40k Lore, The Siege of Vraks! A War of Angels

[@a47s117]

In this episode of 40K lore. Space marines play capture the flag.

[@ahel4523]

Saddest part is we don't know who won.

[@justiron2999]

@@ahel4523 The guy with the most firepower and still alive.

[@ahel4523]

@@justiron2999 But the Alpha Legion are a tricky bunch. They might have run off with it after knocking Azrael down.

[@matijakurelja9827]

hmm, the picture contradicts what arch is saying, the flagpole is in his right and he is fighting with his left

[@Zaprozhan]

Alpha Legion switched the flags during the melee. ;)

[@boomxchikn7556]

"The secret heretics tried to capture the secret loyalists so they could discern the location of the hidden heretics in a conflict where both sides were loyal to the emperor" - Lord Commander Chykin on the Dark Angels actions on Vraks M41.999

[@tanall5959]

Or as the Dark Angels call it: Tuesday.

[@aggresivelycalm5484]

The sheer amount of shenanigans that I didn’t realize here is astounding.

[@farmerboy916]

Ah, but what if this is just the secretly loyal (tm) alpha legions plan to both tie up the dark angels and prevent them from doing more fuckery, reduce their numbers, get them to reduce the numbers of the traitors on vraks as well as cause the situation where the rapid response force is lost from the inside, to get space marine support to vraks in the first place, and prevent the spaceport from being used for escape by the chaotic forces they're going to set up to die later in the battle? IE they planted the rumor that the dark angels are responding to. ... How are the alpha legion not tzeench's favorite people in the galaxy with the amount of "just as planned" they have going on?

[@catinthebox9400]

Chronicler at this event:fucking Wha

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

At one point they were playing capture the flag...? Idfk.

[@metallicaman4able]

as for your questioning Azraels decisions, I know the answer. Azrael, was actually, ALPHARIUS!!!

[@skylark306]

metallicaman4able That’s a inner Circle secret!

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

...Make him repent for finding that out Asmodai.

[@skylark306]

blackrave404 but I, -Cato Sicarius- , am not

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

@blackrave404 To quote an Alpha Legionarre on Spacebattles when asked who would win in a stealth match, them or the Raven Guard: "We would win, because we are also the Raven Guard. We are also all twenty of the original founding legions and most of the traitor warbands. We have been waging a proxy Long War for ten thousand years to bring back the Emperor and ensure Human Supremacy. All the Marines, all their auxiliaries and all their menials are hypno-indoctrinated to serve us upon the mere speaking of a keyword. Let it be known that Alpharius may be one, but we are all Alpharius."

[@claeswelinder2014]

metallicaman4able well, that would make sense

[@MrJulio632]

"The enemies commander choose suicide... By space marine"

[@EderReis]

Um irmão BR apreciador de warhammer 40k que raridade!

[@Hunter_312]

Somos 3, então.

[@XxRumoALibertadores]

4

[@Hunter_312]

'We are the Brazilian Guard, and we NEVER surrender! Fowards, brothers, crush the enemy FOR THE EMPEROR!'

[@kitchenjail3546]

Death. By bunga.

[@failatlife1]

"...had all unanimously decided to commit suicide. ...by Astartes." All things considered, a pretty metal way to go.

[@jacthing1]

And considering the many MANY ways to die (or end up not dying...dark eldar/slaaneshis) probably one of the better ones

[@zerowolf0006]

Learnin how da oomie fight very educakonal. *chewing on a roasted squig*

[@barrybend7189]

Orks you just need a rock and several billion orks to take over a planet.

[@RedRattt]

*notices ur bosspole* UwU Waaght's this?

[@hithere5553]

Hatien Tacetlen fucking disgusting xenos.

[@MrRingworld]

@@barrybend7189 das becuz wez likes the biggest partyz! None of this boring watchin and waitin wez get in the thick of itz!

[@PartOfTheGame]

You'll all be purged from the glorious Imperium.

[@darkwater72]

It's like, "What if Lord Blackadder taught military history?" I friggin' LOVE it.

[@richardhill-howgate5480]

Omg blackadder in 40k!! Yes!!!! Don’t worry lord I have a cunning plan.

[@boop5725]

@@richardhill-howgate5480 basically commisar cain hahaha

[@mivapusa]

With his trusty Jurgen Baldrik by his side to make Rat Fricassee and Mud Coffee

[@Legitpenguins99]

@boop5725 Jürgon is Baldrick in my head cannon. It makes it a lot easier that the narrator of the audiobook seems to have the same idea and read Jürgon similar to Baldrick

[@aaronbiduk813]

Lore for the lore god But hey details

[@klassehkhornate9636]

No, you cannot molest the bread heater

[@aaronbiduk813]

@@klassehkhornate9636 But toaster

[@klassehkhornate9636]

No fool, molest the warhound titan instead. By Kancolle logic that improves machine spirits’ combat performance.

[@aaronbiduk813]

Kennan Hottinget calm down there ya heratek

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@aaronbiduk813 Tech priest I have a question. Is there a special initiation rite related to the toasters on mars? Or did you just all discovered the "other side" of the machine spirit in your rooms?

[@basketcase289]

The relationship between the siege army and the Dark Angels sounds very similar to the that between my Freshman year roommate and I

[@NetMoverSitan]

Did you barely resist the urge to kill each other?

[@gabrielnieves3972]

@@NetMoverSitan They were resisting the urge to fuck the shit out of each other. Hatefucking, just the way slaneesh intended

[@trrebi981]

Matthew Westhoven Which one of you was a closet heretic?

[@basketcase289]

@@NetMoverSitan No we talked to each other maybe a few times a week and mostly just coexisted without conversation

[@NetMoverSitan]

Then you did better than me, in my case, it was more like the Sisters of Battle upon encountering a savage ritual being performed by an Imperial Guard regiment.

[@mannofdober873]

It's like that one escort side-quest where the guy you're escorting makes it all the way only to trip on a rock and die. A complete waste of time.

[@Maezhughes]

Sure sounds like it

[@homelessswede9675]

What game

[@ionutbuftea2301]

For the Korps. For the Emperor. Falls down pierced by a rebel flashlight. The Death Korps starts recruiting another 10 regiments...

[@echotango9384]

Ionut Buftea nothing like the Korps definition of over kill.

[@xanderktng634]

@@echotango9384 no such kill like over kill

[@11Survivor]

@blackrave404 Krieg civil war in a nutshell.

[@chriscalvin5083]

is it just me or is anyone else looking forward to Arch doing lore videos on Adeptus Astartes vehicles in his imperial armour series?

[@MrGeneralissimus]

Woot? Probably He forgot about that.

[@andredittrich368]

Honestly, i am looking forward to the Leman Russ sub series

[@chriscalvin5083]

@@andredittrich368 I looking forward to that as well plus the Baneblade and is sub types

[@khamul64]

I already got both Imperial Knights, Titans and Krieg videos and I love them

[@murtle52]

No

[@jordanscherr6699]

14:40 = "...Something's wrong here. It's all WAY too convenient!"

[@mikkelnpetersen]

If there's nothing wrong, there's something SERIOUSLY wrong.

[@razorburn645]

When fighting the alpha legion... everything going right could be according to the enemy's plan. Also given the factions.. figuring out who is on which side could be complicated.

[@Vollification]

Dark Angels: "My work here is done." Death Korps: "But you didn't do anything."

[@markcoroneos7811]

Dark Angels: oh, didnt i? *swagger away on board their thunderhawks*

[@TheMaleRei]

@@markcoroneos7811 Worse. Dark Angels: ::bombards Krieg positions as they return to orbit:: "Yee-yuh, Yeeyuh! We due watt wee wont!"

[@Fulgrim2]

Well I was gonna look at pornhub but screw it, Arch posted!

[@ryansachse305]

Thronedamn it fulgrim

[@ActualDrunkAtheist]

Well, looks like pornhub has far more depth than I'd care to tread, if that's Fulgrims gotoonlineporn site, I can't even imagine.

[@Daimon-X]

Slaanesh has you...

[@elimgarak8785]

I thought you’d be on HeavyR for sure😱😱😱

[@JamJestKox]

This man is your friend, he pulls you out of the degeneracy.

[@samc6974]

"Mission Accomplished!"- George Bu...Azrael Chapter Master of the Dark Angel's

[@jamesc.2054]

I see what you did there.

[@meisterharlequin]

George Bu... who? Can please someone explain?

[@redrainer]

meisterharlequin george bush

[@whythelongface64]

@@meisterharlequin George bussy

[@meisterharlequin]

@@whythelongface64 Who’s that?

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

Dark angels: Mission Accomplished. Imperial Commander: *Rubs temples* just... why. Krieg Commander: Men! Get your spades! We got rubble to register!

[@proeliumincarnatus4436]

Happy gasmask noises 😂

[@evanobrien7316]

Damn didn’t expect you here

[@codysing1223]

The Dark Angel's own "Mission Accomplished" We destroyed the starport! Objective achieved.

[@sabertoothray]

5:45 Now that's something I wasn't expecting, thats my 3D plasma gun model! neat!

[@Caulderain]

Whilst my favourite Legion and Chapter, "its something?" sums up most of the Dark Angels accomplishments

[@ahel4523]

On a serious note the Dark Angels weren't written according to their lore. The Dark Angels task one combat company to a mission then support them with elements from the support companies. I think the author was going for a crazier chapter like the black templars than changed mid stream and didn't rewrite the whole mission. That's putting it charitably.

[@mdb45424]

as if black templars would leave heretics left on burnt.

[@ahel4523]

@@mdb45424 That's what happens when you change horses mid stream. You have Dark Angels making unsound tactics using unsound line ups then leaving without purging tbe heretic.

[@nicholasbowen4381]

Might be the guy they were trying to capture died in the fracas.

[@sasha1mama]

Frankly, I think the DAs shouldn't realistically have become involved at all. It's infinitely more likely that the Lord Militant would have gotten a call back from the Imperial Fists - as siege and fortification experts, the Sons of Dorn see the Kriegers as kind of kindred spirits, and would have spared some men to reinforce them due to that. And honestly, the minute the LM said "war on heretics", the Black Templars would have OwO'd with an instant purge-boner and thrown like 1000 of their 6500~ men at it, the li'l murdergoblins. The way it was canonically handled was just ill-considered, bad writing, I say.

[@bittern4464]

>arch uploads a new video just as I'm about to go to sleep Oh well, is sleep really all that necessary?

[@blackvial]

Sleep is for the weak

[@gabrielnieves3972]

@@blackvial SANITY IS FOR THE WEAK

[@winterweasel425]

what your telling me your going to sleep WITHOUT an arch video playing in your ears?

[@Elenrai]

Well...WHAT IS SLEEP REALLY?!

[@bittern4464]

@@winterweasel425 I actually did end up calling asleep to our Lord's sweet voice lmao

[@robinderoos1166]

Azrael is alpha legion! He ordered the halt to allow his brothers to set up the ambush against the dark angels. Thats why arkos only wounded him.

[@cn9707]

The long con.

[@VioletDeathRei]

@@cn9707 I mean no part of Alpha Legion isn't a plan within a plan within a plan. Heck it's still kind of up in the air whether their Primarch is two, three, or more people. They can't even be founded clearly.

[@eldunae922]

@@VioletDeathRei The longest con of the AL. There was never an Alpharius, just legionarys with tall boots.

[@Autechltd]

Can't wait for Arch's let's play for Battlefleet Gothic 2

[@reverendrico5631]

Heinrich Dethahal I for one hope to find him online

[@NetMoverSitan]

Yeah, considering that it covers a bit more on the Fall of Cadia.

[@Starwarsgeek-98]

"Fighting fair is for suckers"- Archwarhammer 2019

[@whitekong1033]

Ahhh, nothing warms the bones on a chilly Friday like some good lore from Arch!

[@Andy-iq6rk]

I actually feel like involving astartes traitor or loyal made this less interesting since I was loving the early fighting for every inch no matter how long it would take to gain that inch mentality of the Krieg siege regiments. Freaking love those glorious bastards.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

I like astartes combat when it’s done well.

[@henryfleischer404]

The alpha legion just wanted the spaceport destroyed, so that the dark angels would fake falling to chaos late in m42 to hunt the last of the fallen, so that the alpha legion could found the omega legion, which would replace the costodes, who would be occupied fighting the dark angels, so that omegon could talk with emperor alpharius.

[@joaop4585]

I had a aneurism reading

[@cirroc213]

@@joaop4585 same

[@johncox9575]

Seems like standard alpha legion scheme. Maybe a little simplistic for them... but a good start

[@jacthing1]

@@johncox9575 or one of tzeench's

[@johncox9575]

@@jacthing1 exactly. as. planned.

[@grantkruger3689]

Arkos, being Alpha Legion, and assuming he knew there was a renegade Dark Angel in his warband, would have known EXACTLY why the Dark Angels had so generously decided to help the Imperial Guard lay siege to Vraks.

[@Icarus.mp3]

So basically this was a massive capture the flag right ?

[@shawnm1902]

Except it was only dropped and never really exchanged hands. Pretty shit for a ctf match.

[@Tomorer]

Robute Guilliman wrote the Codex Astartes and has made all the legions downgrade themselves into fan customizable chapters. Yet he cannot instill even a hint of tactical common sense into the masters. Do not to launch an attack on an enemy before U can see them being Rule 1.1 in his Book of Victory.

[@Qardo]

Well, that would mean they have a likelihood of turning traitor and turning against the God Emperor! Teaching any form of Tactical Common Sense is Heresy!!! After all. Those traitors learned tactical common sense! Look where they are now! They are still active and more or less alive. As they used tactics and ran away when things were not going their way. Yet a good Astartes would die to the last man.

[@mrheisenberg83]

@@Qardo Wasn't the siege way before Robby G returned? Asking for a friend.

[@totheraven]

@@mrheisenberg83 way before

[@_Carlos]

8:55 "The dark angels possessed Superior optics.." So none of them were shouting the N-word.

[@lordashcroft6938]

Night vision?

[@dxdraiba7604]

Scanners.....they have physical night vision

[@hlgthewall94]

They went to the spaceport instead of the Citadel/Capital. Better optics bröther

[@mikhailbychkov5042]

5:50 Its looks like that dark angel with a plasma gun just rolled a 1...

[@darrvenomfier790]

So are you talking d&d or DH because if it’s dh that means he crit succeeded if d&d we can agree

[@mikhailbychkov5042]

@@darrvenomfier790 I'm talking about the tabletop warhammer 40k rules. 1 is the lowest score you can have during the shooting phase and any plasma weapon will overheat on a 1. Basically Dark angel: "Oh boy, I see quite a lot of heretics, it's a good thing that I have this super advanced (and highly unstable) plasma weapon!!" *Presses trigger * *Plasma gun starts heating up* Dark angel: well shit

[@mikhailbychkov5042]

@@mdb45424 I don't think that the dark angels always use the safe mode

[@xxmattopsxx3931]

Hey arch as some one who only got into 40k in mid 2018 I'd just like to say your videos on the subject matter pretty amazing and thanks for the quality content.

[@badgamemaster]

Showing how dumb Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines sometimes are... the Alpha Legion could have killed the Dark Angels' Chapter Master and a lot of the 1st. Company... they could tried to take the Chapter Banner after the battle.

[@skorgezagreat2462]

badgamemaster you know...I was thinking that too the entire time

[@QixTheDS]

Yeah but taking the banner while they’re in the midst of battle would be a greater shame than losing it after they’re all dead. They wanted to humiliate them by taking their precious banner right out from under them. If they killed them all and then took it, it wouldn’t have the same effect.

[@randomlygeneratedname]

Wrong the flag is more important

[@jeanpierrewesthof928]

In military history it is way more shameful to loose your colours aka your Banner than just gettin annihilated. That beeing said if they actually managed to do both that war would have been over some weeks later. Why you ask ? If you think 6.5 k angry rogal Templer boys screw you up try a freqkin LEGION descending on vraks as i severly doubt anything related to the Lion would not have immediatly dropped even the emperor and Set course for vraks.

[@nightlock826]

I don't think the author really knew tactics I mean, he's an author. So it was probably a honest mistake

[@simontown1765]

He should have had at least a basic knowledge of applicable/ plausable tactics to write about a subject like 40k where their is only war

[@FirstMetalHamster]

But if you write about urban combat you should at least research the basics about it, shouldn't you? Other authors spend alot of time researching so that there aren't any major blunders.

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

i'm a writer and i know a lot about small unit tactics, actually when you write about something you better understand it well beforehand, increases the quality of the work ten folds, that's all there is about world building and research brother... the fun part of writing, learning in details...

[@nightlock826]

I'm not saying anything about not researching the topic before you write. I'm saying that's probably what happened

[@brig.gen.georgiiisserson7226]

Every author besides historians don’t know warfare and tactics

[@massmedia4565]

Wooooooooo another hr long vid, if you ever made these into one 10 hr vid I’d watch it

[@01oo011]

And they played capture the flag for a while.

[@jordanscherr6699]

and 28:00 = "Finally, I knew it! This is the Alpha Legion after all." 36:20 = RotfL!

[@barrybend7189]

But their not Alpha legionares. They're iron hands.

[@lolroflroflcakes]

They are what? I'm sorry but I don't understand who are suggesting it is.

[@barrybend7189]

@@lolroflroflcakes they lack the true ridiculous sabotage the actual Alpha legion is capable of and two none of them would use chaos weaponry.

[@lolroflroflcakes]

@@barrybend7189 I'm sorry but I still don't get it who are you talking about? I'm fairly certain you aren't actually talking about the iron hands since the green assholes were the only astartes on the planet, everyone knows about their 'secret' internal issues.

[@barrybend7189]

@@lolroflroflcakes look back to the 20th legion from before the Heracey.

[@Hellhound23691]

You ever wonder why the Imperials constantly falls for the same tactics the Alpha Legion uses over and over again? The Imperial Guard I can understand. 95% of the Guard doesn't even know what an Alpha Legionary is, let alone their battle strategy. However, the Astartes, especially the First Founding chapters, have no excuse by now to fall for the same old tricks over and over. Personally if I heard the enemy was the Alpha Legion, I would turn around a dump a magazine into my own shadow just to make sure my shadow isn't Alpharius.

[@dominusbalial835]

It's almost like they're fighting against genetically modified supersoliders with vastly extended lifespans that have been trained since birth and have been in a near constant state of war for ten thousand years, poorly supplied, but supplied with some of the most potent technologies and resources that are reasonable to quire in the setting.

[@sheeplord4976]

The simple answer is that it is hard for normal people to write smart people. As such, all the author can really do is parrot "sneaky tactics", he has heard about and force the opposing side to fall for them.

[@ConfusedGuardsman]

"Something's wrooong, I can feel it!" The entire siege of vraks in one sentence.

[@willkim9550]

Arch’s community is the only KZbin community that doesn’t make me sick. All hail inquisitor Arch!!

[@chesterbonaparte6787]

A liberty carefully explained and well thought out, and not hidden. Very well done old chap.

[@josephpatrizio5965]

I can tell by how many episodes of this series there is that things blow WAAAAAAAY out of proportions than expected

[@internetzenmaster8952]

Hang on Arch: there were *loyalist Astartes* at Vraks? I don't see any loyalist Astartes in this video!

[@shawnm1902]

C'mon, the Alpha legion were there... Just because they don't act in the interest of the corrupt Ministorum, doesn't automatically make them traitors. Subverting an enemy like the denizens of the warp is far more effective than attempting to police trillions of people for wrong think after all.

[@whatisupmyfellowamericans8808]

Eyyyyyyyyy

[@MrSh1pman]

What about Lord Arkos and his guys? They seem loyal

[@sos_legio_primus]

As I count as a follower of the first, that is heresy and our goal is to defend humanity, and for that role, it would be dumb to be blindly french poodle milk-toast Ultramarines, and Imperial Fists we will leave those bootlickers to fawn over the Imperium, we will just quietly keep mankind safe. Of course, we are secretive and Archaic. The First precedes the Imperium and the unification war on Earth, we fought alongside the EMPEROR and the Thunder warriors to unify Earth and wipe out the vile and perverted religions, belief, and faith. Heck, we precede Custodes and Astartes for heck's sake. If it was not for us, the IMPERIUM, HOLY TERRA, and you johnny come latelys legions would not exist. With us being such a long-running legion, who knows what secrets, missions and goals and what path the Emperor set us on before he had a hand-shandy and made Primarchs and Astartes from the goop

[@eldunae922]

@@MrSh1pman Yea, his title is the Faithless. The emp was pro atheism. Clearly a loyal servant of the imperial truth.

[@Daimon-X]

Dork Angels vs Alfa Troll Legion. Let them fight.

[@mattaffenit9898]

*_Howls grow closer_*

[@Revelationsvidya]

I would absolutely love more long and drawn out lore series like this arch.

[@malaficus]

Fair fight are for suckers. :D Every eldar in history. For that mather any succefull commander in history :D I dont know why but hearing arch warhammer say that in an approving tone brings a smile to my face :D

[@kurskfirebrand4494]

malaficus shaikan If you find yourself fighting a fair fight, someone’s fucked up somewhere

[@thethrongler3070]

Dark Angels be like: "I've got a bad feeling about this..."

[@kinggrimmjow8980]

I use these videos to help me sleep.puts me right to sleep and fuels my dreams sometimes

[@IceKarma]

I'd really ♥ to see a Grey Knights lore vid sometime.

[@Ralndrath]

To me it seems the Alpha Legion might've had access to the webway. It'd explain a lot.

[@comradeweismann6947]

*"We've Been Tricked, We've Been Backstabbed and We've Been Quite Possibly, Bamboozled"*

[@claytontindell9939]

The Astartes also underestimate their mortal opponents, so that could be the reason for some of the chapter master’s blunders.

[@mdb45424]

door to door fighting is dangerous, easy enough to place some krak grenades to a motion sensor so when the door opens boom. All it would take would be some know how from 1 alpha legion to show the grunts how its done.

[@Sparks7907]

Love how when I get home from work this ready for me right when I walk in the door literally

[@LichKingg23]

Praise be the Omnissiah for today we are blessed with a Arch Lore Video!

[@TheRisingofPhex]

It's great. Even if you have read the books, know the stories etcetera etcetera, these videos put it all into a whole new, highly amusing light. Well done sir!

[@Hero-yu4om]

This series is simply the best one i am currently watching, i don't recall being so excited for a new episode of any series since i was like 9 years old

[@johnwilliams9179]

"We did it Patrick, we saved the star port"

[@Kay_Drechsler]

Thanks a lot for sharing this massive lore with us! Listened to every single episode and enjoyed it to the fullest.

[@v_artra5399]

such a fun series, Absolutely loving it Arch.

[@Left4Coragem]

You are doing the God Emperor's job there, my son. ^_^

[@lordfrostwind3151]

I'm no tactician, but seems like a right waste of resources leveling the bridges and the starport, unless those vehicles can fly knocking out one section of road span should be completely sufficient to cut off the starport and leave it possible to actually fix the damn thing for future use. I know the Dark Angels are big on operational secrecy, but it seems like they spent way more time and explosives than were remotely reasonable.

[@nigeltruitt9999]

Arch always uploads during the middle of my work shift.

[@hadenmontgomery5888]

Napoleon : "Men will fight and die for a bit of colored ribbon"

[@generalissimo9713]

Will you ever fix the "arch" medallion to go with the rest of the prospective of the big 'ol bearded wise man's drawing?

[@WaltzActual]

Loving the series! Your long form content is always immersive and entertaining.

[@justinmaitland7335]

The Alpha Legion has had an undisclosed amount of time to train those people.

[@markcoroneos7811]

Exactly, not to mention they’ve been fighting for years now and are certainly not the amateurs that started the rebellion

[@Rick586]

Have the Dark Angels even heard of Sun Tzu?! Captured enemy resources are even more valuable than your own!

[@thewaywardgrape3838]

Imagine the sheer power, speed and brutality of enraged space marines fighting each other!

[@Femerenden]

Regarding the Addendum... For all of the descriptions of the whole affair, if taken into account every other lore bit as well... It appears as if the SUPREME GRAND MASTER of the traitor Astartes chapter of Dark Angels wanted to make sure the Alpha Legion got the impression that he was making a mess of things and they could take him and his marines if they wanted to. Wasting time, resources and manpower like that would have no other explanation. The interesting bit is that, if this is considered, how surprised he was that the Alpha Legion had obliged. And seriously, Alpha Legion going for the chapter banner was idiotic as well. Up to this point the tally looks like: 88th Siege Army Command: Incompetant 88th Siege Army Ground Command: Overzealously wasting manpower Vraksian High Command: Somewhat Competant in theory utterly useless in implementation Dark Angels: Incompetant and counter productive Alpha Legion: Incompetant and idiotic I cannot wait for more to join the fray. I am sure some of them will be able to actually act like they know how to do something... (wink, wink, nudge nudge, looking at you Red Scorpions)

[@overlordmgcover2262]

Imperial Guard: "Leave anything for us?" Dark Angels: "Just bodies"

[@crimsonmangabat628]

This is so good. It wouldve been better if you made this into something like a radio drama. Im so hooked.

[@robber233]

A-Legion: Wanna see somethin cool? D-Angels: Enh...sure why not? A-Legion: HRRRRNNNNNGGGHHH! (the alpha legion vanishes with no trace. No flicker of dust, no flash of warp energy, just a soft and simple noise) *POP* D-Angels: Hate it when they do that, gives me the willies. (alternative dark angel response) D-Angels: Bruh.

[@john-xo9mg]

Where the fk have i been man this is fantastic you should have a spot on late night tv, you know one of those new free view channels :) with graphics and putting you in a generals chair. You get the picture ...

[@mekelwander6551]

I'm sure Papa Lion would just LOVE to hear about all this...

[@mrwri]

I misread that thumbnail as "War of Incels" and then I realized it was about the Dark Angels and I realized I was still correct.

[@barrybend7189]

And now to something completely different........ BOOM!

[@theark4568]

What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen Dark Angel?

[@robertbradley431]

@@theark4568That depends. Loyalist or Traitor Dark Angel?

[@theark4568]

Robert Bradley Wait, whaAAAAAAAAAAAGH *Gets squashed under drop pod*

[@Burntpinz]

The addendum was quite informative and appreciated as to the state of the book compared to your extensive knowledge. Wonderful series, Thank you and I am still REALLY enjoying the series.

[@angry_zergling]

Yay new Vraks video! I've watched all these Warhammer 40k videos (literally all of them) by Arch and so many by other creators...but I've never played any Warhammer 40k or roleplayed or read the books or even gotten into the Dawn of War games, but somehow months back I was directed to a random 40k video and found this stuff very interesting! I wonder if I'm a bit weird for learning SO DAMN MUCH about this fantasy universe when I haven't played any games/read any books set in it though haha.

[@saturn12002]

"God damn fucking dark Angels" That was a good laugh.

[@Philtopy]

Nothing sparks more joy in my nerdy hearth then hearing of Dark Angels sustaining casualties.

[@ii2bcnii]

So glad my DA are getting more lore time.

[@BlackTemplarChaplain]

I don't know what is worst to come to your aid "honorable" knights of Caliban or Magpies

[@darrvenomfier790]

Black Templar Chaplain the calibani definitely the calibani, as the magpies actually help you and claim any loot they can from the dead of both sides

[@mdb45424]

worst would be the grey knights, especially if your imp guard or sisters of battle. they tend to kill you afterwards to "protect their secert identities" or use your holy blood as a redundtant paint to protect vs choas

[@elysiankentarchy1531]

The Magpies, at least the knights of Caliban will leave you with your weapons if you need them for something that shows up after they leave, that and it is near impossible to get the Departmento Munitorum to resupply you if you are not from a place that supplies all your war equipment (like Krieg). And I wouldn't be surprised if the Munitorum punishes you for losing all that equipment if the Blood Ravens steal too much (up to and including execution).

[@BlackTemplarChaplain]

@@mdb45424 let's not bring up that heresy of paint job or the mad heretic who came up with it

[@BlackTemplarChaplain]

@@elysiankentarchy1531 true magpies will "rescue" everything that isn't nailed down as your gift to their chapter but dark angels may or may not kill you leave u to die to protect the fact they got some stupid xenos bubble or some marine whom trip and fallen down or that may just be my bias towards them coughing "oathbreakers" coughing

[@sunlesssentinel5326]

This is my favorite series on youtube right now. Fantastic.

[@cyrilvidal1834]

Peeerfect! I just got home from work. Much love here from the Philippines, brutha.

[@destroyerofskulls3036]

As a Dark Angels fan i'm pretty damned pissed at how they were portrayed in the Siege of Vraks.

[@Sierra026]

So the Death Korps of Krieg 88th Siege Army have, at this point, lost the lives of tens of thousands of guardsman in the mud, blood, and rain of Vraks for seven grueling years, and have been nothing but polite when requesting for reinforcements and more logical orders from High Command. Meanwhile, the Dark Angels have lost... what, 15, 20 Astartes and their fancy flag almost - ALMOST - got some dirt on it, then proceed to throw a hissy fit about "uncomfortable rates" of casualties. Oh, and they blow up the starport, thus not giving the siege army any benefits. Fucking Space Marines...

[@luna775]

I felt too that the battle was weird.. ty for the addendum

[@naraku175674919]

Ah now I can make it through another work day with this fine piece of work playing in my ear

[@ghola82]

Yessss been waiting all week for this!

[@jffry890]

People with no sense of military honor don't understand the importance of flags; be that country, state, organization, or unit. Losing your colors is the most grievous of offenses and is the greatest dishonor you can have. From the Roman Legionaries, to the French Grande Armée, to the modern military, and apparently 40,000 years into the future. Letting your eagle/guidon/colors get captured is very, very bad.

[@APOLLYON-IV]

Belphegor when attacking Arcos: No! Bad traitor! Bad!

[@augiechiavuzzi4907]

I love the idea of a sword fight so vicious space marines are cut in half if they get to close

[@asajjy]

Arch help I can't stop I already make up half the total watchtime of this series press f to send help

[@captainpuffinpuffinson4769]

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[@joshuachandler1750]

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[@sonickiller360]

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[@darksageasura5805]

Chapter Master of the very loyal Dark angels.

[@danthompson9966]

Ah... Dark Angels incompetence. My least favorite part about them. It existed even when the Lion was awake. Like the time Mr. Jonson nearly caught the night haunter... and then some idiot Dark Angel decided "I wanna call daddy, sure he's hunting down The night Haunter, buts he's not busy now right?"

[@TeinLaeda]

Freaking love your comments on events like its nothing special

[@patricksmith9700]

Well a kilometer deep canyon is a good place to pull a covert retreat. While the alpha legion isn't known for digging tunnels I'm fairly confident that they could with a enough time they could covertly dig tunnels from the star port to the canyon and just collapse the tunnels in a way that looks like artillery damage once they began withdrawing then use the canyon for cover and march North away from the warzone

[@mdb45424]

theres always an undercity. they probly just went down a few miles deeps and use a forgotten passage.

[@StarGreg]

Sounds like a "mission failed succesfully" situation.