"I want you to make a version of the Atlas that exemplifies House Davion." "Shove a RAC onto it, got it." "You know me so well."

Credit where it is due. The new Atlas, just like the old Atlas, is everything Alexander Kerensky asked for. Indomitable, irresistible, and a terror to behold.

One aspect of the Atlas III's design is how it looks like a natural progression of the Atlas. The original looking bulky and dated, while the Atlas III is sleek, refined futureweapon. Don't get me wrong though, I will always be a fan of the crude bulky designs. Feels utilitarian and realistic

"it comes with two double heat sinks, giving it a sinking capacity of 24" gee, davion's been hiding the good stuff from us

I love that GM somehow lasted 1500+ years in the Battletech universe

It's definitely an interesting evolution from the Atlas II, not necessarily an upgrade though more like a side grade. Can't wait for more variants of this guy though

I find it interesting how they turned an all range brawler to an all range fire support.

Ah, Caleb. Proof even House Davion isn't immune to being Royally Screwed Up.

Atlas II is my favorite Assault because MechAssault was the first battletech thing I played in 2002.

Being a davion fan boy , that was great. You touched the ups and downs, and put into perspective the hope of a people.

An amazing and capable command mech, with a big gun that can splinter incoming VTOLs, and ways to protect your components which aren't in use while bracket firing. What more could you want?

I'd like to see the titan/titan II next. It's a neat mech that not a lot of people are talking about because of it's cousin the grand titan.

The Atlas is such an awesome design. Since Davions are the obvious good guys of the setting, it’s only fitting they have their own version of the poster boy Mech.

Red, I'm getting old... back in my day the PPC and AC-20 were the most feared weapons, clanners weren't around yet, everyone hated Capellans, And We Liked it that way... On a more serious note, I am getting old. The Truce happened and we thought the Innersphere was saved... but in truth the only thing we saved were our opponents and betrayers...

I still rather don't like the transparent dome they have, makes it look a lot less intimidating. Still, the loss of the chrome dome is made up for by how scary this thing is in terms of combat.

You and Tex should partner up and make a huge collab. You both have the perfect voices for anything and everything BattleTech.

The Atlas III is a great adaptation of a fave 'mech for a new setting. It was originally a 300-point giant click-mini that was meant to solo its equivalent amount of points of whatever click army. The tabletop conversion still makes it a great commander or hero 'mech that can fight a (small) army to a standstill or whittle down an opponent that makes it past the bodyguards. It can take a licking, keep on ticking, and walk away from a battlefield saying "I won this world". Yes, Davion makes some of the best assault mechs.

'I just love the sound of RAC's in the morning!'. My only problem with the D3 is the lack of the famous Atlas knock out weapon.( Yes, I know the D3 is the Command version; it's supposed to sit a little back, let the D2 do the Assualt Mech things). With a little bit of tweaking, they could have went with a RAC5, giving it more punch. Overall, a pretty well balanced design.

Thank you for covering my favorite mech. was so glad to see it in my notifications :D

I wanna see a version where its weapons are all replaced by only er-medium lasers, and it basically just runs at/through everything. But then give that variant the nickname 'subtlety' just to make the opponents mad.

New 'Mech designs at the end of clix's lifespan were great, and you can see the Atlas III and Loki II barely changed when translated over. I bought two Atlas III's from IWM, one for my SwordSworn regiment and one to paint up for a commission (A guy wanted Jonah Levin's "Solitude")

I don´t like how all the heavy weapons are on one side, but that aside, this iteration of the Atlas looks awesome (despite not being one...). Though it´s not as iconic as the original. But the "sixpack" is cool and it has a lot of other nice details. And the right hand holding a Gatling cannon (a Rotary AC2) looks just BADASS.

A very interesting mech. Visually, I find the classic Atlas more pleasant, although this one would fit very well the skeleton paint (the torso with the wasp waist, is the ideal complement for that). The RAC2 may need a shooting computer, but everything can't be done. Perhaps, an Atlas making extensive use of clan technology and hardener armor, trying to maximize protection, with a 400xl of the clans (to get to have 4/5 for "tactical" movement) and the endo steel, also of the clans and the rest with weapons such as 2x C ERPPC several medium laser and some additional radiators, it could be a nice monster to invest in. About reconquering New Avalon, it is perhaps one of the funniest pending things of the beginning of the IlClan era.

People don't like the RAC 2 on it wishing for a weapon with a bit more punch up close. These are people who have never flexed on whole Lances of Blackjacks, Jaegermechs and Riflemen at doing their job better than them, without letting go of the trigger, and having spare ammo. On a more serious note, love the design, especially when they just say screw it and slap a HAG 30 on it. And the Head design has grown on me, especially the reinforced cockpit trait. Lovely trait that can be, extremely welcomed.

Dang. I liked the Red Text. Great Vid👍🏽

Julian spend a long time in the Lyran Commonwealth. If someone is qualified to handle the Atlas III correctly, it is him.

The Atlas is one of the best mechs in the game. You and Arch Warhammer make the best lore vids! Another great vid!

oooooooh finally. My fav mech, and gen as well. Aside from the Marauder-BH2.

Great Video on the Atlas MK III. And i like that you touch some of latest Battletech story developments, like the Combine taking New Avalon und the perilous situation House Davion is in at the moment.

Ah the beautiful Atlas 3, the hammer blow we need to rip out the dragons tounge and punch straight to the heart of the beast. REMEMBER NEW AVALON! DEATH TO THE DRAGON!

Edits are wild, amazing work

I'm wondering when some madlad is gonna make an official variant of an Atlas (any Atlas) that is a melee-focused build. Heavy Ferro, Reinforced Life Support, TSM, a Supercharger, and a Clan-spec 400 XL engine, plus jump jets to round it out. Because it's always hilarious (and horrifying) to hear the enemy pilots confusion when confronted with the statement "The Atlas just jumped".

This is hands down my most favorite Spheroid 'mech. Was one of my first 'mechs I got back in the ActionClix dark ages tabletop. Given the chance to run it on the standard BT tabletop hands down will always run this mech even if I'm against lights that can easily out maneuver me

I still have "Headmaster" Atlas from the Solaris VII set among a few other pieces from the clix game I'm still sad it died out just as it was taking off

I have been mulling over purchasing one of these for a Sword of Light assault group, and then this drops. Serendipity? Order placed.

this thing is a beast! great vid Red!!

And that Mechcommander 2 theme in the background. I could listen to that on loop for hours...

Great review as always!

The video was very well done I very much enjoyed this on the atlas 3 keep up the awesome work

People seething about the RAC/2 being too big just can’t accept that Big Mech + Huge Gun = Best Design. And them’s the facts.

I love the rac, just because of Terminator and its shear ability to cut down light targets or sweep the sky. The better head is my favourite part, with my group the biggest way ive lost Atlases or Assaults in general is headshots and Overheat by flamers. Still get Flamered but that head is great.

Excellent video as usual.

The main issue I have with this mech is the miniature. It was definitely brought into metal based off of the Clicky-Tech minis. The sizing is wrong, and it has WAY too many parts to build. In the game, it needs a better gun on its right arm. Personal preference.

Great video, thanks for this! Hey Age of Destruction fans, what Atlas III is Hammerfall? Yo yo, don't forget that you can use the shields as melee weapons.... So it can kick, punch, and shield bash too

The way it carries that autocannon reminds me of how Super Mutants carried miniguns in the original Fallout games. But to find out that this ridiculously proportioned, comically oversized gun is only a class 2 autocannon makes me think someone in the art department should lose their job.

Like the original atlas, it definitely carries its state on its back (well, not quite, but ya know, mythology ho!).

Looking at this after watching the Shiro shows how the Suns and Combine treat and have different expectations for commanders.

3:01 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! IT'S MY BOOOOOOOOYYY!! THE ARES!!!

Atlas III has flavor.

So hear me out. What if? No, no listen to this idea. What if, we watercool an Atlas III's weapon systems? We could have one set up in a protective bunker and pop out doing one thing no one expects an Atlas III to do. Alpha Strike. Scare them so badly, they panic from the sudden attack, and an Atlas III able to fire again. Though if it wants to move. It would need to disconnect from the cooling tubes and switch to its on board heatsinks. So it would have one or two Alpha Strikes in it. Well? Good idea?

Davion linebacker shoulder pad power, I choose you!

You had me at hyper gauss.

I like the Atlas III, but if we are going with the rotary AC, I would have liked the RAC5 vs the 2. I am personally a fan of mostly energy weapons, but with a assault mech of this caliber, I can definitely appreciate the overall loadout.

As much I hate house Davion as much I love your new DA/IlClan content

I was just drunk rambling at my sibling about how there is no bad Atlas variant or successor.

Okay. I hate to do this, but I did not see it in the comments anywhere. You forgot a VERY important system for the AS7-D3. It is equipped with a RHS, or Radical Heat Sink System. It is one of only two designs that the primary version has this equipment. For those not familiar with it, it is basically a reusable coolant pod. You can choose to use it in the Heat Phase, and then roll 2D6 on a chart similar to the MASC Chart. If you beat the target number, all heatsinks dissipate 1 extra heat per turn, so 36 total. If you fail, the system takes a crit and leaks coolant, causing you to gen extra heat. Target number goes up with each consecutive use and down every turn you don't use it, just like MASC.

You have to wonder who is the worst ruler of the Federated Suns, Katherine Steiner-Davion, or her grand nephew Caleb. On the one hand, one plunged the Federated Commonwealth into civil war and sundered it for her own vanity. On the other hand, her brain worked well enough that she didn't lose New Avalon to the Draconis Combine.

I would love to have some of these in allied lance but I want something faster and able to alpha to pilot myself

It's quite literally A-10 with legs and skull-shaped cockpit. What's not to like?

Where is the intro from? Looks quite cool.

"AH HA HA HA! I am bullet proof!" The Atlas III, firing it's _Giant Gun_

I like the look. Never drove one.

All the beast of the Atlas!

I liked usin Exarch Jonah Levins "Solitude" Atlas in clix. His Atlas III was a beefy boy with good accuracy

My-Dron You-Dron we all Dron, Autogonne

Cool Kodiak

How does the HAG 30 function in tabletop?

Hello Red. Say what you will about the whole Kurita-Davion slug fest over the centuries, it still employs Mercenaries in a never-ending carousel of death. As a Merc, I like both the Atlas III variations upon the ancient design. But having said that, I have to wonder if it is as good as it can get? Possibly strip out all the weapons and ammo, add a Heavy Gauss and 4 tons of ammo, a pair of ER Large Lasers, 7 Medium Pulse Lasers, and a single Small Pulse Laser? Use remaining tonnage to upgrade heat sinks to a total dissipation of 28? That, it seems to me, to be far better at dishing out the damage at range, as well as be a hard hitter at shorter ranges. All without altering anything else about the Mech. Perhaps call it the Atlas III-MX? (MX for Mercenary Experimental). Just a few thoughts.

He reminds me with 40K space marine Chaplain units .

Ah my favorite mech.

There's my beautiful baby boy.

I always thought the Atlas III looks like Casey Jones from Ninja Turtles

Good!

4 large lasers and a Ultra AC, i bet that atlas in the thumbnail gets warm lol (nvm that was a RAC 2 lol)

A new monster for a Dark Age.

could you cover some Solaris 7 mechs? because they are either inredibly cool or absurd or both,

I hope we get to hear your thoughts on the AC variants, as you didn't seem too critical of the RAC2 despite it being, well, an AC2.

I want one 😮

There are two points with the AS7-D3 that don't sit well with me about its design. The first and most glaring is the shields. The shields make weapons fire from the mech inaccurate. How inaccurate? When actively protecting the mech with the shields, weapons in protected locations can't be fired. When passively protecting the arm and torso, the weapons in those locations get a +2 modifier (+ is bad, as in on 2d6 your chance to hit is now 2 more difficult). Now consider that all of the D3's weapons are in the arms and side torso. If the shields are inactive they only protect the arms, and the arm mounted weapons get a +1 penalty to hit. That means the RAC2 and 2 of the 4 X-lasers are penalized with the shields only protecting the arms. Honestly? The shields get in the way more than they protect this mech. My second nitpick is the RAC2. It can go full bore and fire 6 times in a round producing 6 heat. The 45 shots per ton and 2 tons of ammo give it 15 turns worth of continuous fire. If it all hits, that is 12 points spread out over the entire mech... god that is pathetic. Especially since its going to be a miss fest thanks to the shields making to hit worse. For 2 extra tons the RAC2 could be upgraded to a RAC5. At 20 shots per ton the 2 tons of ammo only provide 6 turns of fire, so more ammo is needed. That said, RAC5 also only produces 1 heat per shot for 6 heat at max firing rate. So what I'd naturally want is to ditch the 4 tons worth of shields, upgrade the RAC2 to a RAC5 and use the remaining 2 tons on RAC5 ammo. 4 tons = 80 shots = 13 rounds of fire. This also eliminates the range penalties associated with the shields. To win a mirror match, upgrade the armor to Stealth Armor so you can stack extra range penalties and force opponents into close range so you can use all that beautiful X-laser you're carrying. Maybe you won't miss the shields that way.

The 3 is my favorite version of the atlas.

It should have had a RAC5 autocannon as it does not have enough ammo to do enough damage with ac2 rounds.

Not a great mech but a good one. Another great Battletech video.

Ah RAC2, my Beloved. I can't help but think that a good weapon to pair with the RACs, but especially the RAC2, is the ERPPC (and especially CLAN ERPPCs). A big, nasty hole punch paired with a something that can fish for goodies in those holes just seems like a match made in hell. Especially when it's going to basically outrange anyone and anything that isn't either a Gauss, LRM, or ERPPC user itself...and two of those take an unlucky hit and those weapon systems (and potentially the mech itself) are GONE.

Almost seems like an Atlas that has been remade to be a bit more like an assault class Centurion.

I will freely admit, I don’t like the Atlas III for one reason and one reason alone. It does not commit to the RAC. If you want to mount an RAC/2, at least mount two of them, at least in my opinion.

It just feels off to not have a good hole puncher. Without that you really are completely dependent on TAC's to kill anything bigger than a medium.

Davion: The Atlas 3 lives up to the reputation of its predecessor and pays homage without being burdened by that legacy. Clan Wolf: *Stares at the Mad Cat III, then glares at Sea Fox*

Now this a Mech that should come to MWO.

Do not resist your freedom of speech

I'm surprised you didn't mention the radical heat sink system, since that is intended to help with cooling in intense moments of combat.

But an excellent video on a solid scary upgrade to the ancient titan himself

so not just CGL, IWM also make mech models?

Starting the video now, but gotta say…first reaction is “oi.” Considering Big Red’s opinion of AC-2s, I wonder as to his concern about an RAC.

Who needs Omni-tech when you got 👐HANDS👐!!!

Where did you get the thumbnail art from?

If I may just comment on the art here 6:33. LOOK AT THIS FUCKING CHAD. that is all

You said it comes with 2 double heat sinks, maximum cooling of 24. The words on screen say 12 doubles and 24 cooling.

Insert random Steiner Scout lance joke here.

so they made him thicc, gave him a six pack and also a minigun (yes i know its a RAC but you know what im talking about)

Man, I wish new mechs were periodically updated to MW5 mercenaries.