The World of NIGHTMARES | Stroggos | FULL Quake Lore

The Strogg are by far one of the most horrific species to encounter in a video game series. Their planet is also one of the worst places for a human to visit. The history of this planet is still shrouded in mystery. However, environmental clues still give us an idea of what is used to be like before The Strogg destroyed it.
What happened to Stroggos? Why did the Strogg attempt become a species of war and what does the future hold for this hostile planet? In this video, we explore the lore and story behind the Stroggos in the Quake series.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:57 The Mysterious History of Stroggos
02:14 Rise of The Strogg
04:24 The Fall of Stroggos
08:32 War with Humanity
12:16 Legacy
13:47 Closing Thoughts
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AUDIO USED
Quake 4 OST: Attack on Stroggos
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Quake 4 OST: The Long Ride
Quake 4 OST: Hangar Infiltration
Half-Life 2 OST: Triage At Dawn
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[@Skyrionn]

What is the best Quake game? Also leave a comment, share, like and even subscribe. We pray to the algorithm gods.

[@antonpretorius2470]

Quake 1

[@deusmediaworks515]

Yeah 1, feel they had a better niche with the elderitch horror then and and even now

[@samotdengode]

4 no discussion lmao

[@RantingThespian]

Quake 1. I'm still hoping we will one day get a proper sequel, or a reboot.

[@igorbukovy4313]

Q4.

[@Mestari1Gaming]

Hopefully at some point in the future we will get another Quake game with a single player campaign against the Stroggs.

[@weegee6628]

That will be the day when Half life 3 comes out.

[@Skyrionn]

I really hope so

[@rockhound3.14]

Lmao

[@ATP2555ify]

​@@weegee6628Which will be the day Jesus comes back

[@spidext]

something like doom

[@INFILTR8US]

A marine NPC in Quake 4 offhandedly theorizes that the Strogg are the remnants of a massive war in another galaxy.

[@DigitalApex]

I subscribe to this theory as well. Makes the Strogg seem immeasurably powerful, probably unstoppable.

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

The Strogg are cybernetic warmongers but now I'm curious if they were always like that or are a product of circumstance. Now that we have those extra Quake 2 missions that show the Shub Niggurath presence I wonder if it had cards to play into the transformation of Stroggos as a whole.

[@Skyrionn]

We need another game to explore them more

[@jacobj3933]

Whether they were always like that or not doesn't matter now. They changed to be where they presently are and that's who and what they are now. Even with the Makron and Nexus gone, the Strogg will simply fall into a civil war amongst war lords, fighting to obtain dominance and reunify themselves to continue their "empire".

[@herkerr]

Somehow the planet in Scorn woke memories of Stroggos, such an intruiguing atmosphere Quake 4 had.

[@benthomason3307]

As a biology major, the idea of a planet loosing it's entire food chain save for three apex predators gives me an aneurism. I suppose in theory they could get by preying on the strogg themselves, were it not for the fact that the strogg have, you know, lasers. also, it's actually generally herbivores like rhinos and hippos that charge anything that so much as looks at them funny, not predators. For a predator can be convinced that you're simply not worth the effort, but there is no negotiating with an animal that thinks you're actively trying to eat it.

[@grigoriykhilko9472]

In Siberia there are lakes populated by single fish specie - Pikes, that is it, no other fish. Pikes change their food as they grow. Small ones eat plankton. Adult Pikes eat small Pikes.

[@benthomason3307]

@@grigoriykhilko9472 that... shouldn't be sustainable.

[@grigoriykhilko9472]

@@benthomason3307 These lakes are sustainable for century at least according to soil samples there. Pikes are not the only creatures there, plankton plays major role, getting sunlight energy. Occasionally ducks land there onto water and could be prey for pikes, yet that is unlikely to be essential. Pikes have huge weight gain to food mass ratio 1:10, they feed on their own kind, they change diet as they grow.

[@partciudgam8478]

@@grigoriykhilko9472 probably that would be the case in Stroggos, plancton or the green stuff on rocks in the badlands feeds the young mutants, then the larger mutants feed on the weaker small mutants...

[@user-hy9it2lm9k]

My theory is that they eat organic waste from failed stroggification. Not all of it becomes stroyent, as seen in Quake 4. Strogg are less efficient than the Borg in a few ways.

[@MatthewBester]

Later levels of Q2 look like a palace with masonry work, their details reworked for war. I think this is a glimpse of their past, most likely forgotten and now just pragmatic use of space.

[@RoseCommander]

Personally i think the Strogg race became the Strogg in reaction to Shub-niggurath. They probably made the Hive Mind to make sure that they dont go insane but like all things, it get corrupted.

[@xAquaticGamingx]

Agreed

[@Skyrionn]

I agree too

[@baldmanevil]

yes, if you were a warlike tech-driven species and found that your soldiers could be possessed by occult powers, you would reinforce their brain against that and include a control chip

[@calicracks3926]

YES MORE QUAKE LORE!!

[@Skyrionn]

the best lore

[@firestuka8850]

Wolfenstein and Doom got th3 refurbished treatment. Now , it is Quake's turn.

[@lawsonharrison6927]

If you haven't seen it yet, watch the movie "Virus" with Jamie Lee Curtis. I always saw it as the precursor to the strogg reaching earth.

[@Xenomrph]

Virus rules

[@TheGoldenMan888]

Let's go back, back to the past, to the best era of gaming ever...

[@DontEvenWorryAbout1t]

Always thought it was weird that Kane is regularly referred to as "partially stroggified". The chip wasn't activated so yes, technically from a certain point of view you can say it's partial. But come on. Dude IS a full-on strogg by classification now, regardless of free will. It's like saying my computer is only partially in use when I'm not the one using it. Edited to wonder out loud if strogg are a species or a status?

[@johnellis3383]

Great video! I like to think the Strogg are a result of a mix of the three origins you mentioned. They were too reliant on technology, used this to pursue war and came across Shub which sealed their fate

[@paddyDeeful]

13:36 welp that's the most disturbing thing I've seen in awhile. just gonna stare at it and make up horrific stories in my head now about a man still alive in that condition..

[@AnthonyAdrianAcker]

I always wonder if the movie Hardware (1990) had much influence on Quake 2. Industrial soundtrack and cameos from musicians. Cybernetic augmentation. And a robot from a past war whos ai goes rampant and wants to kill and looks very much like a Strogg creation. It just needs some flesh.

[@RetiredMemeLord]

perfect place for a Summer Holiday Resort. the land´s cheap after they lost, twice

[@Skyrionn]

The perfect holiday location

[@DeadGothicRed]

Lol currently replaying the original Quake II campaign and i still love this game after all these years and the fact they brought me all the Quake II content always makes me happy to be alive

[@rickjr426]

Dude, you are seriously one of the best Lore/Timeline youtubers on the platform, way up there with Roanoke IMO.

[@damdibidum]

5:41 They are known as highly spiritual beings. Bros be doing that sun yoga.

[@baldmanevil]

It's hinted the Strogg feel betrayed by humanity because they tried to work alongside humans during the events of Quake 1 only for the slipgate network to be permanently cut off. From their point of view, humans may have stopped them taking over the multiverse using the Shub Niggurath portals.

[@karljohan2300]

quake 4 really showed a fucked up world. i also just love the idea that its a failed civilization and only the warriors still exist and when war ran out they continued by making more of them and then continuing the war

[@Skyrionn]

100%

[@DolphLundgrensDolphinDungeon]

Stroggos makes them seem so cute. It's just like doggos

[@Skyrionn]

Best comment

[@igorbukovy4313]

Would be nice to continue in Matthew Kane's journey.

[@Skyrionn]

100%

[@user-hy9it2lm9k]

We didn't find out what became of Bitterman either

[@rakmodslyr7459]

​@@user-hy9it2lm9k Didn't they show Bitterman in Quake 3 as stroggified?

[@rakmodslyr7459]

​@@user-hy9it2lm9k Didn't they show Bitterman in Quake 3 as stroggified?

[@Jean-Denis_R_R_Loret]

On the other hand, Stroggos would be your average quite peacefull planet in W40k universe 😂

[@rexaxis3450]

There were planets like this during the great crusade, the emperor wiped them from existence.

[@mpcrauzer]

​@@rexaxis3450the good old EXTERMINATUS from orbit, never fails

[@dmichael_m]

Love your videos, nice to have a new upload 👍🏻

[@Cogglesz]

This next to HL2 Are two of he timeless games. I know it wasn't what people exected but my goodness, the lore and exrtra detais and literal horror elements really pushes it. Not being the Slayer lends to that a lot to. I'll bet people talk more about Doom 3 than 2016 and Eternal as amazing games they where. It never got too deep into the how and why this event happened.

[@Twist-The-Friendly-Hunter]

I've never played quake or know the lore, but those 2 moons the strogg planet has... That gravity generator I personally assume are used to keep the moons in their positions whilst keeping them together as they had mined those moons to the point that they were going to be torn apart by the stroggs planets gravity itself. So basically they used a machine to create a artificial gravity tether to both moons as them being torn apart and destroyed whilst falling back to stroggos would have been a extinction level event. Again I have no idea about quake but that idea I like, the strogg truly rely on machinery to correct their flaws, cockups and outright stop the moons from being destroyed by their own actions.

[@bobjim245]

Stroggo sounds like something I can't say on the bus without fear of offending someone 😂 always been one of my favourite names in gaming

[@codymcgrath2.3bviews3secon7]

Can’t believe I missed this! I am not getting my notifications anymore. Great video

[@spencerwilkie4218]

Shub-niggurath? Like the Lovecraftian god??? Also love the videos!! Quake is such an interesting topic!!!

[@Arbolito661]

I may not be a gamer but I love game lore. I look forward to all your videos! Thank you for all the work you put into them😌

[@seanstanley7886]

great video as always

[@Skyrionn]

Thanks again!

[@natecolbert7782]

Thanks again for all you do for us🎉

[@Skyrionn]

Any time

[@nicholasdelaney1407]

This game has finally gotten allcthe love and praise it deserves! 😊❤

[@diamondhamster4320]

Very well done Quake Lore video but why do female Strogg Iron Maidens need those 2 massive jiggling combat missles packs on the front???

[@enenra6417]

Yall know Armagon the boss in quake 1 is a prototype Makron right so the strogg are creations of Shub-Niggurath and Shamblers

[@kathydina3646]

Quake Wars and Quake 4, with a little from Quake 2, were the only games in the Quake series that I have played. But they left enough of an impression that i enjoyed and loved several aspects of the world and the fast old-school gameplay of it. Seeing a comeback would be pretty cool and maybe an improvement of Quake Wars' Battlefield style gameplay would make for a dang good experience.

[@VegarotFusion]

With the remaining known wildlife seen all being predators. It would suggest there must be some form of prey that they feed on. Some of them could survive purely as scavengers feeding on the Strogg's organic waste. Only that would require them to live within the vicinity of waste processing, but that all in doors and despite the name. The Strogg doesn't let anything go to waste. It would be interesting to sit down and theorize a food chain of species by working backwards from the 3 apex species encounted.

[@sovietdoge1816]

I dunno i just like your storytelling man the way you are speaking

[@Skyrionn]

thanks!

[@tomhanks1769]

Good video, loved it, Stroggos is an interesting planet and species. Can't wait to do a game of Stellaris as them 😁

[@Skyrionn]

Stroggos is a pretty interesting planet. I hope to see more of it one day.

[@ATP2555ify]

Shame we got new Dooms and Wolfensteins but only one new Quake in the previous decade.

[@jacobj3933]

I wouldn't really count on any Strogg to decide they're gonna change. They're bred for war, it's all they know. So instead it's definitely the case that the Strogg will simply splinter into various factions trying to rebuild and reunify their shattered empire to continue as before.

[@user-hy9it2lm9k]

Even in Q4 they followed a new Makron. Kill one and another rises to fill the throne

[@jwoody8815]

Awsome video, keep it up please. :D

[@villings]

hope your 2024 is awesome, Skyrionn _!!_

[@Gutymut]

I wonder how much info is out there about the lore of portal reloaded and aperture tag. I suggested these as video ideas in a previous episode.

[@Skyrionn]

I may do them one day. We'll see!

[@grasshopper-ln9us]

I love the strogg storyline in quake

[@ZoruaZorroark]

in another universe, the people of mars would have turned every single world under their control as well as themselves to be like stroggos if they ever decided to get serious

[@phantomhurricane666]

notice how stroggos has no asteroid belt during Q4? dev oversight? or did the strogg destroy them all for resources?

[@stuartsmith1651]

That’s my Strogg

[@beencomfy]

Did anyone play Enemy Territory: Quake Wars back in the day? I used to always play as the Strogg, annoying PS5 doesn’t have it in the classics catalogue

[@phantomhurricane666]

"nuke the site from orbit. it's only way to be sure!"

[@thedukeofweasels6870]

Who would win in a fight the Strogg or the Combine

[@LukeLane1984]

Bro the Combine don't conquer planets, or other species, they conquer ENTIRE universes.

[@thedukeofweasels6870]

@@LukeLane1984 good point

[@Skyrionn]

I'd say The Combine

[@Hyperion-5744]

It would be nice if we get quake 5 one day.

[@marcleslac2413]

Adeptus mechanicus tech preists that makw the servitors: can i have your number?!

[@phantomhurricane666]

imagine a stroggified xenomorph? or a yuatja? or even a war between the yautja and the strogg?

[@coastalvan1978]

The whole point of the strogg is to make perfect soldiers I think. The Xenomorph is supposed to be the perfect warrior. So the question is how do you modify perfection?

[@phantomhurricane666]

@@coastalvan1978 cybernetic augmentation.

[@hibanasan_ow]

The body horror elements of bodies fused into machinery, especially the splayed marines who struggle to free themselves or the torsos that writhe and quiver, is peak psychological horror to me. I wish this game ran better on modern pcs because this game is so close to my heart I loved it and Halo 3 hahaha

[@DONG-502]

Halo Infinite is better

[@KimStennabbCaesar]

The Quake 2 remaster released in 2022 runs very well on modern machines, but I guess you mean Quake 4?

[@deadbeef576]

@@KimStennabbCaesar Quake 4 has no problems running on modern machines

[@KimStennabbCaesar]

@@deadbeef576 Good to know, I've never played it. I just know the old ones run fine.

[@carmelosgro6413]

I would like video about your theory, what would Matthew Kain mission would be

[@austinguthrie5528]

Made a little fan RP where a crazy immortal human from our time survived the destruction of our galaxy, went to another galaxy and decided it would cool of he brought to life some of his favorite alien species. Like our favorite cyborgs, the Strogg. Anddd has a predilection of making wedge shaped star ships because why not. Not like he's going to get copyrighted by anyone lol

[@williamsalmon2195]

I heard rumors about 8-9 years ago about a Q5 coming. Since then, radio silence

[@Tapperje16]

Pardon my French here, but this was fucking awesome! Please keep this type of content comming!

[@Skyrionn]

There's so much more to come!

[@idiotlasagna6154]

Favorite quake game was definitely quake wars

[@tecsmith_info]

Quake 5 using the Doom Eternal engine... That would be awesome!

[@SeriousApache]

Can you please make Serious Sam lore next?

[@DanielDracohun]

Never played any quake game, which one should i start with?

[@Psywearebabylon]

Quake 1 Remastered, Quake 2, Quake 4

[@martin-vv9lf]

1 and 2 are all i played. they are a simple game, run, kill, press buttons. they were good on old computers, but there are much better games now. I think you should try with the newest so that you do not get jaded.

[@irispaiva]

Considering Shub Niggurath is the Lovecraftian deity of fertility, its possible she got upset about the Strogg self mutilation into beings who can't reproduce, perhaps causing them to become mad

[@fabiansw8]

Heck yes more strogg

[@Gutymut]

Hello Skyrionn! What is your favourite game? Hl1, hoof, hlbs, hld, hl2, hl2 ep1, hl2 ep2, portal 1, portal 2, ps:Mel, ps: vr, p reloaded, aperture tag

[@Skyrionn]

It changes frequently tbh. I'd say for now, Episode 2 is my favourite. I also loved Mel.

[@darkranger116]

i would love to see necromophs and stroggs going head to head, each side seeing the other as an abomination and wanting to destroy each other i feel like the strogg could 100% create a weapon that could blow up a Brethren Moon

[@elliot9634]

based and stroggpilled

[@reecechapman7286]

Just wondering cos I'm a little confused u say in the universe and galaxys is this happening in multiple galaxy's or do u mean in multiple systems in our galaxy?

[@SonLukifer-uy1yz]

An army of Dimensional Shamblers, Arch Viles, and Vores is more of a concern than the Strogg

[@gugoluna]

Comment for the algorithm gods

[@Skyrionn]

best comment

[@enenra6417]

Its possible that some of the strogg enemies we fight in quake 2 are some of enemies that we fought in quake 1 but were captured by the strogg and transformed into the mechanical monstrosities we see today. Its also possible that the strogg were the ones who put those devices hooked up to the grunts in quake 1 were from the strogg

[@millerdiamond708]

the cyborgs in helldivers are like the strogg

[@xfogscapex]

Heckin stroggos are so wholesome

[@strikeforce1500]

I wonder who would win. The covenant or Stroggos

[@whiterabbit3050]

Who would win in a fight the combine empire or the stroggos empire?

[@flyicarus7698]

im gonna take a shot everytime he says strog

[@TroJanVirusMusic]

Ay big man, can we get subtitles at some stage

[@Skyrionn]

Whoops. I knew I'd forgotten to do something. They've been added!

[@shandon360]

Idk why but im fascinated by this lore. Some people think Doom is cooler but i disagree in that Quake is infinitely more realistic cus Doom is all about magical Demon/hell nonsense lol

[@Zenlore6499]

Stroggos? More like Doggos 🐶 Oh god, don’t make a Stroggy doggy!

[@Skyrionn]

best comment

[@dracmeister]

Parasites from Quake 2. Well... more like quadraped Strogg rather than dog (though they're affably referred to as dogs.). They attack with a tube that latches on to you and quickly drain your health until break line of sight.

[@redmage219]

Wasn't Strauss just a Private and not Corporal?

[@WarriorNoldor]

The urge to enforce managed Democracy instanfies.

[@przemeksz8203]

after doom eternal they should make a quake reebot or continue the quake 4 story

[@liamwaddleton]

The strogg 🤝 the combine Space faring race of aliens that attempt to conquer humanity through means of biological horror and body modification, making their debut in a game built off of or using the quake engine

[@mattsen4297]

I'm just wondering how an artificial race of warriros who only know war and know no empathy and dwindling recourses and a broken planet managed to create space faring ships Other than that the lore is great

[@Skyrionn]

I think the Shub-Niggurath granted them with access to knowledge. But that's just a theory

[@mattsen4297]

Thanks there's a lot idk about the quake world I'll have to do more research. I like that you reply and discuss topics in the comments love your channel and all the stuff you decide to talk about it's interesting

[@FUBBA]

cover turok lore pleeeease skyrionn!!

[@Menagerie_OS]

This is my only issue with the "assimilate at all costs" logic; what happens when there is nothing else left to conquer?

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Permanent research into self improvement leading to eventual Singularity

[@charongold6532]

This reminds me that I never finished Quake 4. That game had as much appeal as doom 3 to me.. literelly none. I wish they could do to Quake what they did to doom in Doom 2016.. complete reimagining

[@Senor_Penor]

So its a forge world?

[@shirouemiya6825]

Hello to you

[@Skyrionn]

Hello 😊

[@deadbeef576]

Stroggos is not in a different galaxy You mistake star systems with galaxies Stroggos is in another star system within our galaxy

[@DONG-502]

Text on the beggining of Quake wars says otherwise

[@prismaticbeetle3194]

Most wasted IP in gaming history

[@Enkarashaddam]

Love this f**king game

[@multiHappyHacker]

The term "fossil fuels" is quite outdated my friend. Abiotic oil. Moon of something or another has more oil than earth.

[@user-hk4pb7jg5n]

Kaan

[@straagzthemc4614]

In order for predator species to exist prey species must exist too.

[@Skyrionn]

Hopefully one day, we'll get another Quake game that explores even more of Stroggos. There was that Quake 6 teaser too...

[@user-hk4pb7jg5n]

ARKEHHHHJK

[@stucmakeit4065]

first

[@DONG-502]

Cringe Gen Alpha kid

[@DONG-502]

Cringe Gen Alpha kid