Pariah Nexus - Sister Danica Confronts Her Own Faith

[@Garl_Vinland]

Danica accurately represents every Sisters of Battle player who loses so many matchups that they become jaded with the game.

[@burnbobquist8999]

After my beloved Sister Superior, my hero who lived my whole campaign and saw many of her Sisters die... blew up in a fun hero vs monster game when she rolled a 1 with her overcharged Plasma... she came back as the leader of my Soulblights as a Vampire Lord so that death is only the beginning. xD

[@Sir_Bucket]

That's why you become ork my friend. You do not think, you only shoot Big Gun

[@theotv5522]

@@Sir_Bucket Nah if you want mindless games you go with World Eaters. You charge, roll dice and ask the opponent who won.

[@oscarlove4394]

@@Sir_Bucket When you play Orks you abandon all pretense of strategy, surrender your delusions of tactics and strip bare your soul for all to see. You smile, roll another hit on sixes, then gleefully leap into the lake of fire of RNG, surrendering yourself to it.

[@Sir_Bucket]

@@oscarlove4394 amen brother, that's why I put the zaap gun on all of my vehicules

[@BarelyDecentProduction]

This is why you fall back, sister. This is why Commissar Caphias Cain was one the greatest Commissar that ever lived

[@estuaire44]

Where is the Hero of the Imperium when he is needed ?

[@fumarc4501]

Cai-Cai-Ciaphias Cain!

[@BarelyDecentProduction]

@@estuaire44 unfortunately bro is literally dead, Cain didn't do any rejuvenation treatment

[@theragingjamaican1113]

@@BarelyDecentProduction yes he did. He lived to be about 270 maybe 300 years old. He was actually recalled into service when he was 200 years old. Granted, that being said yes, he is literally did he died of natural causes, a rarity for sure

[@jkee9760]

​@@theragingjamaican1113probably not, death probably was coming for him then Jurgen showed up and blasted it with his melta

[@Kryptick_88]

"You're a zealot Danica, and like all zealots when your faith is challenged you blame others for their weakness. This world didn't fall because it's people were faithless, it fell becuase you lost the war." I really like the writing of this series. She basically said to her to stop breathing in that copium and leave the poor guy alone. It's not his fault that you suck at war.

[@theotv5522]

I'm glad to see GW finally portray how crazy Necrons and Tyranids can be. As far as we know, Necrons are the best shot at defeating Chaos while Tyranids are best at cleaning this whole galaxy clean.

[@Krachbumm-Ente]

Why shouldn't she blame others for their weakness? They lost their planet to xenos invaders after all

[@lordpeterturbo5216]

@@Krachbumm-Enteand guess whose defense force that failed? Hers

[@rageofheaven]

You know Matt Ward sure as shit didn't write it.

[@CF-or3ci]

@Krachbumm-Ente Its dum to blame citizens for not beating their foe but its even more dum when blaming one is their defender

[@hthtss]

This feels like smart grimdark, shit is bleak and the sister has super ptsd yet the story still understands that you need to sprinkle a little of hope for the characters to aspire to keep moving forward.

[@MrNuclearturtle]

Yea, the people spouting warhammer portrayals aren’t grim dark enough are just into misery porn at that point. Point of a setting like this is that despite the dread, despite the hopeless, the courage and indomitable spirit of humans fights on, it’s to see what is capable of human kind in the worst scenario possible. Stories with sad endings in warhammer are great in of themselves, normally there’s a moral or irony to the tale ie genestealer cult story, but every story being just miserable with no reprieve gets really boring and uninteresting

[@ericaquintana1206]

@@MrNuclearturtle I've seen the term "grim dorks" tossed around a bit in the comments of these videos. I suppose that's who you're referring to? Those who just hate any kind of kindness and hope in this setting? I'm just a tourist passing through, so I don't know.

[@NCRVeteranRanger]

⁠​⁠@@MrNuclearturtle​​⁠ THIS RIGHT HERE! The biggest reason I prefer Warhammer Fantasy over 40k so much, despite being a huge sci-fi lover, is that Fantasy does Grimdark far better than 40k. In Fantasy, the world is just as dangerous & unforgiving as the galaxy in 40k is. The bad guys like Chaos are constantly causing death & destruction, while the “good guys” like the Empire of Man are fighting tooth & nail just to survive in this dangerous world. Yet unlike with 40k, there are just as many good things in Fantasy as there are bad things. The Empire of Man, despite the serious poverty & corruption, is constantly growing & developing as a nation with innovative breakthroughs in technology & magic happening regularly. Tilea, despite its many corrupt city-states constantly feuding with each other & scheming against themselves, is the faction that embraces the ideals of democracy & individual freedom the most out of any other faction. This is what 40k is missing. It needs more good to balance out the bad. Hopefully with the return of the two loyalist primarchs Guilliman & Lion, we’ll start to see some improvements with the Imperium & maybe even some of the other factions.

[@MrNuclearturtle]

@@ericaquintana1206 actually first I've heard of the term, but there is definantly a schism between fans on what the tone should be. We all get the setting is a horrible place to live, but some people think the universe has lost its edge because characters don't always die horribly, and it's honestly irritating and juvenile. Balance is needed in that representation

[@supersaiyn41]

@@MrNuclearturtleeeeeerm achktually if theres even a slight bit of balance that makes the setting instantly become woke marvel slop there must be only ever perpetual misery. joking of course, reminds me of a comment i saw about some dope whining about that mini astronomicon in imperium nihilus and how that somehow made 40k marvel goody two shoes slop (while ignoring the fact angron happened on it lmao), while probably being bait I would not for a second doubt that someone unironically believes that. balance is absolutely needed because it makes for an actually compelling story lmao

[@teencomment]

Only a zealot would blame children for not fighting a threat that they had no means to. I do like the Ministorum preacher, though; he's not a raving madman like so many others we see in the wider lore; he tries to understand her and attempts to assuage that the loss of the war isn't her fault.

[@fumarc4501]

Like all theists, some are good and some are bad and some are worse.

[@mmyr8ado.360]

​@@fumarc4501You can apply that to all sorts of people tbh

[@joshuasitzema9920]

​@mmyr8ado.360 yes but this priest seems sincere in his faith. He doesn't want power like Goge Vandire, he doesn't let pride get to him like Cardinal Xaphan, he only wants to protect the innocent and help the warriors keep their faith has that is his duty. I really hope he survives, and if he doesn't, I hope he goes out as a good man

[@XD-sc4ix]

​@@joshuasitzema9920he's sort of like Sebastian thor

[@orrthehunter]

There is a lot more like him but it is just that they prefer showing only the raving madman ones the most because it provides more entertainment. A lot of the good aspects of the Imperium of Man is not shown often because it feels too "nice" in the image of a "Grim Dark Future". There are even planets that are normal and I mean just normal that are never shown that manage to completely avoid all this grim darkness but are not shown and mentioned very few just because "Not grim dark enough"

[@wouju9600]

Didn’t think the guardsman actually ever existed. But this does confirm everyone’s theories in the previous episodes that she’s a hallucination of the SoB

[@smokinggnu6584]

It was kinda obvious. To people like the SoB, what the guardsman was saying would be considered heresy, lots and lots of heresy. The fact that she didn't once try to execute the heretical guardsman was a big cloue. PLus the fact that the guardsman did basically nothing but talk to her.

[@beiberns]

It was obvious from the start when only sister danica was fighting the zombies anyway.

[@estuaire44]

Having lost her weapon without being shot by a Commissar... Doubtful, indeed.

[@jacknagel9387]

Man to someone who doesn't play Warhammer or know the lore SoB is a horrible acronym out of context.

[@ChillAssTurtle]

​@@jacknagel9387a cadian would never stop fighting.. they would never talk shit to a sisters face.. absolute madness

[@dustind4694]

The Ecclesiarchy dude is doing the job of an actual chaplain with reason and patient dignity, the Sister of Battle is willing to have a talk, the kids are still alive and the only Space Marine for kilometers is a Salamander. This is about as blessed as it is possible to get in 40k.

[@ennui9745]

I like how the most blessed possible in 40K is a destroyed hive city, planetary defense forces already annihilated, and the enemy is the Necrons.

[@dustind4694]

@@ennui9745 Gotta temper your expectations when 'getting stuck between enslaved by r*pey space elves and turned into biomass for the hive fleet' is a possible Tuesday.

[@TY-PO]

@@dustind4694There’s also ORKS WARGHHHHHHH🤪

[@Jim63071]

"Like all zealots, when your faith is challenged, you blame the weakness of others." Damn, I never expected 40K to get this deep.

[@JoshuaAndres]

Philosophy is EVERYWHERE in 40k

[@thearchives1094]

She'd better hope that bolt round missed the priest, or there gonna be a really angy green boi

[@45.chuminh81]

Maybe she shot the hallucination guard lol I would want to see the Sister’s redemption instead of, ya know, a fight to the death between her and brother Sa’Kaan

[@LHSpartan007]

Less of a fight, more like a.. Execution at the hand of Brothjer Sa'Kaan @@45.chuminh81

[@theotv5522]

"What the hell sister, I turned around for 2 seconds. Can you not team kill so I can clutch this?"

[@ivanvladimirovicnazarenko3110]

Are we sure the priest himself is actually real 🤔

[@lukegeraci1743]

She missed

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Sister: "I never sounded like that!" Dead Soldier: "Shall we search your Twitter Feed?"

[@alvisstalwart925]

The Guard brings receipts just as they bring down the Emperor's hammer

[@a-manwhorememains334]

Sister Danica is breaking down. She feels guilty and its eating her up inside. I think the salamander is going to have a heartfelt conversation with her.

[@kubikkuratko188]

If she shot the pries shes getting the Marines Malevolent treatment

[@Drownedinblood]

I don't think Sa'kan is gonna make it, there's probably going to be a moment of redemption for her.

[@theotv5522]

@@Drownedinblood Nah that marine had a name and took off his helmet, he has the power of God and GW on his side.

[@limabean1202]

Sister Danica is starting to sound a little heretical…

[@shanehudson3995]

Purge her!

[@maninthemask6275]

War hammer fans going to suck off the emperor/imperium for trillionth time 🤓

[@franciscobelen1751]

Well after a long time talking with her own alone for a long time meaby she is co co if you know what i mean

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

I mean, war can really do a number to an individual. Hallucinations, PTSD among other things...

[@kaijukingdom2686]

Good

[@LunamPuer]

So that's why the Guardswoman talked such straight facts without fear of repercussion. She's just the figment of Danica's fleeting sanity in the face of loss and death.

[@ivanvladimirovicnazarenko3110]

No need to fear getting blammed if you already got blammed by desintegrator rifle

[@AngeryCrow]

Of course, it's in her head, this is also a great use of PTSD and the battle sister. Please don't tell me the preacer is dead too...

[@ivanvladimirovicnazarenko3110]

He is after that bolter shot

[@YouAreStillNotablaze]

​@@ivanvladimirovicnazarenko3110I think she shot at the hallucination.

[@31er_ohne_AMG]

Spoiler . . . . . . . . . the preacher is not dead, as far as we know

[@funaccount7665]

Spoiler . . . . . . . . . They all die only one kid survives towards the end and he gets shot buy a guardsmen patrol thinking he's mind controlled.

[@31er_ohne_AMG]

@@funaccount7665 no conformation for that claim

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Before being too harsh with Danica, remember that she IS under quite a _bit_ of stress. She might be a zealot (which sort of comes with the whole Sororite thing), but remember how her initial reaction when first surrounded by zombies was to try to comfort them. Her "fight or flee" reflexes are currently a bit stuck on the "kill it with fire" setting, but hey, this is a grimdark setting after all...

[@Mcbignuts]

Yes , ppl are too hard on her , she is a loyal soldier , is devoted to the emperor and will fight anyone in his name , she just blames others for her own failures , all too human reaction Try telling any soldier that they lost bcuz they weren't good enough , see how many excuses they have Ppl devoted to a cause will always blame external factors for their own failures ,they can't doubt themselves , their conviction is their armor

[@sserobinsse]

yeah people are being too harsh to her and to the space marine not understanding the situation they are in like both the battle sister and the space marine would have reacted differently if it was not "zombies" but disorganized* guardsmen (not controlled) like the sister of battle or SOB for sort would probably try to find out more about the situation they are in and see what she can do even do spiritual moral boost if it is needed like if SOB find out that does imperial guardsmen have lost contact with command after a battle with necrons and the only one they have been able to contact is a Valkyrie*(imperial LOYAL one ) that is still flying but not in the current "sector" they are in but still in contact range she probably would try rally the guardsmen and try to do as much they can. ------------------- and the space marine if he was meeting a imperial guardsman after he crash he would probably say the same he do now expect saying emperor protect if that guardsman is doing that thing with his hand i forgot what it is called but the space marine would if informed that they need to move "Xenos" controlled guardsmen is moving they current position and the guardsmen is only having a few men (like say 4 squads of imperial guards) the space marine is probably going acknowledge the situation but inform the guardsman that he need to do some last rites on his fallen brothers and after that they can move but if as he says that he heard gunshots and the guardsman run out of the "ship" to assist his fellow guardsmen in repealing the "zombie" attack he probably would try to do his work as fast as he can due to the guardsmen is going to need his help of course am just writing is based on what i have seen and read comments about the warhammer 40k lore so both the SOB and the space marine may have reacted differently then what i wrote

[@mgh7634]

Indeed. And it's very clear she's suffering from PTSD from what happened and many soldiers process that differently. Some can become quite scary because they're stuck in that fight mode. Compound that with the clear feelings of guilt and grief she feels and it's understandable why she's more than a little unstable.

[@CaptainPrincess]

Shes under more than stress shes having quite literal shell shock and a PTSD breakdown but Im still going to be harsh on her because thats not gonna give her a free pass to threaten and (attempt to) execute innocent survivors I can be understanding of what shes going through while still condemning her decision to take it out on others

[@DjuraValtr]

Wow this is the like the third time i've seen PTSD done extremely good in animation. First was Jinx in Arcane, second Thorfinn and now this.

[@DeadBattleBrother15]

It seemed someone would be unhappy with the sound of the gunshots Hopefully he doesn't bring a Heavy Flamer

[@lachlanevans5013]

I think he still has his inferno pistol

[@terminallove3531]

I think she didn't shoot at him.

[@lorddidger]

I hope she missed on purpose.

[@theotv5522]

She's not an Eldar child so she's safe :)

[@SolverNYC]

​@@theotv5522hhhmmm, you sound like a imperium player

[@moisesremusmajan6225]

Hope sa'kan didn't hear that gunshot 💀

[@killerclone2177]

he probably did

[@stefanbacvanin5001]

@@killerclone2177 Sa'kan: What have you done, SISTER?!🤬

[@Drownedinblood]

@@stefanbacvanin5001 it'd be funny if he dropped the high gothic demeanor and just went in.

[@no-bodymr6419]

He did but a Necron Destroyer appear nearby at the same time so he ignore it and go for the Necron.

[@grimoireweiss6428]

3:56 truer words couldn't be spoken.

[@Ancaruin]

So the imperial guard is dead, she is hearing voices.

[@mercuryo3042]

PTSD probably

[@estuaire44]

Maybe the guard is the Emperor. Joan of Arc in the grim darkness of the far future.

[@lostkhan1728]

​@@estuaire44nah wouldn't be grim dark if that was the case. This is probably either own guilt/PTSD or a warp entity talking to her

[@Drownedinblood]

Inquisition is gonna have questions.

[@theotv5522]

@@lostkhan1728 No Warp shenanigans here because they're on Pariah Nexus. The Necrons here have a Chaos-be-gone machine that negates the Warp, which is why you haven't seen any spiky boys.

[@doublep1980]

What we were all suspecting, the Sister went crazy from PTSD and guilt.

[@Mcbignuts]

More like she couldn't handle failure and wanted to blame others for their lack of faith , instead of simply accepting responsibility for defeat and moving on Her faith was shaken by the defeat , she projected her inner issue onto others and decided that their faithlessness was the cause of it all Not really surprising actually, imagine having faith and trying your best , but u still lose , so u end up blaming everybody else for the failure , bcuz how can u accept the blame , after all u had faith , u tried hard right , no it must be everybody else's fault

[@qp7975]

Ha, “This planet didn’t lose cause it lost faith, it lost cause you got fucked by necrons…. Not a lot of faith can fix that”

[@WiseArkAngel]

There’s a lady in my head who gassed me up -Martyred Lady Danica

[@blazer168]

As a necron fan, I love how dangerous they're making them look in this series.

[@Summersong2262]

Right? They're not just zombies with guns, they're actually properly living up to their potential and character.

[@theotv5522]

@@Summersong2262 Which is funny because before 8th edition, they're basically Tyranid, even being called "The Silver tide" because they had no characters, other than being space Egyptian terminators. Then when GW finally decided to give them more lore, more people began to play them.

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

@theotv5522 You're wrong on those accounts and enough folks already were playing them before the retcon. This series actually portrays them more closely to their 3rd Edition days with their post 5th Edition special characters. It's a nice blend of both. None of this Looney Toon crap like with Trazyn, Orkian & Nemesor.

[@MnemonicHack]

"It fell, because sometimes the enemy just has more soldiers. What are you Danica, stupid? Don't answer that, you'll just disappoint me again."

[@theotv5522]

Goes to show why the Emperor wanted to ban all religion. Faith can help one overcome hardship, but one can also blinded by it and forsaken all logic.

[@CampGuardian]

Sa'kan didnt even acknowledge the imperial guard with her when they first met up so that shouldve already been proof enough

[@theotv5522]

Guardswomen didn't have a weapon, didn't help sister with the zombies, didn't show up when Szeras showed that Deathmark it's hit list, didn't have footprints shown when the Deathmark was trailing them. I probably missed a few but the show has been blasting with hints all this time.

[@SolverNYC]

​@@theotv5522Bravo, detective, we(me,we,us,not you) knew this in the moment she not appear in the Sister's talk

[@BraydenDodman]

​@SolverNYC hey pal, do us all a favor. Bend over, grab the stick and pull it out of your ass. You might feel better

[@theotv5522]

@@SolverNYC If you check out the comment section for previous vids uploaded on this channel, you'll find plentiful comments of people speculating who the guardswomen is. It's only until this and the last video upload that a lot of sassy people who just realised it went back on their words and tried to act like a smartass.

[@SolverNYC]

@@theotv5522 when the guard dissappear and appear, became obvious to me that she is not real, how she can be so heretical and not be killed by the sororite

[@libertyprime5965]

Bravo GW! Great writing, great visuals. You deserve to be proud of this and all who were involved in the making of this animated show!

[@simonso947]

Yup, the PTSD symptoms finally hit her😨

[@icepic21]

While I held animosity to GW's predatory copyright practices towards independent animators in order to support their subscription service, Animation series like this one HEAVILY entice me to subscribe to WH+, with excellent marks of quality across the board.

[@horrorfan117]

Just a pity this series is only three episodes long.

[@banishedpest115]

And imagine how many people this would bring into GW and its universes if this was a public release. This is incredibly well done, massively respectful to source material and yet easily digested by those that have never even seen a space marine before.

[@RyanCunningham]

Actually I've looked around and those copyright laws haven't been implemented against animations, they're all still up

[@dominicscreativefilms]

While GW trying to monopolize 40k animations already turned me off of Warhammer +, what didn't help was how barron the content was and most of it (especially closer to launch) wasn't really good enough to justify paying $7 a month (and this is coming from someone who actually likes Angels of Death and some of the Hammer and Bolter stories). Though credit where credit is due, this series is definitely the first one that actually made me feel jealous about not owning Warhammer +. If they can keep this level of quality coming and more frequently then MAYBE the service might be worth it down the road.

[@kronos661]

They pretty much killed any possibility of another astartes series for that. I am not giving them a penny.

[@estuaire44]

I do love this show, this is truly 40K.

[@Mystyx-Sama]

The preacher man is correct

[@kingskelett6265]

sadly, being correct is often a dangerous thing in Warhammer It doesn't protect you from those that do not want to hear it, or that gain more from lies and falsehoods.

[@Mystyx-Sama]

@@kingskelett6265 "This is true" - Rogal Dorn

[@implodingbaby]

she forgot her schizo pills

[@shaftoe195]

Bold of you to assume she ever had any.

[@ironduke5058]

It's not her fault, schizo pills were deemed heretical by the Administratum 3 millenia ago

[@Admiralkirk95]

This actually kinda interesting, to show someone who believes whole heartedly in the Emperor and having to face the realization that just belief and never giving up doesn't suddenly make you win. And in her despair she blames what essentially amounts to children not fighting giants when looking at the preacher for why they lost. And on the other side we have a preacher that isn't a raving madman, or self centered jerk using the faith to shield himself. he genuinely believes, and wants to help and save who he can. Also interesting that the guardsmen are the ones using tactics. This woman tried to give good advice. Cut their losses, regroup and try to win with a fall back plan. We also saw a guardsman trying to make a plan to fight the deathmark sniper before his last buddy ended up getting killed in the middle of his plan. Showing the guard are both capable, but need to adapt and change. But people like Danika who simply believe fighting harder and believing will win the day. The only reason I can think of is that Danika knew something the guardman didn't, and knew there was no fallback, this was it.

[@Mcbignuts]

She's just sad that she failed to do her duty properly and has to live with the shame and guilt of failure , she's afraid the emperor will punish her soul , poor thing She has a crisis of faith but ends up owning the defeat and deciding to use her faith to fight on anyway Cus that's what's faith for , it gives hope , even when things feel impossible It's a good character arc

[@andreaven2287]

Tzeentch : we do a little bit of trollin'

[@mitchellhasto3003]

The music in this scene is just perfect

[@mrdrebin123]

Salamanders be the true representation of the emperors will... Compassion, believe, hope, mercy, strength, loyalty, and courage.. Whilst Sisters of battle cower behind the faith, trying to use it as a shield when they themselves feel guilt they blame it on the faith. 4:02 and like the ghost of her past says, they use faith to blame everything, even their own lacking character. A Salamander, and quite a few chapters see the truth of everything.. Salamanders simply have the compassion to push on, and find deeper meaning in actions otherwise meaningless.- Yes moving to said spot, or doing said hopeless action may only buy a few more hours of life.. But in the far future where there is only war.. Precious hours is what any good citizen of the Imperium of man, must strife to buy.

[@rageofheaven]

The emperor was not compassionate, not an idealist, nor merciful. He was a stone cold pragmatist, and the one time, THE ONE time he actually felt compassion it almost got him killed on the Vengeful Spirit in his duel with Horus. Vulcan was better suited to be the face of the imperium than the emperor was, because god knows Malcador was the only reason the imperium even functioned.

[@RaixsOreh]

it must be made clear that not all sisters of battle are like her, she is like this because of spending Days alone in the Pariah Nexus, probably suffering slightly from the Stilling effect of the Nexus.

[@WozWozEre]

People Still think the Emperor was a good guy? Read the damn lore, he was NOT a good man.

[@Zeldaytal]

Good thing about Sisters is they can be good or evil depending on the needs of the story. From unlimited compasion to flame rage purges of whoever they consider heretic. Its position is one. Its optics are many.

[@rageofheaven]

@@Zeldaytal "Good thing about Sisters is they can be good or evil depending on the needs of the story." Or tomato paste, if Matt Ward wrote the story.

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

"Why did we lose the war?" Necrons *"Lol cause you suck and we're just better."*

[@arth-ritisoutdooradventure7467]

The priest is right to be thankful for not being dead. It’s all about a positive mindset man.

[@PrimarisBlackTemplaDraven]

It's good to see the salamander giving the PDF the Emperor's peace.

[@herrdoctor2895]

Yo boys we gotta admit, those PDF is so legendary, literally getting split to atoms and yet no screams

[@dragonrider1736]

No wonder the guardswoman didn't help sister fighting the zombie. She was a ghost this whole time. Well not exactly but you get what i mean. To believe that she was the luckiest guardswoman around

[@theotv5522]

Ngl I would pay tons of money for GW to write a dumb guardsman/woman that somehow luck themselves out of impossible odds without even knowing it.

[@MNM-lq9te]

​@@theotv5522cain? The hero of the imperium had litterly god like luck that he has no idea about

[@agentc7020]

@@MNM-lq9te He's definitely lucky as fuck but he's also competent as hell so I don't think that'd work with what they have in mind.

[@theotv5522]

@@MNM-lq9tethere’s a reason why I specifically said GUARDSMEN, so it will be just pure luck that carry them out of trouble.

[@MNM-lq9te]

@@theotv5522 well then you have jurgen the bodyguard of cain. He's a guardsmen more accuratly vallhallen ice warrior guardsmen. When he often follows cain around he gets effected by cain's luck power Jurgen being also a blank he's incredible lucky seeing he hasn't been taken away by the Inquisition yet. Jurgen fighting along side cain means he too is so lucky that the duo survives incredible odds against enemies they would have no chance against and jurgen having no idea of cain's "power" of being lucky that is the closet you'll find on an guardsmen being incredibily lucky and having no idea that he is, unless you would wanna talk about sly marbo. The amount of shit sly marbo has survived against foes that he would never be able to beat alone no amount of skill could explain the stuff he has done, the only thing that could explain how he is able to do what he does or did (as he's probally dead as now in the current time period of m42) He just got to have god like luck watching over him.

[@scott-gaming.8834]

NOBODY tell a woman anything when they tell you to keep moving, she was clearly having a bad day, and i know from my mother NEVER say anything more, as you do not matter to them at that point

[@ac1119]

You’re doing gods work

[@thegreatgoatking.kingofall4001]

Guardsman giving sound tactical advice just to be ignored by a blinded zealot who’d rather stick to the tactic of “stand in a line” leading to the entire force being wiped out? Sounds like just another day in the imperium of man. It’s a shame. If guardsman NCOs were given command the battle would have probably gone a lot better. Though admittedly fighting necrons generally is just a bad day for anyone.

[@WizzPlaysAndMore]

Even with proper tactics, fighting necrons is always a defeat of some degree, never a victory in the sense that they will just reassemble themselves later and come even more deadly than before. For necrons a battle lost is a best a minor inconvenience or just a pair of units to scrap.

[@mmyr8ado.360]

Let's be real here, the guardsman gave sound tactical advice because there's no Commissar looming over her shoulder.

[@theotv5522]

Where's Caphias Cain when you need him :(

[@Mcbignuts]

When facing eldritch mechanical horrors , you need blind zealots who will hold the line no matter what comes their way , that's true courage , that's the miracle of faith Give ppl the allowance to retreat and suddenly the whole army will move backwards , painting their cowardice as a tactical manoevour, starts as a march , ends with a rout It's a literary trope , but standing your ground and holding the line is often the best and only option a soldier has , it's not like the tank is getting weaker

[@alaskarii007]

​@Mcbignuts my guy the literal point here is that a blind zealot lost the war do you posses an iota of media literacy?

[@user-kh3uo2nx4o]

What is this? A show? A game? Darn this is some good writings

[@Darksky1001able]

Its a 3 long episode series called Pariah Nexus.

[@cb2291]

Wow this is powerful

[@jodiewong894]

Two sides to Danica's state of mind: 1. The hallucination is a product of her own psychology, therefore it is her who is smart enough to come to these realisations. 2. Consider that the hallucination of the Guardsman is guided by or is actually the God Emperor, who see's Danica is smart enough and guides her back into the light.

[@bornforburning777]

"The Emperor is not a forgiving God!" I love that Warhammer has started having this sort of dialog with itself.

[@sop6424]

but warhammer never pretended that the god emperor was some benevolent all protecting deity. WE know he isn’t, but the characters in universe truly believe he is. this isn’t games workshop having some kind of subvertive meta commentary, this is character narrative, her faith is wavering because of her failures

[@bornforburning777]

​@@sop6424 In my opinion, 40K is mostly an extended meta-commentary between conflicting texts and conflicting accounts. There's barely an established canon-who is the Emperor? What are the chaos gods? What is the nature of evil? These are questions the varying faction codexes will answer very differently. For myself, I saw this moment as entertaining the real possibility that the Emperor might be a forgiving God, which I find interesting.

[@ivanvladimirovicnazarenko3110]

I mean he kinda sorta can be... he (apparently) forgave that one word bearer... he also offered to forgive Magnus the red... maybe. Or maybe not...

[@sop6424]

i think the emperor only forgives those who are even worth his notice, or if he is omnipotent, worth his acknowledgment. when he was alive he was utilitarian in the extreme, hardly ever viewing anything as more than a means to an end, and if that’s held over into his death, if he happened to be paying attention he would treat this sister’s failure as indifferently as he’d view the guttering of a nearly spent candle: useful so long as it keeps itself burning but easily replaced if it finally flickers out

[@Mcbignuts]

It's less about punishing failure itself and more about looking down on ppl who refuse to stand up after falling and let one defeat shatter them completely Like the emperor will forgive u if you try to gain redemption by trying harder a second time But he won't forgive u if u just give up and go "boo hoo woe is me"

[@philguer4802]

First time I see a God-Emperor Priest I like

[@johnathan651]

WOW! Amazing scene!

[@godwrote01]

People said the SS in the Third Reich was the strongest units- But the Wehrmacht considered them as useless and even dangerous. Due to their faith and high morale they did not no retreat which cause SS Units huge amounts of human losses and tanks. Losses that could have been avoided in a tactical retreat - One said - A soldier that retreat can fight another day. But still i love Danicas Character - not to mention that she beautiful

[@MNM-lq9te]

Depends on what ss divison you're talking about, some were more competent than others. Alot of foreign ss legions didn't buy into the aryan super race as their german counterparts so some legions were actually somewhat proper combat divisons. Though they probally weren't as competent as the whermacht but there were some, not as elite as the ss would think they were but some were decently competent as soldiers and how to wage war. Panzergranadiers for example were quite competent soldiers. And a lot of ss legions were panzergranadiers. Also it depends on what time period of the war, in the early stages the ss were basiclly useless, but while towards the end some ss soldiers started to stop beliving in the whole aryan supremecy and just started behaving like normal soldiers with some major war crimes being commited.

[@jakethegoat1028]

I feel so bad for her, she's going through so much and has to carry so many things on her back (mostly guilt.)

[@Blunderbussy]

And bolter ammo. A lot of bolter ammo.

[@jaybay4773]

Ngl I’d go insane and lose my faith if I was fighting necrons

[@kellyscout-vw4mz]

1🇺🇸🌈🎄🏴‍☠️., / SCOUTS BE FAITHFUL IN THE LIGHT OF THE EMPEROR SISTER FAITH LIVES AND YOU LIVE ALIVE...SCOUTS GATHER ALL TARGETS ... MOVING FROM THE SHADOWS WE COME...DARK ANGEL SCOUT.S (., /

[@youdonthavetoknowsssh8154]

"The Emperor is not a forgiving God" He doesn't care nor he wanted to be a God, Sister!

[@shadearca]

Irrelevant, the statement is true in the 41st millennia.

[@theotv5522]

I mean if you wear 4 buses worth of armour and capable of doing miracles, would people believe you when you say you're not a god. Because the nowadays equivalent is wearing tons of golden accessories then say "I'm not rich lol"

[@garitaevz]

bruhhhh, this is the final episode and that ending was the most 40k thing yet

[@divilla8331]

super

[@g00n71]

PTSD in 40k is interesting

[@freekjobse7051]

That SOB just killed a loyal servant of the emperor. He made a mistake with some of his words, but did it really warrant his execution?

[@ArbiterofMankind]

This is Warhammer. Pretty sure like 95% of the executions carried out are unwarranted.

[@Stormdraka]

Have you learned nothing about faith on the clip? Have some more faith, man.

[@Jazzistandersful]

@@ArbiterofMankind turn that up to 99%

[@wilsthelimit]

@@ArbiterofMankindYou can be certain All of these weren’t in the presence of a jolly green giant, and those that were had some…. Consequences

[@freekjobse7051]

@@ArbiterofMankind Absolutely, but this guy is a priest. There's fewer people who are more devoted to the emperor than these guys. Having a sister of battle shoot him is basically killing an devoted servant of the emperor. Life is the emperor's currency; taking a life without due process(however short that may be in the imperium) is stealing from the emperor. (turns out that she missed her shot, in a new clip)

[@evanhunt1863]

3:13 "Should the road be easy, the destination is worthless!" I don't think there *are* any easy roads on this planet!

[@mrpantsrainbowsixsiege4571]

SoB: we lost bamttle, I'mma goin nuts and faith crysis Repentia: no matter what, eviscerator go brrrrrrrrr

[@Meme-Republic]

When will the Daughters of the Emperor know that retreating is a just argument when enemy is strong.

[@lordnazar6382]

Tbf.. It's not just the sisters of battle that have a issue, when it comes to a strategic retreat.

[@whitefrost1stgren581]

can someone tell me the name of the person that speaks danica? she did an excellent job...really great

[@amazingle7431]

when faith become excuses for everything, it no longer serves as a spiritual refuge to protect your soul, and it deteriorates into something dangerous, causing people to commit heinous acts in the name of God without moral hesitation.

[@goldiegolderman1842]

*FIGHT IN THE LIGHT OF THE GOD EMPEROR!*

[@pitied3744]

Sob is having severe PTSD

[@Mofflin1]

It had struck me as odd that we never saw the Cadian pick up a weapon and join the sister in the fight during the previous episodes, I guess I have my answer now.

[@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos]

Female Guardsmen hallucination, knew it 🎉🍻

[@AdeptKing]

For once the preacher character in 40k isn't crazy.

[@hinumayyy7566]

Was that an arbites? Damn that's cool to see

[@passenger007]

Danica my love❤🙈

[@jeremy1860]

While I look forward to seeing what Henry Cavill does with this franchise, this show here has proved to be as good as 40K has ever been thus far 😊

[@buffwarriors]

Damn son, it's cold

[@MNM-lq9te]

Noooo the guardsmen lady from the 9th edition trailer died! Atleast she died for the emperor and had courage in her heart to face the filthy xenos even though she nor the other guardsmen had any real chance of winning.

[@thelazyperson.1670]

Sa'kan will definitely be enraged.

[@maxamps45]

that battle sister is borderline heretic

[@jay_dave8722]

Sadly, Sister Danica is traumatized by her own responsibility and remorse

[@Mr.Crow1984]

I find it funny. Usually its the other way around. Preachers tend to be rather "jumpy", while sisters tend to be mercifull.

[@Vulture2k]

Didn't think it would just be a random soldier, I actually thought it would be her mother or so.

[@orlandoq2937]

Yo where do I watch this in it’s entirety? I keep seeing bits and pieces on KZbin.

[@anarchohelenism]

"The Emperor protects... or does he?"

[@waxierzero2198]

Whoa maybe that Guardsman shes seeing isnt her imagination but some chaos gods speaking to her

[@RyanCunningham]

Can't be, no warp activity can happen in the Pariah Nexus

[@shimegawaren7692]

sent her to the Sisters Repentia!

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

You know what? Not a bad idea!

[@hyalu438]

What happened to the guardsmen in the beginning?

[@stonemanofgardnerville1162]

Het wait a minute....are we doing psychic projection from the emperor again

[@_NutcasE_]

Emperors projections thus far have been visions only, and Posession of Guilliman. If this is not her own minds machinations.. It's something worse. An unwanted warp entity. Tzeentch daemons specificly like to appear to you as the people you once knew. Erebus in 30k used the old dead 1st captain of lunar wolves to appeal to Horus. so it's not unlikely some daemon could use the guardswoman she knew as a pathway to manipulate her. People with faith would be the few remaining connections to warp in Pariah nexus.

[@alaskarii007]

​@_NutcasE_ if they did that twist my rating of this show would go from 8/10 straight to 0/10. For goodness sakes sometimes a person simply suffers from ptsd and has a mental break, it doesn't need to be tzeenth diddling the mind of some random soldier

[@redsol3629]

The Cadian offers bitter medicine.

[@madhippy3]

Soldier has a good suggestion but faith blinds the fanatic to die worthlessly instead of falling back. Even the Astartes give ground to regroup at better positions. Some people got mad at me for saying it but the Commissar Cain quote is accurate the how the Sisters are portrayed. A bunch of emperor botherers who despite advanced weapons and armor and martial excellence make poor soldiers because their faith comes before reason.

[@addisonwelsh]

There’s a saying about the German military during the World Wars that applies very well to the sisters: tactically brilliant, operationally challenged, and strategically bankrupt. They’ve got the fire power and martial prowess to win most fights, but they fail to see the bigger picture.

[@laudinesystem]

FINALLY some actual critique in this game, james workshop is asking us to think after so many long years

[@jaberjansabe1539]

Salamander bout to lose its sht 💀

[@SolusArmatura]

This Sister of Battle is about to get folded like a beach chair by the Salamander.

[@ilferrodisupo7776]

Sister Danica i become very interesting PTSD carachters,i like when finally pull the trigger of bolter is so fucking relaxinf and desperate scene.

[@jordanpinnock]

I never considered Danica to be a heretic this is exactly how I imagined a Sororitas to be. I viewed the guardsman as the temptation of chaos.

[@loup067]

I doubt she shot the priest. She possibly just shot next to him. At least I hope for her soul and body. The Salamander wouldn't not forgive either.

[@NixonRules963]

If Sister Danica's not careful she's going to end up being visited by the Inquisition lol. Although the way she's so damaged, angry and now jaded at the Emperor, I wonder if they'll include a storyline where she becomes tempted by Chaos.

[@randomcommenter550]

The Guardswoman, if she isn't just a PTSD-induced figment of her imagination, is either the Emperor testing her or a Warp entity looking to tempt her.

[@cousinzeke4888]

Why would she get a visit? This is precisely what the imperial faith looks like.

[@NixonRules963]

@@cousinzeke4888 Oof you're not an actual 40k fan are you

[@cousinzeke4888]

@@NixonRules963 Massive fanatic, actually. And you don't have to be one to know that in 40k to fail is to sin. These are not sane, normal, well balanced people. These are nut cases. The ecclesiarchy does not teach forgiveness and hope, it teaches cruelty and hate. She said it herself, the emperor is not a forgiving god. But you tell me, why would the inquisition come after her? Because she threatened a coward who hid while aliens destroyed his world? In all likely hood the preacher would be the one in trouble here. This is without mentioning that the Adepta Sororitas are the military wing of the Ordo Hereticus and are afforded the closest thing the inquisition gets to trust.

[@eastbow6053]

@@cousinzeke4888 the emperor is not a fan of faith if he ever wakes up again he is gonna purge all of this faithful idiots

[@ripLunarBirdCLH]

The Salamander already knew you are out of your damn mind, Sister. What do you think he will do hearing gunshots and remembering that you were at the rear with the preacher?

[@themainman2827]

Im petty sure that Danica will be corrupted, or she will die searching redemption

[@MNM-lq9te]

Was kinda hoping that when the guardmen were hit by the necron weapons that they would disintigrate like they did in the 9th edition trailer. Here they kinda get hit and fall like they been hit by any other gun

[@IrishWarrior00]

Maybe it was too expensive to animate?

[@lostkhan1728]

Was that destroyer red? Or was i seeing things ?

[@MOISECRIMI]

👌

[@ThisIsYourGodNow]

One this show is over they should re edit it into a feature film