The Fire that Haunts Rubicon - Boss Dialogue & Cutscenes | AC 6 Fires of Raven Ending

[@JackNewbie555]

Ah yes, the "Emotional Damage" Ending, that no amount of AP or Shield can ever block ... And to think the game do it again if you go the other way too ...

[@MaidenlessScrub]

FromSoft really screwed us over in all ending

[@crowbarfish0812]

My chest physically hurt from getting the S rank for this mission

[@akumashikikan]

Ngl i had to go cold blooded just to get the S rank for this

[@darkminion2720]

I think Walter Ending and Fires of Raven are both sad ending. In these 2 endings, we have to face 2 of our friends, In Fires of Raven we have to face Ayre, which is our closest friend, and the other one we have to face Walter, which is a character like Raven's father.

[@kevingame3198]

But to me, fires of raven is the best outcome for the universe, because according to this KZbinr, who does a great summary of it kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6bRdoiNlr6VndEsi=DXiNFq_f2JNdpuRa The coral it’s self needs to be burned immediately before it goes out of control to the point where horrifying things can happen. Think of the you know the alien thingy from the movie the thing, but I’m much more parasitic level pretty much like the flood from halo.

[@YipeekayHarasho]

man, after fighting Ayre really gives me a "I really want to stay at your house" vibe

[@Tenraio]

That "You were the only one..." voice cracking is legit heart-aching, an energy shade its tear and she can only wish our circumstances were different. That will never come to pass.

[@davicossamuel1911]

When is this dialogue?

[@onechantz]

At the very end when she kills you

[@MaidenlessScrub]

My favourite boss in the game. Both the fight and the emotional impact are amazing here. I have to blame Ayre for having such a fun move set. I couldn’t stop coming back to this fight despite how severely emotionally damaged I was.

[@happycheese8006]

Same. I honestly think her fight was better developed gameplay wise than the NG++ boss (incase u havent beaten it, which kinda just spammed weaker enemies at you + the boss) despite the pulse armor.

[@MaidenlessScrub]

@@happycheese8006 The bosses test out different things that you learnt through out the entire game. Ayre is the shield and melee oriented attacks. The other is for multiple enemy management in two different levels and then aggressive assault management. The later one isn't bad once you bring AoE weapons.

[@happycheese8006]

@@MaidenlessScrub true, I suppose variety is a good thing. I just find it difficult to enjoy crowd control fights when the first half of it just just me shooting one guy while running away from the other, but thats just me. You could argue this is 99% of the game outside of bosses tho lol, so im not entirely sure. I did enjoy the duo PCA HC and LC fight. Maybe im just coping with not using hardlock through the whole game cause someone told me it messes my aim lol.

[@MaidenlessScrub]

@@happycheese8006 I usually bring earshot or coral oscillator then the adds just die when they stay too close to the boss

[@dominicron7231]

Walter aint raise no simp

[@DuncanMaisonneuve-kk3vf]

Yes he did.

[@pixpax1720]

the duality of man

[@thelonelystankmuncher8879]

​@@DuncanMaisonneuve-kk3vf while yes it is nice to be called a stud muffin by my coralink v-girl from time to time, I would much prefer being on my cold but loving father's side any day

[@Kazuhira2249]

621 this is not an order, its a legacy... TO THE BITTER END WALTER I WILL BECOME THE MONSTER WHO BURNT THE STARS o7

[@justasimplegamer129]

Last Dialogue must really hit 621 internally if there was a version where despite the augmentation limiting emotions. A small portion can be shown that 621 was hurt after traveling alongside Ayre. IF.

[@thebigenchilada678]

After the death of Chatty stick Carla brings up how 621 seems to be affected by the loss of someone. Rusty also mentions that you must of sacrificed something important to follow through with your plan IIRC. Objectively the best ending for humanity though, no coral WMDs are produced and no coral convergence that hijacks human tech leading to coral-human war.

[@zchen27]

​@@thebigenchilada678I don't think it's human Coral war, but it's the Symbiosis Dolmayan talked about. But of course, it's you and Ayre forcing symbiosis upon humans and Coral.

[@thebigenchilada678]

@@zchen27 forcing symbiosis upon humans affected by coral, so older generations of AC pilots and rubiconians. It solves no problems, it just creates a threat for the corporations and PCA. Boom more war, more death.

[@Mestari1Gaming]

​@@zchen27What % of humanity will survive the "symbiosis"? I'd say less than 1%, most of humanity will just simply die.

[@brandonament832]

Damn a lot of the cut dialogue adds so much more context to their characters. I again stand by that a lot of it shouldn't have been cut and they should have made the bosses figure a way to put it in.

[@diobrando6245]

her transforming into flight mode is so cool

[@godzblade]

I really appreciate all the work you've put into grabbing all the dialog that sometimes gets drowned out while fighting for our lives, lol

[@zorain2354]

I'm sorry ayre but daddy Walter gave me bonus pay

[@davidmaroney7967]

I like the cut dialogue, it's hard to tell but I think she was starting to enjoy the fight a little.

[@KenMochii]

I love the moment where Ayre said "Raven, you will never be the Fires of Rubicon!" and Rubicon'd all over you.

[@QuanPham-ty2xl]

This is Legacy walter gave me, sorry Ayer (i just realize 1:04 raven make a joke that make karla smile)

[@momihog]

In Japan, many players consider this ending to be tragic and without redemption. It is interesting to note, however, that many people overseas view it positively, saying that he fulfilled his mission by following Walter's wishes and preventing the calamity that would eventually come. If anything, I agree with this opinion.

[@kevingame3198]

But this begs the question this timeline starts the events of armored core 5 till verdict day bc after fires of raven ending and endless fighting on earth

[@momihog]

@@kevingame3198 What?Armored Core V and Armored Core VI are in the same world?

[@kevingame3198]

@@momihog yeah bc ac5 is set in a post apocalyptic world after years of war if you want to know the plot of armored core 5 and verdict day go to go watch acl video of the story of armored core 5 and Verdict day part 1 and part 2

[@WhatNow505]

Yes Ayre, i am the fire, I am the light that'll burn rubicon. Though my existance will cease, it is important to burn the highly potential threat that not only humanity will suffer. Coral Must Die. This is the fires of Raven.

[@Broken_Savior]

"Your fire must DIE!" 😢 The amount of desperation and wrath lacing her outcry here is just... Jesus Christ, it really doesn't feel good to hear... 😭 Massive kudos to the voice actress. Massive Kudos to everyone, really. This entire cast was outstanding.

[@dirtbones3694]

I chose this ending for my first playthrough and I thoroughly believe that this is the hardest boss in the game

[@R-XI_Sulla]

Iguazu: *chuckles in bullshit melee attacks*

[@onechantz]

I swear to god i rage quit like 2 times and came back each time with a burning vengence to put that bastard to rest​ @R-XI_Sulla

[@R-XI_Sulla]

@@onechantz *chuckles in curbstomping Alluazu with ENTANGLE*

[@raghav1026]

This fight without a pulse weapon is pure hell.

[@R-XI_Sulla]

@@raghav1026 AA But you need to trade with an blade attack of hers

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa7811]

Best ending.

[@mobius1185]

This ending reminds me a lot of the Destroy ending in Mass Effect 3. I also think this is the best ending for humanity. 621 doesn't betray those who help him and become a hidden hero, protecting the essence of humanity from the Coral's corruption.

[@librarian5657]

Get out of my head, i just started looking for this.

[@revivrevalchn3503]

Shame we can't get any of this boss's part at all.

[@aloafofbagels6381]

At least we kinda get the same legs 😅 But yeah Ayre's armor is fricking insane, wish we could get it

[@SOCOM967]

Been waiting for this! Thanks alot!

[@calluminati2426]

talking a lot of crap for someone in stun needle range

[@kiidan]

yep I used this weapon too in this fight. two of them. stuff just kills, once the target is already stunned.

[@NinjaGekido]

Humanity wants to burn it all! hearing her voice tremble made me feel worst great VA

[@superscott9780]

Funny I actually joined her

[@doctorquack-pot4214]

She talks about how you could’ve walked together, the way she says it makes me think she was beginning to have deeper feelings for 621 or rather that she’s had those feelings for some time now. Thinking that makes this fight so much harder because it’s betraying your own friend on top of betraying someone you could’ve had a real future with.

[@adriangerardoibarramenchac4610]

Nah she’s a I.A. Bro

[@doctorquack-pot4214]

@@adriangerardoibarramenchac4610 it’s more like her mind was planted or assimilated by Coral, she’s not an AI but can interact with technology and integrate herself into some technology like her AC in the true ending and the machine she uses in the Fires of Raven ending. She does feel emotions and is capable of expressing them, such as during her boss fight she expresses her want to not fight you. And Ayre does have her own desires and dreams, Ayre sides with the Rubiconians quite a lot; sympathizing with her fellow Rubiconians. She wanted 621 to join her in their shared dream and wanted to save her Coral brothers and sisters. She is not an AI, she is a not a robot.

[@R-XI_Sulla]

Coral is capable of manipulation of everything which uses electrical signals You know The brain uses an mix of chemical and *electrical signals* Remember ayres first dialogue "You have to wake up Before your conciseness gets scattered in the coral flow" Perhaps she speaks out of experience So if she truly would had been an heartless ai she could had just hijacked our brain instead of making an suiciderun against the best ac pilot on rubicon But no She respected our decision But cant condone them

[@Saggy_bones]

@@adriangerardoibarramenchac4610she’s an alien not an AI

[@brogoyle]

@@Saggy_bones I don't even think she's an alien if Rubiconians are humans that colonized the planet. I think she's most like a ghost if anything

[@serikaonoe6493]

Fun fact, Ayre (in japanese) namedrops "The Fires Of Rubicon"

[@KenMochii]

Walter also said "Raven! It's you!! You're The Fires Of Rubicon!!!"

[@christianasiata4485]

‘The two friends fought hard, Ayre, held nothing back, she fought with all her might. Every system, every servo, every booster, pushed to the absolute max. She would fight her once friend till her guns ran dry and her energy blades fizzed out. But after all was said and done, it was not enough. Raven put her down. And as she felt the end draw near, feeling the closest thing to death and A.I can feel, she heard her friend’s voice, a final time, before the blackness swallowed her whole…’ *”Forgive me, Ayre…”*

[@victorykingpin3674]

Ayre is not an A.I., she is a disembodied Rubiconian, nothing more, nothing less

[@spartanblast9189]

I chose this ending for my first one. I was deeply conflicted. Weighing the options, it felt to me I either protected the coral but betrayed Carla, Chatty and Walter and I did NOT want to kill Carla On the other hand, there was a very real possibility burning the coral meant the extermination of a possibly sentient species? (There’s still a lot of questions I have about what coral is innately. Is Ayr and the contact Dolmayan had a special case or is all coral sentient? In the end, it was thinking about “where there’s coral there’s blood” and that even if Arquebus kicked the bucket someone would come in stir things up again later down the line. Alas, it meant sacrificing the RLF and whoever else was on Rubicon, but Arquebus would have slaughtered them all eventually. Rusty… wish it didn’t have to be this way…

[@therandomlaniusedward2140]

Coral is a self-replicating oil, and it have a tendency to converse, therefore making "mutated waveforms" AKA sentience. So, in fact, FoR is a double genocide ending.

[@kevingame3198]

Yeah but history gonna repeat its self to another ac5 timeline if you played that game it wasn't pretty if you don't know the story of ac5. It channel acl dose a great summary kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHvKaoOqZZqSa5Ysi=h8QpmMMtujWLFTfC

[@CallsignAegis]

She turned into a fighter jet

[@kevingame3198]

Nineball seraph can apparently do that too

[@funnipoopoo6189]

the designer of the games mecha did a transforming gundam design so im not surprised

[@angsa91]

I aint hearing this, it even hurts just remembering it. Thank you for posting tho.

[@NinjaGekido]

My Gf said the same things back in high school 😂😂😂

[@jayfernotrash]

Your GF was a Rubiconian who spoke to you in your head and also took control of an AC to stop you from burning Rubicon? Same.

[@glasshoppernarration5165]

That's rough, buddy.

[@Owliare]

Tbh after hearing the idea of symbiosis with sentient space fuel, I'd probably lean towards nuking a planet, too. We dont know what this symbiosis means for our race, and the possibilities of that would be scary.

[@kevingame3198]

It’s probably for a good reason, but things will only get worse from there after this ending. My guess is that it’s gonna be a sequel to armored core but it will drop the numbered and replace it with a subtitle. It’ll be called armored core 6 another age it’ll be somewhat like this if you don’t know the story of another age, back in armored core 2 another age kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmbbaah8irishassi=i6K-JyTdBrgzhhu7

[@dominicron7231]

This was my first ending and proud that it was,especially with Walters parting words :')

[@sdbzfan1]

Same

[@watcherman222]

Same as well. It didn't feel right to me betraying Carla after she saved me a couple of missions back.

[@superscott9780]

​@@watcherman222for me I was Liberator of Rubicon for as much as Carla helped me and she helped me a lot arey help me a lot more not only did she tell me she provided to have to go data she was my partner and she also was just trying to protect your people destroying an entire people I couldn't get myself to do she helped me out a lot and the only thing she asked for was to protect her people so I listen to her I don't regret my choice

[@thelonelystankmuncher8879]

I couldve been the cortana to your masterchief raven

[@dragonlancer1909]

They finally did it, FS made a more heart breaking boss than Maiden Astraea.

[@roriksavant]

Nice touch with the Overseer mech

[@motorsporttj1689]

I still standby the belief that the FoR is the worst ending. But why does Ayres Boss fight have to be fun? Her Boss fight helps me with my dodging. It’s like a weird mix of fun and depression

[@lolztech9267]

This is the best ending what are you on about, Kill the alien that threatens humanity's very existence by simply existing on its own, burn it, wipe it from existence, just because it has a pretty voice and doesn't look like the flood does not make it any less flood-like Rubicon and the star systems around are a small price to pay for the continued survival of the human race

[@J.R-wp6ps]

Bro before Hoe Ending 👍

[@tango5thetargeted73]

It hurt to even just s rank the mission

[@lolztech9267]

Manipulate all you want Coral Lady, your soft words and whimpering cries will not stop me from delivering THE EMPEROR'S WILL, BURN HERETIC, FOR THE GOD EMPEROR, FOR THE IMPERIUM OF MAN!

[@Zehruk]

I was hoping you'd get to this one soon. This was my first ending.

[@lawsontse1545]

As it should be

[@todd3143]

they should make more transformers acs. look at those transformation sequences

[@AlexanderTheAverage10]

"I wish things were different, Ayre. But we both know the corporations will never stop fighting to harness the Coral, to burn your kind in infinite agony. At least this way... this way you, your brothers, and sisters just might find peace. Peace, and finally fall into silence. I'm sorry Ayre, but we've both come too far to not see this through. Farewell... friend" -my thoughts as 621 during this fight, emotions still raw and exposed after having just regretfully dispatched Rusty.

[@Kazuhira2249]

yeah the rubicon liberation front is either naive or dumb if they think corporations will just leave them alone they might be able to defend it for a while they might end arquebus but others will come and eventually corporations will have the firepower equivalent to ibis series cel 240 but mass produced

[@ulric8445]

In the end it was a job, and a job that needed to be completed. Plus no one deserves that kind of power or ability to bring about coral release, the RLF forgets this shit is self-replicating and was reaching critical mass before being stopped by the fires of Ibis

[@sdbzfan1]

Dolmayan knew thats why he tries to kill us

[@zjuraeventide8949]

The RLF were all innocent bystanders in all this. They just wanted the Coral because for all they new some dunderhead scorched the planet and made it virtually uninhabitable and the only source of food they had was meal worms grown on Coral. There's a log you can find talking about how the corporation's Coral survey left little food for the starving children that they had. Dolmayan was the only one who new anything about what Coral really was. Only to have all life on the planet extinguished again. Ayre wasn't just fighting for the Coral, but as a native of the planet she didn't want to see burned away again.

[@emeraldc1823]

Help me understand here, was the coral sort of like sentient gasoline. Like you could put it in your car, and power other machines, and put into weapons like a flamethrower etc. Each droplet its own person but as a whole just a pool of multiple consciousnesses. When lit, they’d blow up like any other explosion, and that was the way they experienced death?

[@ulric8445]

yes, and as stated by the RLF that it was infinite in abundance yet due to the fires of ibis they're now struggling to maintain a steady usage as the wells are running dry, and the corporations want to siphon the rest of it for their own benefits. Meanwhile Allmind wants to use it as a way to begin a machine uprising, its why others tell you that coral release is a bad idea

[@warcriminalyes]

​@@ulric8445no, Allmind want humanity to evolve with Coral, her objective is the same as Ayre. But she wants to do it under her control, like a mad scientist playing god.

[@alphalightning00frost67]

At some point playing this i just broke and went into that warmonger mindset, and my thoughts went like: *"words have no meaning now, the battlefield is where my heart belongs!"* *"you wanna make a monster out of me? Fine... kill them... kill all of them..."*

[@f687sNFM]

Im like "bruh you turned on me first" no sympathy given

[@fusioncell7669]

You mean after you decided to go kill her entire species?

[@kitamirai]

if her dream and the dream of all the people on Rubicon is to kill old Walter, then I will be forced to break it

[@NinjaGekido]

another great vid

[@kevingame3198]

I was able to play fires of Raven route again this time using V1 Freud AC, but with some minor adjustments

[@DuncanMaisonneuve-kk3vf]

Props to them for making an ending choice that was hard. Nier Automata tried it too, but it wasn’t hard for me to side against 9S.

[@0malleyAlleyc4t]

Damn, Modders gotta come together like vertebrae to a spinal cord for the overhaul mod

[@freedeoxide]

Hotely ayre's boss fight was something amazing

[@aliyousefi6910]

Old king is so proud of me

[@hkh4-onehandedvidya]

I accidentslky went fires rout first time

[@colorgreen8728]

If all the coral is burned, then no more can be born, therefore saving Ayre’s kind any more death. In the end, she’s just letting her people suffer

[@LowIntSpecimen]

you could apply this logic to humanity as well you know

[@LunaPPK]

This post is just cope and like the other person said same can be said about us we can all be wiped out to save thos fucking nlue rock we live on since we keep killing it

[@Broken_Savior]

I feel like one of Jewish heritage would have something to say about this hot take.

[@RandomInternetUser-yi5cc]

Imagine if, say, Hitler or Pol Pot said that while they committed genocide