Terra Invicta (HF) FINAL: "TERRA INVICTA"

The fleet is in motion, the weapon prepared.
Humanity didn't start this war, but it intends to end it with the kind of decisive finality that could only be produced by a species which has been engaged in a constant battle of innovation and competition against itself for millennia.
The Hydra will not dominate us. Instead, they will answer for their hubris as Max Pichardo and Task Force Omega make their way to the alien base of operations.
In this clash of civilisations, only one will be left standing, and it will be the red hand that flies over an Earth that remains mighty, proud, and unconquered.
Terra Invicta
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[@gokce9521]

Max's schedule: 9 AM: IMF meeting 12 AM: Lunch with mom in Ecuador 1 PM: Coup in Iran 5 PM: Alien bio-weapons testing 7 PM: Committing interplanetary war crimes 8 PM: Dinner with Max Junior over telecom (if he is feeling cute he might kill a species-traitor over a bridge, who knows)

[@tobin1677]

interplanetary? That last one was more like interstellar

[@dean_l33]

Stay on that HF grindset boys and girls

[@theoceansandbox2712]

I just find it wholesome he still finds time for family, even if he’s at the very edge of the solar system

[@JustAGamerA]

The only crime is to lose

[@wowailyich615]

Can someone elaborate on the coup thing? Is Perun just raising popular opinion until coup chance is fairly high? Does he raise unrest? Both? He never explained the Max routine properly.... :(

[@PrisonDictator]

"Max Pichardo, mind telling me what you're doing on that ship?" "Sir, finishing this fight."

[@Dee77777]

Giving Max the "famous" trait just before he embarks on his do-or-die mission was a very nice touch. I like.

[@ishanchegu]

in actuality he didnt become famous, he just got renamed to bruce willis XD

[@quisqueyanguy120]

@@ishanchegu Die hard vs xeno

[@tristanridley1601]

Note to game devs, including myself: Add conditionals in the end-game text. If the enemy has no forces left, don't refer to them. If the enemy base was taken by overwhelming force, don't describe it as a desperate and sacrificial battle. Great story, great series, long live Max.

[@PerunGamingAU]

yeah that would have been nice we had complete local superiority. like to a crushing degree

[@solaariel2692]

It doesn't make sense either way, the victory condition requiring the aliens and their allies to less than 20% of the fleet power in the solar system contradicts the end-game text. The only possible scenario where HF wins the game and is still outgunned by the aliens is one where other non-alien faction controls most of the fleet power (e.g. Exodus, Academy, Initiative, and resistance each have 20% fleet power, aliens + allies have 15%, and HF have 5%). It might be possible to pull off a dark horse victory in that situation, but it will happen a hell of a lot less often than the player being overwhelming dominant like Perun was.

[@tristanridley1601]

@@solaariel2692 I could easily see the aliens still being dominant around makemake. 19% of all fleet power in the solar system concentrated there could be a lot. As Perun said, it's about "local superiority". Some of the text would make sense if there were just less marines on the ground.

[@Rellana1]

@@PerunGamingAU I feel like we should be thanking you for giving us this playthrough. The start was a bit slow but it heated up really quickly.

[@countingtls]

Story wise, it could also work if it was a feint as a failed mission. Although the sympathizers' percentage might be low, but in total number it would still be millions of them, and hard to say if there are still spies hidden within. If HF dropped overwhelming ground troops instead of just a small assault team pretended to be some kind of scout, the hydras might just shut down the wormhole before the bio-weapon can get to it. And this also fits Max's style of a stealth mission, and be sure he always prepared an escape plan. (maybe even his retirement plan).

[@Vasious8128]

Somewhere the Hydra First Faction is saying, "See we shouldn't have risked Enslavement pf Earth we should have just dropped a few asteroids on them 20 years ago"

[@hunterjames7786]

I mean if they wanted to do that a 50 M wall of Exotics with a group of escort ships on the back of the Asteroid would probably do the trick until we got antimatter. Now they are just boned.

[@padrescout]

Not so fast, Medeiros. You got a lot of explaining to do!

[@richardarriaga6271]

They should have run for US Presidency on both GOP and Democrat tickets. Then Americans would vote for them or risk throwing their vote away.

[@LenaMel]

the problem is that IRL we just developed the tech to defeat such threats, so it probably wouldn't have worked.

[@richardarriaga6271]

@@LenaMel Not if they hauled astroids to Lunar distances. Especially if they loaded antimatter to the astroids.

[@redvenge709]

I envision Max addressing the crew hours before arrival at MakeMake... "No one must ever know of what we did here." "Because our actions are so heinous, generations yet unborn will be dealing with the fallout for years, possibly decades after we are all gone?" "No, because we misspelled 'Einstein' and I won't have that level of embarrasment marring the capstone of human achievement. Historians will never know the details of what we do here, for the good of mankind."

[@Tekisasubakani]

Nice, had me in the first half.

[@daedalus4748]

ROFLMAO

[@gabrote42]

This is the exact kind of text I expect from an r/HFY story. Good one, dude

[@redvenge709]

@@ericlaska4748 I appreciate the recommend, but I don't like the Ender's Game books. There are fundamental issues with the story that turn me off.

[@hamstermk4]

​@@ericlaska4748 The way I read those books is that Ender Choose to let himself be vilified out of some sense of penitence for what he considered a great crime. He could have just as easily made himself God Emperor of Man Kind. In fact that was what the Peter arc was about. The author let his world view seep through more in the latter books than he did in the original. The "Shadow Of" series was much better since it followed Bean through a more interesting world of Post Victory Earth politics.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

Thought for the day: "Survival is no birthright, but a prize wrested from an uncaring galaxy by forgotten heroes."

[@My_initials_are_O.G.cuz_I_am]

But for as long as Humanity first guides Mankind, these heroes will never be forgotten! Max will never be forgotten! The crews of distraction ships and distraction stations will never be forgotten! The crews of the many ships spent purging the xeno scum, including the Max-class Titan Max Pichardo, will never be forgotten. Soldiers, marines and SOF operators who died repelling alien invasions or storming alien bases on Earth and in Space will never be forgotten!

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@My_initials_are_O.G.cuz_I_am I guess that's the main difference between Terra Invicta and 40k :) Hydras, on the other hand, did die unnamed and unremembered, and good riddance.

[@Cooli167]

Max went from being a temp worker, to being the best Commando HF had ever produced. Ran out of aliens to kill, so he went to kill them at the source. So proud of Mad Max.

[@kringle7804]

He became james bond

[@BananaMonkeyization]

One thing ive noticed with how Humanity First approaches Space Engagements is very similar to the ancient human hunting tactic of just jogging/powerwalking at prey until it cant run anymore. Dont know if anyone else has pointed this out but having *so much kps* that you can just kinda run every alien fleet out of juice so you can kill them is just really fitting for a Human Supremacist faction.

[@dyingearth]

That's one of the step human use in capturing horses.

[@ryanaegis3544]

Jogging is close, power walking is very wrong. The word you are looking for is loping. It is a rhythmic movement that rises and falls as conservatively as possible, combining endurance with pace. But yes, very good observation.

[@Nazrael_War]

Nearly 8 weeks later: An attendant rushes into Castille's office. "Sir! You have to hear this! We just picked up a transmission from a ship that was declared missing 2 months ago!" Castille's eyes widen as he quickly sets it to play. A familiar voice echoes from the speakers. "Hello, Earth! Hello, Boss! I'm back! Mission accomplished." Castille allows himself a smirk as the voice of possibly his greatest agent reaches his ears. Max did it. Not only did he finally end this invasion but he lived to tell the tale and came back home alive. Terra Invicta indeed.

[@kaltaron1284]

With the situation in his playthrough at the end there would have been no desperate struggle at the wormhole. Just a slaughtering of xenos and then back to the fleet in orbit.

[@davec4818]

An epic Prelude to earth going after the aliens 👾

[@Nazrael_War]

@@kaltaron1284 The reason all the comms went dark is because the soldiers were doing it as a meme. "Hey, wouldn't it be hilarious if we each cut our comms one after another and then we all just... showed back up on Earth completely fine?" "Heh."

[@Nazrael_War]

@@davec4818 And now... it's OUR turn. Let's see if those remnants enjoy having the tables turned on them.

[@kaltaron1284]

@@Nazrael_War Agreed.

[@UnNuclear]

We should all be thanking Ecuador for giving us the greatest soldier Humanity has ever seen, Max Pichardo. He was among the first to join Humanity First in their struggle to fight against the Xenos threat. Even though there were some on the council that doubted his skill and determination, Max proved them all wrong. He was uncompromising, he was relentless, and his loyalty never in doubt. While others in Humanity First had their moments of weakness and doubt, Max was steadfast ands sure. Thank you, Ecuador, for giving us the man that was instrumental in saving Humanity.

[@bobsuruncle435]

Holy shit, never before have i watched an entire series almost as soon as it launches each day... What a series honestly one to remember

[@robertschalk9178]

I know you probably wont read this but i have to say when i first started watching your videos about a month after the invasion of ukraine and even when i joined your patreon i didnt think it would last in my mind i was saying he probably will upload a couple videos then quit like so many other youtubers i enjoy i have been genuinely excited every morning and every sunday for your videos the care craftsmenship and just pure honesty surrounding your uploads and the intelligent decussions they generate are insane you sir have made this world a better place and i hope to continue watching you for years to come.

[@PerunGamingAU]

I read everything mate, or at least as much as I can - it's just replying to everything is impossible. Thanks so much for the kind words.

[@petrodeloro]

"It has been a long road. A road hard earned with blood, sacrifice and determination. Our history is wrought with strife, war and endless suffering. But that made us who we are. It made us innovative, resilient, cunning, invincible and above all else certain of our birthright to survival. Survival at all costs. Never before in all of our history have we faced a foe so terrible and powerful as we have in the past twenty years. Never before was our species as threatened as the onset of hydra invasion. The enemy had it all, knowledge, resources, preparation, technology... but they did not have our history. And they underestimated us. They understimated our tenacity, they understimated how much we value fellow human life. And so, today, twenty years after the initial invasion, for the first time in all of our history, nine billion of throats shout as one, united: Terra Invicta!"

[@VasileBurghelea]

"The enemy’s gate is down" is a reference to Ender’s Game - great tribute to xenocide geopolitical actions on your part! Excellent series, Perun, thank you for your entertaining run, look forward to the Academy trial!

[@moorest3584]

I think the hole game as a lot of similarities with the first and second formic war

[@ZaiketsuKumori]

Didn't Ender's Game end with...you know..the realization that everything was a huge misunderstanding due to a hive mind species not realizing that individuality was a thing, and humanity wanted to stop the war after they realized they'd genocided almost their entire species and their homeworld over said misunderstanding?

[@OddzAre]

@@moorest3584 very much more so the second, the first formic war was fought mostly on the ground in China and a boarding of the formic colony ship

[@moorest3584]

@@ZaiketsuKumori yes it did. Ender wrote a book about it

[@crocfighter.1322]

@@ZaiketsuKumori To be fair, the formics acted incredibly recklessly. They surely should have realized after destroying heaps of mining ships and space stations on the way in that *something* already had a good foothold in the system. If we found a bunch of spaceships full of moving rocks and a planet riddled with tunnels full of moving rocks, we would probably think twice about colonizing it, or at least use the surprise of our arrival to prioritize their speedy destruction instead of slow general-purpose terraforming efforts.

[@blakemorgan8967]

To me, the narrative about Max is the best highlight. From underdog to absolute badass that staging coup to assassinated alien left and right. Ended with the last punch to the Hydra. Thanks Perun for the entertaining run.

[@Jj-xl3xg]

Max absolutely made it. Or he went through the Wormhole just to see it through to the end, make sure they all died, and watch.

[@wombataldebaran9686]

He continues to hunt down the Xenos in the ruins of their crumbled civilisation. This was the day that Mankind became the boogie man of the galaxy.

[@RagingRavioli22]

I’m just imagining that the overwhelming victory he had just means the marines went silent due to jamming with Max sending the lay out before total ops blackout. Then had all the remaining hydra operatives lined up, shot them all except one and threw the last one in with the package armed saying “We hoped you enjoyed you’re stay”.

[@TheSquidPro]

The virus didn't do anything, Max killed every single alien.

[@Johnheartbreaking]

@@TheSquidPro Max Is the virus

[@SuperSulc]

And took 200 pistols with him, so he can throw one in the river for old times sake.

[@t_xxic8814]

"If you kill 1 man, they will call you a murderer. If you kill 100 men, they will make you king." - Max (or someone else, but who cares, Max is the real deal)

[@t_xxic8814]

Plot twist: Max is actually the Emperor of Mankind.

[@LonarYolhala]

"If you stage a coup in one country, they will call you an insurgent. If you stage coups in a 100 countries, they will send you out to the Kuiper Belt."

[@sheacorduroy5565]

C’mon man, you gotta finish the quote off. “Kill a man, you’re a murderer, Kill many, you’re a conqueror Kill them all… and you’re a god!” Captive Honour-Megadeth.

[@alperos29]

The mad man went from absolutely nothing to destroying the entire alien invasion in just a few years. Amazing series Perun, people will look at this for a while and use it as a tutorial, I know I will

[@Ryukuro]

Yeah I'll use it as one as well. I might do a few other different things but this was an excellent run.

[@theoheinrich529]

smoking that Hydra pack

[@feral_orc]

kids that were born when the aliens first showed up are just turning 18. I bet most of them don't believe the aliens are real.

[@S_Black]

The aliens aren't really much of a threat at this point in game development. There may even have been a bug earlier in the playthrough that stalled them, which got fixed by now. But they have a lot to do with improving and tweaking the AI. The human factions need work too and it's too easy to set them back with assassinations.

[@connorbickel9748]

I love the Ender's Game reference! "The enemy's gate is down!" It definitely evokes the same feeling it did when Ender was at the end of his rope and Bean got him to fight one last time. It's the last battle, the last chance, one more effort and it's done. To the developers: Great job!

[@adolhein]

A salute to the brave men and women of the HF fleet from protecting us from the Xeno threat. A salute to Max, Hero of Humanity! o7

[@dean_l33]

The O7 council send their regards huh

[@dracenfell5658]

At this point, I like to imagine Max is basically just fit up like Adam Smasher from Cyberpunk but even more scary

[@dean_l33]

He is scarier cause he's not only a cyborg but a pseudo super human as well

[@UnNuclear]

I assume Max is just Renegade Commander Shepard

[@dracenfell5658]

Both of those are also very accurate descriptions

[@Legiion513]

Humanity First: Successfully destroys the Hydra fleet and potentially their entire civilization, establishing an expansive human interplanetary empire Protectorate: *Incoherent screeching*

[@Possible_Cultist]

Max. You’re going to Makemake to finish the fight. In humankind’s greatest warship, yes? No. You’re going in the single most expensive joke we could come up with.

[@anna-flora999]

I feel like the "my only regret is that humanity won't be underestimated again" line is him saying that he's annoyed that he won't have the satisfaction of defeating an alien threat that believes itself superior again

[@firstoffproductions1462]

September 30th, 2122 "Griffin" Homeworld Orbit As Castillo sat up in bed, his back propped up by an assortment of pillows, and an IV drip connected to his right arm, be watched. He watched out of the screen acting as a window as Humanity First and Free Griffin ships blasted another ship of the Hydra remnant. He was in the medical bay of a Mega-Max class Dreadnought, specifically the Flagship "Max's Dream", he missed him you know. He wasn't just good, he was the best. The years have not been kind to Castillo, despite extensive genome and cybernetic augmentation, he was still old, shriveled, yet despite that, he smiled. *BANG* another Hydra remnant gone *BANG* an anti-matter missile detonating one of the last remaining Motherships and its surrounding escort. The heart rate monitor beeped in steady beats as he reflected his past, what brought him here, and what happened since that most faithful of days. It was the 100 year "anniversary" of the Hydra's invasion. 100 years of conflict, 100 years of loss, of sacrifice, of betrayal. And yet 100 years of unrivalled progress, of unity, of hope. When victory in Sol was achieved by the sending of the Shiva Virus through the wormhole, America's military was poised to take over all of Notth America and was nearly as powerful as the Hydra's themselves. Eurasia united an entire continent and a little bit more. China was under control of HF and it only took a couple of choice reforms before the White Sun of Taiwan flew over Beijing as the reformists in the CCP finally won power, and later on United with the Souty East Asian states, Korea, and Japan. India took over the Himalayan States and created an equal federation of cultures and religion. The Caliphate united the Islamic world, ranging from the Atlantic coasts of Morocco to the mountains of Afghanistan. The remaining African states were united under the African Union. And South America was simply united. Eventually global unification occured, after all, the wormhole tech was still there, they had multiple derelict ships, colonies, and stations. Not to mention that inevitability many of the Griffins and Salamanders in the system managed to have the pherocytes pass out of their systems and surrendered themselves to Humanity, eventually forming their own governments and joining the "United Terran Commonwealths" as it was called. As for the other 6 factions, The Resistance, The Academy, and Project Exodus were directly integrated into Humanity First (which had publicly integrated into the global government). The Protectorate, whilst cowards, were admittedly skilled diplomats in that they somehow managed to sign a treaty with the Hydra, obviously they were integrated, but under heavy scrutiny. As for The Initiative, turns out they were using pherocytes for more malicious purposes and given their greedy nature, were purged. The Servants that were under the influence of pherocytes were given the benefit of the doubt, the willing, well, their fates were sealed. And so Castillo sat watching, the TV screen suddenly turning and showing the banner of Terra fly over the last Hydra ground stronghold, and the last ones were eliminated from existence. And so, Castillo smiled. The heart rate monitor spiked, his vision slowly going dark. He didn't care though, he had done his job and saw the final victory occur, even if he was no longer in charge. And thus the monitor peaked before going silent. Castillo smiled as he went into the void. He'd succeeded, and for that, he had no regrets.

[@dragoon347]

As Max orbits in his shuttle, listening to the reports of his missions success he thinks back to the crazy notion one man had in all this. "We must put humanity first Max." "Realistically what does that even mean? We are just people, humanity is too large a goal for us, why not just save our families and friends and ensure ourselves?" "Because of your record, and your abilities I will bring you on temporarily, for now, just work on saving your friends and family. You will see." After every action taken he got to know more and more people, to blend in one must adapt, and the list of people that needed to be saved grew. After decades of traveling the world, living off others hospitality the pressure mounts and a thought blossomed in Max's mind when he stared into the face of the alien that was caught, it was a vicious thought that took root in his moral being. Its us or them. All the faces started to blend into a group that covered the earth, he had been to early every country and made contacts globally, the world he knew shrank. All of a sudden humanity first made a lot of sense.

[@Zlonk7]

My headcannon is that, when he saw there was no way he could get out alive, Max armed the device and jumped in with it and went full doomslayer on the alien home planet. Hopefully he'll live to see the imperial fleet arrive to rescue him.

[@sidgar1]

Head *canon

[@stkinkuwait]

Max went through the wormhole. His work continues. Probably my favorite all time series! Thank you Perun.

[@evanohlsten7814]

Im just going to imagine that Max went down to Makemake as the leader of 3 battalions of veteran marines with supporting hovertank forces from the USNA Army. The remaining alien councillors and their adjucants trapped on their final base with a wall of adamantine armor bearing down on them, with nowhere to go due to the wormhole's mass restrictions. Great playthrough Perun!

[@LukeBunyip]

36:20 "Enemy's gate is down!": "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card

[@Donnerino]

I've watched from the beginning to the end, and I think this is possibly the best series one could watch as an introduction to your channel. I look forward to what you do next, here and on your previous channel. It's also the best game I could imagine you playing, what with your background. Terra Invicta's method of story telling is pretty compelling, and I enjoy that it leaves gaps open where the mind can fill the void, such as the ending as an example, or Castillo's future Empire. The narrative formed with Max, and the short stories created in the comments, were just as entertaining.

[@gkr2189]

It's so polite of the aliens to just send a few ships at a time to Earth instead of rolling up in a doomfleet of a few hundred ships and pulverizing Humanity. Great series Perun, hope to see another sometime soon.

[@banzooiebooie]

Excellent ending and speeches by you. I like how you didn't just send Max in without adding your own thoughts!

[@vendrax3239]

Max Pichardo, prototype Thunder Warrior. Thanks for the series! Much fun, very informative.

[@dean_l33]

Are you sure he's not the emperor himself

[@hyko8355]

Also a cyborg

[@dyingearth]

I think Max with the immortality gene splice into him may very be Malcador the Sigillite, the right hand man to the Emperor (Hanse Castillo). He was after all the founder of the Imperial Assassins amongst many other institutions.

[@dean_l33]

@@dyingearth Organization and politics is more of Vincsenar or Nero thing. But you do have good point about the assassinating side though

[@SephirothRyu]

You know, if total conversion mods are possible, a Warhammer 40k (or rather 30k) mod that is basically the start of the unification wars would fit well with this game's engine. Where you must unify the earth once more, deal with the techno-barbarians, then eventually take the moon and mars. And maybe have to fight off an Ork Waaagh at the end.

[@TheMadSentinel]

"The enemy's gate is *down*" is a quote / catchphrase from the novel "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. It's a reference to conceptualizing one's target as being at the bottom of a gravity well in order to maintain consistency in directional / spatial awareness. It is also motivational, since anything one might lob, throw, fire, etc., including oneself, will tend to "fall" toward that "Down Point".

[@Rhino_Aus]

I love that is game is pure strategy: no fancy micro, reaction times, or precision clicking. Victory was achieved by insight, decision making, and overwhelming macroeconomics. The series was a tour de force by a strategic genius and I loved every second of every episode. Please do another series! I would love to see a play through of one of the more unique takes on the alien invasion, such as the Initiative or the Academy.

[@rieshitganguli6719]

It was a fun ride, will miss waiting for new episode everyday. Hope u will upload the new run soon cheers.

[@wswordsmen]

Talk about ludonaritive dissonance at the end there. Gameplay: "We have totally secured the area and are just waiting around in orbit that we totally secured for the go ahead on the final mission, which we are exceptionally well prepared for." Story: "The fleet heroically sacrificed itself so the mission could succeed"

[@warmachine5835]

Bravo! My Resistance playthrough ended with a similar larger-than-life character doing the needful. An 81 year old Russian babushka jacked to the nines with cybernetics, who had been my game's version of Max, lead the assault. Same Pion-drive meme taxi burning at 2G the whole way, she trained like Goku for the five weeks of the transit. I'd like to think she's still out there somewhere fighting Hydra on the other side.

[@toottoot7316]

Terra invicta! Terra aeterna!

[@lordoflore3202]

I want to put my vote in early for a servant playthrough next. This has been my addiction for weeks now, and I think it would be awesome to see how quickly you could take over the world. It'd also be the best way to learn how the aliens really work. Plus it's a great lead-up to an Academy run, getting to see both of the idealistic extremes win, and then getting to see the "peaceful" resolution to contrast them would be incredible!

[@paulmeahan3667]

I love this idea... A lot of other YT channels doing playthroughs, even of Academy, still kind of "hate" the Servants. Would be interesting to see really buying into the religious theocratic kind of play that they would require...

[@fitos546]

A Servants run should be pretty quick with Perun's skill, well as fast as a run of Terra Invicta can be. There's also not many people doing Servants runs and I'm curious to see how they work.

[@ScreamingDoom]

I like to think that Max not only survived, but began organizing the Salamanders and Griffon servant species into death squads to eradicate the last of the Hydra. And maybe in a few years or decades Max will return to Earth. With his genetic and cybernetic enhancements, he is effectively immortal. Maybe, in around 20,000 years, he remembers this little war and Humanity First after the Grand Galactic Federation of Man begins to fall... And he decides there needs to be an Emperor to guide humanity through the darkness. And with them, a bulwark against terror. Some kind of... advanced genetically altered human. Suffer not the alien to live, for they are perfidious. Imperium in Aeternum!

[@eligedzelman5127]

Not just these, 'genetically altered humans', but he also remembers this brave navy, and realizes the need for some kind of... Navy of stalward heros, slaughtering Xenos left and right, possessing fearsome cannons of many kinds, powerful prow armor, able to cross fast solar systems in days, bring total annihilation to the xeno, relentless, unstoppable, merciless... Some kind Imperial... Navy... Hmm

[@Bobbacuda]

Here we go boys! One last episode. Maybe the victory in cleansing our solar system from xeno scum is the friends we've made along the way! 🥲It was nice being a part of this journey with you all!

[@SephirothRyu]

Plot Twist: Max is the God-Emperor of mankind, and the one ACTUALLY in charge.

[@miccrhaafetl5101]

"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." - Isoroku Yamamoto "The Great Makemake Turkey Shoot"

[@blackholefreezeray8871]

Max is the main character for an amazing sci-fi story.

[@seanomatopoeia]

Incredible series Perun. I've never been as on-the-edge-of-my-seat before.

[@GtdAquataine]

This was a fun ride. From the admiral being asleep at the command station, to the Protectorate's offensively bad mining station, to Max the man himself, I've had a blast. Thanks a lot Perun.

[@mattirel]

You absolute legend. I look forward to all of the Chad memes being replaced by Max memes. Thanks for a great series Perun!

[@AnonSeacat]

The "salamanders" eliminated 99% of the hydra species in their first attack. But the hydras still came back and conquered them. Can't help but feel a HF victory is a bit hollow in that respect, from an in-universe perspective (from an mechanics perspective though this was a great playthrough and I enjoyed learning so much about the game).

[@lilpeek1150]

Hey man really nice series enjoyed it very much. And also thanks for saving Mongolia from serving monkeys. If you can, can you tell the developers that they wrote capital of Mongolia wrong it is spelled Ulaanbaatar. "Ulan-bator" is old russian spelling back in the USSR days and since we are trying to change it back to Ulaanbaatar thanks!

[@stetytielemans]

You finished your incredible series playing Humanity first, and I finished beating Lucia in Wii Sports Resort! What a great day this is.

[@johnnyted446]

Awesome ending, my boy aint done yet. The hunted will soon become the hunter and thats a promise

[@CraigThomler]

“The enemy’s gate is down” is from Ender’s Game though with a slightly different meaning.

[@kerravon4159]

Fantastic end to a great series. I'm really looking forward to the next Terra Invicta game.

[@Brothervoodoo100]

Thank you so much for this series. Loved every second!

[@ZearthGJL]

Bloody well done mate!

[@jasonprozinski8347]

Fantastic series; watching it in parallel to my own playthough really helped me get a solid grasp on the game mechanics. looking forward to the next playthrough.

[@nathandavis435]

"With the push of a button, ladies and gentlemen. How simple we've made things. With the push of this button, a threat is destroyed, and humanity is saved. And hey, maybe there's actually some people on the other side who'll owe us a favor." Max Pichardo on the deployment of the Pherocyte Bioweapon, 1st of May, 2042

[@CanalTremocos]

I loved this series. Watched every episode as soon as possible. It's great to have a peek into someone else's strategic reasoning.

[@XDerbyX]

Amazing series, can't wait to see more playthrough from you!

[@ccib00]

And Max did it. He is the one who gets rid of Xeno to end it all. I would thank other councilors as well. Without them, we would not get this far. And we are most grateful for two of the most important people on our organization. Colonel Hanse Castillo for founding humanity first... And of course, you. Commander Perun. Glory to Humanity!

[@davidrossa4125]

From the lowest of Earth‘s Orbits To the Kupier Belt‘s far reach; We will fight Humanities battles With or without gravity; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our bright sun clean; We are proud to claim the title of Humanity First Marine.

[@IDOLA149]

Wonderful series, thank you! Boy the game has a real sharp inflection point where you go from "i'm going to be annihilated" to "I am destroying everything!"

[@ryanaegis3544]

To be fair, when that point comes, humanity is still overpowered, and the only reason humanity is able to survive the onslaught is because of Perun's superior strategy. I can only imagine how desperate the fight would have become had the aliens succeeded in taking out his shipyards or productive bases.

[@Brendanvio]

Great series mate. Look forward to your next run.

[@conorbreathnach8484]

Whole series was a joy to watch, by far some of the most engaging content I've seen on KZbin for a while. Thanks for the good times and I can't wait for what's next.

[@mortisCZ]

It's all fun and games until the Fleet of Mankind blots out the Sol and Exterminatus weapons start to engage.

[@yacah]

F for Max Pichardo - hero by coincidence, let's hope he is still out there!

[@hunterg24]

And now, We salute the heros that took Alpha base and held off the Hydra's last desperate push to save their retched lives. Most notably, We Salute Max. From beginning to end, Max was a fervent believer in the cause. As we move into the stars, we will always remember Max as the greatest that Humanity has to offer.

[@michaelhellerslien1602]

What a fun ride indeed! Well done @PerunGamingAU for saving humanity. ;)

[@stuwydotp]

Been good to follow this through to the end. Well done Colonel Perun!

[@rasputin924]

It was a hell of a ride c'ptain Perun, no matter what will you do I will watch all Terra Invicta related content (though I really want some guides about the tech tree)

[@RistinUK]

Excellent play through Perun, thoroughly enjoyed this series and get some great pointers for my own game. Keep it the great content both on this channel and your main :D

[@paulmeahan3667]

Well that was incredible. Please don't wait too long to start the next series! I cannot wait for the daily uploads again! New factions = interesting new mechanics and role playing as well...

[@alexandersmerage4931]

Wow. This game is incredible. I have binged this series in the past three days and the quality of your play, your ability to tell a story through gameplay, the editing that keeps the important parts in while not becoming tedious, and the sheer strategic depth of this game are all excellent. For the emperor

[@chaostales5]

I'm sure that many people already have said this and agree, but wow, what a series. The storytelling that emerged from it was amazing, the playthrough was both smart and comedic, the battle of Jupiter and Max's story were just legendary, and I don't think I have enjoyed watching a Let's Play series actively like this in a long time, it was captivating, fun, and very well done despite some minor editing mistakes at the beginning (Looking back at Episode 5 the game screeen didn't quite line up, causing a black bar to be on the right of the screen). Still, it's been an absolute blast watching this and following along, and this playthrough and it's story is officially the canon story of the game. You can't change my mind. (Seriously, I just want this amazing story to be it's own book and am tempted to write the story down myself) Hope the future projects will be as successful and fun as this one!

[@stemps]

Wow! What a game! What a playthrough and what great storytelling. Thanks for all the hours of entertainment!

[@thewolfpack5290]

What an impressive piece of work! Well done! Very well done!

[@a.t.fa.t.f7031]

Great series, honestly if I could watch through this blind again, I absolutely would. This was a great way to be introduced to your channels! :D Remember everyone, SUFFER NOT THE XENO TO LIVE!

[@mikse-dk]

The battlestation at 12:00 had one defense array powered off, and it turned on when the other defense was destroyed

[@TheScoutnation]

[...] "He was a man like any one of us, a man who when faced with the annihilation of our entire species, our way of life, did not lay down and take it. He was a fighter, a hero. Many who knew max would say that he was always someone you could count on. He would never hesitate when faced with adversity, and he would defend his own with all that he had. Max Pichardo was a friend, a solider, and a hero. When it came time to send a team into the Alpha site and stop this threat for good he was the first to volunteer. Max Pichardo gave his life for humanity, and today we remember him and all those that gave their life so that we may stand here today." - President of the USNA, during the unveiling of the Max Pichardo memorial to the fallen. 13th may 2043

[@РуменИвановАндреев]

Excellent campaign, I can't wait to see the next one!

[@Ryanfinder226]

I very much enjoyed this playthrough. The fact the alien administration never even got off its feet was wild. I couldn’t picture any better of a best case scenario for this universe than this game you played. Humanity is gonna be a tad xenophobic but they’re gonna go to the stars greatly unified under the Eurasian-American-Chinese-Caliphate joint space coalition and let the stars fear it.

[@Jarkros]

"Soon the figures of winged oxen march from the night of ancient mists, darkness of nightmares Soon open the skies, spewing hordes of angels Cradling lightning, eyes glaring with justice" CMX - Kaikkivaltias/The Almighty Victory for freedom and humanity

[@Odinakos]

Thanks for the playthrought, it was a nice journey to watch. Cant wait for season 2!

[@LonarYolhala]

This was a fantastic playthrough of an enormously difficult game, well done! Can't wait to see the next one, thanks for the enormously entertaining series!

[@I_am_sam_I_am]

In your next play through I think it would be a cool challenge to see whether or not it's possible to win as the academy

[@PeterJavi]

why do I feel like that would need a similar strategy to this HF playthrough, except you don't kill the portal

[@vittorioarioli9127]

It will probably be harder because The Academy gets a lot of events making it weaker.

[@ShiniesAreCool]

Perun totally dominated. Made Terra Invicta look easy, and Terra Invicta is not easy. Watching him play the hardmode faction would be glorious.

[@r3dp9]

@@ShiniesAreCool Perun was not only playing a "slightly easier" faction, he was playing on the "normal" difficulty. I'd love to see him overcume the hardmode on the hard faction!

[@theoheinrich529]

32:22 absolute evisceration of the alien fleet

[@Phoenix-vf4nd]

I love this play through Perun! But I admit this ending leave so much unknowns! That it make me anxious for humanity future. (Academy spoiler) from potatomcwhisky academy play through we learn that the hydra homeworld suffer an attack by an (another) alien super weapon; which lead the few hydra survivors into enslaving their attacker and then all other potential threats. So the idea of an alien species either hydra or not launching something similar at earth scare me. Especially since we learn that at least pre attack hydra bonded with their domesticated animals; which make me scare that one of these now free thralls who harbor sympathetic feelings for their slaver may tried to avenge the hydra. And unless humanity learn how to make exotic we have a finite supply. Well anyway I look forward to what you make next!

[@undine120]

I think folks would be surprised by how bright Pluto is still. At local noon, it's roughly as bright out as most places on earth about 15 minutes before sunrise/after sunset, or to put it another way, 300 times as bright as walking around during a full moon. Not gonna have fun with solar power, and the sun would be pretty much a point, not a disc, but you're also not tripping over things in pitch black darkness. That big ol' ball of nuclear fusion in the sky is pretty impressive, even that far out.

[@wellst412]

Wow what a great series! really enjoyed you playing through it and finishing it off so well.

[@chtulufhtagn1344]

Forgot to say anything when this was first uploaded, but I've watched this series from beginning to end. It's great.

[@bromotech54]

Temp worker to tempermental destroyer of worlds, what a guy! max was the mvp

[@craigcollings5568]

Just a note about game balancing: it seemed, in this play-through, that the actual war was rather short. Perun zoomed past the alien scum capability very quickly. A great testament to his skill, but not so good at drawing out a good long narrative for the conflict. Are there any game mechanics that could be tweaked to make the underdog portion of the conflict last longer, and so extend the gripping, nail-biting section of the narrative?

[@Terrachova]

I’m not sure any need to be tweaked to affect this situation; don’t make the mistake of assuming Perun’s run happened this way because of a lack of competition, he is probably the most skilled content creator for Terra Invicta at the moment, with a number of runs under his belt. We will need to see how others fare in the long game first I feel.

[@SoulFury11]

Clap. Loved everything about this series. It would be great to see an "evil" initiative run that turns earth into a boring dystopia.

[@SirSlothable]

i like to think that inside Max's head its just the doom OST 24/7

[@saturnus253]

a great run i think this might be the best one i have seen so far. i'm hoping for an Academy run since it's not only quite a bit harder then HF but it also focuses on a number of things that HF glosses over since as you put Humanity First doesn't give a shit so long as it doesn't help them kill hydra better.

[@schmoorfderschmied1763]

I had a great time watching. Thank you very much.

[@ethanwilson1001]

Well played, Perun! I look forward to more of your playthroughs. We WILL take the fight to them next!