Marine's Last Stand Against The Flood | Arma 3 Halo

[@RubixRaptor]

It’s these kind of operations where you really wish there was some Spartans to send instead of a bunch of unhinged marines, but ya work with what you have! Was a hella fun operation that made me want to replay floodgate from Halo 3. Hope you guys enjoy!

[@GameTavern2224]

face it Jay. ignis is basically the suicide squad

[@leprianto4930]

I prefer to see marines getting some PTSD it's way better

[@catking9915]

Yea

[@lukasweiter5473]

Rubix could you play star Citizen again ? Please ?

[@scotsman242]

It's sad watching everyone die from a nuke, and sad halo music. But at least we get some sick fuckin' jazz at the end.

[@lastspinosaur633]

The flood: appear Everyone: immediate pandemonium Ah yes the quintessential flood experience

[@gorlack2231]

The flood: appear Everyone: NEW OBJECTIVE, SURVIVE

[@deathstroke8112]

343:prank em john Flood:you know it

[@matthewc9868]

UNSC BRASS: why do we keep sending these guys on suicide mission? ONI: They are a unique mix of expendable and invulnerable that's really hard to come by with marines.

[@zigzaghyena]

Usually only Spartan 3's have that balance, it really is quite remarkable.

[@JoseMendez-cb9id]

Plus they get the job done usually will take a lot more Marines to do that I only took them one platoon of Marines

[@matthewc9868]

@@zigzaghyena that's were the term inexpensive comes into play.

[@stinkybuttrat]

The Monarch has a henchman like that

[@alexmercer2220]

In short their chaotic nature has led to them completing successful operations that we’d normally send Spartans to do, but these binguses seem to come through no matter what

[@RealLem0n]

Water damage is far more terrifying for homeowners than any supernatural horror

[@BlackMoonHowls]

The Poltergeist.

[@thudlite4319]

Except the Flood, who aren’t just aptly named but require the entire Covenant fleet glassing planets from orbit to eradicate.

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

MFW the toilet explodes because someone put a whole roll down it

[@Zappygunshot]

Good thing I'll never have to face that fear ahahahahahahahahatheeconomyisamess

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@thudlite4319 lol think bigger. The Halos, duh doy.

[@starsilverinfinity]

"All Squads, extract" The Flood: And we took that personally

[@kriegertechpriest7011]

"And we infect all but one of them!" "what happened to the last one?" "Doint know, but he had a funny bo- *Blinding light* "

[@minitaur8693]

The fact that there's infection forms that can actually take over your body and then immediately attack your squad is absolutely terrifying.

[@super-zw3ep]

Didn’t they already do an scp op where the dead turn into zombies and attacked their Allies if you didn’t stuff them in a body bag though?

[@Fwuffy_Cuddles]

This is immediate danger compared to preventable zombies.

[@raider523-s9d]

I firmly believe that the flood is the most powerful and terrifying of all video game zombies

[@oldajtap1361]

I remember some nasty details from the first couple of books about the infection forms like; They have a stench of decay, their body is fragile and hollow, and covered in slime. They “walk” on a series of tentacles on their underside, and when infecting a host, use them to grip on tight. Then they’ll expose sharp needle-like tentacles that drill into the spinal cord, and tap into the central nervous system of their prey. Once in control, the form burrows into the host and full removes the consciousness and motor abilities of the original, all while keeping memory of useful information like firearm and vehicle control.

[@noneedtoknow07]

The Halo 3 experience

[@CaptainRhodor]

Don't the Flood go after intelligent life? Why are they going after Ignis? Also, please tell me that Jebb the Elite survived!

[@Funniblockman]

Oooh

[@TheRealFrozenFire]

I'm not sure anyone survived

[@spacetechempire510]

Extract was destroyed and the nuke was on a timer so no

[@fkbkeith2411]

Burn

[@super-zw3ep]

Because ignis has become a threat to the universe

[@wardoggaming42]

You know the flood is terrifying if Jebb and his fellow Elites joined Ignis Corps in order to eliminate the hive. Also, that ending where everyone is running for their lives and 1 by 1 they are taken out by the Flood and left behind to die. Then the Extract lands and as people are moving towards it, a flood pod lands directly on it, that is truly tragic and hilarious. Ignis Corp has the worse luck and highest casualty count I've ever seen in Arma.

[@EPIC2X_]

Well, to be fair, the Elites almost certainly did not know anything about Ignis, they were 100% told by the UNSC that these guys were the best pick for an OP like this, and they technically weren't wrong...

[@robopope7584]

Average Lamenters Mission

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

@@robopope7584 Thing is, the Lamentors would still have a badly damaged Thunderhawk still work, with a half-dead squad of badly wounded marines on board that almost fails to escape atmosphere due to the sheer amount of damage to it, but closely followed by hundreds of civilian ships packed full of survivors.

[@kismethappel7811]

Yyyyeah, when the Gravemind direct-impacts your extract Pelican with a pod? Pretty good sign you personally pissed him off. Well done, Ignis Company.

[@KeyboardTarantula]

@@EPIC2X_ you cant go wrong with a group of idiots so cursed the laws of physics gets confused. (see: flying ragdolls and flying vehicles.) they have the highest sucess rate with the highest casualties, all for the low price of 2 bucks and a half eaten can of pringles.

[@oleksandrtsapar082]

I feel like “flood” is the perfect name for a thing that overwhelms you with numbers, also this video just gives me halo 3 vibes with the elites

[@super-zw3ep]

I prefer to call them popcorn

[@Biodeamon]

the flood was also named that in an allusion to the imagery of Christianity e.g. "halo", "the covenant", "the arc", etc

[@thudlite4319]

@@Biodeamon That explains why they have a ship called the UNSC “Arguing Semantics”.

[@bigthoughts2644]

The flood is called the flood because it is a reference to the flood of noah. A mass devastation of all life that wasn’t saved on “the Ark”. Sound familiar?

[@djcuevas1057]

@@thudlite4319 that sounds like the name of a culture ship

[@Frankabyte]

"What is my spleen doing?!" is definitely not something you want to hear when you're a field medic.

[@kriegertechpriest7011]

It has a mind of its own!

[@commanderjason7786]

Especially when the Flood are around, if you're spleen's doing something it's not supposed to, eh... I give you 5 seconds before you become a Combat Form.

[@dontmindme.justaguy]

Okay, holy sh*t, they did good on the flood. I didn't expect the infection forms to actually be able to latch on and turn a player right then and there.

[@Lucifer_Nihilum]

That's a newer feature. And yeah, it's real cool.

[@urbanoman7689]

Spicytaco getting infected was pretty unnerving

[@wilsthelimit]

The flood ideology in a nutshell “If it has a spine, it’s gonna be mine!”

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Not Sgt. Johnson. The nature on "How" he survived is classified and risks EVERYTHING. It's tippy toppy secret type stuff and only Dr. Catharine Halsey knows and understands (Just an old man with back problems and a degenerative CNS so the flood can't latch onto it. He can be infected, but it does nothing, so he's virtually immune cause he's old.) Imagine that.

[@temporaryalien5573]

Underrated also gimme that biomass spine or not you gonna be soup later.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@temporaryalien5573 Try it, I'm a coward. We don't have spines, aint that right Scoob? Now let's put eggs in our shoes and beat it, before we're the one's that's toast. Come one Scoob!

[@Haru-spicy]

"If you're a vertebrate, you're gonna hurt a bit"

[@PhoenixOfArcadia]

Until the absolute gigachad that is Sgt. Johnson walks in and laughs at the Flood's attempt to infect him.

[@MathHomework.]

That ending though, it was actually really sad, I mean imagine actually being one of those marines and over the radio you just hear, “ Extract’s gone “, and then just, “ that things on a timer “

[@johnaxios6335]

I love Jays thought process: “If fighting the flood as a 7 foot tall super soldier in power armour gave me nightmares, what would happen if I did the exact same thing but as a normal Marine… What can go wrong?”

[@darklink8423]

But this time he Have friends

[@beanssnaeb3154]

This is the most tragic ending to an halo op ever

[@KanuckStreams]

You could feel the collective horror from everyone as they watched their salvation literally go up in flames.

[@drkblade0958]

Like really, it's always the Halo Ops that either get the most kickass endings or the most sad ending. Not complaining of course. God imagine if they were able to implement flood infection forms that could infect entire vehicles like in Halo Wars 2.

[@Scott.E.H]

Sending a biological force of non-hermetically-sealed power armor wearing soldiers against a threat that literally absorbs you if unprotected seems like a BAAAAD idea. There is a reason why they glassed the entire bottom half of Africa, no evac.

[@halbert5707]

I think they glasses a bit more than half

[@jj2king]

Im pretty sure they glased an entire continent something like that

[@drkblade0958]

@@jj2king It WAS the whole continent, Lord Hood got pissed that the Elites turned it into a giant mirror. Of course for obvious reasons it had to be done, but still.

[@jj2king]

It was all of east africa* actually, becuz of the flood spreading

[@TheRatchz]

@@jj2king Lord Hood was actually exageratting, they didn't glass all of East Africa, because we see it later in Halo 3 [both in space and land] and there's no glassing damage, also nothing at all after 3 [which fits with the thing i just said about the state of africa being "glassed"] the elites glassed a lot, but it was never "the entire continent" as hood says.

[@calcium9398]

That flood pod dropping on the Pelican was the ultimate 'oh shit' moment.

[@mkosmala1309]

That was super atmospheric. Felt like an actual Halo event

[@soelo592]

Ah, Halo, I know that he’s playing ARMA but I’m playing through Halo Reach and I already know what’s to come, I’ve already witnessed some of them.

[@Kenneth-qs3jr]

God i miss the old days of Reach multiplayer

[@r3qless332]

Chances are you may be running from some ignis remnants

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

In reach? There's no flood in reach

[@CrazyDutchguys]

There was no Flood on Reach

[@soelo592]

I didn’t say anything about the flood

[@chuckn4851]

Well, technically, the mission *was* a success since the nuke detonated the flood hive... Also RIP Jebb "Alien" the Sangheilli

[@EPIC2X_]

I like to think the Jebb's last name is "the Sangheilli" or just "Sangheilli", which also make think of Elites trying to be closer to their Human comrades and adapting parts of human culture and taking just really normal first names, but just not taking a last name other then Sangheilli.

[@Veryfriedperson7]

@@EPIC2X_ John Sangheilli

[@TerminusVeil]

2:27-2:31 is the single most haunting moment in this video. There's no combat, no gunfire, and yet you KNOW there's something out there, you can hear it screaming. And the muffled voices of the team just make it even eerier to me.

[@jacer445u5]

Ahhh the Flood. How to get PTSD In one mission

[@thebusiness8212]

Amazing how quickly Tails was able to go from being scared of the Elites to domesticating them at 1:41 and having a four man beef squad following him around everywhere.

[@shootbat]

Im suprised jinx didnt instinctively pull the trigger at 6:52

[@GoA-112]

7:14 Hearing the flood music activated my fight or flight instincts along with some PTSD from playing this late at night when I was 7 years old not knowing the horrors ahead of me😂

[@haonsuni8146]

Thinking of the Flood in ARMA just has me seein a horde of glowin popcorn kernels running over troops and vehicles. Then to hear the screams and panic of everyone on that server as they then get served on a mangled and bloody silver platter

[@openthinker6562]

Gotta love Arma 3 physics and glitches! And gotta love Ignis for diving headfirst (literally) into them! Great video, gonna go straight to Cypher’s after this! Highlights: 1:13 3:02 4:50 5:14 5:37 5:53 8:28

[@alexarmstrong9915]

6:58 must be on list

[@Blank55600]

"You're slowly drifting left" *audible suffering* Yes that is what happens when you drift left

[@Kenneth-qs3jr]

It's recommended to remain libertarian when the flood are involved as they are known commies.

[@Blank55600]

@@Kenneth-qs3jr Me anarchist libertarian: Commies? Due to current political climate I must clarify this is a joke

[@RoughGalaxyYT]

good times! really captured the relentless, suffocating horror of the flood.

[@WorldWalker128]

This is actually pretty accurate to what usually happens when characters without plot armor go up against The Flood.

[@TheRealFrozenFire]

On Cyphers video it was mostly screams, panicking and explosions. Here I see it's pretty much still that.

[@gaiusmarius4209]

thats only different from a normal Cypher video by the lack of giggling at dick jokes tbf

[@tanks608]

This was both an amazing and terrifying op to play, was really fun at the left behind “Alamo” in the square

[@jackknife_6438]

Somehow you did a classic, gritty military story: JF unit goes in, takes heavy numbers, plants the nuke, goes to the extract only to have to blow up in front of them. Great work on the editing and content!

[@J3553xAnotherFan]

"I don't remember THIS episode of the Magic School Bus" is now* my new favorite quote. Also, the Flood Warthog, or FloodHog if you will, is terrifying. A Massive, writhing hunk of spores rushing at you on four wheels? F*ck that. Sgt. Shotgun with his jelly on the ceiling made the right call...

[@nicegye0091]

that little story at the beginning is funny due to my experience with the flood starting with halo 3 and only watching halo legends before hand so when I got to flood gate and suddenly the marines I have as allies start screaming horribly as they turn into flesh monsters, I can safely say the trauma didn't go away. Even worse is that the mission with the infested high charity existing made me up and literally stop playing and not return to finish it for literal years happened so, I find it funny you decided this was some kind of good idea, especially with ignis being ignis. I think you just fed the flood more than you did with actually killing it.

[@dwafakiin1792]

When I first played Halo 3, maybe 13 years ago or something? I was only 12 and my god did Cortana (The Mission you're speaking about, with high charity) scare the life out of me. I hated that mission just because It was terrifying. Even still makes me uneasy now 😂

[@kriegertechpriest7011]

Im gonna be honest... when the flood showed up on High charity my 4-5 year old mind went "This shotgun is my fuck off stick, it makes thing fuck off, now....NIGERRUNDIAYO! "

[@piperkrier3783]

Oh, for me it was floodgate that made me stop playing for years. Mainly the first section right before you enter into the big building where you watch a marine get infected up close made me turn off the Xbox right away and leave that game for months

[@kriegertechpriest7011]

@@piperkrier3783 I always reverted my checkpiont to save that dude... saved whover I could, you have to abandon the large group down below, if some live theynlive, I focus on the 2-3 behind the sandbags, throw a incendiary on the roof to stave of the infection forms, focus on the combat forms at the gate, finish the remaing infection forms and kill the remaining enemies, after that I gather ammo, grenades and arm the marines with close quarters weapons, move in quick and let a single infection form latch on the marine, and while their still clumped around him shoot one, make them pop and shoot the one he's holding back, you shoot it first then the swarm he gets instantly infected if another one manages to get to him. After saving him rush out and throw grenades, focus on clumps with them, keep moving and get into melee range, make the flood focus on you and kill the ones attacking marines, by then if you did well, you should have up to 5-7 marines, equip with shotguns scattered about, then give whatever else works, then save the last 2 marines running away from a clump, in the container before heading into the large complex with the flame team, you'll find a dead officer with a shotgun, arm another marine or yourself, I cant remember if theres more marines after that

[@wote2760]

for me it was Halo CE. My cousins and I all were on the couch (all 10 of us) to play this new game that the oldest of us got. When it got to the flood levels, we were all screaming. Then the Library level started.

[@SquirrellyOtter]

Raptor: "Howdy!" Me: "Ah yes, my usual dose of vicarious virtual PTSD"

[@Khornecussion]

I explained the Flood to my parents as " space zombies " and they consoled me by going " well, they're waaaay far away in space right now. They can't get you and by the time they get here, you'll be a strong soldier and you can beat them. " - and as an adult I look back on that fondly.

[@jacobystonecypher791]

The description of Cypher's video being "a little bit on PCP" is very accurate. I approve!! Yay flood past traumas! *Eye twitching intensifies*

[@GalliusTheThird]

I love Toast's response at 5:59 because it could be taken as 1) he is happy the game is glitched again, or 2) he sounds like a man who isn't all there just being happy that they are on the ground again after such a massive height he was sent to.

[@beverniousb5992]

8:35 The Boys: About that beer I owed you

[@zexthebirb3969]

0:05 Now I just want to see a RubixRaptor multiplayer playthrough of stellaris.

[@AmazingMrFox-sr6wh]

"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy" -Von Molkte This is especially true for this crew.

[@mattador55]

9:28 We will take your heroic story back to the UNSC... and we will watch for your return, men of Operation Morningstar.

[@drkblade0958]

You know, I've seen a lot of Raptors videos especially when it comes to the horror aspect like his Aliens and SCP ops. But I swear, anything that's got the flood squirming around in tight dark corners ready to turn you and everyone around you into biological hell inducing soup just makes me want to 'NOPE' the hell outta there man.

[@cowardi]

Just hearing the headcrab sound effect at 3:17 makes me wish for a HL:2 op featuring the resistance fighting the combine or vice versa

[@GentleGiantJoe]

I love this arma group. everyones fawkin hilarious and raptor just fits right in with each reply equally hilarious and chaotic. i love these vids and they help me a lot

[@justinmoore8641]

That ending was such a tragedy

[@theonebeing981]

This was the perfect Flood combat experience, from calm starting to the full on Armageddon ramp up, the evac destruction just was the cherry on top, a action horror movie about the flood would work nicely, imo.

[@possiblyabear451]

Rubix, you never fail to amaze me with how far you survive before dying to completely ridiculous means. Case in point: Getting domed by a Flood asteroid.

[@zachm9202]

Seeing a flood infested vehicle flying towards you in pitch black darkness is terrifying. Makes you think something big threw it.

[@Xilmmar]

Not gonna lie. When I was younger and I first encountered the flood as I played Halo. I had nightmares of a scene similar to this 4:13 for a while. Haha

[@captainzac24]

This is what I love about arma modding Getting to see stories from disposable grunts that you never heard of in the main story/game

[@VeilingSun]

Cypher is on PCP when he edits his videos. What a lore drop. It explains so much.

[@UnmannedGunner]

Multiple years of flood trauma came "flooding" back to me with this one video :(

[@orionriftclan2727]

*slams my head against a desk* NO

[@installmorerat263]

On this trip of the magic schoolbus, we'll be looking at the infested blood vessels of a flood structure. Don't forget to bring you mask and a full pistol incase you get attacked.

[@dinodude6992]

"Please let this be a normal field trip!" "With the flood?! NO WAY!"

[@aamacan]

This probably one the best videos you've made keep up the great content!

[@georgecom12]

Mission: 100% success Casualties: 100%

[@TheRealFrozenFire]

Classic Ignis

[@andrewgentry2411]

Coincidents? I think NOT!

[@dakotawisdom2777]

This video by far has been the funnest I've seen. Jay me and you got something in common when I was 7 I played halo 2 and I fought the flood I swear I could see the eye of the flood spider's in my house so I couldn't sleep. But anymore I love killing the flood. But I like how you guys just get thrown across the map. Great video. Also I'm happy to see you guys did a halo flood mission it was a suggestion I had given on the discord server so I'm really happy you guys did it. I also look forward to your next flood op.

[@Rasc0117]

5:54 We keeping count of how high can someone go now?

[@bodenking]

Seeing the line formed to enter the hive suddenly turning and opening fire on something to the left was beautiful and nearly brought a tear to my eye

[@vermillionchrome5466]

I have only just discovered you yesterday and I’m loving every single video. You and your friends are Absolutely hilarious.

[@alphaandomega4422]

As a fellow veteran of HALO CE who had to endure the Library level 16 TIMES before I cleared it, watching you guys do this was very therapeutic. Glad they never had your ideas for flood warthogs and tanks, that would've been TERRIFYING

[@LuceoX30]

I love hearing the panic you can hear at 6:28 on the comms.

[@DespicableDemon]

Yeeeesss!! I've been waiting to see you guys take on the flood! Great way to start off my Friday, thanks! :)

[@michaelsouslin891]

He did the shotgun maneuver had me dying😂

[@TheFacelessStoryMaker]

The Flood has always been more terrifying to me. Over 100,000 years old it spreads quickly and in the words of R'tas Vadum "One single Flood spore can destroy a species." And it collects ALL the memories and intelligence of EVERYONE it infects. Bloody terrifying.

[@darkrite9000]

A mission with lots of casualties, check, random bouts of stupidity, check, terrifying horrors of unending proportions, check, large vehicles being sent through the sky, check. This is in fact an Ignis op, in case it wasn't immediately obvious. Also love the fact you had some elites with you, sadly no spartans to assist, which is probably why this op was handed to Ignis.

[@RougeAgent1142]

That maneuver he was trying to pull at 6:08 had to have been an attempt to... 1) Generate momentum by rotational force applied to the butt of the shotgun. 2) Entrance the Flood bioform with what he would have proposed to Ignis Command as "Elegant Ballet Boomsticking" 3) Realizing trauma from his early life manifesting in fear which released enough adrenaline to shoot his mouse across the desk as he himself lived the experience of punching a Flood bioform to save himself from a horrible infection. God... I miss you guys sometimes.

[@statton35]

Well that was… terrifying. As the Flood always is and should be. I’d kill to be able to watch the full VOD

[@kriegsmensoldier8996]

Brothers get the flamer, the HEAVY flamer.

[@keiyoshi5232]

3:42 lordbepis immediately noped the fuck out without saying a word xD

[@LordBepisMaximus]

and in the end I still perished

[@michaelfritts2770]

I love how lord bepis was on point with like 10 others plus raptor an infection form appears and he proceeded to turn and run through all his squad like "Ur turn for point guys I'll take rear guard way back here"

[@satuerdandashnaw3700]

Your Physics Mod is amazing. Never get rid of it, no matter what.

[@forgotmyself9205]

It's 3 Am, I am going Insane, Ignis Corps ops make me seem sane.

[@arismagicgr]

Mate... I don't know which map is this but all the editing that has been done on it makes it AMAZING!

[@dantebond8124]

1:16 - This is the first yoga pose they teach you in Hell.

[@Khornecussion]

" I can't go to sleep tonight because I'm scared of the Flood. " For me it was being scared that Hunters would bust into my house, explode my parents, explode my dog then explode me because I didn't own a Halo 1 pistol so how was I gonna shoot them in the back if they busted into my home? I was five. Cut me some slack. Lol

[@medium0sizedALT]

some dude told me about The Flood from Halo... I had no idea what it was... *BUT THEN YOU UPLOADED THIS*

[@zero_witch]

daaahhaaamn! great video as always rubix

[@totaltiki6110]

Anyone know what that little clip of music playing in the background at 2:47 is from?

[@beast1ysniper464]

Yours and Cyphers video made my day.

[@kabob0077]

0:15 For me it was both the Library and 343, they made me physically ill to play.

[@Ghost-vd7dr]

I just love these kind of videos. You guys fighting a bunch of shit you really have no chance of winning against

[@elementalgamer0732]

Cypher and Rubix back to back? Todays shift started out as a bad one, but it's ending on a good note now.

[@Raghetiel]

The flood feeds of intelligence. So sending you guys is great tactical decision, since it wouldn't find any

[@TheGum525]

DAmn that was fun. I would be very happy for you all to do more Flood operations please!

[@zincgoblin7538]

oh my god the music at 7:14 gives me anxiety just remembering it all. Somehow the music is so tense, like it's an alarm and not music.

[@JayHog1992]

As terrifying this would be, the random TF2 death sounds keep me laughing.

[@spartnmarcen5110]

That was awesome. Makes think of what we could've had if Bungie had leaned into the Flood more.

[@connorthegunlovingeek7465]

3:23 What in the Kurt Cobain!

[@halyoalex8942]

“I’ll direct you to Cypher’s video” Joke’s on you I have notifications on for him and already watched that >:)

[@spoksiesgaming7564]

The BEST Arma video I have ever seen..

[@gaugegunning9851]

That combined scream by the flood at 6:30 was terrifying, like if this was fr my nerves would be shot XD

[@KnightRider378]

You informed Quail that he was phasing through the table, thus making him conscious of this fact. This sudden shift in conscious reality immediately caused him to spaghettify, eventually shifting him entirely from our reality. You monster.

[@frag3120]

This video gives me flood gate flashbacks from halo 3 first flood experience and stuck with me forever.

[@wheelcha1rman2]

You gotta love it when ArmA ArmAing just makes everything funnier.

[@gibbongaming6338]

The second I saw cyphers flood op video I knew this was coming next

[@jamesbarnard6599]

when halo combat evolved came out it was like 2 months old when i first played it. no internet to warn me that the game suddenly changes from a happy shooter to a terrifying horror without warning! it was an interesting surprise

[@howtocapataingames429]

Another outstanding video jay!

[@adammc7170]

"Oh look a flying Flood tank" "Wait what...."