The Meaning of Every Armored Core 6 Emblem

Link to Part 1: • The Meaning Behind Arm...
I initially planned on a very different video that tangentially touched on the meaning of some of the emblems, but the more I researched, the more I found that basically every emblem and AC name in the game has some cool meaning or hidden reference behind it.
►Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Vespers I
03:02 Rusty
05:42 Vespers II
08:14 Balam
10:58 Rubicon Liberation Front
12:49 RaD
14:27 Non-Arena ACs
16:02 Indipendents
20:03 The Name BRANCH
21:30 Outro
►Thanks to:
/ @araghosta for the help with Japanese
u/Smooth-Sail7764 for the help with Chinese
u/CattuDoggu for the insight about Bitter Promise and Reconfig
User @IHiggs for the reference to 9/B - Nine Ball
►And as always, a very special thanks to my lovely wife for all the support ❤️
►Videos used
Nile the whale and her calf:
• I AM ONE OF A KIND NILE
The Itano Circus:
• "It's The Circus"
Devises heroïques (1557 edition), a really cool collection of heraldic devices:
www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/fr...
►Music:
Armored Core OST - Circulation
Armored Core 6 OST - Steel Haze
Armored Core 6 OST - Fight or Flight
Armored Core 6 OST - Watchpoint Alpha (edited)
Armored Core 6 OST - Rough and Decent (edited)
Armored Core 6 OST - Verification (edited)
Armored Core 6 OST - Resolve
Armored Core 6 OST - Contact with You

[@Impact_Player]

Middle Flatwell's emblem being a bird could also be a reference to his position as the 'middle finger', which, when extended, is called giving some one 'the bird'.

[@lanceleonard3079]

how did I never notice that?

[@The_Vesperas]

It's a nod to my old clan Fierce Uprising, I left AC at the 4th, turned my back to make FU in MGO2... That's why Uncle Flatwell exists with the backwards vesperas. I have vids on these, will be making them all better.

[@The_Vesperas]

The game is subtitled it lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4Saf4BqecyDbNk

[@harbingersolution]

8:42 the 5th leg on liger tail is actually referencing G1 Michigan’s giant hog

[@MKmaki6094]

You mean to tell me he loves CRANKIN' HIS HOG?

[@MrChoklad]

Very reasonable interpretation given the character

[@Kinzokugia]

I like to think Open-Faith is more like a Pun that doesn't translate rather than a mistranslation. But that is probably just semantics

[@cjd2889]

The emblem does kind of resemble Mike Tyson if you squint.

[@davinsosa1438]

@@cjd2889Aaaaahahaha

[@pasindudinusha6507]

He is very open about his faith in Arquebus.

[@cjd2889]

@@pasindudinusha6507 IDK, his dialogue during the 2nd Balteus fight leads me to believe he thinks he's surrounded by incompetent vermin, even among the Arquebus board. Edit: Wait, was your comment sarcasm?

[@TheRabidChipmunk]

@@cjd2889underrated reply

[@nitesy381]

Iguazu's emblem is also very symbolic of his insecurities and his relationship with volta. first, its a bunch of ants carrying a stag beetle head but their silhoute is like a stag beetle. iguazu tries to look bad ass by being the ants that took the head but in the end he ends up looking like a poser. also rhino beetles (Volta) are known to have a rivalry with stag beetles (Iguazu) in beetle fighting

[@ProjectTaker]

The ants are very symbolic of his of his insecurity for another reason. The one on the right, not carrying the beetle's head and outside the Red Guns symbol. The guy who feels inadequate, left out and eventually leaves the Red Guns

[@victorprati7908]

Or maybe cuz he's an insect

[@teagancombest6049]

In the final fight Iguazu has basically become an amalgamation with allminds simulations of other pilots who fought you, so he is like an ant hill, multiple units fighting together for the same purpose, and the beetle head is their AC.

[@VictorIV0310]

OPEN FAITH is likely meant to be taken ironically as Snail is not someone to be trusted or have faith in. The logo being a many faced person could also be a visual pun of being “two-faced”

[@Yotrymp]

Really insane double entendre and pun happening too then. Even the emblem references how layered the meaning is lol

[@addypalooza]

What I find ironic is that, while Snail is definitely unworthy of trust and a back-stabbing a**hole, during the game he is nothing but open in his disdain of everything and everyone. I mean, has anyone exchanged a single word with this guy and thought "yep, that's a man I will entrust my life to"?

[@jankbunky4279]

​@@addypalooza True, he's not necessarily a particularly dishonest character compared to others, is he?

[@The_Vesperas]

Wrong, it's actually ALL FACES. Read the Lore guide from the link on my page, your mind will blow.

[@EpochSecutor]

@@addypalooza Maeterlinck, sobbing in the corner :(

[@Bloodfencer1990]

In regards to Sulla's emblem: a snake eating its own tail is a common symbol used in the ancient art/philosophy/science of Alchemy, symbolizing a constant cycle of death and rebirth, or breaking things down to their base elements and then recombining them. The three colours of the snakes, black, white and red correspond with Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo, which are the three stages to creating the Philisopher's Stone and with it the Elixir of Life. As Sulla is a first-gen augmented pilot his emblem can be interpreted as relating to one of alchemy's goals, the creation of artificial humans also known as Humunculi.

[@cvampaul]

Ouroborus cycle?

[@alephnole7009]

was going to say basically the same thing. It's definitely my favorite emblem

[@launcelotdulake8075]

It's also worth mentioning that Sulla's emblem bears a certain resemblance to the Elden Ring logo, and a very distinct resemblance to the Golden Order Fundamentalist seal. Naturally, the observations you made about alchemical symbols play into Elden Ring as well.

[@The_Vesperas]

Sulla's emblem represents Freud, Sulla, and NosAAc so you can use the "other" keys for me and vAAti to know this is no mere coincidence. Not to detract to the simple meanings, this guy is good, but the secret meanings? vAAti snubbed me and walked backwards in the final mission of AC1 in that one video. I'm the guide writer from 20years ago. I'm plastered all over this game to mock him. They give him the backwards V-42"S" legs, and even put floating mines in the Breach Carla mission where NosAAc was in grid 086.

[@dhoffnun]

Mad Stomp: notice the skulls in all the wrinkly toes? Just a neat visual detail. Milktooth: it's gentle and unassuming, completely unlike his AC or emblem - a dynamic that matches his personality; warm and welcoming with weapons and scrapper drones at the ready. Handler Walter: someone online pointed this out; that's a mannequin hand, and it's as bound by the leashes as all the implied dogs at the other end - those leashes being the goals of Overseer.

[@thegreatazal5021]

I also think that Milktooth as it relates to children makes Honest Brute sound innocent but when you actually think about it it illustrates his child like cruelty and capriciousness

[@Seraphiel29]

I always saw Freud's emblem as a human hand emerging out of wires and cables; kinda to symbolize how despite having no enhancements, he still surpasses the rest of the Vespers who all have the latest Augmentations.

[@The_Vesperas]

It's actually about "me" "passing" the "keys". Very difficult, how many people like the fact FreUd isn't augmented, yet rage at me for dissing Auto Aim lol

[@Fauix]

One of the crazier theories i've heard that seems to have a lot of evidence to support it is that Branch are actually the underlings of Overseer. Basically, as the story goes, Carla and Walter discovered that not all the coral was destroyed in the Fires of Ibis, so in order to find the rest of it, the "Convergence" that Walter keeps talking about during the first few acts, Carla enlists the help of a group of mercenaries breach PCA defenses and leak the presence of coral so that overseer may exploit the corporations' resources to find and destroy it. This is also hinted at in the emblems as Branch can be seen as one literal branch of the tree that is Overseer. Something even crazier if true is that Nightfall Raven is actually 617 from the trailers, we saw his battle and grave damage in the story trailer, scavenging parts to rebuild in the reveal trailer, but was still missing a head which just so happened to be a unique experimental part designed by RAD, a gift from Carla to get 617 operational in branch. The rest of his AC is literally just Walters frames in the same color scheme.

[@lanceleonard3079]

Unfortunately the biggest problem with this theory is timing. Carla only showed up in any meaningful way on Rubicon 3 years prior to the game where she took over RaD. Branch has been around long enough that the group is known by Allmind to have a 'rotating membership'. So, much like the Raven callsign having history even before Nightfall, the current members of Branch are not the first incarnation of the group and Branch's existence likely predates Carla's return to Rubicon. 617 being Nightfall Raven also has this problem, with the time between 617's team of hounds being wiped out and Walter going get 621 was likely rather small. We don't know how space travel works in this universe, so getting to and from wherever Walter picked up 621 could give time for some events to happen, but remember that Raven and Branch were the ones to attack LOC station 31 and leak the reemergence of Coral on Rubicon to the wider galaxy and lure corporations to Rubicon and the Corps are already on Rubicon when 621 arrives. Admittedly they don't seem to have been on Rubicon for too long. Both corporations are conducting coral surveys, which is more or less step one in the corporate plan to exploit the coral. In the Assault the Dam complex Michigan makes it sound like G4 and G5 have just arrived on Rubicon (though Iguazu's preceding comment "Doesn't this guy [Michigan] ever shut up?" doesn't gell with G4 and G5's arena bios that suggest they've been part of the Red Guns and on Michigan's shit duty list for a while now).

[@rivvie]

You know what's even crazier? SHADE EYE (Nightfall's head piece) is just a modified FINDER EYE (LOADER 4 head piece), so it could literally just the damaged head getting fixed in a cooler way, which kinda is a tradition to mecha anime (for example, look at Gundam Exia Repair)

[@Fauix]

@@lanceleonard3079 theres also many comments that the cataphract pilot makes that basically says “Raven, its all your fault the leak got out and rubicon turned into the corporations’ playground”

[@Fauix]

@@lanceleonard3079 oh yeah, we also know that ALLMIND has knowledge of events prior to arrival on Rubicon, such as Michigan's involvement in the Jupiter wars as part of Furlong

[@abidalmohimenrashed4524]

aren't all the parts of 617 made from RAD? what makes you think he got walter's parts and colour scheme?

[@kiloechokilo7070]

On 4:47, I'm surprised you also didn't point out the Balam parts on the Ortus, the Huxley and the Abbot. While probably looted by the RLF after the Intercept the Redguns mission, I like to think that Balam chipped in the Ortus' development last minute just to give Arquebus one last middle finger before leaving.

[@todd3143]

perfectly shows how the guy played both sides for gains

[@kiloechokilo7070]

@@todd3143 Does add to Carla saying "Guess he was using the corps too." during your final boss fight with Rusty in the FoR ending

[@lesslighter]

the Huxley was also developed with stolen arquebus technology

[@teslashark]

What really happened is probably Rusty and Michigan throwing the fight to piss off Arquebus

[@MKmaki6094]

The enemy of my enemy

[@kayzersigma]

Handler Walter's emblem is a closed mannequin hand facing down, Freud's emblem is an opened human hand facing up. They're opposites but also nothing else connects them

[@saraczwei6850]

The real life Sigmund Freud had a grandson whose name was... Walter Freud. Yes, spelt exactly the same way. My theory is that at one point in development there might have been a connection between these characters, but it got removed. Their emblems are way too similar to be a coincidence.

[@The_Vesperas]

Actually, I was 100% correct. My emblem (made for me, I am the real Ves, but I never worked for FROM) has the Key because you can unlocked the mockery of vAAti Using Locksmith to differentiate between Vesperas, Sulla, and NosAAc. Just for FUn, Walter and Sulla are based on the same people.

[@The_Vesperas]

No, this is actually just great work. Just like Arquebus is a dyslexic version of Vesperas, and a non to my sniping skills as a "long gun" @@saraczwei6850

[@Rell2601]

Regarding Snail’s AC and emblem, I figured it was a reference to Tyrian purple being extracted from Murex snails. It was a color associated with royalty and obscene wealth in ancient times.

[@JC-eo2qe]

Regarding Umber Ox, it’s notable that many real life cultures consider oxen to be a symbol of wealth, so when you combine the glitzy green gold color scheme and the amount of expensive parts you get a mighty and blinged-out AC, fitting of an ox’s strength and the wealth required to have it.

[@FizzieWebb]

16:14 The colours of the snakes that make up Sulla's emblem, and the colours of his ac, also match pretty closely with the colours on a specific species of snake. The Coral Snake.

[@bignerd7683]

G2 Niles emblem of the 2 whales may have 2 meanings. Whales have the most enormous brain out of all mammals meaning it could be a big brain and a small brain situation representing him and michigan as well as the fact those 2 go deep down Edit: also snails picture looks almost like a cursed front facing yoshimitzu maybe signfying all of the faces snail puts on during his life from a corporate dog to a leader to a sneaky rat and then the face of arquebus itself as said during his balteus fight, with a black hole signifying his lack of anything on inside. His name of open faith could describe his views on coral augmentation viewing it as the best things he could do to himself but shoving a couple hundred to thousands before him to get it right before partaking in himself

[@countvilanova2588]

You forgot one key detail about Swinburne. He is patches and his logo the brain being lobotomized is in the shape of a baby

[@AlterFoxEast]

Personally I prefer thinking that Branch is this game's iteration of a Raven's Nest. Branches are where birds perch to rest, this organisation is characterized by having a Raven. King makes reference to "other Ravens" so that could mean that the organisation hinges on the establishment of a pilot holding the Raven title. After the Defend the Dam Complex mission, Ayre tells you that Branch (what's left of them) has left it to you to champion the free will they stood for. 621 becomes the new Raven and to that extent, you have become Branch. The Raven's Nest and representative of Free Will, very fitting if you were to do this mission for the Liberator of Rubicon ending. You become the very symbol of the Rubiconians' desire for freedom, the "Branch" for their ACs to fight and stand together.

[@goddamnfish]

Iguazu also uses AM parts when you face him in the Institute city, specifically the Mind Alpha arms and Laser ORBT. But it’s pretty hard to notice when you’re busy dealing with both him and Snail ganking you together…

[@cheapgaming3252]

He alr use it to when u fight him at depth 2. Also his generator changed to Arquebus generator (Blue flames) and equipped with Assault Armor (I learned it with the hard way).

[@akirachisaka9997]

Now looking back, Walter’s really do have a “you are not tied with me, I am tied with you” theme there too. Like, the way the puppet strings ties to the hand. It goes all the way up the wrist. This means if you grab the puppet and pull away violently, the whole hand can just get pulled off. The symbol only looks sinister at first glance. The more you look the more you realize how much have Walter tied himself to 621, going all in, and completely without any backup plans to cut ties. Edit: And to add, looking closely, you can see that the hand itself is also a puppet. The ankles shows it clearly. Probably means how Walter is also just a “puppet”, a machine of a greater duty, only built to do what must be done.

[@cheapgaming3252]

Makes sense when he said 'Thats why its not my duty of which mission to choose" during dialogue with Carla.

[@ItsjustAdam1165]

I can see how Snail's AC name could be a mistranslation but I always thought of it as an ironic metaphor for the fact that he's been augmented multiple times. He's got his faith in his upgrades but changes to whatever new thing comes along.

[@NovaBlazerZX]

Li Long makes sense since Wu is the type to take advantage of any opportunity to get ahead, even leaving the Redguns for dead.

[@BigPhilScolari319]

Personal favorite theory: V.III O'Keeffe is impotent, which explains partially further why he is morbidly depressed. (not just the ALLMIND/Coral Release thing) Barren Flower in Japanese is a label for a flower that does not produce seeds and his Coral brain-burn in that is explained in his Arena biography isn't mentioned in the Japanese text, only the effects of Coral on his "body" only. (also he adores Fika, a Swedish past time of Coffee breaks during work, for some reason, which is why he offers the interviewer coffee when he tries chatting to the Vesper pilots)

[@The_Vesperas]

O'keeffe was named after the tall tattoo'd ex girl friend of the original Vesperas (Me). A girl named Rose, who had her tubes tied (Barren Flower). Let's not forget the AC is green 4-legged (clover), she's Irish, and her daughter's name is Raven. This is all explained in the Lore guide in my youtube's profile.

[@taira-ason]

2:02 The original (Japanese) version has English notations in places, and it says "OPEN FAITH". It's a wordplay on "face" and "faith", like you're pointing out.

[@_E135_]

Could be that Snail used a play on words to make himself feel smart, he's self absorbed enough for something like that

[@alastor8091]

One thing i didnt notice about Igauzu's emblem is that its not actually a beatle, but a bunch of ANTS holding up a beetles head. I think it symbolizes his end as a mighty creature made up of many smaller ones. As Iguazu says in the Allmind fight, he's one of many rejects who couldnt hack it. Ants compared to everyone else on Rubucon. All of them have merged to combine strength and defeat you. Allmind is the beetle in the emblem in that she has the power, but needs others to wield it for her, the various lowl level pilots who all come together to puppet her strength.

[@themanwithsauce]

I think Deadsled's emblem is a combination of both of the things you said, and it's just a straightforward mashup. The "Front" of the beast is a fire-breathing, mighty beast capable of killing. The back is that of a wagon or cart, for carrying away the bodies. The red line breaking up the sea of white implies either that he would not accept surrender (white flag representing surrender/mercy, red line implying he will murder anyways) or that he is not above killing "innocents" - people who aren't directly involved in a conflict. Like ,it's one thing to say you only murder other AC pilots, and only do it when they're in their AC - they know what they're in for and are armed accordingly. But if he isn't above killing people outside of an AC, then that red band in the white background shows he will get the kill by any means necessary. Such actions would be seen as particularly monstrous and/or evil if he takes out non-combatants like say a weapons engineer, or would shoot down an aircraft carrying hundreds of people if it meant taking out a general or an AC pilot in the process.

[@blackhawksp4453]

I've noticed that Guidance's emblem depicts the brain as a fetus holding its head, maybe it's because Arquebus and the Vespers go as far as to lab-grow some of their own members?

[@MatsYoo]

i think its because re education and or augmentation surgery makes most people as impressionable as a newborn

[@The_Vesperas]

Look at Snail's AC... we re-educate Vermin :D

[@Marqhll]

I think you're 100% correct. It looks like they definitely switched around the icons for Nosaac and Hawkins. The names of their ACs also make much more sense switched around as well. When Hawkins dies he bitterly asks you if you'd like to join the Vespers. Essentially saying this will ultimately be your reward.

[@MatsYoo]

yeah probably the little room you find nosaac in is just a hindrance in a quad leg ac

[@marcellhegyi1363]

i honestly think Brute was an AI similar to chatty. Then the AC name "milk tooth" could be interpreted as Brute being the first AI made by carla and then having a "falling out" with RAD

[@pasindudinusha6507]

I thought he was Carla's toxic ex

[@arthurpoperavo4595]

There's an STV sketch in game that most likely depicts the RaD, with three individuals that are probably Carla, Rummy, and Brute. So I don't think Brute's an AI like chatty

[@MatsYoo]

idk carla wasnt very fond of him so i dont think she wouldnt insult him as a lowly failed ai project when given the chance

[@pasindudinusha6507]

@@MatsYoo Also Carla adores the stuff she creates more than people.

[@bytz4742]

I personally like to think iguazu's emblem represents how he cant do anything by himself because the only time I've even had problems in a fight with iguazu is when someone else was there to split my attention like the dam complex, the data breach mission and SPOILER FOR NG+++ the allmind fight.

[@kenneraguilan2074]

Sulla's emblem color scheme may also represent the colors of the 3 endings that is based on the alchemy process in creating the Philosopher's stone. blackening(nigredo) whitening(albedo) and reddening(rubedo)

[@attenboro_8371]

probably reaching a bit, but Raven's emblem also looks like VERTEX's logo from Last Raven but facing away from the player instead of towards them

[@livingreverie5951]

my theory for Snail is how slow and deliberate he is at making the plans for Arquebus' operations. His all-heavy AC weight is probably a more physical representation of such slowness. Not to mention that the Parts themselves are really resistant to energy weaponry. So you have to primarily use a Kinetic Weapon, like (prepare for the pun) the AC equivalent of an Assault Rifle.

[@hyp3rblade]

In the mission cataphract, the pilot said that we were the ones that leaked info on rubicon to the corporations. And since we weren’t the ones who did it… Raven was definitely the one who did, which his ac name “nightfall” could represent the darkness that has swallowed rubicon

[@jankbunky4279]

I think Walter's logo shows his connections to other people. He's pulling all kinds of strings, but the hand and wrist are also totally a part of this tangled mess. He's pulling a certain load, but the load is pulling back, and he can't let go anymore.

[@kentaroukamakiri5384]

OPEN FAITH emblem is thought to be based on the Buddhist statue called '宝誌和尚'.Of course, Augmented Human surgery is also included as a motif.

[@themanwithsauce]

The more I learn about AC6 lore, the more I'm convinced "Carla" was reborn in the fires of Ibis. Like she underwent something like a reverse-contact. Her spirit was consumed by the energy, but instead of being wholly absorbed back into the coral or being vaporized like the others, she was able to "contact" a newborn child and essentially be regenerated. So her memories, her consciousness, and her mission are able to be continued, much like a spider can remake its web by eating it, her spirit got a reboot so she can keep making progress even though by all accounts she should be ~100 years old. Perhaps chatty was already programmed by then and was able to help her out? Or perhaps chatty was an old friend who didn't make it? It is odd that Carla is both the only character to have access to such an advanced AI and is also consistently commented on as seeming to be too old to be the participant in this conflict that she is.

[@FirehawkSHD]

Nah its definitely side effects from smoking coral beside getting high

[@lanceleonard3079]

The Fires happened half a century before hand and Carla wasn't present for it. She was tasked by Naigai to get Walter off Rubicon - heading to Jupiter specifically. Carla's age is likely more in the 80s, assuming she was somewhere in the more reasonable 30s. She's mentioned repeatedly to at least appear to be younger than she actually is, but that could be the result of technology she might have had access to back in SOL or even that just having access to 'modern' medicine and proper nutrition of that time might allow for such graceful aging. After all, the dosers and Ayre would be comparing her to the other survivors of the Fires who had to live in truly terrible conditions.

[@MatsYoo]

i think dosing makes you live longer not shorter thats why shes still young and able to pilot an ac

[@zjuraeventide8949]

​@@MatsYooThat wouldn't make any sense since it's the dosers who suspect Carla's origins are false.

[@osakanone]

You missed that Mad Stomp is a callback to The Mad Stomper from Wizardry: Its why his core is yellow like a rubber duck, why he yells mad stomp, and that's a callback in turn to the fact Wizardry was a huge influence on Kingsfield, FROM's first game to market and second to concept.

[@NguyenMinh-mp2jx]

Brute is definitely tie to his betrayal against Carla. Reference to the assassination of Caesar.

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Also why his nickname is "Honest". The RaD bosses' nicknames are all supposed to be ironic; Brute betrayed Carla, Stick was created primarily so Carla could have someone to bounce ideas off of... ...and Carla may or may not actually be a survivor of the Fires of Ibis.

[@TheMurbler]

A great thing with chatty sticks emblem, is that it also looks like circuits!

[@RashFever26]

Circus... Circuits...

[@RogueishRaven]

Flying Tampons.

[@Daanikduul]

When I first got Mad Stomp's emblem I called it "the Frenzied Foot" having just come off of Elden Ring with all its fingerprint motifs 🤣

[@PonchoANS7]

Phenomenal video. I suppose you didn-t bring up Rusty's two emblems because the symbolism is pretty obvious; muzzled wolf under Arquebus, unleashed wolf after revealing himself. You missed a few other details, but as I said, excellent video.

[@load-bearingcoconut5586]

He made mention of the two emblems of Rusty & Steel Haze in part 1, actually.

[@JKKoneofakind]

THANK YOU. I've been ranting about Jonathan Livingston Seagull's parallels to AC6 since it dropped lol. Someone on the AC6 team 100% read JLS, and there is no way anyone could convince me otherwise.

[@teslashark]

Kate Markson is also from Wittgenstein's Mistress

[@alexanderhenriquez9354]

Man, I love the deep dives you do into this game. Really interesting interpretations too. Keep it up!

[@ryanpo3584]

Yeah, I think when rusty fights you in chapter 4 he was just re-educated by snail.

[@robtallud1987]

To me as I was finishing up NG++, I noticed a color scheme similarity between Sula's emblem and the 3 endings: Black Snake = Fires of Raven (Dark ending) White Snake = Liberator of Rubicon (Good ending) Red Snake = Alea lacta Est (Coral ending)

[@thefroknight3149]

Just noticed the brain in Swinburne's emblem looks like a baby-

[@AgentSapphire]

Whales, despite being air breathing creatures, can dive deep. These specifically depict the blue whale which can dive over 1000ft. However they are also filter feeders so most of their food is closer to the surface. It could have something to do with the fact that, even though the whales are meant to be nearer to the surface, they are capable of reaching places you wouldn't expect? However if we discard the specific species of whale we can get a different meaning out of it. The sperm whale is one of the deepest diving whales and it goes down like that in order to hunt giant and colossal squid. And those squids are what the kraken is based on. So a whale diving down could represent how Nile is taking care of the big threats behind the scenes where its dark and no one can see. The reference to HAL might also refer to 2001 a space odyssey where a rogue AI prioritizes the mission over everything else. Even the lives of the crew.

[@C4six-two-one]

Another fantastic video! Great catch on Ayres emblem in the game startup. Ill look for it next time I play.

[@ruby_240]

I love so much this video, it all makes so much sense, i especially loved the part about noah and branch, amazing content!

[@waspoptic]

Man I love this. There's so much story and character hinted at purely by these tiny little pictures. I'm gonna have to look into this more on my own, but thank you for this beautiful analysis! Excellent video!

[@absurd.gaming]

Awesome video! Thanks for putting in the work. Some of these puzzles eluded me.

[@ezariogerion3138]

11:05 Iguazu also begins using Allmind parts by the time you encounter Snail in the sewers. Specifically - arms, together with the three you mention making a full Allmind frame.

[@MTG69]

The OST of AC6 is one of the best this year. The music just hits.

[@PitaKFoXHounD]

Great video, awesome lore, beautiful edits! Thank you so much.

[@thehylianloach9473]

AMAZING research on this video my man, great job!

[@Ovakilov]

This video has a lot of entertaining insights!

[@SimonSater]

I really really REALLY appreciate your theory about Branch!

[@jacksonwilliams5399]

I remember someone describing fromsoft’s stories like archeology. We are given so little, yet through collaboration and the discussion of ideas, we can come closer to either the right interpretation or at least as close as we can get. Makes sense too because we see everything as 621, but they don’t get the time to actually get to know most of these people.

[@jimjam4656]

The "brain" in Swinburne's emblem is a baby in the womb. It seems he's a frightened child on the inside, and the invasive augmentation was on a weak pilot. He cracks under pressure easily.

[@bram9762]

Allmind parts are awarded through the loghunt program, so I imagine Rokumonsen got them through hunting like we do.

[@spectrala.i.3190]

this video is insane, the amount of research put into it

[@shiloh6915]

The headbringer emblem is an amazing foreshadow to the plot of AC6, as it takes multiple ants to kill one beetle.

[@fennel6921]

this is a fascinating and really well researched video!! the noahs ark + branch part is especially compelling to me, i think its a SUPER solid concept... i wanted to point out too, umber sounds like umbra which means shadow in latin, aster like astra meaning stars... and then theres nightfall in the same group!

[@imthestormthatisapproaching]

bro i love your lore video, keep up the great work

[@Vasholino]

Man this is certified awesome content! Keep it up!!!

[@fetus_deletus]

Walter’s emblem goes so deep. At first glance, it looks like a hand holding a bunch of leashes, which fits in with the his “hounds.” However, when you look closer, you realize it’s actually a puppet hand, which is bound in those leashes. This is an excellent representation of how he feels obligated to fulfill his dead friends’ mission, and his dedication to Overseer. He is bound by a promise.

[@stripedhyenuh]

Not sure if it was already covered in another video but Pater's "dual nature" is also likely a reference to Patches/Pate/Patch from Dark Souls and AC4. Acting like a nice guy and then revealing his true intentions when the facade is no longer necessary

[@23ssaavedra44]

Open faith is a great pun i like and it lines up with snail being the "brains" of the operation (much like freud's "snail" brain). I think the emblem suits the pilot, plus he's gone through a lot of augmentation

[@RudeXII]

Handler Walter's emblem being a hand that holds many leashes and the AC pilots he handles all being called dogs, mutts, or hounds probably holds some sort of deeper meaning as well

[@gumebe4349]

Alternatively, it's a symbol of how he's been bound to some sort of duty (won't go further into it for fear of spoilers). Imo, his emblem has a dual meaning to it. The leashes could be interpreted as chains to bind someone else or as chains to bind the hand that is Walter. Also, awful pun but he is your HANDler after all.

[@The_Claymores]

best chat comments section I've seen in a long time. Love reading everyone's theories about the pilots and their emblems.

[@hazougaming]

I like how Ring Freddie and Dolmayan were lovers, but it's never delved into, it's just a fact that's there. Great video, always interesting to see the inspiration behind the names and designs that Fromsoft draw from!

[@artisan2906]

LETS GO GAYS!

[@serse8455]

Came for Armored Core, stayed for Eni lore

[@addypalooza]

No one expects the ENI lore

[@IllusionisticOrtus]

Your'e Videos are awesome about Armored Core

[@PinkTuskedMammoth]

Very cool. I think you might have nailed it with reconfig and bitter promise too.

[@a.maillardangelopoulos1155]

That is a well done vid, buddy

[@thealliedpowers]

massive thanks for pointing out the itano circus reference

[@H4zZ4rDGaming1]

amazing video

[@Drillz007]

this is fantastically put together all the details all the information (shows the effort they put into 6 as well) i cant help but notice you skipped the part for rustys emblem going from a muzzled wolf (since he had to hold back and stay quiet to keep his identity secret) to a wolf bearing its fangs (his new AC to use against organizations) for carlas emblem being the spider either eating or spinning a web i see it that it is part of her machine since it is all about casting a net of missiles to trap opponents into for milk tooth as you pointed out the emblem has double sets of teeth like a kid which is how he acts being desperate for attention no matter what he has to do to get it as for ravens emblem having one raven stealing feathers from another raven is exactly what 621 did by taking the license and doing all the various missions up to that point its like a bird building wings out of the feathers of either birds it has witnessed falling or that it has personally slayed

[@cibelmancilla]

Thanks!

[@snakebot4986]

Great video!

[@maloa.10]

Bonjour, excellente vidéo, félicitation pour ton travail

[@john-paul3271]

Freud’s symbol is just too similar to an inverted Walter. Walter is pulling the strings together. Freud is being held in place by the strings. His is hand trying to get free. It has the key, but no lock. Maybe in development they were more closed tied together. Both are great pilots. They must have known each other at some time.

[@saraczwei6850]

That's my theory too, given that the real life Sigmund Freud had a grandson named Walter Freud.

[@teslashark]

@@saraczwei6850 I always think V1 is Lucian Freud not Sigmund

[@saraczwei6850]

@@teslashark Ah, interesting. Looking into it, it seems like Lucien and Walter Freud were cousins.

[@TheXientist]

The way the wax drips off the Candle Ring emblem it makes me think its a reference to the Eclipse from DS3 as well.

[@The_Vent_Goblin]

With Swinburne, the brain almost looks like a baby

[@transgender_F-117]

7:38 hate when people say this boys got spilt personalities when it's clearly just his autisms survival mode kicking in

[@Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaah]

One of the possible interpretations of Snail's icon is that it is stated in the lore that he enjoys going through augmentation surgeries to be a better pilot, and as we saw what those surgeries might involve from AC6 trailer/cinematic (the one that features 621 on the table), he might very well have an open face in real life

[@woahmama]

I think I may actually know partial answer for Deadsled emblem. The creature depicted on the emblem reminds me of Yokai Kasha There are elements that don't fit but the element of fire, chariot and lion/cat like tail really reminds me of it. From wikipedia: The kasha (Japanese: 火車, lit. 'burning chariot' or 'burning barouche', or 化車, 'changed wheel') is a Japanese yōkai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds. Japanese folklore often describes the kasha as humanoid cat-demons with the head of a cat or tiger and a burning tail. They are similar to other demons such as Nekomata and Bakeneko and get often interchanged with them. Kashas are said to travel the world on burning chariots or barouches, stealing the corpses of recently deceased humans, which were not yet buried and who had been sinful in life. They bring their souls to hell Now obviosly it needs a bit of digging, but the emblem may be inspired by some multple death symbolism in general. The back legs being wheels was especially stricking to me, because Kasha is sometimes depicted with back legs sitting on wheels. I learned about this Yokai because of Nioh 2 that has... very horny.... representation of this yokai lol

[@silent6234]

The final theory about Branch makes total sense. Not far fetched at all. Great job on the video!

[@BlockyCraft-oo6ji]

V.II's made a COMPLETELY different image in my head the first time I saw it XD

[@hugoalbarca5084]

Don't worry, you french pronunciation neat. Thank you so much for all these analysis

[@unexpectedgouf5225]

I find Cannon Head's emblem to be a callback to Vaoh from Armored Core for Answer and his tank AC with the twin gatlings since his emblem looks like a beetle.

[@oOKakarotOo]

very nice video

[@michaelspezzi4165]

Nice!!

[@BaphomentIsAwsome666]

I think Milk Tooths second row of teeth symbolizes his speech. If he is always lying or tell the truth because some of his dialog throws me off.

[@todd3143]

locksmith is locksmith because freud is able to craft the perfect keys to every mission as well as the perfect locks to every security missions i suppose, but the locksmith house detail is cool snail’s emblem also seems to show how his “high class” personality is a shell for his more rageful true self, and there being 2 layers might imply that he behaves differently to the arquebus higher-ups? i’ve always seen him calling 621 a hound as a projection of his own frustrations. snail is also a hound to arquebus. he’s not their best pilot, and he could be fired and even replaced by more promising, more cooprative pilots. open face then seems like a better fit, because snail seems to feel at ease the most when piloting his ac, who’s also the slowest (?) ac in the arena, opting for extremely slow legs for a more leisure cruise ever since knowing alba means dawn in latin, the “into the dawn” line in rusted pride sounded cooler. i also like how rusty’s emblem is a wolf, which reminds me of a dog and how loyal he is to his cause. he also seems to be the most embracing of the pilot’s “hound” thing, as he’s fighting for the thing he loves and is loyal to instead of for himself since pater is the only gen10, he’s technically a baby in a sense because everyone else is either an older gen or has spent a lot more time fighting without augmentation whales also have the largest brain in any mammal (brain to mass in any mammal? please fact check me). nile is the big brain. he’s number 2, so 2 whales. easy emblem design not just insect themed, but while volta’s is just a beetle, iguazu is a bunch of ants bringing a head (haha). 621 crushes iguazu like an ant throughout the game, until many of hims come together, wearing a new head, to battle 621. because the ants are lifting the beetle’s head, you can easily misinterpret it as just a picture of a beetle, so it plays well with the fact that iguazu is wearing allmind’s head at the end and suddenly comes across as significantly more threatening red also dons michigan’s drill sargeant personality like a hermit crab wearing a shell while yue yu is chinese, her emblem design reminds me of the japanese story of how a carp climbs a waterfall and becomes a dragon, and yue yu seems to be in that inbetween stage. either way, her emblem definitely instills a sense of hope the detail about tsubasa’s lightness is so cool the spider eating back its web = carla redeeming herself is such a cool detail so my interpretation of milktooth is that it alludes to the “history” between brute and carla. carla has the full course, and brute has the teeth to eat said full course. i interpreted his dialogue that they could have once had a thing, or probably brute was a pupil of carla and then his pupil status will be turned in for a leader status (like how a milktooth is replaced by a real one), which explains how he’s able to rewire many of carla’s toys at once and how he’s able to steal the needle (or the orc?) i think you’re pretty much spot on with decoding the ib co3 hal 826 name the echo detail is so cool. it also represents well the plot point of how ac’s are the new “echos” of the human-coral lifeforms sulla’s emblem is probably an alchemy reference as well (along with coral, sol, etc.). red, black and white represent things (which i forgot) that are ingredients for the philosopher stone. in ac6, the new lifeforms are the philosopher stone, and a person who’s perfectly “entangled” with their ac and a coral lifeform (the black, white and red parts respectively) is the trigger, and sulla was supposed to be this guy i guess, before 621 arrived the raven thing is beautiful. i thought that branch is simply a group that supports raven, like how king or chartreuse or ayre (don’t remember which one) says how branch is meant for a raven to perch on. i hope i didn’t dream that up, but nevertheless, i like how there’s a group that’s just raven fanboys and fangirls, like the armored core fanbase thank you for reading my take :)

[@RashFever26]

Iguazu's emblem showing ants lifting the beetle is also signifcant because ants are known to lift several times their body weight, and Iguazu reveals massive inner strength when he manages to shut down Allmind, Ayre and two C-spiders through sheer rage alone.

[@MKmaki6094]

@@RashFever26it could also represent how tiny he is compared to anyone else despite his gloating. And that he could only reach his potential by working with others (which he seems ironically very opposed to), eventually merging with ALLMIND and working with others like him inside of the SOL to overtake her control. Real interesting interpretations you could get with a lot of these

[@GrieveIV]

I like to think that while Walter’s emblem can be interpreted literally, depicting his hand as a handler. It can also in a more speculative way, be seen as Walter’s promises to his deceased allies dragging him to a deadly end. And maybe he designed his emblem such knowing in some capacity that he’s weighted down by the promises he made. That his personal mission only has one end. Dying fulfilling it, or dying trying.

[@casualtr4sh]

The name barren flower paired with O'Keefe is pretty interesting given what she tended to make her flowers look like

[@Altair567]

I think the nautical theme of Nile's emblem and AC name may draw reference to a Navy type background for his character

[@Shedovv]

17:00 This whole thing with swapped Emblems could also be due to the part where Nosaac is in such deep debt at this point that he ended up trying to do what he does in the mission we meet him. Potentially indicating that the person he mistakes 621 for, is Hawkins.

[@derpi3438]

With Flatwell also having a bird theme, I wonder if he originally was going to have a more important relation/interactions with Raven

[@yourfriendbryan2362]

Just because I haven't seen it yet; a "cold call" is a sales tactic where you solicit people unprompted by phone or in person. I imagine related to their penchant for showing up unannounced on business.