Battletech Lore - King Crab Assault Battlemech
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In this battlemechs episode, we're gonna cover the famous King Crab assault 'mech. Enjoy!!!
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I used to be an assault crustacean, but to live in New York I had to become featureless. It's rough.
I don't get it. :-/
@@dubuyajay9964 It's a jab at New Yorks draconian gun control
@@malachai1381 Oh, ty
@@dubuyajay9964 np 🙂
But NY crabs can hide behind bushes.
Not many people remember the "GIANT ENEMY CRAB" meme, huh? Just as well, because this mech doesn't have much in the way of weak points that you can hit for massive damage.
I remember!
Rotary 5's for the claws, two ppc's over the shoulder, and MRM's over the other shoulder, and a light engine makes a nasty combo in MechWarrior Online... Too much fun to be legal...
Why not LRMs?
@@dubuyajay9964 I save LRMs for other mechs, and I love brawling in the King Crab. Just that simple.
I use spam build with teo rac5s 4 light ppcs 4 lrm 5s both on chainfire
In mech warrior 5 my first one I buy gets refitted for Burstfire Ac10 in each arm, PPC in the right torso and LRM 20 Stream in the Left Torso
My build jams 70 mrms in torso in addition to racs. Ppc would probably screw up the heat management even more
King Crab: I'm gonna kill an assault mech in one volley.
Omega: hold my gauss ammo.
to be fair, the King Crab is doing it at medium or close range. The Omega is deleting lances of mechs from the next area code.
Lore would prolly be better if the claws were implemented both to protect the weapons and to allow the mech to work in a battlefield support role as a field expedient heavy object mover. Maybe unloading traincars, or something.
“Give em the clamps!”
I had a friend who plays Battletech and Mechwarrior online. The King Crab is no joke and hurts bad!
Me and one other guy warned him that he needed to pick a fast moving mech instead of an assault mech because the enemy team was bringing a king crab.
The guy ignored us and picked an Atlas; he came back looking at us like we ruined his game forever.
We warned him; King Crabs will eat mechs for snacks.
Thanks for the share :)
I was in a cadia and the sucker just slowly turned to me and deleted my whole middle. Guess me damaging his knee joint to by time was a mistake
Picked up a kgc-car variant in mw5 armed with 4 uac-5 in the arms and it just deletes whatever is in front of it. I personally like using twin gauss rifles to headshot other mechs from long range. It tends to pop light mechs like soda cans.
For the longest time my 'mech of choice was a -000 modified with 4 UAC/5's with 8 tons of ammo and 3 medium lasers on the shoulder. It didn't hit hard, but it could take a beating and draw a lot of aggro thanks to the constant fire output, so it served as an anchor for my lance in MWO. Properly supported I could trade 4:1 in a straight fight.
i spend about few milions on armament on mine to find gold spot. std eng empty arms, mrm20 mrm30 one shoulder and 2x large pulse in other shoulder. due to std eng i can be scrapped and still can fight.
Ah, the KGC. An Assault with teeth -- er, claws.
Those who would get into slugging range with this doom-bringing decapod, beware; this crab's pinch leaves more than just a mark.
One of my all-time favorite mechs. If I'm taking out an assault mech, it's either a King Crab or a Highlander.
So you either bury them in lead, or bury them in endo-steel.
highlander is the best mech ever at least the 932 is.
@@roguevector1268 Highlander Burial FTW
A friend of mine loves to get in close, grab the enemies cockpit and shoot. I could never pilot one with any noteworthy victories.
No love for the Atlas?
I started using this in battle tech recently. A pilot with max accuracy and multi target can potentially delete 3 light mechs in a single turn. Precision striking can see most mechs downed with an alpha strike, even to the torso. Or, just pick a body part and watch it vanish.
Agreed.
In Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries with the Actual DLCs, there is a Hero Mech Variant of the King Crap which have 2 Medium Places for M. Launcher (one in each torso half) and 2 Medium Places in each arm for Ballistic Weapons.
This Variant normally use 4 UAC/5 in the Arms and two SRM6 M. Launcher.
I replaced the SRM6er through LRM5+ArtemisIV M. Launcher, so I can "Lock on" on Targets far away in Missions with limited sight.
what wonders me is, that this massive claws and arms cannot be used for close combat attacks like the ones from the Marauder.
But maybe they are not agile enough to do so. ^^
(TH-cam not likes the M. Word so I had to edit this comment. ^^ )
Thanks for the share.
@@GrimDarkNarrator Designation of this KingCrap is KGC-CAR.
The Zoidberg of mechs *wub* *wub* *wub*....
No, Giant Enemy Crab.
Well done! In "ye-olden-days" we learned quick that the King Crab was useless on the open battlefield. Everyone would keep their distance from the AC/20's and pick it off... but in an urban/close combat environment you were hoping you never rounded a corner on one of 'em. Wicked BAD 'mech at close range!!!!!
Well, close range was its specialty :D
On the open field I always teamed it with three Mechs with long-range weapons
It was there to discourage the enemy from getting too close
@@jamesricker3997 yup, gotta love those old Catapults and Archers.
Thank you, for another excellent video!
This series is a favorite of mine, as is the King Crab!
My favorite part about the KC is the Lyran Officer's reason: "Just point the guns at the enemy, pull the trigger and the problem disappears..."
Which I found to be both hilarious and appropriate!
That was improvised :D
It be interesting to talk about infantry anti-mech weapons and tactics
There's a lot of topics I'd like to present whenever I take a break from mechs lore.
A-pods, B-pods.. Etc.
You're a duck, so what would you know about mech warfare?
@@AllisterCaine He's also a Mech jock.
@@dubuyajay9964 a goose piloting an atlas? Now we're talking terrifying things.
"...absolutely no weak points to it's protection"
- said no KCG pilot facing enemy lurmers ever.. :D
When playing the BattleTech computer game, I replaced the 2 AC20s in the arms with 2 Gauss Rifles. I then removed the other weapons and replaced them with 1 PPC, 4 short-range Flamers, and a number of Arm Mods to increase melee attack damage. It can keep shooting at many targets at long range then it suddenly acts like a huge Firestarter that shuts down any heavy or assault mech at close range through overheating. It can then bludgeon them with massive melee damage that generates no heat so it doesn't need many heat sinks. I often pair it with a Cataphract 0X ECM mech to act as a heavy brawler-bodyguard when other mechs swoop inside the ECM umbrella to try to target the Cataphract.
The King Crab and the Crab are the first figures i have bought for Alpha Strike...... can't wait to get them painted.
Exciting :D
And God said, let there be dakka crabs and it was good 😌
I have two RAC5s, 4 rocketlauncher 20s, and an ER Large Laser. the rockets help when someone surprises the crab when suddenly poking around the corner, or for particularly hard mechs to crack.
Ahh, we've gotten to the MASSIVE ENEMY CRAB lore portion of battletech. Yaaasss :D
Generally speaking the KC is one of the few assaults that can make an opposing assault turn tail and run the hell away. Tweak the engine, drop the LRM 15 for a quad of streak srm6's and have fun with a pair of rac 5's. As long as you can hit a center of mass for a few seconds, whatever your hitting is dead.
Sounds good to me.
What was the name of the game of the Giant Enemy Crab Meme?
@@dubuyajay9964 Can't say I'm familiar with that one.
@@dubuyajay9964 "Genji : Days of the Blade" Apparently.
I love these videos. They make these mechs feel so much cooler and makes me really look forward to finding them in game
I'm glad you find them useful.
Ah yea the LRM / Indirect Fire magnet. Always warms my heart when I see one in my heretical "LURM Boat".
I just started playing Mech Warrior 5. I appreciate these videos.
Thanks for watching.
Paint it red and gold and it's a Hulkbuster.
I prefer mine with dual UAC10s, two LLasers and an LRM5 for harassing. I use an XL300 engine.
King Kong ain’t got nothing on the king crab!
King Kong doesn't shoot ridiculously oversized autocanons either.
As long as 'King Kong' isn't a Kodiak.... or a Dire Wolf.
I loved its redesing in the Battletech 2018 videogame, as its really intimidating big mech.
I swapped the 20's for 10's in the BattleTech video-game for longer combat use, and have some with jump jets, others with missiles, and one with a L-Laser and a PPC on top for sniping. Its a mean lil shite.
I have a King Crab in my Rougetech playthrough that eats mechs for breakfast. 2 HV Guass 40 Clan in the arms 4 tons of ammo 2 ER PPC RISC and a pirate lrm 30 with 2 tons of hydra a ton of lk and half a ton of thunder augmented. Engine is an clan xl 330 rated plus clan ferro and composite structure and she carries an advanced ams with 2 tons of ammo. I can shred an atlas in 2 shots from the front and core it from the side and back in one volley.
Playing roguetech currently, haven’t got to assault mechs yet but having an issue with a variant of its little brother called a hardshell crab. It’s spawning 12 missions in and I have a whole Lance pummelling it but haven’t got through to structure. My power armour squared are able to use the light and medium rifles they are equipped with along with their claws to keep it grounded but I feel like I’ll run out of laptop battery before this bulk thing finally dies.
Reminds me of the ED-209.
Favorite.........Mech........EVAAAAAARRR!!!!!!!!
I have never ran one but fought many. These things are murderous. All that ammo is no hindrance since the bonds are empty by the time you open the mech up. It's slow, slow, slow... Tore him down and move the fight away from the KC. You remove that much dakka from the other team you should be able to eat what's left and then come back and finish off the monster. Keep it or of the fight if you can and destroy his buddies
Nice to hear from the pro always :)
poke it with a Kit fox or Arctic Cheetah or mist lynx, or up th ante and use a shadow cat to jump ontop of it's flat top.
It's a good plan to hit it with fast machines. But if it's got any support you will get hurt. Like I said earlier. Cut the bull from the herd and come back to get him later when his team is dead. He may even surrender lol
@@paulhuston9991 I have jumped ontop of king crabs with shadow cats...
I would call my personal King Crab, "Krusty Krab"
I named mine Crab Norris, named after the Kenyan mango crab from MGS3 Crab battle m.th-cam.com/video/P9_VINMmsus/w-d-xo.html
So would you call a KC with an all PPC configuration a "crab boil"?
I call mine the death knell
Thanks for your great vids and your readings of the books is quite nice 👍
Thank you very much!
Put Gauss Cannons on the arms and farm salt for the Royal crab pantries.
The king crab is, hands down, my favorite battlemech. No mech does dakka quite like her.
Best one is 4 ERPPCs. 2 on each arm. Ditch the LRM and the Large laser for max armor and added heat sinks.
King Krab/Marauder II Master Race 4 Lyfe. No Guts, NO GALAXY!
just for LOOKS alone this thing is AWESOME.
Lets build Titans like that.
@@GrimDarkNarrator any chance of Heavy Gear Lore?
@@JeanLucCaptain Judging by how little lore is on their wiki, I'd say no.
@@GrimDarkNarrator 😱
2:13 [Steiner Scout Squad intensifies]
After playing HBS battletech I can confirm that hangar queen remark.
It is a rather...wide mech.
Plus she got to throw her weight around.
Thank you for another great vid, from a fellow blitzkrieg lobster-like creature
Glad you enjoyed
I think Prodigy's "Smack my Bitch up" is a good theme to play when a King Crab appears on the battlefield, simply because anyone who stands against it will get smacked up.
And the album has a crab on the front cover...
King Crab one of my favourite assault mechs pair this thing with twin gauss rifles its unstoppable
personal favorite variant would have to be the KGC-KJ shes mean no matter where you find her
next, the sucessor to the KIng Crab, the Supernova.
That's coming next week. The last of the sponsored videos.
Stunning mech design which I think like the Atlas Battlemech gives a sense of foreboding as if this could be the last battle a MechWarrior will engage in. When I first saw the King Crab in the tabletop version I was not too impressed visually due to its animalistic monstrous appearance like something out of a Godzilla movie as I much preferred the realistic military style of Battlemechs such as the Warhammer and Rifleman even the Atlas put me off a bit with its too humanoid giant like design. Now though thanks to MECHWARRIOR ONLINE and HBS's BATTLETECH both designs are very palatable befitting the awesome arsenal of devastation they carry. Those two autocannon 20s are terrifying to face indeed.
Thank you GrimDark Narrator for the senses shattering technical info :)
My mind-numbing pleasure :D
@@GrimDarkNarrator Ha ha :D
Can you do the commando? Love that little thing.
I'll add it to the next poll roster.
@@GrimDarkNarrator How about adding the Goliath???
@@thegreatbamboozler4837 Ill add that to a future poll roster too :)
Ah come on, that is just battle armor, not a proper mech like a Zeus
Fans call it King Crab, I like to call it "Hole Puncher!" LOL!
I've heard worse nicknames :P
The king crab is my personal favorite Mech and I love using it and there's an old saying for getting the mission done slow and steady wins the race and the king crab it is such a magnificent machine I just love how that thing punches holes with its cannons and destroying anything that moves but also this Mech is just amazing after all and I play as the king crab car the hero class battle mech equip with ultra Auto fives four of them and I even equipped SRM 6 stream on two of its sides torso and it helped me out so much it dominated every single unit with a simple alpha strike and in case of I ever saw an atlas I did a counterclockwise alpha strike to kill it that is firing bullets and firing missile chain-like barrage of pain and the best thing about it I always love you using this thing and it has been my favorite ever since and I encountered this when I was doing a mission with the atlas KR and the other Atlas K'S and even so this king crabs are just amazing even so I love the firepower that it holds and so much more this is why games like these are amazing and fun to have and in case if there's any veterans out there wanted to bring back memories I would be happy to give them the opportunity to drive their Mech that they desire and to fight alongside
An audiobook version of the saarna website ..lol
Loving the lore vids keep it up!
Thanks.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:21 🦀 *Introduction to King Crab*
- Introduction to the King Crab assault BattleMech, sponsored by a viewer.
- Overview of the King Crab's significance and its design by Kisara Weaponries for General Alexander Kerensky's request.
01:03 🔫 *King Crab's Main Features*
- Designed in 2741 by Kisara Weaponries for General Kerensky's request.
- Main weapons: super-heavy autocannons capable of stripping armor in a few bursts.
- Drawbacks include reliance on ammunition and vulnerability in extended campaigns.
02:23 🌐 *King Crab in Wars and Production History*
- Impact during the Amaris Civil War and First Succession War.
- Reduction in numbers due to factory destruction and loss of Northwind facility.
- Revival by ComStar in the 31st century for the Battle ofTukayyid and Clan conflicts.
04:50 🔄 *Shifts in Production and Espionage*
- Word of Blake takeover and introduction of new variants.
- ComStar's response with corporate espionage to steal and reproduce designs.
- Collaboration with Star Core Industries and the introduction of KGC 0:07 model.
06:00 🛠️ *King Crab's Armament and Characteristics*
- Primary weapons: Death Giver Autocannon 20s.
- Description of the hand-like actuators resembling crab claws.
- Details on armor, speed, and vulnerabilities.
07:07 🔄 *Variant Overview - Part 1*
- Overview of various King Crab variants.
- Description of KGC 0000, a downgraded version with standard armor.
- Introduction to the Clan Buster variant, KGC 0:01, with changes in weaponry.
08:55 🔄 *Variant Overview - Part 2*
- Introduction to KGC 0:05, an upgraded version with LBX Autocannons and ER Large Laser.
- Overview of KGC 0:07, featuring a twin rotary autocannon 5s and aplasma rifle.
- Description of KGC 0:08 with Heavy PPCs and ER Medium Lasers.
11:52 🔄 *Variant Overview - Part 3*
- Introduction to KGC 0:09, produced from 3104 onward, with extensive armor and advanced weaponry.
- Description of its construction, armament, and popularity among Lyran officers.
- Overview of KGC 010, a commander mech with unique features like Hellstar Magna PPCs and LBX 10 cannons.
15:30 🤔 *Closing Thoughts and Viewer Engagement*
- Recap of King Crab's interesting features and formidable weaponry.
- Invitation for viewer opinions and experiences with the King Crab in the comments.
- Closing remarks and call-to-action for likes, subscriptions, and appreciation.
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Crab battle!
Strip out the lrm 15 and replace with srm 6s with 2 gauss rifles
I have my King Crab with two heavy rifles and maxed armor...
Sound like a fancy restaurant lol
Where crabs assault you.
I get rid of the large laser for two small lasers or flamers
Does the narrator sound like Michio Kaku or is it just me
CRAB BATTLE!!!
is the thumbnail that looks like the flying tigers shark mouth a skin you can equip in game ? or is it just and image icon because it’s the king carbs actual in game pfp.
Why is King Crab part of the force pack Comstar Command Level II if it is not good for command?
I’ve got thr KJ variant four large lasers a lrm 10 and auto cannon uc5 my KC does not care who it fights it will murder EVERYTHING
Sounds legit :D
Giant enemy crab surrender and it will spare you from massive damage
I hope you do the Berserker!
I'll add it to the possible topics list.
Sure looks like a king crab.
ED-209's evolution
king crab fall easily to LRM boats just like in MWO
Missiles and laser on my back. AC20 on my claws
6 machine guns, mrm 30 x 2 and 2 large laser (to murder 3 atlas in one battle is awesome)
cannot wait if they make king crab IIC
@@michaelfranzgarcia7769 supernova is the closest you'll get for now. the boiler variant has ballstic points
@@sheilaolfieway1885 dimmit my supernova is steel rain lrm 20 x2 and atm 12 x2
@@michaelfranzgarcia7769 3xlrm5 2xac10 2xErmedium 1xErlarge. :P where do you put all the ammo?
I hate AC20s... i fit mine with 4x C-UAC-10 six tons of ammo, and pretty much everything else is to just make the weight and space to fit that weapon system. God damn it slaps though.
What is the music during the mech backstory/specs?
Should be in the description. I use just one ambient track for battletech videos.
Thanks for the vid sir.
You're welcome.
For the algorithm...
Thank you.
Hello Grim.
I am sorry to 'harp' upon something so minor, but you are mispronouncing the name of a planet and it's most famous battle. Tukayid is NOT pronounced as Two-Kai-ID, but instead should be said as: Two-Kay-ID.
In all other manners, I find your Battletech series of videos entertaining and informative. And before you dismiss me as some random 'fart puffer' from the 'Net, let me say that I have been playing BattletTech since 1984... and during all that time, I have read just about every b-tech story, compendium, rule book, and other related text upon the subject. I am thus well informed about the topic. Perhaps even more so than yourself, although I will not make that claim.
speaking, Frank-ly
(( note: Speaking, Frank-ly, and Frank-ly speaking, are both 'puns' upon my given first name of Frank... which in most languages translates to 'honest'))
No worries. I realize there's things I'll mispronounce sooner or later. I don't do it on purpose. I'll try and remember your correction next time the battle of Tukayid is involved.
Would you take a King Crab?
I like them.
But why it cant punch, pinch or even kick? (in MW5)
Man was the original art for this mech exceptionally ugly.
Can you do a video on the adder
I'll add it to the possible topics list.
@@GrimDarkNarrator 😘
Why does the narrator sound like a member of House Kurita?
If only.
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Hey Grim.
I hate to be a 'pest' and thorn in your side... but Tukayyid is not pronounced as Tue-k-eye-id, but instead as: Tu-kay-id... like some people shorten kilometer to 'kays', Tukayyid is pronounced thusly.
Other than that 'minor' factor, your 'accent' isn't all that hard to follow... and yes, I am American. So my pronunciation is definitely different than yours. I know that.
Well, thanks for letting me know. I get corrected sometimes and I welcome it. I don't want to be mispronouncing. I just hope I remember next time I talk about it :)
Tacos
flat out reading sarna
fuzztsimmers 3 like sarna isn't a direct lift from the source material