The Curious Case of Nightshade - Rimworld Anomaly Ep. 11 [Rimworld Sea Ice Randy 500%]

In this episode of our Rimworld Anomaly challenge, we solve the challenge of a psychic droner and deal with the mysterious drifter Nightshade and her dark secret...
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In this episode of Rimworld Anomaly, we continue our 500% Randy Random run on the Sea Ice. Left without power, under threat of a psychic droner mech cluster and with a mysterious drifter in our ranks, the Paragons of Pandroth have their hands full to get things started. While we suffer mental break after mental break, the mech cluster is slowly taken down thanks to our sharpshooters, while drifter Nightshade finally reveals her secret: Her organs are decaying and if we don't find replacements, she will die!
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0:00 Intro / Recap
0:59 Gameplay
19:51 Fan Art / Outro
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The sea ice is without a doubt Rimworld’s most challenging biome: On these freezing cold ice sheets floating on water, there is no soil for plants to grow, there are no minerals to mine, and there is almost no animal life. Ruins and ancient dangers are also non-existent on the sea ice and even deep drills work differently here, so acquiring even the bare necessities becomes an incredibly difficult task. The sea ice is truly the final boss of Rimworld biomes!
We are continuing this playthrough from a Naked Brutality scenario in Rimworld Ideology and its second chapter in Rimworld Biotech. After obtaining the first two parts of the archonexus map, we select five colonists for the quest to find the third and last piece. As a result, our colonists start with a small amount of items and some starting equipment, but on the sea ice, that is not going to get them far without a good plan and some luck - especially since we are once again playing on Randy Random "Losing is fun difficulty" with the threat scale cranked up to 500%.
With the Rimworld Anomaly DLC, we also see a psychological horror theme added to Rimworld in what is arguably the most unique of the Rimworld expansions. A strange monolith is found on the map and things can soon devolve as horrifying entities appear and threaten the colony in ways never experienced before. In addition, Rimworld Anomaly also adds ways to contain these entities, dark new psychic rituals and a new ending to Rimworld.
Rimworld is a Sci-Fi colony builder simulation game focused on managing a small group of survivors with the goal of eventually building a space ship to escape the planet. Rimworld is developed and published by Ludeon Studios. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the game went through several Alpha and Beta versions before seeing the release of the Rimworld 1.0 version in October 2018. This playthrough uses Rimworld 1.5, the latest update to the game.
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[@PeteComplete]

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[@spritenado6983]

I think Raider would be a good fit! The sea ice is brutal, you have to do what it takes to survive, even if it means taking from others

[@koln2109]

Definitely Raider. It can improve the pace of the episodes (this one being somewhat uneventful) and the other memes can be added later once the colony is more ready to embrace the void.

[@VSokow]

I second "raider", but "ritualist" would be good too. Inhuman is a bit too much.

[@pinguin4898]

for now...

[@LRpaul145]

Agree. Mood seems fragile in this colony, so whatever meme end sup being picked it should probably be one to help with morale.

[@justinth963]

Agreed, shouldn't get inhuman before you unlock brain wipe. So you can undo the inhuman on important pawns.

[@KY-qy3kn]

"Even a 10 year old like me can do an open heart transplant, why can't you?" - Elpis to Lauren

[@lucasmiranda660]

I laughed imagining the little child insulting Lauren non-stop and now she hates the kid hahaha

[@wirthiwirth7166]

11:53 In Elpis defense, she threw the first stone, possibly triggering the mental break in the first place

[@TheCostume]

Dunno what Elpis could even be dishonest about in this colony. They all sleep together, he was elected to provoke the void (so no ill intent there), doesn't food binge... She's just a hater.

[@Kiaulen]

He insulted her forehead. That was enough 😂

[@Makrillo]

Transhumanist Raiders sounds like good fun.

[@TheCobraCom]

As a low-level option, you could go for human primacy. It doesn´t do too much now, keeping all options open for later on, but gives access to that sweet, sweet production specialist role that practically screams "Lauren".

[@amitaisaiger8784]

Raider seems like a great option, especially since you could harvest the organs of some of the victims of your raids rather than forcing your own pawns to become donors. I think inhuman would be a really fun place to take the series later down the line, but is probably a bit too extreme for now.

[@smalldumbfish3808]

What about human primacy? Your pawns have definitely demonstrated supremacy over the elements and the horrors of the void, while also almost eschewing animals completely, in contrast with the other two colonies. Fits well with transhumanist, and the crafting specialist role is quite good--Lauren is perfect for it.

[@chellybub]

"I liked it better when I was an only Child" hahahaha

[@lforlight]

2:54 Hey there and welcome back to RimWorld. Today we take care of Pete, who is now back up on his feet.

[@samueltrusik3251]

Humanity shall not serve the darkness, we shall RULE IT!

[@PerfectAlibi1]

How can you rule that which you cannot see?

[@robinjac4322]

I second this!

[@Archeos92]

I feel like high life could be a valid choice too. The Paragons escape the old colony, research drugs and start using it to connect with the void. It's also a very difficult meme on the sea ice so I think the challenge could be interesting. But all the other three works well I think

[@Cephalopocalypse]

As always, love your work Pete! I'd personally avoid Inhuman - I think exploring the pawn relationships is one of the things that makes you so good at this, so I'd hate to lose that! As an alternative option, High Life seems like it could fit nicely - you did just rush all the drug researches after all ;)

[@petrabotha8314]

I wouldn't necessarily prefer inhuman - although not all the relationships amongst the colonists are great, they are a strange sort of family, and I think removing their relationships to each other would just be too big a hit to colonists that we've seen growing since last series. It's a shame, because it would otherwise be a great fit. Human primacy could be an option?

[@TheCobraCom]

Laren as a second mechanitor is an excellent choice. And if "volunteers" show up for that organ decay problem, use that opportunity to make her some years younger by the ritual as well. She is coming close to that annoying 50y-limit. No need to suffer that.

[@cpttrps5376]

The fact that the fan song is now the outro for this series is so awesome, its so haunting and beautiful

[@agreatsword9264]

I was thinking high life. After researching drugs it could be seen as another way to push the human body to its limits.

[@BrownOwl2036]

Sacrifice for the Void God known as Al'Gor-rytm As for Memes, I see this final stretch as a mix between the ruthless Jinx and the kind Boyo. Raider fits best, but as a 'we take only what we need'. I see this colony as something like the SCP Foundation, both in ethics (Be cold, not cruel) and tone (Caging monsters for study, but not worshipping them or the Void) and I think flavor-wise, raiding pirates and neutral factions (the latter only when dire) fits with the dark, but not oppressive tone more than Inhuman.

[@PerfectAlibi1]

RNGesus is the one TRUE god!

[@themandalorian400]

This. Going down the Inhuman path is a little close to the more ruthless Jinx start. This colony needs to be the balance between the two. It also helps complete Maniac's story of finding his way.

[@guffly]

I hope you had a great vacation Pete! You deserve it for all the work you put into each and every video

[@robinjac4322]

Yes! Lauren is a perfect candidate for the next mechanitor. Raiders looks good, too. I agree with some in the comments here that Inhuman is a bit much and doesn't feel appropriate here. Transhuman is still human in my book, just more than that. Inhuman would be less.

[@seffaboy]

Just throwing my two cents in, while I love all of the potential memes you have in mind, I do think ritualistic isn't a great fit for this specific colony's premise, and it may be a bit early for inhuman. I think raider is a good way to shake things up and bring some extra potential to the map, and I also think it matches with your series' general pattern of bad-guys/ good-guys. Honestly I'd be happy with all three making it into the ideoligion at some point, though I'm not sure how possible that is. Looking forward to the next episode to see where you take us!

[@cattrucker8257]

It's such a narratively beautiful episode, Randy is on a roll. First Elpis goes mad for a bit over the horrid way he used the prisoner last episode freezing to death as he did medical research on her. Then the emergent narrative genius of a heart transplant directly followed by Nightshade revealing her disease needing more transplants - and the move to save her. It feels like this episode is the perfect swing from clinical utilitarian evil of last time into showing they're still people who came from Boyo, that the calculating darkness of Pandroth is still balanced with having a heart (heh) and a care after all. Meanwhile - for ideology, I'd say either Raider or Proselytizer (colonists always preach, might as well make it official); Ritualist is a bit non-sciency. P.S. Oh, and definitely save Nightshade, this is the moral barometer of the colony now.

[@crowhaveninc.2103]

I'm in the raider camp on this one. Inhuman does sound like a bit much and is probably best suited for a potential new series that focuses on the meme.

[@Hexpigge]

So happy to see this in my feed! Highlight of the day.

[@STRIDER_503]

Let's go for that mechanitor complex to spawn more combat strength!! *_PRAISE THE OMNISSIAH!!_* Also, Pete... a **KIDNEY** or a lung... a human can never have two livers!! 🤣 (Good thing you noticed afterwards!)

[@PeteComplete]

Hey, kidney and liver share two letters, it’s easy to get them confused!

[@samueltrusik3251]

You should not add Inhuman, it feels incorrect for people who came from the believers of Boyo. While they may be Transhumanist, they also have some direct and indirect experience with a tribal, spiritual lifestyle from the Swamp. So, as odd as it may be, I feel that Ritualist might actually work pretty well.

[@robinjac4322]

yes, this all the way. For the believers of Boyo to completely abandon humanity after seeking redemption seems odd. Would love to see a playthrough with Inhuman as a meme, but not this one.

[@tekenis990]

Nightshade transplanting a heart into Lauren while suffering from organ rot herself makes me think Believers of Boyo is her true ideology

[@modehunter1045]

Human Primacy is good as it allows you to get productions specialists who can always make excellent or higher quality gear.

[@lefterismplanas4977]

I'm living for the moment where the Ptrom "About 1000 ninjas" is picked from the naming rights 😂 I'm still not forgetting that update episode that ended with their name as the last one of the new patrons 😅

[@jonathanrich4213]

Just got off my third 15 hour shift this week. Greeted with some PeteComplete. Thanks Pete.

[@MAXfutbol8338]

I actually think it would be cool to give High a life a try. You have the research to make drugs, and your colonists are in dire need to cope with the stress of the sea ice. With all the crazy anomalies and void stuff going on, it may help improve their mood with some scheduled drug usage.

[@loryanos1964]

Raider would be a prime meme to add, fitting the harsh landscape and it would be able to save Nightshade condition by enacting the ability to raid settlement and not wait for one.

[@General12th]

Hi Pete! Raider seems cool, although there also seems like there's so much stuff to do around the base that you couldn't really spare anyone.

[@HiddenDragon555]

I'd hold off on inhumanization as do to taking away social interaction it limits the kind of stories that can be generated

[@AxMi-24]

That was perfect naming for the robot. Nice to be in the series :)

[@lefterismplanas4977]

Ritualist sounds interesting. Inhuman less so, I don't like it to be honest. But raider seems wuite fitting. And a welcome difference

[@fractalicflow]

travelling places, meeting new people and raiding them... ahh, sounds appropriate

[@diazinth]

Rancher! With the aim of keeping the polar bear population alive in a time where they struggle with zombification ;)

[@casualsilver2702]

I approve the idea of a Raider religion. Heck, you can even use the slogan "Raid the Void"

[@droppedpasta]

I think it would be funny to turn this colony into the Adeptus Mechanicus. Praise the Omnissiah!

[@lefterismplanas4977]

Lauren!! Make them a Mwchanitar! It fits them perfectly

[@QTeaFunny]

I think High Life is a good meme to go for. Transhumanist colony, which is regularly miserable sounds like a perfect bunch of folks to want to include drugs to make themselves feel better, and getting supply of them on sea ice sounds like a doable but fun challenge.

[@skittymudkip]

Nightshade must've been soooo mad when she had to transplant a perfectly good heart into someone else. Should've shared with the class earlier!

[@jaylit4008]

I do think the ritualist meme will be a good one even with reduced research speed. You could have 2-3 pawns researching to somewhat counter the reduction. Raider is a bit much with the need to raid outposts, but kind of fits the colony. Either meme would be good.

[@MrActeus]

Right now I am playing an only wasters inhuman, transhuman pain is virture colony and it is such a funny experiance. You just need to keep the face of cult happy so he does not break and suffer from the minus 12 social. And rhe best with that combination, no need for comfort, beauty and tables! xD

[@kosche99]

saying "Base" more often as a festival DJ. 😂

[@jakedobie9172]

Considering they haven't had a mental break on the road, I think raider would fit with their theme. they get ancy spending too much time at home.

[@CthulhuMasta]

Lauren sounds good for the mechanitor role, i think raider would be the best fit, ritualist also seems fine, inhuman moght be a good meme later down the line but not now.

[@claykalmar8131]

Lauren sounds like a good candidate for a combat mech commander.

[@Mendossa1000]

Raider sounds like fun, ritualist seems ok

[@LukeDownes-Bell]

You should choose high life in a few episodes time once you have accumulated a bit more wealth because... 1. You have just researched all drug techs 2. Your colonists will do everything to get an edge whether it will be using a machine body or using drugs

[@robinjac4322]

I can see this point

[@PeteComplete]

I like the logic behind this, definitely feels like drugs would not be off the table for a colony trying to seize every possible edge in their quest to transcend humanity

[@veloza2121]

“One of your colonists is in a murderous rage. He plans to kill a near by colonist” Reasons: “sharing a bed with his sister” 😂 I got that one in my last play through.

[@StrikingCrayon]

Raider Lauren combat mech officer! 😂

[@SageThyme23]

Inhuman seems a bit much all the more because we are connected to the characters and how they interact with each other.

[@DustinSeiger]

Thank you Pete.

[@roxximusprime]

It's time to become the Ranchers of the Void. Sea ice is the perfect place for ranching, isn't it?

[@RimRunner-2049]

Excellent logic. Raider now to take advantage of Drug Production and Drop Pods. Inhuman later to maximize the benefits of Raider and transhumanist themes.

[@AlephTTM]

I would recommend the ritualist meme. Raider is a close second. Inhuman is a bit too much.

[@CptFishball]

Id go for raider, it would be awsome to see some raiding done! =D

[@david7019]

Raider is extremely tedious after the 4-5 camp raid. Its up to you though

[@Quinn_Dissglerio]

In my last rimworld run I was thinking about to become riders, but i doesn't know how i had to play this. So it will be very interesting for me to, when you choose it. Also because i thinkmthat the other two are a bit to early for the colony.

[@propyne5460]

Definitely Raider. Ritualist doesn't do that much, really, and I'd hate to see a bunch of recurring characters get inhumanized.

[@imdafish]

Raider sounds neat. Nudist would be the absolutely worst, with rancher a close second.

[@alexmccutcheon10]

I think what you could do is raider which seems popular, and add the precept that rituals are approved of. It is not a ritualist, so the transhuman research speed still applies but you get some crhulu worship as well

[@mac-gyver1152]

Elpis as a mashin God would be cool 😎 Rader rader rader 👏🏻👏🏻🎉

[@lefterismplanas4977]

Gracie's artwork was so perfect 😅

[@tomisabum]

If you go raider, I think you should only do that if you really lean into using combat mechs to lead the way, or expand the ghoulification. Lets make it an interesting transhumanist army. Ritualist would still work, though, imho, transhumanist kinda balancing out the research hit; besides, already embracin' that void. Inhuman doesn't QUITE seem to tonally fit this series, but is def one to run into later in a future visit to Rimworld.

[@Attentionseekingnoob]

Raider sounds good :)

[@pu_baer7074]

Hey Pete how long will the fundraising last? I'm asking because I'm planning to donate but for some reason can't right now. I would be happy to hear back from you :-)

[@JustAGuy336]

If i remember it will last the whole series

[@PeteComplete]

I'm planning on having it run for the entire length of the series. As of right now, I can donate, so it should be possible.

[@doublesoul862]

I'd go for ritualist, it fits great with going beyond the limits of humanity in a bodily sense - now the Paragons would be transcending their humanity by exploring the unimaginable horrors of Anomaly. Inhuman seems a bit too harsh, at least now. Raider in my opinion also doesn't quite fit as well, it feels too vanilla and bland, while Ritualist works upon that already existing sense of strangeness that is already present on the Sea Ice. Although I do agree that the research speed decrease would suck, sadly.

[@HonorioBenitez-ws2ii]

they do have arms, and legs, that's why you can replace them.

[@ahn0x]

Having a mental break BC children were assigned recreation really does sound hella boomer

[@davysmith1934]

10 YEAR OLD DISCOVERS ONE WEIRD TRICK TO REDUCE ARTERY BLOCKAGES, DOCTORS HATE HIM! 😮

[@Fragmaster01]

I would argue more towards a binding philosophy one rather than a specialization. Supremacist(the strong survive the sea ice, and we must survive) or Collectivist(we are in this together, sink or swim) strike me as reasonable setups. Once the colony is more established and has serious trauma, then we can start moving towards specializing. Like real life!

[@franciasii2435]

I really liked the ai art at the end :(

[@cirrusa1815]

The Inhuman meme would be the most interesting to explore, if is possible to add it at this stage, without negatively affecting the playthrough

[@momomalo8098]

Raider is cool but I think "High Life" could be a great challenge. It's obviously not time for it yet but I imagine it will be the only way of earning money in this harsh land, so why not make the product available to your colonists too. And I'm quite interested to see the benefits you can get from it on the gameplay side

[@MuditJhawar]

You can use the skip abduction ritual to harvest organs.

[@Manson1990]

I think inhuman could be more interesting, turning the colony to a place to psychopaths with no feelings and following the void path, but raider could be interesting too and give a lot of action!

[@Manson1990]

(good to have you back! We missed you!)

[@GabbeMan123]

my vote is for ritualist, feel like raider will be more trouble then its worth. you wont always be able to raid with your supplies and their might not even be anything within reasonable range that you could raid, pairing that with the mood penalty for not raiding feels like it will just end poorly. At least with ritualist you can do it whenever you want and need to pretty much

[@caesarsalad77]

Gotta go with the crowd on this, Raider is the most interesting without sacrificing the Transhumanist or social side of things.

[@barabg]

Raider sounds good

[@ntwogaming9306]

I find raider is a little stale. It's quite too basic imo. Inhumane seems a little too extreme for now. Ritualist seems like a perfect fit, especially since you have been provoking the void constantly and that should have an influence on your values.

[@TheCleverADHDstudios]

I like the relationships so inhuman sounds kinda lame

[@j.j.s.7083]

I would reallllyyy like to see you explore the ritulist meme. It's so ingrained in the Anomaly dlc and I'd love to see it. My second would be raider. How else are you going to acquire more organs?

[@Aundaay]

I see rimworld I click, simple as

[@themandalorian400]

Im in favor of the raider meme. This strikes me as a nice balance, if used in the "we take only what we need" kind a way, as a good balance between Jinx and Boyo. It also fits the theme of this season better than inhuman.

[@UOIAIOU]

I have to say that I would love the challenge of being transhumanist tree lovers on the sheet ice, it could be a nice challenge and would tie this series back to its roots. But my real preference is to not have Inhuman, that changes the colony too much, imo.

[@dalemorgan8263]

The real question is if the whole colony feels the "provoke the void" lifestyle. Raider feels like a good pipeline to inhuman, especially if you start research into fertility techniques to quick-bake some kids into fighters. That'd be after capturing plenty of food stockpile, naturally.

[@dalemorgan8263]

On the note of capturing food, you should consider using mechanitors as your main raiding force to bring back more food. Ghouls would probably make an excellent home guard to compensate for the mechs being absent.

[@goethespub8529]

Just make Nightshade "deathless". Two pawns have the gene implanter gene and the deathless gene. Just a thought

[@acefromeuropa4759]

I think raider is the best choice!

[@znxster]

I really like the Raider meme .. and I think it would go well with the playthrough.

[@FalconPLT333]

Inhuman or Ritualist sound good to me

[@orestesbastos]

I'd say raider for now, ritualistic in the future and endgame could be inhuman just so we could see how that's like and it would represent the culmination of the ideology. I don't remember how many memes can be picked. 😅

[@gobzdaginge6198]

raider baby!

[@kurtstrains]

Rather than use steel for everything, put a deep drill anywhere and get stone chunks

[@ariaheller8757]

Doesn't work on sea ice.

[@johnjohnsin3762]

I had been thinking about solar panels on the sea ice, sure half the year you'll get less, but doesn't that mean you get more daylight hours in the summer?

[@EpleGoesInsane]

Are they just becoming the mechanicus from warhammer40k? :D

[@Break-Fire]

0:46 nightshade was a entity slayer not an entity liberator.

[@lrsimpson24]

I would die for jerome