Armored Core Lore: Reuse and Development

The famous black Market arms dealer and their history. Once a group of dozers who would expected them to become one of rubicons arms dealer and helper the overseers.

[@SilentSpirit671]

Since RaD was just a side job, I like the idea of Carla using RaD's funds to create the dumbest weapons & parts, all while getting a kick out naming them & watching her Dozers use them to blow stuff up.

[@armoredcorelore]

Ha ha you know what i would not put it past her, coral heads make great test subjects I am sure and I hate to think what poor rummy went through.

[@HeyPachuco]

I wonder if the previous owner of the company called it RaD for short while he was high on Coral. "bruh, what should I name my business?" "I dunno man, something rad and wicked." "rad?" "yeah man, its gotta be-" "Na bruh, I mean RAD." "Bruhhh, thats rad." "Bruhh..."

[@armoredcorelore]

I like to think this is how it got it name ha ha.

[@andrewrogers3067]

Best Girls secret factory, yay!

[@armoredcorelore]

Ha ha yes best girl.

[@armoredcorelore]

@@SilentSpirit671 You know it =)

[@reliantbelial2341]

Michigan is the best girl, change my mind

[@armoredcorelore]

@@reliantbelial2341 Ha ha I am not even going to try. Just slap the waifu or husbando label on g1 and call it a day.

[@AORaiMechWork]

Best Grandma to be exact

[@anthonywalker6268]

I find the idea of a high engineer being stuck in a mech forever humorous.

[@HoundVII]

might i add , i remember the strider was also a project started by the rubicon liberation front and the RaD helped outfitting them with weapons

[@armoredcorelore]

You may add since its true.

[@muramasa870]

But the giant laser eye on top the strider is BAWS' weapon systems🤔

[@HoundVII]

Oh yeee.....the strider is like a group project.

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

@@muramasa870In my opinion, It's a stolen PCA satellite cannon. Since Carla once mention "Snatching an infrastructure from orbit" In game as well as the fact that in third playthrough, bunch of C weapons rolling out and destroy it... Since PCA got hold of some C weapons, you know.

[@DarkstarArchangel]

Good thing we are about to see more parts from this company with the upcoming update. Wish they had a good tank or tetrapod build.

[@armoredcorelore]

Well we'll see if they come through.

[@Kirby-Krios]

@@armoredcorelore yes I always wait for official word. Any update? ^_^

[@Gigas0101]

The Spring Chicken and Gridwalker have become my main legs and boosters, love using those parts.

[@armoredcorelore]

I had fun with them while making this this video so i get ya.

[@malfolin]

I like that you building your AC's from the parts of the companies you talk about, that where I took to play mostly as 621's standart modified AC for my little project.

[@armoredcorelore]

Thank you i just think it fit the theme of the video and oh sound a neat project.

[@huycan9518]

oh yeah, speaking of debt collector, somehow he shared the same frame and weapon setup with a merc we found during Illegal Entry called Monkey Gordo, I wonder if that guy and Monkey Gordo were debt Collectors.

[@armoredcorelore]

It possible to be honest, i never really stuck around in the pipe to long to look over the ac. Well i got some time now.

[@Grantbird1964]

They must be reusing assets or something like that because you can get a data log from an AC wreck in the mission attack the watchpoint but the model for that wreck is the same model as G7 Hakra from illegal entry

[@armoredcorelore]

@@Grantbird1964 it would not surpise me, I mean the time frame som e of these game devs work too is tight and I don't think the pay is there to make a new one for a side bit.

[@charyou3167]

I have a personal theory that Carla wasn’t there for the fires of ibis. Ayre says “cinder” means she was around for the fires or is a doser joke. I think it’s a doser joke especially since all the other names are lies too, chatty/honest/invincible.

[@armoredcorelore]

Its a fair theory.

[@thechunkmaster8794]

Counterpoint: the other RaD callsigns being lies would be the perfect cover for an actual Cinder who wants to hide in plain sight.

[@charyou3167]

@@thechunkmaster8794 honestly fair and probably closer to the truth.

[@boxmanderkistenmensch2268]

I would also like to add that RaD MT also kinda mirror Institute MTs

[@armoredcorelore]

Kinda being the word here as the closest we get is the Weevil units that share the same weapon idea of kinetic and missiles weapons to overpower a foe.

[@jalpat2272]

But with much much lower quality, their MT could ate low skilled ACs pilot for snack

[@irystocrattakodachithatmooms]

They might have also gone "Well, she was a horrible traitor and manipulator, but she had a good point about making and selling ACs, MTs and weapons." and continue to do black market business. They would lure in experts who didn't want to work for the corporations for leadership so as to make as much money as they could. Then they would be able to get all the coral they could ever want with that money.

[@armoredcorelore]

Very possible after all this is really what we have on R and D for the time.

[@magellali1623]

RaD is very entertaining to watch despite most of their part being not the best but they were the most funny.

[@armoredcorelore]

Certainly an interesting cast.

[@huycan9518]

ah yes, the RADs (Rats) of Rubicon lol

[@armoredcorelore]

Ha ha.

[@KusoSensei]

While forgotten by history, probably my preferred go to for AC’s whenever I need to pump out my RC-2000 in a casual playthrough. Still, I wouldn’t mind running the company after all three endings. 🤔

[@armoredcorelore]

Well if there is anything left of RAD i don't think it be a bad job.

[@renoreno1024]

RaD: hey try this coral, its very rad!

[@armoredcorelore]

The origins of R.A.D huh ha ha.

[@kevingame3198]

Oh yes, my favorite company in the game which later to be a part of a secret organization called overseer plus they produce my favorite frame C2000 frame, but with the shadeeye head

[@andrewrogers3067]

Idk if they made the Shade eye head, think it was custom built by branch

[@kevingame3198]

@@andrewrogers3067 but it’s straight up, manufactured by RaD

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

​@kevingame3198 It was a RAD head, but it was remade into custom form by Raven. RAD did not produce Shade Eye.

[@kevingame3198]

@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem oh I see because I went to the wiki that says about the shade it says this: Custom part derived from the scout AC head developed by RaD. Comprehensively rebuilt by an anonymous independent mercenary group, this model takes some steps forward but sacrifices the minimalism of its predecessor.

[@armoredcorelore]

I think the issue with this head is in game it is marked as a RAD part. However with the use of the words in its description, it makes it sounds like branch took the design of the C2000 head and basically altered it for thier purpose. I guess its really up to personal view on if branch took a already made scout head and modified it or did they only use the design, changed it a bit and then create this shadeeye head.

[@enjoyerofcontent]

SO THAT'S WHERE THE FUCKING DATALOG IN GRID 086 IS! Using my natural fear of lava against me. Well played... Michael Zacky. Well played.

[@armoredcorelore]

Ha ha =)

[@BlackThanator]

Finally managed to make the acquaintance after slamming my head against Balteus for days...only to run into the next roadblock with the Cleaner xD I did get him though, after the second or third attempt, and then brute forced my way past the satellites because I couldnt figure out a reliable pattern to dodge them.

[@armoredcorelore]

Nice and oh don't worry I too brute forced my way through the lasers the first time. I was like I see only way...charge! Ha ha

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

You don't necessarily need to dodge the lasers. There is an indoor route that bypasses a large chunk of them but in exchange you have to fight a couple institute drones, and then a bridge you can fly under that even has little foot rails that you can land on to recover EN. After those two, you end up only ever needing to be in laser area for like 3 seconds

[@PinkTuskedMammoth]

I really enjoy you sounding like a coral junkie LOL

[@armoredcorelore]

Ah thanks, i just could not read it in my usual voice did not sound right ha ha.

[@landonw8982]

Learning some lore now it’s astonishing that Walter sent his “ wolves “ in with base model parts no wonder they got absolutely rekt. 617 being the only competent unit to make any sort of head way at all. Think of the potential they could of had using Carla’s set for example.

[@armoredcorelore]

Oh I think our master of hounds knew what he was doing, the three wolves really where sent as a pack to deal with the threat because I think he knew as a ac pilot himself they lacked skills. Walter knew what foes he was against and was willing to pay the price of blood to win this step in his plan. 617 is perhaps one of ac history everyday heroes but sadly not speical. The basic parts maybe have been his way of keeping out of needing corporations after all he did not trust them and Carla was as close as you could say he trusted. But nothing would have been for free either and I am sure even Carla would have needed credits for the acs Walter brought.

[@landonw8982]

@@armoredcorelore Going as deep as I have into these lore theories and other KZbinrs renditions to me Walter makes more mistakes than he does good strategy. He is involved in overseer which does mostly observation and intervention yet he doesn’t see Sulla coming for us or even bother to warn of the loose end or give us any valuable information about the Cataphract we see later the very one who tore through the “ hounds “. Plus his boss fight was very disappointing I don’t claim to be a pro I’m an average player and AC6 is my first game of the franchise and I beat Walter first try with no gimmick OP build. Ultimately I think Walter is a glorified Dozer addicted to Coral just like the rest of them the idea of power blows their minds and according to Walters helmet appearance he’s definitely tweaking out.

[@armoredcorelore]

​@@landonw8982 These are all fair observations after all walter is only human but i think he's just very unlucky. He knew about all mind as we hear from all mind themselves how 621 handler seem to be onto them and they even admit he is quite the pilot. In truth the man had a lot on his plate, as you say he was carrying the overseers will on his shoulders which really Carla only steps up after his death. And well for sulla i think the issue there is ALL Mind has this great way of knowing everything and dealing with everything but never letting us see how. I personally don't find all mind as interesting as say the nine-ball ai as we saw how this ai used the corporations, the ravens and even nine-ball ac to play them against other as it took in information, learned from it and work on that to balance the world. Here we have an ai that yes was active and collected the data with its time on Rubicon but it seems to know so much and its never exampled. It just an amazing ai that can hack, program 12 ac's to fight, pilot an ac on its own and even absorb the souls of people or link them into a super machine. But back with walter Do i think he was a dozer? No i think he was quite a clever man who did not want to get attached to anyone. He knew how to play people to get what he wanted, how the corporations worked but not this super mastermind of war. As for his fight i know what i mean as i am not a very good pilot but even i beat him. But i think we could look at that as after being re educated i think we lost the real walter and got an augmented being fighting with the will of old self with the new.

[@absurd.gaming]

love the chicken build!

[@armoredcorelore]

Ha ha thanks honestly sometime you have to have some fun when recording =)

[@jeremyparsons2944]

c2000 is one of the best looking frames, just wish there was a c2500 with similar looks and better stats

[@armoredcorelore]

Who knows maybe dlc will give us more ac parts, let's hope so.

[@someone-om4mc]

To be honest. -R-ecycle -A-nd -D-estroy sounds better the reuse and development

[@armoredcorelore]

It does, but hey it is what it is.

[@sharpshoota21]

I have another theory about Carla, she too is augmented heavily.

[@armoredcorelore]

Its possible, We never really see carla and well she's not talked a lot about either.

[@sharpshoota21]

@@armoredcorelore another thing, if she is augmented heavily, then she saw ayre like Walter did in the final mission on NG+

[@SUNDOWNESTUDIOS]

AWESOME!! THANK YOU FOR LORE AND CONTEXT

[@armoredcorelore]

Thank you for the kind words, i am glad to read you enjoyed it.

[@Ikcatcher]

There’s nothing more rad than RaD

[@armoredcorelore]

Nice ha ha.

[@woop348]

Bro I always thought RAD stood for rough and decent because of the soundtrack, have I been fooled?

[@armoredcorelore]

Some many good names for Rad ha ha

[@DamonWolf2392]

Couldn't help but notice the HC-2000/BC SHADE EYE wasn't mentioned? It is a RaD part after all, the poster boy for AC6.

[@armoredcorelore]

Well i can answer that one i missed it, but while chatting about it with others on this video we took a look at its in game description. Custom part derived from the scout AC head developed by RaD. Comprehensively rebuilt by an anonymous independent mercenary group. To me this suggests RAD did not make this part, Branch basically looked at the old scout head and then built thier own version of it.

[@soulx511]

I’m not sure but Carla’s toys might not be MTs since they’re AI or remote controlled. normal MTs are piloted by humans

[@armoredcorelore]

Well the only reason they ended up in the mt section in this video is thanks to page 345 in the new official pilot manual which titles them as RAD ToyBox MTS

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

Average RaD dozer when their boss announced that they will move their lair to a fucking flying city: (Smiles) Average RaD dozer when their boss pilots said city to a giant fucking fuel deposit: (Panik)

[@armoredcorelore]

I can see although knowing what we do about Dozers they maybe be out their head to question it.

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

@armoredcorelore "Guys, why the voice in my head is screaming in terror?" "I dunno, why does that tower in the distance is getting bigger..."

[@azurespectrum1985]

New parts incoming in the next patch, the hype is real! Another tetrapod no less, alongside questionable core and other parts to fill out the set. But the new weapons are something I've been craving on release, just that much closer to becoming the Cataphract!

[@armoredcorelore]

Well i will wait and see what this dlc can bring to the table.

[@blagojpejov4155]

Nice work on Rad the group That Carla is apart of

[@armoredcorelore]

Yep

[@love_ark]

I'm not sure if you picked this up on your 3rd playthrough when facing Honest Brute but I believe the reason he betrayed Cinder Carla is mainly he knew who she was and he sees the coral himself...at least that's what I believe when I heard that third layer of dialog during that fight. I hope this helps your research. ^-^

[@armoredcorelore]

I have not, but i always like a new reason to replay the game so off i go ha ha.

[@love_ark]

@@armoredcorelore Oh boy, you're in for a treat if you haven't; especially from a lore perspective. New dialogue, new events, and new outcomes. Please do whenever your time permits. This is a request from the LoveArk Inc. Foundational Family Organization. ^_^

[@Lonewolf360gaming]

CHATTY STICK MY GOAT 🗣🗣🗣

[@armoredcorelore]

Interesting ai character and you do feel the ai getting more human as we talk to him through the game.

[@muhammadwibisonojanuar7793]

Organization built by old age but younger physics RRI woman researcher

[@armoredcorelore]

Pretty much though Carla age is always going to be a question of how and is she really i feel.

[@moobysnaxx6086]

Im waiting for a branch vid. We never see the 4th pilot/ac and in king or chartreuse arena description it states there are always 4 mercenaries at any given time.

[@armoredcorelore]

We shall find out, maybe after i am back from my break.

[@skyhunt9595]

Wonder those spider mt can fit those pilots

[@armoredcorelore]

Well i did notice a stair case on the electro stun version, but if i was working on theory which i am maybe the small box on thier front?

[@ACFoxeye]

I love the soft junker look their parts go for. If those rumors of new parts are true, I wouldn't mind seeing a tank from these guys in the future. You know you wanna make a nonsensical Road Warrior.

[@armoredcorelore]

It is pretty cool and ohh road warrior ac sounds neat.

[@jamesfayer1182]

Great video but i think you forgot the attachi machine gun

[@armoredcorelore]

Sadly this video was made before the update which put the machine gun in. On the 10th of December 2023, the update happened on the 19th December 2023.

[@ryankruchowski1951]

Outstanding video on the RaD faction. I will consider Carla as a engineer nutjob.

[@armoredcorelore]

Thank you.

[@davemarx7856]

Nice voice acting

[@armoredcorelore]

Ha ha thanks.

[@bigbody4202]

Hey Tourist!

[@armoredcorelore]

Waiting for this comment.

[@themagicalrobotprisma2793]

So basically the junk guild if there were more drug addicts

[@armoredcorelore]

Pretty much with less samurai swords too.

[@themagicalrobotprisma2793]

@@armoredcorelore someone’s gotta fix that

[@ethanarmstrong7929]

YESSSS

[@armoredcorelore]

Hope you enjoy.

[@roninsghost108]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but instead the HC-2000 Shade Eye am RaD part as well? If you ACL, you failed to mention it

[@kevingame3198]

Technically yes, but it was reversed and engineered by branched because the description states: Custom part derived from the scout AC head developed by RaD. Comprehensively rebuilt by an anonymous independent mercenary group, this model takes some steps forward but sacrifices the minimalism of its predecessor.

[@roninsghost108]

@@kevingame3198 I see your point. But I would've still mentioned it, despite it being reworked, at base its still a part that was developed by RaD

[@armoredcorelore]

Sure i accept i missed it out. But i won't lose sleep over it.

[@roninsghost108]

​@armoredcorelore it's okay. Just thought it was weird it wasn't mentioned. No great loss

[@mauauauauaua14]

the raddest faction

[@armoredcorelore]

They are pretty cool and interesting.

[@utbahz]

How about the Shade eye head

[@armoredcorelore]

Its labelled as R.A.D Part but from reading its bio the part itself seems to have been made by branch all it used was the base design of the scout head but was changed heavily.

[@bruce11lee]

MAAAAD STOOOOOMMP

[@armoredcorelore]

Ah my fav ha ha.

[@J.aime_le_pain181]

Ok but what in the world is that paintjob?

[@armoredcorelore]

Which one? You know there is five in this video ha ha

[@millerdiamond708]

drug addicts in mechs that cant be good for anyone chattys death was sad F in the chat for the AI

[@armoredcorelore]

Chatty's death was sad. But i admit rummy and brute have slowly become my favourite male characters of the game. With rummy simple lines that even now as i type all i want to say is MAD STOMP! And Brute because he reminds me of my time in the acting for television and film course i did.

[@rjwhite655]

Please update mic quality

[@armoredcorelore]

You be please to hear this is this microphones final days. Time for a new one.

[@rjwhite655]

@@armoredcorelore somehow it sounds you speak clearer then it'll drop in quality then it just dips again

[@armoredcorelore]

@@rjwhite655 It does your right and sadly I think my mic is giving up. I,ll have to add a new mic to my Christmas list as I have had this one since I was at uni ha ha.

[@ligaar0849]

R. A. D. Why do you keep saying "RND"?

[@armoredcorelore]

I say R and D because it flows easier in a script rather then R.A.D. Plus the a is short for and anyway.

[@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw]

i had to mute the voice over in ac6 because carla keeps calling 621 a tourist. am i the only one? i cringed everytiem.

[@HeyPachuco]

thats basically what she calls him in the japanese version. though the word can also be refered to as "Stranger" or "Outsider" but i guess they went with tourist since it became a label on the Pilots identity.

[@armoredcorelore]

It grew on me, plus i can see why she calls 621 that.

[@TheAnaz41745]

​@@HeyPachucoThe JP version uses "Visitor (ビシター)" Not quite the same but neither are inherently derogatory

[@WheatDos]

ALLMIND: "KZbinr - Armoredcorelore. A video analyzing our timeline, actions, and goals would be surely appreciated. Remember, ALLMIND exists for all mercenaries"

[@armoredcorelore]

Oh I'll get to all mind and its history. I just need to cool my booster for a bit ha ha.