Armored Core Lore: Ravens Ark

[@SereneHaze6213]

Thank you for the upload, sir

[@armoredcorelore]

And thank you for the comment. They always make me smile.

[@watcherman222]

Mirage should've known better than to mess with someone belonging to an organization of mercenaries piloting death mobiles.

[@armoredcorelore]

They should. But we know the big blue corp fires first before thinking about what they do.

[@null8036]

@@armoredcorelore Seems they had done that in every gen 3 games except for last raven

[@TheFirstRaven]

Interestingly, the "information" feature in last raven never mentions the Raven's Ark executives. They just make it seem like Jack-O has always been the leader of the ark

[@armoredcorelore]

True as it does say the leader of ravens Ark Jack-o disappeared around this time and most presumed he died in the attack. And in nexus we don't hear about Jack-o until he forcible takes over the Ark by force, so its possible he was the leader who used forced to change the ark or that he took over from of the old leader/leaders and forced the changes. Again the joys of AC history as from one view he was always the leader and from another he was a raven who took the ark over by force.

[@ReifinDFanchon]

Mirage: **launch missile** "Are you mad?" Raven's Ark: "No." Also Raven's Ark: "NOT for long that is lmao."

[@armoredcorelore]

Got to love playing the corporations at their own games.

[@armoredcorelore]

I can imagine it now.

[@__Xeese]

Raven’s Ark was always pretty neat. Fun to see that even our group could get wrapped up in the corporation’s corruption. Finally got past Zinaida and those flying Pulverizers, eh? Looking forward to the next video!

[@armoredcorelore]

Well i suppose if you can stand up to the big powers, why not get in on their corruption too. Oh yes i did and now to finally get that story video done.

[@Errorcutive]

The whole thing about the Ark honestly fascinate me. Radical Neutrality and Independence at all cost. Basicly Swiss but for what is basically Hitmans In Mechs. Its also quite interesting how Nihilistically Grim the Ark Profesional Competitiveness is shown, a dog eat dog world in the most literal sense by dogfighting each other to the death in missions, the whole thing just felt very warrior culture oriented just like mandalorians for lack of better analogy. In context of Nexus, its bombastic music and entry presentation, and how each raven is so prideful how they always give smack talk like WWE Wrestlers complete with colourful mech as their show costume which even carried to Last Raven, its not hard to see why since every job might be their last against other raven in their nihilistic rat race for top rank. Tbh while it is intriguing to see ravens and their culture at the end I almost feel sad for them honestly, even the ending of nexus and to extent for everyone involved in the 24hr war of last raven shows if you live by the AC you die by the AC in the most literall way possible. Imo its an effective way by fromsoft writing if its meant to be anti war or anti glorifying mercenaries by showing the grim side of the job

[@armoredcorelore]

This I like. Its true for all the show we see the fact is most ravens will die in a job, not many get to see old age and in such a world where freedom is quite restricted. Being a raven is that freedom people seek if they can, but the price in return is a life of fighting and endless killing. Not so glorious being a mercenary when one takes a look into the reality of the job.

[@Errorcutive]

@@armoredcorelore Its quite a deep, grim and somewhat nihilistic narrative honestly in Gen 3 world as you can only choose to be a corporate slave or become an independent free man at all cost including bleeding your hand against others in a nihilistic climb to the over glorified top rank. Very Cyberpunk like, no happy ending either way. But i guess thats the life of a Raven the spirit of ruthlessly become the best and completing the mission at all cost, which is a stark contrast to Lynxes who chose their battle very philosophically. Ravens just fly where theres the smell of death to peck on. Also the ark has my respect, they at least have principle and at least ensuring their member independence despite all the grim things they face daily. Character like Jack-O that stood firm in face of corporate pressure and assasination attempt has my full respect as an employee.

[@armoredcorelore]

@@Errorcutive All very true and you will hear no arguments from me.

[@null8036]

wait armored core is anti-war? i thought it's the opposite

[@Toshinben]

I have to admit, Ravens Ark was probably the best employer of all the merc organizations. Compared to Collared that'll send you on suicide missions and make secret agreements with Orca, or Nerves Concord that'll set up missions to ambush and kill other members of the SAME ORGANIZATION (what was the total, 3? The dude looking for arena sponsorship you kill in the furnace area, Deerhunt and the other dude that betray you in the open area, and the one dude where you attack him in the arena during practice are the ones I remember), Ravens Ark is a pretty good place to work! I think they're the only organization in all of AC that wouldn't take anything from the corps lying down. One thing missing: we never got to really see what Ravens Ark could do. This includes previous and subsequent counterparts. I think the closest we get in any game is the Union attack on the Crest research area in AC3, where we have a large coordinated assault on a facility where victory is a foregone conclusion, the only question is who's going to get there first? Imagine some mission with 10 ACs all going ham on some military base, criminal hideout, or maybe airport, as a response to some aggression. You don't even need to do anything to win the mission. The point would be to show 'We don't have the money to fund a sustained war, but we DO have the money for this!' Also, how big is the Ark? How much of their assets are owned, and how many are rented? To transport pilots work for the Ark, or some other organization? We know they made money off of the arena, which they built in conjunction with someone else (can't remember who at the moment). Was their policy BYOAC, or did they provide basic ACs to anyone who could pass the entrance exam? How did they get access to all the parts that they sold - did they have their own stock, or were they just brokers between pilots and manufacturers? Did they have any dedicated facilities? I could probably go on for quite a while with unanswered questions about the Ark.

[@armoredcorelore]

These are all good questions and sadly in all the books i own on ac i could not find this sort of information and that's sometimes the issue. The scale of some of the organisations is never made clear and i do like the whole march of the acs into a base to show power, but i think the ark knew if they sent in more the one ac into the mirage base then the big blue would put it together. After all crest was having money problems and Navis was on its knees.

[@GreyKingZero]

Just hearing the music at the end hits me with what felt like a crashing wave. I really hope there will be a day when all AC games get put together in a collection for the PS4 and 5 generation of consoles, I miss them.

[@armoredcorelore]

That would be cool the armored core collection.

[@Toshinben]

And PC too please.

[@KeiNova]

Great video as usual! Thanks for all of these, it's keeping me invested in the storyline so I'm ready for AC6!

[@armoredcorelore]

Thank you Nova, you keep up the good work your end too.

[@KeiNova]

@@armoredcorelore Thank you as well. I only aspire to reach the same level of dedication and quality as you!

[@meeirudayo7270]

new lore video is up. I'm awake my good sir

[@armoredcorelore]

Ha ha =)

[@AppleBukker]

Again, you always seem to know whenever I'm doing a new playthrough of an Armored Core series XD excellent report, by the way! I'm excited to get to the end of Nexus now

[@armoredcorelore]

My raven senses where tingling and thank you. I hope you enjoy nexus as I find it charming in its own way.

[@TheFirstRaven]

Never been this early! I just realised you have subtitles. You really are putting in lots of work into this!

[@armoredcorelore]

Ah well I can only take credit for the English subtitles. The rest are done by google.

[@rreckinreturns]

Oh yeah, here we go! Very informative, as always, I'm super excited for more Last Raven content. Brilliant as always ACL. Keep up the masterworks. ❤

[@armoredcorelore]

Well thank you and me too. It should be something different I hope =)

[@ZedtheRedRaven]

You know... this makes the stories of the AC games even more interesting. It's right there but we skip it so much. I mean, I did it.

[@armoredcorelore]

Oh they are quite the collection of stories. Skipping or not i think it boils down to if your in it for the lore or there for the AC's. Mind you i know we have some lore hungry ravens and lynxs out there who have never skipped and can tell you the plot of most ac game from memory.

[@MrWaifuTaker]

Jack-O firing everyone from Raven's Ark is hilarious in a way.

[@deeraptor5123]

The payback mission on mirage is great! I also like the ranking system in Ravens Ark. I hope they do something similar in AC6 multiplayer maybe?

[@armoredcorelore]

The score system it is different and who knows maybe we'll have teams again like in acv.

[@blagojpejov4155]

Nice work on Ravens Ark man

[@armoredcorelore]

Thank you.

[@armoredcoreexile]

One of my favorite missions in the game is when you go and put the screws to Mirage for their conduct, and the Ark pays you to do it. I'd have done it for free. Completely out of pocket.

[@armoredcorelore]

Loyal raven here or one that does not like to be screwed with.

[@armoredcoreexile]

@@armoredcorelore always one who doesn't like to be screwed with. I'm loyal to myself and those I love. With a firm belief in the saying "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes." And they elected for first place.

[@drwilyecoyote5357]

oooooh last raven comes next and i'm excited

[@armoredcorelore]

Me too, its time to put the hardest armored core to the lore books.

[@MrWaifuTaker]

Raven's Ark have good taste in music, just look at the navigation world theme.

[@armoredcorelore]

It is a banger.

[@clintonef9]

This was one of my favorite AC games….then again I think I said that about all the ones I’ve played besides V/Verdict Day

[@armoredcorelore]

Ha ha you just have a lot of favourites.

[@ACFoxeye]

It's my Ravens' Ark now. Corporate toadies get out.

[@armoredcorelore]

*Salutes*

[@bgonzales817]

At least the ark retaliates for the player, global cortex lets you get betrayed.

[@armoredcorelore]

True. They take the money of Mirage and also kick the blue corp about just to say thanks for cash, but don't touch our assets.

[@unknownas9705]

6 finals and 1 extra, how counting this?

[@armoredcorelore]

The secret ending? Ah its a tough call. To me it just does not fit in after all to see this ending you have to beat all missions something that is no possible thanks to the law of time and space. That is unless the last raven is a time traveller. However i will talk about it and where it might fit in.

[@unknownas9705]

@@armoredcorelore According to the developers, the canon ending is to be the last raven, the last pulverizer is an extension (why is the mecha head on the cover only found there?)

[@armoredcorelore]

@@unknownas9705right So only two routes would be considered Cannon then. And that's kind of the point. Its extra. The last pulveriser which is magically stronger and somehow was managed to be made even though the facility making them and we presume the last pulveriser it made were taken out by Ziniada or the player raven in said two cannon routes.

[@unknownas9705]

@@armoredcorelore well, how to abort the routes? Specially this kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYSqe2Cij5injK8

[@armoredcorelore]

@@unknownas9705 Ah much i fear her, she's an important part of lr history. Plus the video is already in its final stages anyway.

[@armoredcoreexile]

Let's goooooo RAVENS ARK!!!

[@armoredcorelore]

Gooooo! Ha ha.