STEINER SCOUT SQUAD
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
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People joke about this. But I remember one of the most terrifying moments playing MWO where, while my team was moving along the canyons on that one ice map, we got completely flanked by a group of 3 ECMed Atlases. And I was the person who got to see them first. And then I was dead.
You were successfully scouted :D
Ah yes, the Steiner Scout Lance experience.
You should have put bees in their cockpits.
The comm-logs from the incident:
SM2: "I think we're clear. Keep moving."
SM1: "Keep your eyes up."
SM1: "Someone cover behind us. They might be flanking."
SM3: "Copy."
SM1: "SM3, report."
SM3: "Looks clear... oh, no."
SM1: "SM3, come in."
SM3: - static -
SM1: "SM2, report."
SM2: - static -
SM1: "Command, this is SM1-"
Command: "Copy, go ahead."
SM1: - static -
I love my D-DC
No one can report your exsistence if they are all dead.
That's my strategy in MSGV...
If they aren't firing at least 3 PPCs in your direction, they haven't actually spotted you. They're probably just randomly firing puny medium lasers in a training exercise.
@@kabob0077 Me too and MGS3
KeK StrayHALO_MAN That and kidnapping everyone I see.
Its really their fault for looking you know.
"We have reached the objective, lightly probing enemy defenses now... we have captured the objective." -Steiner scout lance
you forgot to mention the 3 "lesser" scout lances destroyed at objective
So Long Toms can infiltrate now?
@@douglaslain5962 Depends on the recklessness of your dropship captain, his or her ability to land successfully with speeds that are not exactly regarded safe ... oh... and your definition of infiltration. How important is subtility and stealth again?
@@RoKKr023i I believe that is what archived Steiner field intelligence manuals describe as an "inner sphere regiment" or alternatively "smoking wreckage"
Light Horse for life !!!
"I do not feel bad for this, they are Cappellans." -Friedrich Two
I really did not :D
The more dead Cappellans the better!
Which do you squash first? A rat, or a Cappellan? At least the rat can be useful to science in a lab. A Cappellan? Not so much.
@@franksmedley8619 Unless you consider forbidden sciences a thing?
The Cappellans need to be stomped into oblivion. Only thing worse than Battletech's Cappellans, would be a real-world equivalent, which the CPC seems to be on course for.
Friederich two: i kicked an orphanage to the river
Me: what a tragedy, those poor souls
F2: But they were capellans
Me: but it was a necesary sacrifice for a safer gallaxy
Agreed 👍
Eternal gratitude to our brave Recon forces, clearing the way for the Heavy Mechs to go in.
And great thanks to the Vanguard forces, for clearing the way for the Super-Heavy Mechs.
But, arent they heavier than heavy mechs? They are assault mechs afterall
That is indeed the joke.
@@shrekzebee4435 they sent in three stone rhinos on top of each other in a trench coast as one mech, happy now?
Its much easier to get an accurate count of enemy forces after they're no longer moving around. Command does love precise accurate numbers.
It's easier to count the dead because, as you pointed out, they aren't moving.
@@MrBingogogo well sometimes there is the added challenge of figuring out which bits go with which enemy to make sure you are not counting anything twice.
well, tell that to folks that got vaporized by PPCs
I'm having "Ideal War" flashbacks...
Enemy Count: Zero
I would totally pay a metric fucktonne of money to see full, 30+ minute episodes of Steiner Scout Squad to be animated, voiced and fully realized.
Stealth is "an" option, as in "The option that we will ignore entirely"
This is correct. Also rejoin the legion you lazy fuck!
But no witnesses = plausible deniability so totally stealthy! :D
well actually what the guy doing the voice for Friedrich 1 said was „... ist optional.“ „...(stealth) is optional.“
they had the option, but they lacked the ability........
@@thurin84Why bother with ability when you can just turn the enemy assets into a Smoked Ruin?
There's three ways to do something. The right way, the wrong way, and the Steiner way (which is really just the wrong way, but with a LOT of Atlases)
When you have a lot of Atlases you are by definition doing it the right way.
@@inq101
Never send an assault 'Mech to do a Bushwacker's job.
@@warcrimescostextra3992 actually, ALWAYS send the Atlas , we used up the BW by stepping on it with our Atlas---
@@StaK_1980 the Bushwhacker was a stepping stone so to speak...
Toss in a Zeus if you’re feeling festive
0:25 "God help me, there are bees in my cockpit!" There's so much gold here lmao
GUNMOFO5 SOMEONE GET THAT MAN SOME HELP!
Its even funnier because those are probably actually spare MG rounds that somehow got through the armor and are bouncing around inside the metal head of the Atlas
As a german, this is even more funny.
The way he says it is borderline hillarious. :D
I'm convinced this is a reference to the Battle of The Bees from WW1. Basically German colonial troops in Africa, fought a battle with British forces across a field of trees, trees with hives of bees in them, bees which did not appreciate people having a battle so close to their homes
@@weldonwin That's a deep cut from history. Love it :D
The scourge of 31st Century warfare--cockpit bees.
This is why we don't bring beer and schnitzel on sorties!
In an interstellar, cross-state poll conducted by Comstar, bees are ranked the second most feared thing to find in a cockpit.
@@petercampi2840 What is the most feared? A new lieutenant with a map and a compass?
@@robertschumacher2707According to polls, the most feared thing to find in a cockpit is a spider, regardless of size.
@@petercampi2840 Can confirm, worse is if it is an Australian Spider, its either HUGE or small and deadly.
Nothing like having to rapidly pull over as a giant ass Huntsman crawls down the inside of your windshield.
This has If the Emperor had TTS levels of potential
Reminds me of my Battletech play through. After I got the Argo, I obeyed my client's orders to "become stronger" and spent 12 years building up my team. Rejoined the plot with the Argo completely restored, a full roster of max-skilled pilots, and a primary lance made up of a King Crab and three Stalkers, all with +++ weapons and maximum jump jets. I was using the King Crab as my "recon" 'mech, since my scout always took the most fire. In this case, a scout with two +20 damage and +instability AC20s. The only "difficult" plot missions after that were the ones where I had to bring other character(s) in their own 'mech(s). I'm fairly certain I wasn't *supposed* to play that way, but it was very stompy, and very effective. :-D
In the interest of full disclosure, I also lucked out and salvaged a +2 damage LRM20 within the first dozen missions. A weapon dropping 120 damage that early in the game *substantially* changed the play balance. Commandos and Locusts do not weather that well. Later paired with Breaching Shot, it actually nerfed the computer's use of the original (and very broken) Bulwark trait.
It is the Steiner way, after all
When I found the catapult and the LRM15 +2 damage, it became a magic roller coaster. Later I have found another catapult and three of those guns. Death from above anyone?
@@SeanPGorman Not Steiner enough, there were no Atlases in that scout lance.
Or Mechassault 1 where you have to destroy 3 lances of catapults guarding WOB generals but the mission recommends medium mechs. I obviously picked the Atlas because why not.
There is no such thing as overkill, only a job well done
"What did you find?"
"We encountered an enemy heavy lance. It was here on the map. It's not there anymore"
"Did you see where they went?"
"I meant it doesn't exist anymore... Neither does this hill."
yepp, Steiners.. :D
This is literally me two missions after Size Matters part 2 in Mechassault. 1 whole column of Catapult heavies gone in 2 minutes.
Yeah the Atlas really destroy the catapults on that mission in a blaze of fire and glory, what an amazing game!
Ahhh, the Atlas in its natural habitat... In a Steiner scout Lance, leaving no survivors. The apex of stealth strategy.
Except for... you know... that massive amount of distress calls that went out before the HPG was destroyed...
Your position can't be revealed if everyone is dead.
@@johndoe5432 news flash knucklehead, EVERYONE will see the Atlases coming, they aren't fast and they can't exactly HIDE with that height of theirs... And really what kind of response is that? It hardly matters if you kill everyone because you've already been spotted and reported... Even if they were invisible to eyesight for whatever reason, they'd still be picked up on planetary sensors, not to mention before everyone has died or surrendered, enemy recon infantry can keep tabs on it...
In short, theres a myriad of ways to detect and counter Atlas, you need but choose the option(s) most readily available to you...
@@johndoe5432 Probably. Or a salty BattleTech fan. Maybe both?
@@KillerOrca Probably a Cappelan.
During the clan invasion, House Steiner issued a batchall of 'get off my lawn' and bid scout lance Friedrich. The clans, not reading the Lyran splatbook, also bid 4 points of a recon star.
This is how the IS gave the clans the boot.
as a clanner, this is fact. the only reason we've been salty about the The batchall of Tukayyid is because of the comstar lies about them being the hero's.
Rumor has it that the top half of one of the Bided Fire Moths was discovered in orbit after the Battle.
@@joedoe7041 don’t forget to pay your phone bill we are keeping the bear btw
I'll admit that I was slightly disappointed when I selected Steiner in roguetech that they didn't assign me a single assault mech in my starting lineup. I mean, the starting lances are mostly made up of scout mechs.
yeah, mod is clearly broken XD
Why is my scout Lance made up of light mechs?!??!!
so you have nothing but Atlases.....ouch
Why am I laughing so hard.
"I do not feel bad for this, they are Cappellans"
I'm stealing this.
go ahead
"God help me! There are bee's in my cockpit!"
That had me laughing so hard I almost cried! Ignoring everything else, just the mental image of that and hearing it over the radio is hilarious!
Bees are serious shit
@@theblackpantslegion As someone who has unknowingly stepped on a nest of Yellow Jackets and immediately suffered their swift and terrible vengeance, believe me. I know.
@@ryvius555 There's a little yellow jacket hive where I work, I've done well to remain clear of those fuckers.
@@theblackpantslegion true
They were bees that were also Capellans. Ugh.
Always reminds me of the flavor text for the Shadowcat in MechCommander 2 - Designed as a scout mech, it devalues its own intelligence by killing scouted targets.
More like Mech Historian "Here there was an attack lance. Then pew pew."
the best stealth "no one can notice, if there is no one to notice"
"Reporting! I have placed my mech in a hull down position behind a berm for concealment. 12% Ankle-stealth achieved, they will never know I am here."
I mean to be fair, its got to be bloody annoying to figure out where the main assault force is gonna be when the scouts are an assualt lance.
"I have stepped on the Governor..."
"...the scouting is going very well."
@Michaelle Green which makes me wonder how they are communicating unless HQ is planetside with them...
@@Feiora The HPG destruction keeps word of the 'steath' mission inside the system, and limits the data transmission to a ship carrying the data elsewhere. So, instead of the mission being 'blown' in microseconds, it would take weeks for anyone to hear about it instead. By which time the 'stealth' mission is gone somewhere else. Thus, they are 'stealthy'.
@@franksmedley8619 Except for A: There are garrison units. B: They'll have detected the Steiners before the Steiner lance can reach the HPG unless they drop right on the HPG. C: Comstar units guard the HPG not the Houses, any attack on the HPG and a signal WILL get out, regardless what happens. D: Comstar units dont fuck around, you attack them they hit back with a vengeance.
@@Feiora Maybe its a small Capellan world. I mean they have an orphanage.
I dont think Capellens have orphanages...
"they are cappellans" lmao
I'm glad we're getting this clip as a stand alone video
I was hoping something would cut it and reupload it separately, super convenient Tex did it himself.
I didn't know anything about the BattleTech Universe before this video, but I now know that I belong to House Steiner.
Yes!!!!! House Steiner is the right choice.
without cockpit bees we wouldn't have cockpit honey. You like cockpit honey don't you?
That being said, I can't explain why this is so funny, but my lord it is. They should have sent a poet.
"I've kicked an orphanage into the river" :'D
"You destroyed the what? Friedrich Two, are you . . . look, okay, but you better hope ComStar never finds out it was you."
Can't figure it out if everyone's dead.
The only think more sneakily vengeful than a Steiner is space AT&T?
@@19Pyrus70 For starters... they likely don't need to *find* you, they already know where you are and just have to call the information up.
Then realize at the minimum, they have access to whatever messages you send. As well as access to your accounts. And access to the same for everyone you know.
If information is ammunition, they've got closets full. And a hidden basement for more.
and then you realize steiner has access to black box communications. which kinda.. bypass the HPGs completely. it's highly experimental pre-confederated commonwealth, but they have them.
"Stealth is optional" surprisingly many stealth games in a nutshell
This is goddamn hilarious. You should do an Team America spoof for Davions. Or do a Precentor Ajit Pi message on why net neutrality should be handled by Comstar
It's the Concordat that does Team America. "I miss blue." "Suck it up, people! We still have the Red and the White. Most importantly, No Donut!" "I miss donuts, too." "Trust me, boy... small price to pay!"
Day-vee-yon! F*** Yeah!
What kind of Steiner scout lance is that? Not a super heavy mech to be seen.
It's pre Word of Blake Jyhad. They don't exist yet.
@@dubuyajay9964I assumed Steiner would weld an Atlas to a Marauder to make a super heavy quad long before the Jyhad.
@@dubuyajay9964 theres always the amarais folly built when the rimworlds ya know fucked the star league
@@dubuyajay9964 You say that like it'd stop Steiner.
Its only a light scout lance
Never seen so much gold packed into 36 seconds!
Surprisingly good Voice Acting for the german bits. Especially Friedrich III
There's still a place for lighter equipment like the Banshee and Zeus
LOL this was the best 36 sec of my day thus far! Thank you for these mechwarrior vids
"remember, stealth is an option"
This might be the best thing ever.
As a Mech-loving German I feel offended in soooo many ways.
Perfekt!
Damn cockpit bees. Always trying to take control of my 'Mech!
Proud to be kraut! ... ehmm Steiner :)
The joke about bees in the cockpit led to a mod for Battletech introducing BEES ammo for LRMS. The enemy experiences an accuracy debuff as they fight off the swarm.
And this is why I roll with House Steiner.
I don't see anything wrong with this video. Carry on.
Steiner wins again. A proud victory for the true successor state.
Steiner scout squad: Fafnir, Fafnir, Fafnir, Fafnir.
Oh boy, MW4 MekTek PTSD kicks in again... 10 AC2's in EACH
Straight Outta Fredricksburg.
They made it in and out without being spotted.
*by any surviving witnesses
Please do a video on the Battle of Tukayyid. 30 minutes of grilling the Clans losing to AT&T, I mean Comstar, would be pretty damn entertaining.
We are Com-Star. We are here to reclaim your communications arrays. You owe 300 years of back service charges, plus interest, plus late fees.
Remember: It’s a stealth mission if there’s nobody left alive to say you were there.
Thank you for posting this separately, it's beautiful. Long live the Archon and the Commonwealth!
In Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries my lance was just 4 Atlases...I've been Steiner all this time and didn't know it!
This made me laugh so hard during the main video. Thanks for spinning it out into it's own vid.
Where did this one come from?
This is pure gold.
the bee in the cockpit thing never stops being funny.
The best Stealth team in the entire Inner Sphere!
The Pinnacle of stealth and subtlety, truly they are masters of their art.
must..share...youtube...algorithm...THE PAIN!
They say it is better to ask forgiveness than permission. I have done and will do neither, for the sin of creating a character in MWO named "Freidrich Drei Aktual" who began to pilot Atlases and only Atlases the moment I could afford one. My options for trial mechs was limited, so I made the only concession against the theme by piloting the trial King Crab until I could begin the Atlas legacy. At least it was also conceived by Aleksander Kerensky. If I decide to delve into faction warfare, my drop deck will consist of two Atlases and the only non-Atlas option that could be considered -- two Urbanmechs, rounding the selection out to a valid 260 tons of pure awesomeness.
have fun :)
4 Atlases. Yes, standard Steiner Squad.
There is the wrong way and there is the STEINER way which is the wrong way with heavy mechs!
"Assault"
www.deviantart.com/ghostbear3067/art/House-Steiner-516458810
@@GhostBear3067 no, no, no less then 80 tons is fine for range targets.
This is a fuckin' work of art.
These guys are my hero. Exactly my definition of 'scout'.
recce in force much?
The Capellans: "STEALTH IS AN OPTION?!?"
Superb Superb.. Jolly Good ! Recommending to all possible Battletech nerds
And so the MG-B(ee) entered Capellan Service to counter Steiner agressions.
There are bees in my cockpit!
Remember, stealth is an option
I mean sure most other successor states prefer to go out and find the enemy's force dispositions and call THAT "scouting". But we, we prefer to be efficient, we make the enemy come to us to find out how many there are.
"I also kicked an orphanage into the river. I don't feel bad for this, they're Capellans."
It's me playing "Optional Stealth mission"
Heimlichkeit ist optional! xD
OMFG I LOST IT.
being german, i wholeaheartedly approve. jump capable assault mechs are scouts. Das ist wahr :D
I loved this part. Who did the voices
Germans.
@@theblackpantslegion damn germans...speaking german and shit...unmöglich sowas
Donnerrob geht ja ma‘ garnicht
@@theblackpantslegion what is the mech at 26 seconds? Is it just an Atlas with Ork style plating bolted on? I’ve gone through every assault on Sarna.net trying to find it
@@insertband7536 An Atlas II or III
MOARRR dammit moaaaaaar
Cappellan Orphanage? Now that's a strange concept.
BEES.... NOT THE BEES
Bees.
My god.
Jesus, how much dank did you do to make this? Thumbs up from Tejas.
WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE! XD
Only Tex understands me when it comes to Capellins
Steiner's gotta Steiner...
The moment I get 4 atlases in MW5, I’m painting them in Steiner colours
Ich fühle mich nicht schlecht dafür. Sie sind Capellaner.
This just got me thinking and a Mechwarrior game with a soundtrack depended on what house you came from would be epic.
I can Just imagine Steiner warriors fighting to Rammstein on full power in the cockpit.
Sure it should then let your buy some bootleg tunes from pilots from other houses.
Which house get Anime soundtracks?
Obviously Kurita. Picture a Locust blazing across a field at full speed dodging autocannon rounds with 'Deja vu' blaring in the background...
@@enthusiastswarehouse330 THIS
@@enthusiastswarehouse330 Draconis Combine (House Kurita) Era-Specific Data
3130
Total (Inhabited) Systems: 243[39]
Estimated Population (3130): 729,000,000,000
Dominant Language(s): Japanese (official), Arabic, English
Dominant Religion(s): Shinto (official), Buddhism, Islam
Unit of Currency: Ryu (1 ryu = 0.94 C-Bills / 2.30 C-Bills (3145)[40])
No... I don't see them having anime soundtrack, more some strange blend of japanese-arab music... (House Liao doesnt work either since they are ethnic Chinese-Russian combo)
@@csmead209 None. theres no defining lienage in the houses, they have completely mixed ethnic origins so any culture you see is a mixed culture...
Thought of this when I played a Alpha Strike game. Guy brought an Atlas with Stealth. All 3 of us were kinda confused about why you'd put stealth on an Atlas.
We need more of this !
Tex I dont recognize the mech at 00:27 it looks like an orc warboss
it looks someone heavily modified an Atlas head
@@Valderag its one of the bonuses people got for pre ordering at a certain teir on kickstarter
for HBS battletech i mean
@@harrisondwyer8532 appreciate it boss
Steiner lance. Assume Atlas at all times.
So this is a Steiner Scout lance, *I am scared to see what a Assault Lance is composed of*
Steiner assault lance is one without any engine boosts and as much firepower/armor as possible
@@MrAsaqe So Basically Fortifications with legs?
The same Mechs, just without the camo paint
Same damn thing... just with even MORE Armor and Firepower and shit for speed... easily smoked at range, nothing to worry or write home about...
100% factual.
This isn’t factually correct, they didn’t bring NEARLY enough atlases in that scouting mission
Ah, assault mech scout lances and brainwashed Loki assassins and suicide bombers. This is why the Lyran Commonwealth is so much fun.
I love this clip sooooooo damn much.
Destroyed the HPG? I do not want to be House Steiner when ComStar finds out.
Comstar? Who is this Comstar? Are you talking about Space AT&T?
And their less popular and fairly crazy off-shoot, Space Vodafone.
They will be fine, there are soggy Capellans they can blame.
@@shilohbane2957 with guns, pay your bills...
This was my immediate concern too.
My Stealth strategy is a Nightstar with a gauss cannon and artillery piece on it.
Love it, as a German speaker, well done! Capellen .. har har har
What is a good Cappellan? One that has been shot repeatedly, and placed 6 feet underground.
......And now on True facts about the Steiner!