Suit up and enter the 31st century with BattleTech: The Animated Series, the action-packed cartoon where giant mechs, fearless warriors, and interstellar battles decide the fate of the Inner Sphere. Follow Major Adam Steiner and the ragtag First Somerset Strikers as they take on the Clan invasion with courage, strategy, and state-of-the-art BattleMechs. Packed with explosive mech combat, futuristic tech, and high-stakes drama, this cult classic cartoon brings the legendary BattleTech universe to life with the perfect blend of military strategy and Saturday morning action. ⚔️🤖🌌 #BattleTech #BattleTechCartoon #MechWarriors #GiantRobots #MechCombat #SomersetStrikers #90sCartoonVibes #CultCartoons #CartoonSciFi #ToonThrowback #AnimatedSciFi #CartoonMechs #RobotWars #ClassicCartoonAction #SpaceBattles
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00:00Previously on Battletech
00:08This one appears to be of noble heritage
00:10That's Ciro's wolfhound
00:12I know what you're thinking
00:13Believe me, Major
00:15Nobody could have survived that
00:17The Strikers have not forgotten me
00:19They will come
00:20And they will free me
00:21Now the last reported Clan Strike was right here at Twicross
00:24If we pay them a surprise visit
00:26We might just be able to appropriate
00:28Some of their exotic hardware
00:30Their objective is crystal clear
00:32And when they come for you
00:34We will be waiting to greet them
00:42Guys, we have hit the jackpot
00:44Greetings Inner Spear and Crash
00:46You are hereby declared
00:48Isola my property
00:50Stand down Star Captain
00:52These prisoners are my property
00:54On my property
00:56What is your problem, Nikolai?
00:58Too proud to forfeit even an ounce of glory?
01:01I just love people fighting over me
01:07Your cowardly comrades ran away
01:09After taking what they came here to steal
01:11They're gonna come back, you know
01:13Your friends are long gone
01:15Not them
01:16The descendants of Kerensky
01:18We are the descendants of Kerensky
01:21If Star Colonel Nikolai Malvis
01:23Has a quarrel with me
01:24Let him take it up
01:26Personally
01:27I promise you, Major
01:29I shall
01:30This is the Inner Sphere
01:32Thousands of planets colonized by humankind
01:35Once it was united under the Starling
01:37But for the last 300 years
01:39It has been consumed by savage wars
01:42Until a new enemy appeared
01:44Mysterious invaders known as
01:47The Clans
01:49Powerful and rudeness
01:51They struck like lightning
01:52Attacking every sector at once
01:54But they made one big mistake
01:56They attacked my home planet
01:58Now in the spirit of the Star League
02:00Ancient enemies have reunited
02:02And we're gonna take back our galaxy
02:06The Return of the Snow
02:23See you guys
02:24First time
02:25Majestension
02:28Time
02:29HAPPY
02:33Hot
02:33Challenging me was a mistake, Kristen. You cannot win.
02:42Overconfidence, as always, Nikolai.
02:45I don't understand this. They are waging war against the inner sphere, and yet they waste their energies battling each other?
02:51You're witnessing a trial of possession. Our people settle disputes through combat.
03:00What are they fighting over now?
03:02The right to control a weapon of vital strategic importance.
03:05What kind of weapon could be so important? Are they fighting over a new battle mech?
03:10No, Bondsman Zero. They are fighting over you.
03:29Release me immediately.
03:31Didn't I tell you to keep your hands on our gear?
03:37It was unavoidable.
03:44Enough! Can't we go a week without this nonsense?
03:48Mr. Sakamoto is stealing our spare parts.
03:53Major Steiner, you have made me responsible for maintaining supplies. Therefore, I must allocate equipment as I see fit.
04:00That mean gutting our mechs and keeping all the good transponders for yourself?
04:04I need these electronics to bargain for your food. You of all people should understand the value of a bribe.
04:12What's that supposed to mean?
04:13Do not touch me again.
04:15Give it a rest, both of you!
04:16Now I know we're short on supplies, and I know our battle mechs are trash, but we can't start going for each other's throats.
04:27Now we're about to land on wall door five. They've got a quarter master depot, so we can stock up on supplies and get our mechs repaired.
04:33All hands report to landing stations.
04:45Forget it, Major. If you ain't got the paperwork, I can't do nothing for you. See this full clipboard? It means I got an empty warehouse.
04:52All those months of frost training, and the only mech action I get is marching the Majors demolished Axemen into a repair depot.
05:00Hey! You can't go in there!
05:03Are you heading out of here? I'll give you 5,000 seatbelts for passage!
05:09Whoa! Slow down! I wish we could help you, but we're going into clan territory!
05:14Val! Isn't there anything we can do?
05:16Yeah, we can do our job, so this won't happen on any other planet.
05:20Perhaps you might be interested in rare, exotic foods. Andorian peach pheasant could fetch you a handsome price.
05:29Sorry, pal. I don't deal with Drax.
05:31Now might be a good time to start.
05:35This is getting us nowhere! Without those supplies, we're dead in the water!
05:39Are you Adam Steiner?
05:40Yeah. Who are you?
05:42Would you come with me, please?
05:44Comstar received a priority one transmission for you from the Archon herself.
05:53Greetings, Major Steiner. Or should I say, cousin Adam? I am sorry, but your mission to collect intelligence on the clans is temporarily suspended.
06:02What about Somerset? What about my family?
06:05The technology you appropriated from the enemy has been quickly incorporated into new mech prototypes.
06:11Your revised mission is to test this new equipment in actual combat.
06:15Even if it means going to a planet currently being held by clan forces.
06:20Like maybe Somerset?
06:22Your revised mission is to test this new equipment in actual combat.
06:26We intercepted this transmission. Your former comrades have proven themselves to be worthy opponents.
06:32Defeating them and taking their new weaponry will bring me great glory indeed.
06:37Why are you telling me this?
06:39Because, Bondsman Zero, you are going to help me win the honor of attacking them.
06:45In your dreams, lady.
06:47Oh, pity! Should Nikolai Malthus seize this opportunity, your former comrades will surely be eliminated.
06:54He didn't eliminate me. He made me a bondsman.
06:57Only because of your family's illustrious history.
07:00I doubt he will be so merciful toward inferior stock.
07:04What would you do with them?
07:05I would allow them to serve our goal of reuniting the Inner Sphere, returning it to the glory days of the Star League.
07:13Of course, it would require the right person to take command over them, to instruct them in the way of the clans.
07:22Command?
07:24Ah, together, you and I shall lead them to follow the true vision of Kerensky.
07:33Oh, you're Adam Steiner. If I'd have known that, then come right this way.
07:37Now I can get out of here before the clans invade.
07:41Here they are. AWS-9D, an awesome, certainly lives up to its name, eh?
07:51BSW-X1, the bushwhacker.
07:54I sure hate to be in the bush it's whacking.
07:58Scare me.
08:00And last but not least, an IFR-X1 and an SLH-X1.
08:05Or as we call them, an infiltrator and a sloth.
08:08What they lack in size, they make up for in stealth.
08:10There's some impressive firepower here.
08:12I hear some would-be cowboys actually raided a clan outpost and grabbed the technology used in these bad days.
08:18Actually, those would-be cowboys were us.
08:22You guys got a lot of guts.
08:24Of course, there's a lot to be said for a healthy survival instinct.
08:27That's why I'm bugging out. And I suggest you do the same.
08:30I think we're staying put.
08:32We are?
08:33Yeah, get a test drive before we take him out in the field, right?
08:36Well, I'll take the awesome. Val, you take the bushwhacker.
08:39Kylie, why don't you take the infiltrator suit for a little cross-training?
08:42Oh, am I supposed to give up my mauler for that toy?
08:46Actually, based on his previous success in the clan toad suit, I think Mr. Sakamoto is the man for that unit.
08:52That is, if you're willing to join us.
08:55I would be honored, Major.
08:57Are you sure that's such a good idea?
09:00I'm not. He seems to have a real facility for combat.
09:03What do you think I'm worried about?
09:08In addition, Major Steiner tends to deploy his battle mechs in this formation, thus maximizing his limited firepower.
09:15Lastly, Major Steiner lives by a credo. Information is ammunition.
09:21His philosophy is almost clan-like in its simplicity.
09:24He will make a fine bondsman after I defeat him in battle.
09:39Why are we wasting our time in a swamp?
09:41We could be knocking the clans all over the galaxy.
09:43Yeah, maybe so. But first, we've got to see how this new equipment holds up under less than ideal conditions.
09:49You can't get much less than ideal than this wet box.
09:52Ugh! What is that stench?
09:56It must be you, new guy.
09:58Put a sock in it, Kylie.
10:00Aw, lay on long. She's just having some fun with the new guy.
10:04Well, there ain't gonna be any hazing in my company. Got it?
10:16Wow, I can't believe how they've improved the speed and maneuverability.
10:19I'd be more impressed if I could get my infrared sensors to pick up anything.
10:24Yeah! That's more like it.
10:29Listen up, kiddies. The key to this maneuver is stealth, not speed.
10:34Now, according to my specs, your suits have minimal radar profile.
10:38If you don't kick up a ruckus, you could sneak up close to a mech and get real personal.
10:44Sakamoto! You trying to make yourself a target?
10:48You heard a word I said about moving slow and steady?
10:51Why, wherever could those have come from?
10:54All right! Knock off that horse plane and get into the swamp! Now!
10:58Captain Hawkins, my battlesuit appears to be taking on water.
11:05Or is this another of your hazing rituals?
11:08Hey, I don't know anything about this one.
11:15Sakamoto, get your sloth to dry land before your whole system shorts out.
11:21I cannot move my leg.
11:24Hang on, Frankie. I've got you.
11:29Oh, great! Now I'm stuck!
11:31We're sinking!
11:34Kairi! Franklin! Do you copy?
11:37Do you copy?
11:39Kairi!
11:45Franklin!
11:46Kairi!
11:48Kairi!
11:49Franklin!
11:50Can you hear me?
11:55Don't sweat it, Hawk.
11:58That's it, pal! That is it! I'm transferring out of this truck unit.
12:13Hey there, Frankie. I sure hope my snakes didn't get too soggy in there.
12:19Shimata! Is this how you treat an ally?
12:24Bakatare, fool!
12:26Sounds like somebody needs a little cooling off.
12:30The hazing stops now! Understood?
12:33Hey, come on, Teach. We all went through it once.
12:36If Franklin wants to be accepted by the team, he's gonna have to put up with it.
12:39Well, the next Joker who pulls a prank is gonna have to put up with me!
12:44Ah, dismissed.
12:46Such behavior lacks even the tiniest shred of honor.
12:50It would be unthinkable in the Draconis Combine.
12:52Well, you're still gonna have to earn their respect, Franklin, and take it from me.
12:56That's no easy task.
12:59Do they always bid for the right to invade a planet?
13:02Not the right. The honor. The bidding determines who can conquer a given objective with the least equipment and personnel.
13:10This minimizes the resources at risk and maximizes our glory.
13:15But with such limited forces, how can they hope to conquer a whole planet?
13:19The planet is not their objective. Merely a certain unit.
13:23They're both gunning for the strikers?
13:25Theoretically, they bid for the honor of representing Clan Jade Falcon in this trial of possession.
13:30However, each has faced Major Steiner and failed to defeat him.
13:34I fear that their bids reflect their own misplaced sense of personal honor.
13:38The Falcons are not well served by this.
13:41My final bid. I will attack armed only with my Thor battle mech, accompanied by a point of five elementals.
13:49In that case, I shall attack with my Vulture's lasers deactivated, accompanied by a mere true elementals.
13:56Very well. I concede the bidding.
14:00Well bargained. And done.
14:02Wait a minute. What is he so happy about? He lost.
14:06This could be very bad for Star Captain Tristan Redman.
14:09She cannot possibly defeat them with such limited resources.
14:12Then the strikers will win?
14:14Never. She will be forced to summon the Star Colonel for assistance.
14:19And then their fate will be in his hands.
14:22Locking on target.
14:26Nice shooting, Val. This new targeting system is far superior to our old one.
14:31But it's still nowhere near the ones the clanners are using.
14:34We still haven't pushed it to the limit, Major.
14:35Pick it up, Kylie. You still need to shave 30 seconds off your last run.
14:40You too, Sakamoto. I ain't got all day.
14:46Ugh, now's the fun part, kiddies. Here's where you gotta get past me.
14:55Way to go, Kylie.
14:56My laces were at full strength. You've been blown back to Tharkad.
15:02Oh, nice of you for Mr. Sakamoto.
15:05But you gotta move faster than that.
15:09Uh, Franklin, I don't think you wanna go that way.
15:14No, no, no, no. Forget it, Val. Those hills are way out of your range.
15:18How are we gonna know if we don't try?
15:23And away we go!
15:26Hey! They're steering in on the wrong target!
15:30Come on, come on! Detonate! Blast ya!
15:33They aren't responding!
15:35Franklin, you read me?
15:37Get out of there, now!
15:39Now! It's no good, he'll never make it!
15:41Well, looks like it's up to me.
15:43The missiles target infrared signatures.
15:46Huh?
15:51Franklin! Franklin, come in!
15:53He should be okay. That suit can withstand a volcano.
15:56Hey, Franklin! Where you going?
16:01What's he think he's doing?
16:03He's probably trying to figure out why we're trying to nuke him.
16:06Let's give him a little chance to cool off.
16:08And in the meantime, Val, you better work on one heck of an apology.
16:12Adam, I spotted a clan neck dropping toward the planet from orbit.
16:15Have you warned the supply depot?
16:16Affirmative. But the trajectory indicates it's landing 500 meters from you!
16:20I'll get 500 meters from you!
16:21I'll get 500 meters from you!
16:22I'm 400 meters from you!
16:54Unless they find us first.
16:57Major Steiner, I hereby challenge your entire unit.
17:01I hereby accept your challenge.
17:04Well, Star Captain, have we at last bitten off more than we can chew?
17:10All units, initiate enhanced imaging.
17:15Here's where we find out if these toys work for real.
17:24You're going to have to do better than that if you want to stop me, lady.
17:36Indeed, I shall.
17:38Ah!
17:54Kylie, get Hawk out of there now!
17:57Never mind me!
18:02Take them!
18:08My targeting computer's offline, switching to manual.
18:11Computer, the damage report!
18:22Manual weapons array fully functional.
18:24Heat sinks at full capacity.
18:26Surface damage minimal.
18:27Eternal damage none.
18:29Oh, atta girl!
18:33Impossible!
18:34They are more heavily armed than I had imagined!
18:36What are you waiting for?
18:43Help her!
18:43Without her consent, it would dishonor her and me.
18:47By the colds that bind us, I can do nothing but wait.
18:51Ah, my legs are frozen!
19:14That's it for my ammo!
19:15Oh, oh, oh!
19:17Oh, oh, oh, oh!
19:20Oh!
19:20One more salvo and you will face your final fate!
19:28Franklin!
19:29What's he doing?
19:37Warning.
19:38Fusion reactor breached.
19:40Critical failure in 14 seconds.
19:42No!
19:43Franklin!
19:43Oh!
19:43Oh!
19:49Archibald!
19:51Franklin, you did it!
19:52Why didn't you help me?
19:54The Jade Falcon grows strong on success, not failure.
19:57We grow ever stronger as the old and weak are replaced by new blood.
20:03I see.
20:04I see.
20:08There she is!
20:09Oh, she can't get away now!
20:11Unlike her two buddies.
20:13You're busted sister.
20:27This is a complete record of my military achievements.
20:31Review it and you will see that I am worthy.
20:33Huh?
20:35Worthy?
20:36Make me your bondsman and I will serve you honorably.
20:39Uh, hey there.
20:49I, uh, never got a chance to thank you for saving my hide out there.
20:53So, uh, thanks.
20:55You want to join me for some grub?
20:57I would be delighted.
20:58You're a good man in a fight, Mr. Sakamoto.
21:18I am proud to serve with you.
21:20Hey, we acted pretty childishly out there and you came to for us anyway.
21:27Thanks.
21:28Regrettably, I sometimes succumb to childishness myself.
21:42You know, it looks like they pulled together after all.
21:58See you later.
22:16Hey.
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