Battletech/Mechwarrior Lore - Tex Talks Battletech : The Hunchback

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The Hunchback is a mighty machine of mythological destruction. It is the turnkey Armageddon solution which puts warheads on foreheads. Join us in diving deep to understand what makes the inner sphere quake in its mighty footsteps.

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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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SPECIAL THANKS TO Hadmar - for superb translation proof-reading

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SPUNKY - Soon.

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SOUNDTRACK:

Moonshiner's Turn - Martin Landström
Tex Talks Battletech Theme - Kumakin
Alligator Skies - Walt Adams
With Tenacity - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Covert Affairs - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
The Atonement - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Enter the Realm of Shadows - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Rivers Run Red - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Beyond Measure - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Solarflares - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Arcaders - Ben Elson
Dissemination - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Aeternum - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
A little Higher (Instrumental) - Sture Zetterberg
Drawn to You (Instrumental) - Vincent Vega
Aeternum - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
The Power of Rock - Jon Presstone
Drawn to You (Instrumental) - Vincent Vega
Komm, Süßer Tod - Kumakin
Bolero Cover - Spunky
I think I Was There - Emil Axelsson
Eighties Bar of the Future - Humans Win
80 S Synthwave - Style da Kid
Bolero Cover - Spunky
P I N K B I K I N I - Kuamkin
Alligator Skies - Walt Adams
Walkman FM - Lupus Nocte
Granny Dance - Scoobadive
Tex Talks Battletech More Big - Kumakin
Bubble Bath - Medite
Smash - Lupus Nocte
The Night After Friday - Medite
Cape Verdean Sun - Medite
Time to Strut - Alexandra Woodward
Don't Snooze, Let Loose - Alexandra Woodward
National Anthem Scotland - National Anthem Worx
Stratosphere Voyage - Spirits Of Our Dreams
And The Sky Shall Unfold 1 - Johannes Bornlöf
Afternoon Swing 1 - Jonas Elander
Freue Uns Alle - Trabant 33
National Anthem Germany Accordion Version - National Anthem Worx
Dark Synth Retrowave - Oleksandr Koltsov
Motor Town Heartbeats 5 - Victor Olsson
Return of the Hunchie - DJ Jason Skye
Bolero Cover - Spunky

[theblackpantslegion]

This is the culmination of 305.5 days of work from a very dedicated team. There were many hardships along the way, many hard times, many difficult ordeals and many challenges to overcome. Such work is only possible due to the kindness and support you all have provided.

So again, I thank you all for your kindness, support and appreciation for the hobby but I want to remind you: This is also a fundraiser. While it would be sure nice to get an upvote, or get some traffic over this video. I want you guys, more than anything, to consider donating to the Fundraiser over on the right. We can fight MS. It can hit anyone, and rob them of their best years and vital energies. With enough support, We can win by vanquishing this monster. We could be the generation that ends a disease. Together, united, we can do good and remind people that the Battletech community gets shit done right.

Mechwarriors to your stations. I'll see you when we drop.

[TheNerdForAllSeasons]

"On the battlefield, they are a hammer. As such, they will frequently search the world in want of nails." Hunchback players have never been described so poetically.

[axiumsa]

Float like a brick, sting like a thrown brick

[zac]

I love that, having known none of the history of the Hunchback, finding it in MW5 and it quickly becoming a favorite mech, I apparently embody the default spirit of a hunchie pilot with
"I wonder if I can fit a long tom on my hunchback."
"There is no way a medium mech can-"
"You CAN in fact mount a long tom! Oh this is going to be stupid!"

[PerunAU]

The work that clearly went into this is incredible; Spectacular piece mate

[nathanielgrey]

I love that the factory kept saying "use a CASE so you can live to buy another one!" And the pilots just kept ripping them out for beer money and giggles

[Snickersnek]

I just realised how close the hunchback cannon is to the cockpit.
Hunchback pilots must live for that thing's thunderous roar, bet you that the easiest way to find a hunchback pilot is to find the mechwarrior who's deaf in their right ear.

[ryanzahn]

The hunchback represents a universal human thought process. "I have this big gun. But the enemies are way over there. I sure wish I had some way to bring this gun way over there."

[ClockworkEngineer]

"This is a machine which can produce, on demand, a localized Armageddon with one pull of the trigger." This is one of the greatest sentences ever crafted.

[zot]

I told my wife I'm watching a documentary, she said she loves documentaries and I she wanted to watch it with me. She was so lost In the content, but as someone who when to school and has worked in the film industry in some capacity for 20 years she was impressed with the episode. Especially when i told her it is done buy a few people in their spare time.

I am as always grateful for the effort and quality of the content. Thank you to everyone involved.

[WatchTMC]

We have a few of our thingies in there, but the whole team is looking forward to what you have cooked up over the last year. Trust me, I know how it feels to release something youve worked hard on for ~12 months :) <3

[derekburge]

I really appreciate how dedicated Tex is to keeping these talks rooted in-universe. The Periphery 'we' vs Star League 'they' is a beautiful touch in all these works.

[s_Wizard]

Ah yes, a quick 2 hour lore video on a single mech.

I'll watch it multiple times

[chrisroberts]

1:02:26
"Engine scrub-scrub, burn die!"
Glorious.
New dialect: Imperial Even-Lower Gothic, aka Skaven

[D-Snyper-Grunt]

"Which version of the HBK-2 should you fear?"

*takes a deep breath*
"ALL OF THEM!"
*runs*

[NexPaciscor]

If ttrpg companies with millions of dollars put a quarter of the effort and love into their products as you put into BT as a fan, theyd be unstoppable. Yet another goddamn triumph from you and your team. ❤

[Sxx]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that Mr. Tex and his crew have made another high quality full length feature film, and he's just giving it to us for free.

[DD]

The best BPL videos are when Uncle Tex tells us about the world that built the mech. "Let us speak of dead worlds and the men who burned them." Good stuff.

[allthenamesiwantedweretaken]

"This is a *monster, * wrapped in the *skin* of a beloved friend"
You write the most metal lines, it's insane.

[Mavairo]

Rewatching this I realized why I like the Fafnir, it's a Hunchback, that Steiner decided needed to become an assault mech, and that it needed a second gigantic cannon. Because sometimes you absolutely need massive firepower dumped into someone at close range and the durability to get there.