Battletech is insane but the 40k universe is a much bigger hook because it's somehow even more insane. Also I grew up with it, didn't really look much into the battletech universe until the other year.
Ostranauts still needs time to cook but there's nothing quite like getting your first torch lit, nearly starving during the trip to Venus and then spending days stuck in a crash couch while your earther pilot supervises the burn that nearly kills you. Definitely room to grow.
Better we get frustrated than kill people. If councils make money off of you being a brainlet then that's a good thing.