ARKNIGHTS LORE: Terra

[@dawnlaffey]

the ocean might not have issues with oripathy but i feel like it has something much much worse

[@nahimanaraoul5349]

Looks at under the tide event

[@berfstormz9290]

​@@nahimanaraoul5349 *then glances towards Stultifera Navis*

[@Clamantis]

@@berfstormz9290 Sees IS3

[@arks_knights]

@@berfstormz9290then in IS3

[@Themobmobah]

Then IS3

[@lilianchello]

Due to the sheer size of scale, ocean is mostly unknown, and the fact that mobile city need A LOT room to manuver, it seems likely that terra is super earth class planet, many times the size of earth. Stars are visible from the surface, but explicitly said it cannot be used for navigation. This implying that their position is inconsistent, possibly wobbling due to the distortion caused by the... uh... THAT thing in Lonetrail event

[@govinlock8568]

I think Terra has similar size as Earth because iirc R6S collab story tells us that gravitional pull in Terra is similar with the Earth. Instead, Terra's landmass for me is like Pangea during Triassic, in which most landmass are interconneted. Also if the size of Terra is bigger than earth, its mass must be the same because the gravity didn't increased.

[@Zankyo137]

@@govinlock8568 gravity is related to mass, not size, 2 object of the same mass but different size can have the same gravity pull

[@govinlock8568]

@@Zankyo137 I forget sometimes density is not correlated with mass. Thx for correction.

[@vanta789]

@@Zankyo137 But Terra is a terrestrial planet. Those planets generally have the same density unless their mineral content varies wildly. But originium exists...

[@lloleolom]

@@govinlock8568 I think she's smaller than our Earth. It's about the size of our Mars. But the core of the planet is probably made up of "heavier" elements. So the difference in gravity is not noticeable.

[@zerphi1986]

For a further sense of scale on how absolutely massive nomadic cities are, in the Amiya skin where she has the newspapers, the headline reads “Over 1,000,000 dead in terrorist attacks.” If that’s accurate and if we assume that only like half of the people in the city died (since we know that there are survivors), a population of 2 million would make Chernobog the 5th largest city in the US today. And there’s nothing I’ve seen noting that Chernobog was an especially large city.

[@franxx941]

Wow didn't think Chernobog disaster caused so many deaths.

[@moisesfavela2189]

Makes sense. Overpopulation would be a constant issue.

[@senormooples2354]

I feel like nomadic cities are comparable to entire countries. These cities need to be really dense population wise. Even denser than modern cities now since there's multiple layers

[@NeostormXLMAX]

@@senormooples2354not entire countries but city states like singapore

[@brunopagnoncelli975]

If chernobog has THAT many people in it i can't begin to imagine the nomadic cities in Kazimiers and Victoria Or other cities in Ursus

[@mammothmk3355]

Terra is basically: *Hey! Warhammer Battle Fantasy world looks awesome. How about we make an anime version of it. With technology, industrial revolution, Flesh eating "not tiberium" and Homeworld: Desert of Kharak style combat to boot.* :D

[@ashdownnovosky4176]

If you put it that way, then yes😂

[@unitfifty-five7372]

God love deserts of kharat

[@anonymousmind8402]

Thank Sigmar that I am not the only one who made this parallel! Now that I think about it, the world of Arknights has hit a major sweet spot for a Warhammer fan like myself, hosting several parallels with our Earth and yet each having their own unique identity based on our own's culture and history. For instance, both Grand Cathay and Yan have draconic gods comparable to Chinese mythology, Sargon and Lustria have straight-up Lizardmen, and Sami is a weird mix of Kislev, Norsca and Troll Country due to you-know-what further north. Moreover, the setting is a particularly dark science-fantasy world like Warhammer 40,000;s Imperium of Man. But a crucial difference between AK and WH40K is that the former has (at least at present) has not quite hit the realm of 'grimderp' that has become increasing pervasive in the latter. On one hand wars and discrimination are an-all-too-common sight in Terra, but last I checked only Iberia is going all-out with the whole 'burn the heretic'. Perhaps this is why I have come to enjoy the setting of Arknights so much. Heck, right now I am in the process of writing on the Empire of Man in WFB, with a sprinkling of WH40K's Imperium of Man (and that other Warhammer game), as a nation of Terra.

[@alicjacaban2226]

​​@@anonymousmind8402hm most of Terra returned to 🐵 in past.so they can have some Age of strife.overuse of Originium can open Gate for some invaders from other dimensions.rknights timeline started in Originium dust.i guess.later is Endfield at last Arknights.also about Warhammer 40 k .im curious why other Perpetuals not create their ovn Empires.after human Federation falls. Did they not predicted it,and not gathered some resources and followers?only Big E do it

[@kasrkin100]

And mix with Dune and Command & Conquer elements.

[@-thepatriot-9719]

So your telling me that 40 million people in Victoria are just living in 60 mobile cities? Now that's surprising, each of these cities must be packed to the brim with people.

[@Madcat1331]

That seems to be a grossly oversimplified assumption, that Qaiser himself says is not the case. Look at the differences between our own Earthly cities: some are the hubs of economy and culture, while others are only relevant as centers for their respective districts. I bet Londinium trumps every other city in terms of size.

[@zancloufer]

I mean "majority of people" probably means 60-95% of the population. At 60 mobile cities that is 400k~635k per city on average in Victoria. For a post industrial revolution world those cities would be TINY. By the 19th century the top 20 cities where all over 500k with many hitting upwards of 2 million. Remember each mobile city isn't really one city but dozens of land-ships that can separate and merge as needed.

[@mammothmk3355]

We have megacity: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacity City with over 10 millions people are megacity, and we have score of them. In our world, a country state with 40.000.000 is considered a small state, similar to most European state. That's mean for a power like Victoria, it's a small state here in real life. ;)

[@guycross493]

They're jammed packed like sardines to what is practically a city sized aircraft carrier on tracks

[@robbieaulia6462]

@@zancloufer do keep in mind that these cities are on wheels, the fact that they're even able to make a vehicle large enough to be considered a city with it's own self-sustaining industries is impressive, let alone hundreds of these.

[@NagaTales]

Fun fact: -40 degrees is the same temperature in both Celsius AND Fahrenheit. When it gets that cold, everyone agrees on it xD

[@priothree037]

Tomorrow subject : SLAVERY

[@iork_5077]

7:39 What if, The Originium Interference actually some kind of communication signal but can't be decoded by Terra current technology like Dial Up Modem sound

[@lilianchello]

Make a lot of sense, especially if you remember what originium and Civilight Eterna originally designed for

[@heraadrian7764]

​@@lilianchello Smart tiberium is a nightmare to think about and if they had originium fauna or flora to hive mind then say their ass goodbye.

[@zomfgroflmao1337]

The only thing I would consider incorrect about this is that Originium (in the ground or in use) has something to do with catastrophes. While we as players can be pretty sure that this is the case, there are a lot of countries that don't believe there is enough proof for that theory, it is even hinted at that some researchers that published papers in that direction 'disappeared'. I imagine it something like the tobacco industry telling everyone that smoking is fine, even though they knew it wasn't and shutting up scientists that said otherwise, while paying a bunch of money to lobby groups to keep the truth under wraps. (Or the oil industry with global warming might be another, even closer, example for that behaviour.) Sources are some stuff during Siesta with Eyjafjalla and Eyjafjallas surrounding stories (I think it was even her parents that disappeared), but this is just going of my memory, so if someone wants to find the specific part, feel free. What muddies the whole thing even more is that some groups take this as fact (Durins), while others are still awaiting proof (Leithanien).

[@Sueros]

Yo dudes, the sea is pretty chill. Why not becoming seaborn? :D

[@Tyranid_Hive_Mind]

Why would i want to be a discount version of me?

[@Sueros]

@@Tyranid_Hive_Mind Because the seaborns have family. The land dwellers have rock cancer.

[@Tyranid_Hive_Mind]

@@Sueros seaborn are overrated, their leader can be eaten and converted into biomass

[@Therestrial205]

I would like send Exterminatus to the ocean if I could

[@sw4gsmile595]

​@@Therestrial205"KILL THE OCEON" *Throws waste into the OCEON*

[@iork_5077]

4:41 Noted, so Exu didn't become Infected

[@berfstormz9290]

Oh for fuck sake 😭

[@NoireEiki]

Hold up, wait a minute, something aint right

[@shield0164]

😁

[@Absolute__Zero]

Qaiser doing gods work for the Arknights lore enthusiast once again! I’ll definitely be directing this video to any new people curious about AK’s lore after watching the Arknights anime ^^

[@DisIngRaM]

2:01 After Lone Trail we know that, Catastrophy been around since about roughly 1000~1100 years ago from the current AK timeline.

[@mihimanindo3564]

Since 14.000 years ago before sarkaz (teekaz) change their race name

[@justankneocyclonecanon2170]

Mobile Cities reminds me of that old anime that has them where the world is radioactive and the only livable place are Mobile Cities itself that has this giant insects creatures that grow stronger the older they are. They also have this Mobile Cities vs Mobile Cities battle where the battle is basically "Capture the flag" objective where the winning Mobile Cities gets this resource extracting things and no actual death is needed. And of course they have military academy because of the world and for plot reasons. They also have this sword tournament thing where you get this super powerful blade if you win that tournament the protagonist has won a couple of years ago but hasn't accepted the blade for reasons. It only has 12 or 13 episodes and one season so it's mostly forgotten by now although I've remembered it a bit but not the name of this anime since it is old.

[@heraadrian7764]

Chrome shelled regios ring a bell, bro?

[@justankneocyclonecanon2170]

@@heraadrian7764 oh yeah it's that anime. Loved it but it was too short for me to enjoy

[@heraadrian7764]

@@justankneocyclonecanon2170 Oh nice and good to find another that saw it. At least it was a bit more interesting then the common barrel of anime.

[@kevinplayz7965]

If the catastrophes were often happen, how does Humans manage to build the nomadic cities? Especially where do they got the materials? Where are the factories that produce materials that needed to build a fully moving structures?

[@Dr.Krezotexe]

Now i'm thinking that Because of non-marked land is unoccupied, that's mean Terra is basically still an "Earth Pangea Continent" That's why not many ppl knew Ocean Exist

[@misshappenedfecility8795]

Yay new lore video

[@edhikurniawan]

5:01 Do people on Terra consider themselves as Human ? I mean, they looks like hybrids to me. And oh, i used to watch your video when i really have the time to do so. Because it usually still a big chunk of infromation to process. 40 mil / 60 = 667K people (rounded). The wording is ''most of them at the mobile city'', so maybe, just maybe, around 500K per mobile city. Maybe the rest are nomadic people? Do you have number of how many people are staying on the city compared to the nomadics? Given to the nature of the catastrophy, it may be larger than my imagination or estimation. I mean it might be more logical to stay mobile. Also for number comparison. 650K is the population of Macau, Oslo. 65K is the ABRAJ AL BAIT TOWERS, the largest building for human habitation by the Guiness Book of records. 50K the estimated population of Kowloon Walled city, one of the most densest place on earth. Perhaps the closest thing you can count how big the mobile city might be if you're looking to the multiple size of Kowloon. 7K is the passsanger capacity of the largest cruise ships today. 3.3K was the crew number of the IJN Yamato, the largest battleship with 72K ton displacement. 773 the crew of 10-15K ton Japanese cruiser Takao, i just put in comparison with Yamato. Japanese vessels known for uncomfortably packed with people...

[@ZearthGJL]

In Lonetrail, Talos was mentioned, so there may be some relations with Endfield.

[@TrollBishbaalkin]

It seems Talos are the name of the twin moons of Terra as Endfield took place in Talos II which the website said is Terra's moon. So yeah we have Talos I.

[@minthuta3288]

So basically, Arknights is anime version of warhammer 40k.

[@CBRN-115]

Anime death world

[@anonymousmind8402]

@@CBRN-115 If one were to heavily downplay or outright remove the obvious anime elements, rephrase the races as "Abhumans", their Originium Arts as a uniquely focused variant of psychic powers and so forth, then one may think of it as a rather peculiar Death World in Warhammer 40,000.

[@anonymousmind8402]

The best part about it all is that thanks to lore from Lone Trail, one can imagine that AK's Terra is a lost experimental colony from the Dark Age of Technology. The "First Civilisation" dates just within the ballpark of that enigmatic age, with their absurd technology being used to terraform the world (frankly identical to the Old Ones from Warhammer Fantasy Battle, up to and including the Polar Gates and their sudden disappearance after a currently-unknown calamity).

[@kamo8741]

Man, these lore episodes are amazing! Even as a veteran player, I was watching them while already having a good idea about most of what was said in the videos, but it was still very interesting to listen and discover small nuggets of information I didn't know before. Very enjoyable series, keep those episodes coming!

[@AgsNfz]

Aside from the ocean, the animal entities like Zaro is what intrigues me the most.

[@villager2438]

And now we know that there is a barrier around Terra

[@E1Alpha]

I've started to run an Arknights TTRPG, and Qaiser, your lore videos have been a GODSENT to get this running properly. Absolutely loving it.

[@irfanhidayat4291]

Next episode: Racism

[@tzaphkiel003]

great video again mate. one of the nitpicks i have about the story even tho it is stated is how almost even the smallest of establishments have access to being on a mobile city, something which should be some highly engineered thing. how do those small villages/cities afford that? then again it might be a mass-produced thing now so i guess it won't be too hard for a community to acquire one. also one of the other things that bothered me was the internet system of arknights, as we know that terra hasnt gone to space yet, so it shouldnt have any satellites. how do those video-sharing platforms work across the world without such a connection?

[@zacharysiow5478]

Unless i am severely misunderstanding you, i think you need to read up on how internet works in real life first based on your question, satelites are the last thing you need. Also, some villages can't afford them, they rely on messengers or travellers for information transfer. Like literally, qiu bai event's conflict is literally caused by this.

[@lilianchello]

Tightbeaming also exist, although that mean horizon and interference is EXACTLY the problem. For the mobile settlement, if one can gather enough money, they can commission a modified mining platform or such platform to put their settlement on top of it. Not that much different from Mortal Engine movie, but not that crude.

[@overse7938]

One suggestion i have for the next video is to theorize that Kazdel (the most misterious nation in terra) actually represents the middle east, considering they have religious wars, are culturally displaced and have a Major city named Taba (there is an existing city in egypt IRL called Taba), it also geographically matches the spot..... somewhat matches at least So yea, have a little heads up if the mystery hasn't been solved ;)

[@weaselprime8654]

As a reminder, the nation of Kjerag is almost all stationary settlements due to the extreme rarity of Catastrophes in the isolated mountain ranges it claims as its territory. They didn't adopt mobile cities because there was no need for them, and they were a full nation before anyone else because they weren't being flattened by Originium storms.

[@ironwolfsaber2739]

Its possible to shove the entirety of humanity into a cramped apartment cube and it will remain within new york city's limits easily. So its not so far fetched that smaller structures can house a large number of people and further dilute with life support systems.

[@arcdraconis9579]

Terra is a planet that much we know...bdo we though? i have a theory that terra is actually an ark like in nova's ark. During sultifera kelsit had this convo about how terra is described and the word planet never came up. Also the stars being fake etc etc

[@heraadrian7764]

If they live in a Halo shield world then I would be very amused.

[@TheMentallyTired]

Welcome to Terra where everyone is gray and everything is chaos

[@elbatafirst3838]

Man Im so excited for the next video to get some lore why some individual or races in arknights like sui siblings doesnt affected by originium.

[@hasaniqbal7135]

Have they ever thought to shoot a catastrophe with something that could disperse it?

[@lilianchello]

The problem is its a clump of solidifying active originium. Which can explode. And scatter.

[@nahimanaraoul5349]

It dangerous cause originium is a mass of energy

[@mcgyverac9415]

I have found a fellow American :)

[@zacharysiow5478]

i mean real life weather control is tough enough, not sure what you think shooting a fictional catastrophe fill with weird magic roccs achieves anything at all.

[@therealgeneralMacArthur]

​​@@zacharysiow5478 obviously, just use those good old 120mm stratosphere guns will just send the thing blasting off in all other directions

[@g11operator]

The RDA from Avatar would love this planet

[@Therestrial205]

We need to create superhuman soldiers and protect this Holy Terra from Xenos and Demons becau- Oh wait! Wrong Terra

[@anonymousmind8402]

Well, the Aegir have the Abyssal Hunters to deal with the closest AK Terra has to Genestealer cultists and oceanic Tyranids. Then there is Ursus' Emperor's Blades handling the daemon part (albeit through heretical means). So you are not that far off at least in principle.

[@JovilTheDeltarune]

Terra is a name of a roman god and also the name of earth in some coutrys as an example Portugal

[@lightcraft7714]

Love ur videos. I will appreciate it if u make more story chapters videos

[@kirayamato3181]

Again a very phenomenal video 👏

[@piotrmiler234]

Question . Do factions have land fleets , considting of actuall war units , like battleships but on land . That would be interesting plot for UK or Spain inspired factions .

[@-thepatriot-9719]

Yes, The Victorian Empire(The UK) has a very powerful landfleet same goes for Iberia(Spain) but it's a normal fleet in the sea that is also pretty powerful.

[@vincecomuna]

There were no two moons. FeelsSadMan

[@michalszyszlo]

Finaly!

[@kasrkin100]

Meanwhile me as C&C Fans and Dune fans be like: Wow Arknight is not just have Warhammer Reference also do Origium and its function is similar to Tiberium and Spice. Yes this why I love Arknight do their Inspire.

[@EXCEED30]

Thank you for preparing us from getting Isekai'd in Terra

[@balazscsotai8354]

Honestly, my reaction would be "Well fuck. Time to die I guess. If I live, I can die from terrorists, getting my body turned into a crystal which will turn into a nuke after I die. I'm not hot and strong enough to join Rhodes Island, and tyrannical governments rule."

[@spiritwildfiregaming1975]

@@balazscsotai8354 RI does have some operators that are civilians, even if they're units in-game.

[@nightsnkjudgement3551]

@@spiritwildfiregaming1975 Plus you could apply for logistics support if combat or field duty is too much to handle.

[@myxco8175]

Im wander why terrans don't build aircraft like rhodes?? That makes thing more easier? Because of terra's air residences are unstable?🤔

[@pocketinfinity6733]

very expensive, also not everyone has cracked rim billiton engineers and construction workers working on all their vehicles

[@lilianchello]

Lonetrail event will answer that. VERY SOON IN NOVEMBER

[@lloleolom]

As has been pointed out, it's expensive and difficult And also because airplanes stop working at altitudes above 6152m...for some reason 👀

[@shadymann9468]

They do, but just like RI are low altitude.

[@duncang3062]

you are the Vaatividya of arknights and its great lol

[@tactilecacti]

We gettin spoiled by Qaiser lately and I freaking love it

[@Astpirick]

I cant wait for the nations lore

[@wigglyjiggly4583]

Love this❤

[@retroenergy]

A good topic for Arknights lore is the civilization ending threats it has, such as the Seaborn 🐟, the Collapsals 👾 and the Black hole 🕳️

[@shadymann9468]

Pretty sure in the beginning it's just philosophical bs by dear Kal'tsit.

[@MajorLawliet]

It's not. Iberia also can't use the sky for navigation at the sea.

[@shadymann9468]

@MajorLawliet counterpoint Astesia and her whole family plus the whole fake sky situation.

[@MajorLawliet]

@@shadymann9468 ... uuuh, I have this weird fucking feeling you don't read profiles because she does mention that, if indirectly. Not sure how you really think that is proof either versus an entire nation with great maritime might being near completely helpless at sea without light towers because the sky is completely worthless for navigation.

[@shadymann9468]

@MajorLawliet my guy, do you need a drawing to understand things? There's a fake sky therefore the true stars are unable to be seen. The true stars can't be seen and therefore can't be used at sea. However, there are mentions several mentions of seeing the stars, so what gives? If the sky can replicate a day and night cycle, why wouldn't it be able to replicate stars? Of course, those replicas wouldn't be able to guide sailors as they are simply stand ins.

[@MajorLawliet]

@@shadymann9468 ... what in the fuck are you even talking about, at this point? Do you actually believe the sky is fake or that Kal'tsit's stuff was philosophical bullshit?

[@andrewnelson4148]

I think the reason why they can see the stars and can't see them is due to light pollution, more than anything else.

[@lilianchello]

Lonetrail will answer it

[@ironwolfsaber2739]

-40 F and -40 C is close to equal.

[@dokutahdarco]

Episode 5: racism Wait.....what

[@arks_knights]

Seaborn and aiger lore when?

[@misshappenedfecility8795]

Will the qaiser games go live on lone trail

[@philipshade1154]

What, no hurricane catastrophe storms?

[@lilianchello]

There are. Blizzard variety also happens

[@NOOB-ps8km]

Lesgoo

[@jlester163]

Gonna say it for copium Talos II= ancient terra

[@alicjacaban2226]

Talos ll is just another human colony. In Originium dust( humanity use Originium to become stronger.and more anime😉) later they go into space.at last something go wery wrong.and Terra going Postapo.most nations fallen.except Aegir and unknown northern nation( see disovered Terra 3,0)hm did they have something Like Age of strife from Warhammer 40k? .

[@meinas5872]

Yeee

[@SalmonAT19]

plz do chapter 7-8 story

[@justbot4140]

Nice

[@tanatnguyen3611]

👍

[@mig-1578]

What Happened to your voice?

[@DaBroSquad]

Terra = Talos 2