Soulstorm - Campaign Intro

[@giacomoromano8842]

Day before: Everything fine. Day after: warpstorm. Literally everyone in the galaxy: COWABUNGA IT IS!

[@comandercarnis]

imagine how soulstorm would have ended if the tyranids had shown in the middle of the game.

[@NerfplsGoyim]

Biggest shit storm imaginable.

[@NerfplsGoyim]

Nah it looks like you covered everyone.

[@informationyes]

Th orks would have an orgasm

[@zillafire101]

Daniel rogers WAAAGH without end!

[@TitoReni]

I have this idea too, and recently I have been thinking about this like a lot, because... no one knows what is the canon ending to the game, right? Well, this is my idea for a possible Dawn of War 3. There will be four factions (the expansions could add more): tau, tyranids, chaos space marines and the last one will be a combination of the space marines, the imperial guard and the sisters of battle (I know this sounds like heresy, but it feels very silly watching them fighting each other when they are supposed to represent the same nation; also, they are very similar, and that means boring); each one of the factions would have its own individual campaign, without mixings (I mean, there are no relations between their plots). So, the tyranid campaing would be about assaulting the Kaurava system at the end of the conflic. First of all, I will change a bit the things: only Kaurava II would be a jungle planet, Kaurava I would be a megapolis-world and Kaurava IV would be a frozen world (just to add diversity). So, this is what happens, from the begining to the end (I will change a lot of things since some of them feel very silly, like the Tau attacking at the beginign instead of waiting and attack when everyone is tired): the four worlds are supposed to be ruled by the Imperial Guard, but both Space Marines and Battle Sisters want the planets for them, so the political state of the Kaurava System is kinda weird because of this internal conflict, and the Imperial Guard wants both Space Marines and Battle Sisters to get out of their worlds; the big conflict starts with a Tau invasion, wich would be well recibed by the population since they are all tired of their weirdo political state; orcs tribes live in the jungles of Kaurava II, and when the conflict starts orcs from other planets came to join the conflict; also, the dark eldar came, like always, to loot; the conflict grows and, because some strong battles over Kaurava III, the necrons awake, and the eldars, who have keep an eye over that planet during centuries, came to fight the necrons. So, at this point, after everyone else is in the system, is when the warp storm appears, and the chaos space marines arrive. Because of the warp storm, no one can enter or get out of the system. So, the conflict develop: the necrons defeated the eldar, who retired to their craftworld, which would be orbiting Kaurava III, but both orcs and chaos space marines attack the planet; after defeating the Imperial Guard, the Battle Sisters, as the fanatics they are, decide to launch an exterminatus over the planet Kaurava III; only the forces of the chaos space marines survive, retrieting at time to Kaurava IV. The Space Marines then attack Kaurava I to stop the Battle Sisters before they declare exterminatus on more planets. They kill the leaders of the Battle Sisters and join forces with what is left of the Battle Sisters and the Imperial Guard, and they attack Kaurava IV. At the same time, the orcs, leaderless, fall into internal wars, and the tau take the opportunity to expand, conquering most of the surface of Kaurava II. The dark eldars see the opportunity too, going to Kaurava II to loot, but the tau fight them and kill their leader. Meanwhile, the chaos space marines attack Lacunae and defeated the dark eldars. So, the forces of the Imperium of Man (Space Marines + Battle Sisters + Imperial Guard) arrive at Kaurava IV an attack the fortress of chaos. Because of this, the warp storm disappears and the tyranids, who would have been waiting outside the system, now can enter in it. They start attacking Kaurava II, since its the one with more life, and they defeated the Tau, who run away back to their empire. When the Imperium forces realize of this, they run back to Kaurava I, allowing the forces of chaos to survive. The tyranids then attack Kaurava IV, and the remaining forces of chaos are forced to retreat to Kaurava III, where they gather forces and recover strenght. At this point, the craftworld of the eldar has left the system, the remaining orcs have been devoured by the tyranids, the remaining dark eldars have run back to Commorragh, the tau have also left the system, and the necrons have been destroyed after the exterminatus on Kaurava III (which, because of the exterminatus, is now like a volcanic world). The necrons who could have possibly survived to the exterminatus are now destroyed by the chaos space marines. So, now only three forces are left: tyranids (Kaurava II and IV), chaos (Kaurava III) and the Imperium (Kaurava I). The remaining forces of the Imperium decide to launch an exterminatus over Kaurava II while the tyranids are devouring Kaurava IV, destroying half of the tyranid forces. Because they only have arsenal for two exterminatus (which have been used on Kaurava III and II), now the Imperium has to fight. They go to Kaurava III to stop the tyranids before they can reach Kaurava I, and there the Imperium, the forces of chaos and the tyranids fight. Chaos is finally defeated and the tyranids conquer the world. The forces of the Imperium retreat to Kaurava I, where the final battle happens. The Imperium is finally defeated, and they are forced to retreat. The tyranids devour Kaurava I before the imperial reinforcements arrive, and then they abandon the system and move to another. So, at the end, the four planets have been destroyed.

[@Tarik360]

Pre-Kaurava Boreale must have suffered brain-injury during a fight in the middle of the campaign...

[@Laerei]

It's so fucking funny how it's just EVERYONE IS HERE!!! And they are PISSED.

[@superfrycook6360]

Soulstorm in a nutshell... Stubbs: No retreat! No surrender! Imperial Guard, Kaurava will be ours! Gorgutz: Time ta leg it, boyz! Kaurava will belong to da Waaagh! Necron Lord: Eliminate all life forms! Kaurava will be our enemies' final resting places Carron: Kaurava will belong to the dark gods. Death to the children of the false Emperor! Boreale: Battle brothers, Kaurava will be ours! For the Emperor! Or'es'ka: Kaurava will belong to the Greater Good! Caerys: The Necron threat must be eliminated. Then all of our enemies will be eliminated as well! Tahril: Spare no one and their souls will be ours! Agna: Battle Sisters, our enemies of the Emperor must be killed and Kaurava will belong to the Ecclesiarchy!

[@amitakartok]

As TTS!Emperor would put it, all I really understood from that was Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, Kaurava, and Kaurava.

[@abyssbun444]

Carron: Or we shall claim the Kaurava so the empirium will claim it later? I forget what side are we on again?

[@Jakkuu.93]

july 24, 2024 . am still playing these . an awesome campaign , fast paced and still a good strategy game after AoE, AoM and red alert .

[@Tarik360]

I for one always liked and still like this narrator, I know that how he says things sounds silly, but somehow, for me, it fits. *gets inside of a Rhino to shield self from incoming flaming*

[@crowhaveninc.2103]

It's his over-the-top delivery that makes it fir so well with the over-the-top world that is Warhammer 40K. Also, excuse me for reviving this comment :P

[@Tarik360]

​@@crowhaveninc.2103 Bruh, this feels like a time-travel. And yeah, basically your point too; it's 40k, everything is grandiose and hammy in there. The Narrator should be as well lmao.

[@msf2000]

Tbh I also like it even though he sounds hammy, he also put his entire being into it

[@TDragonus]

@@Tarik360 Good lord youtube is a museum, completely agree with this narrator being the GOAT. I absolutely love how he says "did the warp storm bring them, or did they bring _**the warp storm**_?

[@Tarik360]

@@TDragonus guess it just grew on people, lol

[@romanlegions]

Well the IG units fight for good reasons as well. The units in SS actually came from the planets that are under attack. They are defending their homes.

[@dragonstormx]

The Dark Eldar must have killed off all their smart members, going after a planet with 8 other armies rather then one with no armies.

[@crowhaveninc.2103]

The entire budget of this expansion went into making the Sisters of Battle theme. So worth it, though.

[@Avossk]

1:31 Something's wrong... Why does Boreale sound NORMAL?

[@bossshun9]

Out of all the races, each one has it own special way to fight their battles effectively. So, depending on which race you want that will determine which you are great with. Alien Factions: Tau, Eldar, Dark Eldar, Necron, or Orks. Human Factions: Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Sisters of Battle, or Imperial Guard. Which do you believe is the greatest faction to fight with?

[@planetkc]

Tyranids

[@ezekielhavoc9659]

The Space Marine Introduction part was hella the sheesh highlight of this video for me... and don't forget Indrick Boreale's *CHARRRGE!*

[@RevanNaut]

Boreales "Chaaaarge" just being recycled from Davian Thule is 😂

[@theguywhoannoysme]

3:06 They're slaughtering Tau. You can see a Fire Warrior rifle on the left.

[@RhodesbySea]

Fuck yeah go IG!

[@BigDickCheney]

I'm almost done the campaign. Only the Dark Eldar are left.

[@TimurKOI]

Hmmm... do the colors in this game more bleak than in Dark Crusade. As the whole game much weaker than DC. I liked the dialogues between leaders during the siege of main city. Ehh....

[@kylesantelices4349]

Ů

[@ThunderPsyker]

@Lucker1992 the sisters of battle thought that everything needed to be purged, even the imperial gaurd and space marines, when they got to kaurava as for imperial gaurd and space marines, i don't know.

[@BigDickCheney]

All praise unto Steam.

[@ltp33p]

I missed this

[@CommanderBohn]

Not to forget the Weirdboyz for Orks or the Valkyrie for the Guardsmen.

[@-RadioFreeZerg]

There is long known knowledge that Relic/THQ has stated that the current DoW engine cannot work with the Tyranids, so they decided to use a later Engine. So in DoW 2 they will surely have the Tyranids Which will be amazing

[@ultron6494]

Yes

[@IsmaelSantos-iy4xi]

Yes late but several mods worked a way to have the Nids in game and in campaign as well. So it was less of an engine limitation and more of a human ingenuity limitation.

[@yanniskatsaros8561]

"I am not afraid of the Space Marines. But the Sisters of Battle; the idea that someone would heavily arm and armor virgin nuns clearly in distress, gives me the creeps." - Horus Lupercal

[@The8thblock]

i like how three of the factions are fighting for the exact same thing, but they choose to shoot at eachother anyways.

[@dunnono00]

In the early days of 40k, the planet Warhammer Fantasy takes place in was actually a part of the 40k galaxy, one of many human worlds isolated by Warp Storms. Sigmar was one of the two missing Primarchs as well. Nowadays however, I believe that they are officially two completely different universes. And as far as I know, 40k is based off this world. The Emperor was born in Anatolia, in modern day Turkey.

[@Tzilandi]

The Blood Ravens have an unusually large number of Librarians among their forces, but they are still largely compromised of regular marines. The Chapters of the Space Marines do not pool resources except when co-operating during a campaign, and this includes witholding any information and/or artifacts stored within their individual Librariums, unless sharing these things are critical to the succes of the campaign.

[@seanthecomentator]

i love how the narator says space marines :P

[@JamesYoung]

The story sounds like a bad fanfiction "So there's this system with Guard on it.. and Orks too.. and Necrons but they don't know that. And then Chaos comes and yea it's cool but then oh no! The Space marines! And the Space Marines also attack the Guard for some reason. And the eldar hate necrons so yea. And Dark Eldar, hell, they can come too. Sisters of Battle want to kill everyone even Space Marines lol. Tyranids are scary so they're the only ones who can't come. Oh, and warp storm ftw."

[@thelostandtheforgotten]

I must say your humping it through the campaign at a fanatical rate. True dedication thats what I like to see I need this game in my life lol oh whats your fav race in dow soulstorm?

[@Damocles178]

I really want to get this game. The campaign intro is definetely longer than the dark crusade campaign intro.

[@TheShamanSZ]

Usually they don't. However, since they answer to different parts and a pangalactic Imperium is a bureaucratical nightmare, they aren't often coordinated very well. IIRC the Sisters are the military branch of one of the Inquisition orders, the IG are the army of the Imperium, and the Marines are an autonomous force within the Imperium. I've read that something like that may happen, but is quite rare.

[@crowhaveninc.2103]

We need more Sisters of Battle

[@Ghostrider91111]

1:50 KEEP FIRING KEEP FIRING

[@RockyX456]

@TheWolfBearProject "The fact races have been taken out from GW's works" means, like Big brother would to tell, that they don't exist. The races aren't the same. They have similarities. The undead in Warhammer fantasy are the 40k Necrons. Necrons who have flesh are Necrontyr. they never had flesh before their "immortality." Yet the undead, who have flesh in the fantasy, play similarly to the Necrons in their metal casing.

[@TH3KILLINGJ0K3]

any body know who the narrator is me and my friend have been looking for him for ages!!!!

[@Hellasrulez]

well in the games they fight each other because they are ordered not to withdrawl from the planets, so if one such as the SM's advances to the imperial guard they will compliment each other briefly, then say sorry, but we can't leave, that's the orders, so you will have to kill us if you want this base... (this is what happened when i was SM's in dark crusade

[@astroaj99]

Squats Rule!!!

[@dunnono00]

Well, it is the year 40,000 and the Emperor was born sometime in 8000 BC. There wasn't a Greece or Turkey as we know it, just a region. When Horus asked where he was born, the Emperor was probably just running through his memory, like, "What did they call that place again? Keeps changing every few millenniums, how am I supposed to remember... ah whatever... Anatoly!" At least that's how I interpret it.

[@Oddtom121]

Surely the blood would extinguish all the flames

[@The_Midnight_Bear]

i just realised something.kaurava 4 looks like mars right?and the void dragon is hidden on mars.necrons used to purge worlds that old ones made habitable.mars is suspected to have had life on it before but just as in the necron victory on kronus everything became sand and the air was thinned.and with different necron serving different c'tan it would mean that there are necrons worshiping dragon just as nightbringer and deceiver.so humanity has a huge army of sleeping robots in their backyard.

[@paydafee]

so um what was the reason for the space marines, the IG, and the sisters of battle to fight each other?

[@Khainite]

In the codex necrons they show Mars, as well as in some other codex (i forget which one) they mention Earth. Isnt the Emporers body on Earth? So i assume it took place 39,000 years from now.

[@69Bluntsmoka420]

And not just the Imperium.

[@BigDickCheney]

I'll get back to you when I've played it some more.

[@marakonius7785]

Wow, did I unearth the most ancient recording of your channel?

[@soccerguy1018]

@TH3KILLINGJ0K3 im sure if you watch the credits after you beat the game you will find his name

[@RockyX456]

IG won the Kaurava Crusade. That makes them kick ass.

[@girlgarde]

I'm currently playing as the Space Marines and so far I've eliminated the Orks and I'm at the central stronghold of the Alpha Legion (Chaos forces). Once they're dead, the Dark Eldar are next on my hit list. I also have a saved campaign where I play as the Orks. In that one, I've defeated the Space Marines and am at the central stronghold of the Tau in the saved game.

[@TovenDo.O.Video-]

So, have you defeated the Dark Eldar yet?

[@Oglokoog]

@10Maloy the Eldar and Space marines don't fire lasers. The Guard does - and HOW!

[@zombie900]

Well this was only a way to keep us happy since relic are busy making DoW2 which has just been announced.

[@TricksterPoi]

@Rocketfist15 Oh sorry, the wiki doesn't say anything about it.

[@armando429046]

@DARVGH1 you wish they did have u ever played with them?!?!?!

[@YOUHAVENOFRIENDSFOOL]

well so far as i read it said the Space Marines and the orks are fighting when a new terror emerges (probably nids) so thats 3 so far

[@Gogsmash]

imperial guard ftw!

[@TheTallestDwarf]

Well, where was he born the first time? or is it mentioned? Because wasn't it noted that he was somewhat a "Reincarnation cycle" shaman or something along those lines? And didn't he seal himself off from the world at some point? Oh well, I just like Space Marines, Orks, and Nids. That might bias me a bit. Link me books if you can, to either prove me right or wrong, i just love reading the lore.

[@SirAshford]

@erestor629 Because the Tau sept in the campaign is the Falshia sept and its colors are red all the Tau septs are diferent the only army that is equal in al DoW is the SM with the Blood Ravens

[@RockyX456]

No, they are different universe. While they appear to have similar characteristics, (both by Games Workshop)the undead aren't Necrons to the exact point. Orks don't side with Chaos. They always bicker (excluding Winter Assault) The Eldar,elves, don't side with the Imperium. (excluding Winter Assault and the Original Dawn of War, because both were temporary) The Imperium has many planets under its control. The Warhammer Fantasy occurs only at one planet. There are no dwarves in Warhammer 40k.

[@noodlez7777]

Dark Eldar. Fucking epic.

[@VioletteZero]

@glenpiper11 Well, they didn't even figure out that there was a freaking C'tan god under Mars despite owning it for thousands upon thousands of years until the Necrons attacked it.

[@TheTallestDwarf]

In the end it comes down to paranoia and overwhelming fanaticism, and pride. Each side believes its way is the only way, and each side views each other as a threat. Sisters and Marines probably thought "Chaos here, they must be with it" and IG just wanted "To be better then Teched up Uber-Men/Women" (Even if sisters are not as uber-ed as SM.)

[@The_Midnight_Bear]

@10Maloy you forgot the tau

[@snarst]

@oogyboogyooy actually sisters of battle do not take vows of celibacy

[@mannofdober873]

MEANWHILE

[@RockyX456]

@TheWolfBearProject No offense intended. What point is that then?

[@Hellasrulez]

and ours is don't leave until the planet is the emperors, so if we must fight our huge ass brothers, we will... necrons wake up because of the freaking violence, then the eldar come to destroy them. Chaos is freaking blood-drunk and noticing all the freaking "Chaos" (lol) they attack aswell... FOR THE GREATER GOOD

[@IsmaelSantos-iy4xi]

"The Tau came seeking to contain the warp storm" HOW?!

[@royasturias1784]

The Warp Storm widens by being fed the sapient species' varied emotions The T'au species aren't receptive to the voices of the Chaos 4, and the Vior'la Sept has built a huge cannon seen on the vid, should it fired upon the Warp Storm at their volition.

[@Hellasrulez]

again, the emperor can't talk, he was wounded when fighting his only son, Hanus or something like that, that went to Chaos, and the only thing keeping his SOUL alive is the chair his body is in or something like that

[@dunnono00]

Yeah, I know it's anatolia, I was just using what the Emperor said in the books when Horus asked him where he was born. He just said, "Anatoly"

[@fally15]

do u mean the expansion to this, or Dawn iof war 2 cos i heard this was the last one they makin

[@chrismanmk]

Why don't the imperium work together any more? I'm pretty sure that the IG, SM, and SoB are on the same team.

[@IsmaelSantos-iy4xi]

Its a decade late but the reason is the SoB believe everyone to be tainted, so the IG and SM fight them with a heavy heart, with both their endings treating the surviving sisters well and sending them to segmentum command. The SM vs IG is due to both having orders to secure the system and acting independently. The Blood Ravens didnt get a request nor they announced their arrival, they just dropped there seemingly on a whim. Their confrontation is seen more as a large scale honor duel and both treat the survivors well and send them off when the respective strongholds are vanquished.

[@armando429046]

@DARVGH1 why do you hate them? their badass right next to the IG

[@theshadowling1]

I wish in Soulstrom u could use some of the gaurd units from Warhammer stories. Gaunts Ghosts would own all of the armies in a couple of days.

[@RockyX456]

LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR AND THE IMPERIUM! Yes you are correct. Not to mention, he created the Space Marines and advanced human technology to the point where they were able to compete with all the other races out there. If it wasn't for the Emperor, then all of humanity would fall under Chaos. Screw chaos.

[@dragonstormx]

So the Orks, Eldar, and Necrons plots are recycled from Dark Crusade. The Tau decide to expand their borders by taking on 8 armies rather then just the Imperial Guard. The Sisters of Battle decide to go on a near suicide mission by picking a fight with the Space Marines, and the Dark Eldar decided to attack the area and assume that other armies won't notice them. The Chaos Space Marines appearing out of warp storm is actually something happens in the lore

[@TeamKuukiFoodGames]

@10Maloy thanks, that helped a lot actually xD

[@MyViolador]

why instead of send the sisters . the inquisition didnt execute an exterminatus?.

[@janglin488]

Exterminatus is only used when you can not do enything else to maintain the planet.

[@TheWolfBearProject]

however, it is entirely possible in the universe of 40k, that a planet exists that has the fantasy realm on, maybe blocked of by a warp storm. You are forgetting the fact races have been taken out from GW's works. Such as first edition fantasy had a army called Fishmen/Menfish. Tht is wer the idea for tau came from.

[@TaintedHeartz]

one thing i don't like about the dawn of war games is that they have the IG fight the space marines and in soulstorm the IG fight the space marines and the sisters of battle

[@salamut2202]

of coarse (according to fluff) the orks actually praise the elder gods so they're kicking themselves there

[@caos1925]

so how or when did gorgutz get there

[@BigDickCheney]

IG, but of the new races I'd have to go with the Sisters.

[@MyViolador]

Complete this name Vance .......... Stubs

[@maaktnieuit1]

what would happen when all sisters of battle got their period at the same time

[@andrewhowell4847]

maaktnieuit1 there always on one lol

[@andrewhowell4847]

maaktnieuit1 there always on one lol

[@andrewhowell4847]

maaktnieuit1 there always on one lol

[@shaydorahl6740]

Then the demons of Korne would eat them out like Ice Cream sandwiches - Leman Russ.

[@SirXanderKnight1998]

@@shaydorahl6740 That is THE worst thing you could have said...thank you.

[@GearShotgun]

They said how everyone got involved except the Orks, oh well the Orks were gonna show up to a waaaagh no matter what so theres no reason to explain why they'd be there

[@Dagobert10]

cheney, what do you think of this expansion?

[@Grom9000]

Where do you get this game? It looks really fun!!

[@PitDroidYouTube]

what does the tau cannon actually do...? I have used it but notised no difference.

[@IsmaelSantos-iy4xi]

Its a decade late but what it does is it eliminates some of the garrison squads present on the zone you attack. It alsp affects the opponents honor guard if they are present there. It is rather uderwhelming in its function. So far as I can tell, the best faction bonuses are SM and SoB, expensive as they are. Starting with forces and/or a base is a huge boost to yoyr starting economy and early rush potential, specially against heavy fortified zones.

[@ezekielhavoc9659]

❤️

[@Hellasrulez]

yes, and if you wiki warhammer 40k's imperium, the capital planet is terra, then it has (Earth), i find it funny that the turks would keep the name Anatolia, since it is greek and the two countries are rivals...

[@erestor629]

Why are the Tau red in this video?

[@magnuswannabe4374]

It's falshia tau.

[@zupugi]

Man it must suck to live on Kauriva.

[@thatkidseth]

Thats a bit of an understatment...

[@ArchiveSecondarium]

@10Maloy Remind me Bold and the Beautiful

[@JaDuetschland]

can't wait to see what may that interplanetary gun can do, they should incorporate space battle in this also u knoe like homeworld, that wud be sweet Tau would own....... FOR THE GREATER GOOD!! :D

[@TheSantiagoShow]

is this game before or after tyranids?

[@ArchiveSecondarium]

@10Maloy Remind me Bold and the Beautiful. OMG!

[@MarkSamurai5]

did the tau lost their asian accent?!?! cause the asian accent fits them well since the Tau are from the eastern fringe of the galaxy

[@dunnono00]

It's said that the Emperor often guided humanity in the past, secretly in disguise. Many of the world's great leaders, historical figures, and messiahs were all actually the Emperor. So one of the possible implications is that the Emperor was Jesus. So, maybe when the Emperor revealed himself at last, he explained all this stuff. He himself was not big on religion & superstition, preferring science. I don't think there's a clear answer, but there's no mention of Christianity in 40k.

[@MarkSamurai5]

yeah i just saw it.

[@Addictedtobullets]

dude you forgot the tau lol why are they there

[@mina319]

you dont need the other games to play but you need them to play as all 9 races in multipkayer or else you will only play as the sisters of battle and the dark eldar in multiplayer