Fed sun pilot to cappellen opponents "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, Commander of the Armies of the cappellen march, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true prince davion. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

As much as it would make more sense for the Centurion to be an escort for the Catapult (same speed and an LRM10 to help with fire support whilst hanging back), it was originally designed to escort the Trebuchet. The Treb is 30 MPH faster and also built by Corean Industries. Loving the Ship Breaker music at the end!

Centurion: firepower with enough maneuvering and speed to avoid most incoming fire. Enough armor to absorb what can not be avoided. Light on the heat buildup. All around good mech.

The Centurion is a solid trooper; it can slug it out with pretty much anything else in it's weight class, credibly threaten heavies and it won't break the bank. Definitley what you'd want to build a planetary garrison with.

I love how the AH is basically just an Urbanmech on steroids.

Checked Sarna, the Centurion was meant to pair with the Trebuchet. Corean never built the Catapult.

Having played a LOT of MW5 Mercs, I have fallen in love with the Centurion.

"Someone is wrong on the internet time!" I'm fairly sure that the Centurion was built to support the Trebuchet, a fast moving LRM boat built by Corean, not the Catapult which is built in Capellan space and is not any faster than the Centurion. Speculatively, the fluff of autocannon problems with the Centurion may be due to the first time we see one in a novel - where the gun jams in a Solaris duel. Ironically though, that Centurion was one of those refitted with a AC/20 which would make problems more plausible.

Having read the Warrior trilogy as a teen, YLW always holds a special place in my heart. Justin's original version I believe had sharpened claws in the left hand, not a shield, but I might be fuzzy on the details.

The CN9-AL is my favorite Centurion. Maxed out armor and less ammo reliance is fantastic. And it's got enough heat sinks to let you fire pretty much anything you want. I also found out that switching to double heat sinks can give you enough weight savings to turn it into a very convincing Super Vindicator.

I love the Centurion. My favorite variant is the D5. A RAC5, targeting computer, and MASC is just wonderful.

The Centurion's designated battle buddy was the Trebuchet, not the Catapult

PGI's design is the best, no doubt.

*curses* That centi... You didn't get that from Discount Dan's did you?

I like the centurion. It's for when you don't have heavy mech money, but want a heavy mech.

0:43 Nobody who isn't blinded by eighties nostalgia is gonna argue

This is a favourite Mech of mine, and I often run it and an Enforcer together The CN-10D is the model I have been using the most recently, and it's damn good

Several variants are just overall some of the best medium mechs in the game, really.

One of my favorite Mechs, This thing is the most versatile 50 tonner by far

you know whats funnier then an centi with a AC20, a centi with a HAG

The centurion is very very whelming

Battle Tech has always "suffered" from Mechs having advantages/disadvantages in lore (ie the Cyclops having superior comms), that simply wasn't applied in game.

There is a third configuration of the Yen-Lo-Wang, piloted by Danai Liao-Centrella, Kai Allard-Liao's cousin. It used Clan-tech weapons, specifically a gauss rifle, an LRM-20, an ER medium laser and a hatchet. She later removed the gauss rifle and the medium laser for a heavy large laser and a shield. Both versions also use triple strength myomer.

MWO Yen-Lo Wang afficionado here. Smacks anyone and anything hard enough to reconsider f***ing around with, 'cause you'll most assurately find out. Also.....WANG BANG! (Here's your Wang joke). And yeah.....PGI absolutely nailed the design (kudos to the artist who suggested the art designs to PGI in the first place, Alex Martinez was it??? I don't remember). I might consider CGL and Weisman & Co. as the true originators of the Battletech franchise, the PGI art render is all that matters now. Case closed, Your Honor.

My only complaint about the PGI models is the double-thumb. Not a fan of the double-thumb.

The 50-55 ton range is the sweet spot for Mech design IMHO. You have a whole host of Mechs from that range including the Centurion, the Griffin, the Wolverine, and the Shadow Hawk. At 60+ tons you're getting a bit on the heavy side to move fast and at 45 tons and below you're giving up firepower, armor, or both.

Roughest, toughest medium mech around. Hunchback has entered the chat.

Correct on not needing to play with quirks, btw. They were not even a thing back when I had a group to play with (CityTech to 3055 era).

A UAC-10 and 10 SRM's is my favorite Battletech loadout for the Centurion.

Looking good. I like the changes so far.

The 9D might be my favorite medium mech, the Enforcer Ghillie(the unique gauss armed one in MW5) is the only competitor.

David G should still receive a shout out. He was the first patron.

YEAH BABY THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR

I deeply love the lore around the IS omnimechs.

Ah yes my second favorite medium mech only second to the phoinex hawk my beloved.

I LOVE the Centurion! It’s my favorite of the Medium category of mechs!

A true classic, reinvented time and time again, always ready to serve.

The Centurion looks like he fights assault mechs for lunch BECAUSE IT DOES!

CENTURION, HELL YEAH!

Okay, now I need to see a cover of the Enforcer.

This mech is always in my top 3 favourite mechs.

Love the CN9-AL, put Ferro, Endo, double heat syncs in mine while replacing the large laser with a binary laser and the LRM 10 for a MRM 20 because it's hilarious to burn holes through the core of light mechs and sandblasting ones unlucky enough to sneak up on me.

My three favorite mechs and the Centurion, the Crusader, and Highlandier.

Okay, I was laughing like a crazy person when you got to the H variants. So many of them too, and the line leads to the C9_H3. "We put Ferrofibrous armor and an ultra autocannon on it now!" "Isn't this an upgraded C9-H Series?" "Yeah, why?" "the series built on industrial mech chassis, with primitive engines and industrial or primitive armor?" "Not anymore, now it has armor that costs 20,000 c-bills a ton and can only be made in zero-g!" "Did you put an atmosphere seal on the cockpit?" "..." "..." ".... no?"

I enjoy all of SC.I SCIENCE INSANITY videos

It is a good GOOD time to be a battletech fan thats for sure

I am so looking forward to an Inner Sphere Omnimech video. It's basically just the mech version of pre-dreadnaught battleships.

Answering the real ques.... LETS GOOOOOOOO!

I just had the wildest idea. What it the Earth the Battlestar Galactica was looking for was in the Battletech universe.....Cylons would be in for a bad bad bad shock LOL

I miss Steve, Thanks for the video, sad you didn't talk about the "unbreakability" memes of the mech and the Cent' is absolutely a poster boi for Mediums!

100% agree with you. The PGI model is the only one that is canon to me nowadays to the point that I'm sad when I'm playing in an official tabletop event and have to pull out the normal CGL one instead. Especially since the PGI model was used in both MW5 and the HBP Battletech game. Can't convince me its not the "Right" model. It is the gigachad of mediums.

Love this mech. best all rounder

This is My favorite Mech! The Bagpipe Mech (Highlander) is pretty good too

Want a nightmare lance to fight? 2 Centurions, a Trebuchet, & a Hunchback. Another fun fact. Once swapped A/C 10 for a PPC & A/C 2.

Centurion my beloved...

All my Centurion's are named after Marty Robbins songs. The Arazona Ranger, Tall Handsome Stranger, and Sun Down.

The best looking terrible mech.

The Centurion doesn't even need a melee weapon in the left hand, per se, just a big pointy bit at the end of the shield. Just a straight swing for the cockpit - one and done.

Glad to put a Centurion on ya lawn

What's that? Insane offshoots? >Catapult has entered chat

This is a great mech

I love it

As far as I'm concerned, PGI's design is the canon design. Everything they've done is an improvement visually over the technical readouts

This is the only video that makes the centurion look appealing to me

We can write our own Wang jokes, you're off the hook LOL

FTL soundtrack? Good video, Im subscribing

The Centur'on even emerged in MW 1, so right from the start.

Could you consider covering either the Omega, Poseidon or Ares, they're just so massive it's hilarious, they are even larger than the already hefty King Crab. (edit: You worked "Hard" to avoid any Wang Jokes? Sorry.)

A correction. The Centurion was designed to be paired with the Trebuchet, not the Catapult. Same role, similar mechs.

Centurion is a good line-mech. It has weapons for all brackets and has an economy of scale. Include a full Lance and you'll get your money's worth!

All systems nominal.

Per lore the Centurion is a Junk Medium, whose main weapon is particularly prone to jamming, to the point the Federated Suns ability to develop New Mechs in the late 3rd Succession War era is heavily attributed to the grueling exercise involved in making it not be a complete waste of time and resources, ala the WW2 era USN Mark 14 Torpedo's extensive and comprehensive problems. The most infamous one effectively throws the design and sanity away to make it an ill advised wannabe Hunchback. However granted... Ludo-narrative Dissonance with 'Rules as Written' versus the Lore however means the fanbase doesn't think poorly of it. In short per Lore the Enforcer was supposed to be the FedSun Medium Workhorse, while the Centurion was supposed to be a source of endless problems that blows up when you look at it funny associated with the ammo distribution and thin armor.

Centurion: Using a hammer as a cockroach swatter until they realized it was better used as a hammer. Thanks for the video.

What if I want to enjoy the video while simultaneously waving a torch and pitchfork lol😂😂😂 1:33

Hi, can you upload the Protomolecule vid? Can you do battle breakdowns for BSG? Interesting vid.

I dont see why folks are unhappy with the shield arm/pauldron idea. Makes a hell of a lot more sense than mech melee weapons. (You know who you are. Not just in BT)

The centurion is what comes to mind when someone thinks of a trooper mech. Only downside is its terrible luxor series autocannon.

If I can't have a Hunchback, give me a Centurion. If I can't have either one, get out of my face.

I do like the shield arm and it being beefy, gotta be swol to handle the stupidly big guns they keep shoving onto that other arm.

Given that you more or less start off with a Centurion in MW5, I''ve got a pretty decent feel for it. I made mine more of a close range brawler , though, since the LRM-10s kept breaking lock and I was finding myself in knife fight range more often than not. So I swapped the LRM-10s with SRM-6 which seems to suit my play style.

Put the arm shield and left pauldron extension of the PGI redesign onto the current CGL version and you would have perfection. I am actively tinkering with my 3d print files to try and create this.

I really do like the PGI version of the centurion.

In my mind I’ve always compared the centurion to the hunchback. Hunchie always wins out for me

The Centurion used to have the ammo feed quirk, they just removed it, like, last year, I think?

i remember fighting a dragon in the centurion back when mwo was in beta we were the only two mechs left i won but only after both him and i lost both our arms and shoulders and were down to chest weapons this mech is scrappy if you can utilize that shield arm.

Yen-Lo Wang is the name of the Chinese God of Hell. Wang means king/lord, and pronounced as Waang, with a long "Aah" sound. Nothing to do with genitalia.

It wasn't the catapult that it was to be paired with. It was the trebuchet, which is also a 50-ton mech. I know this because I have no life.

SPQR!! What's the time difference between the discovery of the Helm memory core and the start of the Clan Invasion?

PGI Centurion is the best centurion. It is the tactical brick and the shield arm + pauldron combo is great. It looks like a bodyguard now, like its aboutta jump in front of a Catapult screaming GET DOWN MISTER PRESIDENT.

Just my 2¢ of input, but from a *lore* perspective the centurion is the T-72 of the Battletech universe: it’s so damn easy to repair and maintain they don’t bother actually fixing it’s critical flaws because that be too expensive. A mech with an unreliable main weapon shouldn’t be worth a damn, and I’ll wager the centurion’s own ruggedness got a lot of good mechwarriors killed because it’s cheaper to refit and rinse the pilot out with a hose than it is to buckle down and fix the damn gun.

I prefer the vindicator. But in a battleline, next to T-Bolts and the like the centurion is ideal

The Enforcer is the better trooper since it concentrates on one job instead of being a "a bit of all and nothing well" like the base Centurion or Shadowjoke

Oh I get it. They're just Federation GM series from Mobile Suit Gundam. Now, what would you consider the Zaku II to the Centurion's GM?

As a new player of tabletop & reading the novels I happened to be reading about the YLW & those who pilotted it through the years when the BT Essentials box was released. While reading about it doing somersaults is a bit ridiculous regardless of your piloting ability it as is the Centurion a very capable mech & one I can see me using often especially in campaigns. I do find it odd & dissapointing it doesn't have a jamming quirk as the Enforcer does as that is such a big part of the lore.

I ran a Centurion in MWO faction fights. 1 RAC 5, 2 SRM 6, 1 SRM 4.

This video needs more Steve in it.

Centurion: any last wordz? Urbie: I may look like a trash can, but today is "GARBAGE DAY!" hahahahhahaaaaa!

The quirks where not in the original rules. They where later add ons and at least in the 2000s where not part of the regular tournament games. Iirc even today they are not

In regards to PGI, I don't think people dislike them because of their weird additions... It's their total lack of soul. MW5 was made utterly without passion and it shows in just about every aspect of the story.

It sounds like they never rewrote the original 1980s lore when quirks didn't exist.