The Class In Glass | House of Glass LANCER

Hi hello, let's have a chat about the major house with class, House of Glass. So we've got our first of ten major houses to go through, so why not start with federalist and on the surface all about the surface. Appearances and culture are at the forefront of the House of Glass' summary, but when looking at the details provided and the rest of the Baronies there's a bigger picture. A bigger picture fluffed with a healthy sprinkling of conjecture and looking to other parts of the source material. Though that's one of my favorite parts of reading through settings is how all the dominos fall in the gaps from the starting descriptions. Besides we get a lot of fun chats and theories spun off in the comments, I always love those. Now on to fashion, frigates, and faith.

CHAPTERS
00:00 - INTRO
00:46 - HOUSE OF GLASS
01:15 - HOUSE HISTORY
05:43 - ISPAHSALAR
06:52 - PERFECTION
07:49 - SHINING KNIGHTS
08:53 - MINOR HOUSES
09:27 - SUMMARY
10:01 - BANNER COMPANY
11:23 - PURE CONJECTURE
13:34 - SOME HOUSES
15:43 - OUTRO CHAT

Seriously, all the noted galactic naval powers have large orbital installations and galactic movements described. House of Glass has the Lattice Work and the previous Glass Brigade (the only house with a named naval presence). A majority of 15 Billion souls live on the Lattice Work; they have to be spaceborne.

[harry]

I got a minor family of the house of glass as my main faction in my campaign. Non-stop note-taking throughout the video lol. I thought I'd read everything on them but you give so many cool ideas. Love the conjecture section too. I'd love to have a mysterious silver-suited NPC they come across in battle as like an exotic to mess with them.

[Attaxalotl]

I'm having it so post civil-war, House Lontane chose their new leaders based mostly on how badly they wanted to screw Harrison Armory with the nearest long-spool antiship cannon. To the point the new guy will spend most of their yearly space yacht budget on funding Anti-Armory rebels whenever they pop up.

Also a cool NPC idea: Disgraced House Lontane noble who made a bid for leadership during the civil war, did not succeed, and as 'punishment' got exiled with a destroyer/yacht, some support staff, and secret orders to go mess with HA by all means available. House Lontane is no longer legally responsible for that guy's actions; so no Mr Harrison we will not reimburse you for all those dead legionnaires. I don't care that those shells were stamped "Da Lontane Con Affetto" it was not us and you can't prove otherwise.

[katamed]

This helped fully convince me to use the dune TRPG to make a small house for my players and base a campaign on that.

The pageantry and backstabbing.
The simmering rage beneath that charming smile.

This is what space feudalism is all about!

[bthsr]

Materiel, quality, showmanship, and propaganda.
I dig it.
I can see why they're a Federalist with how good business is (and their media output is a potent asset for maintaining things), and I concur that at least some if not most internal subfactions want to put all that fine materiel to use once more, though there's probably disagreements about when, where, and why.

[mob-]

I love the use of destiny 2s Black Armory art, but also using jotunn when talking about slicing is funny

[Gomjibar]

You know what these videos make abundantly clear?

We need to get some of the Black Library authors to start writing books set in the Lancer universe.

[damiens_hair]

This series is exactly perfect considering how everything in the books is laid out, I love it and hope you continue happily

[Yacovo]

House of Glass: Known for having the most punchable faces out of the Baronies. If want a foppish noble that thinks he is better than your PCs for an easily hateable antagonist, House of Glass has them bursting from the closets. Thanks for the video.

[gashmiltz]

loved the conjecture section, would watch a whole thing just of your speculation for this universe.

[Skyfire]

Oh boy time to get my Lancer lore fix. Put it right into my veins!!!

[raiu]

Man, I really want to read Sword of Glass. That's a heck of a title.

edit: It has to end with the protagonist and their rival/love interest (who has been built up over the series in a will they won't they) engaged in a tragic duel that pushes their custom chassis to the limit and beyond. So far beyond that both chassis fail, and the two pilots engage in a duel with swords.

Bonus points if the final blow in the duel is never seen, nor who strikes it, and the epilogue shows a statue of both pilots on the world they fought for.

[Stormseer]

When the glass-ceiling has been replaced by the class-ceiling...

[ExplosiveFloofBall]

Just had a cool lancer idea, not really related to the videos topic but something potentially cool
Osiris Syndrome: A condition in which the pilots of Horus mechs occasionally keep fighting when they should be dead, their mechs continuing to function as normal when they should be a heap of spare parts
Could be fleshed out a bit more
Maybe it has a psychological indication that its manifesting beforehand and there;s some sort of special condition for each type of horus mech to actually shut them down

[trashman]

Goated youtube talking man, i wish you the best

[werewolfjedi]

so as a fun note. I started as a union master engineer, (I was head engi on the landmark ship for our wallflower start) and one of our players was house of glass minor house noble.
I am currently now one of their artisans, and I have created my own version of the Enkidu and Tokugawa, the Homusobi.
"Integrating the prototype Enkidu's aggressive systems with the mass produced frame Tokugawa's barely stable heat systems provided a serious challenge. Turning the problem into a solution however, provided a creative pressurized venting system, venting heat constantly created propulsive blasts that were strong enough to move the frame when kept to minimal sizes. Utilizing that to create a rapid movement system allows the pilot to react much more quickly than normal with just motorized mechanics. The system however has much more potential when turning off reactor limits, as It causes the machine to move at a speed that rivals human thought. Only a highly skilled pilot can handle that kind of potential to its fullest, an average pilot would be consumed in their own flame."
it is built to win duels, take down heavy targets while minimizing the damage it receives with a parry reaction built into the frame. hearing that I perfectly fit the lore of the house of glass just makes me happy.

[Crystalbud]

Sweet! Staying up super late paid off! Get to watch a new Zaktact LANCER video early! Love your stuff and keep up the good work!

[michaelwilson]

I love watching these Lancer videos! I found Lancer about a year ago and haven’t had a chance to play it with my RP group. It’s such an awesome setting!

[crownfinger]

Eye balls blowing out of my skull again seeing this video coming out. Don’t worry I’ll just buy more.

[aaronscott]

When you mentioned the jewel mining, the first thing I thought of was a mech cut from various jewels. Various types used to form the various components, with different types bringing different weapon effects, and at the center a massive diamond larger than a person, hollowed out and housing the lancer themselves. A moving stained glass window, with a generator either on the back or attached to the pilot providing function to what would otherwise be a fragile showpiece. As the mech takes damage, chips flake off the gems and consequently stop functioning as the power can't be routed as precisely as needed. And the ultimate shame, to lose such a priceless mech.

[sensarna]

What did the commander in charge of a group of Genghis Lancers said to their fighters when they were attacked by the knights of the House of Glass?
*Glass 'Em*