Tukayyid - Original Song - ft. George Hoctor
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Breakdown of the lyrics. (Warning long read)
Essentially Tukayyid was to determine the future of the invasion. If ComStar won the clans would halt their advance for a period of 15 years, and a demarcation line would be drawn at Tukayyid itself. If the Clans won, Comstar would not impede the march to Terra. The chorus line specifically references the clan drop order, which was Smoke Jaguar, Nova Cat, Diamond Shark, Ghost Bear, Steel Viper, Jade Falcon, and lastly Clan Wolf. The order was decided by typical clan honor bidding. Basically the clans viewed it more honorable if they could achieve their objectives with less resources used. So Smoke Jaguar won the right to hit the planet's surface first, but they bid away nearly a third of their forces to do so. Each clan had two cities to claim as their objectives. Taking and holding these cities would ensure a clan victory.
Clan Smoke Jaguar was already considered one of the more aggressive clans. They were reeling from defeats on two other planets, Luthien and Wolcott, and were itching to get revenge and reclaim their honor. By the time they left Tukayyid they were nearly wiped out. Only 22% of their equipment survived the battle. Both clan leaders were killed in battle.
Clan Nova Cat was a quasi-mystical clan, they believed in visions and would often consume a poison to enter a trance to see these visions prior to battle. After the battle they would eventually see more in common with the Inner Sphere, and eventually would fight against the clans in what was called 'The Great Refusal'. 'From the sky they fall' refers to the Nova Cats having a favored tactic called the hover drop. Normal drops involved landing the dropship and disembarking, which took time, or dropping units in pods, which left them vulnerable. Hover drops involved having them jump out while the dropship was a few feet off the ground.
Clan Diamond Shark was untested in battle and sought to prove themselves, and it was used against them. The Diamond Shark Khan had forbidden Freeborns(IE natural born humans) from serving in front line combat units, favoring 'Trueborns' (genetically created warriors). The Sharks were nearly wiped out, but a reserve force of freeborn warriors bravely charged at the advancing Comguards to allow the Khan to escape. After this show of bravery he would rescind his order and allow freeborns to serve on the front lines.
The Ghost Bears were highly pragmatic. They decided at the onset to forgo the practice of 'zellbrigen', which were essentially one on one fights, as they knew the Inner Sphere did not conform to this practice. They fought smartly, pressing their advantages, though they barely managed to take one of their city targets before ComStar reinforcements arrived. They were awarded a marginal victory after negotiations between both sides. Most of their forces still intact, this left them in a good position for the infighting among the clans that would follow Tukayyid.
Steel Viper managed to avoid the mistakes that the Jaguars made, but they were still prone to following clan tradition. Initially after falling into a ComStar trap in a muddy canyon, the Viper Khan ordered a withdrawal. A ComGuards commander saw this, and issued a direct challenge and insult to the retreating Vipers, which enraged them and they recommitted to the attack. Despite fighting through the trap, they stretched their supply lines too thin, and ran out of ammunition. ComStar threw every dirty trick at the Vipers. Though it should be noted they suffered probably the least heavy losses among losing clans.
Jade Falcon viewed themselves as the true heirs of Star League, and the purest form of Kerensky's vision. They believed Terra was their birthright and destiny, and would fight ruthlessly for the chance to claim it. Also abandoning zellbrigen and any notion of clan honor practices, they fought brutally and managed to take one of their target cities, and outmaneuvered a number of ComGuard traps. It should be noted that the withdrawal from battle was more bloody than the advance. This battle was considered a draw.
The Wolves were anything but unprepared. Having extensive knowledge on Inner Sphere tactics and deliberately not bid away all their forces, they were in a strong position when they landed. They slowly and methodically advanced, making sure to keep their supply lines secure. They also didn't rely as heavily on ammunition based weaponry. They did not dismiss the enemy as a paper tiger as most of the other clans had, and thus fought smartly. They took both their target cities and held them. The only clan that would claim a complete victory.
Tukayyid was a crucible for the Clans way of life. They lost badly. This would lead to the clans fracturing down the line. That perhaps, is but a song for another day.
This is a very good post. I hope more people see it and find it helpful.
I love battletech and I hope it gets more exposure
biggest thing the clans dint really know here was comstar was also pulling out some vintage, but stupidly op(star league) gear, which for the clans who were use to there omni mechs being ton for ton 25-50%(also cost like 4x to make) better than what the inner sphere was using yea you can understand why they dint think bidding off so much of there tonage would be so bad
Thanks for the lore
@@zetaking2909 Though Clan tech was still better than vintage Star League tech (eg. Clan ER PPCs are bonkers and Clan XL engines solved the nasty problem SLDF XL engines had where taking out a side torso would blow up the 'Mech). Just not nearly as crushingly superior as it was to standard Inner Sphere tech.
Thanks for the pin! Battletech lore is called by some to be 'Game of Thrones in space.' Little more lore tidbit for you. The clans, in their hubris, dismissed ComStar completely, and regarded the ComStar commander Anastasius Focht as a joke. They thought he was a bureaucrat. They were wrong. Focht had extensive military experience and had intel on the clans military provided to him and thus planned his strategy accordingly. Noted in the song, ComStar had several caches of Star League era equipment and battlemechs, and they broke into nearly all of it in preparation for Tukayyid. (To compare even as old as it was, the Star League era units were vastly superior to most units fielded by the great houses of the Inner Sphere as a whole, as the succession wars had led to vast amounts of tech being lost.)
Clan technology was more advanced than Inner Sphere tech, but considering the vast distances they were traveling they had little in the way of supply lines into the Inner Sphere. Most of their mechs were constructed in just a single facility in the home cluster. Clan mechs tended to favor heavy firepower and mobility, but were as a result of their highly advanced and specialized tech, supremely more expensive compared to Inner Sphere mechs.
Also note, the clans were not a cohesive force. They tended to quarrel with one another just as often as they fought their enemies. If Tukayyid had failed, it's likely they still would not have made it to Terra in my opinion. I think that infighting between the clans, as well as losses at Tukayyid, and a united Inner Sphere, would have ultimately wiped out the invasion force. Far, far more lore for BT, if you're interested
Note: I said in the first post the lyrics referenced the clans drop order, however this is not confirmed and a few sources differ on some of the placements. I think it's close enough for the most part. I'll have to do some digging to see if I can confirm. Most of the info I typed out was just from my own recollection.
Good man. Good man indeed.
I FOUND HIM! I found Tex!
Senpai noticed you. String/Goat Collab when?
I was wondering when you’d see this lol.
All praise the Black Pants Legion!
O hai Tex.
"TLDR: The clans brought their best, and Space AT&T said Get Bent Weirdo."
Pay your fucking HPG bills!
Pay your Bills fucko
Is there a faction who's war cry is pay your taxes
@@sillerbarly4927 it's the secondary motto of every Inner Sphere power. It's, like, the only thing they've shared with eachother besides bullets and missiles since the fall of Star League.
Good to see members of the Legion here
What the clans failed to realize and what ultimately brought their down fall, was that in Anastasius Focht they weren't fighting some random jumped up bureaucrat but that most dangerous of all threats from the inner sphere: a competent Steiner general.
*A Competent Steiner General Who Knew their Entire Playbook, and would abuse this to MAXIMUM EFFECT*
A Steiner general who had a reputation for utterly annihilating everything in his path to victory. A man who loved war.
A Steiner general who is mastered the art of tactical f******
A competent Steiner general. All the assault mechs, none of the idiocy. A sphere conquering combination.
@@Lieutenant_Dude he knew you had to kill the spirit as well as the man.
Reactor: ONLINE
Sensors: ONLINE
Weapons: ONLINE
Stringstorm: ONLINE
All systems: NOMINAL
"All crews, stand by for Stringstorm deployment, approaching drop zone in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1"
@@Brendan1259 Stringstorm is what I named my Victor in Mechwarrior 5.
Engine: KILL
TTS : OFFLINE
by the omnisiah... Such.. beautiful god machines
"The Clanners made the worst possible mistake when looking at an opponent: They dismissed him as a joke, and failed to respect him. And for that, he _fucking broke them."_
The clanners got Foch'ed up
I red that aloud in Tex's voice.
@@NehpetsMug Yes
@@Colonel_Overkill lmfao. nice.
the words of tex
Clans: "Nooooo you can't fight without honour, this is not what Kerensky dreamt of for mankind!"
ComStar: "Go ahead, call Kerensky. He can't untax your life import."
Well, how are they gonna call Kerensky if they haven't paid their phone bill?
@@ja-vishaara i think that's the joke
Wolves: “This is Khan Alaric Ward, we are the blood Kerensky. Please prepare yourselves accordingly.”
@@jrex0522 That too, was a joke.
-Rogal Dorn probably
@@twojstarypijany3182 you said it. i might be just a guardsman, but i've got the spirit of an imperial fist.
sincerely, a guardsman
It's been almost thirty years since I wrote the original Tukayyid scenario book for FASA. Haven't written anything for publication since the '90s, but I still play tabletop with my kids and (via virtual tabletop) with my old gaming buddies - mostly 2nd edition WH40k, but we do break out the BattleTech models once in a while for a game with the original 1987 Rules of Warfare. Nice to see that the Tukayyid setting got updated for the modern rule set. Happy gaming!
I must say, as a new initiate to the BattleTech setting, I greatly appreciate the Tukayyid sourcebook you worked on, as it helped to get me personally invested in the setting. I’m glad to hear you still have a passion for the tabletop experience!
Yo holy shit...
You're a legend, Sir. The Comguard salutes you!
We're not worthy!
Don’t fuck with the phone company
*Reactor online. Sensors online. Weapons online. All systems nominal.*
*Mission: Capture GW Headquarters*
@@danielm.595 Ignore that order. Obliterate the place.
Bitching Betty forever
@@Macharius89 Obliterate? You mean AUSKUNSCHAFTEN?!
@@Efranor marauder online and systems nominal
Tukayyid was the battle of two bastard sons of Star League, each no where near the original ideal, each with their own version of how things should be.
Its like the star league had two kids with different wives and they got into a brawl at the reading of the will and their kids joined in, while the rest of the family just watches awestruck. Cousin Solaris is taking bets in the corner.
Bunch of SLDF regiments, which isn't followed Kerensky: Am I a joke to you?
@@relhimp then had their entire culture reshaped by his son, the crazy one, who turned them into a caste based society with strong influence from 1940s Japanese culture
@Druid Of Scosglen ahh the weird phrasing with a typo through me off
And unlike most series, the failings of both are played straight. The caste system of the Clans is not treated as inherently bad or ineffective (the Wolverines are the example of doing it the right way), but their Darwinistic and bloodline approach to the castes ruined their own potential and drags them down into defeat.
ComStar wants to restore the Star League but can’t figure out how and screws everyone over trying to prevent the Great Houses (who betrayed the Star League in its hour of need) from gaining the position of First Lord yet also trying to make humanity more united all while trying to keep the status quo while trying to figure out just what the Hell they’re supposed to do.
The Clans planned for Honor and Glory.
Comstar planned for Victory.
@Druid Of Scosglen Nova Cat almost took both of their cities, they just got unlucky they lost their flagship
On the downside for ComStar, their army reveal made them something of a target for the Inner Sphere.
ComStar: "Don't attack us, we control communications and a big army."
Houses: "Yes, but we're stupid."
ComStar: "Oh yeah..."
@Druid Of Scosglen Based on what i know, didnt Clan Wolf earn complete victory from the 7 Clans?
@@QuestionableAdviser_ Yes, they were the only Clan to take and hold their two objective cities. A Ghost Bear-loving friend of mine keeps insisting that the bears captured both their cities but realized they could only hold one of them, thus the minor victory...from what I'm reading though, the clan only captured one of their cities and realized they couldn't take the other with what they had left.
@@midgetydeath comstar sounds like bert
"Pay your phone bills, or else"
- Comstar
"No"
- Hanse Davion, fighting an intergalactic war through the clever use of carrier piggeons, circa 3030
Don't forget Fax Machines
i thought they use telegrams?
@@QuestionableAdviser_ Curier ships.
Basically he had to plan his moves months in advance but he increased opsec by a fair margin, since comstar was reading his mail and leaking his army movements to the capellans and kuritas.
He's the one person who told comstar to get shafted and got away with it.
@@erdervv ...i understand nothing
@@QuestionableAdviser_ welcome to MechWarrior. We're at the end times it's almost as grimdark is Warhammer and another time. It's a scampi as rogue trader. Also he's not joking comstar literally acts like an essay on steroids when it comes to reading other people's mail.
"If Kerensky Had A Text-to-Speech Device"
Oh, oh no, *voice in distance* OH YES!
They just moved his tomb back to Terra, even, so everybody can visit.
@@lunaticpathos is that in one of the new books? I admit I am at least a decade behind on publications as such.
@@thehammer4607 Yeah, the most recent novel and sourcebook.
Kerensky: "...NichoLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!"
Don't forget, COMGUARD was founded by SLDF who *didn't* go with Kerensky beyond the Periphery. Although they've changed a lot, the line "Brothers of three century's divide" is more true than you may think.
Almost like someone actually studied up on the lore before writing the song 😜
"Eyup, looks like them spheroids and Star League boys are up to no good again..."
> All the Periphery citizens watching Clanners and ComStar beat each other up
Taurians: ITS THEM FUCKIN' DAVIONS!!! THERE GUNNA TRY'N TAKE OUR *GUNS!!!*
@@weldonwin
Taurians in lore: proud nationalists and masters of guerilla defense, enough financial and military clout to rival the Great Houses.
Taurians in the community: "BUBBA! Git the 10x autocannon, the Gawd-Damned Feds are back to take our freedoms!"
If I wasn't a FRR/Ghost Bear Dominion fan boy I'd be a Taurian fan boy.
@@lupisvolk2420 as a Taurian fanboy come and get some Fed rats
@@chesterstevens8870 and bubba don't forget the damn shadowhawk that goes with!!!
The Clans: "Come out and fight us, cowards!"
Inner Sphere: "Fine, we'll play by your rules. Let me just call my friend."
The Clans: "Who's that?"
ComStar: "Pay your bills, fucko."
Clans: oh f#@$k
ComStar - Space Comcast.
@@hemidas they are actually a fair bit harsher than Comcast.
You forgot the part of the joke when Comstar says: Listen Inner Sphere no more communication for you! Surrender all your planets!
@@christianholzschuh6853 but House Davion got smart and just so happen to sneak a look at a HPG, so when Primus Mindo Waterly flipped the switch nothing happened.
I'm not a Battletech fan.
I have no idea who any of these people are.
WHY CAN'T I STOP LISTENING?!
Yeah I feel ya on that. Never even heard of this battle but damn is it a good song.
^I'd say it's because you can feel the passion in the work.
It's called the Stringstorm Effect.
The more you listen, the better it gets.
And because it's good to begin with...
Come to the Inner Sphere. We have big stompy robots!
Tukayyid is the highlight of Battletech for me. Where the genetically engineered master warrior race got beaten on their own terms in the field of honour by a phone companies security force.
Let this be a reminder to always pay your telephone bill on time.
*Or. ELSE.*
Reddere rogationes, fucko.
@@midgetydeath or else Gray Death Legion will turn those assclowns into pile of ash, if they try their "tactical fuckery" one more time.
Or House Davion, who has an alternative way of communication.
Also be kind it costs nothing and pays dividends
So this is what it feels like when someone who doesn't know anything about 40k listens to the other songs.
@@thehammer4607 Currently listening to the Amaris Civil War by Tex.
@@Nerozard *bagpipes play violently in distance*
It'd been too long since I saw a song from Stringstorm that I didn't recognize the source material.
I think I like it, its fun (if a bit jarring at first)
Funnily enough, Stringstorm is actually one of the reasons I started reading up on Warhammer lore. I listened to Atrocity and thought, "I *need* to know more about what this is." And then history repeated itself.
Just remember the two lessons of Tukayid-
Never underestimate your enemy.
And always, always, ALWAYS, pay your fucking phone bill.
Or you get Focht
@@Patman-cr3tu no lube OR safe word.
Is that why the Wolves managed to win with their 1/7 of the goal, they did their homework and taxes?
@@mrmaxwell346 this thread made my Fochting night
@@theoverpreparerlamenters3r436 Pretty Much, while being on the plan.
Ahhh Tukayyid one of the few times Comstar DIDN"T screw everything up by being crazy and weird.
Except for the fact that they only succeeded by playing the Clan's brand of crazy and weird.
At least by being *less crazy and weird than the Clans,* which admittedly isn't saying much.
@@saeyabor I dissent: Comstar only won BECAUSE they were crazy and weird, and their C&W is so much more batshit insane than that of the invading Clans. I.E. They out-crazy-ed the clans, and played by only 1 rule: Win, at all costs.
You're not wrong. They did evacuate a planet to use it as an arena, and bet on preserved Lostech against the clans' relative experience.
Yes and No, the head of comstar tried to do a galactic coup during the battle, resulting in the Precenter Martial executing her after calling her an insane idiot.
I don't know anything about battletech but I shall headbang anyway
Same
*gestures at the galaxy* shit's fucked.
Same
Space AT&T fights an invading horde seeking to out honor the rest of the horde in the most honorable way with extra honor.
@@elysiankentarchy1531 this rivals the stuipidity of warhammer explanations
ComStar: "Hello Clans! This is Ben!"
Clans: "Who?"
ComStar: *"BEN DOVER"*
Ah...remember when we praised the emperor in this section ?
Clan Wolverine remembers...
Clan who? There is not now and never has been a clan of that name.
Anyone wanna go to Minnesota?
Comstar: "We challenge you to a duel!"
Clans: "Alright, here's our rules."
Comstar: Throws rulebook out the window.
really went with the cappelan mindset of "those don't apply to me"
More like took notes on how to screw them over said rulebook XD
more like
Clanners: "That's not in the rulebook!"
Verizon: "It technically is! Now die!"
Lol
Comstar didn't throw out the rulebook. They, like all corporations, figured out how to rule lawyer the Clans to death with their own Terms and Agreements.
For people who don’t know what the comments about throwing out the rules is about, the defenders challenged the invading clans to basically a battle/duel on the planet this song is named for. The defenders got to rules lawyering such as removing the locations the clans were required to take and hold so that fulfilling their agreed objectives was impossible.
They also elected to ignore all the restrictions and practices of zellbrigen that any Clan trial was expected to abide by and just hit them as hard as they could, while also exploiting the Clan honor system to goad them into ambush after ambush and to keep them from consolidating and refitting/rearming.
Okay, I get it... kinda, but what the hell is this? I mean what world is this?
@@GeneralPenemonto Battletech.
@@GeneralPenemonto Battletech is the name of the franchise. As for the actual planet, it was just a random out of the way farming world that no one would miss if property damages got out of hand.
Ben Lubbers ehhh, wrong, this was Terra itself, Earth, the cradle of humanity itself, if you look at a map of the Inner Sphere, there's a little tiny speck of white right smack dab in the middle. Not to be rude or anything, cheers
I love how the entire 40k fandom has just migrated to battletech out of spite
I'm just imagining an Imperial Refugee Crusade making a blind warp jump and fetching up on the fringes of Battletech's hot mess. And then the Mechanicum going apeshit at what they see.
And you better stay in your fucking lane. Tex already almost got cancelled by people making the jump. They sent him death threats and all sort of shit, and tried to get charities to blacklist him. The community is already weary of people coming over from 40k.
@@bellsknell3297 who is this Tex and how come people would cancel somebody that seems to be a pillar of the community
@@wesleyeberly228 He merely talked to Arch. No politics, they just talked about the current state of both hobbies. And people went after him and did/said some absolutely horrendous shit.
EDIT: If you want I can make a list of what they did.
@@bellsknell3297 Lol You are mistaking the tyranids chasing the refugees for refugees, Arch is pillar of WH40K there is reason why corpobacked leftists are hunting him.
"Get bent weirdos"- Space AT&T AKA ComStar
That this would hit my suggested feed... Today of all days.
May 20th, 2022.
Remember ComStar's greatest gambit!
Sometimes, you just get Fochted.
(Warm thanks to Tex both for this joke and explaining the lore of Battletech).
Thank you Tex
Ah, I see this "Tex" is a person of culture as well. Much thanks and good joke there.
Does anyone know how to contact Discount Dan? I want to order up a few baskets...
@@Deridus of used mechs? Call the Black Pants Legion - they have his commercial.
@@Deridus Gift baskets or revenge baskets?
(Don't send him any, it's easy to mix 'em up.)
Happy I could help with this! This project is what inspired me to look into Battle Tech lore!
Welcome to battle tech mech warrior.
This is the universe that surpasses Warhammer 40k, in my opinion. The lore here tells a story that unlike 40k isn't disguised by religion. It shows war far less divine and because of that it is more closer to reality.
*Reactor online*
*Sensors online*
*Weapons online*
*All systems nominal*
Welcome, Mechwarrior.
Mechwarrior has lore?
Neat.
@@zubbworks a lot of lore.
Please, PLEASE make more Battletech songs. You have just tapped into a goldmine I never knew existed.
Welcome to Battletech, 40k was merely an introduction to the potential of World building.
@@fenrirshowl1860 I don't know about that. I've been a fan of Battletech longer than 40k, but if GW hadn't utterly destroyed their own IPs, I think 40k has more content potential. That being said, it's great to have more creatives coming over to Battletech.
@@benjamintherogue2421 I agree GW are trying to be Disney but they're not. Battletech lore seem interesting it like what if 80s culture, anime mecha and Frank Herbert Dune on steroids and have a baby.
@@longwlenguyen4214 GW is going after people making 40k mods for games GW doesn't even have any legal say over. They've burned down every single fan project that everyone was hyped over. That's just on the fan community side. On the business side they're reducing the amount of models you get in a set, raising the prices, limiting what you're even allowed to do with your models, restricting activities and products in their stores, screwing over everyone with their paints, screwing the hell out of the lore, and handing off projects to absolute clowns for a dime.
They are absolutely burning down their IPs.
As for Battletech lore, I really do love it, it's just not as expansive as 40k's was. The one good thing about the situation is that Battletech has more empty space in it than most sci-fi while having all of its ground rules very firmly established. This is basically a giant sandbox that's only had about 10% of its area even covered by anyone. Having all of these creatives come into Battletech is going to be tremendous fun for all of us.
@@benjamintherogue2421 I agree
/me glances at the title.
Huh, is there a a Tukyiad in 40K too-
Oh. Oh boy. This is amazing, and welcome to Battletech!
With GWs actions, Battletech might become bigger than ever. I don't know who's behind BT atm, but they should start an all out offensive for the TT market. The time was and never will be better.
Thanks for the welcome
@@AllisterCaine catalyst games own the rights at the moment and they are in the process of finishing up their Clan Invasion Kickstarter - having turned I think close to 100+ mechs into plastic version for purchase tho we are still waiting for wave 2 to fully land.
But don’t be to sure Catalyst aint working up to take over, the fan base is dedicated and we want them to succeed fully. And now seeing even small tubers starting to react to Tex’s content - Tex of The Black Pants Legion who does Tex’s Talks Battletech (if you haven’t watch go watch them).
But we’re making our push and the recruitment campaign into our house armies and clan totems is going well.
@@reecedignan8365 of course i know Tex! His voice is the stuff of legends.
I started with 40k 21 years ago.... even earlier I played mw3... so I am versed in both universes to some degree. But maybe it is better for BT if it has its safe niche without blowing up.
That was my reaction, too. Lol
As Holy Terra fell to the chaos god of corporate meddling we turn our heads to the stars
@Hate fueled Looks a lot cleaner than what i am used to. You guys are nice
Heh “await their fearsome brothers of three centuries divide”. Just realised that while clans are descended from the majority of the Star leagues military who left the sphere after the fall of the star league, Comguard most likely descends from the star league military who refused to leave the sphere and stayed behind on Terra and joined Blake. Brothers indeed
The 151st Royal Division, 13th Royal Infantry, 15 more now former SLDF Divisions, 14 "independent regiments" i.e. MERCERNARIES worth of personnel, and elements of the 251st Division under the command of Major General Lauren Hayes _BIRTHED_ the Com Guards.
These veterans of a decade and then some of the Amaris Civil War, all that remained of the SLDF and along with Jerome Blake was the ONLY sole remaining element of Star League in the Inner Sphere after Kerensky and Co. flew the coop. And when they came to blows as the Com Guard against the descendants of their former brothers and sisters in arms 300 years later, "Star League's Remnant" versus a gang calling itself "The Star League" would come down to making the kind of climatic battle that Tukayyid was.
The song of how "Space AT&T" defeated the Clanners taking advantage of their "Stupid, Stupid Ways".
I expect a few batchalls in the mail.
@Druid Of Scosglen Very well Clan Warrior. I await you in (time, date and location). Bring your Timberwolf, Summoner or what have you and reclaim your honor.
I await with my own Mech.
(with 20 Marauders in hiding)
@@Aserbic Don't worry about that guy in the bushes... or the TAG he is probably not carrying. He's not a Cappelan, I swear.
@@Deridus Or the urbanmech armed with a gauss rifle. Nothing to see here.
@@Questknight12 What's funnier than a trashcan that cores an Assault Mech in a surprise attack?
@@Deridus Absolutely NOTHING.
You know the writers at Catalyst are pretty chill. I wouldn't be surprised if they canonize this song into the universe.
Didnt they canonized the Black Pants Legion?
@@dasji2 I think so?
@@chaosspartan4417 Then this may get canonized!
The time a telecom company beat an invading horde.
But before the same company helped with intel on IS forces, established occupational governments and then tried to do some crazy shit during their idiotic "Operation Scorpion", what ended with loss of trust from clans and HPG network in Davion space.
ComStar after the battle:
"And this is why you must always...REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR BILLS FUCKO!"
Cual es la canción de ayuda mundial?
Ultimoplayer sos el mejor machinimafor de latinoameria saludos desde tucuman
Especially as it went through a few stages.
listen 1: I don’t really get it, but it’s pretty ok.
Iisten 2… a while later: you know this is pretty good. Oh, there’s a cool explanation in the comments.
Listen 5: yeah this slaps.
Listen 57: “SO IT HAS BEEN! ONE FOUGHT FOR HONOR AND ONE FOR FINALITY!”
The only acceptable time to like comstar.
ComStar isn't that bad... It's those Word of Blake freaks you've got to watch out for.
Granted I am SUPER rusty on my BT lore so maybe I'm forgetting something here.
@@refurbishedtechpriest9076 ComStar is the originator and the resolver of the majority of Inner Sphere problems at this point. Their fuckery started a couple of Succession Wars.
@@refurbishedtechpriest9076 Comstar is the nice paper bag mask the Word of Blake wore. There really isn't much of a difference other than the face they put on. The only reason they're acceptable here is because at the time of Tukayid the Clans weren't much better and hadn't had civilization re-banged into them again.
@@defies4626 well Focht made a difference, until Stone and the Republic absorbed what was left of that.
No telling what the few remnants of Comstar that exist are like in the IlClan era
(Id bet at least a Battalion of Comstar Remnants exists on Kentares 4 alone with the Historical Comstar Link to its HPG (even with it only bring a B grade) and the Focht War College having been moved there as well. Along with that, Kentares wasn't apart of the RotS and Davions been too busy lately to check too deeply Into Kentares I recon)
@@refurbishedtechpriest9076 pre-wobbie comstar could be blamed, conservatively, for a good half of the fuck ups spanning from the first succession war pretty much all the way up to tukayyiad
I will say the thing that scares the clans the most LOGISTICS!
Not so much for Clans Wolf and Ghost Bear, though Ghost Bear in particular got so sick of the logistical nightmare of moving people and materials between the Clan Home Worlds and the Inner Sphere they decided "Fuck it! EVERYONE into the Inner Sphere, these round trips are getting ridiculous!"
When the Logistics Officer comes into the command center with a frown, every Khan shivers with fear.
The statement you made is valid for all of the real life wars.
This video is ALMOST perfect. There is just 1 flaw to it that I almost cannot forgive.
It did not come out on May 20th. UNFORGIVABLE!!!
As my daughter would say, "Oof!" Well, sometimes it takes time for HPG traffic to reach Terra from, well... halfway to the Periphery.
*blackpantslegion has entered the chat*
Welcome to the legion.
This is the best response ever, deep respect
The Clans: We will fight using only the best of our best to prove our way of life
Comstar: We are going to bring everyone and everything to this to keep our way of life.
Whenever stringstorm make another song. I'm sure i will play it on repeat for a few weeks. This is quite a banger.
If the Clans are going to be a focus, I'd love to see a rock opera following Clan Wolverine, told from their perspective during the Trial of Annihilation
Ooooo that'd be epic
>the end scene is just their crippled Texas class Warship wrecking Draconis forces with a giant Minnesota painted on it
Oh yes! We need that so much!
@@ssjjshawn they had more then one ship though... a small fleet, like 15 or 20 ships
@@THEROOKIE2222 Yeah but it was mostly the Texas Class Battleship and the accossiated Dropships that fought on Svelvik, Trondheim and Richmond. The rest were seemingly used mostly for transport of supplies and civilians (also they stole Political prisoners from Richmond to take with them so they had a decent population).
Great song, Stringy! Hopefully one day we can all return to Holy Terra, but for now we'll enjoy other franchises.
ilClan
Join Clan Wolf and skip to 3150. You'll get to return to Terra in style.
@@thestabbybrit4798 only good thing about finally having an ilClan is finally putting the Emerald Parakeet in it's place. The fact that the Clans made it to Terra at all is... troubling in the extreme, but the story is so compelling.
I know nothing of Battletech
This intrigues me greatly.
Oh boy, you're for a great surprise! I recommend watching Tex explains Battletech.
ComStar actually has Mechanicus vibes to it. They perform rituals on their machines. At first, it was for show but eventually they themselves started believing that the rituals were required.
If you like settings with lots of lore, magnificent bastardry, interstellar conflict, shades of gray factions, and giant stompy robots then you're going to like Battletech.
Welcome to the party.
Battletech is amazing I hope you enjoy it as much as I do one day
@@Awesomeduud The most important faction why I am sad about the leaving the GW. All hail the Omnissiah! In battletech how important the religioun at all? I always liked that in 40k because it is gived the universe a cool outlook.
The best line is "A trial of possession for the future of mankind." True and very poetic.
Eh, not really? Ultimately, the Clans taking the entire Inner Sphere was a pipedream. They just have nowhere near the numbers for that, and even if they made it to Terra, the Great Houses would have just laughed in their faces and kept going.
Also, Tukkayid was a giant trap in that evne if the Clans won, they would have lost, just by being forced to throw so much of their forces into the meatgrinder.
@@magni5648thats if they managed to actually get over the shock of having their collective shit kicked in. Plus, given how large the Clans fleet was (at the start), they had a significant advantage over deployment and manuverability.
Training, A people genetically crafted for war, and superior equipment COULD have won the day. The problem was that their culture itself mitigated their best advantages and all it took was one military official on the Innersphere's side to exploit that and turn it into a meatgrinder.
So yeah- it wasn't a pipedream, it could have happened, but much like France could've won in the early days of ww2, the Clans made every possible mistake against a people who have gone through generations of internal conflict and gotten used to fighting with little.
Sabaton, then Stringstorm. Best fucking bday
Have bdays every day!
Wait sabaton made a new song? I gotta check it out.
@@Demicleas ye, Steel Commanders. Really good
A person of impeccable taste :)
@@KheptlaxaXonu Watched the music vid, could only hear metal. Barely heard/understood any of the lyrics. No idea who/what the Asian was doing.
Song was badass as hell.
It's fucking about battletech!
I'm not mad I was just so confused. This did my head in proper this morning, I'd never heard about this in 40K lore and trying to piece it together was like "Okay.. It's on Terra and there's.. Men of Iron? White Scars? Cats!? CARCHARADONS!? SPACE WOLVES!? THE FUCK IS HAPPENING!?"
Love it bro, good show.
Support the boycott and love yourselves, get yourself a printer and hold the line.
Lol. I can't tell from this post of you knew about battletech prior or not but if you didn't I hope you'll enjoy the look into the new universe. :)
Exactly the same thoughts I had. "White armor? might be some knight/titan legion I know nothing about". Then sharks... BRUH a Charcarodons song, this will be rad.... then wolves: Oh what? By the sheer number of names mentioned I thought this was a really in-dept stuff about the Badab war lol
Enough with warhammer 40 fucking K already.
@@arcotroll8530 Easy there.
I didn’t know what battletech was until recently and only in reference to the 40k exodus. Then I heard this song and watched a 2 hour documentary from the black pants legion on what is going on. Needless to say I am hooked to this franchise!
The Smoke Jaguars. Once and always doomed by their leadership.
Also known as the Smoked Jaguars...
@@jcl3005 The problem is they didn't bring enough Kirghiz fighters :P
Finally something Tukayyid related that honors both sides of the battle. Love you music and am excited to see what else you do with the rich setting of Battletech. Word of Blake need a song badly, just sayin’….
You said honor while talking about the clans.
Are you looking for a Batchall?
@@npswm1314 (House Steiner here) Batchall? Nah. Get Focht.
*Steiner Scout Lance deployed*
@@npswm1314 *Polka music intensifies*
@@halorecon95 Steiner is German not Polish.
For the glory of the Clans, for honors sake, in KERENSKY'S NAME!....This is incredible!
Wolverine
Go bid a paper dropship against a minefield, Clanner...
Edit: BPL FTW!!!
@@seand.g423 PRAISE Zorg!
Ich habe gerade einen Clan-Elementar entdeckt. es hat die Übertragung beschlagnahmt.
Remember March 20th. Get bent, weirdo.
Comstar: *pay your bills fucko*
Clans: what?
*After Tukkayid*
Clans: *TAKE OUR MONEY JUST GO AWAY PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF KERENSKY!*
And then the Clans got uppercut in their own star cluster, just goes to show that you don't mess with the Inner Sphere and not expect Space AT&T to _NOT_ jump your shit . . .
@@tyvernoverlord5363 Ironically leading, eventually, to Clan Wolf actually reaching and taking Terra about a century later.
Goes to show how weird the Inner sphere can be.
@@KillerOrca it glorious!
Remember Tukayyid, and always, ALWAYS remember to pay your HPG bills.
".... its hard to do any of the above while getting your ass handed to you by crazy people"
Long Live the Inner Sphere!
Two questions:
1. Amaris civil war rock opera when?
2. Battle tech idol month when
The second. It's reviving ultra cursed mental images of a "Battletech Delta" I was pretty sure I suppressed and forgotten about.
Urbie battletech idol when?
Urbie in particular? I dunno. Kuritan propaganda, however, is far more likely.
Oh man. Between Katherine/Katrina, Omi, Natasha, and Victor we have idol fuel.
Any 40k refugees who are migrating into the Inner Sphere this day, I heartily recommend the BattleTech video game put out by Harebrained Schemes a few years ago. It's an amazingly good turn-based tactics game where you're in charge of your own mercenary outfit in a region on the rimward periphery (the 'south' of the Inner Sphere maps) that does a very good job of introducing you to the world and the lore.
It's set in 3025 so roughly 25 years before the Clan Invasion (which was paused at Tukayyid) but it gives you a great introduction on who the Star League was, the nature of politics (feudalism in various disguises), and for lore veterans hints at some things that only become more well known later (like just how batshit crazy ComStar is, and who the Wolf's Dragoons really are).
To add to this comment I'd highly recommend the Roguetech mod after you get a handle on the game.
Trust me. Worth jt.
Mods for Battletech are a real treat. Miffed that they can't be found on Steam proper, but that's what nexus is for.
Best thing about Battletech, the game, is that any term that is IP specific. Such as Star League, Jumpship, C-Bills, any named character. The text is orange, and you can hover over it and read a summary of what it is. A C-Bill is a unit of currency directly linked to usage of faster than light communications blah blah blah. Its honestly a great way to passively learn stuff while also enjoying a rad game.
@@SendarSlayer The fact that the universe feels real is a massive bonus, too. Minus the HPG and KF drive, it seriously feels like everything could exist... minus that Jamie Wolf clone. That was... wierd.
After Vanilla, try either of Battletech Extended Commander Edition, Battletech Advanced 3062, or Roguetech. All great Mods.
And so the migration from Warhammer to BattleTech has officially begun.
Me wow this is happening? (looks at freshly bought battletech miniatures) yes it is.
@@genericname42 Blast you! Been trying yo get fresh minis for a while now. Where'd you get 'em?
@@Deridus you can find them at ironwinds metals or if you want third party death ray designs
@@Deridus and catalist games in the starter set
@@genericname42 they're sold out, yo!
Remember Tukayyid, where Space AT&T gave them Clanners one hell of a bloody nose.
The day eugenically breed honor-obsessed warrior weirdos from beyond the Deep Periphery has been crushed by the PHONE COMPANY!
"Rede tu Creditori Fuko"
You know if you think about it, the Battle for the Jefferson Memorial in Fallout 3 was a sort of Tukayyid. Two remnants of a long-gone government that have changed drastically from their original forms, now battling for the future of their homeland.
WHERE'S TEX AND THE BLACK PANTS LEGION AT! HAHAHAHA
Hail Cargonia
Already here, real question tho
Where is Mr.Goat?
@@joebidome1445 heck yes a Collab between Me.Goat and StringStorm would be cool as hell.
@@warhawk4494 one can only hope. Or Mr.goat will make a 40k themed song.
@@joebidome1445 that would be good too. One about the Catachan Jungle Fighters. Or maybe the Cadians lol
The risk the clans took was calculated but man are they bad at math
All of the intelligent clans such as Star Adder bid conservatively and therefore were not included in the invasion force. The only clan with competent leadership included in the invasion was clan Wolf.
This song is great.
"Just remember, we sent the Clanners packing, basically free of charge."
Yeah and then Space AT&T decided it wanted to do a Jihad.
Those hidden fees go to the Clanner Pension Fund.
Absolutely not to a secret security force almost as large and advanced as the SLDF.
Defense in depth, also known as a castle defense, also known as hippity hoppity get off my property.
More often closer to "hippity hoppity DIE on my property"
Pay me no mind, just sitting here breaking the replay button...
I don't think I can put it into words just how happy I am that you're doing battletech stuff. That you started with Tukayyid is just icing on the cake.
The clans were so powerful that capitalism itself had to be summoned to defeat them
this prooves that the only thing stronger than star league is star league but baptized in corporate juice
This is goddamn brillant. I love it.
Soldiers Vs Warriors
Warriors came to win a battle for glory, the Soldiers came to end a war.
me at the start . Nice one, don't really know what it is about but stilll .
me now : SO IT HAS BEEN ...
Thats pretty much how it goes isnt it?
To OUT-HONOR the HONORABLE for HONOR's sake!!! HONOR on the side, hold the HONOR with extra HONOR!!!
Those Comstar people must be badasses to stop all the clans by themselves.
It helped that the Clanners SEVERELY underestimated ComStar and that ComStar was able to play their archaic "Rules of War" against them.
Um, sort of. They have a very powerful force, however, a lot of their victory was the clans underestimating them. For instance, Smoke jaguar had to move down a canyon. The first time they did this was by sending their force running along the top. They then tried this again. It led to mass destruction and the death of a leader. Or when they were driven into the swamp, where they lost their other leader.
However, dont make you think that comstar are the good guys, as they arent above assasination, blackmail, destruction, and false flags to try and keep decent tech out of the hands of most people
@@littleshep5502 ComStar (and their Word of Blake offshoot) did more damage to humanity than the Clans could even DREAM of doing.
@@Significantpower Precicely. Although the clans eventually brought down the republic, comstar kept the houses in a state of constant war, attempted to sabotage peace treaties or marriages. They are directly attributed for keeping the technological dark age in effect, attempting to bring down the FedCommonwealth twice, nearly destroying taskforce serpent, the destruction of the Grey death legion, the Waco Rangers, the Eridani Light Horse, the near destruction of wolfs dragoons, and the northwind highlanders
@@littleshep5502 Waco Rangers had it coming, but the rest is true.
I’m enjoying this pattern of Stringstorm writing an awesome song that gets me to investigate a new thing.
Battletech is amazing. I really hope you enjoy this new universe I've been a fan since the 90s early 2000s and imso excited to see it more recognition
Holy smokes this is good. I guess I ought to google battletech lore now.
Tex of the black pants legion and critical rocket and grim dark narrator are great places to start. Battletech is an amazing universe
Try the battletech wiki
On that day, the Clans learned that when someone asks you to show up so they can ambush you, you shouldn't show up expecting to pull a fast one on them.
And this children, is why we always pay our phone bills
While I have some criticisms, this is honestly a great foray into the universe of Battletech. My only real gripe is the song could have been longer, like Rylanor's last stand or Months of Shame. Lots of additional juicy details that would make great lyrics, like how the planet was turned into an elaborate killing ground, or the mindset of Comstar's general versus the mindset of the Clan's generals. Still, as I said, Great entry to the Battletech Universe, and I look forward to you next works as I enjoy the sound of Space AT&T roundly clapping Clanner cheeks. (to be fair, I would listen to an entire rock opera of Comstars defense of Tukayyid.)
I have no clue about battletech... but what I do know is *that this is absolutely ducking amazing!* keep it up String Storm! Even in difficult times you never disappoint and we'll always stand behind you
Would honestly recommend checking the setting out. Tex talks Battletech is always a good start for jumping into the setting.
If you want something that's more condensed, Mage Leader has a series of 10-minute Battletech primers that are good for the time strapped.
@@timebrain3188 I tried that once some time ago. Willing to give it another go though.
Which video would you recommend as a starting point?
@@michimatsch5862 I'd recommend the Fall of Star League two parter, just because that's when Tex and Co came to their own in terms of production, buuut watch the older stuff too! It's just the very early stuff tends to look at things in terms of tabletop while lore and what slowly snuck their way in, and are very different from their more recent vids
a response I gave to someone else.
brief rundown of the background. Star leauge, forms 2400, keeps the 5 major houses in check ( kuritia, davion, steiner, liao, marik). The star leauge collapses into civil war, and although they are sucessful at stopping someone usurping it, the entire royal family is slaughtered. The great houses all declare war on each other to claim the mantle of first lord. The general of the Star league defence force leaves with most of the troops. These become the clans (the 7 beacons, the ones that fought this battle were smoke jaguar, diamond shark, nova cats, jade falcons, steel viper, ghost bear, and Wolf). Comstar takes control of the HPG stations that allow control over the communications throughout the known galaxy ( inner sphere). 300 years of straight war destroy most advanced information, comstar guards a stockpile of high tech things, including warships, and old star league mechs ( which are the best the sphere has to offer). The houses are now weaker because of the lack of high tech weaponry, including mechs. 3050, the clans, in much, much superior mechs with incredible weapons, invade. They destroy the newly founded rassaulhage republic, and push deep into the Draconis combine (kuritia) and the lyrian half of the federated commonwealth (union of davion and steiner). Comstar has a schism, and Anastasius focht becomes leader. He proposes a fight on Tukkayyid, if the clans win, they can go straight to terra with no opposition. If the Comguards ( comstars militaristic branch) win, they cannot advance further for 15 years. The Com guards have superior numbers, and take advantage of the clans honour code to make sure that they win ( they quite litterally bid away forces to make it a more even fight). Of the clan forces, Clan wolf achieves their goals, Clan Ghost Bear and Clan Jade Falcon draw, and the rest lose badly. Therefore, the clans are halted until 3067 by their honour
CREDITS!! :D
Lyrics by LunaticPathos
Melody by GAILE
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Vocals by George Hoctor
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Thumbnail art by St. Baird
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You should add the lore in the description
Does this open up the possibility of Battletech Idols?
@@supersaiyandiclonius3056 *YES!!!*
Mechanicus that found a way to this universe: I think I'm going to oil myself.
Merc tech to Techpriest: You'll fit riiight in here.
2:21- all I needed to hear.
A truly marvelous entry into Battletech, and as a Clan Ghost Bear fan it greatly warms my heart to see you use the Kodaik battlemech for the thumbnail. I look forward to more Battletech content from you in the future and extend my offer to aid you with any lore questions you may have. Consider yourself added to my subscription list.
Seyla
@Druid Of Scosglen since my introduction to Battletech was Mechwarrior 3 I consider myself as having started as Eridani Light Horse but since that game also made me a big fan of Clan tech (particularly the Clan ERPPC) and I started reading more into the lore I started gravitating towards the Clan with a good sense of family and a codified appreciation of the fine arts. So I guess I think of myself as a freeborn abtakha to Clan Ghost Bear.
Although, ever since Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries I also have an affinity for the independence of the mercenary lifestyle, especially if you can con... I mean "cooperate" with the more prestigious mercenary companies for better start-up money and access to equipment. Wolf's Dragoons can be shockingly generous with their own stockpiles of Clan tech.😜
Seyla
Hello this is space at&t pay your fucking bills clanner.
this song got me into battletech lore. thanks stringstorm
Man this song brings me back to the days I played the tabletop RPG with my friends. Good times. I recall one campaign (one of our first) where everyone rolled up a Clan Jade Falcon character. Except me. Who did a DCMS (Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery) Mech Jockey... So we had an intro adventure that was supposed to be about my character alone (as far as Mech Warriors go) ordered to defend a backwater world while everything else got stripped for the Battle of Luthien (The second time the Clans got dunked on in the invasion in lore, the first being Wolcott, and Tukayyid there being the third).
It was supposed to be something where the battle was hopeless but my brave defense of the capital city was going to see me enslaved by the clanners. All I had was a 35 ton light mech (A Firestarter as I recall), and some ground combat elements (Tanks, Artillery, Infantry) against what the other players were bringing. 100 ton assault mechs that they tweaked out in what is very Clanner fashion in a way. "Who needs heatsinks, MORE GUNS AND AMMO!".
Through the use of some cheeky tactics, and the fact that BattleTech's initiative system allowed me to move after they all did, and fire before they could, I managed to overheat enemies one by one with the flamers, and use some artillery pieces I had set up to finish off their shut down assault mechs, gaining a nigh impossible victory.
Which resulted in them trying again, and again, and again. I think we went like 20 battles over that planet before the DM finally said the Clan gave up on it. With one by that point very battered and worn down Firestarter and some infantry boys and tanks having saved their world, killing something like 1 million tons of Clanner Mechs.
Because, just like on Tukayyid... the Clan players expected I'd fight fair. That I'd just stand out in the open to get shot by superior technology and heavier mechs. They didn't think I'd have concealed bunkers with artillery pieces ready to shoot them in the back, like ComStar did. Or actually use Infantry to swarm them while they were disabled.
It's just funny because there's that cross between the lore and the players of the game themselves. The Clans in lore think nothing but strictly superior pilots and mechs will win everything and that all battles would just be a duel. And so do Clan players.
Whoa Whoa Whoa, im going to have to stop you there....using a Firestarter is considered cheating, and infantry, arty, tanks....this is not civilized warfare. Now challenge me 1 on 1 in the open and lose properly!!
Sorry, the Draconis Combine can't hear you over the sound of how Winning we are. ;)
Of course the Kuritan would forget when the FedComs wiped out Clan Jade Falcons Guards on Twyncross
Edit: also when Victor Ian Steiner-Davion saved your Prince form becoming a Bondsman
We fall back to BattleTech so that we may some day reclaim 40k
Hail to string storm and hail to the BattleTech fans for your hospitality
If there's one good thing to be said about GW's latest exterminatus, it's that it brought Stringstorm to Battletech. A silver lining in every cloud!
Now, Great Exodus song when?😀
Amaris civil war rock opera when?
Puh, the Exodus would need to be to the tune of Brave Brave Sir Robin.
@@midgetydeath Clan chant
Re honor, a wise man once said: "Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer."
Honor reduces war to a sport, those that refuse to play by the rules have the advantage. If a football team used SMGs and the other did not they would easily "win".
The clans were playing Battlemech football. ComStar was playing to win.
To all 40k fan out there. Welcome to the Inner Sphere. Thank you StringStorm for bringing so many to battletech.
on a completely unrelated note, Imperial knight and Legio Titanicus player numbers have skyrocketed for unknown reasons
i know nothing of what this song is about or whatever lore it's talking about, but god i love it.
AND THEY LOST! TAKE THAT CLANNERS YOU GOT BEAT BY A CHUMPED UP TELECOMM COMPANY! FOR THE INNER SPHERE!
The clans fell before the commguard did
Wild how Sabaton is still going 1000 years later
The Com Guard and Clan Warriors who perished on that battlefield deserved to listen to this masterpiece.
I have no idea what's this is about *BUT I CAN FELL IT!*
All i understand is that someone didn't pay the phone bill. And now mechs are killing each other
The most extreme cases of "double or nothing" in the history of the inner sphere
It's been a while since I last piloted a mech. The battle tech sim pods at Dave and busters was awesome
The lore for this battle was epic to read and learning the origins of the Clans was both inspiring an bitter, knowing the very thing a old war hero tried to avoid would eventually become that very thing.
An his own son too.