Snord is a loot-goblin version of Ciaphas Cain

I know it is plot armor, but it just works! And you know Katrina was just sitting on her throne, cackling as she read the reports. Probably was the most entertainment she had in years.

Snord is part of what gives Battletech comedy relief. Everything can't be serious or it will get tiresome. You need some crazy to make thing fun.

@FakeSchrodingersCat

5 ай бұрын

It is also the good kind of crazy. Unlike the stupid crazy so much of the later timeline gets up to.

@WABillsFan

5 ай бұрын

One reason I like Dr Banzai making an appearance with his mercenary unit.

@mikecampos1193

4 ай бұрын

The Van Zant Militia is like that as well.

@KMCA779

4 ай бұрын

tell that 40k

@FakeSchrodingersCat

4 ай бұрын

@@KMCA779 Caiaphas Cain.

Snord was not a member of Clan Wolf. He was, in fact, a member of the lesser known Clan Murder-Hobo.

His daughter Rhonda Snord formed "Clan Snord". Just to "F" with the clans. She defeated Jade Falcon and made bondsmen of some of their best warriors.

@nitesy381

5 ай бұрын

Men clan trazyn is great.

@kryptonianguest1903

3 ай бұрын

She also painted her mech hot pink. Because killing someone on the battlefield today is funnier if they were laughing at her girly mech last night.

@connormclernon26

2 ай бұрын

@@kryptonianguest1903given it’s a Highlander, I wouldn’t be laughing if I was in range of that things Highlander Burial

The Trazyn of the battletech universe.

@Cadiangrunt99

20 күн бұрын

No no Trazyn is the Snord of 40k.

@MichaelBW-bn9gf

17 күн бұрын

​@@Cadiangrunt99I have now found the name for my necron overlord

@Cadiangrunt99

17 күн бұрын

@@MichaelBW-bn9gf Awesome :D Glad to help.

The irregulars 'mechs are a topic of their own, not only they were very fond of Frankenmechs, but they also modified more standard 'mechs. Rhonda Snord's signature 'mech, Heavy Metal, was a modified Highlander, painted bright pink, and mounted with several external loudspeakers which she used to blast 20th century heavy metal music across the battlefield.

I swear every mech in Snord’s arsenal has a tow cable so they pull downed mechs as soon as the battle finishes

@Tula-cs1ef

18 күн бұрын

Why would you not? It's free salvage, just remember to hose the leftover bits of meat out.

Snord is basically BENDER from futurama

Someone takes out a contract on the Irregulars and the Bounty Hunter picks it up. Irresistible Force meet Immovable Object.

@Mofflin1

5 ай бұрын

Plot twist, they end up just stealing each other’s mechs.

@scienceinsanity6927

5 ай бұрын

*Pointing spider man meme* "Hey, thats my mech"

@kieranadamson3224

5 ай бұрын

​@@scienceinsanity6927This is honestly an idea i desperately want to see. Especially depending on the temperament of the current Bounty Hunter theres so many ways it could go.

@connormclernon26

2 ай бұрын

@@kieranadamson3224it could be “honorable” Bounty Hunter, “raging dickhead” Bounty Hunter, “somewhere in the middle” Bounty Hunter, depends what the Player is feeling that day

@kieranadamson3224

2 ай бұрын

@@connormclernon26 yeah, honestly I have a great idea to make implementing the Bounty Hunter in a game special especially is it's something like the 2018 game where choices and story matters more. The general idea is that there are actually multiple templates of reactions and even whole missions that are unique to which kind of person the Bounty Hunter you encounter is according to that template. Then, a template is picked when you start a new campaign and that Bounty Hunter is developed throughout your play through. You might never encounter her or he might approach you for a business opportunity because of your skill. Hell, in my wildest imagination of this concept you could even build such a rapport with the Bounty Hunter that you can either ask or hire them to fight the big bad with you. Only there's a chance for it to turn out the campaign's villain gave them a better offer.

You fail to mention one of the nicest things Snord and the dude with glasses did for Jonas, after he passed away (they drank and saluted him in his burial chamber)

@ironduke9769

5 ай бұрын

it was Janos

Probably my favourite Snord moment was when he and a buddy broke into Janos Marik's tomb to drink a toast to the guy with brandy Snord stole from the FWL.

If Oddball was a mech pilot.

@jasonscarborough94

5 ай бұрын

"Look Jamie, I'm trying to set you Dragoons up with something real good and you are giving me your problems, I do not need you an entire fleet of jump ships I can get anywhere... shmuck"

@connormclernon26

3 ай бұрын

“Knock it off with them negative waves Moriarty.”

@malcolmtudor8039

2 ай бұрын

"These engines are the fastest in any tanks in the European Theater of Operations, forwards or backwards. You see, man, we like to feel we can get out of trouble, quicker than we got into it."

@Cowboycomando54

Ай бұрын

"See Moriarty, a nice big piece of lost tech, right where I said it would be." *White Aerospace fighter swoops in*

I think Snord and his daughter might be originally from clan Goliath Scorpion rather than clan Wolf. They certainly behave like Clan Scorpion's Seekers searching for Star League relics and returning them to their own little "Temple of the Nine Muses" on Clinton. The Scorpion's do have a blood house Sword, he might have chosen to use something similar as their "family" name in the Inner Sphere.

@armundojones

5 ай бұрын

The Wolf's Dragoons did go trainning with the Goliath Scorpions... maybe he was just taking notes.

I inadvertently obtained a variant of Samual "Shorty" Sneede's FrankenMech Rifleman, among a huge lot of 3D-printed mechs I purchased in 2022. During my research of the mech and its famous pilot, I fell in love with the history of Snorde's Irregulars; so much so, that I ended up building and painting 24 mechs in homage to the mercenary group. 🤗

Its funny because a couple of days ago I was reading a Battletech short story collection and one of the stories focused on a Marik raid looting Snord's museum.

Great video! Like others have said, Snord's snording adventures were there to give a laugh to a dark universe, but there was a part behind the curtain. Snord wasn't thrown out of the Dragoons in reality. Jaime realized they needed information about the Inner Sphere and updates on the old Star League information they brought hack with them. So Snord gets "booted" out of the unit to form his own band and go Snording about the Inner Sphere "looting" historic sites, but he was also helping to form Wolfnet, and find the Star Keague depots for him and Wolfs Dragoons to use.

The FWL fanboy in me is crying. However i still laughed the whole time during the video at the shenanigans of this madlad. Keep up the good work!

@fredlandry6170

5 ай бұрын

I was never a big fan of the Free Worlds League, I love the Federated Suns.

The Algorithm was absurdly kind and brought me here with no previous knowledge if this channel. That said, I'm 4 minutes in and loving it. Praise z0rg and pass the autocannon ammo.

Thanks for making this video about Clan Snord.

Best part Snord fist fights an Art Museum! These videos always help me learn a bit of BattleTech and make me laugh as well. Keep up the great work you guys!

I wish you had covered their Clan Era lore. Or the stuff they did under Rhonda Snord. I love the Irregulars. They have plot armor, yes. It wasn't stupid plot armor. They way they went about things made sense. The stuff after the Dark Nebula is kinda iffy. But again, it made sense. Great vid as always.

Oh man these guys are great. I am painting up a unit in camo and getting some snord logos for them. Hazzah to combat archeology

The Blood Ravens of Battletech!

Please more Snord a Snording it up. I need a Snordiganza!

I'm guessing that Science Insanity is unfamiliar with actual military history, f'd up stuff like this actually happens. Some individuals actually have plot armor in real life.

@scienceinsanity6927

5 ай бұрын

I'm well aware of how insane real life can get. My go to saying is that real life is more dramatic than game of thrones, more complicated than dune and more unrealistic than star wars. The stuff people have done and gotten away with would sould like a terribly written action comic. And yet it's all real

My favorite Merc unit in Battletech is the Eridani Light Horse. Glad to see a new video.

Shout out to Bloodydoves and his BTA3062! Recent update breaks old saves but so much new stuff. Several times larger than Catalysts base Battletech game.

I watched all your battletech podcasts. Most entertaining battletech lore dump channel i have found.

Honestly, the rest of the company are just as entertaining. Also, Rhonda having half her body amputated seems to be not so plot armoured as her dad,

@Zoness1124

5 ай бұрын

Well half of her came from her mom, it was the half she got from her dad that was fine.

Welcome back Steve. This is the perfect welcome home.😂

Im playing MechWarrior 5 and a couple days ago on the news you get I read july15 3018 Cranston snords irregulars return to Clinton after incursion into free worlds league and i laughed my assoff after reading it

My favorite Merc Unit. I have both books...Snord's Irregulars andvRhonda Snord's Irregulars. Both books have given hours of good fun around the tabletop.

I finally binged through all the vids you have on the Battletech franchise and i deeply thank you from my heart for all the fun i had listening and imagining.

He's like Caiaphas Cain, but instead of trying to survive, he's trying to be a completionist in a game full of collectibles

This is great thanks ! 40 ish years ago I picked up the snords irregulars at a toy shop that’s no longer there ….any way non of this law existed then I just found the unit fascinating all the while thinking there’s something more to this outfit than there is in the book but the clans weren’t really a thing back then So this is just fantastic

14:46 Always remember the Free Worlds League's national motto "The most dangerous thing to a Marik, is a Marikm Hail Marik!"

My favorite one was when he broke into Janus mariks tomb and toasted him

@cygryl

5 ай бұрын

The best part is. They did it with Janos' own Brandy from the infamous brandy raid.

This sounds like an adventuring group that just managed to get a writer.

Snord is the Steve of Battletech 🎉

When not paying the merc sounds like when Carthage didn’t pay the merc, lol

You feel with the Bloodname he should be a Clan Goliath Scorpion Seeker . Why this isn't the case is a mystery .

yes Steve, now make sure he stays in the basement this time

Not sure if this canon, but there were stories that Snord was originally a member of Clan Goliath Scorpion adopted into clan Wolf and was then assigned to the Dragoons. Goliath Scorpion warriors were known for their quirky attitude when it camd to looking for lostech and relics from the past.

Steve! I'm glad he's back!

Nice to see you all back together doing the usual. I would like to recommend an episode about Solaris 7 because its so dumb and glorious that it will certainly be entertaining. Because what could possibly go wrong when all major houses live together on a planet, right?

@MrGrimsmith

5 ай бұрын

They'd need to do an entire episode on Duncan Fisher as he's just become such an iconic part of Solaris VII :)

I am glad to have clueless guy back

Hey, Steve’s back!

He is back ^^

Welcome Home Steve!🎉

So want to hear more of this funny s!

I actually have this book! Got it brand new coming up on 40 years ago. 86 or 87 I think. It's still a favorite. 😂

Steve is back 🎉

i require a part 2 of this! also with steve

Okay, getting all the debts of the other guy makes the betting of a dropship, multiple mechs, and a pair of fighters more believable. Like..... "Oh no, I must part with all this materiel... andallmydebtsasssociatedwiththemarenowyoursnotakebacks. Good game. Thankyoubyeeee!

I adore Snord. Sure, he's plot armored, but he uses it for hijinx, not to be thr bestest boy ever so its fine.

Some must have been snording something when they made lore for Snord's Irregulars.

Jump ships are not lostech, they are just incredibly priceless and so precious that all the houses agreed to never destroy infrastructure involved in their production and maintenance. Warships on the other hand is lostech, and yes warships can carry dropships as well as glassing planets.

Yay Steve is back

Yes.... YES! Finally someone covers them \[T]/

YAY Steeve is back, congrats on 20k subs, and how was the vacation?

I was hoping you would talk about some of his Franken Mecs

Sounds like battletech's version of black beard

My favorite part was when Snord snorded snordingly during his snordventure.

Snord in that Art looks like Bruce Campbell

I need more Snord Stories from BT authors

he is so the traynz of the battletech universe

Snord: the power of sheer nonsense personified

Snords Irregulars: Blood Ravens of Battletech

Clan Snord. Just. Just.

“Why do I have three Es?” is a hilarious idea for a shirt.

@scienceinsanity6927

5 ай бұрын

It wasn't in the video, but that was actually the start of a small minirant that i didn't record since steve said it right as i was clicking to stop the recording. But that set me off for a solid 5 minutes. I was laughing so hard I started crying while Steve had a progressively mode unhinged meltdown.

Yeah, I don't see how you can be off your landing coordinates in a Drop Ship, and yes I know Mechs can be orbitally inserted but that tech was so rare it was practically lost-tech.

@scienceinsanity6927

5 ай бұрын

Any number of reasons. Orbital insertions in battletech are similar to how the real life space shuttle landed. They pick a vector to enter the atmosphere that lets them hit their intended coordinates as they decelerate during reentry. They have to be moving fast as hell to stay in orbit to begin with which is why they don't just go straight down. During that descent they may come under fire from surface to space gun batteries specifically designed to stop someone from hot dropping on top of or behind the target. They may simply experience a lot more turbulence than expected since not every planet is like earth and some have really crazy wind or weather. Their intel or telemetry might be bad and the pilot simply cant accurately find the correct drop point. There's lots of ways for the landing coordinates to be off. In games and stuff the drops are almost always perfect because, hey, it's a game. They're not going to drop you 20 miles off the target area.

@eddapultstab2078

5 ай бұрын

Orbital insertions are usually very niche and expensive option, especially since you are risking entire mechs, role play wise. Usually, it's used to secure landing zones for the expensive and vulnerable dropships, if they fail they must either pick sub optimal locations or abort the landings. The more niche options tend be guerrilla warfare actions or high risk high reward, one way and sometimes suicidal missions.

Snord is Battletech's Bugs Bunny.

Man Snords I knew he was a loot goblin but dear lord! How about the time he gave Teddy Kurtia a of Elvis Preslie record to get his unit off DC's Kill list!

Loot gobbo best gobbo!

Snordzen the Infinite 😂

Oh yeah!!!

As a fellow Sci Fi nerd, I'm curious about your thoughts on Starcraft and the Terran forces. I know you've mentioned doing Warhammer in the future at some point, but I think Starcraft would be a more interesting start.

His name is snord and he has an Archer I like him already.

Red 5 standing by

Gonna go with the TTS route and replace with Wolf with Corgi

Sounds like snords hoarders

Steve!!! :)

Soooooo... Snord is the Ciaphas Cain of BT?

Just wait until Rhonda Snord takes over...

This kind of plot armor is a lot more tolerable with its comedy than when some "super serious ultra badass hardest core evar" setting has someone just walk off being hit with consequences while playing things completely straight. Edit: They DO know how to make jumpships, but the number of places with the intellectual and technological capacity is extremely limited. WARSHIPS are the lostech.

snord and the original book was my FIRST and still FAVORITE btech supplement... back when they had pictures of the mechs on the back of the book... you forgot to mention "Shorty" Sneede - with his wierd frankenmech which is like half rifleman/half archer/half warhammer/half phoenix hawk head???? The most colorful part of Snord's story is his head tech who built his own mech out of scrap parts so he could fight too... they are all such characters waiting for a movie.. one collects old guns, one collects old movies, one collects old elvis records, etc etc.. they all have some wierd thing to look for from one burned down world to the next... and Rhonda was voted Sexiest Mechwarrior 3025 in a calendar because of that pic... even beating out the Black Widow in the 'abs' category. Aslo beat Natasha Kerensky's face in at a bar brawl incident on Solaris but that is just backstory... :) Snord's irregulars is the funnest unit in the entire franchise! Thanks for the tribute --C. Snord

it was actually funded by the dragoons wolfnet.

Wait. They left things that were nailed down? They have some learning to do, then. You leave behind only what is both nailed down _and on fire._

To be fair. It wasnt the palace world. But it was his personal estate in holt.

they're Saints.

Don’t know where I heard that, I might be wrong or is it just my headcanon, but wasn’t Snord a warrior from the Goliath Scorpions who accompanied the Wolfs Dragoons to the inner sphere? And because of that he’s so obsessed with relics?

hows the keyboard do we need to do a gofundme?

Steve :)

STEVE!

How can you cover the madness that is Snord's Irregulara and not talk about the Insanity that was his Frankenmech!

Shame he didn't mention the other BIG thing about snord's which they forgot the same way MW5 did, their tradition of frankenmechs. Then again these are C grade wiki readers, if you want actual BT lore go find the BPL and "Tex talk's battletech" or "sven van der plank" for deep insanely researched lore project starting with the start of the timeline

so crossover Snord vs Trazyn ?

Snord sounds norse so auto win + comedic plot armor. ALL factions be it merc/ clan/ house/ peripehery/ hybrid state HAVE some degree of plot armor and ALL ruling govrnments are showing bad/ sometimes better aspects than real life counterparts. Thats why I love BT as the GoT in spaaaace!

Where did Steve go?