BFG2 - Fall of Cadia

Let it be known, the planet broke before the guard did!
Cutscene of the prologue from Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2 of the space battle that took place against the forces of Chaos.

[@Tazkar]

Also will just say that while when I played this I found the entire cut scene cool, that moment when you see the Chaos Cruisers engage full thrust towards the Blackstone Fortress, I was just like "Ooooh shit." And immediately that line from the reveal trailer went through my head "An Icon will fall" I knew that Cadia got destroyed, just didn't know we were going to get front row seats at the start of the game.

[@soupenjoyer6173]

mans got fucking blammed

[@Jeffemcd08]

I'm pre sure their battleships not sure though

[@IIIJG52]

Did you know its an interactive cut scene where you can move the camera ?

[@robbielewis4740]

I am reminded of Mobile Suit Gundam: Origins

[@adeptusdrumlinus4705]

Man this hit hard I actually play guard on table top and I play the 88th cadian ash walkers whose gear is covered in ash

[@alricmalicorne321]

"Hey, ain't that the Vengeful Spirit? Horus's flagship?" "Yeah?" "The one vessel that wrought havoc upon countless battlefields for 10 millenia?" "Yeah?" "The ship that single-handedly destroyed thousands of fleets? Thousands of planets? " "Yeah!" "The sole reaper of a thousand billion souls! The bane of the Imperial Navy! " "YEAH!" "..." "Let's mug'em."

[@liamking4104]

Alric Malicorne I see no fault in this plan

[@doublep1980]

Are you questioning your commanding officer's logic? *COMMISSAR!*

[@joaquinandreu8530]

@@doublep1980 As the Emperor wills. BLAM!

[@Dantaroen]

For Talos! I...I mean the Emperor !

[@DeathSithe92]

@@Dantaroen rofl reminds me of skyrim level 2 Bandit 1: "Oi that the dragon born? Savior of the world, slayer and devourer of dragon souls and vampire lord?", level 3 Bandit 2: "Aye that it is....." level 2 Bandit 1: "Lets rob em!"

[@cximines]

"The energy beam is... Repelling the eye of terror." *Chaos gods:* "Wait, that's Illegal!"

[@ammarpratama1207]

@Devon Crusader (GASP) HERESY!!!

[@rayhankazianga6817]

@Devon Crusader FILTHY HERETIC

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

@In the halls of madness, dwells a mad philosopher. Technically, it was Necron tech.... activated by a Necron .... so....

[@essexclass8168]

@Devon Crusader Much better than Chaos can in their own realm at least considering what happened to Lorgar recently

[@svenhoek8615]

@@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim Hey, you know what they say, the enemy of my enemy is still heretical xenos scum and deserving of nothing less than death.

[@bl00dix82]

For the people defending the Admiral. She later tried to attack a Craftworld with an even smaller fleet.

[@emperorschampion6396]

Desperate times call for desperate measures

[@HalIOfFamer]

Yeah she was not the sharpest tool in big Es shed. The only reason she survived the craft world attack was because a traitor lord high admiral sent a real hero to save her.

[@228Ghost228]

@@HalIOfFamer so the emperor does protect

[@HydraDominatus420]

This is why you don’t send women to do a man’s job 🤦

[@UnlimitedFlyers]

Admiral Catalia is secretly an Abaddon worshipper. That is, she is Failbaddon's Imperial counterpart. The Emperor Protects... _even the greatest of idiots._ 😅😂

[@cringelord1809]

Estimated crew loss: 65.000 Those are rookie numbers on a WH40K scale.

[@the_dropbear4392]

To be fair she only has a small ship

[@PropheticShadeZ]

that line blew my freakin mind, i wish they gave more context numbers more often, e.g in the campaign after fighting nurgle champ, you have to purge half your crew, metal af

[@the_dropbear4392]

@@PropheticShadeZ Battle (atrocity) of Istvan III Causalities 8 billion +

[@queencyrys6309]

Cringe Lord that was just on her ship. Definitely at least half a mil on the full battlegroup as a whole

[@inquisitorthomasdefinitely536]

Prophetic ShadeZ a battle ship normally has a self sustaining crew of 3 million at the minimum a full crew is about 5 million almost all of the crew would have spent the whole life on that ship born on it grew old and died of old age on never leaving its hull it also has the ability to grow basic food stuffs for its crew and replacement of water is handled getting in from plants that provide water only needs to dock for repairs ammo and Fuel

[@dragonslair951167]

"The Vengeful Spirit is firing." The one sentence you never, ever want to hear in the Imperial Navy.

[@VioletDeathRei]

@Hela Goddess of Death "Ramming Speed!"

[@iamafuckingfailure]

@Project Zero *FOR THE EMPEROR!!!*

[@stephenbyrne2170]

Especially when it's a name belonging to a starship that was supposed to have been destroyed during the Siege of Terra.

[@SeanFaceXD]

@@VioletDeathRei Fix Bayonets

[@celsetialarchives5909]

How about being the commander of a fllet and receiving this panicked message "Situation critical Tyranid forces have reached the solar system They are approaching holy terra The navigators report they can bearly see the light of the astronomicon All ships receiving this break for the warp and head for terra immediately All attempts must be made to reach terra before the devour breaches the palace All risks be damed If we wait we die If we jump we moght be lost forever But some will make it Those that do will know what must be done Take strength brothers and sister if the navy...guard and all other loyal branches In the name of the God Emperor and by decree of lord regent Robute Guiliman We must head for terra immediately The Emperor protects"

[@mausolus8466]

Admiral: "What have I done? My pride... my arrogance..." Where the hell was that commissar to do his duty then?

[@zqfmgb4335]

You ask too much questions.

[@jooj2955]

@@zqfmgb4335 Commissar do your duty !

[@PropheticShadeZ]

probably charged the enemy when every deck on the ship took on a little too much space

[@informationyes]

They more focus on peoples fear than incompetence but also this was a case of simply being out gunned than stupidity and she was actually following orders! and the stupid thing to do was to follow these orders, she said that because she knew she shouldn't have because she knew it was suicidal but she wanted to be the one to kill him, In fact if she had done the smart thing and refused those orders he may have acted, also their less likely to kill people in more powerful positions.

[@nickelbon1320]

The commissar is charging the enemy

[@generalalduin9548]

“We will not fail!” *utterly curbstomped by the Vengeful Spirit* “... we failed!”

[@mannofdober873]

We have fehled... The emprah... *dies*

[@Hatzi89]

they were engaging a gloriana class battleship from the times of the great crusade with a cruiser and a few escorts.... how did they think this would play out?

[@Ocean_man_Nauticus]

It was a moment, that she realized - Abbadon had his arms

[@johndanes2294]

@@Hatzi89 It also has countless demons on board giving it an unimaginable power boost. That admiral was lucky to have gotten out alive.

[@Stein871]

this reminds me of the bull statue and the little girl statue standing in defiance in front of it

[@blackshade9]

Abbadon: The Galaxy's Biggest Sore Loser. "If I can't have Cadia, none of you can."

[@KnIf0rTITAN]

To be fair he only went back to Cadia because Creed called him a bitch for trying to bypass it.... and he was right.

[@alexrowe7063]

@@KnIf0rTITAN lmao I'd want to see how the FaceTime between Creed and Abbadon went down. Creed must have given him a hard time for pussying out of taking Cadia, so my man just turned around took a few L's and decided to blow up Cadia. I don't wrong him doing it otherwise he'd never live it down that Creed handed his ass to him again.

[@scarlettmanson712]

Abbadon fucking cheated

[@thomasc.5219]

@@scarlettmanson712 how did he cheat?

[@AdeptKing]

@@scarlettmanson712 I would call that more of a sore loser move than a cheat.

[@NahtsWorld]

The Planet fell before the Guards did. CADIA STANDS!

[@gabzdark07]

JinRequim More like Cadia blew lol

[@spongmongler6760]

HERESY! CADIA STANDS.

[@gabzdark07]

@@spongmongler6760 It's dead, Jim.

[@spongmongler6760]

not jim, not dead

[@ridleydidnothingwrong]

@@spongmongler6760 it's about as alive as that corpse you worship

[@ROFLobster4884]

The worst part is, had she not sacrificed her battle group against the despoiler, they may have been able to intercept the chaos strike group that pushed the blackstone fortress out of orbit.

[@Costin_Gaming]

Unlikely. She had light cruisers against the cruisers and even battleships I can count in that group? No chance.

[@ROFLobster4884]

@@Costin_Gaming She needn't win the engagement, only prevent them from driving in a straight path towards the Black Stone fortress unmolested. If she broke off even half of the approaching chaos vessels even temporarily, it may have given other more substantial Imperial vessels, or perhaps the Phalanx (which wasn't too far away) a chance to engage the heavier vessels. Blackstone Fortresses are huge, I doubt they would have been able to effectively move it without nearly that entire cluster of ships.

[@erwin669]

@@ROFLobster4884 Time in BFG is compressed for the purposes of game play and narrative. It was probably hours between the squadrons attack on the Vengeful Spirit and when the Chaos strike force pushing the Blackstone into Cadia. Not shown here, but in the Fall of Cadia book the Phalanx took heavy damage during the fight with the Blackstone and was having to deal with Chaos boarding parties and a daemonic incursion on board with only a single company of Marines to defend the station. If I remember right nearly a quarter of the Phalanx was overrun before the pylons were turned on and caused the daemons onboard to dematerialize and the Marines launch a counterattack.

[@ROFLobster4884]

@@erwin669 Aye, you're probably right about that. I know distance and scale is compressed for gameplay purposes, it only makes sense that time would as well. Whatever the outcome though, dedicating her vessels towards an attack that /might/ of had an effect on the outcome of the battle wouldn't have been any worse than dedicating her vessels on an attack against a Gloriana - which is suicide.

[@christiandauz3742]

@LowlyGrinder Changeling could have kill her, destroy her body and took her disguise!

[@dillonleon5558]

Even on battleships the commissars kill their own men.

[@dosg847]

coward and traitor are everywhere, its heresy to think otherwise ;p

[@commissargebbet5124]

I ran out of ammunition one time started beating the cowards with a leg

[@Jeffemcd08]

not men COWARDS

[@HorusHeresy1982]

@@commissargebbet5124 Wirt? How the fuck did you get promoted from Diablo to 40K?!

[@danter.6379]

Heresy grows from idleness..

[@Avenger85438]

Abaddon: *No! If those pylons endure, we will be undone!* Chaos Captain: Warmaster. I may have a plan, if you will hear it. Abaddon: *Speak it.* Chaos Captain: Okay. Have you ever seen the ancient holofilm Rogue One..?

[@emperorschampion6396]

XD Genius!

[@mariobadia4553]

I don't know I'm pretty sure they would be mentioning the Hollo Gundam. The federation forces used a giant space Colony as a weapon against the Federation

[@HydraDominatus420]

YEET!!

[@user-jy9dg8of3y]

Sounds like a true heresy.

[@Alamandorious]

Onboard the Vengeful Spirit: Weapons Demon: "Did something just hit us?" Sensors Demon: "Nah. Oh hey, there's some space junk off the port side, fire secondaries to clear it up for our cruiser group." Weapons Demon: "So on it." Sensors Demon: "...huh. I think that was actually an Imperial strike group." Weapons Demon: "Oh...should I use something a bit stronger?" Sensors Demon: "Nah, just space junk now, and in small enough pieces it won't bother our crui---." Weapons Demon: "What? What is it?" Sensors Demon: "One ship was left alive and rammed one of our cruisers. Shit, that's coming out of my paycheck..." Weapons Demon: "You know, you're pretty bad at this." Sensors Demon: "Well, I was supposed to be the ships accountant Demon, but the paper work from you-know-who got messed up and, well, here we are."

[@starsiegeRoks]

This comment is my exact sense of humor

[@Amoth_oth_ras_shash]

Need a comedy comic of 40 k in that style..with all the demons treating it like a giant thater act sort of XD

[@mercscar4277]

Just As Planned

[@gabeslist]

What is pay?

[@Sombra-lf6gm]

@@gabeslist one dirty nurgle cultist(still better than a loyalist with empraheadack)

[@jamessmall6499]

God damn, this was an unexpected epic surprise to see this in game. So here's the context. Cawl is working with Trazyn the Necron, and they're activating the Necron Pylon grid of Cadia. Literally every fighting force on Cadia loyal to the Imperium is fighting in those fields, the rest of the planet hopelessly overrun with heretics and demons. It still wasn't enough. They were falling. They were failing. Then Saint Celestine comes roaring in from the skies with a legion of Sisters Seraphim and literally brings fire raining from the skies as the living saint pulls a god damn 'Thor at Wakanda' and starts smacking shit DOWN, the Emperor's light blazing off her and literally cooking demons alive and healing wounds in her proximity, like a Paladin possessed of the very god they serve. Abaddon is forced to retreat from the rallied Imperial forces, the Black Templar hot on his heels, absolutely ROARING for the Despoilers blood. Abaddon pulls back into orbit. I bet he figured 'Shit. Well, we've mostly taken Cadia... I've already destroyed most of the pylon network in the other Black Crusades, how much damage could this last standing grid do if it activates...?' And then 'Thundercock 9000' Belisarius Cawl and 'I was bored and felt like being a hero today' Trazyn the Infinite turn on the pylons, and you see the result. 'Repelling' the eye of terror isn't really accurate to what this was doing. It. Was. Closing. It. Abaddon was about to lose the Chaos stronghold of the Eye of Terror. A million demon worlds would suddenly be purged without the warp to sustain them. The very eye is what Chaos relied upon to keep their toehold in real space, no fortresses or patrols or anything. If the Eye of Terror is closed, Chaos have nowhere NEAR the threat footprint on the galaxy. I bet in that moment, Abaddon PANICKED. He had sworn to take Cadia as a prize to prove nobody could stop him. But he had no choice but to destroy his prize, denying it to everyone. The Guard didn't break, in the face of all the horrors the warp could unleash upon them, on the pylon fields, the guard did not break. In her final moments, Cadia made Abaddon feel FEAR. The planet broke before the guard did. Cadia. Stands.

[@voin5371]

Man this sounds like something not even Micheal Bay could fuck up as a live action film, would be awesome.

[@jamessmall6499]

@@voin5371 Say what you want about Michael Bay, that man puts asses in seats and consistently delivers god damn great action scenes.

[@voin5371]

@@jamessmall6499 Tell that to the transformer films, regardless i'm not gonna deny he doesn't do amazing CGI and action scenes what I will put down is his ability to be a director and screen writer.

[@elysium7242]

This gives the same vibes as a little kid endlessly poking an ants nest, only after the thirteenth day of it the ants get annoyed and fire an ICBM at his house

[@DPoddy]

@@jamessmall6499 If MB can resist putting in cringy sexy scenes then it would be at least reasonable.

[@the_dropbear4392]

What was that admiral thinking, 7 ships Vs a Gloriana class. Those things have been known to take on 100s of ships and win

[@gerardclarke1001]

Thats every imperial admiral ever.

[@sgtsmith501]

In a desperate defence such as the one faltering around Cadia; common sense leaves ones mind

[@KuK137]

To be fair, it fought for hours, if they had a chance, it was now. It's not her fault 'Armless has plot armour lightyears thick, he really should have died when Celestine backstabbed him with holy sword...

[@HAZARD581]

@@KuK137That's not a chance that's called suicide they might have as well just rammed it and tried to actually do some damage. As for the battle of cadia I don't know abbadon is suppose to be uber powerful at this moment wouldn't be surprised if he could go 1v1 against a primarch given his current supposed power .

[@drakron]

If I recall Abbadon decided that if he could not take Cadia he would destroy Cadia, the ramming of a Blackstone Fortress was his backup plan since Cadia was the only thing that was keeping the Chaos forces from leaving the Eye of Terror unchecked. But of course these are events that are already set by GW and the whole thing was more of a ground battle anyway (since its not like Battlefleet Gothic is WH40K main system) so there is really not much the player can do, its not the same as the first game were that was very much fleet actions as it was the first Campain for Battlefleet Gothic.

[@Oghuzpervert1]

1:05 Commissar: As the Emperor wills. BLAM!

[@unowno123]

got to be the most fitting way of reponse "as the emperor wills!" with fury & dedication in his voice.

[@josecolon2717]

You have to appreciate the classic tropes

[@HouseClarkzonian]

That boi offed himself for once

[@shrikumarnair3497]

Yeah...killing an experienced and hard to replace Captain in the middle of a massive battle when he hasn't even actually tried to desert yet...no wonder their loosing.

[@Oghuzpervert1]

@@shrikumarnair3497 There are tons of replacements in the Imperium besides that captain was a coward and a traitor.

[@papanurgle8393]

The risk I took was calculated... 2:46 ...but BOY am I bad at math! 3:10

[@Costin_Gaming]

Yeah a bunch of light cruisers aren't going to scratch the paint on that thing.

[@christiandauz3742]

@@Costin_Gaming I don't think ordinary Battleships can even swarm and wound that abomination! Not even the Phalanx alone can beat that Corrupted Gloriana Battleship!

[@papanurgle8393]

@@christiandauz3742 Would be one hell of a battle, but I could see Dorn's pride and joy winning... not easily mind you! Goddamn Gloriana Class ships are fucking beautiful, 20 kilometers of pure, unforgiving power, I only hope we can catch a glimpse of Endurance in it's fully glory, maybe some day.

[@ronanchristiana.belleza9270]

A 26 Kilometers Macragge's Honor will going to fight the Vengeful spirit

[@christiandauz3742]

@@ronanchristiana.belleza9270 Isn't the Vengeful Spirit more powerful thanks to more veteran crew plus Chaos corruption and Abhorrent Tech? The Vengeful Spirit has an A.I. that has over 10k years of warfare experience and is smarter than all of the Ultramarines plus their Successors combined!

[@joaqiun12]

Basically, Ol' Abby was tired of losing the siege for the 13th time, so he got fed up and threw a big Black Fortress -sized rock at Cadia. Talk about rage quitting.

[@blboy129]

To be fair, it worked.

[@joaqiun12]

@@blboy129 Yeah, it did, after 12 failed crusades.

[@sethgilcrist8088]

May be he was blinded by all the duel linked laseguns and couldn't see what he was doing.

[@cyrusmerrigold3278]

you do realise he has another blackstone fortress.

[@brandonkipta4426]

Such an Orky tactic.

[@valentine7593]

“Commissar, execute the hull for failing its duty”

[@imperiumCirca41]

Actually does

[@kakroom3407]

commissar execute the blackstone fortress for treason against the imperium

[@Some_day_i_may_find_a_name]

A good commissar always has a breaching charge at hand in case he needs to execute the hull for failing.

[@thejuiceking2219]

"Commissar, execute Abaddon for heresy"

[@crimsonfists6224]

"This is Admiral Spire to all Imperial vessels! Rally at coordinates 154554! This isn't over!" *chaos forces collectively shit themselves at the prospect of fighting him again*

[@Sombra-lf6gm]

Malos Vrykan: then come, let's tryth be tested in battles

[@rebel1717]

“The energy beam is...repelling the Eye of Terror.” In that brief moment, everybody’s prayers were answered.

[@bendrenth441]

To this day, the most insane part about this moment by far is the fact that even as Cadia was ripped asunder, the tectonic plates crumbled across the planet, were launched outside of the world's original atmosphere... The Guard still fought on!

[@VioletDeathRei]

As the atmosphere dissipated the beams of their lasguns were finally able to reach their enemies. It is said even as the remains of Cadia floated into space the weapons of her guardsmen lashed the armor of even the vengeful spirit itself, so that none can deny the planet broke before the guard did, and that Cadia still stands in the hearts and minds of every guardsmen that severs in the God Emperor's holy name.

[@Palemagpie]

These are the same lads with the "drive the tank closer. I wish to hit them with my sword" logic. The idea of getting launched into space without a ship. Purely to land a shot.....it scans like.

[@vulpsturm]

I like to think there was more than one traitor marine getting shot in the face by a meltagun wielded by some average Guardsman as the planet broke apart.

[@xxXBig_BenXxx]

​@@Palemagpiethere's the possibility that, once the earthquakes are over, sealed gun bunkers with backup power and EVA suited infantry could possibly still pop some shots off from their newly non magnetic, non atmospheric continental asteroid. It's a cool idea, obviously a rare occurrence between the firestorm and planet breaking earthquakes, but they fortified against orbital bombardment. It checks out.

[@Sigma0283]

“Vox Officer. Transmit a wideband message to all forces on Cadia. Tell them to evacuate the planet... NOW!” - Admiral Catalia A desperate order in an attempt to save as many lives possible even if she knew such an order was futile at that point.

[@nerfinator6]

Catallia : Tells battlegroup to attack the Vengeful Spirit Vengeful Spirit shreds battlegroup Catallia : :O

[@mrgas8499]

idk much about the 40k verse but something tells me "divert all power to weapon systems" likely didn't help the whole survival concept,i mean if they could ran cruisers while critical and come out fine,why not ramp up defensive shielding or whatever and ram the vengeful spirit O.o

[@stephenbyrne2170]

This can't be possible, that ship was destroyed during the Siege of Terra.

[@imperiumCirca41]

@@mrgas8499 i don't think It would do much against a Glorina class(Or however it is pronounced,I don't speak heretic Ship name

[@martinosborne4703]

@@imperiumCirca41 Macragge's honour is also a Gloriana class, HERETIC!

[@imperiumCirca41]

@@martinosborne4703 then that is heretical too,HERETIC!

[@UrbanArmada]

That zoom in on the Vengeful Spirit 2:32 gives me chills every time. That ship is probably the single most important vessel in Warhammer, Horus, Sanguinius, and The Emperor all died there. I always wondered if they cleaned up the blood stains from that fight.

[@thomasprice7893]

>The Emperor died there * COCKS BOLT PISTOL MEANINGFULLY *

[@peacechan4500]

I hope they never did. Especially where the emperor's blood is. It's like the idea of superman could bleed

[@robbetorfs4093]

There's actually mentioning of a crystal statue of Sanguinius that just manifests within the throne room. Nobody built it, dozens of Chaos Space Marines have shattered it, but the statue always returns

[@ordohereticus5530]

It is said that those that died within the Vengeful Sprit reappear as psychic crystal statues, the most important being Sanguinius, No matter how many times it is shattered, the statue always returns.

[@Fredfredbug4]

They really did it justice in this game.

[@Lightscribe225]

When I first played this I though those were stars in the background. Now I know those are all ships. The sky is so full of spa e battle you can't see the stars behind them. Really adds to the desperation.

[@sonofjack6286]

Yeah, pretty much the entirety of all of the battlefleets from around the Eye of Terror were at Cadia, as well as numerous battlegroups from across the Imperium, even from Battlefleet Solar. Not to mention likely numerous Rogue Trader dynasties and even pirates. Meanwhile they're fighting pretty much all of the Traitors, Heretics, and Renegades that have turned against the Imperium. Edit: Except for the ones in the Maelstrom

[@PaiSAMSEN]

"…and the sky was full of stars, and every star was an exploding ship - one of ours."

[@ernestolorenzobornales188]

Still a better Admiral than Holdo

[@braydoxastora5584]

Oh fuck yes

[@danter.6379]

No, do not bring that heretical filth before warhammer you heretic!

[@HouseClarkzonian]

A lot of people jumped ship from star wars to 40k due to that heretical film

[@AAhmou]

We shall not speak of that heresy here.

[@honestlordcommissarbrighte7921]

Not really...in hindsight, her battlegroup was closest to the Chaos Strike Force that pushed the Blackstone Fortress on Cadia so....this was entirely her fault that shit hit the drain.

[@stringstorm]

I keep rewatching this and I'm so awed at the intensity of the scene.

[@auugh43546]

especially during the "Vengeful Spirit is firing" scene, that was pretty damn awesome

[@sebastian1the1retard]

Eyyyy found String.

[@metal_fusion]

@@sebastian1the1retard Huh I must had skip his comment, wow I should had slown down

[@ThelastRaven-Ez8]

man this needs to be a fkn movie

[@Doomerbro99]

Cant even imagine how big vengefull spirit would look like in movie..

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

+The Red Comet I want a novel that is entirely set from the perspective of a single ship at the battle of Cadia.

[@ilo3456]

@@Doomerbro99 Imagine the view from a smaller Imperial Navy Ship trying to ram it. That would be so badass if you just heard a Ship's worth of men scream prayers to the emperor as they blow up into the Vengeful Spirit.

[@DP-fq7iy]

Please no, no more Hollywood gut jobs.

[@rodrigojalcacanarte3011]

If Hollywood try but Is pure Heresy

[@KarolusTemplareV]

That's why shooting the coward was a bad move. It is clear that up until this point the Silver Dawn fleet had survived thanks to the equilibrium achieved by the one on command who was foolishily brave, and the second in command who was foolishly cautious. The second said balance was no more, the fleet did go to hell.

[@barklordofthesith2997]

Necro-post i know..... There is a fine line between bravery & stupidity.

[@wanderingmercurymarauder761]

It's the one in command being foolishly brave and the second in command being bravely foolish.

[@hang_kentang6709]

The Flame of Purity, lost with all hands against 3 blackstone fortresses. Purity Blade, lost with all hands shortly after warp translation above Cadia due to enemy bombers. im calling it, any ship with the name Purity in it will not survive through a black crusade in WH40k.

[@MarcusDarkstar]

Purity in Death. Death of Innocence. Death to the uncorrupted.

[@uniqueheimgaming4801]

Since when did anything remain pure in WH40k - you forget Slaanesh

[@SomeGuy-nx8ik]

Just convince Abbadon to name his Bladkstone fortresses with Purity in their name and this will never happen again

[@electrohalo8798]

*QUICKLY RENAMES MY APOCALYPSE FROM PURITY OF FIRE TO SPIRIT OF FIRE*

[@dorpth]

Purity? WH40k is all about the taint, baby.

[@IronSquid501]

It took me a good minute to realise when I first saw this All those dots in the background? Not stars.

[@blboy129]

I just noticed that! I'm just happy chaos emerged victorious.

[@bestdogshadow383]

@@blboy129 heresy

[@PaiSAMSEN]

"…and the sky was full of stars, and every star was an exploding ship - one of ours."

[@josecolon2717]

You know, the real question is what would have happened if the Necron tech had succeeded in closing the eye of terror... it probably would have been just as interesting, considering this would be the opposite of the Horus Herasy

[@christiandauz3742]

Chaos Forces can still blow up the Pylons after the Eye of Terror has closed I thought the Pylons on Cadia were not enough to close the EoT? Abaddon destroyed every other planet with Pylons before Cadia

[@Keemperor40K]

@@christiandauz3742 Given time the Pylons of Cadia could have closed the Eye of Terror. However, they where activated when Cadia was facing its last days. Had it been possible to activate them before this with enough time, the Eye would have been closed, but alas the Fall of Cadia, combined with the destruction of the Necron anti-warp network, allowed Chaos to spread like never before. Now more than a century later, the breach is at its peak and Chaos is ascendant. However Cawl was able to obtain enough information to begin creating a new network of anti-warp pylons. His prototypes are still nowhere near enough to restore what was lost, but he continues to improve upon them and in time may succeed in recreating the anti-warp network that was lost and forever seal the breach in the galaxy. However, the Necrons don't trust humanity to do the work required in time and so have begun to recreate their ancient network. However many significant deposits of the black ore required for the production of anti-warp pylons are currently in possession of numerous Forge Worlds and the Necrons are not going to wait until the humans realize what they have.

[@christiandauz3742]

@@Keemperor40K To make it worse the Thousand Sons and Word Bearers are attacking the Necrons to obtain the Pylon technology for their own nefarious projects Imagine if Horus managed to destroy all of the Pylons during the Heresy (Great Scouring would have been impossible)

[@nothuman3083]

@@christiandauz3742TS and WB: we have the full powers of chaos what do you metal men have. Necorns: weapons that destroy chaos and totally negate its effects. Your basically try to start a forest fire in a sea.

[@christiandauz3742]

@@nothuman3083 The Necrons were responsible for the creation of the Chaos Gods (due to the War in Heaven) Daemons are very scary even for Necrons (Chaos can also negate the effects of Necron Technology and Armor) (Reminds me of Nagash vs Ka'Bandha in End Times. Both powerful characters that can't use their full power on each other. Still a brutal fight though!) The forest fire analogy isn't complete without some napalm, ten thousand stars hotter than the Sun and Nine Thermonuclear Missiles! Chaos has never unleashed its full power on its enemies Lucius' 'gift' works on Necrons by the way Word Bearers have beaten Necrons in the past (mostly by using Daemons) Even the Necrons would call BS on I-summon-Warp-Space-Whales-with-a-flick-of-a-finger Ahriman!

[@cynicgamer12]

I'm no geologist, but that planet is clearly not standing.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID!

[@braydoxastora5584]

Heresy! BLAM

[@hang_kentang6709]

planets have no feet, therefore it cannot stand.

[@watcherzero5256]

Ahh, but by that logic it could never fall.

[@kraosdadafusfus8034]

Cadia isn't only Cadia Secundus the planet. Cadia is its people, and for as long as a single Cadian lives and fights Chaos, she will never fall.

[@topherb8255]

The real reason the Commissar shot the Captain was voice acting so bad it became heresy.

[@Tazkar]

He also wasn't going to fly the ship closer so he could hit them with his sword.

[@trynox4fun259]

1:05 And this is true spirit of wh40k Splendid work Commissar! All will die, heretics, xenos, cowards.

[@deserenitatem]

Why is the guy who was executed even complaining, there is worse out there so I don't get it.

[@seawolf4846]

@@deserenitatem No, the guy got executed for pushing for a retreat, fearing that the battle was already lost, not recognizing the fact that Cadia was greatly important and even if it was faltering, their battlegroup alone might make the difference between victory and defeat.

[@tacoblude8208]

Yeah and your not a coward

[@dr.sweetlove7859]

"A good officer commands without doubt, and obeys without question." Well.... the first part i agree with, but look where blind obedience has gotten us.

[@FatalShadow13]

Commissar: That sounds like seditious Heresy to me! *cycles round into bolt pistol* But that's 40k for you.

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

@@FatalShadow13 Yes and no, even if Imperium does resemble Soviet Union, both SSSR and Imperium in the lore had plenty of capable individuals, who were able to shoulder personal responsibility. This "admiral" would court-martialled in virtually any regime for her conduct.

[@MrSolus-ls6us]

@@OkurkaBinLadin The Imperium is nothing like the USSR.

[@Paul-yc5dc]

Space nazis not space commies

[@therealistintheboot8822]

@@Paul-yc5dc *Commies

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

"This is the Admiral to Battlegroup Silver Dawn. The Archenemy has retreated to arguably the single most powerful voidship ever produced by human hands and further bolstered by Chaos trickery. Our seven ship flotilla is closer than anyone else. In the name of the Emperor let charge a tank with seven toothpicks!

[@FlourEater]

"engage Vengeful Spirit" .... yeah lol, good luck with that !

[@blboy129]

My exact thought. "Well... if you want to die THAT badly.

[@DarkArtistKaiser]

"Oh sure captain, its only one of the most infamous ships in the galaxy and has survived encounters with much greater ships than ours, but hey, for the Emperor, right?"

[@ryanherrington2319]

Maybe she shouldn't have executed her voice of reason.

[@dragonslair951167]

The Vengeful Spirit, a warship of legendary status that has survived 10,000 years of battle, with armor and shields that can shrug off almost anything, along with enough firepower to tear a hundred ships to ribbons, and you think you can take it down with a handful of cruisers and frigates? That's one way to die for the Emperor, I guess.

[@ronanchristiana.belleza9270]

Is there anyone here please go to Macragge then cut-off my life support

[@DeathlordSlavik]

Are you having a senior moment? You were healed and are no longer on life support, things got so bad with the destruction of Cadia that the Eldar and one of their gods assisted in healing you because they realized that chaos may well devour the galaxy at this rate.

[@papanurgle8393]

@@DeathlordSlavik At the time of these events he's still in stasis, and is referencing as parody 40k seres in which the Emperor orders that Guiliman be removed from life support.

[@uniqueheimgaming4801]

DeathlordSlavik I will show you the emperor’s light m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJCVn4BnfKqfosk

[@DeathlordSlavik]

​@@uniqueheimgaming4801 I remember when the whole text to speech first started seems so long ago now. "Checks upload date" Oh that is because it was a long time ago.

[@ronanchristiana.belleza9270]

Now you know Then to Macragge and cut-off my life support i'm already bored in my Throne

[@Indoor_Carrot]

Is nobody going to mention the music? It's brilliant, especially when it picks up as the chaos ships are ramming the Blackstone :)

[@atheneus]

yes!

[@DarkSolace33]

FCKIN HYPE. Have not felt so excited for a Warhammer game for soooooooo long...

[@kaneslives]

Primarch Roboute Guilliman, Lord Commander. Ya....but we need a Dawn of War 4. But ensure it is a GOOD rts and not a strange backflipping moba... On a side note I hope the Blood Ravens meet you. Gabriel: Are you our Primarch? Guilliman: NO.... Jonah: Good....

[@JerkyMurky]

i havent been this excited for a warhammer game since... probably warhammer total wars reveal, or dawn of war 3's cinematic trailer... so i mean, they are batting 50/50 on that so i mean, hopefully this isnt another DOW3. If its the first game but with more story, and more factions it will be vastly better then DOW 3 in every way.

[@andrewboyer7544]

@@JerkyMurky being vastly better than DoW 3 doesn't take much. It was a dumpster fire.

[@RafaelCabreraAzrael]

@@JerkyMurky buy it, dont worry the game its pretty damn good

[@JerkyMurky]

@@RafaelCabreraAzrael oh I planned on it.

[@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547]

Let me just say I love that the Techpriest admits that "this is beyond my experience" instead of squabbabling technobabble.

[@dson978]

3:27 "Estimated crew lost" Me: "damn... They probably lost hundreds of their men-" "65 thousand" Me: SIXTYFIVE-HUH?!"

[@phantomwraith1984]

Those a rookie numbers in 40k

[@chasewrubel2853]

The ships are kilometers long!

[@phantomwraith1984]

@John Doe well the firestorm frigate which is one of the smallest ships is 1 kilometer long. It's as big as a star wars venator or moncal cruiser.

[@PaiSAMSEN]

Some of the larger vessel has the crew in the million, thanks to the fact large chunk of ship's system require manual operators. That include loading the main guns. Sometimes, crew get loss inside maintenance corridor. These loss crew end up setting up colonies in the lower decks, which can grew so large that standard maintenance procedure include flushing poison gases inside these decks to remove them.

[@dson978]

@@PaiSAMSEN this damn sci Fi universe is fucked up 😂

[@l1ghtd3m0n3]

Chaos Lord: “Milord, we are losing to the Imperial def-“ Abaddon: “Drop The Blackstone Fortress On them.” Chaos Lord: “W-What?” Abaddon: “Are you questioning my orders? This is our chance to break the Cadian Gate and let the Warp split the galaxy in two! Ram the Fortress into Cadia, IMMEDIATELY!” Chaos Lord: “Yes milord.”

[@EarFarce4]

0:11 The transition to realspace is BEAUTIFUL!

[@the_emperor_of_mankind]

"ONE LAST EFFORT BEFORE THEY OVERWHELM US! MAKE. IT. COUNT!" - this is how a servant of the Imperium should act in the face of death. The souls of all loyal soldiers will get their revenge during the final battle. You. Will. Not. Falter.

[@dinmammatre]

2:15 "Prepare for planetstrike!" *immediately launches*

[@hydrogenone6866]

*"The Planet Broke, Before The Guard"*

[@johndanes2294]

Your guards broke along with your pathetic fortress planet. Let the galaxy burn!

[@ronaldthompson4989]

@@johndanes2294 the evacuation was partially successful. The Cadians continued the fight on neighboring planets

[@ironmanos]

CADIA STANDS BROTHERS! We have this game to prove it!

[@silvercat18]

No, I think you will find that there isn't a Cadia left. Death to the corpse Emperor!

[@dosg847]

@@silvercat18 heretics, you shall be judged for your fault by the emperor in time but fierst you have to speak with the inquisition, your false gods are nothing but ruin, The Emperor protect !!!!

[@papanurgle8393]

You mean the video evidence it's a flaming wreck of a debris field? ...Weird Flex but Ok?

[@nathanielclaw2841]

@@papanurgle8393 lol💀

[@ronaldthompson4989]

@@silvercat18 Cadia the planet was destroyed. But many Cadians were successfully evacuated and continued the fight in neighboring systems

[@randomtechpriest8460]

By the Machine God!

[@ls200076]

would be nice to covert you to our only true god: The Emperor of Mankind.

[@elysian9176]

elektron117 The Omnissiah Grace allows your machines function

[@robertosabado4955]

what you talking about!? Cadia never fell! CADIA STANDS!

[@drakeushellblade1786]

what ever helps you sleep at night lag dog to a corpse

[@huykhang6855]

CADIA STAND !!!

[@colbywarren4364]

@@drakeushellblade1786 THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD DID

[@johndanes2294]

Your fortress worlds "stands" in the same way the corpse emperor watches you.

[@papanurgle8393]

What's a Cadia?

[@bromtaegan4606]

When I started getting into Warhammer lore, Cadia seemed like... Like a myth that the more experienced fans and players spoke of with a fond smile, like a cherished memory that made them just a little bit sad at the same time. I never really grasped the scale of Cadia until I was eventually taught Cadia's legend. An entire planet, overrun. One lone speck alone left to face the heretics and the Chaos. And most of those on world being... Human. I had thought for a looooooong time that the Guardsmen were 'just' people. Just men and women. Nothing special about them. 'Cadia broke before the Guard did.' A planet died... Before a doomed to die army of mortal humans broke. Against immortals and demons and a literal apocalypse... They stood against the tide and they never broke. They made every inch of Cadian soil SOAKED with traitor blood a thousandfold for every inch they lost.

[@aquilaFUN]

Props to the Necron Lord who helped Belisarius activate the Pylons tho, even if it was to no avail in the end

[@quanghuynguyen7957]

Trazyn the Infinite was the best Necron ever.

[@harkaway9006]

​@@quanghuynguyen7957He's going to outlive EVERYONE.

[@TK199999]

Does anyone else get a Homeworld feel from this cinematic? And I mean that in a good way.

[@weldonwin]

*(Plays Adagio for Strings)*

[@Bisinski]

Yes

[@Avenger85438]

*Guardsmen:* _"The planet broke before the-!"_ *Chaos Marine:* _"-GUARD DID! Yes we know! God's damn it, you don't have to keep saying it."_

[@kurtengel4652]

0:57 well you can't achieve victory by retreating *Commissar:* Oh I agree (shots heard)

[@TheIllusiveMan11]

Everyone who's saying the Admiral was dumb for attacking the Vengeful Spirit, she was literally ordered to by Commandore Trevaux. So he must take at least some of the blame

[@Servellion]

Too be fair to the Admiral, while her attack failed disastrously, she at least caught on to what the Chaos ships were up to fairly quickly.

[@coryalanthwaite6955]

muffled scream... FUCKIN HERITCS !!!!!!

[@9f81rsd00]

Magos: *in monotone* This is beyond my experience. Pissing my pants...

[@TricksterPoi]

*CADIA STANDS!*

[@justanotherhuumon]

Instead of engaging in a futile broadside with the equivalence of a squadron of rubber dingies armed with BB guns versus the Yamato or Bismarck.. You think they might set the entire squadron on a spear-point collision course and have the rear ships detonate their reactors before their final impact. Hindsight is 20-20 I guess.

[@Shallntbe_DieselJack]

The Death Korps would have donned space suits and bayoneted the bull of The Vengeful Spirit to death

[@sinistermister8798]

4:30 Maybe it's just me, but the space clouds on the upper-right resemble a daemon face.

[@williamgoo7621]

“CADIA STANDS! THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARDS DID!” Most common line in the comment section.

[@rogeryoung7562]

2:59 Holy shit!This Admiral is definitely daughter of Indrick Boreale!

[@Smeghead76]

3:07 This is not going to end well 3:20 Yup, that's about how I thought it'd go 3:39 How did you expect attacking a _Gloriana_-class battleship with anything other than another _Gloriana_-class to go?

[@Dragon287]

I have only just gotten into 40k and even I know that Edit: I believe that there are ships of this class that got cut in HALF and still kept fighting

[@Synthonym]

When your techpriest says "Omnissiah's grace. This is beyond my experience" you know shit just got really crazy

[@bradpara]

When the Tech-priest allows actual emotions to enter their voice, you know things have gone FUBAR.

[@AlpenSkyWatcher]

The planet fell before the guard did. Cadia stands as long as a single Cadian lives.

[@pointly]

As the planet broke beneath their feet, the fire of the Emperor burned brighter in their hearts. As the world shattered, the people of Cadia became martyrs. Despite this, one battle cry was heard across the Imperium. A cry that made the the Emperor proud and brought fear to the enemy: Cadia Stands! And so mankind stood firm against chaos and the glory of heroes was sang across the galaxy. The planet broke before the Guard!

[@globaloccultcoalition9074]

In the 40k universe, stalingrad would be considered a vacation.

[@shaggycan]

A jump from the warp is a lot messier than it shows in the cutscene.

[@Lorgar64]

When you think about it, it was the ultimate admission of defeat. "I could never take this planet, and never will, so I'll just destroy it, having been beaten a dozen times."

[@hansgerman3437]

I'll always love that moment when the Admiral realises what the chaos fleet is up to. That realisation.

[@winstondelaurier8239]

"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy." - Admiral Venesca Catallia

[@BaronVonMott]

Months after release, this cutscene still gives me goosebumps 😁👍

[@PayYourTick]

“Engage the Vengeful Spirit” has to be the single most terrifying order an Imperial Naval Officer can receive.

[@michaelvl9387]

Admiral spire would have won the day, and cadia! Ànd a good officer knows his battles, he wouldn't execute an advisor, he would listen to it analyze the situation and know his duty, not going for wel... You've seen the video... Pride and arrogance does not serve the Emperor, but duty and humility does Thumbs up if you agree

[@IRMentat]

I can do you one better, Commisar! 1:05

[@michaelvl9387]

@Magni56 Well, under Admiral spire it wouldn't have happened. Long live the Imperium of Mankind.

[@ITLLBGRAND]

Yet as the planet fell, and plates cracked asunder, streams of lasfire could be seen upon the surface; for the planet broke before the guard. Cadia Stands!

[@williamgoo7621]

At least it is much better than the purple hair lady from The Last Jedi.

[@lastmanstanding5423]

thank god that lady didn't have a commissar on hand... she'd execute half the crew...

[@TheAnalatheist]

Is this Commander Boreale? The delivery of that line was uncanny.

[@zenicwhite1918]

I always get goosebumps when ever I watch this The pure terror and desperation in the voice acting is perfect

[@surtaandume_psykermystyk4010]

When I saw the black on gold Fists emblem on that battle station, my heart shouted: For the love of Terra! THE MIGHTY PHALANX! For Rogal Dorn and The Imperium! FOR THE EMPERAH!

[@acetraker1988]

BUILD MORE PYLONS......(hmmm, wrong universe)

[@papanurgle8393]

Actually as of Forgebane... You're spot on!

[@globaloccultcoalition9074]

YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL PYLONS.

[@ZeroCanalX]

@@valtersplume3726 Remember, the Pylons were built by Necrons, who were waging war on Old Ones, Orks and Eldars - who have natural connection to Warp and that Eye of Terror is technicly all that remains of Eldar Empire's coreworlds in realspace.

[@valtersplume3726]

@@ZeroCanalX a bit after commenting that, I read a bit about the pylons and discovered their true purpose, so I wanted to delete my wrong comment. Thanks to your comment, I was able to find this comment section again, I'm now deleting my previous comment.

[@kurtengel4652]

ah yes 1:04 the obligatory commissar executes coward every good 40k story should start with one of these

[@thecat293]

This is a very good cinematic, the music is just excellent

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

I can’t help but feel GW has kinda forgotten why we all love 40k. This is why. Everything involved in this battle as shown in this video was known. We all know exactly what the Imperium has. There is nothing else; no more lost secrets; no surprise salvation. Death was always descending, and this is the moment that we give our lives to try to preserve the little that remains of eras long-lost. An eternal tenacity not powered by great heroes or advanced technology, for almost none of that remains, but by people choosing to die in place of others, again and again.

[@papanurgle8393]

The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Imperium.

[@sethgilcrist8088]

They imperium has stood for 10,000 years not because of lost technologies, but because of the father's, son's, shop keepers, factory workers who have been handed a lasgun and told. "Your in the guard now son. All you have to do is die" And they have died by the billions but they have died in there feet Because that is how you hold the line for 10,000 years

[@tneal89]

Maaan, I always enjoy this scene. Remember, the only reason that Chaos is the greatest threat to The Imperium (and by extension, the galaxy at large) is because the Necrons haven't re-awoken yet. God(Emperor) help them if or when that ever changes.

[@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164]

I am saving this video to my KZbin channel playlists for others to watch.

[@magicalbanana1263]

Absolutely beautiful, especially the part where the fortress slammed right into Cadia

[@SpoonieMcspoonington]

Ah the ship that hawkboi died on and the emperor became mortaly wounded...... such a craft gives me goosebumps the significance and stories of that vessel alone makes me quiver

[@darkravenbest8970]

3:14 so basically shot man was right the whole time. The Emperor Protects.

[@helpmereach690subscribers3]

1:50 some say you can still hear Abadon yell: “OH FUCK! OH FUCK! OH FUCK! SOMEONEDOSOMETHINGFUUUUCK!? ew some one swat those pest on our side where was I? Oh yeah FUCKFUCKFUCK!!!”

[@tiamat4964]

0.0 AMAZING!! I HAVE NO WORDS...REALLY EPIC!!

[@lostfan10000]

Spire didn't die for this.

[@blboy129]

Oh yes he did!

[@Steampunkrat12]

I want that ship, Vengeful spirit.

[@Saphintosh]

I like this way of introducing the game just after Cadia's destruction. "Welcome in BGA:2. It's gonna be violent"

[@FrostyAUT]

"Engage the Vengeful Spirit." Yeah, great idea pal. Who needs a plan anyway when you're attacking a ship that, on its own, has more mass than a fleet.