The Black Watch - Dying is for Other People

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    "Oh, you dropped a nuke on my headquarters? I have decided that doesn't work." - Colonel Hanni Schmitt
    0:00 - Intro
    1:03 - Actual Real Life Black Watch
    1:46 - Prior to Amaris
    3:44 - Amaris Ruins Everything
    6:12 - Last Stand of the Black Watch
    12:03 - Ghosts of the Black Watch
    13:18 - Black Watch 2: Electric Boogaloo
    15:06 - Theorycrafting/Making Things Up
    17:20 - Conclusion
    18:21 - Also Pipkin Pippa Collab When
    Music:
    FTL: Faster Than Light - Space Cruise, Rockman (Explore)
    Halo 3 - One Final Effort, Warthog Run
    Age of Mythology - Chocolate Outline
    Age of Empires II - Track 5, Track 8
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  • @SHDW-nf2ki
    @SHDW-nf2ki 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    Blackwatch: Sir we've been fighting Amaris for literal years.
    Kerensky: Outstanding job, give me all the intel you got and then you can retire with full honours.
    Blackwatch: Sir with respect. We want to keep fighting Amaris. It's been fun.

  • @Fordmister
    @Fordmister ปีที่แล้ว +1366

    Fun fact theres also an in universe conspiracy theory that the last stand of the Blackwatch actually had nothing to do with covering the marines attempting to kill Steffan Amaris, but instead was distracting the 4th Ameris dragoons while the only two surviving children of house Cameron not present at Stefan's massacre in the throne room were smuggled off world aboard the Black lion class battlecuiser Tripitz, With the ship being found just floating in the periphery near Taurian space some 200 years later with nobody on board. In which case if its true they actually did succeed in their duty as the body guards of house Cameron one last time before the second round of nukes was dropped on them.

    • @dashiellgillingham4579
      @dashiellgillingham4579 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      The best part was that became an out-of-universe fan theory before it was ever a thing in universe. The BT author who wrote in the SLS Tripiz's demise (and it's impossible history) was just doing it as mystery box to just be weird and inexplicable. It escalated until they had to acknowledge it with the Word of Blake's (only mostly) fake booklet, which solidified the conspiracy theory you see on Sarna. To this day, the man grins the grin of a man who has absolutely no control of the engine but loves the acceleration when it's brought up.

    • @RobertWilke
      @RobertWilke ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dashiellgillingham4579 Still say they made it to the deep periphery. Then set up shop and bided their time. Then a hundred or so years later the remnants of the Minnesota Tribe follow the path they did and find them. Offering their services to their new True First Lord. Right now I'm just waiting to hear that the new big bad after the IlKhan era will be them coming back for theirs.

    • @mrbigglezworth42
      @mrbigglezworth42 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      @@dashiellgillingham4579 So he made a legit mystery both in universe AND out of it, and even if it doesn't have a conclusive answer it still gets people talking?
      He should JJ Abrams tips on how to make mysteries.

    • @aprinnyonbreak1290
      @aprinnyonbreak1290 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh no.
      Not a THIRD group of Star League Remnant nutjobs

    • @codyyoung5946
      @codyyoung5946 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The Tripitz incident has always seemed to me as the Taurians just covering their salvaging of the ship, however it has always seemed a bit weird to me that a SLDF WarShip is just randomly sitting undisturbed in the middle of nowhere. And the conspiracy makes no sense because Kerensky would have a legitimate heir to the Terran Hegemony and Star League, and thus give the SLDF substantial credibility and the ability to put pressure on the Houses to get involved, as well as mean that at the Great Houses wouldn't need to figure out who to be first lord at the end of the civil war.
      Yet none of these things happened, but once more we go back to 'Why was the Tripitz there?'. And so, here is my own theory: The conspiracy is partially true, The Black Watch were covering for the Marines storming the palace as well as a Cameron(s) (Whether surviving child of Richard or another relative) to escape, yet for one reason or another, the Tripitz failed, Maybe the dropship that took the survivor was unable to rendezvous. Perhaps the Tirpitz suffered a miss-jump, or maybe it was sabotaged.
      What ever the answer may be, it is locked in a Taurian databank, rusting in a scrap yard, or worse, has been lost to time.

  • @GhostBear3067
    @GhostBear3067 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Battletech fans have gotten actual cease and desist orders from GM to stop contacting them to remind them they are (insert number of years) late in making a fusion reactor.

  • @philipkelly7369
    @philipkelly7369 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    "And while [Aleksandr] Kerensky was a good man and stellar general, parenting evidently wasn't his thing"
    *stares at Nicholas Kerensky*

    • @timebrain3188
      @timebrain3188 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I mean... his other son wasn't anywhere near as bad.

    • @TheAchilles26
      @TheAchilles26 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@timebrain3188 so he got it right once out of three attempts

    • @nitesy381
      @nitesy381 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheAchilles26 I mean we cannot say. guy is already dead.

    • @Kingofdragons117
      @Kingofdragons117 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tbf Nicky probably had a little brain damage.

    • @somerandomschmuck2547
      @somerandomschmuck2547 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@timebrain3188 Also Nicky only really went off the deep end after the exodus civil war started and after he barely survived an illness which killed his mother and can cause brain damage.

  • @betalima1849
    @betalima1849 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    Remembers folks, the blackwatch were such à pain they had to be nuked.
    Twice.
    And that left behind the arm of à highlander still flipping the bird

    • @retrosquadchannel2.050
      @retrosquadchannel2.050 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      But you forget one thing: for the Black Watch nuclear fire is mere inconvenience.

    • @phantam23
      @phantam23 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      While the last stand of the Blackwatch is a tale of epic proportions, what they achieved with the scant few hours their stand bought doesn't get brought up enough. For while Hanni Schmitt's company held off the Amaris Dragoons from getting into Unity City, the survivors at Fort Cameron braved lethal radiation to clear rubble from the launch tubes and deployment bays of the heavily fortified and shielded central command building, Fort Cameron's citadel. Four squadrons of fighters, six assault craft, and a battalion of mechs, all piloted by ranking officers and their normally office-bound colleagues, deployed over the course of the day from the blasted ruins of the Fort to defend Unity City. From there the surviving SLDF commanders organised resistance against Amaris' forces for a full day, waging guerilla warfare against his troops across the city while key personnel were evacuated to the far reaches of the solar system. Fort Cameron was assaulted countless times that day, Amaris nuked it a second time, and eventually only managed to stomp out the last bits of SLDF command when he parked a squadron of Warships in orbit and bombarded the Fort for an hour straight...
      And the ghosts of the Blackwatch walked out from the deepest parts of the fort the day after.

    • @chesterstevens8870
      @chesterstevens8870 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry, but that's just weapons-grade bullshittium plot armor. It takes all the suspense out of a setting when the writers fiat in plot armor so thick it can withstand more than one nuke.

    • @phantam23
      @phantam23 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@chesterstevens8870 SLDF bases like Fort Cameron and the Castle Brians were built at the height of the Age of War and designed to withstand being carpet nuked from orbit, they go deep underground and the main building are radiation and blast shielded, and even then nukes are plenty devastating, as shown when the first nuke destroyed the entirety of the Black Watch Regiment except for a company worth of Mechs that had already been deployed and were outside the blast zone. Further nukes were attempts to blast out and completely destroy the deeply buried fortifications.
      No one who is caught in a the blast zone survives a nuke in Battletech. Everyone in Fort Cameron outside the Citadel and underground fortifications died when Amaris dropped the first nuke. The 9 surviving Blackwatch died when the second one was dropped on Puget Sound. The surviving defenders sortied around Unity City died when the third one was dropped, and the ensuing hour of Orbital bombardment dug into the bedrock and killed those who weren't in the tunnels at the edges of the compound, including almost all the surviving command staff who chose to remain in the base proper to coordinate resistance.
      The tenacity and unkillable-ness of the Blackwatch is as an organisation and a legend, not as individuals who shrug off nukes.

    • @Jesus_Offical
      @Jesus_Offical ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually thrice

  • @burningchrome8622
    @burningchrome8622 ปีที่แล้ว +964

    THIS IS A BATTLE TECH CHANNEL NOW
    GLORY TO KERENSKY

    • @jimarioclark6970
      @jimarioclark6970 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      GLORY TO KERENSKY!!!

    • @pancreasnowork9939
      @pancreasnowork9939  ปีที่แล้ว +239

      Glory to Kerensky and may Blake’s Peace be with you.

    • @burningchrome8622
      @burningchrome8622 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@pancreasnowork9939 congrats on that glow up i remeber when this was a 40k chan w just a weeeeee lil bit o halo

    • @zigzaghyena
      @zigzaghyena ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I don't know what that means but I'm vibing with it.

    • @cousinzeke4888
      @cousinzeke4888 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@zigzaghyena I'll tell you what it means, it means they're HERETICS!

  • @L_Monke
    @L_Monke ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I'm already sitting in my Highlander with bagpipes at the ready.

  • @anlize3422
    @anlize3422 ปีที่แล้ว +601

    You know there is epicness to be found when the characters refuse to die.

    • @PeachDragon_
      @PeachDragon_ ปีที่แล้ว +25

      9 Scottish lads beat the shit out of an entire invasion force

    • @respectfulevil9022
      @respectfulevil9022 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And their Scottish *insert blue power ranger*

    • @ladywaffle2210
      @ladywaffle2210 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Some have said that the Black Watch was listed as "Missing In Action" instead of "Missing, Presumed Dead" in official Star League and SLDF records.
      It's me. I said that. And I stand by it.

    • @RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus
      @RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus ปีที่แล้ว +4

      “Dis but a scratch” -original founder the black watch probably

  • @jonathanathor117
    @jonathanathor117 ปีที่แล้ว +683

    Came here for mechs, stayed for lore and ideologies. Man alot of fictional media from the 70s to early 2000s are like that. There is a simple hook and a huge rabbit hole when you get deep enough. For example Warhammer, transformers, halo, GI Joe, Battletech and lego ninjago, etc. Even comic books are like this.

    • @H240909
      @H240909 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      That because that “simple hook” has had 20 - 50 years to dig in without a single tweezer in sight. 😂

    • @lucascoval828
      @lucascoval828 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just came.
      Hard.

    • @jonathanathor117
      @jonathanathor117 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@H240909 fair point but what I mean by a simple hook is something that catches your attention. For example Master chief or even sergeant Johnson do catch one's attention due to their overall appearance and actions. Similar thing goes for optimus prime. Robots that can turn into cars and super soldiers are interesting to look at/ read about.
      A similar thing can be said of real life subjects and topics. Knights and samurai are interesting at 1st glance; therefore I would want to read about the history about them.
      I guess it all boils down to what interest you because everyone likes different things.

    • @imstupid880
      @imstupid880 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Ahem.
      Bionicle.

    • @soccerandtrack10
      @soccerandtrack10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@imstupid880 bionicle,then transformers,then warhammer 40,000.
      I do know stories for bionicle,
      I like transformers/40,000 stories better/more in.

  • @CMTechnica
    @CMTechnica ปีที่แล้ว +733

    Battletech- if you hear bagpipes, get off the battlefield
    Gundam- if you hear jazz, get off the battlefield
    If I had a dime for every time that happened, I’d have 20c, which isn’t much, but it’s curious it’s happened twice

    • @TheDarkkilla12
      @TheDarkkilla12 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Basically when you hear music in a place where you didn’t think was possible, *TIME TO PACK YOUR SHIT AND LEAVE*

    • @easttowest7839
      @easttowest7839 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      For 40k it's Gothic choirs

    • @mistertaz94
      @mistertaz94 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @OHGAS i could see that in G Gundam Fighter

    • @axsprime
      @axsprime ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TROMBE! Intensifies.

    • @ninjartist36
      @ninjartist36 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@easttowest7839 and Noise Marines

  • @user-bs1zg9nk3g
    @user-bs1zg9nk3g ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Never thought about it like that. The one guy Custodes were supposed to protect is dead. And he was immortal!

    • @ThePaeppa
      @ThePaeppa ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Imagine being the most skilled demigods in a galaxy-sized empire... And still suffering a skill issue

    • @velphidrow8317
      @velphidrow8317 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ThePaeppaI mean
      If you read the end and the death
      You understand it all

  • @VallornDeathblade
    @VallornDeathblade ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I would like to add that the Black Watch's preferred mech is the Highlander. A 90 ton assault mech infamous for its ability to snipe the cockpits of other mechs at range with its Gauss Rifle... and perhaps even more infamously it comes equipped with jump jets enabling it to simply jump on top of other mechs and crush them in what is known in-universe as the "Highlander Burial". It also comes with SRMs, LRMs, and several medium lasers for when you need to blow people up in several different ways.

    • @marseldagistani1989
      @marseldagistani1989 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Imagine if they got to Amaris and they performed the Highlander burial on him

  • @SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver
    @SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver ปีที่แล้ว +48

    My godfather was in the blackwatch during ww2 and passed away recently. He wasn't a big fan of sci-fi but I feel like he would have loved battletech for it's complex politics and lore.

  • @gundampharmacist7348
    @gundampharmacist7348 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    As a great professor has said: NUKES ARE MERELY INCONVENIENT.
    Glad to see you doing more BT content! :D

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin ปีที่แล้ว +30

      "Stephan Amaris had himself a... FUCKIN' PROBLEM! The God. Damn. BLACK WATCH!"

  • @fluffydistroyer
    @fluffydistroyer ปีที่แล้ว +55

    In the great words of Tex, Outnumbered and outgunned two lances of the Black Watch held up the entire 4th Amaris Dragoons, and so began the last stand of the Legendary Black Watch.

    • @RobertWilke
      @RobertWilke ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As i'm reading this i'm hearing it in Tex's voice.

  • @Kingofdragons117
    @Kingofdragons117 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Fun fact, the Northwind Highlanders book has a scenario for the last stand of the black watch. And it has the Black Watch in non-royal mechs too. None of the pilots bar one have piloting/gunnery under a 2, so you are gonna hit just about every damn shot even at long range.
    Also Elizabeth Hazen in the Exodus at one point had to eject from her mech and was shot in her helmet, when she came too, she found Aaron DeChevilier,s (Kerensky's Right hand man and Best friend) Atlas go up in flames from Inferno rounds. He Ejected after which the Rebels they were fighting tore apart the general causing her and the men around her to snap. She went up to a rebel, stole his sword, and went on to slaughter them with nothing but a sword. The incident was so bad, it was labeled a massacre.

    • @KillerOrca
      @KillerOrca 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      According to Clan Jade Falcon's Remembrance, the blade was not stolen.
      Hazen fell into a deep malaze, completely unwilling to do anything, even breath, as she looked upon her fallen friend and ally.
      From beyond came the jade falcon she had trained through its life, the holy Turkina, bearing in her talons a blade of Terran origin.
      In so many words, it told her;
      "Get your fucking ass up and KILL THOSE BASTARDS!"
      And so. She did. All of them.
      This is why Jade Falcon's clan emblem is a bird holding a sword in its claws.

    • @WolfHreda
      @WolfHreda 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's what those dirty Capellans get. Don't know if they lived by the sword (more like the dagger), but Elizabeth Hazen sure as hell made sure they died by it.

  • @asgrahim9164
    @asgrahim9164 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Every Mechwarrior who wants to pilot a Highlander had better install a loudspeaker blaring bagpipe music onto his mech and have his Highlander painted a tartan pattern.

    • @nitesy381
      @nitesy381 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      that is just northwind highlander tradition. do not forget your jump jets too. we need no shovel when the battle is over. we bury em with mechs during the battle.

    • @missjayspeechley9213
      @missjayspeechley9213 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Now place a Highlander in the 40K universe, and laugh as a techpriest tries to win over the mech's machine spirit with haggis and beer

    • @user-wd8oe1vo8n
      @user-wd8oe1vo8n 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@missjayspeechley9213 what a funny mental image an angry Scottish machine spirit

  • @HawkTheRed
    @HawkTheRed ปีที่แล้ว +138

    *and thus, the Legend continues, for the Black Watch will never die*
    Also, would 100% love more Battletech

    • @blairdurward4324
      @blairdurward4324 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed, I played mechassult as a kid and now learning this whole franchise is this cool! Also been playing mechwarrior online, hunchbacks are fun

  • @archerbascha8757
    @archerbascha8757 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    I have the feeling that the Black Watch is almost the only special operation unit in Battletech that doesn't try to backstab the ruler they are protecting to take control for himself.
    On the other hand, I have a feeling that this is caused by a lot of Star League brainwashing and conditioning. Otherwise, keeping a bunch of soldiers from the other states in line seems pretty difficult without it.

    • @M3RUL3Z
      @M3RUL3Z ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Honestly given that the Northwind Highlanders are one of the chief donators to the Blackwatch talent pool, i'd imagine the blackwatch is happy as long as some surplus SLDF tech gets sent to their parent organization

    • @spencerjones841
      @spencerjones841 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      As a Royal SLDF Regiment at least in the first iteration of the unit only natives of the Terran Hegemony would have members

    • @ladywaffle2210
      @ladywaffle2210 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      All SLDF forces served under the motto "Star League Above All." The Cameron family was Star League. Their house crest was the Star League.. uh... star, and the title of First Lord was their birthright.
      So, a combination of ideological loyalty and devotion to duty.

    • @skyefox
      @skyefox ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Spec ops/bodyguard units are almost always the most loyal. DEST, Death Commandos, Fox's Teeth, Knights of the Inner Sphere etc have sterling records. It's the intelligence agencies that are always trying to make power plays.

    • @magni5648
      @magni5648 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Erm, that's actually not particularily common in Battletech at all? Outside of the Draconis Combine's habit of taking weak or too reform-minded Coordinators behind the shed, internal struggles in the Successor States tend to be about dynastic squabbling or lower-tier nobles playing power games with their rulers, not palace coups by bodyguard units.

  • @markhardesty3434
    @markhardesty3434 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    As a lifelong BattleTech aficionado on his 50th birthday. I'd like to say "good job,keep up the good work"

  • @doctorcorvus1319
    @doctorcorvus1319 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    11:25 - Well that’s the purest definition of “Too Angry/Stubborn to die” if I ever seen or heard. And another reason to like this series

  • @axellenhart7890
    @axellenhart7890 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Amaris thought we died that night.
    Our ghost will haunt him for the rest of his life.
    Nuclear fire an inconvinient grit.
    Nemo me impune lacessit.

  • @giantflyinghog3550
    @giantflyinghog3550 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I would be extremely remiss if I did not mention that Stringstorm has an amazingly badass song which is where I first found out about the Blackwatch.

  • @him_That_is_me
    @him_That_is_me ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Excellent performance as always. Have to say, the retelling of the blackwatch holding their ground is definitely some of your best content yet. The emphasis, emotion but still staying in your typical cadence, just wonderful. Would throw up the suggestion that you do that as a regular kind of content, retelling historical battles in the settings in these kinds of videos. I know I'd watch it, repeatedly.

  • @k.hogan-emmons3290
    @k.hogan-emmons3290 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Thank you for sacrificing your pancreas to create such glorious content

  • @ForgottenHonor0
    @ForgottenHonor0 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    What you said about bagpipes in the Battletech universe scaring the shit out of everyone has parallels in OT since there are recorded accounts of when Highland regiments entered the battle the sound of their pipes was enough to drive entire units to retreat from the field. Alba gu brath.

    • @MaSOneTwo
      @MaSOneTwo ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In general the use of bagpipes and giant hornes made from brass was meant to intimidate the opponent. These things were in use across Europe, especially with the Celts in nowadays France and Germanic tribes. Simple matter of fact is that only in Scotland has the tradition survived but bagpipes are not exclusively Scottish. That is not to say that the moment I hear Scots playing the damn things I don't reach for my broadsword to smash the darn sassenachs to bits and restore Scotland's honor and pride as a sovereign nation.

    • @ForgottenHonor0
      @ForgottenHonor0 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MaSOneTwo If thas nae what ye immediately do then we need to have a wee chat, laddy.

    • @dashiellgillingham4579
      @dashiellgillingham4579 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MaSOneTwo The Independence Party has won by a huge margin every election since the Brexit vote, and they are right now in a staring contest with England after their parliament blocked their second (recent) vote to succeed. There is a future where a sovereign Scotland rejoins the EU in a few years. The pieces are currently set for it.

    • @RobertWilke
      @RobertWilke ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dashiellgillingham4579 and if ya believe that I got a bridge to sell you, CHEAP!

    • @MaSOneTwo
      @MaSOneTwo ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dashiellgillingham4579 I am well aware mate. Let's hope it comes to pass.

  • @cleshsesh6155
    @cleshsesh6155 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    After a shit shift at work this has made my day

  • @barrybend7189
    @barrybend7189 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    When you first mentioned Ameris all I hear is the god damn cackle from the Black Pants Legion videos.

  • @victor227
    @victor227 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Excellent video! One of the great tragedies of the setting is that the Ghosts of the Blackwatch left with the Exodus and didn't stick around to join ComStar after the war.

  • @vissler
    @vissler ปีที่แล้ว +23

    There's nothing more that I hate than good people losing to evil men

  • @jonguilt7789
    @jonguilt7789 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There is definitely bloodline magic in Battletech. Or at least Legacy magic where anyone with a name taken from a previous main character is pre-determined to get shit done regardless of probability, sanity or narrative structure.
    That said, good video.

  • @ballisticwaffles
    @ballisticwaffles 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You got a sub entirely for the Age of Mythology soundtrack in the back. The Battletech content was just a bonus.

  • @carlosolea4290
    @carlosolea4290 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I can't tell you how much I appreciate your choices in music. AoE music in particular has a special place in my heart

  • @chrisbingley
    @chrisbingley ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Hats off to that one Black Watch member who played the bagpipes under Amaris' bedroom window every night.

  • @jimarioclark6970
    @jimarioclark6970 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My Atlas is juiced up and ready for this video right here.

  • @AWizardfromMars
    @AWizardfromMars ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Super glad to see you reach 100k and making a Battletech video at the same time the Black Pants Legion reaches 100k subs. Been getting into BT myself lately, it's a great setting that's far more niche than it should be. The tabletop game is fun as fuck and the vidya games are great too.

    • @VallornDeathblade
      @VallornDeathblade ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think the BPL previously had 100k, but unfortunately they got hacked and turned into one of those crypto scam pushing channels a couple of weeks ago. So they're getting back up to 100k while they put up their old videos and fix up the channel.

  • @karmaschampion8940
    @karmaschampion8940 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Honestly I could listen to you talk about lore for hours. You have a chill and layback vibe that just makes it fun to listen too. Keep up the great work.

  • @cropathfinder
    @cropathfinder ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Considering some of the most known royal guards like the pretorians have the history of killing their charges and deciding to be the one who decided on who is ruler i say the BW did a damn fine job. Hell the best example of this is just the Roman pretorians who had their own wiki page(sadly it was vandalized to hell and is gone last time i checked) listing all the roman emperors they killed, hell they sometimes killed multiple emperors in a the span of a single week. GM IS WORKING ON IT! They sadly just got delayed by a few years

  • @danielmegow966
    @danielmegow966 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I just want to say this video is fantastic! The writing and pacing are great. I've watched Tex's videos on the Amaris Civil War a bunch of times so course I'm familiar with the event and the Blackwatch. This is to say that I highly appreciate your unquie take on this and wanted to say i can't wait to see more Battletech content from you. Thanks for the hard work and wonderful content!

  • @nicholasbonk8414
    @nicholasbonk8414 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    always nice to see a fellow team 4 star fan! also great video, I'm excited to hear more lore about this new sci fi setting.

  • @BlitzedNostradamus
    @BlitzedNostradamus ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Black Watch: Nukes are just an inconvenience.

  • @dhreddedsick2849
    @dhreddedsick2849 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love how I literally just got into battletech lore last week and now a channel that I never suspected to touch on this subject all of a sudden does :)

  • @dcc105
    @dcc105 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man
    If only bodyguards in any scenario actually were known for doing their job, and doing it well.

    • @aprinnyonbreak1290
      @aprinnyonbreak1290 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean.
      You only ever hear about the one time they fail

  • @UGNAvalon
    @UGNAvalon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A 40k channel talking about Battletech while using Halo music.
    There is much to celebrate here. ☺️

  • @versebuchanan512
    @versebuchanan512 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Last Stand is fucking awesome. To quote a wise robot,
    "We can't hold out forever, but we can give 'em a HUMONGOUS repair bill."

    • @thescottishkarter6151
      @thescottishkarter6151 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They've got more Sharkticons than we've got photon charges!
      So let's hold a demolition derby.

  • @melvinlemay7366
    @melvinlemay7366 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Now, their history is over..."
    Weeellll, technically....
    The OG ghosts of the black watch would go on to form clan Jade Falcon. Alaric has appointed them as his new Black Watch (I don't know how he doesn't forsee having falcons serve as guards to wolves could backfire, but that's his problem). They also have several highlanders as bondsmen with implications that efforts may be made to bring more on board.

  • @maxostmeyer8768
    @maxostmeyer8768 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tex uploads his talks rather infrequently, so I am happy to have another great narrator to listen to at work!

  • @MysteryMastery69
    @MysteryMastery69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this story. And love finding new retellings of it. Thank you for this awesome video!

  • @succ7530
    @succ7530 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thought his was a legion or some sort of faction in WH. Glad I decided to because this shit is fucking awesome

  • @RiffSilverthe1andonly
    @RiffSilverthe1andonly ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My favorite group in Sci Fi now but the Finhert Highlanders in 40k despite their limited lore is also baller by working with crew to defend against infinite daemons on Cadia

  • @AndrewChumKaser
    @AndrewChumKaser ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amaris was so shaken by the blackwatch he became paranoid, made mistakes, and diverted bodyguards and soldiers to protect himself, arguably contributing to the downfall ameris empire's life as karinsky beat the snot out of them.
    Maybe they can't take all the credit. The war probably would have happened the same way regardless, but while you can't say the blackwatch were the deciding factor, you can be damn sure they were the first nail in the coffin.

  • @dapperhk-4733
    @dapperhk-4733 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very happy to see some love for the amazing Battletech lore. I would also recommend looking into the 201st Comguard, veterans of Tukayyid who also held out against the Word of Blake on Terra.

  • @JackzTheIcompetant
    @JackzTheIcompetant ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fun fact concept art of Grievous is actually what the Magna guards are based off of

  • @GUMMRUCHK
    @GUMMRUCHK ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The fact they had to nuke them multiple times to even have a snowballs chance in hell is hilarious.

  • @calikk26
    @calikk26 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dude, you got me into this franchise. Thank you.

  • @powerist209
    @powerist209 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    About Custodes, they actually are good at their job.
    Like they managed to hold off Demons after Magnus broke the magic FTL project and one of them literally go toe to toe worn arch demon.
    Emperor issue was that he personally went to Horus (he wasn’t aware that help is coming, so he didn’t wait) to duel.

  • @brentwilburn5166
    @brentwilburn5166 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Let’s go!
    This was well done dude; I hope you do more!

  • @norbykarger4244
    @norbykarger4244 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just got in to Battletech recently very very very thankful for people like you, still making content for it on TH-cam. Thank you.

  • @firebornliger
    @firebornliger ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's funny. Having the ear of the First Lord gave Amaris pretty much everything he wanted, except the hat.
    Just a constant point, don't lose your head over a hat.

  • @bradydonovan6180
    @bradydonovan6180 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love your videos man. And it’s awesome that you branched out to battletech.

  • @deron2203
    @deron2203 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The age of mythology music never gets old. Love the videos!

  • @jackodenthal2392
    @jackodenthal2392 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can't wait to watch a video about Black Timepieces

  • @beetee6986
    @beetee6986 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I first heard about this bit of lore from a song by Stringstorm, the lore here really helps to contextualize it and truly instill the fear of bagpipes

  • @mattbrown5511
    @mattbrown5511 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congrats on 100K. You deserve it. Be well friend.

  • @justevil100
    @justevil100 ปีที่แล้ว

    I discovered your videos today and am loving your brand of lore. Many good laughs.

  • @joewow1229
    @joewow1229 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loving the battletech content! Getting me interested in its lore

  • @madmachanicest9955
    @madmachanicest9955 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just like to point out that the ghosts of the blackwatch you such a good job securing the spell Morris's head that they're one of the primary reasons the guy went crazy . They were so impossibly hard to kill but it actually drove the guy insane and made a much more paranoid . Potentially making the ghost the blackwatch one of the best psychological weapons ever

  • @esper2776
    @esper2776 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I literally start getting into BattleTech this week and my favourite lore youtuber starts uploading about the setting. Life is good

  • @insertnameheregk
    @insertnameheregk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This reminds me of that old inner sphere joke.
    How many Black Watch does it take to destroy an Atlas?
    Three, One to destroy the Atlas and the other two to play the bagpipes.

  • @Igloo254
    @Igloo254 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    More battletech! Love listening to you talk about battletech as much as I like listening to Tex talk about it :)

  • @wheelcha1rman2
    @wheelcha1rman2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aaaay nice Tex shout out, I was about to comment that very quote. 😀

  • @RedScorpion92
    @RedScorpion92 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Battletech has badass highland units, this universe is quickly gaining my attention go house Cameron.

  • @catosicarius3027
    @catosicarius3027 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wait holy shit how dare pancreas dox me. I live in the puget sound area. Also yes, the terrain in the puget is very rough and it would be hard for hundreds of stompy mechs to come through it.

    • @SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver
      @SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait, Terra is a giant city now. How would you know what the terrain is like? I smell heresy!

    • @KillerOrca
      @KillerOrca ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Quite a few of us do. I keep telling people we need a Blackwatch Day in Gorst

    • @catosicarius3027
      @catosicarius3027 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@SeventhSeraphOfficerRevolver Damn it, I need to go inform my genestealer cult brethren to retreat to a different sector of terra.

  • @Ragehaven
    @Ragehaven ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video, love your work

  • @LeRoiDuFresne
    @LeRoiDuFresne ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love you man! Keep livin

  • @michaelbraxton137
    @michaelbraxton137 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vide I feel in love with your halo videos

  • @discipleofsound4565
    @discipleofsound4565 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well, the Black Watch have ties to a certain important clan (no spoilers), and without that clan, the story of Star League in Exile and the Invasion would have been EXTREMELY different.
    So yes, god bless the Black Watch. Cue the playing of "All the Bluebonnets are Over the Border."

  • @Integer_Overload
    @Integer_Overload ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reminds me of the Aiel from my favorite book series, the Wheel of Time. They're a honor-based society of desert dwelling people who live in basically fantasy Australia which is even more harsh and deadly than the real thing. At one point they give a peace offering to one of the regular nations and when said nations King eventually destroys the peace gift, the Aiel set a bounty on the King and send some of the best warriors of four of their clans to claim their price. Keep in mind, there are twelve clans and basically EVERY able bodied Aiel can fight well, but they just sent some of the full time soldiers. Some number above 80,000 sent into a completely foreign land to hunt ONE man for his crimes, by any means necessary. After about 2 years of absolutely annihilating in just about every battle, burning cities, and hunting this man later, they finally face off against a combined army of over twice their number in a battle called the Blood Snow. Once the Aiel finally figured out where the King Laman was hiding, it went about as well for the defenders as you'd expect. The Aiel killed him and immediately stopped fighting to go home. Later on, the nations of the world would call this occurence the "Aiel War" and claim it was an invasion from hordes of savages that took a combined force of volunteers from every known nation to turn back. When in truth, this 2 year long campaign of destruction was nothing but an usually large assassination for the Aiel. Just like bringing a criminal to justice.

  • @tdab3883
    @tdab3883 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I wasn't a battle tech fan
    Until now, this was fucking amazing

    • @randomcenturion7264
      @randomcenturion7264 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you liked that there’s a song about them:
      m.th-cam.com/video/vQwbQYYd7qA/w-d-xo.html

  • @kalebthehistorian5928
    @kalebthehistorian5928 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Could you please do a video about Comstar? I'm trying to learn their lore, but as you said in your previous battletech video, the lore is dense.

  • @harbingerx7793
    @harbingerx7793 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very poetic description of Amaris' reaction to the Infantry assaulting the throne room.

  • @dimitri6936
    @dimitri6936 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "if you hear bagpipes, run."
    Me a bulgarian with a national instrument being the bagpipe:

  • @isoscelesjones375
    @isoscelesjones375 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    40k is great, but battletech will always be my favorite setting. Glad you are making content for it!

  • @thegreenmessor3809
    @thegreenmessor3809 ปีที่แล้ว

    10:26
    Ngl I'm having serious deja vu
    at looking at this image and hearing your narration.

  • @Memiliano_
    @Memiliano_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Blackwatch is really like "Personally I wouldn't let that slide"

  • @xyro3633
    @xyro3633 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that the Faster Than Light soundtrack? Subtle, I like it

  • @josephskiles
    @josephskiles ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on the subs man

  • @Fadinglight117
    @Fadinglight117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The thing about The Emperor's Royal Guard in Star Wars is that by the lore they're arguably the best non-force sensitive warriors of all time, but in the movies they just aren't even a factor.

    • @starhammer5247
      @starhammer5247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of the requirements is to kill your friend who's been your buddy the entire time while training. That's the entry requirement.

  • @Man_0f_Trenches
    @Man_0f_Trenches ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the most badass things I’ve listened to.

  • @hydewhyte4364
    @hydewhyte4364 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn that was a fun listen

  • @JumbleMumble
    @JumbleMumble ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fine i'll read up on this verse. You got me Mr.Pancreas, you finally got me

  • @eugenebotsman
    @eugenebotsman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aye first time catching one early, sweet.

  • @DJGumm3yG4t0r
    @DJGumm3yG4t0r ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This man simply will not miss.

  • @zirpharis
    @zirpharis ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would be cool if you'd make an introduction video to Battletech's lore. Because I couldn't really find a good one on YT. And it's hard to find a good start in the lore unless you want to read through the sarna wiki on your own.
    Edit: I forgot you did and that I watched it, lol. Anyway, more Battletech pls

  • @idiom2805
    @idiom2805 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They aren't bodyguards. They're retribution.

  • @Cadiangrunt99
    @Cadiangrunt99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    loved the video sir! I ... wait I hear bagpipes... ffff

  • @benoliver5593
    @benoliver5593 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait for the videos on the outer clans

  • @nutman6937
    @nutman6937 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m proud that of you bro !!!

  • @claytontindell9939
    @claytontindell9939 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job!

  • @KurstKensei
    @KurstKensei ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Was not expecting to hear a Mech faction have its last stand in my home area in Puget Sound, Washington. Hope you can cover Word of Blake and Wolf Dragoons in the future because they're the only Mechwarrior factions I know, thanks to Mechassault on the OG Xbox.

    • @KillerOrca
      @KillerOrca ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My man…Unity City was spread across much of the Greater Seattle Area. The northwest was the core of the entire Star Leauge

    • @kingleech16
      @kingleech16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kell Hounds forever!

    • @Lunarice98
      @Lunarice98 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@KillerOrcathat means that Seattle might have been nuked a couple of times? Fantastic.