HCM — Steel After the Fall | Royal Black Watch Regiment (BattleTech Anthem)

Inspired by a comment from nonyabeeznuss304.

An epic BattleTech anthem dedicated to the Royal Black Watch Regiment — an elite force that endured the fall of empires and stood firm through the chaos that followed.
A solemn march of steel, memory, and unbroken discipline in the distant future of endless war.

🎶 Lyrics & concept: Hastatus Creates Music

"Steel After the Fall"

The Empire burned.
Crowns turned to ash.
But steel… remembers.

When the throne collapsed in fire and dust,
When banners tore and ideals rust,
We stood in shadows, scarred and thinned,
Not broken by the wars within.

The stars went dark, the oath was torn,
An age fell silent, order gone,
Yet through the smoke, through loss and flame,
We carried more than just a name.

Not for glory, not for praise,
We marched through the longest days,
If the world must fall apart —
Steel must hold what hearts cannot.

We are steel after the fall,
Still standing when empires crawl,
From shattered crowns, from burning skies,
We rise where honor never dies.

Steel after the fall,
First to stand, when others fall,
Let history forget the throne —
We remember who stood alone.

New wars, new flags, the same old test,
Different hands upon the crest,
Orders change, but one truth stays:
The line is held. The price is paid.

Where borders crack and systems fail,
Where tired armies turn pale,
They send our name, not hope, not prayers —
Because the Watch is always there.

No speeches carved in golden stone,
Just ground held, and ground not shown,
If the night must claim its toll —
Steel will answer, body and soul.

We are steel after the fall,
Still standing when empires crawl,
From shattered crowns, from burning skies,
We rise where honor never dies.

Steel after the fall,
First to stand, when others fall,
Let history forget the throne —
We remember who stood alone.

No king survives the turning age,
No realm escapes the final page,
But when the end comes, standing tall,
Steel remembers. That is all.

We are steel after the fall,
Still standing when empires crawl,
From shattered crowns, from burning skies,
We rise where honor never dies.

Steel after the fall,
First to stand, when others fall,
Let history forget the throne —
We remember who stood alone.

We are steel after the fall,
Through the fire, through it all,
When the future breaks the past,
We are forged to always last.

Steel after the fall,
No retreat, no final wall,
Empires fade, legends sleep —
But the Watch still holds the keep.

After the fall…
Steel remains.