Battletech/Mechwarrior Lore - Tex Talks Battletech : The Urbanmech (DIRECTORS CUT)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
  • #Battletech #TexTalksBattletech #lore
    You asked for this. We did it. This is the Urbanmech Remaster/Redux/Director's cut. Thank you all for your kind support and help in making this happen.
    COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER UNDER SECTION 107 of the COPYRIGHT ACT of 1976 , Allowance is made for “Fair Use” for the purposes of Criticism, Comment, News Reporting, Teaching, Scholarship, and Research. Fair use is therefore Permitted by Copyright Statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-Profit, Educational, or Personal use tips the balance in favor of “Fair Use”
    DISCLAIMER:TEX TALKS BATTLETECH is a fan-based parody/attempt at education for a setting that deserves much love. Battletech, Mechwarrior, and all other material are owned by CGL, Topps, Tornante, PGI, etc. No challenge to their ownership status is being made or intended by the creation of this work. Battletech is owned by the company, but the fanbase is what keeps it alive. Tex Talks Battletech is a semi-serious take on Battletech, its setting, lore, and history in an attempt to bring people into one of the greatest franchises ever envisioned and should not in any way represent the official stance of any corporation, conglomerate, megacorp, holding company, or cartel which currently owns the franchise.
    TL;DR: this is the opinion of one guy who loves a setting, and is dead-set on bringing it to everyone who cares to hear about it.
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    THE ACTUAL TEX TALKS HISTORY WHICH CORRECTED HISTORY ITSELF: • Tex Talks History: The...
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    SOUNDTRACK (IN ORDER)
    And The Sky Shall Unfold - Johannes BornlofJoy to the World - DJ WilliamsTex Talks Battletech Theme - KumakinEnemy Territory - Dream CaveThe Miner - Both are InfiniteFrightmare - Jimena ConterasHeads Up - The 126ersReady for War - Phillip AyersThe First Noel Christmas Carol - Raighes FactoryLux Aeterna - Helmut SchenkerThe First Fall of Snow - Johannes BornlofEmpire State - RasureBoulevard to Nowhere - RasureDust Bowl - Walt AdamsThe Spirit of the West - Roy Edwin WilliamsStratosphere Voyage - Spirit of our DreamsAnd the Sky Shall Unfold - Johannes BornlofGaining Season - Lupus Nocte
    Jingle Bells Lofi Version - Jobii

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  • @theblackpantslegion
    @theblackpantslegion  Год назад +512

    If you guys want something else to watch for Christmas, May I humbly recommend the worst Christmas in history: ruclips.net/video/4KH3Qou2omY/видео.html
    Further: CHECK the Description for all links discussed in the video. Please give MUCH LOVE to TMC!!!!

    • @misterwoodninja4970
      @misterwoodninja4970 Год назад +13

      Why does RUclips keep trying so hard to suppress this? Is it really a conspiracy? Do they have some skin in the game? Was this platform started by John RUclips Christmas? I need to understand!

    • @TheOtherBradBird
      @TheOtherBradBird Год назад +4

      Merry Christmas, Tex and the rest of the BPL.

    • @EverythingsAhammer
      @EverythingsAhammer Год назад +4

      Merry Christmas folks. That "Christmas" story is facinating. Charlie Ponzi would be thoroughly impressed.

    • @YorkGoldtoof
      @YorkGoldtoof Год назад +2

      I would love to see a future episode about Jinjiro Kurita and the Kentares Massacre.

    • @roguefenrir
      @roguefenrir Год назад +1

      Merry Christmas Mr.Tex and the BPL. You all made 2023 survivable

  • @o_higgins
    @o_higgins Год назад +2070

    Reminder: The nuclear-armed Urbanmech IS real, IS canon, and CAN hurt you.

    • @Azorees-oj5zr
      @Azorees-oj5zr Год назад +180

      Can? Don’t you mean will?

    • @kizikucalegon8673
      @kizikucalegon8673 Год назад +86

      lol Kell Hounds go boom

    • @bluemagic887
      @bluemagic887 Год назад +123

      @@Azorees-oj5zr Nuclear Urbie has A MIGHTY ARM... but leetle teensy stumpy legs.
      It can't hurt you if it can't catch you.

    • @Azorees-oj5zr
      @Azorees-oj5zr Год назад +121

      @@bluemagic887 the nuke takes care of that issue for it.

    • @bluemagic887
      @bluemagic887 Год назад +136

      @@Azorees-oj5zr Nah. It just extends the hurting range.
      PHENOMENAL NUCLEAR POWER!... iitty bitty movement speed.

  • @apierion
    @apierion Год назад +532

    “Finish this on a budget”
    …presents the most 3D animated episode yet.

    • @TheR00k
      @TheR00k Год назад +22

      Just goes to show how good the artists have become through the years

    • @OfficerHotpants
      @OfficerHotpants Год назад +14

      Fitting given the subject.

    • @contentsdiffer5958
      @contentsdiffer5958 8 месяцев назад +10

      @@TheR00k My guess is that many gave Tex sweetheart deals. As a friendly favor, due to being fans, or to connect themself to the brand.

    • @EricDKaufman
      @EricDKaufman 7 месяцев назад +3

      It was for a damn fine cause and at a damn fine time.

    • @donmak1614
      @donmak1614 Месяц назад

      Well, Urbies are cheap, 3d animation isn't

  • @swumprat
    @swumprat Год назад +785

    Dear BPL. Whoever came up with "Cry havoc and let slip the Arrow IV." Thank you. That was brilliant.

    • @SANSd20
      @SANSd20 Год назад +33

      And with that, my heart grew three sizes. 💗

    • @mathewkelly9968
      @mathewkelly9968 Год назад +13

      As a Capellan player I smiled at that one .

    • @LordOfGilneas
      @LordOfGilneas Год назад +24

      @@mathewkelly9968 IS that why I'm getting an ARROW IV lock Alert... Huh... *KABOOOOOOOOOOOM*

    • @williambryant6175
      @williambryant6175 Год назад +21

      That and ‘trash CAN not trash CAN’T’

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin Год назад +5

      And they need to be manically spinning in a rotating chair while screaming it

  • @basara7
    @basara7 Год назад +673

    I love that a guy in an Urbie pulled a bank heist in Davion space, and the Davions are just left going ".... HOW IN THE FUCK DID HE DO IT?!"

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 Год назад +168

      Even more impressive, he got away....in an Urbanmech. Let that sink in. Talk about your long police response times! LOL

    • @hatework4282
      @hatework4282 Год назад +87

      It was probably like that scene in the Simpsons where the F-14s are too fast to chase the Kitty Hawk aircraft so the pilots just got out and walked instead.

    • @____________838
      @____________838 Год назад +63

      @@Wastelandman7000 the problem was, the police rapid response teams were likewise equipped with Urbies. But stock urbies with riot armaments…

    • @UniversalChallenge4454
      @UniversalChallenge4454 Год назад +25

      Davison’s were like he did what in what

    • @vonriel1822
      @vonriel1822 Год назад +28

      _DB COOPER IS IMMORTAL_

  • @steveroyal6229
    @steveroyal6229 Год назад +287

    There was a moment with an urban mech I’ll never forget. It was at my local game store and some new guy popped in to check out the store and see if anyone wanted to play a game of battle tech. One of our BT regulars was in and accepted the offer for a game. Now, the regular loves doing silly lance builds, but he’ll always add in “Lucky Stubbie”, an urban mech with an ac/20 and a tag. No small laser, just a cannon and a tag. This mech has never gotten a kill, but always survived with zero weapon systems left. The new guy brought a beginner box lance, saying that it’s decent, but he’ll bring in the rest next time he’s in. Games going on, I go to grab something to eat, thinking it’ll be a while before they get to the end. Five minutes later, I come back to nothing but howling laughter and the new guy trying desperately to keep the game going through barely recognizable English mixed with with wheezing. I had just walked in on Lucky Stubbie headshotting an Awesome and blowing its head off. The only thing I could understand was “trash can with a shotgun grows tired of your bullshit.”

    • @Gordon519
      @Gordon519 6 месяцев назад +51

      This is why I’m scared of the ac20 urbie, there is no a non zero chance it will headshot your ass or blow your back out if your not paying attention

    • @ComfortsSpecter
      @ComfortsSpecter 5 месяцев назад +17

      Vibing hard or hardly Vibing

    • @joshuaharper8957
      @joshuaharper8957 3 месяца назад +3

      Jesus Christ loves you

    • @dieseljester
      @dieseljester 3 месяца назад +13

      everyone laughs at the trash cans until the buildings start speaking AC20.

    • @Littlelostdragon
      @Littlelostdragon 3 месяца назад +7

      While not the board game but the PC game, I once fielded a urban with duel AC 2's. Not much ammo but I had scored cockpit kills with the double weapon set up before (a black jack defeated my friends victor that way through pilot injury lol) but as a urban with little ammo and 2 AC2's my friend ignored it going for the rest of my lance letting the little guy pink away till his ammo ran dry. But this point though his lance was getting badly damaged. So I charged the urban mech into the fray, having it head but centurions and catapults. And because of how bad off his lance was now, the little thing was scoring kills with those head buts XD

  • @connormclernon26
    @connormclernon26 11 месяцев назад +68

    12:23 The Urbies tried to hold the line. It was not the Black Watch, not the Gunslingers, not any of the Royal regiments in the end, it was the humble Urbanmechs that tried to hold while the Star League burned around them.
    Or in other words, “the Black Watch broke before the Urbies did!”

    • @tenchraven
      @tenchraven 5 месяцев назад +19

      As an actual, IRL member of the Hazen family.... I approve of this. Urbiejocks stayed behind during the Exodus because someone had to try to hold the worlds together.

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 3 месяца назад +29

      @@tenchravenAtlas, Highlander, and King Crab to little Urbie: it’s hopeless little Urbie. The Star League is dead and the Great Houses are going to tear themselves apart. Join us on the Exodus. It’s over.
      Little Urbie with tears in his eyes: I’m staying! someone has to try!

    • @pikachufantastic
      @pikachufantastic 17 дней назад +3

      Urbie: I'm still standing better than I ever did!

    • @brothersgt.grauwolff6716
      @brothersgt.grauwolff6716 16 дней назад

      Terra Stands!

  • @dogofwar6769
    @dogofwar6769 Год назад +609

    The 3D scene of an urbie factory was just breath taking.

    • @winglessrayven4294
      @winglessrayven4294 Год назад +13

      That was very nicely done, loved it.

    • @WarmasterDeath
      @WarmasterDeath Год назад +6

      bloody magnificent wasn't it!

    • @KillerOrca
      @KillerOrca Год назад +9

      I wonder if they got the guys working on Hired Steel for that.

    • @judedeschamps2369
      @judedeschamps2369 Год назад +20

      ​@@KillerOrca They in fact did! TMC is the group that made the urbie factory and Hired Steel. Now that this episode is out, it I'm safe to say that they released the factory animation a few weeks ago on their patreon as a teaser.

    • @KillerOrca
      @KillerOrca Год назад +6

      @@judedeschamps2369 Cooperation. LOVE IT.

  • @anthonyfarmer4977
    @anthonyfarmer4977 Год назад +142

    When you need a mech incapable of speeding in a school zone, you want an Urban mech.

    • @mikezbr
      @mikezbr 3 месяца назад +2

      I did a 4 Urbie team in Mechwarrior 5 last night just for fun. It took FORVER, but didn't lose a mech...lol

    • @anthonyfarmer4977
      @anthonyfarmer4977 3 месяца назад +4

      @@mikezbr A buddy of mine ALWAYS plays an urbie. His favorite move is to spin completely around and cockpit heavies and assaults.

  • @fiberwaffle9364
    @fiberwaffle9364 Год назад +244

    Look, I've witnessed an Urbie pilot stride across an open square while taking pop shots at a Kodiak to lure him and his friends out to play while a heavy lance waited around the corner scared to push. It was something special.

    • @jalakor
      @jalakor Год назад +33

      We're just a different breed of crazy :)

    • @gsthomas187
      @gsthomas187 11 месяцев назад +29

      I was the Kodiak pilot, that was bullshit.

    • @gaborfabian1239
      @gaborfabian1239 11 месяцев назад +22

      @@jalakorYou are goddamn right. :D Somehow, I cant exactly tell you why, I dare to push corners or go toe-to-toe with Fafnirs and Dire Wolves in my RAC-5 Urbie, and live to tell the tale. While piloting a Timberwolf, Im fairly cautious.

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 11 месяцев назад +24

      I’ve cockpit shot a Kodiak with an Urbie on an open plain. It was awesome. Tabletop game. RNGesus was smiling on me that day

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 11 месяцев назад +21

      @@gaborfabian1239Gotta make up for the smol of the Urbie and show everyone why the Urbie is still kicking ass and taking names from the Star League all the way to the IlClan era.
      Or in other words, “WITNESS ME!”

  • @UrbanmechAce
    @UrbanmechAce Год назад +179

    "Isolated Urbanmech units, bravely attempting to hold while the world burned around them." That is the most moving thing I think you've ever said about the Urbie. I almost have a tear in my eye.

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 11 месяцев назад +25

      It was not the Blackwatch, not the Gunslingers, not the Royal Regiments, but the humble Urbies making the last stand at the end.
      Also, “he held the line! And he has held the line for 400 years!”

    • @Illitha
      @Illitha 9 месяцев назад +9

      Kinda gives me Cadia vibes

    • @nunyadayumbusiness591
      @nunyadayumbusiness591 5 месяцев назад +14

      @@Illitha Gives me Salarian general vibes.: "Before the Awesome, there was the Urbanmech - and WE HELD THE LINE!!. Before the mighty Marauder, there was the Urbanmech - And WE HELD THE LINE!! Now, we face the Madcat and they expect us to cower before their tonnage - We will not, FOR WE ARE URBANMECHS, AND WE WILL HOLD THE LINE!!"

    • @connormclernon26
      @connormclernon26 3 месяца назад +4

      @@Illithato make an analogy for the Urbanmech. It’s like the last stand is not by Custodes, for they have been called away by the Emperor. It was not the Astartes, for they deemed the planet a loss. It was not the Guardsmen or Sororitas, for they were all dead, though they made the enemy pay. It was the PDF, desperately making a last stand against the forces of (insert enemy du jour for the Imperium)

  • @redenginner
    @redenginner Год назад +462

    One of the greatest feats of the Trash-Can is that it was responsible for Nuking the Kell Hounds,and was canonized on the spot by one of the game’s writers due to the event it was introduced in being a canonical variant only event as it was too awesome of a kitbash.

    • @RotoMarzenia
      @RotoMarzenia Год назад +13

      What do you mean by a canonical variant only event?

    • @AGrumpyPanda
      @AGrumpyPanda Год назад +188

      @@RotoMarzenia Battletech has rules for customising mechs, or even designing new mechs from the ground up. There was a big fancy Battletech event going on with a multi-player game taking place, and in order to sell the idea that the game was a depiction of actual Clan Invasion events players were only allowed to bring existing, canon variants of mechs, rather than being allowed to make their own. The nuclear urbie was the sole exception, approved on the spot as a canon mech, because the IS side needed more artillery and the nuclear urbie was too funny not to allow.

    • @Deridus
      @Deridus Год назад +91

      If memory serves, one of the Authors was there and signed off on it. Heard three different versions of the event, but my favorite is they needed the Nukurbie so they hurry up and go home.

    • @AGrumpyPanda
      @AGrumpyPanda Год назад +85

      @@Deridus The important details are that nuclear urbie was not canon, then it was needed at an official event for one reason or another, and now it is canon. And hilarious.

    • @Deridus
      @Deridus Год назад +29

      @@AGrumpyPanda Exactly so. And I do love my urbies. Ufortunately, I have yet to have an opportunity to use the nuclear one...

  • @randomcenturion7264
    @randomcenturion7264 Год назад +409

    Remember, mocking an Urbie for not being able to do anything it wasn't designed to do, is like calling an Atlas crap because it isn't stealthy.

    • @kereminde
      @kereminde Год назад +66

      The Atlas can be stealthy, there *is* a variant equipped with stealth armor.
      ... also it can be extra-stealthy if powered down and hidden in a shell of a building to Kool-Aid-man its way out onto some unsuspecting target.
      Most don't use it that way, however. The feeling of a hundred-ton machine wrapped in enough armor to mostly shrug off Clan weapons for a considerable period of time can do that.

    • @kostakatsoulis2922
      @kostakatsoulis2922 Год назад +98

      *Atlas walking through military base hunched over* "Dun dun dun dun dun dun..."
      *Sentry notices it* "uh... don't move?"
      *Points insta-death-caliber weaponry* "YOU DO NOT SEE THE ATLAS!!!"

    • @JosephKano
      @JosephKano Год назад +71

      The Steiner Scout Squad would like a word.

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin Год назад +33

      @@kostakatsoulis2922 Tyberos wants his meme back, and reminds you that Steiner Scout Squad already have their own memes

    • @kostakatsoulis2922
      @kostakatsoulis2922 Год назад +21

      @@weldonwin i don't see why we can't cross-post. Steiner scout memes would be perfect for a squad of terminators

  • @ungooy
    @ungooy Год назад +249

    Unlike most other mechs, a glorious last stand is just another Tuesday for the Urbanmech.

    • @mrbigglezworth42
      @mrbigglezworth42 Год назад +33

      Every stand is a last stand when you can’t escape the enemy.

    • @kostakatsoulis2922
      @kostakatsoulis2922 Год назад +23

      ​@@mrbigglezworth42wrll thats where you're wrong, because you're friendly neighborhood Batshit-insane dropship pilot is gonna save your ass coming in like the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn in Halo 3

    • @thedabblingwarlock
      @thedabblingwarlock Год назад +18

      @@mrbigglezworth42 Why run when you can murderate?

    • @ashtonshephard3852
      @ashtonshephard3852 Год назад +19

      Urby pilots and hunchy pilots are cut from the same cloth

    • @mrbigglezworth42
      @mrbigglezworth42 Год назад +5

      @@thedabblingwarlock Because you only have 10 shots?

  • @PaxTorumin
    @PaxTorumin Год назад +159

    If there is a hero in Battletech, it is the Urbanmech.
    It is purpose built for urban defense. Not taking the fight to the enemy, seizing territory, and leveling cities and infrastructure in jingoist crusades for House, Clan, and Country. If you are on Urbie's turf, that means civilians are in danger. _Non-combatants._ And while the Urbanmech has been pressed into a number of roles that it was never intended for--sometimes even successfully--its core function has never wavered: _Keep. Civilians. Safe._
    It's little wonder this humble, derpy, trundling 'mech has captured the hearts of so many. It doesn't fight for flags or glory, it doesn't care who's right or wrong, or even bigger and meaner. It fights for _you._ When other mechs make strategic withdrawals with the regular armed forces because military leadership considers your home 'acceptable losses' while politicians prattle on about righteous causes and noble sacrifices from the safety of undisclosed locations very far away from the front line that is now on your doorstep, the Ubanmech stands its ground, racks a round, and declares very firmly:
    _"This far. No further. Go play war _*_somewhere else."_*

    • @tenchraven
      @tenchraven 11 месяцев назад +39

      Someone else who gets it. Urbiejocks don't know that they can't run away, because they'd never think of it. If we're falling back, it's because the civilians are gone, it just property damage. And we're telling our friends in artillery what address you're at- screw spamming grid squares, it's getting shipped direct by DreadEx.

    • @ObiwanNekody
      @ObiwanNekody 6 месяцев назад +12

      The dark side of this is if you are fighting in the city instead of just surrendering, you will have civilian casualties. As the Inner Sphere is actually generally pretty nice to captured populations, as manpower is something which has value, this can be worse than handing over your city.
      Of course you could be fighting Capellens, but if you are in an Urbie it's more likely you are one than that you are fighting one

    • @TheDakkaman
      @TheDakkaman 6 месяцев назад +33

      Urbanmechs are the Samwise Gamgee of Battletech:
      - Kindly gardener
      - Dear friend
      - Beacon of hope
      - Ready to drop bodies in defense of his friends until he can see his house from the top of the pile.

    • @guiltygearalonecompl
      @guiltygearalonecompl 6 месяцев назад +12

      It might be because I’m pretty high, but I teared up reading this comment

    • @munkeydude777
      @munkeydude777 5 месяцев назад +9

      @@guiltygearalonecomplit was so well written😭

  • @Insanemage2001
    @Insanemage2001 Год назад +646

    Tex said we were in for a special treat. He appears to have been right once again.

    • @greg967
      @greg967 Год назад +4

      The Urbanmech certainly is "special". Whether it is autistic or a prodigy depends on when and how you use it.

    • @IamHattman
      @IamHattman Год назад +3

      I dunno, looks kind of trashy to me..

    • @Braxgar
      @Braxgar Год назад +2

      How did he know?!?!?

    • @Insanemage2001
      @Insanemage2001 Год назад +2

      @@Braxgar I can only assume some sort of christmas miracle

    • @willdavis3802
      @willdavis3802 Год назад +2

      @@privatecitizen5968 I can point to him being verifiably wrong in some of his Tex Talks, but having never seen him in public, no, I can't.

  • @Geeko170
    @Geeko170 Год назад +143

    Our local Battletech group has an Urbie Derby once a quarter, and the last one have 14 players in a single map sheet having a mass free for all. It was great.

  • @tv_tim
    @tv_tim Год назад +273

    That ending animation during the beginning of the credits was amazing. Hats off to the artist, that was awesome.

    • @vdate
      @vdate Год назад +21

      Those credits definitely went way too hard, which a) I am a-ok with, and b)seems very on-brand for the subject material.

    • @Deadsnake989
      @Deadsnake989 Год назад +15

      I believe it was D.C. Bruins, creator of Operation Bulldog which can be found on the Renegade HPG channel. If you haven't seen that, I HIGHLY recommend it. Fantastic little animation.

  • @56bturn
    @56bturn Год назад +50

    The Urbanmech really seems like the setting's punching bag when it's used wrong, and something you underestimate at your peril when it's in it's natural habitat.

  • @Endilbiach
    @Endilbiach Год назад +353

    Today was one of the roughest Christmas's of my life. My 4 year old is very sick and I'm desperately trying to find a job, I spent most of the day on the verge of breaking down. And then, I saw that there was a new Tex Talks Battletech.
    And it was the Return of the Urbanmech.
    I almost cried from happiness. Thank you so much for bringing light to an otherwise very rough day.

    • @Deridus
      @Deridus Год назад +31

      Been going through a bad one myself. One parent to another: You got this!

    • @GregPrice-ep2dk
      @GregPrice-ep2dk Год назад +23

      i hope and pray things improve for you and your child.

    • @nicholaslindley9913
      @nicholaslindley9913 Год назад +12

      Prayers for you and your little one. You got this with deep wells of courage and strength you never knew you had

    • @jayr2634
      @jayr2634 Год назад +11

      Damn onion cutting ninjas...

    • @Deridus
      @Deridus Год назад

      @@jayr2634 You there! Have a good day!

  • @swamp_croc
    @swamp_croc Год назад +54

    The Trash Can taking out the trash. Also, Ringo retiring to Canops with cat girls serving him lobster is the kind of content I come here for.

  • @PointyHairedJedi
    @PointyHairedJedi Год назад +10

    Most Aggressive Mechs:
    14. You
    13. Can't
    12. Rank
    11. Them
    10. Because
    9. Aggression
    8. Isn't
    7. Mech
    6. Specific
    5. It's
    4. Learned
    3. Pilot
    2. Behaviour
    1. Urbanmech

  • @dementesf
    @dementesf Год назад +110

    Urbie Derby is one of those things I didn't knew I needed my entire life. Thank you.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад +3

      I kind of love the partial wing Urbanfalcon.

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 Год назад +2

      I'm surprised the Urbanlam didn't make an appearance.

  • @A88mph
    @A88mph Год назад +376

    I...wasn't expecting remasters of the early TTBs so soon. Thanks Tex.

    • @gearshiv
      @gearshiv Год назад +5

      Wasn't so much a remaster as a part 2

    • @spectre111
      @spectre111 Год назад +7

      I wonder if he is going to do the Awesome next since he said its his favorite mech.

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin Год назад +5

      @@spectre111 The Awesome and the Atlas, since the latter is an iconic machine

  • @shaneflickinger
    @shaneflickinger Год назад +234

    Wow, hats off to whoever made that Urbie factory scene. That was incredible!

    • @Guibod12
      @Guibod12 Год назад +8

      Oh boy, i said that to myself, what a fantastic diorama job.

    • @JosephKano
      @JosephKano Год назад +4

      It was glorious.

    • @Tuberuser187
      @Tuberuser187 Год назад +1

      I had to rewind the segment back to the beginning I got so distracted looking at the details.

    • @jasonwood7340
      @jasonwood7340 Год назад

      I agree, that was amazing!

    • @666kingdrummer
      @666kingdrummer 11 месяцев назад

      It was made by the same guys that are making Hired Steel.

  • @WatchTMC
    @WatchTMC Год назад +349

    There is an insane amount of good art in this one, I can personally vouch for that. We’re all in for a treat, can’t wait!!

    • @Charles_And_Christina_H
      @Charles_And_Christina_H Год назад +12

      @TMC_ If yall are involved I believe it. Can’t wait to see what’s next for Hired Steel!

    • @EricDKaufman
      @EricDKaufman Год назад +15

      So this is why you posted that art of the Urbie. Nice!

    • @supsup335
      @supsup335 Год назад +6

      If you guys are involved then i belief that.

    • @WatchTMC
      @WatchTMC Год назад +8

      @@EricDKaufman 🤗

    • @Akabans999
      @Akabans999 Год назад +4

      I can easly believe that, thumbnail alone shows great promise

  • @zacksidebottom4234
    @zacksidebottom4234 Год назад +50

    The Urbie Derby at the end was incredible. Kudos to the animators!

  • @gigatwin5298
    @gigatwin5298 Год назад +55

    *The fans beating heart mascot of battletech*
    - Tex, year 2020 -

  • @greenrena8503
    @greenrena8503 Год назад +107

    The Urby is to light mechs what the Hunchback is to medium ones.
    An affordable combatant, a big boom in a relative small package, a cult object for a dedicate following and a very own way of live!
    Thanks for the hard work Tex, the legion and everyone who helps. Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!

    • @robrib2682
      @robrib2682 Год назад +21

      Don't forget well armed enough to make the pilot try and exercise salvage rights on things heavier with the crazy that comes with doing that

    • @Falamee158
      @Falamee158 Год назад +23

      It takes a certain brand of crazy to willingly walk into a fight you are under weight for, and still come out with a few new stickers on the side of your cockpit.
      Any urban scape defended by a mix of Urbies and Hunchbacks will maul, maim, and obliterate even the most dedicated of Assault Lances. Short of throwing King Crabs into the mix that is.... then it's a fair fight.

    • @robrib2682
      @robrib2682 Год назад +13

      @@Falamee158 then you weld 4 of the urbies together and fight the king crab with your IS refit annihilator

    • @taosterlord157
      @taosterlord157 Год назад +4

      ​@robrib2682 Seems like the annihilator would be awful in an urban battlefield. It's super tall, and its weapons aren't mounted at head height like the Urbie/Hunchie.

    • @Finwolven
      @Finwolven Год назад

      Urbanmechs, combine to form.... The URBANATOR!@@robrib2682

  • @paganhorde4463
    @paganhorde4463 Год назад +298

    That was unexpected and as a Doom fan of 30 years, this is glorious. Now excuse me, I need to create a Doom mod as an urbie for reasons

  • @sordcooper2
    @sordcooper2 Год назад +39

    my god the tour of the Urby factory looks better than a lot of the shit in MW5 and MW online! that and the Urby Durby was a lot of fun at the end!
    great job tex and all involved!

  • @Daekar3
    @Daekar3 Год назад +127

    When the animation during the credits is better than most RUclips and Netflix content, you know you're watching a BPL video.

    • @FroggyMosh
      @FroggyMosh Год назад +6

      I was actively Cheering and Hooting when that clamp grabbed that handle.
      Not many shows get such a visceral reaction from me.

  • @Maladjester
    @Maladjester Год назад +21

    I definitely arched an eyebrow watching Tex double an Urbie's engine size and stuff it to the gills with rockets to create a single-shot haymaker delivery system. Exactly the kind of thing a dirt-poor but certifiably insane merc would do: Take what they have and make it work.

  • @michaelman957
    @michaelman957 Год назад +46

    The fact there is a IIC for this thing is both beautiful and terrifying. I did not know it existed until today.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад +4

      It's not my favorite Urbie. I much prefer the Cappellan shotgun upgrade with a pulse laser.

    • @Deridus
      @Deridus Год назад +5

      Always been a fan of tge Suburbanmech. The 2C is a pain to find on Sarna, by the way.

  • @mechwarriornut
    @mechwarriornut Год назад +42

    I did not expect the ending bit with the 'Urbie Derby' to go so hard... Legitimatly one of the best things i've seen on this channel!

  • @ablindman0
    @ablindman0 Год назад +49

    "they filled me full of trash I filled them full of lead"
    Ac 20 urbie 4lyfe
    (arrow 4 in close second)

  • @BladeLigerV
    @BladeLigerV Год назад +30

    I saw it in person. It was a 4 v 4 bring your own mech. I came in with a Thunderbolt and ended up chasing around a Locust most of the time while watching my teams Awesome constantly overheat. We also had an R60L. Slowly plodding along, eventually it reached the battle after several turns. And with its first shot, it head-chopped a Warhammer that was in near pristine condition. It was AWESOME.

    • @Ender618m
      @Ender618m 8 месяцев назад

      You only have five shots!
      Yeah well there's only four of you so the fifth is going in your mom.

  • @kazekamiha
    @kazekamiha Год назад +84

    It wasn't that long ago I was thinking that the Awesome, Atlas and Urbie needed videos in the new style to do them real justice.
    Merry Christmas Tex, and thanks for the wonderful gift.

    • @TustlePlays
      @TustlePlays Год назад +14

      Given how the good Professor once stated the _Awesome_ was his favorite BattleMech, I am rather curious to see how much time he'd devote to that one if he done it new style justice...

  • @hetrosjistin4837
    @hetrosjistin4837 Год назад +7

    I always thought that the urbanmech was basically the simplest urban defense mech built on the premise of "okay take an industrial mech's legs, stick a goddamn armored clinder ontop, and strap a weapon to the side, and make it entirely built around being super easy to repair and rebuild from scrapped mechs, while able to fuck up anything that turns the wrong corner'

  • @mikewaterfield3599
    @mikewaterfield3599 Год назад +117

    Fun fact, not even ten minutes ago I was playing the stalemate showdown for BTA 3062, well I got an urbie in an airdrop. The thing head shot the bounty hunter. Thats right a 100 ton marauder 2 went down to a 30 ton urbie!

    • @Braxgar
      @Braxgar Год назад +25

      God damn son what are they feeding you and can i buy some for my pilots?

    • @mikewaterfield3599
      @mikewaterfield3599 Год назад +27

      @@Braxgar I have no idea, it was a pirate drop contract too, I wanted the Corsair and screwed something up. Mostly I was just hoping for someone to draw some fire. Im the end it was just one of my lance and the urbie still standing when the dust settled. I wish there was an option to hire that pilot. In my head cannon that guy had perfect tens for stats.

    • @bluemagic887
      @bluemagic887 Год назад +11

      URBIE IS MIGHTY
      (I've also been playing BTA 3062, and I keep running into the Howitzer/12 Urbie. It sandblasts harder than the MRM Urbie.)

    • @mikewaterfield3599
      @mikewaterfield3599 Год назад +8

      @@bluemagic887 yeah artillery is pretty awesome even in its lighter forms. Im still hunting for clanner arrow 4’s. Those things are awesome with a direct hit.

    • @duongquan4986
      @duongquan4986 Год назад +7

      In one of those BTA3062 games, my Griffin got one tapped in the head by an artillery shell fired from a trashcan. Another one ran in with Locust speed and took half of my Cicade with it's coil .
      Since then I've learn to respect these little shits.

  • @bishopsteiner7134
    @bishopsteiner7134 Год назад +45

    fantastic work Tex, and to all involved. That Urbie Factory sequence around the 9 minute mark is just stellar!

    • @WatchTMC
      @WatchTMC Год назад +5

      Thank you! Means a lot.

    • @MajorHickE
      @MajorHickE Год назад +2

      Seriously. I'm going to need to watch this again on something better than my phone to really appreciate it.

  • @murdmeatpopsicle381
    @murdmeatpopsicle381 Год назад +56

    If you ever decide to make a DVD/Blu-ray release of all your Tex Talks, I will buy so hard... so so hard... Excellent work as always!

    • @Questknight12
      @Questknight12 Год назад +6

      I second the motion. "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"

  • @jamescousins9216
    @jamescousins9216 Год назад +6

    The Urbanmech is inherently a cut above every other Mech for the sole fact it can wear a variety of hats and helmets.

  • @Thrans2311
    @Thrans2311 Год назад +28

    All hail the Trash-CAN!
    Many thanks to Tex, the team and the artists!
    And Merry Christmas to all!!!

  • @zombiehunter501
    @zombiehunter501 9 месяцев назад +5

    The best Urbie joke is seeing an Atlas that has been in a family line for centuries go down to an urbanmech that was won in a poker game.

  • @MechanicalFrog
    @MechanicalFrog Год назад +43

    Excellent work, as always. Thank you for what you do for the BattleTech community.

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад +3

      Respect the Ubanmech in its niche yet?

    • @MechanicalFrog
      @MechanicalFrog Год назад

      Let's not get crazy. @@bthsr7113

    • @theblackpantslegion
      @theblackpantslegion  Год назад +8

      Brother, we're all in this shit together. Each and every one of us. You do amazing things as well, and I'm proud you're co-creating.

  • @anto9571
    @anto9571 Год назад +13

    I have great affection for the Urbie, Charmingly Bloodthirsty, and the One with the Big Iron on his hip.
    The new CGI Stuff was superb too, glory to whoever did that.

  • @canderoussnurd4265
    @canderoussnurd4265 Год назад +41

    Oh my this is a special treat. We get to see the Van Zhant mascot in its glory. Looking forward to it.

    • @EricDKaufman
      @EricDKaufman Год назад

      Thought that was a Hetzer silhouetted by a mushroom cloud?

    • @bthsr7113
      @bthsr7113 Год назад +2

      I think the Van Zandt mascot is a drunkard with a sawed off loaded with DU buckshot.

    • @canderoussnurd4265
      @canderoussnurd4265 Год назад

      @@bthsr7113 that is a distinct possibility

  • @fnors2
    @fnors2 Год назад +12

    Gotta say, that Urbie Derby animation is really dope.
    Good job everyone who worked on it.

  • @ArawnNox
    @ArawnNox Год назад +23

    "It's a trashCAN, not a trashCAN'T"
    I'm going to use this as my counter to the trashcan taunt from now on.

  • @queenannsrevenge100
    @queenannsrevenge100 Год назад +12

    I don’t know if the still-shot panorama of the Orgus Mechworks was taken from something else, or an original production, but it was ****ING BEAUTIFUL. Kudos for that sequence.
    EDIT: I just saw the comment about Hired Steel. I now have something new to check out.

    • @WatchTMC
      @WatchTMC Год назад +5

      100% custom made for Mr. Tex!

  • @LeuvahkTrigger
    @LeuvahkTrigger Год назад +30

    On Christmas there was nearly 3,000 of us here to watch and witness the mighty Urbie's second coming on Tex Talks. It was glorious to see.
    Thank you to everyone who worked on this. This community is amazing.

  • @geraldapollyon655
    @geraldapollyon655 7 месяцев назад +5

    I am beyond looking forward to when Tex gets to the King Crab. ALL HAIL THE CRAB!!!!!!!

  • @e-train765
    @e-train765 Год назад +64

    This is honestly the best Christmas I've had in a VERY long time.
    Merry Christmas fellow Mechwarriors!!!

  • @LORDOFDORKNESS42
    @LORDOFDORKNESS42 11 месяцев назад +3

    The guy feverishly eating popcorn IN A SPACE SUIT is genuinely one of my favorite visual gags ever. I crack up every time I see it.

  • @danshoemaker1964
    @danshoemaker1964 Год назад +45

    That was fan-freakin'-tastic, Tex! My hat's off to you, the artists and animators, and everyone else involved in its creation (or re-creation, as the case may be)! A great Christmas present, to be sure!

  • @magosofmars8410
    @magosofmars8410 Год назад +16

    Im a hunchback pilot and always will be but the lil urbie has a special place in my heart anything that small that can rock and shock with a AC20 has my respect

    • @JosephKano
      @JosephKano Год назад +7

      The AC20 version gets an honorary "Hunchback" award.

    • @Stukov961
      @Stukov961 Год назад +5

      ​@@JosephKanoHunchback and Urbie together is the ultimate Mech version of "Don't talk to me or my son ever again"

  • @keeganpenney169
    @keeganpenney169 Год назад +52

    Seeing how much this raised in the little time it's been live brings a tear to my eye. Thank you everyone who worked on this, was one of the greatest gifts to me this Christmas

  • @ResaFMkII
    @ResaFMkII Год назад +1

    The Ice Hellions operating the Urbie IIC is hilarious. "We heard there was a new light mech so we trialled really hard for it. Turns out we should have read it's technical readout first, it only does 50kph!"

  • @originalfreak3142
    @originalfreak3142 4 месяца назад +2

    I described the urbanmech to a friend once, as a Spear in a world of Axes and Swords. Simple, but affordable, and still lethal.

  • @peterfromaustria724
    @peterfromaustria724 Год назад +70

    It wouldn’t be Christmas without a Texas Battletech Video …

  • @JonathanHarvell
    @JonathanHarvell Год назад +10

    Whoever your 3D artists are, they are incredible. I wish that a game could look that good.

  • @havoc3742
    @havoc3742 Год назад +15

    THIS.
    This right here.
    Perfection. A perfect, succinct, yet detailed presentation on the subject matter, oozing in quality in an absolutely exemplary amount of time, 30 minutes plus credits. This is the quintessential, premium and distilled Tex Talks Battletech documentary experience. Outstanding job, everyone. I honestly cannot laud enough plaudits upon both those who worked on this, and the work itself. Exceptional doesn't even cut it.
    A merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a wonderful new year to you Tex, and all of the TTB team.

  • @MechZilla
    @MechZilla Год назад +15

    Thanks to the BPL for rekindling my love for Battletech.
    And the Aux for killing it.
    Tex and crew, you always do such amazing work. I really hope that you folks have a good holiday, and Tex takes a freaking BREAK!!!
    Keep being awesome, you nutty buggers.

  • @swiftdraw
    @swiftdraw Год назад +2

    It’s Mr. Train! The oftentimes co-host of the weekly Patreon podcast. Nice to see he made an appearance at the end.

  • @Disgruntled_Dave
    @Disgruntled_Dave Год назад +7

    It took all of my willpower not to spoil this surprise. The effort was worth it.

  • @harbingerx7793
    @harbingerx7793 Год назад +6

    That Assembly Line 3D fly through is amazing! Hats off to all involved with that rendering!

  • @mbeecher9921
    @mbeecher9921 Год назад +18

    Locust Labs is gonna blow up. She's got real talent.

  • @mareczek00713
    @mareczek00713 Год назад +26

    Ah, yes, the Urbie, the little machine that screams "UPGRADE MY ENGINE" only for us to plan out how to possibly install a Thumper Cannon or some other heavy weaponry xD

    • @arnaudmenard5114
      @arnaudmenard5114 4 месяца назад

      do you think, firing a thumper and the jumpjets at the same time, would cancel the recoil?

    • @mareczek00713
      @mareczek00713 4 месяца назад

      @@arnaudmenard5114 if you run enough jump jets then maybe...

  • @SparraGryphon
    @SparraGryphon Год назад +2

    To add to the Urbanmech's usefulness even outside of short-ranged combat, when I was playing MW5 with the BEX mod enabled, I was given a lance of very, very bad mechs at the start. However as it turned out the urbanmech in my lance would prove to have a pivotal role in my light lance of mechs, acting as fire support for all the other far more mobile mechs. While all the other members of the lance would maneuver and fire as best they can, my urbie jumped onto a pillar and rained down fire with double AC/5 turn after turn. Even after it broke, I fitted a different autocannon onto it, and it supported the rest of the lance in a new way.
    If you're deep in the periphery and even the common locust or jenner are a significant upgrade for your mercenary company, don't ever discount the ability of an urbanmech to provide fire support for your light lance, shooting from above and far back with withering fire from whatever autocannon you can salvage from your latest raid!

  • @seanodonnell8001
    @seanodonnell8001 Год назад +10

    All I want for Christmas is an Urbie, and boy did I get it. Thanks BPL team and associated artists for another delightful note in the saga of Tex Talks Battletech.

  • @danielvandersall6756
    @danielvandersall6756 3 месяца назад +2

    Should add that Orguss did for a while manufacture the Wasp and Stinger Battlemechs. They were also responsible for the design of the Phoenix Hawk, built on an up-sized and strengthened Stinger chassis.

  • @ShagShaggio
    @ShagShaggio Год назад +28

    This was AWESOME!
    Thanks BPL for giving us an awesome Christmas present!
    And a super special thank you to all the wonderful artists that helped make this something truly special!
    CHEERS!
    💚❤💚❤

  • @CubeMasterTV
    @CubeMasterTV Год назад +7

    Love me my trash cans
    So nice to have you revisit them^^
    There's a reason why my MWO hangar has damn near every variant of urbie in it, though they do have much bigger engines.
    Because fitting a rac5 next to an XL engine to run down the reds at 100 kph is amusing, and eating assault mechs alive with a uac20 and heavy lasers in an urbie IIC is hilarious

    • @4unkb0y
      @4unkb0y Год назад +1

      & even more fun when you use it for its intended purpose with a tiny engine & a *ridiculous* amount of guns :-)

  • @Fraser-369
    @Fraser-369 Год назад +6

    Freaking top shelf, as always!! Love the Hunchie & Urbie at the end!
    On to the Black Knight!!

  • @gassedupsubuwu
    @gassedupsubuwu 4 месяца назад +2

    Every run in a MechWarrior game always starts with me hunting down at least 2 Urbies, then moving on to a lance of Hunchbacks, then usually Warhammers or Marauders(I'm not picky with Heavies), then finishing out with a lance of King Crabs.

  • @tiberiusnod
    @tiberiusnod Год назад +5

    Thank you. Without you, the Battletech Community would not be the same.

  • @jwilde642
    @jwilde642 Год назад +7

    The amount of Urbie art produced for this alone is a triumph.

  • @MrStevenWolfe
    @MrStevenWolfe Год назад +14

    The YC9 of the Battlemech Universe
    Surprised you guys are re-examining the Urbie, but I'm loving the quality and care the BPL puts into these projects!
    Merry Christmas!

  • @devlincognito5005
    @devlincognito5005 Год назад +10

    Thankyou to everyone involved in the making of this, some amazing work.

  • @zakk143
    @zakk143 Год назад +10

    That ending credits animation is freakin' hilarious!!!! Merry Xmas and happy holidays, BPL team!!!

  • @VallornDeathblade
    @VallornDeathblade Год назад +2

    The sped up animation and the "Lets gooooo" for the IIC model made me snort my drink giggling. Damnit Tex.

  • @sirskellyman5658
    @sirskellyman5658 Год назад +10

    Ohhhhh man, can't wait. I've always loved the mighty little Urbie, that 360 degree firing arc is just too good not to love. I'm sure it's gonna be awesome as always!

  • @GregAtlas
    @GregAtlas Год назад +2

    An overlooked detail about the urbie: the engine is so small in the chassis that smugglers will often fit contraband in the gap to sneak product past inspectors. Battletech's very own millennium falcon.

  • @ShaydeReynard
    @ShaydeReynard Год назад +18

    Ended up being sick so didn't get to spend the holiday with my family. But I got to witness the glory of the urban mech and the amazing work in this video. By far the best yet and perfectly a labor of love. Amazing video, I loved it and certainly made my holiday alot better. Merry Christmas Tex, everyone involved in the making of this video, and all of the BPL. ❤

  • @bymmijprime281
    @bymmijprime281 3 месяца назад +2

    It's a trash CAN, not a trash cannot. :) I have always loved the Urbanmech and Tex's take on it is awesome as always

  • @michael-7305
    @michael-7305 Год назад +3

    The hunchback episode inspired me to have some more fun with MW5, this will be no different, making a trashcan, not a trashcan't. The Urbiederby killed me at the end. It was perfect.

  • @rkbinder
    @rkbinder Год назад +2

    Love the fact you kept the vehicle that crashed into the barn from the loop skit in the picture.

  • @jollyjohnthepirate3168
    @jollyjohnthepirate3168 Год назад +10

    Merry Christmas to Tex and all of his elves. Thank you.

  • @VultureXV
    @VultureXV 4 месяца назад +2

    Urbanmech:
    A small profile that carries a far larger weapon system for rather cheap.
    Of course it's popular, its basically a vehicle.

  • @elijahgrimm8052
    @elijahgrimm8052 Год назад +18

    Been wondering if some of the older ones would get another look. I am very happy to see this, thank you Tex, editors, writers and everyone who pitched in.

  • @bottasheimfe5750
    @bottasheimfe5750 Год назад +2

    love the fact that Van Zandt has annual Urbie Derby on its moon.

  • @chrisbricky7331
    @chrisbricky7331 Год назад +5

    Thanks for all the hard work. I have been playing Battletech since Droids and one of my favorite all time campaigns is when we started a merc outfit and all we had were a lance or rundown urbies. We got a guard and patrol contract on an agro world with almost no legitimate targets for the Pirates to hit except the agro sites. The map was literally setup with red barns and silos and a few big warehouses. So as a group we spent some money and camo painted our mechs. We painted them red like the silos with white trim, then stood next to barns shut down with our gun run to the barn like a conveyor. Yes, urbies can be fun. :)

    • @CowCommando
      @CowCommando Год назад

      I bet the looks on the pirates faces was priceless when the silos turned around and declared, "get off my lawn" with extreme prejudice.

    • @chrisbricky7331
      @chrisbricky7331 Год назад +2

      It was a FAFO moment as 4 Urbies powered up against 4 light mechs and 4 armored light tanks. The Urbies got tactical surprise and were only given a bonus on initiative in the very first round. The Pirates were given the choice of move or shoot, but not both. Thru good timing most of the Pirates had to move since they were facing away from the Urbies when they powered up. A few of the vehicles with turrets took shots but were ineffective at long range. The Urbies took the day and got some nice salvage too.
      Unfortunately, good luck sometimes breeds immediate karma of bad luck. Our next random opponents were Infantry in woods. Not an ideal location or opponent for Urbies. But it was a fun campaign.

  • @eddie8080
    @eddie8080 Год назад +3

    Thanks Tex, Mike, Hutz, everyone involved, for a lovely present!

  • @SapphirusYT
    @SapphirusYT Год назад +26

    This is such an epic Christmas Day gift that you've delivered Tex!

  • @neilbamford6532
    @neilbamford6532 Год назад +5

    This has to be the ultimate expression of 'Fun in a Can'!
    To Tex, the BPL and all associates, Happy Holiday!

  • @NuclearSpring
    @NuclearSpring Год назад +3

    The production value of these videos is getting insane and I fucking love it.

  • @MDTako
    @MDTako Год назад +3

    "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings" -Dumpster Urbie

  • @freedeau
    @freedeau Год назад +12

    Absolutely amazing as always! Big thx to all involved, and to everyone who donated to a great charity! 🎉

  • @stevensdefenseacademyllc7898
    @stevensdefenseacademyllc7898 Год назад +3

    I gave my brother a Lance of Urbanmechs for Christmas and then I saw that this masterpiece was dropped. It made for the best Christmas gift I've ever given!