the ass that is, especially since the games are run by the mob? LOL
Speaking of medium lasers being different from manufacturers, hell the same manufacturer might have changed a pin layout for power between the start of a production run because they found that a different way was less problematic and had less down time in repairs or even had less issues overall for betger realibility. Or when you have certain models of the AC/10, some unless heavily maintained will jam up because of a lack of maintence (see the AC/10 on the CN9-A Centurion).
If this will become a series of some kind, please consider talking about the JumpShip crews and pilots. There's probably not very much info about it, but i feel like jumpship crews have a chance of being the actually safest and most prestigious work out there.
Second would be DropShip crews. They have to manage these giant metal bricks in and out of the atmosphere and keep them running. And if you think mech parts are hard to come by.... There is also an unwritten rule that has destroying drop ships to be a near war crime too. Ditto jump ships. Everyone preferred to capture them intact and re-purpose them. Because everyone is always short of transport. Especially merch companies.
@@Wastelandman7000 To think of it, BattleTech universe as a whole (at least outside of pre-ares conventions time or succession wars) is really not that bad in terms of standards of living for an average citizen that isn't involved in military/politics. It's just that the only thing we get to actually see is exactly the military/politics.
Also "merch company" XD.
BattleMerch online!
i understand the pain mechtechs go through as a car mechanic
Was an aircraft maintainer in USAF. Sci's phrase "kick start a landmine" is on point.
I'm neither mechanic nor maintainer but some driver think they knows the machine better than people who make living out of fixing them.
Keep your friends close and your mech techs closer.
Still waiting for the bagpipes, you owe us one, i keep count.
I need to thank you for all of these insights into the battletech universe, as they've allowed me to take a lot of inspiration for creative writing.
I really appreciate what you do and how you do it.
Please keep doing do the doing thing!
I love logistics and one of the things I liked about how they wrote mech support is each Mech Tech would lead a team of 5-7 Astechs (Assistant Mech Techs). No magical one-man mechanic keeping a platoon running. It frustrates me when in the novels some authors forget just how large the support team is. And none of the drop ships make sense when you consider how large they are and how many people they really need to accommodate.
Yep, this is one reason Grayson Carlyle insisted his pilots be able to help his astechs because he was always short handed, especially in the early years of the Grey Death
I like the "life of" series. Well done. :)
This may be one of my favorite videos you have ever done, and I love your content.
I enjoy all of SCIENCE INSANITY videos 🎉🎉🎉😅
I love how you (and steve when he hasn't escaped) talk about techs, labor, and logistics while talking about just how much of a pain in the ASS that it is/would be to do things. I've actually added in some of this glorious horror to a fanfic I've been writing, granted it has one of your hated things....aliens. But they're aliens with LOGISTICS! lol...I'm tired...more coffee...
Aside from playing just enough of one Battletech video game to get into trouble, all I really know of the setting comes from these videos. I really enjoy them. Thanks.
I was temporarily in a group playing MechWarrior Destiny before I got a new job that would have me working during the play time. I had built my character to be a mech tech with some pilot training. My plan was to be the guy who spotted mechs while piloting a locust, then when the battle was over, helping the NPC mech tech with salvage operations and fixing the mechs up. We only really saw combat 1 time before I had a schedule change, but the second session was role-play heavy. In that one we took a bounty hunting job, and easily found the target who was an old MechWarrior who retired from bank robberies. He offered us his old beat up blackjack if we just walked away. I asked to see it first and got to look it over. It just needed some armor and one weapon replaced. We took him up on his offer. I stopped one of the other PC's from trying to take him in anyways after our deal was complete. Keeping the mech was a good find, and if we decided to sell it we would have gotten more C-bills than the bounty was offering. We ended up telling the contact that we found him dead already of old age.
In the first session with the combat, we went up against pirates. Me and the "face" snuck in the backdoor of their base and caught their mech techs slacking off. My character started yelling at them for being lazy and the three of them ran off to try to look busy without really even looking at us. We ended up getting a flea, an urbie, and some medium mech I can't recall at this time. They were missing some armor, but I loaded as much scrap and munitions as I could strap on to them and we just left the hanger. I took the flea and used the flamethrower on the infinitry guys as I was leaving before they could sound the alarm.
As someone who was in Signal Corps in an Infantry unit. This felt so relatable.
As a person that plays a Warhammer while the rest of my crew in mech warrior 5 has rare mechs, Archer, maruder and centurion I have to thank Fahad for somehow fixing all that shit
I enjoy your takes on different aspects of the life in science community. Please keep them coming, VERY entertaining!
Im a Red Seal Heavy Duty Tech/ Mechanic ,and this hits really close to home, i get guys bring me all kinds of things to fix from drills that have bin dropped from a cat walk ,to anything that can and will, brake on a 4 mill. excavator...and everything in between.
As an engineer, i always loved the idea of mech techs
The high pay is Armorer Zach approved
The pay he never got in the army. I'm sure he's still salty about those drawers.
Least he did get new cabinets after the fact. At the cost of that dickhead finding out in fact that Humvee parts will not fit, so he took them to the firing range to be used as target practice. Poor E4 Zach.
@@blackops555 hell, I'm still salty for him.
Love these "life of" videos in the BattleTech universe. Great work lads!
Thank you for giving us a glimpse of the life of a mech tech
Also love the tech shenanigans you covered should one mistreat those techs
“Oh man, I only ride ‘em, I don’t know what makes ‘em work!” - Oddball
As a self-taught IT guy getting into DevOps, the idea of trying to repair mechs with no formal training is the stuff of nightmares... Most would probably kill themselves via electrocution early on. I don't think you'd be given a second chance when you made a "whoops" and incorrectly connected the reactor's power output cables to the mech's internal components and caused it to self destruct on start-up.
"Self-taught" IT is the stupidest crap you could hear nowadays, it at most just means you're more of a mechanic than an engineer.
Go back to designing websites.
@@blackjacka.5097 Damn, who hurt you?
Yeah, though probably most of them don't start from zero. They were probably working on agrimechs or logger mechs before they were conscripted or just signed up for the mercs. Most of this technology did have parallels in the civilian side. So there is a swath of the population who are already familiar with the trials and tribulations of keeping myomer servos and neurohelmets working.
Kind of like being a bulldozer mechanic and having to jump into tank repair. You already understand hydraulics, engines, and track laying treads. So you've got a good knowledge base to become a good tank mechanic.
So I think its not as big a jump as you might think depending on your background.
this was my first Science insanity video and oh my gosh! My friend wants me to write a battletech fanfic and this was so helpful for the immersion!
As a irl combat arms dude (19D) in my younger days and having to do basic 10 level repair on bradleys, fuck being a mechanic/mech tech, do not want the level of BS involved in doing the real work of keeping a combat vehicle FMC. I'd be a "we didnt follow the propper turret shutdown procedure and fried the CITV again, can you fix it before tomorrow morning's mission" or 2 away from losing my job...
When played The battletech roleplaying game mercenaries. All the pilots had to be techs in their field . Mech warriors had to be med techs /Aerospace pilots had to be aerotechs as well. When you have to fix your own mech changes the entire gaming experience .
I loved that part of mechassault when the mechtech got to hop in a mech and aid in defending the dropship. His enthusiasm and fear was a great characterization, and sort of grounded the game for me since the player is sort of a faceless baddass.
Reminds me of a d&d campaign where one of our players kept creatively reporting what he made on attack rolls.
A basketball size hole in the thorax courtesy of a small blue dragon showed him the error of his ways. 😂
Also some systems will not have the facilities to work on mechs. Great video. Battletech would make a great adult show. Anytime period.
I use to play as a mech tech in a 5 year long RP, and there were days I "wanted to kick start a landmine" so Yeah dead on! But, you did fail to mention one major downside of limb loss if a bundle snaps, or if you are testing a system when the jock just chooses to fully boot up a mech while you are using the diagnostic unit beside the foot or arm! lol.
You'd think the mech pilots could help with some repairs while running the mech. If it's got hands, you could have them lift components or hold armor plates in place for the tech to secure.
I was in a campaign where we came across a lost tribe and it turned out that they had a few tecs with star league era understanding and the GM was absolutely flabbergasted when after figuring out how good they were, we just dropped a Mach to bring them along, not even blinking an eye to do it
This makes my inner maintenance technician happy
And this is why when I had the options came up in the HBS Battletech game, I made sure my Mechtechs got their bonuses. Given that they were basically having to rebuild my Highlander because I kept jumping into the rear arc of enemy assault mechs and coring them with dual AC20's. They put in the work so I can do the silly that earns the C-bills to pay them to keep letting me do the silly.
Trained logistics personnel in the inner sphere are all worth their weight and gold. They are all often captured and convinced to work for a new employer. This includes technicians of all stripes, and any crews that know how to use spacecraft of all types. This is an especially true of jump ship crews. Murdering them or God forbid destroying the ship is actually a war crime.
It’s funny how the sci-fi engineer is pretty much universal across every IP. Basically a space wizard.
Legends has it that mechtechs and MechWarriors is not so Stressful as to be a Raging Canadian Who Streams World Of Warships 😉
I like the vid. 👍
There are also astechs, aka assistant technicians.
There are also obvious specialists such as ordinance or reactor specialists.
And obviously technicians obviously specialize in mechs, tanks, infantry, dropships and what not.
We had this kid, Jon or Jonah or something, first assignment out of training. Can't say where we were, you know how it is. But this heavy comes back from a sortie with the left arm shredded up pretty good. Wasn't urgent, so the kid took it as a project. For some reason he decided the best way to get in there was to climb in there BETWEEN the myomer. Main power was off, but there must have been a bit of juice left in the PPC caps. Needless to say something shorted, and the entire bundle flexed like a bodybuilder showing off. Of course I was the one who had to clean that. Pissed me right off when they decided to mothball it a week later.
"drowning in morons" I love that line 😆. I think i have a new addition to my favourites.
Because of how I’m running my D&D campaign, this video gave me a few ideas on how to handle NPCs, especially those attached to the party.
“Briefing boy… we need to talk…”
You took parts from the heavy mech to repair the light mech?!
Yes please. I love engineer's. When ever i play some ttrpg thats based in science fiction setting this is my go to. Logistics and crazy ass tech weapon. Star wars - build mech, star trec - build mech, traveler - build mechs, ect. Because mech are king
Ah yes, the beating heart and soul of the Battletech.
While playing Battletech, every time a choice to give the engineers better pay or bonuses or whatever, I did it. Gotta keep your help happy!
I know there's mecha isekai manga, but I would LOVE a Mechwarrior manga, isekai or not.
And YES, there IS a difference between mech and mecha!
Never trust a Mech-Tech that says they can do an Aero-Tech's job and visa versa as the subtle distinctions between the two make a world of difference. BA-Techs however are essentially Mech-Tech's with little to no experience with fusion engines, while Vee-Techs are basically the budget option.
I do also remember in that campaign that we came across a rather large and substantial cash of starleauge vintage battle mechs and power armor in my personal favorite about 150 masters and a few other tanks I made it my personal. Nobody wanted to Savannah Masters because they cheap and obsequious well I’d lost my ride in the last game session. I was didn’t have anything to do except work on the mechs so when we came across this cash, I claimed a Man pristine condition, never been driven once I was only owner. But I took as my my chunk of the prize all of the Savannah Masters. We had a overlord ship so we had plenty of room and we were coming back for the rest of it later I started tinkering with the Savana masters made them all 100% remote controlled and we’re talking about the Savannah master with the fusion core in it. Needless to say when we since I was still working on the axman to get it up to spec, I was stuck left in the drop so I tuned in all the Savannah Masters into one specific frequency and then drop ships. Comm system and use them as suicide drones. Once they were out of ammo I just ram them near the nearest enemy make detonated the fusion core I had fun.
I'd love to see a Mechtech's reaction to the Direstar!
Well depending on the clan they either wouldn't say a thing because how dare you talk to your betters, all the way to "Are you really that stupid, surat???".
We need a video on aerotech pilots life and aerotech in general
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interesting concept of a video. me likey
Would you be interested in doing a Lorix Order/ Capellan Warrior House Orders video? I know how much fun you’d have bashing the capellans once again.
If one could be transported to battle tech by truck kun could a mech tech be transported to our world by “kickstarting a land mine”?
Someone in another video dropped a comment that they would love to see an anime about the guys and gals and others that have to build, fix, and rebuild the giant mecha that the perfect-haired protagonists insist on flying into the sun, bouncing off of meteors, or slamming chest first into other mecha in order to dialogue/flirt/threaten their counterpart.
Its worth noting that most of these technologies were not secret. There were agrimechs and contruction mechs that used myomer bundles and neuro-helmets. Fusion power plants had been around for centuries. So someone who had a background in civilian technology wasn't that removed from the Battlemechs. Its like someone who is used to working on bulldozers being inducted to work on tanks. They have a lot of the basics already they just need the specifics. Because the devil is always in the details. So you could go from civi agrimech repair to Battlemech astech apprentice and be fast tracked to becoming a master. Especially if you were good at keeping things running on a tight budget.
"Listen up sweetie.. It's cute ya like to go fast. This is the last time you bring me Triple Strength Myomer all locked up like this. It's fine you wanna go fast! Now ya gonna be cute about it... Use this Locust a till I get your legs back in order. Don't worry about talking to the commander. He wants all mechs in the field. Yours can't be till I fix it. That Locust sure can be though!"
Only less than 3000 left to a successful Orktober 🙌
As a former military mechanic, I feel this so hard. Well, except the well paid part.
Mechtechs are the IT guys. Never screw over the IT guys.
Of all the fictional settings I like, that truck kun could send me I would see this one or the Dune universe would be my top picks.
So, you know, at around 10:50, you mentioned that there are YES amounts of 'Mechs with YES variations and that medium laser A is different in design from medium laser B. Sometimes medium laser A is also different from medium laser A, if one is located in an arm versus one in the torso.
Pilot: Can I haz a plasma cannon?
Technician: No, STFU, the reactor and the frame wouldn't be able to handle it.
Pilot: Ok. :(
9:40
L O G I S T I C S
I think if there was a game focused on the repairing aspect of things, that that might be pretty cool.
Sort of like PC building simulator or Car Mechanic simulator
...now I want that I-beam variant gauss rifle
"What do you mean, the SRMs were welded into the launch tubes of the jockey that cheated me at cards?"
~Anonymous mechtech, spitefully
I remember a Mick Warrior campaign that I was playing in with some great friends. And I wasn’t just playing a mech pilot I also took some points in skills in being able to repair things somewhere down the road we wound up picking up a clan female warrior. We are all having dinner outside somewhere on some planet. I don’t remember where exactly and I don’t remember what campaign you’re playing, but I do remember that we were sitting around this guy. He’s pretty much an expert on the clans and decided to start a initiate team basically to assume dominance I’m assuming mind you I was my character was 135 pounds wearing glasses reading a book and having dinner and they have this almost 300 pound, clan female come at me I point the flame pistol and basically say get off me psycho. And then go back into the drop ships in my mech . because of that, I never let that clan woman. I never showed her my back again and I got my revenge.
honestly if i was a Mechwarrior, i`d remain humble (has much has can be expected), those mechtech taking care of my mech will always have a cofee ready (when available), and upon a successful contract i would give them the best damn bottle of alcool on the planet (at least the most affordable)
Mech techs must hate Charger pilots. Melee builds must be a nightmare
This sounds like the typical life experience of Zeon mobile suit mechanics during the One Year War, before the united maintenance plan got implemented.
Life of an urban mech pilot next?
Cheers
Is Steve suspiciously unmentioned?
Sounds like being a sysadmin but worse. Especially the part about dealing with morons and the miracle worker treatment.
First impression: basically IT, but in space, and you get paid.
After watching the full video: never mind, it's even worse.
I spend more time modding my mechs than actually driving them...i might be a mechtech.
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