#tbb marauder

[clone-trooper-cheese]

I FREEHAND PAINTED THE MAURADER ON A PLATE

This was the only pic I got of it before firing it

No pressure tags:

@kark-trooper-echo @exceptionally-minded @superiorsniper @tbbs-best-hair @wrecking-ball-99 @meme-force-99

[leftealeaf]

Oh my god, OH MY GOD! They are back again!

[niobiumao3]

Havoc Marauder Interior

Someone made a post about this a while ago but apparently they de-activated so it is possibly lost to the mists of time. Here is what I put together for myself as a writing reference. Image heavy, meta heavy.

Last edit: 2024/10/29

Edits: Replaced garbage text layout with actual ship overhead. Realized the two concept art images face different directions. This likely explains the magical moving jump seats. Also added discussion of a cargo hold. Added discussion of ship dimensions (specifically length). Replaced old guesstimates with numbers from Dawn of Rebellion. Added commentary about the magical seat. Added comment about the belly airlock and updated the floor plan.

I think people under- and over-estimate the Marauder's interior potential. Given its overall size and intended use (transporting about 10-15 troops plus assorted equipment and providing air support in a forward area), there's not much room left for creature comforts.

Except the Batch aren't 10-15 people, they're 5, and the shuttle is referred to as modified numerous times. This leaves plenty of room to make assumptions and freeform. So, as to what we have actual, visual evidence for from episodes and concept art, here is a rudimentary floor plan:

An important point about the two concept art images: they do NOT face the same direction. The top image faces to the aft/back of the ship, i.e. the tailgun. The second image faces to the fore/front of the ship.

Number key:

1: We know this is where the ramp and door are located from War Mantle and Metamorphsis.

2: We know about this upper storage area from Cut and Run

3: The access to the tail gun has changed visual from TCW s07e02 and various TBB episodes.

4: Access to a floor hatch with a narrow, vertical 'airlock' can be seen briefly in Bounty Lost.

The Airlock

With thanks to @megmca for reminding me of this: there's a narrow, belly-hatch airlock. We see it briefly in Bounty Lost, when they attach to the escape pod Omega has commandeered and Wrecker brings her in.

For all of you wondering what airlock-access the ship has, this is it.

The Magically Appearing/Disappearing Seat

In Cut and Run we have this moment with Hunter and Omega, but in most other shots each of these consoles has only one seat (eg. Tech and Echo in prior frames). I think this is actually NOT a magically appearing seat. I think it's the other console seat, because I suspect they can be moved. I base this one this shot from Replacements:

That looks like a seat with a moveable base.

Obviously this is bad design for a ship which is doing barrel rolls and what-not, so I have to assume they're magnetically locked. Even if it is the same seat, in the shots right before that one above, Omega walks up and it's not in that space. So it's almost like the scene was longer and was shortened, and we missed a few frames of her or Hunter unlocking it and moving it over.

Meta Discussions

tl;dr: I think of the Marauder as a small fishing vessel or a van-conversion RV. You can put a lot into a small space if you get creative.

Bathroom I know the writers have made weird assertions there isn't one and omg they all smell gross from no hygiene but that makes zero sense. Soldiers are constantly under stress, they're getting injured, they need to stay clean when possible or they're going to get sick and die from a systemic infection in short order. Anyone who's glanced in the general direction of military history knows this. You can argue about clone expendibility all you want but the Batch minimally qualify in that regard, being Nala Se's pet project. Can you imagine losing one of them to a staph infection because there's nowhere for them to bust out some no-rinse antimicrobial soap or get their scalp clean? I'm not saying they'll be doing photoshoots in between missions (well maybe Hunter would ) but, come on. (And are you going to tell me Mr. Sensor Sensoria is cool with doing long hauls with 4 people who don't bathe? Just, no.)

But that much aside, anyone who's ever been in an RV, a commercial airliner, or a modest-sized sea vessel knows you can cram a bathroom into a tiny space. Yes, you're going to be spinning in circles doing things, but the benefits of a spot to clean up, manage waste, and tend to injuries far outweigh any other use of that area. So regardless of what the writers say, a transport without a minimal refresher (to use the SW term) is counter to the ship's designed use. It has to be able to accommodate Wrecker, of course, but in the end it can double as storage when not in use. There is zero reason to not have one. Added to this, we now officially have a length for the Marauder, which is 30.3 meters (see below). RVs which are 1/5 of that size have bathrooms. You're going to tell me the Marauder doesn't?

If nothing else, since the TCW episodes and the beginning of S1 have pointed to them going on extended deployments with long hops between stops, they're going to need one or constantly be handling waste in much less efficient and sustainable ways.

Added to all of this, it's specifically called a modified variant of an Omicron. We're probably meant to think this means 'Tech would like to fly faster than the GAR and ship engineers think is reasonable for a shuttle' but IMO it extends to changes like this as well. So, there's a refresher in there, feel free to choose a spot. Right across from the fold out racks is a good candidate because in most imagery it's just weapons storage, and there's an entire upper-deck space which you could use for that.

Galley Definitely not one of these. The Batch are eating rations any time they're not on Kamino. You can make an argument they (and all clone units) have cook kits for improvised eating in the field; in the Batch's case I suspect that's a given, as they'd just start doing it because who's going to stop them? Additionally, the sheer amount of rations you would need to carry around to feed Wrecker would be ridiculous. (Remember when Wrecker talks about never being full in S2E13? I feel like this is an indication they did and still do, in fact, have to improvise a lot of additional caloric intake. Hunter probably thought Cut and Suu's farm was a genius idea. 'Grow your own food! Wrecker will never be hungry again! Fucking incredible.' Then Tech got the ship impounded.) I think you can argue for one being added, like with the refresher. Do they actually need those weapons racks anymore? Definitely no. But, it's not on there by default.

Beds As you can see in the concept art above, there are at least 3 racks that fold out from the wall on the port side. They're at a minimum wide enough to accommodate Wrecker, they may also be long enough for him to not need to curl up (unclear because in this shot from Bounty Lost his knees are bent and he's hugging Lula):

Three is a weird number since originally there were four of them. I figure the options here are:

The pilot/copilot/second row seats all look 100% more comfortable than the racks. We actually see Tech sleeping in one, at one point, so this has actual evidence to support it.

It's war time, they're never all asleep simultaneously. Someone is always flying the ship or on watch.

The floor is in effect the same as a rack, arguably preferable as you can't fall off it in the event Something Happens while you're out. So, one of them might actually be ON the floor sometimes.

They're not really intended to sleep on the ship for extended periods, but narratively we're lead to believe they have, many times, and needed to make adjustments to it as a result. Notice how quickly Wrecker whipped up a bed for Omega? IMO, not the first time they've done something like that--they did it for themselves first.

Cargo Hold Based on that screenshot of Omega above and the below shot from Cut and Run, the 'hold' of the ship is actually a storage area overhead, running the length of the ship. In that shot above of the rack, there are a series of yellow rungs which imply you can climb up somewhere on the port side. This is probably alternate access to that same overhead storage space.

In Cut and Run we see Echo, Omega, and Tech hide in it, coming back out from a slide-open hatch:

Given Tech's height this is probably somewhere around 1.5m high.

We can be reasonably certain the hold isn't under the ship, or at least storage there is minimal, due to a couple of things:

In all instances where the hyperdrive has been pulled, it's under the ship on the belly, and takes up a reasonable amount of space. Eg., in Retrieval, here's a bunch of stuff which has been pulled from the ship:

In instances where they're working on the ship from the outside, like in Cornered, the sides and belly never have panels open which contain empty space unless the ship's hardware have been removed to reach something:

So, the cargo hold is probably that space on the top from Cut and Run. It doesn't have much room; reasonably speaking, the area with the weapons and sleeping racks was probably a cargo hold as well, they just converted it to a more general purpose area. (So IMO this is a stronger argument for putting a commercial airliner-style bathroom in place of the weapons racks, particularly once they bail on the Empire.)

Dimensions - updated 11/3/23 Dawn of Rebellion has a Bad Batch section, and indicates the Marauder is 30.3m in length, 36.65m wide (presumably with the wings extended, and 12.41m tall (this probably includes the central stabilizer).

I will edit this to update it as we get more pictures. Since the toys that I know of have no basis the show from an internal perspective I didn't include anything from them.

Image sources:

All screencaps by me. Use at will.

Marauder underlay

Bad Batch Concept Art, Marauder Interior

[loge2718]

The Bad Batch S3E11 spoilers I guess

[icelynia]

Chekhov’s Guns in TBB Season 3 (as of E11) *SPOILER WARNING*

What is Chekhov’s Gun?

Tech’s Goggles: Why keep them and make sure they are out of the Marauder before the big boom? Something needs to happen with them.

Lula: Wrecker’s plushie he gave to Omega. Also taken out of the Marauder before the explosion. Is this supposed to represent that both Tech and Wrecker are MIA/incapacitated at the moment? Important to note- there is also the Hay Lula that Omega left behind and Emerie ended up giving to the one force-sensitive child. Maybe Lula represents comfort? Whenever Omega is without Lula something bad happens to her. She creates one to bring her comfort on Tantiss. When Lula is put in the museum is right before Wrecker gets exploded. Emerie gives the child Faux Lula to bring her comfort.

CX-2: That’s it. Why is he so durable and everywhere??? Who is he?? (Tech probably). His identity is important.

Rex’s Clone Rebellion: This has to die and fail. We only see three clones in Rebels, so how do the poor boys get wrecked (ha!) by the Empire?

Nala Se: As the last of the Kaminoains she has to die right? At least sacrifice herself to save Omega.

Emerie: Her development is going to lead her to trying to rescue the kids, probably. Just how and what is her fate? Does she also save Nala Se?

Omega(credit to @clonebrainrot for this): Omega and her M-count blood. Something has to come of this. Whether she is injected with the high M-count blood, or hers is used for something else, she and her blood is important.

The 30,000 Credits: The 30,000 credits that Crosshair and Omega got in Ep4. They must use this for something important right? Since Ventress, Cad Bane, and Fennec Shand have already shown up with their trailer clips, who is left? Could they pay Sid for something? Use the money to get a new ship? Give Phee the money? Throw it at Crosshair for loosing Omega? Pay Wrecker’s medical bills? *Insert other use of Credits here.*

These were all of them that I could think of! If you have any more, feel free to comment/reblog them.

[adidegmez]

I am watching bad batch's first episode before watching the final episode and i wanted to say somethings.

First of all i am not ready to watch and to say goodbye to them. Why does it have to be this?

I watched Star Wars chronologically and now watching some things again it hits different.

Freddie Prinze Jr. voices Caleb. Caleb's trauma. Order 66, clones... It is much more painful now. And good soldiers follow orders...it is like i am having ptsd. im in so much fandoms i watched and read a lot of story but clones tragedy is something else. Clones suffered so much and they are still suffering. They all deserved so much more.

And tonight i will watch the final episode (i was convinced that the episode would last 99 minutes but it is not at least it is longer than normal episode). I am not ready to say goodbye. But i am glad that i got the opportunity to watch bad batch and be here on tumblr. it was a nice journey with the batch. And i love watching them so much. i will not forget one line of this, i will always remember who the bad batch is.

[morphofan]

Found an old bit of wood while putting in a garden bed. Shape immediately looked familiar! 😂

It came out of the ground like this, all I did was clean it a little.

[underburningstars]

blood in coffee 22

(Part 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31)

for @jegulus-microfic prompt kitchen, wc 207

James wakes up slowly. He feels Regulus' cold body snuggled into him. He nuzzles into Regulus' hair and sighs contently. Yesterday was extremely draining for both of them, both emotionally and physically. 

The sudden attack of the hunters completely caught them off guard and they had to hide as fast as possible. And although James has tried to talk Regulus out of it, he still feels guilty about the hunters targeting James. He, personally, thinks it’s a load of bullshit. 

Regulus has absolutely no contribution to the hunters’ crappy personalities. They are annoying without any egging from Regulus. 

James carefully detangles himself from Regulus to go to the kitchen. They���re both hungry and for Regulus to drink blood, James must first eat a full breakfast. But finding the kitchen turns out to be harder than escaping the damn hunters. 

The mansion is so ridiculously big that no matter which corridor James enters he can’t find the kitchen. After a while, he gives up and resigns to the fact that he is lost. He just needs to wait for Regulus to wake up and come find him. 

He’s lounging in one of the many sitting rooms when he hears someone step into the room. 

“So you’re James, huh?”

[locitapurplepink]

You're On Your Own, Kid by Taylor Swift

I wanna say thank you for the bad batch fans to help me choose a song for this special gifset. So sorry it took awhile to finish it.

Taglist : @photogirl894 , @leosardonyx18 , @commander-tech , @queen-daya , @aesira-of-orion , @zaya-mo , @ambulance-mom , @aesira-of-orion , @thebadbatch2022 , @genericficerblog

Here's the result :

[clone-trooper-cheese]

The maurader in a purgill swarm!!

Tech would absolutely start taking holos as soon as possible and get everyone to shut up so he could record their calls. Omega would be fascinated with them and keep asking Tech questions. Wrecker is just listening to them yapping, while Echo and Hunter just want some peace and quiet.

I used acrylic markers on normal paper :)

[hira492]

WAKE UP, BAD BATCH NATION!!

[highgroundanimations]

Thank you The Bad Batch & everyone involved for this wild & amazing journey full of joy, tears, awe, new friendships & beautiful artistry! You'll forever be an inspiration. 🫡 🖤❤️🖤

[verc0pa]

blew up his own domicile i cant believe him

[icelynia]

TBB SEASON 3 EP 11 SPOILERS!!

To everyone mourning the Razor Crest and the Marauder

At least we still have the Ghost and Phantom?

[colorfulsmayles24]

RIP to the setting of every Bad Batch fanfic

[misstoodles-doodles]

Safe & Sound 💙

I just really wanted someone to give Echo a blanket so why not let it be Rex

Closeups T-T:

Bonus Doodle: