The Surprisingly Successful Collab Between R6 and Arknights

[@ehsrrim]

1k likes and I'll cover the story in depth

[@Vadikus2424]

Aight bet

[@XenoflareBahamut]

The Hivemind: *Starts swarming

[@МиколаПопп]

@@ehsrrim Pls no I warned you at least look anime if you mean entire story of ak OR only story (Which not original just like as a parallel universe) of colaboration with raimbow 6 siege Well this is good one job cus probably not a lot people mainly people from r6s understand why this colaboration is good. (I honestly think they did not even know they got collaboration with this game 2 times)

[@МиколаПопп]

@@ehsrrim sorry my Explanations are hunga bunga super bad.

[@ehsrrim]

@@МиколаПопп nah you good, also I meant that I was gonna properly cover just the r6 collab, cuz I don’t have the brainpower for the whole storyline.

[@assistantfire]

arknight sleeper agent being called whenever someone talk about arknight in non arknight channel

[@ehsrrim]

@@assistantfire yeah I have no idea what I have gotten myself into

[@akbarindo8976]

As Arknights and Rain World sleeper agent, i can confirm

[@SluggoKat]

​@@akbarindo8976RAIN WORLD MENTIONED

[@tearaterranean6401]

@@akbarindo8976 Still surprising that Arknights agent somehow always overlap with Rain World agent, and I'm one of them too!

[@Itashafan]

Literally me 😂

[@KKDY28]

We are being summoned I repeat WE ARE BEING SUMMONED!

[@ehsrrim]

What have I done...

[@SoulWhiteAngel]

​@@ehsrrimnothing bad.

[@ninja6245-real]

@@ehsrrimRelax. You summoned the more… Respectable side of the community. Just don’t mention certain operators and you’ll be fine…

[@ehsrrim]

@ oh my God now I gotta be REALLY careful

[@ninja6245-real]

@ Fortunately none of the operators mentioned in both stories related to Rainbow 6 Siege are on that list.

[@AAAAnca]

"What do you mean you won't survive jumping from the 4th floor and landing on your feet on the ground?? I thought you were elites????" - a random Terran civilian to one of the R6 Ops

[@ninja6245-real]

Blaze legit jumped from a plane WITHOUT A PARACHUTE! SHE FREAKING PUT A CRATER WHERE SHE LANDED!

[@kaynanbirro7277]

​@@ninja6245-real She was hulk jumping through the city while Doctah was hanging on to her shoulder for dear life

[@DiceTwenty]

damn, this comment is spot on.

[@Rena152]

"Why did you take so long?" "I took the stairs." "Why didn't you just jump from the window?" "If I jumped from the 4th floor, I'd die." Doc was so real for this

[@7HFEstorque]

​@@Rena152theyd die from jumping 2nd floor tbf

[@baconmandanthe3rd944]

dont remember the exact line but there was this one exchange that really stood out to me in originium dust. NPC: wow, you guys don't have oripathy? no infected, a place without hatred, where everyone's equal? lordy loo, what kind of paradise is that? Blitz: ... Frost: ... Ash: *sigh*...

[@LivedGt]

Well compared to Terra, We don't have to worry about sea horrors and demons form the north...

[@Fauz-f5y]

@LivedGt or the seaborns from the sea of the South

[@whitewolf9159]

Just shows how fucked up living in Terra is if our world seems like a paradise.

[@peacechan4500]

And one of them basically said. We have our own problems

[@openthinker6562]

That's the problem with humanity (and most living beings). We form groups based on either similarities or threats. Without some huge outside threat to unite humans, we sort ourselves into smaller groups that clash.

[@MisterLewl]

He has became John Arknights!

[@ehsrrim]

OH YEAH!!!!! (I don't even play arknights)

[@TunderHoof7]

​@@ehsrrimYou should try it, it's worth it.

[@echo_a1m4]

​@@ehsrrimwell now you have a reason to

[@tomatomaki]

​@@ehsrrim If I got a coin for every content creator who explicitly says they do not play Arknights but extensively covers said topic on somewhat regular basis I will have 2 coins. Which isn't alot, but it's weird it happened twice.

[@Nezram13]

​@@tomatomakiwho is the 2nd one?

[@gings4ever]

just some weird aspects in the lore for those who are interested: - Ela visited Not-Poland called Kazimierz, which is predominantly full of horse folk, and encountered an Operator rolling for Rhodes Island there, codename Whislash. Her real name is what made Ela miiiidly miffed as she shares the same name with her sister: Zofia - Blitz became really interested in Not-Austria-Germany called Leithanien, went there, somehow rescued a Graf (Count) and became friends with them - Doc is rolling as a wandering doctor and people refer to him as a Not-France guy hailing from Gaul. Here's the bit: Gaul as a nation is already gone but man there are a lot of things linking that old nation to all of Terra - Tachanka likes talking to the Not-Russia peeps, called Ursus. And true to the name, a buckload of people from Ursus are bears. He kiiinda found out about what happened at Chernobog and was simmering and silent for a while (the main enemy force in the first half of the story, Reunion, coralled a LOT of students into the Peterheim campus grounds, and shit went dark in there. five youngins there who are operators for Rhodes Island have varying degrees of PTSD) - Fuze likes to hang around with Mechanist, a giraffe mechanic, in Engineering. finds the head, Ada Church codenamed Closure, a vampire, to be one mouthy girl. - Ash is slowly forming a Terra equivalent of RAINBOW, yet still has DOES NOT COMPUTE moments in the world of Terra. she was relieved to know that Not-America called Columbia here was more or less "normal" - Iana made a shortwave radio which awed everyone yet also somehow managed to catch something transmitting in that waveband - Frost made not-Scandinavia called Sami hunters into fast friends as hunting THERE isn't the same as shit in Alaska. To the bros up Europe's north, operators there are Santalla (Finnish), Typhon (Swedish), and Qaniplaat (actual Sami)

[@notusneo]

Tbf Closure is indeed a chatterbox

[@youmu8331]

@@notusneo And Closure keeps stealing our (Doctor) money. For Gambling.

[@Fauz-f5y]

ah yes Columbia, where it was American colonials from 18th century with frontiers and all that while at the same time the Not-military-industry-complex-america from 21st century also exist.

[@NareshSinghOctagon]

@@youmu8331 ,Goddamn grease monkey-vampire needs to drink that motor oil. And all without pants.

[@tanith117]

When the Team meets up again after a Year, Ash gives them all a map that marks the most Dangerous places on Terra , The rest of the team decides that sounds like a swell time.

[@helloblocks.4310]

It is honestly Very funny the amount of passion and effort that was put from Hypergryph's side into these collabs, from production of animated, voice acted trailers (both 3D and 2D), getting all the voice actors to reprise their roles, Skins, beautiful CG illustrations featuring the most iconic art piece of Siege recreated in the AK style, new gameplay mechanics, honestly pretty fun map designs, banger OST (search up Lucent Arrowhead's boss theme it is seriously a boop), carefully thought-out, lore-rich stories with interesting themes that tie in with the main theme of the game, as well as fleshing out the Rainbow six characters in a way that could get anyone not familiar with them (me) to get attached to them and pull (I did, 90 pulls for 'em all, baby!) and Ubisoft's side of the collab was (AFAIK) a lobby background of Rhodes Island and a gun accessory of the Doctor (the POV player character) in a chibi design. Highly Funny

[@ehsrrim]

That was the most surprising thing to me, they really put the time to replicate the operators in that art style. And for the shitty "artist" that I am, I definitely appreciate the work they put in. I never expected them to respect the IP so well. The soundtrack definitely matches the intensity of siege's soundtrack, and I actually thought of using it in the video, but it was a little too intense for the vibe I was going for.

[@SoulWhiteAngel]

​@@ehsrrimthe fact the stages in the 2nd collab was also in the style of attacking and defending but in blue and orange rather then red was also a nice touch. Not to mention the background to stage select was a top down of the place they were defending (like in choosing your def spot phase) was also a neat touch. They did so well.

[@ehsrrim]

@@SoulWhiteAngel I didn’t realise the blue and orange color scheme they had going on, nice touch

[@R4yleonard]

The Behind The Scenes video they posted revealed he actually played R6S. Considering how people found hints of him actually liking the other 2 IP they collab with (Monster Hunter and Destiny 2). It all checks out. This is the work of an actual fan who appreciates and love the IP.

[@q55102gj]

@@R4yleonard True. Lowlight, one of the founders of Hypergryph and Production lead of Arknight, is a R6 player. Chinese communities often make fun of Lowlight that he's using his company fund on these collabs so he could justify playing these games on the job.

[@tweetug3697]

We did it guys, We the Many has done their job. We keep getting random KZbinrs to know more about Arknights.

[@ehsrrim]

@@tweetug3697 wow i’m just a random KZbinr to you, how rude

[@carljaspert.delosreyes8293]

bruh HAHAHA

[@Tsunamiatunzen1]

@@ehsrrim Um, to let you know what the reference is about, We the Many is basically a Chthulhu-inspired sea horror faction that assimilates/transforms anything they attack. So maybe borrow some incendiaries from Tachanka and/or Capitao?

[@cxfgjklihgfcvhjnknhjknvbvvcflk]

lesss gooo

[@TonyRedgrave]

Yea, Inquisitor? This guy right here. This is the guy talkin' like a seaborn.

[@xrosethegreat9048]

Talking about the r6 guys in terra- even their stats and gameplay are integrated in how they exist in the story, they have lower defenses and resistance even with high attack, because it's heavily implied that Earth Humans are weaker then the humans of modern day terra (of which the player character might be for various lore reasons). really the r6 collab has a Massive amount of main story implications that are *so cool* but also so well integrated its impossible to talk about without first understanding arknight's world and story.

[@cmstrlisteningpostno.1269]

Still doesn't stop Blitz popping an S2 and somehow stunning the three big burly Sarkaz he's been blocking. Jokes aside, I didn't notice their stats had nice flavor in them to reflect the differences between the Earthlings and Terrans. If anything, their kits do reflect that Team Rainbow are at a disadvantage but not wholly defenseless - their training, experience, and equipment is what gives them needed edge and HG did well in making it clear in their kits.

[@eis6570]

​@@cmstrlisteningpostno.1269**meanwhile Ela casually fucking someone's day with S3 (Or S2 if you're feeling duck hunting.) **

[@cmstrlisteningpostno.1269]

@@eis6570 lmao, or Ash somehow tearing some poor schmuck after she chucks a flashbang into their face. Actual "Think fast, chucklenuts" meme. Iana's S1 with her grenade throw is also funny, just yeeting the exploding ball at some rando at the other end if the map.

[@Littleman3240]

I never quite figured out the strength difference between Earth and Terran humans, because on one hand yes, you have things like Tachanka struggling to prime a Terran crossbow, but on the other hand Ash straight up beats a man to death in the event.

[@ATLAS_45445]

One of the best collabs imo. Definitely worth my time enjoying through both collab events and still love Fuze’s reaction to meeting one of the habitants of Terra on the second event. Word for word “A furry kidnapping party? That’s new.” That shall live rent free in my head. Can’t wait for an eventual 3rd event.

[@hearth1570]

On Allah please jet my boi Jackal be in it as a 5 or 6 star I would spend for him.

[@einsUNDcolt]

In Arknights, Tachanka sort of becomes a father figure for a group of bear girls from Totally-Not-Russia.

[@ehsrrim]

I think somebody else brought that up, its a very interesting moment that i’ll look into whenever I decide to read the operations again.

[@PotatoBento0.o]

@@ehsrrim you can find those stories too on their character profile and their weapon modules. You can see there how other people reactions on them or how they are living in terra their strengths are fascinating because it focus more on their expertise and tactical prowess which makes them formidable the mentioned story is found on tachanka's operator profile and weapon module [i don't where or if the weapon module stories are available online though]

[@zomfgroflmao1337]

@@ehsrrim You shoud totally read the event 'Children of Ursus' it is a fun and light hearted story about the children of a certain school in not Russia.

[@SpecsWitched]

​@@ehsrrim Do not Children of Ursus, it is a heart wrenching event that will drain you of your hope for humanity

[@supertoastdemon]

Do read children of ursus, it's a fantastic lighthearted and heartwarming cooking side story that will leave you hungry

[@bucketofcopium]

Basically: Terra is "Earth, but with incurable cancer rocks" in a nutshell (super oversimplified, but I think it gets the point across)

[@oranges_areblue]

so... earth? cuz uranium and plutonium are also cancer rocks (while curable not very often)

[@matasa7463]

It's about equal to the time of pre-WWI for us, so German is still basically the later empire era, Britain is still being as imperialistic as ever, with decline in slow motion, America is in the middle of growing into a superpower with thoughts of conquest (Manifesting that Destiny all over the place), Russia is also in the later stages of their empire, China is still ruled by Emperors and Mandarins, and of course, there's the overarching tone of "we're about to have a great war, so great, we won't need another." But because of Originium Arts and technology, and the lack of gunpowder and automatic weapons, their history developed quite differently. The Catastrophes and mobile cities also changed how things worked for them. For instance, their France got crushed and never was able to recover, due to their mobile cities having been taken, resulting in no chance of the population ever recovering from that loss.

[@humha7613]

don't forget the hivemind in the sea... or the extra dimensional fuckery on the North... or the fake sky

[@alvianekka80]

Besides Originium catastrophe that ravages the land, we have super-adaptive hivemind creatures in the south sea and reality-bending anomalous entities in the north icefield. Yeah, Terra is not the most ideal place to live.

[@05-CuzPie]

No shit sherlock, MTF gonna have a field day in Sami😂

[@JustSmileyFace...]

"Mysterious entity killed people in Russia" Sami people after hearing someone from earth telling the news: "wow, that's suprisingly normal"💀

[@SomeBoEdy10012]

We also had a 12 siblings of a literal Dragon God and they're like fragments of it.

[@PlasuMinasu]

omg hi xD

[@Giovansbilly]

​@@SomeBoEdy10012And there are more of said gods. And speaking of gods, don't forget the animal ghosts with powers on par with the gods

[@SussyDark]

I advise you to read the R6 operator files in arknights. There's not a lot of Text, but it's interesting to see their interaction with Terra, especially with technology. For example, a file that tells how a man from the technical department is puzzling over fixing a Tachanka's machine gun, since there is no gunpowder on Terra

[@typeoddnamehere2362]

What they did with Blitz's shield is pretty funny. They just went 'meh, just stick a couple of flashbangs on the front of the shield and a trigger to detonate them and call it a day'. They were also utterly confused at Iana's gadget and just changed how it was powered.

[@yoowassup-sl4pk]

4:02 ofc dawg the vids like almost 5 mins

[@ehsrrim]

Yeah but you'll be surprised how quickly viewership goes down after 5 minutes

[@yoowassup-sl4pk]

@@ehsrrim true

[@Avarice_Alt]

My favorite part of the events is how they acknowledge that the guns aren't as effective because of the constitution of the people there but that even knowing that their guns are easy to use and that it doesn't take any magical skill means it could change how warfare is conducted on terra should word get out. Fyi the ease of use and the effectiveness of their guns is still there, even with originium dust rounds moving their effective range from 700m to 400m. It's like shooting at people who have kevlar everywhere on their body, sure it won't penetrate but it'll likely break some ribs or crack your sternum and getting shot in the head can vary from concussion to brain hemorrhage depending on the damage. It really puts into perspective what kind of impacts these random mercenaries and soldiers could have should the information about their weapons and how to manufacture them become known. Also it's likely that there is slight differences in chemistry for terra or that they haven't discovered the base parts for nitrocellulose (modern smokeless gunpowder) so they use a substitute gunpowder in the form of an originium dust compound.

[@8azyadwystanvalerian406]

I'm pretty sure the chemistry on terra isn't different than on earth it's just that originium arts can control chemical reactions and physics. If you look at reed's (vanguard) file it says that arts can directly control combustion, not to mention what reed herself has as arts.

[@haveiszalfaroqie1628]

The original, earthling guns are as deadly to Terrans as they would to Earthling humans. OD story shown how Ash's team tactically dismantle a Sarkaz merc group, with the latter mentioning "Sarkaz don't die that easily, even against Sankta's guns". The current weaker guns are modified guns, considering there are no gunpowder tech to resupply the og guns.

[@matasa7463]

@@haveiszalfaroqie1628 Yup, their modern era guns absolutely shredded those Sarkaz mercs. That's just normal ammo too, nothing explosive or anti-armor.

[@Razor4884]

The Operator Records for all the R6 members are very interesting as well. For example, after the events of Lucent Arrowhead, Doc takes time to travel to areas of Terra that don't have decent access to medical help due to either their location or their racial/national discriminations. In one of the towns Doc visits, he ends up attracting a following of ex-Gualish citizens as a consequence of the occasional french he lets out and from how many of their lives he saves (For context, Gual is Terra's equivalent of France, but it was destroyed and sucked up by neighboring powers following the in-universe equivalent of WW2). He ends up having to give them a harsh reality check to stop them from worshiping him as a lead revolutionary figure. Both the interactions he has with this village and the following conversation he has with the responsible immigration agent really do him justice.

[@matasa7463]

I believe the war of the four emperors is more akin to the Napoleonic wars, similar to how the other powers crushed the ambitious and charismatic Emperor Napoleon.

[@slyyellowfox]

Oh you should have seen how the Arknights operators and Blitz reacted when Doc (R6) was also there. The joke was the name of the character you play as, who also is the head of Rhodes Island in Arknights, is referred to as the Doctor or Doc. After a hostage and bomb situation in Operation: Lucent Arrowhead, Blitz had a reunion with Doc (R6) and said something along the lines of "Once we get to Rhodes Island, I need you to wear this hoodie and mask, and start approving all the Rainbow 6 Squad's request to increase funding." Blitz joking about how our Doc from R6 has the same nickname to Doctor from Rhodes Island. There was really a lot of fleshing out on those collabs. How Iana was fascinated that Terra has 2 moons (because we've seen Iana have some correlation with the moon in her cinematic), Ela being around an art museum and observed the street arts in Bolivar and how Bolivar is too similar to Ela's home country Poland, Doc instantly taking the role of a humanitarian in the slums of Bolivar where a lot of the infected where living. Doc's comparison with originium and oil, both fueling their respective societies, but wondered how society on Earth would be like if oil was as infectious as Originium. And seeing Fuze in joy when he reunites with Tachanka

[@Davenzoid]

Iana was an astronaut i think

[@worm4475]

​@@Davenzoid she is

[@vitanera4032]

And how terra people pronounce croissant 🥐

[@kazuma2814]

​@@vitanera4032ker-sont

[@ehsrrim]

@@slyyellowfox yeah that sounds like good old Blitz

[@ArkofGold]

Arknights mentioned, sleeper agent activated. Billions must know peak

[@AWildRaito]

Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

[@PlasuMinasu]

We trudy did!!

[@fashilram7313]

Honestly what surprise me more in this collab is the realization that gunpowder isn't a thing in terra which is weird considering how many operator use guns

[@fashilram7313]

If anyone wants to know the guns terrans have are more like staffs than actual guns channeling their arts through the gun to shot

[@JustSmileyFace...]

In another words "literal magic sticks in the shape of a gun" Laterano is just Vatican that has America's second amendment to the extreme (and they love sweets)😃

[@aeea3306]

And the staffs deal more damage 🙏

[@eis6570]

​@@JustSmileyFace... should i also say the spoilers about their citizen being.... you know...?

[@Fauz-f5y]

@@eis6570 demons as in Sarkaz and not Collapsels?

[@PlasuMinasu]

We stay winning guys

[@404Yon]

We many are strong.

[@sibericusthefrosty9950]

Oh you will not regret reading the stories of Operation Originium Dust and Lucent Arrowhead, The former is shorter and has a shallow story (at least compared to AK's usual way of storytelling) but this is good because it was meant to be easy to digest for R6S who wanted to check what the story is about. It also explores some basic geopolitics of the country where they landed and how the properties of Originium, relative to guns, work. For Operation Lucent Arrowhead, there are some background you need, more specifically the city of Dossoles, Bolivar, to learn because the story became deep. But that's for you to find out.

[@ehsrrim]

Wow, if this is considered "shallow" compared to the main story, then I have no idea what I got myself into.

[@wertijvonbelker312]

@@ehsrrim oh trust me, as someone who plays Arknights on casual basis, some stories are... fucken novel long (nearl light event story is infamous for being fucken THE LONGEST in word cound compared to entire game... yeah you gonna have few sessions here man)

[@ehsrrim]

Ah hell nah what the fuck, I'll stick to just the siege collabs for now. But hey, I guess its never truly off the table.

[@Hindshell5438]

​​@@ehsrrim if you wonder how long AK story is. On average, the shortest stories is 3 hour long, and the average highest is 6 to 8 hour long Main story chapter 8 and 13 is around 8 hour long. Some side stories like lone trail, Zwillingsturme im herbst, and Near light is also 8 hours long. And the most recent main story chapter 14 takes 12 hour long to read with average reading speed. And note, THAT is only reading the story alone, not counting the time spend in gameplay.

[@SoulWhiteAngel]

​@@ehsrrimthe r6 collab stories id consider tame compared to how dark the main story gets

[@makairidah8354]

1:03 MOOOM GET THE CAMERA IM IN THE KZbin NOW

[@ehsrrim]

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[@NutScratcher43]

I played rainbow for a bit a couple years ago, and stopped for obvious reasons. After playing Arknights for a couple of years now, the collab actually convinced me to play siege again with a friend. Now I can hate my life 2x as fast while playing both of them!

[@ehsrrim]

Welcome back

[@Fuwachi]

With R6 ops we can compare things in Terra with our world and only them can do that. Thanks to them we got to know plenty of fun facts about Terra and also their reaction. The animal features in Arknights character also tied to lore, it's already explained and it's wild.

[@AmelpsXett]

anime world is so strong it turned doc white

[@ninja6245-real]

It’s Dystopian… Oripathy is a bitch of a disease… And certain nations don’t exactly make it any easier…

[@JustSmileyFace...]

@@ninja6245-realno wonder why Toddifons hate that one specific race a LOT

[@16Vessel]

The call has been made. I must answer

[@Kranee]

Beautiful story stelling

[@ehsrrim]

I try my best ❤

[@TonyRedgrave]

The two R6 collabs were honestly amazing. I've never played R6, and I was really into them. The R6 operators were fun to read about, and they shed some really good light on various parts of the Arknights universe because of their Earthling perspective. Mundane things like physical strength and toughness, the effectiveness of real guns, the inner workings of technology like cars, the mundane effects for Oripathy and Originium, what happens when an infected dies, and more. It's really good world building on top of R6 being good protagonists themselves. The R6 operators are also just fun to play as well. They all have kits based on their R6 kits, and it makes them very unique among the Arknights operators while still being effective. I run a team with all 8 R6 operators for this reason alone.

[@ChromeRX0555]

We all wanted R6s Ops to have some casual interactions (espescially since the whole R6s crew got split), so seeing a collab on other games of all things to have these Ops interactions is so good

[@dalgona4819]

I never skipped either Rainbow Six collab story bc it's so good, the action and humor came in with a solid pacing. And as you've said, the characters are amazingly written. Shit got me attached to Team Rainbow and even the NPCs.

[@Margoulinx]

0:58 Well R6 is everything except a "realistic game" so its ok x)

[@ehsrrim]

Yeah true

[@solaireofastora5999]

Let it be known that Fuze was bodied by a teenager that was as tall as a kid and a shotgun to the face and chest at point blank is a minor inconvenience with only a bruise to the people of Terra

[@karvenman]

The Cluster Charge scene was pretty cool

[@alvianthehollowed8997]

Well Durin were terra's equivalent of dwarf, shotgun headshots still can potentially kill a terran plus the one taking full blast to the torso were a perro- one of few races in Terra well known for their toughness

[@joshuajosephlabrador3708]

Yeah, ig it's just a race thing with Durins being quite hardy. But the R6S squad's guns are still unorthodox and powerful even according to Terra's standards.

[@DiceTwenty]

yeah after that scene with Tecno, I took Myrtle's "I may be smol, but I'm tough" more seriously

[@DylanoRevs]

I also want to point out how the Reunion Movement (the main antagonistic faction for Chapter 1-8 in the main story) is basically the White Masks from Rainbow six siege. They are a terrorist organization and they wear white masks that covers their faces. The only difference here is that Reunion is far more memorable than the White Masks that ceased to exist in Siege's story.

[@seanallard9335]

The artwork for the operators fucking slap, too.

[@bikerhomi]

Not only event stories are pretty good, r6 crew also have some extra bits scattered around here and there in their operator records (basically a small story around that specific operator, or maybe not just that operator, but they are kinda the main character still), files, and module descriptions (module is a one of the ways to upgrade your operator that enhances them at some way +has some description attached, because modules are usually very specific items like Ash breaching rounds), so yeah, fun stuff to go over Man, the way Tachanka reacts to all the awful shit going on in the local Russia is just... Damn, he got hit with depresso. I wouldn't really recommend diving too deep into that, unless you want just an extra bit of context on how R6 crew hangs out here and tries to find their way back to Earth in the meantime

[@cmstrlisteningpostno.1269]

Tachanka's oprec gives an interesting insight into Terra's equivalent of Russia - Ursus - and how its circumstances echoes the lead up the Russian Revolution. Hell, Doc's oprec is my favorite since its one of the few in-game materials that revolves around the Gaulish folks and their sorrows.

[@matasa7463]

@@cmstrlisteningpostno.1269 Yeah he realized that he would probably be around for Ursus people's revolution. Only question is - will their philosophy be some form of communism? Or has it even appeared yet on Terra? Have they gotten their Karl Marx, or will their great thinker be someone else, championing another philosophy? Even better, there's hints that their Lenin might well be one of the girls he's currently taking care of.

[@Laeshen]

more arknights players awoke to watch this video than seaborne are infesting iberia

[@ninja6245-real]

Wait. Have we tried Napalm against the seaborne yet?

[@cxfgjklihgfcvhjnknhjknvbvvcflk]

@@ninja6245-real i think, kal used her spine to laser to neather sea brand

[@vanillalove44]

Another has been claimed... Seriously though, the event slapped and was really fun, ntm all the operators are fun to use in-game. I do highly recommend Arknights, for it's dark and sophisticated story and world-building, pretty fun and challenging gameplay, and that all the characters are very memorable. Sure, the story is a very long read, but it is broken up into missions so you can do it whenever you want, really.

[@matasa7463]

We just need 4 more collab operators from Team Rainbow, and we'll have ourselves a full R6S 12 man Squad! Just need a Vanguard, a Medic, and maybe even a Supporter, and we're pretty set!

[@otih5391]

W is the GOAT! Can't write wife without W! Total Sarkaz Supremacy!

[@selensewar]

Originium Dust was an amazing story that made me aware of Rainbow Six's existence in the first place. It's very well-written, and the collab characters are all extremely likeable and humane. They appear to be real, and you immediately care about them and their perspectives in this unfamiliar land. I'm glad it also worked the other way around for you, as Arknights is a very good visual novel with strategical TD gameplay. It's worth investigating for sure!

[@Memer6262]

Ofc, if Earth is called as Terra in any universe, know damn well its not good

[@princenishikigoi7439]

I'm honestly glad that Arknights has managed to make a successful Collab with R6S along with the sequel which was even better in my opinion. I really hope that Hypergryph and Ubisoft will have more collabs (despite the current situation). Also I'm getting into R6S as well since the lore is quite interesting so someday I'll love to play it!

[@ShinTsurugi7]

The hive has called, therefore I must answer with my presence

[@hazex1005]

THE ALGORITHM CALLED ME AND SAID THAT WE ARE WINNING !

[@Takeshi607]

for anyone who's into merch, the arknights merch store actually sell some r6 siege related mech. not much right now, just acrylic stands of Iana, Fuze, Doc, and Ela, but also a mat too.

[@sdx3918]

I don't play arknights but the idea that it takes place on some futuristic world but our lord Tachanka still uses a ww2 dinnerplate LMG and grenade launcher is funny to me.

[@schlop1771]

I say it's more parallel than plain futuristic. Swords and bows are much more common than firearms, and I'm talking AR-15s. Tachanka would probably stand out moreso because he has a gun at all.

[@whitewolf9159]

Guns are very rare in Terra because they are difficult to use. People who mainly use guns are "Angels" and they have a halo above their head so Tachanka would stand out eitherway. Also operator Ambriel uses what looks like a lee enfield rifle so Tachanka having a dinnerplate isnt that surprising.

[@Giovansbilly]

Don't forget that Terrans don't always fight barehanded, as some can cast magic. Also their bows alone can be as deadly as Earth guns

[@Spudtron98]

Terra's in a situation where it combines 22nd century technology with 19th century politics. It's an absolute mess of rival empires and huge class disparities. It's a genuine problem that their tech is advancing faster than their culture can, and the immortal Kal'tsit actively works to suppress new technologies on occasion because the world simply isn't ready for them in its current state.

[@rogytomaru586]

If watch some arknights gameplay out there, the only operator from R6 that people obsess about is tachanka. try find one. if not tachanka, it gonna be fuse or both of them in one video

[@ehsrrim]

@@rogytomaru586 I mean, Tachanka is the goat, so no real surprise there

[@krisnaputramaulidan2843]

I didn't get the six stars and haven't tried iana and frost yet, but here's my experience with r6 ops: Fuze: his skill 1 is good for laneholding which his talent also supports, his skill 2 is very niche but can be a decent nuke that hits literally fucking everything that's not flying in a 3 tile area behind a wall BUT can only be used 3 times per deployment. Tachanka: skill 1 makes him a nuker with the right setup, skill 2 he will BBQ enemies and lower their defenses in the area where his grenade lands (5 tile area: 1 middle, 4 on each side of the middle) Doc: skill 1 he heals himself and gets I think 30 shots that are stronger and faster than normal ones (if you build him, then he'll get overheal that will decay overtime just like in r6) making him able to somewhat sustain himself and do good damage especially from the backlines because his talents buffs his attack against enemies not blocked by him and his attacks ignores I think 20 of the enemy's res, skill 2 he shoots a stim towards the direction he's facing and the first ally that gets hit with it will be healed (and like skill 1, can get overheal) this is very fucking useful if you need a big burst of healing BUT can only be used 3 times every deployment. Side note: if you elite 2 him, he will be able to be placed on RANGED TILES Blitz: stun is his game, both his skills stuns the enemy. Skill 1: stuns all enemies in the skill range and disable their special abilities for a few seconds BUT can only be used 4 times per deployment, skill 2: attacks all blocked enemies, buffs his attack, buffs his attack speed, his attacks now stuns enemies, and buffs his talent. Side note: talent 1 makes him prioritize attacking stunned enemies and buffs his attack against stunned enemies, talent 2 I... I honestly don't quite understand this one because it just says shrugs off which means resists, basically resist 25% damage if there's a ranged tile to his side or behind him

[@sw4gsmile595]

Already know who that fellow is And they are trash but busted when given buffs like boss shredding in 2 secs strong

[@MGUM_]

Great AK story summary especially for an outsider!

[@randomuser8144]

Just came back to the video to see that it hit 15x the expected goal. Take your time. Trying to get into the lore of the collab story is quite tricky, especially with a huge lack of context.

[@ehsrrim]

Appreciate the support, I will try not to let you down

[@lilybunne]

I think the thing about Lucent Arrowhead I liked so much was that it wasn't just "R6S operators end up on Terra, what culture shocks will occur!", but also a pretty thoughtful story about the commercialisation of art, passion for creating, and how community and culture forms around said passion.

[@NoU-jc4kq]

I think I'll watch your other lore videos that aren't Arknights too, you have good editing and nice subtitles.

[@ehsrrim]

Appreciate the commitment mate

[@OJWizzard]

I downloaded Ark Knights for the R6 collab. I never played it. Also great video ofc

[@ehsrrim]

Real, I’ve never played it either tbh I just researched it a bit

[@OJWizzard]

@ it looks cool tho so ima check it out.

[@ehsrrim]

@ I am not responsible for any addictions or irresponsible financial decisions that might take place 👨‍🦯‍➡️💃

[@Mehieddin7]

It's one of those games that look like some low effort gacha but play completely differently from how it looks like, but yeah it's still better to avoid gachas even if it's the best one of them all(ak) ​@@ehsrrim

[@Daniel-e7v8y]

3:03 i thought bro was going speak russian not spanish lol

[@solice55]

Hey, I'm a rando from the Arknights side. In my opinion, the two R6 collabs for Arknights has been probably the best i've seen in terms of characterization. We get to se operators on both rosters do what they do as themselves, and not as a footnote. I wasn't as much of a fan of R6 Siege, but I do very much like the characters. Good video, and nice to see someone outside the target demographic enjoy part of the game. Edit: I saw you've got over 1k likes. Looks like I'll be around for that lore video XD

[@ehsrrim]

Thanks for the support mate, I hope I won’t disappoint

[@TheDoctorFromArknights]

*_WE WIN THEEEESSSEEEEEEE!_*

[@PlasuMinasu]

Fight for the Dawn!

[@tlakutlaku1377]

The hive calls, and we answer This event also gave us the best perpective into the fisiology and fisical capabilities of the citizens of terra when compared with normal humans

[@trinity4666]

Just so anyone know, Doc's 12 gauge shotgun point blank just merely incapacitates a soldier of the part 2's villain. That tells us just how strong those people are in Arknights compared to Earth.

[@LoganRonin-vn2we]

DID I HEAR ARKNIGHTS!?!? Cool little video broski.

[@shienjikuroko]

Let's not just forget that Arknights' RI Elite Operators are almost similar to Rainbow Six Operators and not just that. Black Steel Worldwide shares some of the same traits with R6 Nighthaven PMC.

[@Андрей-х6щ7д]

well, arknights community starts to look like PM community with this sleeping agents

[@ninja6245-real]

You do know the project moon universe and Arknights can be connected all thanks to Agatha Christie? Istina literally references one of Agatha Christie’s works in one of her voice lines. And apparently the same book can be found in the Project moon cinematic universe… MEANING THEY CAN POSSIBLY BE IN THE SAME WORLD!

[@elyskesyl]

I mean vergil did turn into amiya for a short while during that one april fools cinematic, who knows we might get an arknights collab for the next walpurgisnacht

[@imL5441]

Gahhhhh arknights with siege is gonna make me do something devious

[@rogercruz1547]

1:24 Don't worry, some people read Aluminium just as bad

[@ChaseddiHondo]

Apparently we have sleeper agents. I thought this is a Limbus Company thing

[@alvianekka80]

We have "Call of We Many". We act like Seaborn hivemind.

[@Metatsuu]

OH MY GOD, LIMBUS COMPANY MENTIONED?!?!?!??!?

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

OH NO WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

[@LetMeFLY649]

can't wait to see you for the third collaboration comrade [T]7 the Rhodes Island Landship awaits your return

[@nosneb3017]

Well, I think you know what the topic for your next couple of videos will be lol The Hypergryph team (at least, the creative director, who is an absolute gem of a man) are huge fans of the game, which is why this collab feels like it has so much... soul to it. I think for your next video, you could maybe cover how the isekai'd operators' kits translate between the two games, or what happens with each individual operator when they're off doing their own stuff (e.g.: Frost goes to not-Northern Europe, Tachanka goes to not-Russia and forms a deep bond with some very, very traumatized children, Ela goes to not-Poland and meets a confident, assertive, and skilled Polish woman ALSO named Zofia, and so on). Personally, I'm a huge fan of these types of videos (they scratch the itch of me wanting to make similar types of videos, but can't due to a lack of time), and I can see more Siege/Arknights lovers crawling out of the woodworks to engage with your content if you continue with this topic. Just know, though, the wiki isn't always completely accurate, but they're usually on top of things with transcripts and whatnot. Or... y'know, ask the community.

[@speckle5474]

You’re telling me that arknights made siege lore more compelling than the actual siege lore itself??? Now i REALLY regret not checking the collab out in time

[@diredoge331]

me whenever a youtuber from another genre mentions arknights

[@totsugekiii]

Always neat seeing non-Arknights creators talking about this sorta stuff! OD was my gateway into Arknights and man it was great.

[@GoldTheAngel]

We gottem boys, Arknights' influence grows.

[@Jam_Streets]

The video that came before this one sent me down the same rabbit hole and all I will say is that the Tachanka bundle getting story significance in Arknights was not something on my bingo card.

[@pranaspranas3029]

That siege clip whas benger

[@FenSnuu]

YOU SIR HAVE OPENED MY MIND AND EYES TO THE UNFORSEEN

[@МаксимДухастович]

Ngl, i want some cosplay skins from arknights in siege, just like it happened with nier automata.

[@derpking3970]

One of the great parts about this collab was how the implementation of the operators’ skills in Arknights is actually rather faithful to Siege. It does hurt their gameplay since Ash only having two breaching charges sucks but it’s cool. Ella gets her (4? Don’t play Ela…) stun grenades and Doc can heal. Iana gets her hologram drones and Fuze gets his cluster charges and can place them against obstacles. It’s really cool to see as someone who’s played both games. Too bad Siege isn’t as fun anymore :(

[@ehsrrim]

Siege is fun, but when it gets sweaty and competitive it gets boring. That transition happens so quick that its hard to get fun moments in.

[@brwolfon167]

Ela gets for after the activation and deactivation (can be manually) of the 3° she gains back 3

[@flowerhana__1]

"Doctor, there's another world talking about us!"

[@Akuro_AnthonyKuro]

Bro summon our Community in 1 Video before and now he will get the taste more about the game now cuz of that 😂

[@eveningsword2137]

2:52 actually that was correct 😂

[@ThisDangOriginalDude1944]

The the will of we many has been called upon once again

[@Konpekikaminari]

Yet another Arknights player here I have to say, I was honestly impressed by how good this collab was 1st- it did a really good job at not only introducing me to the R6 characters, but in fleshing out their relationship with the setting as well. I've seen my fair share of collabs where the guest characters simply repeat original quotes with nothing else added, but the R6 operators genuinely feel like they are a part of this game 2nd- these events are probably some of the best Isekai stories I've encountered in general, alongside point 1 they did a wonderful job introducing the setting through the eyes of R6, to the point its even better than the main story in early chapters

[@user-zezezozodarkdomains]

3:20 if that's what they want... the game should have a wave-based mode like Killing Floor 2... wait a minute... R6S already have some mission based game modes that is removed due to lack of players... Also Arknights being tower defense makes me want an R6S like game but you pick like 3 or 4 operators and you control one and can give orders to the others.

[@sprucebadger8229]

This reminds me of watching a video about a guy from a special forces branch in the army that gets isekaid

[@thatdaveguy8895]

These r6 collabs are getting crazy.

[@DannyJ3636]

Yippeee!!! we have been summoned

[@memesrdreams4854]

Arknights sleeper agent activated, D12strike: inbound

[@fefega]

Originium infection is basically like: "Congratulations, you got magic powers!" "Hooray!" "And also cancer."

[@geraldushimawan8269]

Also can I add they make Ela and Iana reach waifu tier, never knew this is what I need in life

[@ehsrrim]

type shit

[@geraldushimawan8269]

@@ehsrrim fr fr

[@Gr1ff-1333]

Next thing you know Limbus company will crossover with Rainbow Six Siege

[@Thalasseven]

The R6 Arknights stories were pretty good. And they were pretty chill also, i mean only a few people dying horribly and painfully ? That's unusual !

[@sw4gsmile595]

He jump in the arknights rabbit hole Goodluck getting out Anyways read ever single story that has any R6 ops its good And another reason why i love the collab story is that they show that R6 ops are twigs to terrans but they are still dangerous because of their expertise and coordination even if their outnumbered

[@redacted8983]

Girls Frontline commanders have been yearning for a Rainbow 6 Siege collab. Especially between Tachanka and DP-28

[@DragonKnight90001]

Plus the ost god the ost is so good.

[@Tarik.]

obligatory sleeper agent comment for the algorithms hope you get to cover the operators in arknights, see how they compare to r6s

[@VCE4]

Initially though that this is some old video that algorithms decided to roll out now just for the memes, but no - it is quite fresh Basically, yeah - everyone in Arknights community were hyping their asses off when R6S collabs came. And for a good reason. As a sucker for a good worldbuilding, Orginium Dust (first collab) for me was better than a Christmas gift in the middle of July. This shit was *Good* Especially the characters Thank you for the video May the Lord (the Taka-chan one) be with you xD

[@pencilgon7799]

If you are reading this comment its already too late but this man is not care at all for ak so if you want to support him because of this sole reason please reconsider that 😊

[@ehsrrim]

@pencilgon7799 well I wouldn’t say “I don’t care” but yeah, i’m not an arknights channel, so if you’re subbing for that then subscribe and just kinda forget about me 🤷

[@daristaufiq4560]

Naah its okay we love supporting nice people tho. Maybe you should rephrase that "if you subbed hoping he cover more ak content, then you can reconsider."

[@Nomad_97]

The feeling of breaking in the building and taking the wall with you.

[@z0ck3r]

you can really tell arknights really cared and R6 didn't

[@alvianekka80]

Lowlight (the founder of Hypergryph and creator of Arknights) is a fan of R6S.

[@z0ck3r]

@@alvianekka80 yeah, dude goes around collecting all his favourite franchises

[@QuartzRoolz]

Holding out for Rainbow 6 collab part 3, Lets go, gotta Isekai more R6 Opperators into a better game (/j). i think the only bad thing about this collab was that it only ever really went one way, I know there is _some_ arknights stuff in r6 but its mostly minor cosmetics AFAIK. would have been real cool to at the very least get some Crossover skins in Seige (would have been cool to get Ash's Terra Disguise as a skin in Seige), or at most a full crossover operator, isekai and arknights op to earth. I know seige doesnt really do that but come on, there are plenty of characters who would be fun to see adapted into seiges gameplay style.

[@iramrivera8810]

Never thought I'd see the day where a Russian hits a French some Spanish