Subnautica Lore: Main Character | Video Game Lore

In today's episode of Video Game Lore, I'll be taking another look at Subnautica and namely its main protagonist. How much do we actually know about this character? Who are they? How do they look and where do they come from?
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[@tonyspizza4081]

Ryley: is basically a janitor Also Ryley: stabs a giant Reaper Leviathan to death with a tiny knife that can fit in his pocket

[@TheLastBacon]

Clearly Alterra never understood his true potential :D

[@gwalczak3330]

He can also sweep up the leviathans, like cleaning up dust

[@triplez239]

@@TheLastBacon prob got a promotion

[@Praxographist]

well, having a stasis rifle even an elderly receptionist could kill a T-Rex with a pencil.

[@duck7017]

Oh well don’t get us started about Margarita

[@veronicamarquez-hothem4102]

He's not a space janitor, He's a celestial custodian

[@TheLastBacon]

Sounds much fancier that way :)

[@liamdalemon1525]

he is buff! seriously he can destroy sandstone with his bare hands!

[@WYKLO]

@@liamdalemon1525 not to mention underwater

[@liamdalemon1525]

@@WYKLO okay that might weaken the material a bit but he has also broken shale chunks on land and he can survive getting hit by a submarine and being attacked by a 90% muscle fish

[@WYKLO]

@@liamdalemon1525 I'm talking about the fact that the water causes drag, making it more impressive

[@theaustinvlogs2467]

He’s literally a janitor in simple words

[@kaikai8702]

the Chief of Janitors

[@LyricalViking]

It's kind of ironic that he's a Chief of Janitors yet crashes onto a planet with a violent and dangerous bacteria.

[@jacyaug]

@@LyricalViking He's the universe's best janitor

[@LyricalViking]

@@jacyaug Considering he ended a planet's complete bacterial infection. He's the hero we need, but don't deserve.

[@zerlichr426]

He is Roger Wilco grandfather

[@Eltodofull]

He Is also genetically modified. He has extra stamina and higher lung capacity as well as better oxygen use efficiency and better muscles. Alterra's employees are required to withstand the worst conditions. Also his darker skin, eyes and hair increases his chances of survival by decreasing sun damage.

[@TheLastBacon]

Well it's definitely possible :) after all, we're on an alien planet, fending of cyborg-like enemies constructed by a precursor race of extraterrestrials....what's a little genetic modification.

[@rhorynotmylastname7781]

Maybe in the world of subnautica people have been using gene augments for quite some time the human species is just better physically

[@yehezkielrickjoyner6843]

And don't forget, superhuman durability as he's able to withstand the amount of pressure build up in him while swimming below average human maximum swim depth

[@changedmyusername2303]

Well their secret mission oils xplain genetically modified.

[@savageconcept2636]

He can also break rocks containing metal with one hit of his hand

[@purrito3892]

Ryley after curing a deadly super virus and surviving on a hostile alien planet for years: “I’m just the janitor man”

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha yeah :) being a janitor must be quite dangerous in the future!

[@hexagonforce8854]

Well you could say he “cleaned up the virus” haha I’ll see myself out

[@mandoad1841]

well if he was the non-essential maintenance CHIEF I'd say hes was at least head janitor so give him some credit.

[@Roachwastaken]

​@@hexagonforce8854yep

[@juliaboskamp9666]

janitors are a different kind of breed

[@Plutario9715]

No, Riley doesn't use hair gel to keep up his hair. *He drinks it.*

[@trollproductions9036]

Thats is my secret😳

[@danielfaraoanu9515]

Fun fact: The lad who "voiced" Riley, Simon Chylinski, also composed the legendary soundtrack!

[@TheLastBacon]

An epic lad for sure! :)

[@dedster3164]

Unfortunately, bcs he has "old" standards, he got fired...

[@legendn2439]

what kind of God tier meme is that thumbnail

[@TheLastBacon]

Ikr...completely unintentional :) - but also like the source of 1/4 of the comments.

[@zachdavis7003]

File name:brain.exe has stopped working

[@mrshockisme]

I love how Riley survives a crash landing, lives off fish and plants, had to face off against huge monsters, get tons of materials to build certain things, and just survive in an extremely harsh environment where everything wants to kill him, and the only thing Alterra does is put this man in debt lmao

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep :) he literally just can't get a break!

[@Otokichi786]

Alterra says "Trans-Gov," I say "Weyland-Yutani.";)

[@lordfury18]

honestly if they tried to give me that debt, i'd have turned the rocket around gone back to the planet and reactivated the canon my planet now bitches!

[@xXRealXx]

​@@lordfury18the problem is that the Neptune rocket was designed to only get to the closest intersterral phasegate, so it's probably all just automated and can't be used for anything else

[@bizar7130]

1:49 is that ghost leviathan chasing its tail? LOL

[@TheLastBacon]

Kinda cute actually :)

[@ChesterCheatin]

WHO'S A GOOD BOY!! WHO'S A GOOD BOY!!

[@gunshyrambo1662]

It’s you Ghosty

[@placeholder6343]

Doggo 😍😍🐗

[@Praxographist]

I stand by my original decision to make my own Subnautica ending: staying on the planet and building like eighteen bases.

[@TheLastBacon]

I definitely respect that decision :)

[@ChesterCheatin]

@@TheLastBacon Oh wow, You respond to every single comment, That's cool.

[@Praxographist]

@@jsrjustsomethingrandom6874 Degasi ended the way they did because, after getting unlucky with the monsoon destroying their crops and going underwater, they started building in some of the shittiest places possible. I mean: Crabsquid town and purple hell? Like for real? XD also Kharaa and batshit loco Maida aggroing a leviathan. By game's end we are immune to Kharaa, are not held back by insane/whiny crewmates, and definitely don't have to worry about rain messing with crops lol.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

@@Praxographist They didn't even try to look for the safe shallows

[@bwaylow4507]

Well I ended up building a base around the map as in a base in every biome

[@kaimemes]

In my opinion, he is the best protagonist of subnuatica, rather than playing as some rich, owner of a corporation, or playing as a space piliot, your just playing as a simple janitor, it's literally the most down to earth you could get, little details like this is why I LOVE subnuatica

[@TheLastBacon]

It definitely plays well into relatability and a sense of accomplishment :)

[@unclejoe3566]

In below zero I wish they would mention Rylee more as being the one who survived and cured the desease

[@TheLastBacon]

Who knows :) it might still happen!

[@jackolantern5183]

Altera probably claimed the cure as there own success I bet

[@frosta1184]

@@jackolantern5183 probably, that dumbass company is able to debt a guy just trying to survive on a planet by using their technology

[@memerminecraft3226]

If he was actually in debt he would probably pay the precursors because the planet actually belongs to them

[@legoyoda645]

@@GuidoMistaJJBA would they be able to succeed though? I mean, it’d make sense if he could sue them for not sending a ship out to save him, and instead making him build the Neptune rocket to meet them halfway.

[@rezaka116]

If we take in consideration, that Captain Holister is a direct reference to Red Dwarf, it wouldn't be far fetched that Riley was responsible for keeping the vending machines stocked and in working order.

[@TheLastBacon]

It probably wouldn't :) especially with how the crew doesn't hold him in very high regard.

[@Ghostwolf82]

So, Riley is the Aurora's version of Dave Lister?

[@sergeantpepper42]

@@Ghostwolf82 which would make the cuddlefish Riley's equivalent to Frankenstein (Lister's pet cat from before the accident). I wonder if they would evolve into something like The Cat (Danny John Jules's character not Frankenstein).

[@racistturtle4222]

Dude he's the most important crewmember can't go without snacks

[@BananaPoodle2]

Mood: When the character just jumped off the cliff for no reason at the beginning

[@TheLastBacon]

Ouf - make sure to only do it when you set life to creative mode though :)

[@rohankishibe3696]

@@TheLastBacon ah! my *GLANKLES*

[@zosasho8036]

0:50

[@moistymosasaur3066]

*About to finish game* *Spoilers* Aww I can’t take my cuddle fish in the Neptune rocket, better say goodbye. Wait... *Silently stuffs cuddle fish into locker*

[@TheLastBacon]

Ikr :) feels so bad leaving that thing behind...

[@sphee4149]

Rlly wish we can put a tank in the rocket and then put him there

[@liamdalemon1525]

you can actually pick it back up. If you choose to play with cuddlefish and then spam left click you might be able to pick it back up. it worked for me once

[@terrariaOfficial]

I did that

[@Mani-bm3vr]

Moisty Mosasaur or your pocket

[@pix985v]

Alterra: Ahh Riley you're back. I'm so glad you're safe. We were almost worried, I mean... Without you, who's gonna pay off that 1 Trillion Credit debt! No you can't go back. We own your ass now

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha yep :) I think that's exactly what they were thinking!

[@DuggzValentine]

If i was in ryleys shoes. Ha would be fine with having fish for dinner every night

[@pix985v]

@@DuggzValentine Well what's more dangerous. Debt Collectors or Reaper Leviathan? Both are coming to break your knees.

[@DuggzValentine]

@@pix985v umm debt collectors are more deadly

[@averysemidecent2870]

True tho. They practically own the planet, including the creatures on it. This means any traces of Enzyme 42. They practically own him then. But maybe he paid off his debt

[@ShatteredDream-ww2hp]

Kinda ironic that some non-essential member of the "Aurora" ended up being a badass survivor who can build rockets and submarines singlehandely and kill a big bad ghostly snake-shark fish.

[@TheLastBacon]

Ikr, what an unlikely survivor :)

[@cactustree2786]

In my headcanon, Ryley paid his debt using ion cubes and became the chief of everything related to 4546B, making sure that the secrets of the planet and the Precursor are uncovered, but that also the nature of the planet and wildlife there will be protected

[@TheLastBacon]

I really like that headcanon :)

[@cactustree2786]

@@TheLastBacon I really like you :)

[@Altoaster]

I left a cuddle fish in my tank, and then at the end of my game, I took it out along with my reefback and brought em home

[@TheLastBacon]

Sound like great future pets :)

[@eclipzzz__8425]

1:40 H A I R G E L

[@TheLastBacon]

That's some futuristic hair gel ;)

[@eclipzzz__8425]

@@TheLastBacon lol

[@isaiahmortley5618]

@@TheLastBacon 6ť

[@berzerkvideos655]

Guys he's not a janitor! He's a non-essential systems maintenance chief, he's for fixing the AC and the Bed Springs and the lights! He said jokingly and if I see even more than one comment on it I'm gonna explode 😤

[@TheLastBacon]

Damn comments, discriminating against non-essential systems maintenance chiefs :)

[@berzerkvideos655]

@@TheLastBacon hahaha yeah

[@RANDOMGUY-ty3ze]

@@TheLastBacon exactly

[@combinecommando001]

being a janitor isn't a bad job! it's more important than people give it credit for.

[@Bosslike-il6wb]

So basically a hotel Janetor but on a space ship

[@foldervtolvr]

My head cannon for Riley’s life post-subnautica. He lands after bargaining with alterra (settling to sell the scientific data acquired from scans, “ownership” of 4546B, and all the materials used for the Neptune rocket) and is immediately is praised for his resourcefulness and cunning on 4546B. He becomes almost a celebrity. The crater he survived in is named after him. He attends many therapy sessions to get over the extreme survivors guilt and trauma caused by his stay on 4546B. He finds a place to settle down and lives out the rest of his life far away from any oceans.

[@TheLastBacon]

I like the idea :) And he’ll definitely need the therapy!

[@kevinsupercharger7488]

I need to add something. It's said in the video that Riley might have been in a military training for his prolonged breathing, but the PDA confirms that when he was younger he's hobby was swimming. It's my opinion tho, that he just hasn't gotten any military training.

[@TheLastBacon]

Where does the PDA confirm that? :)

[@kevinsupercharger7488]

@@TheLastBacon In my playthrough the PDA says that while I'm swimming at the beginning

[@tomassanchez0]

@@kevinsupercharger7488 Oh no, I think you got confused, after spending some days in the game the PDA say that your favorite activity was swimming (A joke because all you can do is swim)

[@magnuswrynn1459]

"Non Essential Systems Chief' basically means he was the Mechanic/engineer in charge of Cleaning machines Food processing and cooking machines Non Essential computer systems Etc etc Any system the Aurora could work without, he and his team (hes a Chief) maintained it

[@TheLastBacon]

Presumably :) ....definitely not a very glamorous position!

[@Otokichi786]

The first "Space Janitor, 'Roger Wilco": spacequest.fandom.com/wiki/Roger_Wilco

[@alexbenavidez4500]

1:39 "he's a human male" He looks like someone tried to recreate a Fortnite character in Oblivion How is he maintaining that gelled hairdo? ?? Seriously tho

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha you're right :) he does kinda look like a discount Fortnite character.....that hair gel remains a mystery tho.

[@psychozombieproductions7739]

The Last Bacon but what’s funny is he was created before fortnite

[@savageconcept2636]

What about his two sexy thicc strands of blue hair?

[@thaddeusyoung6061]

His lore literally says he loves his Hair gel.

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

Seawater stiffens your hair, leaving it dry and damaged.

[@mathughsyoutubeworld2655]

Riley: *call me janitor again, oh wait you can’t your dead*

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha good one :)

[@jave285]

How to get a look at your character in-game: 1. Build a scanner room 2. Put a window in the scanner room 3. Activate one of the cameras 4. Position the camera so it looks in through the scanner room window 5. See yourself! :)

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep :) that is the best strategy indeed!

[@chefboyardee8278]

he's from mongolia btw, theres some logs of that laying around the aurora i think

[@TheLastBacon]

That's a good point, forgot to mention it! :)

[@Mae_Dastardly]

Is he actually from Mongolia or a mongolian territory? Since mongolia is a transgov

[@krieger8825]

Well, that explains why he's so damn tough, a Mongolian dad is strict as fuck

[@Random-hp6pk]

I think it’s cool that the guy who helped make the soundtrack also voice acted. Thanks for the random but awesome info

[@TheLastBacon]

Glad you learned something new! :)

[@morgan8521]

I am insanely late to this, but with what your PDA says when you first make the Cyclops, he may have been a pilot, given that it was said that the Cyclops was meant for a three man crew and Rylee was able to do it all on his own.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah perhaps! :) Alterra sure trains their janitors well!

[@OscarGreenworth]

I love Subnautica but the main character looks like a mutant.

[@TheLastBacon]

Good thing the game doesn't have a 3rd person mode :)

[@douglasgoodwon8227]

Depending on how far in the future the game is supposed to be set (IDK if it's listed anywhere) people in general could look very different to how they do today.

[@TheLastBacon]

@@douglasgoodwon8227 That's definitely true.....maybe this character is totally average as far as people go :)

[@clickbaiterz6972]

@@douglasgoodwon8227 if the developers made amazing creatures like the reaper leviathan, I think they could have made better looking characters tbh

[@douglasgoodwon8227]

@@clickbaiterz6972 The game is first person... why would that ever be a priority?

[@mr.turtle3585]

I think he could just pay them back with everything on the planet and the info along with bases. Which I think could give him money. Anyone agree?

[@TheLastBacon]

Probably :) I just feel like disabling the gun and technically opening the whole planet for mining, construction and research is probably valuable enough.

[@hermeister3870]

@@TheLastBacon yeah altera are asses but realisticly they would AT LEAST partly forgive him for the facts you mentionned...and the precursor tech research happening in below zer0 .

[@datboy038]

Mr. Turtle what you mean? She has a FINE ass. Get it?

[@mr.turtle3585]

Dat Boi no not rlly cause I have no idea who your talking about

[@gamingwithnate6941]

The fact that he explored the planet, knows the dangers of it,and knows there is a unexplored landmass... I think Even altera would forget his debt and take his discovery as payment

[@ibavider]

Nobody: The Last Bacon: *pronounces the B in Debt*

[@TheLastBacon]

I do have my moments :)

[@ibavider]

@@TheLastBacon You are epic just sayin

[@placeholder6343]

( Dehpt )

[@karabartley]

Maybe he's never heard the word, only read it :p

[@ibavider]

@@karabartley oh

[@ryttu3k]

My thought is that 'non-essential systems maintenance chief' is that he's responsible for taking care of stuff like... coffee machines, entertainment facilities, stuff like that. Not really a high-ranking position! It's possible that working on the Aurora is prestigious enough that everyone would be fairly highly trained, but on the ship itself, he'd be low-ranking. Personally, I'd just stay on the planet and chill with my Cuddlefish, rather than going back to stocking vending machines and paying off my debt! As for hair gel, I wonder if you could make some out of creepvine seeds? It can be made into something as slippery as lubricant or as solid as silicone rubber, so hair gel might be an easy enough middle ground. (Also, I'm amused at his name, because my name is literally Ry. When I first started playing the game, I put a sign up in my base saying 'Ry's sick pad'. Then found out Ryley's name and laughed for like a minute. That works!)

[@TheLastBacon]

I totally agree - by the time you leave the planet, you most likely have a rather comfortable and well maintained habitat so really, I feel like staying wouldn't be that bad :)

[@crocosnake2761]

Seriously? Simon Chilinski voice acted the main character? Didint Simon Chilinski make all of the music in the game

[@TheLastBacon]

Ikr :) talk about being a hard worker...

[@claydemarco177]

I mean... It must have taken him such a long time to do allll of the main character lines.

[@blizzard4025]

Cmon that guy diserves credit for those sick tunes Not saying oooooooooff

[@insanityking5008]

I have two reasons why he doesn’t talk in the game and only make sounds. He has head trauma, as stated by the pda after the metal plate hit him, and he is unable to talk. Or the other reason is, is that he has no reason to talk... everyone around him is dead or “missing”, and he doesn’t talk when sunbeam is communicating is because the lifepod states out going radio messages are offline.

[@TheLastBacon]

That's fair :) they probably also wanted to avoid disassociation with the player which could easily happen in a 1st person game.

[@imafishbish1346]

The main character is the planet itself

[@diamonddogegaming1494]

Has anyone tried to put a window on the scanner room and use the camera to see the main character? It's pretty cool

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep :) definitely one way to do it!

[@tophatman6687]

I think he didn't have a very important job proof: You can find an entry called "Notes to self" under "Codes and clues" in the databank. In the entry, it is written "Not enough - Credits Alterra's paying me". I also think he probably did have prior military training. Just by looking at his animations, the way he slides down ladders, climbs fast, swift movements... That or he's really hyperactive.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah I don't think his job was very important either :) ....but good point about the animations!

[@katherineharrison1142]

i really like your videos, they are very well done and your voice is pleasing to listen to. you deserve way more likes.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much kind commenter :)

[@Bone_Incidents]

I don't know for sure (might be a mandela effect) but I remember the PDA announcing something about either A) Riley's favorite sport being swimming. Or B) Riley excelling at swimming.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah because he’s swimming a lot in the game :)

[@brianbommarito3376]

Here’s my attempt to give a biography to Subnautica’s silent protagonist: Ryley was abandoned from infancy and was brought up in a very strict orphanage where talking was practically prohibited. A fire happened one night that caused the place to burn considerably. And ultimately shut down the institution. Ryley escaped and disappeared about the time of the fire. Some believed he had died. But not before long, Ryley was living off food scraps in the sewer, or in trash cans. Then he became a beneficiary of the Alterra Alms program, which would take homeless and unskilled persons to have a place they could rest and receive training for their new speciality. Ryley probably thought it was a lucky break, and did not know Alterra were just using him for free labor. In time, he showed himself to be remarkably good at repairing and maintenance work. Especially at repairing simpler systems like the Vending Machine or the Coffee Machine. When the Aurora was launched and became Alterra’s new flag star-ship, they saw fit to promote Ryley to Chief Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Man. Although a lower-ranking job, he was the best in his field and he likely had a team of 3 or 4 others. He is cool in almost every situation he is approached with. He may also have received some form of brain implants like Bart Torgal was, as both of these could hear the Sea Emperor through thought. (Bart’s visions when he was sick with the Kharaa might actually have been the Sea Emperor trying to contact him. I don’t think hallucinations are a guaranteed symptom of Kharaa, as the Architects make no mention of it).

[@TheLastBacon]

I like the way you described it :)

[@weeblord4725]

In Subnautica you (Riley Robinson) find blueprints to ion batteries/power cells in one of the precursor bases. And since they are way better than normal power cells (and assuming he still has said blueprints) maybe he could be given a promotion of some kind.

[@TheLastBacon]

Perhaps you're right :) it would certainly make sense from Alterra's perspective!

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Late but doubt since they don't know how to create the ion blocks themselves, recipe is useless if you can't make something thats required in the recipe. Tho haven't played below zero yet so idk if the info came there or was made up but i remember reading that he cleared his debt by giving alterra information about the planet, life forms, materials, degasi crew fate, sunbeam fate etc

[@rabidhog4912]

Ryley is my favorite character. Gonna miss him.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah he's awesome :)

[@decreev2521]

0:13 me puts window in scanner room uses camera to see myself

[@TheLastBacon]

That's the big-brain play :)

[@deyo286]

4:32 or the fact he can literally withstand a depth of 8000 meters and still being able to do everything he would be able to at a depth of 10

[@TheLastBacon]

Future humans must be hella resilient :D

[@lynnotto5466]

"N RACTOR E" best thumbnail award 2018

[@TheLastBacon]

Dammit :D I just tried to replicate the logo color scheme....

[@Mail_Backwards]

The PDA also notes that “swimming was your favorite activity.” Which I thought might be worth mentioning.

[@TheLastBacon]

Fair :) probably because you swim a lot in the game.

[@andre_santos2181]

Legally, Alterra cannot charge Ryley by the uses of the materials since Ryley was “state of necessity” caused by Alterra itself, as Aurora crew member. Any courthouse nowadays would dismiss any charge against him and also reconvene Alterra to pay damages for Ryley due to psychological stress and any remaining body effect of the Infection - it is the jurisprudence of the full liability of the Employer

[@TheLastBacon]

Oh I totally agree - the only problem with that imo is that most (if not all) nearby courthouses would be private and owned by Alterra :)

[@joshuagraham5750]

Fun fact : Simon Chlynski actually creates the famous theme of Subnautica

[@TheLastBacon]

True :) good fact!

[@brosilverlee3433]

I recently found your channel after I beat subnautica and this channel is amazing. I love your lore videos and you always tell me something new in every video. Also you always somehow respond to every comment so I can tell you care about your fans a lot. I'm currently watching your playlist on all subnautica lore.

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you so much! I love taking the time to talk to you guys :)

[@brosilverlee3433]

@@TheLastBacon I knew you were going to reply :D Thanks for being one of the best subnautica channels out there. Also by the way without spoilers is below zero good? I’ve heard lots of negative things but I want to see it myself.

[@dntm123]

I wonder if Riley will play any role in the Below Zero DLC. As it takes place after the original story. Seeing as he was the only Aurora survivor, is the only person who knows anything about planet, and basically saved the planet from extinction. I'd imagine he'd at least be a mission consultant. I didn't see any mention of him in the recently released early access of Below Zero, but seeing as we hear the Emperor's final words to him at the start of the DLC, we can at least expect a reference or a cameo.

[@TheLastBacon]

I'd imagine he probably would be at least a consultant of some sort....maybe we'll learn more as they release more of the story :)

[@allegingpine5268]

Maybe exact height could be gotten from comparing to sea dragon levitation? The character is almost the length of its claw, so if we know that length we will know almost how tall the character is and estimate from there

[@captaindishman9126]

I'm guessing the DLC character will be marguerite. She was depicted as a bad ass.

[@Matthiel]

She won't

[@richietozier6223]

she stabbed a fuckin reaper

[@s4muel820]

I mean, she died on the planet already so nope

[@fireheaven2464]

And she’s got a nice ass from the concept art lol

[@PrinceTopherK]

*wtf brüh nine year old here what's going on here*

[@The_Mr._Biscuit]

"Nonessential Systems Maintainence Chief" basically means he's responsible for all non-mission-critical equipment on board the Aurora. Things like doors, snack machines, and toilets. Riley is basically a Plumber/Janitor.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep :) quite the talented janitor!

[@tomassanchez0]

Toilets non-essential? Clearly those alterra people never needed to take a piss without bathrooms available

[@keironharvey]

The fact that 1 man can build so much (from a knife to a rocket!) And even find a cure. imagine a group of Alterra staff working together, they would have a full working city built within a week. Makes you wonder why they didn't scan the Portals and rebuild them on top of plarforms away from the dangerous creatures. They could very easily build a fleet of Cyclops and Torpedo Seamoths and gone down built and researched everything and dealt with any dangers with their firepower.

[@TheLastBacon]

Great question :) ....no clue tbh.

[@RANDOMGUY-ty3ze]

I just watched a video saying the main character is of Mongolian origins.

[@TheLastBacon]

Uhm, I guess it's possible, I don't remember them ever mentioning the nation of origin for the Aurora or any of the crew but may have just missed it :)

[@RANDOMGUY-ty3ze]

I got it from a different lore video

[@RANDOMGUY-ty3ze]

But i might have jumped to a conclusion. The aroura had an emissary on board and the character looks like he is of Eastern Asian origns so naturally I mixed it up.

[@savageconcept2636]

Anybody else gonna realise that the Aurora has like 10000 boosters on the back?

[@TheLastBacon]

That's some solid thrust :)

[@Xelaria]

He’s a janitor that cleaned the mess Al-An and Alterra made on 4546B, so yeah it’s pretty accurate.

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha yep exactly ;)

[@Hymedall]

Hey Bacon I just replayed Amnesia Machine for Pigs and I realized a pretty important aspect of it that I am confused about. Why did Mandus have to tear his own heart out? And did time reset or did the pigs just vanish? London seemed to not look in fire afterwards which made it seem like it never even happened. Also in your last stream you mentioned other games you could play. Well there is a game on PC and on IOS called The Silent Age. It is a suspense, point and click, problem solver game with a pretty good story. Highly suggest and it won’t take you awhile.

[@TheLastBacon]

Well in regards to Machine for Pigs, I'm not exactly sure (been a while since I played that game) but a lot of it was meant to be metaphorical and symbolic, so it might not have actually been him ''tearing his heart out''. Also thanks for the Silent Age suggestion, I'll make sure to check it out :)

[@Splinter-ge9pf]

1:14 is he polish?

[@urungumburum3680]

Splinter 6662 that’s the guy who made the Soundtrack, guess he also recorded the voice

[@szymon4425]

@-_ Simon is polish name but in polish language its Szymon, they just translate it beacause its not polish game

[@ungusbungus2486]

I like to think that someone crash lands on a different planet and their PDA tells them: “Ryley Robinson became marooned for 201 days on the ocean planet 4546B. He survived by eating Peepers, Lantern Fruit and Bladder fish. All while fending of Reaper Leviathans and Crabsquids and building his own escape rocket. If the can do all that you can survive another day.”

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha I would love that :)

[@PeanutCalledYou]

Ryley: Can destroy literal rocks by shaxking his fingers while holding a seaglide The lifepod chair control thing: doesn't break in one hard punch

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha fair :) Ryley's levels of strength are quite extraordinary!

[@legitimate8463]

Those rocks were probably a bit weak.

[@vocaste1062]

If he trained a bit more, he could probably start playing Minecraft irl

[@dyingofcringe8839]

Maybe his hairgel was the reason he was a bit up in the ranks as he might have helped on making that invincible hairgel :)

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha true :) maybe he invented the hairgel.

[@dieter2889]

Always entertaining videos

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much :) glad you liked it!

[@euflamingofans1200]

Your battery charger placing is amazing

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha thank you :)

[@JulianneMcLarney]

It’s time for yet another fun round of “Who Would Win”: One gigantic thousand(ish) year old QEP Gun, multiple deadly leviathans, and a previously unknown horrific disease or One Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief Boi.

[@TheLastBacon]

One stronk janitor boi :)

[@vine01]

player character can be seen ingame by using free camera command, but is rendered headless.. and i also think the girl from Below Zero is not Aurora staff. She was sent to 45456B independently of Aurora. To research another .. well 'edit/edit' base of operation. Is it a spoiler at this time? It's public on Trello or what's it called..

[@TheLastBacon]

Oh that's interesting - I don't check their Trello regularly so I don't know any of the background info...

[@plague_doct0r]

After the game he best be be up there

[@Otokichi786]

Maybe Xenon awarded him a Golden Mop. Here's "Space Janitor 'Roger Wilco": spacequest.fandom.com/wiki/Roger_Wilco

[@fumipam]

i love how more of the thumbnail is taken up by cuddlefish pictures than actual main character pictures

[@fumipam]

hi bacon if youre reading this i hope you have a good day

[@TheLastBacon]

We all know the cuddlefish is the main character :D

[@fumipam]

@@TheLastBacon yes it is

[@mrdooce7053]

Imagine being a lone survivor crashed onto an alien planet and once you’ve cured the whole planet you escape only to learn that everything you’ve done has put you into trillions of dollars in debt

[@TheLastBacon]

Feels bad :)

[@mrdooce7053]

@@TheLastBacon truly does like what do you do in that situation

[@hydracobaron9013]

I dont think Ryley is a janitor, since he has enough training to handle a cyclops by himself, which is usually operated by 3-6 peopke. He might be a lesser engineer, or, like a mechanic or something

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah that is definitely curious :) fair point.

[@swety2962]

She looks THICC

[@TheLastBacon]

Can't wait for the dlc :D

[@thepanzer690]

Careful on what you say, you'll spark something in someones head

[@swety2962]

Thepanzer690 wdym

[@thepanzer690]

@@swety2962 you'll give people idea to draw stuff that you wouldn't want to see

[@higglepiggle7751]

@mirrored pixel the second delet this

[@noustinky1201]

"hey Riley! We thought you were dead but you're alive! Now we got someone to give credits" "Wait what I did a Craig McGill move and I got hit by debt"

[@TheLastBacon]

Next up we need him to team up with Craig :)

[@Sr_Illuminati]

Riley basically is the head of the janitorial department.

[@TheLastBacon]

Perhaps yep :)

[@hotdogwithmustar]

you sould be verified by youtube! i dont know why youtube didnt do it yet!

[@TheLastBacon]

You need over 100k subs to do that I believe :)

[@KnorGamingNL]

build window in scanner room try to activate cams while kinda watching thru window and enjoy yo face

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep :) that's how you do selfies in the future.

[@spaghettinoodles1200]

@@TheLastBacon "ahhhhhh yes. lets build a scanner room in our backyard to get a selfie for your birthday timmy"

[@justmeloms250]

I really like ur vids last bacon, they are just so interesting to watch, I hope you will get a lot of money :)))!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very kindly :) Super glad you like the vids!

[@ravenisttc2852]

Most people when looking at thumbnail for video: main character lore Me: maichalor

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha that’s one way to read it :)

[@not5477]

you can find a picture of a female in the grand reef wreck inside one of the opened lockers

[@TheLastBacon]

True :) you can actually find several pictures of her around the world.

[@aflyingpumpkin1073]

I can hold my breath longer than him (without an air tank)

[@TheLastBacon]

Well considering he can hold his breath for that long while swimming with all of his tools, that's quite impressive :)

[@Diplodactylus.]

Video about the main character: Blighter and cuddlefish: allow us to introduce ourselves

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha yeah they sneaked into the thumbnail :)

[@Yugoslavz]

The final transmission says " welcome home to alterra, permission to land once you have settled your outstanding *balance* of one trillion credits" how could this possibly mean he is in debt?... Further more once you pick up a dimond first time in the game it says your credit has increased to 3 million

[@TheLastBacon]

Yes, outstanding balance literally means debt :) you can look it up!

[@Yugoslavz]

@@TheLastBacon yes, you are half right but in the context of the sentence changes it "amount of something left over after additions and subtractions have been made. An example of balance is the money owed on taxes after all income has been calculated and deductions have been figured." Quote I looked up, based on the context of the final transmission balance of his bank is 1 trillion credits

[@Yugoslavz]

@@TheLastBacon in this case balance means the sum of his bank account context changes everything and his sum is 1 trillion

[@Yugoslavz]

"In bookkeeping, “balance” is the difference between the sum of debit entries and the sum of credit entries entered into an account during a financial period.[1] When total debits exceed total credits, the account indicates a debit balance. The opposite is true when the total credit exceeds total debits, the account indicates a credit balance. If the debit/credit totals are equal, the balances are considered zeroed out. In an accounting period, "balance" reflects the net value of assets and liabilities. To better understand balance in the accounting equation." (Wikipedia) in this case of subnatica it will be the assets of which the main character has earned in collecting resources and it's the sum of what he has earn plus if he were on debt the final transmission would have said *negative* 1 trillion or is owed 1 trillion since *balance* is a sum

[@EvillShadow-ek6rw]

You forgot to mention that his favourite thing was swimming Because thats what it says in one of the things that the pda tells you

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha I think that's a joke just because you spent the days leading up to that message swimming :)

[@supercomputer0448]

4:30 did you say hold his breath? You literally build o2 tanks

[@TheLastBacon]

Well before you craft the first o2 tank - you're just holding your breath :)

[@BIGDICKNICK9172]

I always thought it was his space suit or something keeping him from suffocating

[@tasogarehime]

I haven't gotten that far in the game myself yet,(on PS4, I unfortunately don't have a PC that can play it right now.) but I was first introduced to this game through the Neeb's Gaming playthrough, and just fell in love with it. I think I'm gonna hatch the Sea Emperor eggs, maybe turn off the gun, and just never build the rocket.

[@TheLastBacon]

That is a good playthrough :) even resulted in an Easter egg right?

[@tasogarehime]

@@TheLastBacon It did! I thought that was so cool.

[@Lion_Strike]

i discovered that if you fling the camera drone into the moonpool, and roll it into a hallway it can fly around the base like its water, and see rileys body really up close.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep you’re right! :)

[@Lion_Strike]

@@TheLastBacon thanks!

[@theeliteskullbreaker3169]

He can’t hold his breath for so long, he has a air tank.

[@TheLastBacon]

Well before you craft the first one :) It's impressive with all the items he's carrying.

[@scottleonard5954]

Riley is a janitor who saved an entire planet and some seamoth chompy bois

[@TheLastBacon]

Indeed he is :)

[@ItsAce671]

Alterra Chief: Holy crap someone from the Aurora survived? Also Alterra Chief: wait he use Alterra resources to survive? Yeah he owes us money now.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah they certainly aren’t very friendly to employees :)

[@ItsAce671]

@@TheLastBacon I found your channel today and I can tell you care a lot about your subs! You responded to every single one of my comments. You deserve more subscribers! Lemme start by giving you one.

[@petarbocka2458]

I subscribed. Great Content!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much :) glad you like it!

[@antmoundsock1122]

I like to imagine that since one radio suggests they can read data from the aurora that they can also read data from ryleys pda and a lot of people elsewhere are able to watch a live feed of his current condition, where he is, etc.

[@TheLastBacon]

It would certainly make for an entertaining TV show! :)

[@raynhornstone2650]

I love you're videos! keep up!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you! :)

[@Vinn0]

you can look yourself in game by shadows or the camera by the radar room with te drones if windowed

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep, that's how people got a lot of the information currently available :)

[@spacebattlegod]

I’m from future. One of the female characters in 6:29 is Robin Ayu. She is main character of Subnautica: Below Zero. She talks because she did not suffer minor head trauma from a crash landing.

[@TheLastBacon]

Dang time travelers :D

[@kevin_anderson750]

“About average height” Ryley: laughs in 5’6”

[@TheLastBacon]

A little shorter perhaps? :)

[@echo187a2]

I saw the main character when u put a window on the scanner room and look through it with the scanner camera and yea it’s the same from the trailer when he gets out of the escape pod

[@TheLastBacon]

That's how most people get their selfies nowadays :)

[@Axemcaxington]

Awesome video

[@TheLastBacon]

Thanks! :)

[@matthewtrevino2677]

I wonder if he was able to pay the company off with all the data on his PDA involving alien tech and the dagsai mission

[@TheLastBacon]

Hopefully :)