BattleTech: The Magistracy of Canopus - A Short History
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- Today we take a dive into the sourcebooks to learn a little more about one of the more influential Periphery states. They're plucky, they're feisty, they're the Magistracy of Canopus.
Thanks to @MagestrixRiley on Twitter for the shared images and permission to use the cover from the very cool fan-made Magesitracy of Canopus Technical Readout.
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Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.
Glad to see the magistracy get a good explanation beyond catgirls and debauchery
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Never hurts to get some actual lore to bolster the catgirl mechwarrior memes.
There's a lot more to the Magistracy of Nab- ahem, *Canopus*- than that. 😉
@@oneproudbrowncoat Like the mustache rides?
@@MechanicalFrog I'll hand that question to the Ambassador:
"Uuuh, mesa dunno 'bout no muss-tashins, but deresa Cap'n mesa knowin' lookin' lika that?"
Canopians: subsidize the arts.
Spheroids: debauchery ! Depraved profligacy !
Subsidizing inferno missile production...
@@MechanicalFrogYou can make some neat art with FIRE.
A major pillar of the Canopian economy, besides “entertainment” and the growing industrial sector, is medicine. During the Succession Wars they offered the best medical care in known space and even now theirs is roughly on the same level as the Clans. It’s available for everyone but not free though, especially for those from the Inner Sphere.
Yeah this would be my addition as well
Probably better than the Clans in some regards, as Clan ideology prevents them from extending lifespans and such for the most part.
Excellent point. I regret not mentioning it.
Well for citizenry it's socialized healthcare which is nice (similar to the Taurian Concordat but with far more resources/knowledge compared to them). Seems that similarly to other countries in our own time there is likely medical tourism especially considering one could get medical treatments and then enjoy the variety of entertainment present within the Magistracy for very good prices (real world example: lots of people travel to South Korea for a variety of both medical and aesthetic procedures and then spend time in literal medical hotels with spa and other services).
@@Sablus Medical tourism would certainly be supported by the regular Canopian tourism sector but that’s more of an added bonus. Before the technological renaissance of the 3040’s the Magistracy was the only place in the Inner Sphere where Star League level healthcare was preserved. For example they maintained the only functioning stasis tubes outside Clan space so patient in life threatening conditions could be kept safe and stable until treatment was available.
Canopus was the only place in known space where certain medical conditions and illnesses were not an immediate death sentence and the rest of the Sphere knew it. Sure it may not be available to anyone but the elite due to prohibitive costs but that’s what three centuries of infrastructure collapse by galactic total war gets you.
Actually one of the more civilized areas of the battletech universe
Just make sure you get your shots.
Civilization and decadence go hand in hand.
Limited Bread and Circuses . Entertainment, not distraction.
Makes for happy people and prosperity.
Something to look and work towards for your time off.
Something to use to earn C-bills from tourists.
Got no skills? You can always sign up for the oldest profession.
You ain't seen tired until you see the gals of New Bangkok after Carnival Season.
Or even the Obstetricians 8 months later.
😊
It’s ironic that some of the periphery powers are arguably higher on the “good” scale than the usual protagonist factions in the setting. Sounds like living in the Concordat or the Magistracy is a pretty sweet deal compared to their Successor State neighbor nations, excluding the periodic invasions by Marian or Davion forces.
Honestly living in the Magistery is pretty good if you're a woman because until I think the most recent era they have the equivalence of 1950s suffrage movements going on just to try and get equal rights (except the genders are switched, welcome to canopus xD)
Edit: although the concordat isn't much better in some respects as well because if you aren't competent in the military you should expect to be shot for dereliction of duty or some other infraction.
Edit 2: although all that is to say that it isn't necessarily better to live in the periphery Nations then the great houses it's just different by-and-large for most of them
A fair assessment, I think.
Pffft, yea no. The Concordat's history is riddled with massacres slaughter antagonism and even the proliferation of cancer gun of all things. And Canopus is one of the pre-eminent causes and participants in human trafficking throughout the sphere, are despite their rhetoric one of the few major states to allow for outright slavery within their borders, and have some of the greatest problems with corporate corruption and overreach in the sphere.
Overall I agree, although I’ll qualify that by saying that life in the periphery states are hard because the worlds are tougher, resources are more scare, the economy is weaker, tech is more primitive, and their are bandits and pirates. But while it is harder the governments like the Magistracy, the Concordat, and the Outworlds Alliance are better and seem to genuinely treat their people better.
@@Bluehairedgirl89 To some extent. Concerning resources, often these planets are just as rich, or even richer in resources than the planets of the Inner Sphere but exploiting those resources is much tougher because of a lack of industrial infrastructure and proximity to factories that can make use of the materials.
Fun fact: for the longest time I thought that Solaris 7 was here and it was actually somewhat surprising when I figured out it wasn't because it seems to be the only thing that they don't sell, blood sport.
I wouldn't be shocked if there was something similar to Solaris set up.
@@MechanicalFrog there is, look up Hardcore. It’s a planet in Canopus I can only describe as Solaris Periphery Edition. Mech Gladiator fights, Battle Armor Arenas, even a MMA group called the Hardcore Ultimate Fighters League which recently has had a scandal where several contestants were accused of genetic tampering, cybernetic augmentation, and performance enhancing drugs. The HUFL apparently tries to maintain a reputation as a clean league to separate itself from the “freak leagues” as they call them. That’s actually another thing. Due to the Department of Mega Engineering having multiple sites that did gene editing like Frobisher and McEvedy’s Folly they have genetic engineering on top of the Cybernetics. Periphery First edition had a segment on verbatim genetically engineered mermaids and given that was the purpose for project Pisces Umbrella on Frobsher well you can draw your own conclusions lol. Seriously everyone goes for Catgirls but we’ve explicitly had mermaids and centaurs since Periphery First Edition in 1988 lol
Blood sport actually is one of their exports. Canopians are terrible environmentalists who will depopulate an alien world of native life for the sake of sport hunting and industry.
@@MechanicalFrog IIRC they do but it's less gladiatorial combat and more sport and style. That's just me pulling memory from the aether, though. Don't quote me on that.
@@MechanicalFrog They do, I think it's on Hardcore. I remember seeing a variant of Gray Death Scout battle armour that comes from there.
The video is very good. I think two things could have been mentioned to improve it
1: the Trinity Alliance. You mention at the very end that Canopus has a alliance with Cappela, but the dept and extend of this alliance, first as the Trinity Alliance (Founded 3058) including the Taurians and then as just a alliance between Canopus and Cappela is practically why Canopus is as strong as it is right now, thanks to Trinity Battle Armor program and the ressource funding the Cappelans provide the canopians. Most importantly however this alliance provides Canopus with a military Ally that is more then capable of defending it, and well likely see a joint operation to take Terra during the ILClan era.
2: Canopus has the most extensive list of Homegrown and Homeproduced mech designs out of any Periphery Nation! While mentioning the Caliope was great , the Eyleuka and Ebony are far more well known Canopian Mech designs and the other 3 they produce (Argoterra, Anubis and Penthesilea) are all mechs that are formidable, especially considering they are designed by and produced only in Canopus!
Lastly a mention of the Ebon Magistrate, canopuses own Intelligence Agency would have been cool cause they are my favorite :p
Its a great video still, and i love your work!
Great points! Thank you for adding them to the discussion.
I never cared for Canopus until the HBS battletech game. Playing that campaign really made me interested in Canopus and I've done a lot of reading and watching of history, lore and other stuff since. This video was one of the most fun to watch in the past 5 years.
Thanks! I'm glad it was fun.
"Alliance with the Capellian Confederation."
You mean "Has the Chancellor and his immediate successor wrapped around a manicured finger?"
Quite possible/likely
Great to see a Canopus vid that doesn't focus on the cat girls. I swear, one, just one picture was all it took😞
I barely managed to restrain myself.
Hello! The meme face of Canopus here! Thank you for doing a video on my favorite Faction. You did it justice! Thank you!
And I will continue to draw cat girl mechwarriors lol
Thanks I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
@@MechanicalFrog of course! Can't wait to see more! Love your content!
I'd have included House Marik helping themselves to mobile Canopian industrial infrastructure, anything not nailed down, during the First Succession War. It was a one two punch to their economy; reduced tourism and loss of industry pushed the Magistracy into steep decline.
It has a strong Germany in the Balkans vibe to it...
I literally have the Canopian crest tattooed on my left arm. Thank you SO MUCH for this video!
Heh, I'd like to see that. There are definitely some loyal Canopians out there. I just wish Magistracy was easier to say.
Allegedly, in small print on a ten-denomination Canopian bill are the words: *"What can we get for ten dollars?"*
I have been curious about starting a small force of Canopians, so it is nice to get a quick overview of the faction. Both the Calliope and Agrotera are huge winners in terms of design and aesthetic, and I wouldn’t mind picking those minis up.
It made me want the Dark Age / IlClan era mechs in plastic all the more...
To paraphrase Morty Smith, the Magistracy sound like old world nobility with extra steps.
At the surface it sounds kind of progressive, but the devil is in the details...
Another example of why I like Battletech and how its more of a true sci-fi than most other mainstream properties lumped in the same genre.
Its just a story of people doing people things. People can do both great things and despicable. People are your greatest asset and as well as worst liability, peopling is a messy business. The more things change the more they stay the same, they just change forms, methods and applications.
Couldn't agree more!
I’ve always loved Canopious. I hope they see a lot more attention in the new era.
They sure do seem to be in a good position so long as Marik continues to be Marik.
@@MechanicalFrog This really works out for me. In the last eras I always played Comstar. Now I get to build up a new faction that was always a side note in the older eras.
Empire Alone has a lot of cool info on IlClan Canopus. Really caught my interest!
@@Psychohistorian42 Yep yep.
An excellent primer on the Magistracy. It's also good to note the Magistracy has had some difficulties with its relationship with Liao as of late. The Marians have been pushed out of Marik and Canopian space, and there is a four regiment force on its way to the capital of the Marian Hegemony, Alphard to stop the attacks. Who knows if they'll be successful?
The Canopians also make some excellent battle armor and a solid heavy mech in the form of the 75 ton Penthesilea. They also created a replacement for the Padilla Arrow IV artillery tank called the Arrow IV assault vehicle that is awesome.
Good points. The relationship with the Capellans is definitely still developing.
Just getting more into Battletech and from first glance it seems the universe is centered around Canopus and Solaris 7 since they are the primary, if not the only, planets people talk about ad nauseum.
Heh. I prefer Sudeten.
@Mechanicalfrog Let me take a guess. Another pleasure planet full of decadence and debauchery?
Whats the difference between street gangs of 20th century Terra & the great houses of the 30th? Headcount. Thats it. This periphery exploration of "other ways to human" is very refreshing and much appreciated
At the risk of sounding libertarian, sometimes there's not much difference between organized crime and government.
@@MechanicalFrog only the colors they wear
Catgirls... eeh... you might have just swayed me to paint up some Canopians after I've finished painting my current batch of Sea Foxes... 😁
Worse decisions could be made. ;)
The clanners genetically engineered super soldiers and the Canopians genetically engineered cat girls....
I'm glad to see that the true periphery has its priority set straight xD
I see some intriguing parallels between the Magistracy and the American 'wild west'. My understanding is that many of the mining towns were built by women operating houses of pleasure and many of them became mayors or political leaders as these areas grew. Many of these mining towns were no more than small tent camps and only grew into towns once these 'houses' were built. Also I believe it was Wyoming that wrote a special clause in its constitution when becoming an official state that allowed women to hold office and vote, which was quite progressive at the time.
Many of the Periphery states have that western populism vibe. I think we can all sympathize with the inclination to be left alone.
Very good stuff. They’re not a faction I knew much about🤔 I really like your periphery series👍
Thank you! Today we start working on the next one.
Yeah, the reason for the Canopian Catgirl meme comes from the fact that they are far more accepting of cybernetics, more so than the rest of the Inner Sphere or Periphery, be it to replace a lost limb or other 'elective purposes'.
Great video. I hope others realize there is more to the Magistracy than what is shown in memes.
Thank you!
The memes don't even really represent the lore. They just hyper-fixate on one extremely minor part of it. It gets pretty annoying and cringe.
I never really looked into the history and concept of The Magistracy outside of Space Vegas and Cat Girls. Thank you for your insightful video! =D
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for posting this videos! It’s awesome to see the full lore on my favorite faction the Magistracy of Canopus laid out like this! I can’t wait to watch more of your videos.
Very well done, a few minor points about the medical industry and trinity alliance could have been included but as a Magistracy player, my lore interests are probably deeper than average.
If I had it to do again, I would definitely have added the bits about the medicine.
Their representative legislature was created only due to House Marik influence. Also each planet gets two Electors to serve for life and nominate the next Magistrix(works the same as it was in the old Holy Roman Empire). While officially Electora are nominated, House Centrella long ago won the right to appoint some Hereditary Electors. Because an Elector literally does nothing else, this position is used as and for political favors.I always felt in my headcanon that one elector was the democratically elected and the other one was an appointee/hereditary.
They organized a joint colonzation project with Taurians during the 3060s and were part of a alliance with House Liao that led to House Liao and House Centrella being linked by marriage.
They are also the only power to ever officially recognize the Aurigan Coalition.
Excellent extras. Thank you!
It will be interesting to see how the relationship between the Magistracy and the Confederation will continue since the royal families of both nations are so intertwined. I recall the royal families of France and England being similarly intertwined and resulted in a little kerfuffle called the Hundred Years Wars.
I don't see it lasting.
Star League: "The Periphery is home to a bunch of isolationist, morally bankrupt, and socially deviant weirdos!"
The Periphery: "That's a damn lie!"
**
The Periphery: "...in most cases."
What's going on in the Periphery?
"Something weird."
Wouldn't have it any other way.
Great video been watching your content the past few days. Would like to add that alot of merc groups/families enjoy working for the magistracy due to the high payout contracts.
Good point! Thank you for giving the channel a try.
These have been great, keep it up!
Finishing up the script for the Marian Hegemony today. It should be ready by tomorrow morning.
I'm leaving a second comment here just to point out that unless I'm mistaken the most influential of their nobles are using the same loophole that the first Lord of star league used in order to keep his kingdom within his own family so to speak... Yeah no way that can ever go wrong.
I suspect a wee bit of hypocrisy concerning how things run in the Magistracy... absolute power corrupts...
Beyond the extremely overdone memes it's a really interesting faction.
I find the lore far more interesting than the catgirl memes.
love the thumbnail
this barbie is a mechwarrior
I'd like to imagine she would pilot a Vixen... maybe a Phoenix Hawk IIC...
Everyone's gangsta until someone comes in with a pink sparkly Atlas and kicks your shit in
@@BoisegangGaming I thought we agreed not to talk about the Valentines Day Mech Massacre of 3042.
I chose these guys as my Mercenaries backer token
Solid pick.
Great view of Canopus and you did it justice. Now do the History using both Periphery books, there is so much there is not funny. But fantastic job btw
I've been pulling from both Periphery editions as well as the newer sourcebooks for more recent events.
Perhaps to deep for this type of video, but the Magistracy Intelligence Ministry (MIM) is the best periphery intelligence in existence. It even surpasses some of the house agencies.
Excellent additional point.
It's not hard to spy on people when they keep coming to you. It's like 3/4 of the Inner Sphere is paying for the chance to be spied on, and given the history of Canopus it would not surprise me if that was literally true in some cases.
You seemed to have more fun with this one.
Struck the right ballance between entertainment and a basic lore dump, I think.
Glad to hear it. I just don't want to ever have to say Magistracy ever again.
@@MechanicalFrog HAH!
Nice thank you, new to Battle tech so found it very intresting. Leona
So glad to hear it!
My favorite part of the Magistracy is that they have a super low rate of literacy at one point in the lore, like under 10 percent low.
I haven't seen that. Interesting if true.
They got better at that, now it's at least 20%! :)
Fun fact: because the Magistracy historically produced only light and medium Mechs, Canopian Mech regiments ALWAYS include at least one armor battalion that operates alongside them
Good to know!
Love that content, want to see more
Marian Hegemony video drops tomorrow.
daoshien liao is also a canopian by his motherside. so technically he should be also the ruler of canopus. probably in the near future there would a succession crisis in canopus or capella might actually forcefully absorb canopus into it's borders.
Things are starting to get a little murky there with a family tree that stops branching...
I would love this. The Capellans with the strength of a newly absorbed Canopus might be a legitimate threat in the Inner Sphere. The alliances this could spur in opposition would be very fun.
@@MechanicalFrog sweet home alabama!!!!
No wonder the inner sphere is so messed up, they're still watching the barbie movie
On an endless loop... tied to a chair...
This was really good
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
You should a video on the inner sphere clans and how they are all changing into something new. An there journey to were there at and were there going. And comparing them the home world clans. And fucture conflict between them.
Once I exhaust the Periphery States, I think I may go on to doing the original Clans.
Nice you should definitely do the rim collection
On the list.
The Magistracy is a good idea wrapped up in questionable memes. My IS forces fly the colors of the First Canopian Cuirassiers!
Which is a word as vexing to spell as Magistracy is to say.
It's fun to know more about it than cat girls and... extensive recreational activities...
Getting hired to stand in for someone else during military service, accidentally finding yourself in battle, and through fear and confusion gain fame and fortune all your own could be a fun place to for a short story, come to think of it.
aff, it would
Down with Merrik! Long live Merrik!
Oh man I was just researching these ladies! Lol.
Good times had by all.
It feels almost like meta propaganda that one of the most fundamentally functional and free states in the galaxy, one that prospered and built something worthwhile in centuries when everyone else was violently self destructing, is derided as a glorified brothel. What the memes say about Canopus is basically what it's enemies would say in universe.
Almost all BattleTech memes are horribly inaccurate because almost no one reads any actual lore from back in the day.
Great vid, though you left out the Magistracy Intelligence Ministry, arguably one of the most competent intelligence agencies in the setting.
Did I? Or are they so competent that they paid me off to keep their existence quiet?
Great video & some great comments that add some great tidbits of lore.
As someone new to the IS lore & as a very Libertarian minded individual (though I hold to many conservative views) I appreciate these videos & in particular this one on Canopous as it gives a solid & concise overview, but still enough to get away from simply debauchery & catgirls.
Getting this notification also reminded me I need to catch up on your New Explorer Corps series!
Glad you enjoyed it!
At home, Canopus is seen as space Themiscyra, land of space Amazon mechwarriors, advanced medicine, nice place for women to thrive.
They also make a mean 5 layer spicy chip dip.
@@MechanicalFrog Oh, so they cook too...
You mentioned that you like the Calliope a whole bunch. Have you done a video on that Mech?
I have not yet done a video exclusively on the Calliope yet because I am waiting for it to show up in the lore someplace other than the Dark Age TRO. A single piece of artwork and one page of lore doesn't make for a very long video.
not gonna lie kinda wanted this to just be clips from the barbie movie with no explanation
Maybe when I re-do it some day.
apocryphal but there was an official source that mentioned canopian cat girls.
I'd love to know where. I didn't run across it in my research. :)
I forget where it was but that's like one sentence in one source book. They exist in the lore but it's really rare and not the whole focus of the entire faction as the tired old memes would suggest.
@@frankb3347 hmm...
@@MechanicalFrog found it. A channel called stonewall found the source with the throw away fluff. It is irrelevant but in canopus, anything goes. Practically.
@@nitesy381 Hmm...
Hahaha that cover.
The clickthrough rate is double the normal. Never underestimate Margo Robbie.
"Luxurious vacation experiences". Izzat what you kids are callin' it these days?
Yes, yes it is.
A storyline that I think would be an obvious thing for the Canopians to try goes back to when the Wolf's Dragoons briefed the Innersphere and Periphery on who and what the Clans were at the beginning of the Clan invasion.
I think some "nobles" with ties to what was left of the Magistracies biotechnology industries might have thought it was worth MIMs time and effort to learn as much as possible about Clan biotechnology and genetic engineering. To me this might result in MIM hiring or creating a mercenary unit to actively attempt to capture trueborn clanners to either take them or their genetics back to Magistracy space. Other goals would include the capture of clan science caste medical professionals and equipment or anything to do with the genecaste. How successful there were dosen't mater as much as the fact they have had more than a century to try. Even if it took the decades to succeed even a little, by the time of the Ilclan Era, the results of such labor might become a thing. Add to this that for a brief period of the last century it was possible to travel to and from the Sol System, and an information exchange could occur with the genetic engineers of Luna and the belt. Their are no "aliens" in Battletech, but really weird humans has been part of the history since the 1980s.
That and I thought the merging of the Clan Elemental and Canopian Centaur would make for some interesting Quadruped Battlearmor, and a Centaur built like a Clydesdale. "Mermaids" that have a higher tolerance to pressure being aerospace pilots, able to better handle higher g-force than normal humans, with an innate sense of 3 dimensional space and thinking. "Harpies" or "Angels" able to move like but much quieter that VTOL or Jump Infantry and able to safely land in buildings or trees acting as forward observers. It would only require small tweaks to the rules for animal mounted infantry, in the Tactical Operations books, and be advanced rules.
Or maybe I just enjoy mixing Fantasy and Sci-fi more than most I did enjoy the Shadowrun setting alot. This is the premise behind a mercenary unit, and traveling circus, I've created.
Makes me want a Periphery state Technical Readout with all the wacky frankenmech designs.
you should have ended with "oh yeah there are cannon cat girls and they live here"
It'll be a fun surprise for any visitor.
Ah yes the weird place.. I actively avoid them in HBS Battletech, not only are they so far away from the sphere it literally takes a month to jump there even by the quickest route (longer in MechWarrior 5 and MechWarrior 2 Mercenaries... 2 to 4 months), their payouts are also lousy, jobs offerings mediocre low rating and salvage so common, their problem is mostly pirates with banged up rusty half rotted mechs you can find anywhere in the periphery such as a grab bag of Vindicators, Javelins and Quickdraws - not worth your time.
The only reason you'd ever go there is if you *royally* screwed up in hardcore mode in Battletech or Mercenaries and are forced to hang around there doing 1 to 2 star jobs for half a year while you lick your wounds feeling sorry for yourself.
Unfortunately the soul reason to go there, which is to purchase their famously good 40 ton mech isn't available in the video games, there is no point going there.
If I'm down in that direction, I'd head over to the Taurians.
One has to wonder how Captain Centrella would have reacted if she found out that her descendant would eventually negotiate the Magistracy's surrender on her back to a Marik.
She would likely not be happy.
Only thing is, with both the Concordat and this video you haven't brought up the Trinity Alliance or the creation of the Fronc Reaches, otherwise these have been great vids so far!
Trying to limit the videos to about 15 minutes, some of the more nitty gritty details end up on the editing room floor.
@@MechanicalFrog Hey it's all good, it's only the fact that the Trinity Alliance is (from what I understand) a pretty big deal for the 2 periphery states at the time. Something that most new people don't know about it and it adds some...spice to the Periphery. Granted I completely understand that it's supposed to be a video on the origins of the factions and where they are now.
Most people: haha catgirls and latex
Me: *quietly hides notes regarding universal healthcare and refugee rights*
Yeah it does sound like an awful place
Getting close to that 5k 😃
Yeah I just need to keep being productive and we can get there by early May.
@@MechanicalFrog I have no doubts it'll happen
is time to have slaaneshy emotions
Can I interest you in a mermaid body modification package?
There's a Technical Readout for the Magesitracy?! Where can I find it?
There's an unofficial one here www.patreon.com/posts/technical-report-75754088
4:30 since "vague terms" are very much in active widespread use on the english-speaking side of the 'net (and in real life as well) I missed what is this supposed to mean? Could anyone spell it out in a normal language?
A thriving market for debauchery.
I keep hearing about cat girls here, am I missing something?
Fortunately, or unfortunately, they are real. You can purchase body modifications in the Magistracy. This includes cat ears and tail. Also a mermaid tail.
Where did you find the coins and dice at 8:17? They're gorgeous.
The talented Riley Centrella @MagestrixRiley on Twitter shared that photo with me.
@@MechanicalFrog the MoC is my favorite faction tied only with my beloved Goliath Scorpions. Thank you so much for both you and Riley Centrella for shining a light and more on this faction. I appreciate it! 😁
@@davidlarrimer1489 Happy to help improve peoples' day today. I'll pass along the kudos.
A video on the Magistracy of Canopus without cat girls?
For shame!
I threaded the needle.
Best faction by far.
Definitely an interesting one.
At this point I honestly believe that the writers for Battletech's background universe just were/are lazy. Even rigid aristocracies tend to have new families and dynasties come in every few centuries, yet this is a universe where every single major power block ends up having a single family ruling it for a thousand years.
It kinda bums me out that they did this to Canopis too - it would be interesting to have even one state where the leaders actually change every so often, and sometimes change the balance of power or external alliances as they do so.
Ooh dear, hearing this makes feel a *little* bad for slaughtering Canopian forces in Battletech 😅
Just a little. Not my fault they were harassing the local governments!
Just a little bit. Not enough to stop.
@@MechanicalFrog Exactly! Too darn fun slapping them around.
Its called catnopus.....
Noted!
@@MechanicalFrog 🤣
😂😂😂😂
:P
Matriarchy...eh
Some guys spend a lot of money in Vegas to be told what to do.
@@MechanicalFrog haha. Fair enough. Space Vegas it is.
I love canopus. (I want an army of super soldier catgirls).
We all do... we all do...
Then convince the writers that clan hell's horses needs to "exchange" their vat born genome with them
@@robrib2682 So we end up with tank-driving horse girls?
@@robrib2682 if they're trading with the clans I think they'd do well with Protomechs. Caopus's medical tech is advanced enough that I think there's justification for them being able to perfect the neural interface tech they use. Also, I think they already have the bio tech to do anything the clans can do, at least theoretically.
@@1337w0n all jokes aside, yea they'd probably do that if it happened
Grudge bearers. These are my people.
Oh matriarchy. Less relatable.
It really is something...
Might I interest you in the Taurian Concordat?
Love the vid, but wish you had covered the downsides of the faction, such as being some of the worst environmentalists in the entire BattleTech setting.
Oh? I didn't see anything on this. Can you share what you mean by worst environmentalists?