4 Unsettling Facts & Theories You Might Not Know About Subnautica: Below Zero

Hey friends! Welcome to another episode of the "unsettling series" :) Today, we'll be taking a look at the frozen wonderland of Sector Zero in Subnautica Below Zero and the disturbing facts/theories it hides! I'll be talking about the implications of void chelicerates, the sad story of Mercury II, how Alterra seemingly dooms the universe going forward, and how the ending of the game effectively shows how close we could've been to a potential cure.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Void Chelicerate Wounds
02:31 - The Tragic Story of Mercury II
04:22 - Alterra Dooms the Universe
05:35 - The Cure Was So Close
07:18 - Outro
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[@JustARegularSeal]

Subnautica as a whole is filled with unsettling facts

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha accurate :)

[@Alcatrazrezz]

Subnautica is just unsettling, but thats why i love it

[@crossfitislife]

you mean the fact that theres no creepypastas lol

[@ceoofdieng1905]

Its subnautica, we gotta expect this

[@duckatg9418]

Subnautica itself is an unsettling fact

[@JocaPlays87]

I have 2 theories on how Marguerit(idk how to spell her name) survived 1: All leviathans have some sort of anti-kharaa enzyme, but the Sea Emperor's is the only one capable of curing it, and Marguerit ate a lot of Reaper meat so thats how she was able to survive 2: The reaper Marguerit was on has eaten the peepers that had the enzyme, making it so when Marguerit ate its meat, she got some of the enzymes the peepers had

[@TheLastBacon]

Maybe - but even then she would've only eaten the incomplete enzyme - we know it slows the infection but I'm not sure it would slow it down for 10+ years :)

[@mr.noblemuffin6532]

I know why she survived. SHES TOO BADASS TO DIE!

[@ethangausman6620]

@@TheLastBacon Maybe she's secretly an X-parasite from Metriod and was able to absorb the attributes of everything she ate eventually curing her.

[@ConandeBrodo]

Maybe the Kharaa targets a specific gene, and Marguerit has a mutation in which she is missing that gene?

[@andrejris7273]

@@TheLastBacon combine reaper meat with the enzyme peeper plus how much better the enzyme was 10 years ago and add a bit of "the devs forgot and couldn't bother" and there you have it

[@OhSkyeLanta]

The biggest irony of the Mercury II is definitely the guy that pointed them there in the first place like “alien architecture means alien language!” And then the PDA later like “why did we land here? How could this ever have happened?!” Like boy that was you!!! It’s literally your own fault you will never see your kids or wife again!!!

[@TheLastBacon]

You're not wrong yeah - they made several bad decisions along the way :)

[@brianbommarito3376]

Correct, but they did not appear to be immediately bad decisions at the time. One thing all the ships that have crashed on 4546B have in common, they are all caught by complete surprise. There comes a moment when a decision must be made, and there’s no immediate signs or evidence that something will go wrong. Indeed, quite the opposite. Admittedly, they should’ve been more cautious. But I think even then, what happened to them all is so wild that no amount of data from outside the planet could have prepared them for what was about to happen. When the worst did happen, it happened so quickly that their chances of survival were almost completely decimated in the blink of an eye. “From the height of luxury to the worst desperation in a single lousy choice.”

[@Coffee858]

My theory is the red patches on the void leviathans is part of the original shell. Something like a food source causes a nutritional deficiency or mutation and causes the original shell to flake off. Maybe they have to molt to continue growing as well.

[@TheLastBacon]

I like your thinking! Maybe eventually it peels off yeah :)

[@cursedhawkins1305]

That would imply that the Chelicerates are part snake which they appear not to be related at all as the name originates from the Chelicerata which are a group of underwater animals ranging from Spiders to Crabs that were once Predators themselves but have now a days are either Herbivores, Parasites or Scavengers to get their nutrients as most Chelicerata have guts that are too narrow to handle solid food, so the Chelicerates in Subnautica that are capable of eating solid food like the player or any other animal they come across are literally the 1% of the Chelicerata family that CAN handle solid food, which are called "Harvestmen" which are again Spiders so Chelicerates probably evolved from 4546B's form of a sea Spider... yeah have fun sleeping now. Edit: in fact there's even this little tidbit on its design section of the fandom page. "The elements that make up the body resemble those of a Eurypterid, whilst the body's shape is shark-like. The creature's four claw-like jaws are based on the chelicerae that give the taxonomic group its name, and appear to be based on the jaws of solfugae ("camel spiders")." So REALLY have fun sleeping now.

[@Coffee858]

@@cursedhawkins1305 it’s not implying they are snakes because I said molt not shed. Otherwise I agree with you they are some weird descendant of a sea spider.

[@trpstrincllc4866]

Shrimp do this, It *IS* a giant shrimp isn't it?

[@coreybeattie2651]

Could be but it could also be that they have diseases/parasites that causes their scales/skin to flake off.Perhaps the disease/parasite is native to specifically that type of creature it could only affect them because of a lack of vitamin D.But I don’t know.

[@royrequireswifi488]

I feel so bad for the mercury II now. When I played the game I didn’t really go too much into it but the fact that if they had crashed in the crater or confused the qep more they could have survived and escaped, but everything ended up going awry

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah exactly - reading the somewhat "optimistic" logs of them believing they will get out only to be shot again :(

[@thekakapo9456]

@@TheLastBacon very optimistic until the log when the guy talks about his crew being eaten by brutesharks and that their family wil never see them again, and that the bodies cant even be recovered

[@Laff700]

They would've died even if the QEP didn't shoot them down the second time because they were infected anyways.

[@royrequireswifi488]

@@Laff700 if they had the chance to land in the crater instead though.

[@MKHALH]

I like the cinematic footage you take. Really sets the mood lol

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you! Tried for some good shots with this one :)

[@SovereignShrimp]

I think you’re severely under appreciated, to be completely honest. Between the great narration, awesome cinematic shots, and really cool topics, it just blends so well. Thanks for making Subnautica content awesome again!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much :) Really appreciate the kind words!

[@pananatheskenana]

I agree your one of my favorite Subnautica KZbinrs and you make really good content so keep going bro cause it's hard to find Subnautica content creators

[@Mega_Roman_gaming]

Agreed

[@TheRealSoftR]

@@TheLastBacon not to mention to reply to a LOT of your comments

[@nightwing3618]

What I really want to know is where the cave is where the infected Mercury 2 crew members are, they obviously died but below-freezing temperatures can perfectly preserve bodies, and with the frozen leviathan as evidence, there may be yet another Karrah outbreak right around the corner.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah same!! Probably near the ice worms since they mention them in several logs :)

[@nightwing3618]

@@TheLastBacon wouldn't it be a real plot twist if it was in the emerald mining cave where the skin cash is.

[@DoggosGames]

Kharaa, funny bacterium name

[@ShortArtGuy]

Theory: I’ve never seen a contaminated reaper and if marguit ate reaper flesh, she may have developed resistance to the khara

[@TheLastBacon]

Well even then it would probably only be temporary :) The reason we don't see infected reapers is because of the peepers.

[@ShortArtGuy]

@@TheLastBacon true, true but it may have been long enough to get rid of kharaa. If a reaper eats a peeper, it now has traces of the enzymes, if marguit ate the reaper she now has those traces.

[@pekhmrq]

it could almost be like how DDT builds up in large concentrations in eagles, a primary predator eats the peepers, then the reaper eats multiple of that predator, then she eats the reapers and builds up much more of the enzymes

[@atlas1919]

@@TheLastBacon but there also aren't infected Ghosts, and they only eat plankton.

[@LogisticPeach]

@@atlas1919It might be that leviathan class lifeforms produces its own enzyme.

[@ryttu3k]

Aww yeah I knew all of these :D Void Chelicerate: they might become more territorial out in the void? Less to eat, so more of a fight to survive. Within Sector Zero itself, there's enough food for them to coexist. Mercury II: god the whole story is just heartbreaking. And being in the ship fragments themselves is just... super chilling, pun unintended. Kharaa: WAY TO GO ALTERRA. Yeah they 100% doomed everyone. The cure: heh, I once jokingly said that Marg survived because Death was too scared to go near her. Obraxis replied to me within three minutes saying that, yeah, Death is PRETTY scared of her. I'm going with that! No super immunity, she just spooks the heck out of Death XD

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha to be fair if I was death, I wouldn’t want to mess with Marg :D

[@Only_Narrow_Planet]

You made subnautica even more terrifying

[@TheLastBacon]

Trying with every upload haha :D

[@brianbommarito3376]

I love Below Zero, but I did have some troubles with Maida’s and Al-An’s separate storylines (there were some holes in the narrative that should have been better filled) and I felt the strongest plot was the side story involving the Mercury II. I felt sympathy for each of these characters and wished their ends were happier. I think each voice actor did really well.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah there were several plot-holes in the game :)

[@Tristan]

What were some of the plot holes?

[@maxmccreed806]

I do believe that the 1st theory is true because, I SWEAR I hear some weird and creepy stuff in the void sometimes

[@TheLastBacon]

Me too! The paranoia REALLY kicking in :D

[@andrejris7273]

below zero has multiple certain roars that can just be heard very deep in the void and nowhere else

[@movietime1331]

i also heard creepy stuff in the void :(

[@ginam5497]

more like hey they molting

[@oliverandom6808]

Really? Like what?

[@Koljon]

the wound look like burn marks to so my theroy is that they sum down to some sort of lava zone and just got burned. But i do think that there is something big out there (the garg)

[@TheLastBacon]

Ooh maybe! Interesting take :)

[@nmmoussa]

I like your selection for the music. It runs when you enter in the inactive volcano area in Subnautica Below Zero which is a deep ground whole guarded by a Chelicerate circling right on top of the entrance. It sets the mood right. So eerie and unsettling music, and kind of sad!

[@TheLastBacon]

I love that track too :) Thank you!

[@Taavett]

The camera shots really mak an unsettling feeling, really nice!

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay thank you :)

[@charlie570]

i always thought the void chelicerates just looked like they were rotting, like zombies.

[@TheLastBacon]

They certainly do :)

[@zinc2zinc2]

I like this style of videos a lot more than what your previous ones were. Great atmosphere, editing and storytelling vibe.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much :)

[@MrNuubstar]

The void chelicerate wounds are the same colour as the not-void chelicerates. I think it's simply remnants of their old skin as they start loosing pigment.

[@TheLastBacon]

Maybe yeah :)

[@tiseril]

Not wounds exactly, those are new scales coming through. They're probably so old they're about to shed again

[@TheLastBacon]

Interesting - maybe they do regrow the "scales" :)

[@helohel5915]

I remember in the beta days before the story rework, where everyone was patiently waiting for that one missing log from Maida that explained how she survived Kharaa, but also Sea Emperors weren't removed back then. I find it unlikely Maida got cured, but she definitely got some sort of treatment - either from her extremely meat based diet, or from some other source of anti-kharaa material. After all, how is the Below Zero area even alive without anything to prevent Kharaa? If it is a leviathan... Maida might have killed and eaten it

[@TheLastBacon]

The only explanation I can think of for Below Zero - is that it wasn't actually alive, it was all just unhatched eggs that (similarly to the emperor) waited for the right conditions :)

[@UNIPIXEL]

sam DID make a cure for the bacterium. she told marguerit about it, saying it's in one of the pengling caves in one of her logs with marguerit which you're able to use to cure the frozen leviathan . maybe sam helped cure marguerit?

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah but that happened more than 10 years after Marguerit crashed there :) So she would've had to stay alive for all the time.

[@siljorfag]

Great video! Congrats on 200k bacon!!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thanks so much :)

[@theviralace9391]

Happy 200k Bacon! Thanks for entertaining me with your amazing Subnautica content!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much :)

[@tobiasmyhre7888]

Honestly I hope that in subnautica 3 the leviathans roam either in a MUCH larger area or just roam everywhere on the map. it would make it much more difficult and terrifying when you never know where the leviathan could be. it got really boring after memorizing where the reapers, ghosts and chelicerates spawned and roamed. (and for me personally it just seems really unrealistic that they patrol such a small area)

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep imagine how much more tension that would bring! :)

[@puergratia9515]

I don't think you'll ever run out of reasons to mention the possibility of something massive lurking in the void 😅. Congrats on 200k!

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha every chance I get :D

[@Lagi42800]

As long as one doesnt know for sure theres always a possibility like the cat of schrodinger

[@1person389]

Well the cure for kharaa can be synthesized by using 2 very common plants within sector Zero so maybe while trying to not starve marguerit cured herself by accident. Just a little theory of mine

[@olivercromwell1599]

It is not like that these plants can cure you when eaten simultaneously. Just some substances in them can be synthesized (if you know exact proportions, etc.) into the cure.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah I don't think it's quite as easy - and Marg doesn't strike me as the scientific type :)

[@1person389]

@@TheLastBacon Yeah I have to agree it's a bit too convenient but Frost Vase and Fevered Pepper combo are the best solution we got so far. Either those 2 or a new way to cure kharaa which for me sounds much more farfetched

[@piruga512]

@@TheLastBacon Yeah, maybe she learned something from Bart? They were pretty close, considering how close someone can be to Marguerit

[@ZetoTarken]

@@1person389 It's also likely that the Vase and Pepper can only work as a cure BECAUSE everything was affected by Enzyme 42. So in lieu of finding some concentrated enzyme 42, these plants that have grown exposed Enzyme 42 over the past two years, when mixed in the proper proportions, can kill the current strain of Kharaa.

[@innaiusfr]

You’re the best Subnautica content creator and hella underrated

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much :)

[@RedLazer5000]

So many mysteries. Hopefully some of them will be solved when another subnautica game comes out

[@TheLastBacon]

Hopefully one day! :)

[@narwhalguy_Cool]

Bro...I'm scared 😱 😨 wow I gonna have subnautica nightmares for a year 😅

[@TheLastBacon]

Understandable tbh :)

[@merlijnnelis]

Great video again. Have a good one Bacon!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you, you too! :)

[@supportthecooldogelord8139]

Wowie another lastbacon vid! These make my day. :)

[@TheLastBacon]

Really hope it will! :)

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

I appreciate that you're still making this content. It's fun to come back and watch the old ones, but seeing new ones pop up is awesome.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you! :)

[@phantomhurricane666]

i doubt that a ghostie would go that far out, so maybe there's an arctic relative? speaking of arctic relatives, wouldn't the arctic peeper also have a slight immunity to kharaa?

[@TheLastBacon]

Maybe yeah :) Well the peeper doesn't have immunity - but it can carry the incomplete enzyme...thing is - we never see arctic peepers in the first game near the emperor and vice versa.

[@MamaWheelz]

I'm so thankful to have been one of your first fans. I count myself lucky to have been able to watch you grow as a creator over the years and I can't adequately express with words just how proud I am of you. ❤

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much! I REALLY appreciate you sticking around :)

[@Isa1w]

Dude I love these videos. Every time he posts I always jump right into it❤

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much! :D

[@Dixamd]

I would like to see a video talking about subnautica 3 theories or exploring ideas for the dev team

[@TheLastBacon]

Sure! :)

[@cosmilic152]

I absolutely love this kind if content, please do more!

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay thank you :)

[@PloverTechOfficial]

This is cool, and of course creepy. The music you use at the start reminds me of Grounded, which actually could make a good unsettling game to deep dive into as well.

[@TheLastBacon]

I still need to play that one :)

[@NightmareGlitchFox]

Well carp this was just great wasnt it? the void makes it 'better' (im going to have nightmares TwT)

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha I'll have nightmares too :D

[@noyesser]

4:19 Their ability to fool the quarantine enforcement platform with flares and some water just enough to not be completely destroyed by it makes me think. What if they fooled it again while trying to escape 4546B, and possibly carried the Kharaa all the way back to their home? What if another carrier of Kharaa was able to fool it like they did? It's unfortunate that they were forced into 4546B and died trying to escape, but also fortunate that they weren't able to carry Kharaa back to where it could spread, if they even carried it. I probably forgot a few of the Mercury-7 PDAs

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah you’re totally right - maybe in the grand scheme of things, it’s better they got shot down :)

[@wolfion0876]

These videos always teach me something I should have seen lol! Keep up the great work Bacon!

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay thank you :)

[@pandaplay2029]

Havent watched the video yet but i would really enjoy more videos like that

[@TheLastBacon]

More shall come :)

[@septarria]

hell yeah, cocoa and Subnautica with Bacon, life is good again. Edit: I love how You build atmosphere in Your clips, both scary and not-scary ones. Fantastic job.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you! :) And I love me some cocoa too!

[@KamToTheBam]

Amazing video! Congrats on 200k

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much :)

[@Flamingtoby]

Great video as always keep up the good work.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you kindly :)

[@Simply_better22343]

You hit 200k! Nice man that's awesome. You're an awesome creator

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much :)

[@FemboyKaiSaku]

having a pretty terrible day right now and i dunno your epic voice is helping so thanks for existing homie

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay thank you kindly! Glad I can help at least a bit :)

[@D0qy]

YES KEEP DOING THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS! REMINDS ME OF THE OLD LORE ONES

[@TheLastBacon]

Heck yeah :)

[@FarhanH67]

Man i loved this video ur such a KZbinr congrats in 200k :)

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much :)

[@FarhanH67]

@@TheLastBacon no problem keep up the good work :)

[@djgrizzly9353]

Everyone stop what you're doing, Bacon just dropped a new banger

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha heck yeah :)

[@shadowscythes]

I love these kinds of videos, the voiceover and cinematics with the unsettling music is perfect : D I'm curious, what is the music you used as background in this video as well as in a bunch of your other ones? Some of it sounds like a part of one of the BZ tracks, the one called "This Planet is Cursed" that plays in that volcanic crater, but other portions of it are definitely something different that isn't part of the game soundtrack so I'd be quite interested to know where it comes from. It has a super ominous vibe to it and I love it!

[@TheLastBacon]

I used some horror ambiance I found on KZbin mixed with the BZ soundtrack :)

[@charliejohnson6948]

I never knew theses unsettling facts 🤯

[@TheLastBacon]

Glad you learned something new :)

[@RealJ3sus-Joseph]

I was just thinking about how cool it would be if the 3rd game was multilayer and you could go through the void to 3 different below zero sized maps in which each had there own ecosystem and maybe even an alpha leviathan creature on each (Alpha leviathan being the king of the island or something). It could go around the map searching for the places or eating other leviathans. If we did have multiplayer void exploration the atlas could be the perfect vessel to add to the game. I know this has absolutely nothing to do with the video but I would like to see other people's theories about what our 3rd game could be about.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah that would be amazing :)

[@ethangausman6620]

@@TheLastBacon how about the next one includes a version of the metriods that is now loose in an area of 4546B?

[@RealYoits]

Congrats on 200K, well deserved.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much :)

[@edmiwaman8922]

Congrats on 200k!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you! :)

[@lamatio8117]

its always nice to see another video

[@TheLastBacon]

Hope you enjoy! :)

[@Spacefarer591]

"So what could be out there? A Gargantuan Ghost? Or maybe something bigger?" Welp, now I wanna have a Void Spinoff Game for Subnautica. Just having the biggest subs etc. that Alterra has to offer and charting the unknown darkness and whatever lives out there sounds equally fun and terrifying. Wait, I just kinda described Iron Lung...darn. Either way, finding out what might still be capable of surviving out there in the dark could be neat.

[@TheLastBacon]

YES! I’m right there with you :)

[@kieferholster4900]

Love the fact videos, so fun to learn more about the world of subnautica. Can't wait to see what area of the world subnautica 2 takes place in.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you :) Same!! :)

[@kieferholster4900]

Hey bacon if you don't mind me asking, could you do an updated series about subnautica below zero including all the creatures like you did with the original subnautica? I know it's a lot of work so if you can't I understand. They're my favorite videos and I thought it would be cool. Hope you're having a good day.

[@SeitanSurKick]

I love your video buddy keep it up :)

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you kindly :)

[@euarduu]

15 sec. ago... I got the notification 15 seconds after it was uploaded... I'm happy

[@TheLastBacon]

Very close :)

[@ZstackZip]

My headcanon is that Kharaa has a 99.9999% mortality rate, with only two or three recorded cases of an organism recovering from it, one of them being Marguerit

[@TheLastBacon]

Fair enough! :)

[@Ockora_]

honestly love your content. I always have your vids on when i play subnautica.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much :)

[@Ockora_]

@@TheLastBacon also i reallh love the unsettling facts series. as someone who adores lore and creepy facts i absolutely love it

[@a_youtuber4764]

This game is my favorite because of how horrifying and unsettling it is. This is just one of many unsettling things. Thanks for the epic video.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you for the epic comment :)

[@cthulhu8778]

the supposed wounds on the void cheli i think are just where it's been molting into that more paler skin instead of the reddish skin you see on regular chelis.

[@TheLastBacon]

Maybe you're right :)

[@rulya288]

Nice video man 👍

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you :)

[@detectivepup1167]

Unrelated to the video, but I just realised I wasn't subscribed when I started watching. Fixed that now! Keep up the good work, Bacon!

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay thank you for subscribing :)

[@Aespha]

GG on 200k

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you! :D

[@The_Ceaseless_Void]

How does Maida survive though? Riley showed up on the planet 10 years after Margureit Maida did, and took a while to actually release Enzyme 42. How did Sam get Enzyme 42? Did Margureit use that? So much confusion in this game.

[@TheLastBacon]

No clue at all :) She must've found a way to stop/slow it down.

[@gamersreactions9267]

Sam? Riley already released enzyme 42 by the time Sam and the others went to 4546b

[@The_Ceaseless_Void]

@@gamersreactions9267 That's... what I said.

[@kierancowface]

I personally believe that there would be larger creatures down there in the void, but that they don't come anywhere near the surface so it's impossible for you to know they exist. A giant ghost leviathan, sure, but i'm thinking of brand new species with possibly hundreds of millions of years of evolution apart from the creatures we see in the crater of the first game.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah it's certainly possible :) Scary thought!

[@thijmenboonstra4974]

I just finisht the seccond game a couple days ago and it whas fun! Rly looking forward to maybe play a follow up subnautica story!

[@TheLastBacon]

Awesome! :)

[@thomaspinkie1673]

love this series, especially the subnautica videos

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much :)

[@jackshackleton7560]

Same

[@IamImanoob]

Bacons videos are the only ones I finish. There just soo good.

[@TheLastBacon]

Aww thank you so much :)

[@Cocoecake]

In regards to the first theory- I'm all down for colossal void leviathans (as the PDA says only microscopic and leviathan class live in the void) but would like to point out that Ghost Leviathans eat microscopic organisms by swimming around big empty waters (similarly to a whale) which implies something else hurts and eats the Chelicerates :) Perhaps Chelicerate's truly are the "small shrimp of the sea" to other void creatures-

[@TheLastBacon]

Definitely a creepy thought :)

[@airael777]

I think because we never saw a reaper sick, there was something inside of its DNA so when Margaret ate it she got part of it and that's why she never got sick from the Kharaa.

[@TheLastBacon]

Maybe - then again, we seemingly never see them sick because of the incomplete enzyme carried by peepers :)

[@mr.lordstarscream1570]

rewatching and made me realise how much i would love coming across a cave where the mercury crew skeleton are the one’s left behind

[@TheLastBacon]

Would be super sick and kinda scary too :)

[@Wadethewallaby2001]

Wow! This is epic! But what happened to the people? I can’t wait for a video about it!

[@TheLastBacon]

All died from cold or kharaa I'd think :)

[@Wadethewallaby2001]

@@TheLastBacon we do know that The security guard & Sam did die from negligence. But we do know it was sabotage. But the other characters after that they just disappeared. But after Sam died, is is that they left The planet after that (evacuated) we do know the vesper was up there. Also what happened to Zeno works?

[@piruga512]

Below Zero in general seems like a connection between Subnautica and Natural Selection I remember another youtuber compared the Void Chelicerates scars to the scars left on sperm whales by giant squids, theres a theory that says the exoskeleton of Chelicerates is like that of a species of crustacean, the creature grows but the exoskeleton doesnt, this obviously is part of the theory thats says Void Chelicerates are older version of normal Chelicerates Last it was softly implied that Sam and Robin efforts to destroy the Kharaa on the Frozen Leviathan were useless, if you read the Frozen Leviathan complete entry it says: "Since the enzyme cure was released on 4546B the bacterium has been all but eliminated. Rare specimens like these provide our only live source." It implies the existence of other specimens infected with Kharaa still present on the planet, Sam and Robin maybe slowed down a bit the research, but didnt stopped Alterra

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah all excellent points! :) I'm sure even if you do cure the frozen creature, Alterra is crafty enough to get some more samples.

[@piruga512]

@@TheLastBacon Yeah, Alterra must have saved some samples of Kharaa somewhere out there in case the specimens get lost in some way Thinking about it the "mining" facility on the moon of Freya-IV, the first place Kharaa aliens from Natural Selection 2 presumably appeared, sounds like a pretty unknown and unimportant structure in general, but theres a Xenomorph Research Area full of scientific stuff to study the Kharaa aliens, sounds like the right place where to study something some people want to destroy

[@ethangausman6620]

@@TheLastBacon how about if the X-parasites from Metriod infected Kharaa and turned it into Kharaa-X.

[@Research-Ac]

I subscribed. I recently bought both subnautica 3 month ago. I finished first one, currently at the end of the second one.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much :)

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

My theory is that Margaret survived because the Reapers also produce Enzyme 42 or something similar enough to neutralize Kharaa and that her eating that Reaper on the way to Sector Zero cured her. Once in Sector Zero she seems to have shifted to a mostly vegetarian diet and stayed in her base, so she would have avoided reexposure from infected fish or water. Or she may have had residual resistance from the Reaper meat. It’s also possible all Leviathan class organisms by the time of the game produce some form of Enzyme 42 as you never see Reapers, Ghosts or Sea Dragons infected with Kharaa. Although if eating Reaper meat cures Kharaa that could explain why the Sea Dragons survived, and could even be why they seem to preferentially hunt Reapers. As for why the Architects focused on the Sea Emperor instead of Reapers I think there’s evidence the Reapers weren’t around 1000 years ago, and either they are recently evolved, a product of Kharaa attempting to evolve more aggressive organisms, or they moved into the Crater as Kharaa destroyed competing species. The evidence is the Reaper is the only species in Subnautica that the Architects did not collect eggs of for their kharaa research, and we know it’s not because they had more sense than to antagonize the local megafauna because they collected Sea Dragon eggs. In addition the end goal of the Architects was to eradicate Kharaa, toward that end the Sea Emperor’s tendency to passively distribute Enzyme 42 into the surrounding water is more useful than Reaper meat, which would require someone or something to actively hunt Reapers and reduce their meat to a size the local fauna could eat, and wouldn’t cure vegetarian fauna (not that there’s much of that in the ocean).

[@TheLastBacon]

I like the theory - but I'm not sure about some parts of it :) - I don't think reapers are that recent of a creature, especially since they appear to be a key part of the sea dragon life cycle - With that in mind, it would be strange for the precursors to not even mention them in passing if they happened to be one of the only two creatures they've found to that point to cure kharaa - For the eggs, I think it's possible that reapers just don't lay eggs as evident by the fact that even we can't find them

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

@@TheLastBacon Yeah but keep in mind the Sea Dragons’ behavior was theorized in game to have changed recently as a result of Kharaa devastating the subterranean ecosystem that the sea dragons depended on. This is evidenced by the sheer number of large skeletons in the Lost River representing Leviathan class organisms that have gone extinct due to Kharaa that Sea Dragons might have fed on prior to Reapers appearing on scene. The Reaper biology itself is not consistent with the habitat it appears in. Its coloration is based on the oarfish, a real life species that lives in the deep sea, and the Reaper’s lack of bioluminescence and reliance on sonar for hunting both suggest it evolved for a lightless area, probably the depths of the ecological dead zone. To me it looks like a species that most likely recently moved into the crater habitat to take advantage of the local apex predators being wiped out by kharaa and hasn’t had time to evolve to take advantage of the increased light levels. I’ve heard the theory that Reapers simply don’t lay eggs, possibly being an ovoviviparous species like some species of shark. It’s also possible that if Reapers were originally a deep sea species they might return to the deep sea to reproduce, although I think that’s very unlikely. I’ve also read a theory that the Aurora randomly landed smack on top of the Reaper’s spawning area and this is why you don’t find eggs but do find a lot of angry adult Reapers clustered around the Aurora, all the eggs got vaporized on impact and the moms are pissed off. We do know the Reapers were having young during the time the Degasi were there because Margaret captures a juvenile Reaper which is what prompts the adult Reaper attack. Also if we take one of the first game’s trailers as canon, we know that Bart Torgal lived to see the Aurora’s arrival on 4546B and was immediately killed by the impact as his sea base was in the impact site and apparently destroyed badly enough we don’t even find wreckage. So somehow he had, if not figured out a cure, at least prolonged his life to the time the original game took place in.

[@LooniticCultist]

anytime I see the mercury II wreck in the Lilypad Islands I always get the chills due to some parts being mossed over and how large the wreck is

[@TheLastBacon]

It looks freaking crazy down there :)

[@nurrodenthyme1671]

The real tragedy of the cure was that Marge may have contributed in preventing it. She encouraged Sam to sabotage Alterra instead of sneaking in and testing her cure, which worked (as far as we know; inb4 a sequel says otherwise). Beyond that, I often think about how Sam's fate is all hearsay; you never see her body, you're told what happened to her by someone else, and the cave-in is cleaned up before you even arrive, with Sam's necklace neatly and specifically placed on a table for you to find. Occam's Razor says Sam is simply dead, but I can't shake the possibility that her and Parvan's deaths were faked and the investigator was in on it somehow. I cannot believe for a second the thought "I should get away from this explosive before I detonate it" wouldn't have crossed Sam's mind, which then would have immediately formed the question "How can I activate an explosion from far away?" I find it a little interesting that there's a Spy Pengwing in the cave, and any explosives could have easily been delivered and detonated remotely using her robots--her primary area of development, the thing she's been focusing on for a long time at this outpost. They even have a self-destruct function! It had to have occurred to her! Part of it is hopeful, wishful thinking, but the other part is a desire to see this iceberg go deeper!

[@TheLastBacon]

Good points! Especially about Marg essentially sabotaging the cure being developed :)

[@Karyl02]

Babe wake up The Last Bacon posted another banger video

[@TheLastBacon]

Perfect alarm :)

[@cihloun]

Wow, this new Discovery Channel narrator is good

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha putting my David Attenborough hat on :D

[@doktorweedus7659]

I hope the next subnautica involves new areas of 4546b with Aurora bases, and you have to sabotage the bases and survive

[@TheLastBacon]

Sounds interesting :)

[@a.s.raiyan2003-4]

"There is always a bigger fish" - Qui-Gon Jinn, Marine Biologist

[@TheLastBacon]

Indeed :)

[@JustaBritishPerson32]

I love this sort of video

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay thank you :)

[@Hex_the_hexagon]

good to see a none mc video from you

[@TheLastBacon]

Aye :)

[@pradityasutrisno4891]

my explanation theory on the first part ( Void Chelicerate wounds) of the video is that because of limited food resources in the void, these beasts will opt to go for cannibalism and will hunt/eat their own kind as a survival instinct just like normal animals in the world, and because of that, the void Chelicerate would hunt each other as a means for survival, and that explains why there aren't many void Chelicerate in the void and for the remaining void Chelicerate wounds.

[@TheLastBacon]

Ooh I like the theory! :)

[@imbadatutube]

Well, this is very very unsettling to think about.

[@TheLastBacon]

Indeed! :)

[@detroitcuh]

love you thelastbacon

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you!!! :)

[@wendylacey2745]

I really hope you can do lore on the rest of the creatures from Below Zero.

[@TheLastBacon]

I should :)

[@Captain_Sam_]

In the game there is an antidote for Kharaa. And it's made from two common plants. That is probably how Marguerit was cured, although I'm unsure how she survived long enough to actually get to sector zero and eventually come into contact with the plants. It is probably also the reason that zector zero seemingly survived without pipes for enzyme-peepers.

[@TheLastBacon]

Well I'm sure it requires more than just mixing the two plants - otherwise surely, the hyper-advanced precursors would've figured it out :)

[@commandertoastcz6256]

I had a theory that it is good that Marguerite or however is it spelled didn´t go to Alterra... why? well, imagine something like Alterra having a virus, a cure for it and a lack of humanism. Yeah that won´t end well

[@TheLastBacon]

Definitely not yep :)

[@5thVecuALT]

Never ever tought subnautica bz can be scary, guy NEEDS to be hired to the unknown worlds ideas department

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha thank you :)

[@thegamertoads4127]

YAY I'm not gonna watch this until night, so that way I don't sleep ;)

[@TheLastBacon]

Perfect haha :)

[@spiderbatzeee]

i have a theory about both games. 1: subnautica takes place in a huge crater. when you leave that crater, you meet nothing but an endless pitch-black void. my theory is there are lots of HUGE craters around the world. yes, im saying 4546b was originally a hot planet with burning temperatures. and the land was wherever the void ended. MASSIVE volcanoes. 2: subnautica below zero is an incredible game. the temp is so cold that it made a few icy land. i have an insane theory about it. when the precursors first came, they discovered that the land was full of water. but they had no idea that they were building on a literal volcano. LOTS years ago, before the persian war, before humans were made, this planet was formed by steaming hot rocks, which caused no life cycles in it, but then a HUGE cold asteroid smashed into the planet... MAKING SECTOR 0, and the rest of the planet water, the volcanoes stopped working, the asteroid made life on 4546b. add-up: way before humans were made, a huge asteroid crashed on a planet with steaming hot temps. that asteroid was really cold and big, so it made sector 0. it completely changed the atmospshere and land into water, allowing an ecosystem to be made there, then the precursors came. reply your thoughts on my theory if im right or wrong! btw i might make a kharaa theory

[@TheLastBacon]

I suppose you could be right :) I’d love to learn more about the history of the planet!

[@spiderbatzeee]

@@TheLastBacon thanks for replying! im interested too!

[@marykatedvorak9161]

Just a theory but in the first subnaticathe reason that all the escape pods are broken into and no one is left is that in the intro Reily gets hit by the piece of sheet metal and gets knocked out. he may have been knocked out for weeks and the other people got eaten by reapers. also maybe the radio transmissions were recorded.

[@TheLastBacon]

I like the theory :) But I believe it's been confirmed he is only knocked out for a few hours.

[@marykatedvorak9161]

I also thought when you look through the mercury 2 logs there are people that survived the crash do you know what happened to their bodies. it says that multiple people lived it said one hit his head and there were others, did they die

[@theparrishshow9803]

It’s funny that this video released because I just beat Below Zero at 2 AM in the morning

[@TheLastBacon]

Perfect timing :)

[@theparrishshow9803]

@@TheLastBacon Yeah, it’s also nice to hear a theory on the void chelicerates. I feel like those creatures deserve more attention.

[@spuroncolos394]

Awesome!!!!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you :)