United Colonies | Starfield

[@TemplinInstitute]

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[@gebibaboy5212]

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[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

its the 5th one down so, close enough without downvoting anyone.@@eyesack6845

[@StevenGarcia-im8rr]

"1,000 new worlds on which to grieve for the 1 they lost." That was so unnecessarily poetic, I love it!

[@Bucky1836]

THE PLANET BROKE BEFORE THE GUARD! ......oh wait wrong verse 🤓

[@ImperatorZor]

An Arcology (short for Architectural Ecology) is a proposed type of urban structure outlined by Paolo Solari in the 1960s. It includes all the functionality of a city (housing, recreation, retail, shopping, services, education, etc, often even agriculture) all within the walls of one massive self contained structure, such as a kilometer tall pyramid, minimizing ecological impact. Since the 1960s onwards, Arcologies have been a staple of Science Fiction.

[@detroitbecomesurvivaltrain7813]

Then we get to 40k where they are designed to maximize output and font give a damn about environmental impact

[@galvendorondo]

Or, if you're a Stellaris player, an Ecumenopolis.

[@MS-qx9uw]

@@galvendorondoI’m not a Stellaris player, but isn’t an ecumenopolis a planet-spanning city?

[@galvendorondo]

@@MS-qx9uw Yes, Ecumenopolei in Stellaris are called Arcologies. The preceding project you have to do to build one, an Arcology Project.

[@ethanbailey5636]

@@detroitbecomesurvivaltrain7813Some lore suggests that hive cities used to be arcologies, but that like everything else in 40K it’s decayed to such a state of disrepair that they’re just rusting pollution factories.

[@Molonlabe07]

I've been following this channel sense day one, yall getting sponsored by BGS is incredible. Congratulations. Keep grinding.

[@TemplinInstitute]

Our dreams of megacorp are closer than ever.

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

​@@TemplinInstituteHi Templin Institute! I love your videos!

[@armandglenncastiller7900]

Hi there, Templin Institute! Don't forget about The Freestar Collective, Freestar Rangers, UC Vanguard & most of all, House Va'ruun. Happy Exploring! 😁

[@jakemaize]

​@armandglenncastiller7900 not a chance

[@armandglenncastiller7900]

@@jakemaize Oh well see it about that to find out, I'll have a bet by 50-50 Chance if... i was right 💯 UNDENIABLE.😑

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

I'm a sucker for futuristic space stuff, Loved The Expanse and Starship Troopers, Starfield is great for role-playing

[@TheFireGiver]

I'm enjoying starfield, but I wouldn't put the expanse and starfield in the same tier. Starfield is no where near as hard scifi or as realistic as The Expanse.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

​@@TheFireGiveryou are missing the point

[@Starguard631]

I honestly wouldn't say Starfield is good for role-playing compared to ED or StarCitizen

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

Erectile Dysfunction is no joking matter@@Starguard631

[@baleriontheblackdread6679]

​@@Starguard631 Yeah, but unlike Star Citizen its actually out I find the idea of SC really cool but like when will the game actually leaves beta and have an actually rounded gameplay loop. And ED is more of an economic SIM

[@WonderfulPlague]

I have been an avid fan of TTS since the channel launched. (Currently parched as a desert waiting on the next installment of Stellaris Invicta). Being sponsored by BGS is *incredible*, you guys have come so far and I am thoroughly excited to see how much farther TTS goes.

[@ToastyMcGrath]

Picking between the two factions was one of the hardest decisions I've ever had in a video game. I can't wait for the Freestar Collective briefing.

[@tzeentchlordoffates9268]

I intend to join the Crimson Fleet

[@BoyBacon5051]

You can do that. I chose to betray them in my first playthrough. Although I was a secret undercover UC Operative. So I guess not really betraying them.@@tzeentchlordoffates9268

[@alexlyster3459]

Oh I'm ABSOLUTELY going to do play through for both 😊

[@dardo1201]

Not really a need to choose between both completely, you can do both the marshall or UC Vanguard quest chains at the least, so far as I've played sofar.

[@user-ch1qv4qk4z]

Its really not that hard of a choice because picking one doesnt lock you out from the other. You can join all 4 factions in the same playthrough

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Reminds me of the UN government in The Expanse

[@utubrGaming]

Feels more like a darker United Federation of Planets to me.

[@DetectiveLance]

I haven't seen the Expanse, but I feel a sense of dread about your comment.

[@raven-0621]

​@@DetectiveLanceit's great, you should watch it, a pity they cancelled it tho

[@submachinegun5737]

@@DetectiveLancethat’s because it’s called the UN, natural reaction to that

[@erikfinsterwalder1195]

​@@DetectiveLancewatch it! Its brilliant for space nerds.

[@kaleonaehu-gutierrez1000]

UC BABY! I'm a Vanguard Captain, Citizen Class one of the United Colonies, Commander of UC SysDef, Founder of the TMD Military Division, an Agent of Subsection Seven, Assassin for the Council of Generals, and Member of Constellation

[@ashalley]

God damn I'm loving this game's lore I really want to live in this universe...the adventure, the opportunities wow

[@moalzaben5554]

I am seeing similarities between the Terran Federation from Starship troopers and the United Colonies from Starfield, to put it simply service guarantees citizenship for both sides. In starship troopers anyone who wants to be a citizen of the federation has to serve, and same thing with starfield if someone wants to become a citizen of the United colonies then one must serve the armed forces of the UC for ten years then gets citizenship. So I guess the UC is a militaristic space faring nation? That’s actually cool!

[@thepolarianempire]

The military just gets citizenship faster if you work for the uc in any way you will eventually get citizenship as an example a scientist can get it in 20 years where a vanguard operative can get it in anywhere from 5-10 years depending on skill and operations completed

[@moalzaben5554]

@@thepolarianempire ah that makes more sense now, thanks for the info man!

[@baleriontheblackdread6679]

@@moalzaben5554 btw workes the same way in the Terran federation the army is just faster but you can take other jobs at least in the book but i dont think the movie says it doesn't so guess both

[@moalzaben5554]

@@baleriontheblackdread6679 I didn’t read the books, but yeah you’re right the books have more info

[@BladePocok]

Why are they so militaristic? Are they fighting against... who exactly? Each other? Precaution? Unknown aliens from Outer Space?

[@Latte_Queen]

I wish there was a lore video dedicated to "The Freestar collective" I love these deep backstories in Bethesda games, and Freestar is one of my favorite factions.

[@streakingclothed]

Anyone who loved the open-ended worlds of Bethesda games will love Starfield

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

Im so happy they sponsored this video, youre the best ones for it. Hope they want more videos about the LIMITLESS amount of topics you are perfect for fleshing out, like those bug monsters and why theyre everywhere! Yous guys are my most trusted source of information. Not-so boring correct like, all the time edit2: Also, ship mechanics and internal walkthroughs! omg youll get so many views! FOR REAL, show footage of walking through every ship you ever reffer to, I love it.

[@aglazeddoughnut5250]

Now we need the Freestar Collective investigation. Need me more knowledge about Space Texas with better(?) Morals

[@CortexNewsService]

I hope so. Otherwise, I picked the wrong faction.

[@thepolarianempire]

Their morals aren’t great

[@jamescampbell6724]

If they let a drug lord on the head council of their government then they’re not that great. At least I think Bayu is a drug lord.

[@1977Yakko]

My character has the FC Settler perk and I have been heavily focused on the missions that involve my being a FC Ranger. In the timeline, it essentially shows the UC carried out an act of genocide on an entire planet during the Colony War so I sort of see their self described portrayal of order and culture as a façade. That said, I'll probably go the Vanguard route with the character just to keep leveling up and go a completionist route.

[@Bucky1836]

Bruh the Vanguard and Sysdef missions are good im a Ranger and Vanguard/Sysdef and ....Subsector 7 🤓

[@deanlawson6880]

I can't wait to try out Starfield! What an awesome video about the UC in the Starfield Universe!

[@TheFireGiver]

It's fun, but don't get your hopes too high. It's not the second coming of Jesus like some people are saying. The hype and worship of the game is out of control.

[@BladePocok]

Can mods make the game better by adding content and misc stuff?

[@psutherla]

Earliest I've ever been for a Templin Institute video

[@WilliamMosicki-Nystrom]

Factions I would like to see next: 1. The Banished | Halo 2. The Eternal Empire | Star Wars 3. The Dalek Empire | Doctor Who 4. The Authority | Rage 5. The Interplanetary Strategic Alliance | Killzone

[@mingchoi8369]

The Templin Institute already did the Daleks.

[@DontTripChocolateDrip]

I can always count on the Templin Institute to upload top-tier videos! Congratulations on being sponsored by Bethesda Game Studios. If anyone deserves it, it's you guys, the team behind the Templin Institute. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Minalkra]

Usually, I'm a bit more ... not upset, per se, when a creator I love starts shilling but hesitant to engage with obvious shill content. BUT! This I will watch for a multitude of reasons. 1) Your content is very well polished so it has intrinsic value regardless of the sponsor. 2) You made it ABUNDANTLY clear this was sponsored and I appreciate that level of honesty and forthrightness in a creator and in a company, good job to the both of you - mostly Templin (Addendum: Bethesda needs to chill out on the boilerplate PR speak in the beginning - be a bit more natural folks, maybe work with the creator to make a spot instead of letting the PR folks write it entirely.) 3) I've been playing Starfield since 9/1 (got it with a necessary GPU purchase) and it's like Bethesda has embraced their core strengths in this game. You guys aren't the Morrowind Bethesda anymore, stop trying to recapture that flame. It's gone, embrace your new self. And this game shows that embrace like I've never seen it. Story, meh. Gameplay, five stars.

[@konahrikb1578]

I hope we get a DLC or a quest where we investigate Earth and learn more about the ecosystem collapse. Maybe some future content will involve someone looking for alien technology with the dream of restoring humanity's cradle to life.

[@Shinzon23]

United Colonies; a decent government, but I do have to question just how many people actually live in the UC, as new atlantis seems way too small to run a apparent multi planet democracy.

[@superdrive986]

It's a BGS game, everything's too small.

[@jonny-b4954]

Just like every Bethesda game. Samething in Skyrim and Fallout. It's all too small.

[@pll3827]

Lore-wise, I assume the city's a lot bigger then what's displayed in-game.

[@utubrGaming]

I just assume it's the DC to the UC's USA, the Albany to the New York or the Canberra to its Australia.

[@jonny-b4954]

Probably so. They sure don't show you that in the distance/skybox though. Just a tiny town really.@@pll3827

[@efrenyalung1348]

Lol I think I remember a Templin vid critiquing the naming scheme of sci-fi nations with “Colonies” in their name, begging the question “colonies of what?”. Maybe it’s the Sordish in me but I think United Centauri sounds better

[@CortexNewsService]

It kinda makes sense in this case. It was established specifically to become a central point to manage colonies as they evacuated Earth. It makes sense in the lore of the story.

[@spartanalex9006]

Me when I play my UC Colonial Marine character: I’m doing my part.

[@mingchoi8369]

Yeah, i think the emblem could use a little more refinement. Anyway, I hope you'll do the other major factions of Starfield soon.

[@PKDeviluke25]

Looking forward to the House Va'Ruun video.

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

only if theres closure

[@maxfieldjoyner5244]

Sponsored by Bethesda. You have reached a new peak guys, congratulations.

[@pete-treedish4363]

From warhammer to stellaris now starfield im glad you guys are still working to put out great content💪🏾😤

[@JFrombaugh]

The UC really reminds me of the UEE from Star Citizen. Both of them even have the same two-tiered civilians vs citizens system.

[@Xalerdane]

‘Civilian vs Citizen’ is a dumb dichotomy. I use ‘Denizens and Citizens’ for my Future Earth Government.

[@fvoarin1307]

They remind me more of the United Citizen Federation lol

[@TempestsFist]

Here we go! Into another deep dive rabbit hole! I'll see you lads on the other side in 3 hours.

[@ThresherAbi]

This vide made me join the United Colonies, with absolutely zero doubt.

[@Angel24Marin]

I find these kind of near utopic factions that encompasses practically every world to run into the problem of severely lack tension resulting in the elements meant to create that tension (a few independent planets or a cult) to have a sense of fake tension. They can obviously work but their counterparts needs to have a similar "size" to them (like in stark trek) or need internal tension (like The Republic and CIS)

[@micahisham]

It’s a pseudo fascist state steeped in propaganda, I’d hardly call it utopia.

[@Brother_O4TS]

Yeah, it's really weird to see the supposed "largest and most powerful" faction in game getting wrecked in the lore. I get that the Freestar Collective supposedly has more elite soldiers than the UC, but still

[@lunokhod3937]

​@@Brother_O4TSEh, massive empires get their shit kicked in by relatively powerless forces all the time; British Empire vs USA, USA vs Vietnam, USSR vs Afghanistan. Superpowers are rarely as solid as they seem, there is always a chink in the armour to exploit.

[@sergiogamito7909]

Dunno why but wen i see starfield pics or vids from the systems, ships, cities etc, reavers always come to my mind

[@Communism-nw8ek]

Congrats on getting sponsored by BGS

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

Another great entry from the minds of this Multiversal Research Group

[@pauldickinson3961]

Ideas For Future Videos Project Freelancer- Red vs Blue The Banished- Halo Cobra Kai Karate- The Karate Kid / Cobra Kai The Forever Knights- Ben 10

[@A_Old_Qrow]

For the world we mourn, we fight for a tomorrow. Enlisted in the UC Vanguard today!

[@EksaStelmere]

I'm probably six or seven months out from getting this game, but I look forward to learning about the setting all the same.

[@Phoenix411th]

Basically the vanguard is Starfield version of civil air patrol

[@nicholasbrown668]

no lmao, CAP isn't armed and they only run search and rescue missions

[@Phoenix411th]

@nicholasbrown668 um actually we did do combat ops against Japan in WW2 we sunk there submarines that went to close to us main land

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

A glorious bit of lore

[@itsfreddyboy]

Thank you for all the great starfield lore! ❤

[@DABViktor]

Thank you the Video, and the English subtitle.

[@GabrielAlarcon99986]

Make the Apex corporation from Homefront and greater Korean republic from Homefront and American Resistance too please

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

Getting a *Union of Allied Planets* vibe from the UC.

[@tompearce5418]

Science fiction has a problem with recycled ideas.

[@Bucky1836]

Space UN expanse with UNSC halo , Union Of Allied Planets , and 12 Colonies of Kobol are what i see the UC based on and the Freestars are the Browncoats if they had won

[@EccentricGentelman]

It's nice to see a vision of humanity's future that isn't a dystopia and has a strong moral base. Yes it has it's slums and problems with poverty but what real country does not? And that bit about service to get citizenship may worryingly sound a little like Starship Troopers but it also makes sense to me. I've long thought how unfair it is that immigrants need to study America in order to gain citizenship but children of citizens don't have to do a thing. As they pointed out in 3rd Rock from the Sun, it means the people who are told to "get out" by the born-citizens actually know more about the country then the so-called true Americans.

[@lelouche25]

I think one sentence describes the UC perfectly. "Service guarantees citizenship."

[@117johnpar]

Imagine if New Atlantis ingame was a tenth as grand as the concept art. Instead we get like 5 skyscrapers in the middle of absolutely nowhere. But hey, its the biggest city in Bethesdas history, Also has less population than my small town.

[@ShadowSonic2]

It's better than Night City or the cities in the Witcher games

[@117johnpar]

@@ShadowSonic2 How? do explain.

[@ShadowSonic2]

​@@117johnparThey're big on style, low on substance. And no game game with high level graphics had that many NPCs walking around

[@117johnpar]

@@ShadowSonic2 No idea what you're talking about. 1: Starfield lacks style and substance. 2: Starfield has substandard graphical fidelity for a decade ago. As is standard for Bethesda. Its lacking in a lot of post FX that were standard in 2014. The Witcher has more mechanical depth in a single NPC than all of New Atlantis does. The NPCs are manically copyspammed, and their pathing is completely random and nonsensical, as opposed to literally any of the previous Bethesda games where they actually have cycles.

[@accessthemainframe4475]

Congrats on the sponsorship 👏👏

[@Archie2c]

When the Earth was all used up we found a New Solar System A Ship could bring you Work A Gun could help you Keep It life Was Simple Find A Ship Find A Crew Keep Flying.

[@JohnSagin-SimViDeLucis579]

I am a leaf on the wind

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

I like to imagine the world of Starfield is an alternate timeline where the Enclave from Fallout made a Base on the Moon and used it as a launching point to establish many colonies across space until the manpower and technology necessary to reclaim Earth was made.

[@jeambeam3173]

Except they never retook Earth

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@jeambeam3173 Really? In Starfield, Earth is abandoned?

[@rocketman3174]

@@jakespacepiratee3740In starfield, Earth loses its magnetic field in the 2200s-ish. The reasons why are big main story spoilers, but the result is that Earth, without a magnetic field is left unprotected from the solar wind, stripping away the atmosphere, and leaving the planet a barren, radioactive, airless desert.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@rocketman3174 That’s honestly a more convenient solution to the Earth mutant problem for the Enclave. So they never had to waste more manpower fighting Earths population, as it ends up dying off itself. I’m not kidding about the Enclave Moon Base btw, Fallout 4 has a historical American military history mural with spacesuit soldiers and power armor troopers on the Moon. This was probably Enclave High Command, and after Terrestrial Enclave failed to secure Earth, they cut their losses and colonized space.

[@rocketman3174]

@@jakespacepiratee3740 considering throughout the story we find NASA bases where advanced ships were being built way after the years fallout took place, and nasa is a federal institution, I don’t think the universes are connected, which is sad but not surprising also the flags are US flags, not enclave flags, and you can find landmarks like the Empire State Building which would not survive el nuclear missile

[@EnclaveSOC-102]

1:18 I heard that Blade Runner reference, don't think that some of us would miss it. 😂

[@Jorjgasm]

After being in the game for a bit, I would really like an in-universe explanation for the NPC demographics :))))

[@pablopiano5673]

i waited for this

[@trekki859]

hey mark! ive been a fan for a while, first time asking for something though, do you think you guys could do a breakdown of the rubicon factions from AC6?

[@tessa63627]

Thumbs up & a comment to give your request more visibility

[@justinjeffries1554]

I didn't realize how new these governments are

[@Findinavia]

I just wish their logo/flag wasn’t so bad. Just two letters and a star? Come on. How many years did they have to come up with better flags?

[@L11ghtman]

The UC Army having its own branch and general but no actual infantry soldiers in-game is really strange. The marines are part of the navy. The Army may have some armor in-game (shock trooper or star trooper) but no NPCs other than the general (Xiao) in the MAST building. I wonder if the bulk of the Army was cut for time or DLC.

[@eyesack6845]

I remember when Eckharts Ladder recommended your channel. Now I watch you guys more than him.

[@JohnAlcott238]

One thing I don't know if is in game lore but must be true due to the limited population is that most humans must have died on earth in the escape. 3 main cities and a few small settlements. That's not even matching our current population.

[@averageChoom]

freestar collective next

[@TheFireGiver]

You made a video discussing all of your worries about the lore of starfield. You should make a follow up. Are you still disappointed with the world building? Im glad you have the opportunity to work with BSG, but i hope you dont self censor because of that.

[@Ikirus]

I'll buy it eventually if there's a good sale

[@sunlight-sky151]

My body is ready.

[@Lolux1701]

I love how the Free Star Collective clapped the UC in two wars in the lore. lmao

[@josephsuh525]

To Templin Institute I would request for this Empire Faction of anime that deserves it attention, The Britannia Empire from Code Geass is a good start. I hope you see this comment.

[@thedepdog4201]

Supra et Ultra!

[@xaviers9794]

Please do one on the Crimson fleet

[@danreinert9521]

Have you covered the world of Snake Plissken?

[@KaptifLaDistillerie]

Do you part, service guarantees citizenship !

[@hannes0000]

United Colonies are like Starcraft terrans ,Starship troopers or Endless Space 2 United Empire

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Question: If I be picked Freestar as my birth faction, can I still join the UC and remain peaceful with both factions?

[@Bucky1836]

Yes im both

[@___.51]

The only thing that matters is that UC has objectively worse drip than the competition

[@weldonwin]

Join the UC, Service Guarantees Citizenship! *(Would You Like To Know More?)*

[@orthadoxdominos4832]

the freestar collective wants its investigation (from a member of the freestar rangers)

[@SignificantNumberOfBeavers]

I'm tired of these stratocratic sci-fi states where service guarantees citizenship. Though many nations require military service, none attach citizenship to it.

[@RoundHouseDictator]

UC is starship troopers by way of firefly? Got it.

[@feralprocessor9853]

I image there would a lot of Hoarder players in starfield

[@awesomehpt8938]

Supra et ultra

[@fatthorstumtum6593]

Supra et ultra

[@djmotoxross9542]

can you do some armoured core lore next?

[@andrewwest3204]

Really wish for a deep dive into the evacuation of earth. I don't own Stanfield yet. Does it go into in more beyond what you mention?

[@f.b.l.9813]

how much of Earth's population was able to escape Earth and resettle elsewhere? because there's far too few cities and settlements in the game to support 8 billion people it seems... looks more like only a few thousand to a million people were lucky enough to find new worlds.

[@bloodygekkon]

like 1-3 billion were evacuated. Remaining billions and billions of people were abandoned

[@joemomma2189]

90% of Earth could not be saved, as the technology was too young and there were simply not enough ships or time.

[@zintosion]

Take my love, take my land, Take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free, You can't take the sky from me. Take me out to the black, Tell them I ain't comin back. Burn the land and boil the sea, You can't take the sky from me. There's no place, I can be, Since I've found Serenity. And you can't take the sky from me.

[@dustinanderson4948]

Free Star Collective next?

[@spencerwillkie4997]

The UC made Xeno weapons in the colony war not the terrormorphs

[@Joseph-wh5of]

Best faction.

[@habeebadesina8468]

i wonder which faction is better, Starfield's UC or Expanse's UN

[@habeebadesina8468]

They also don't really discuss the UC navy well, only it's paramilitary vanguard, neither the army or marines either

[@skepticalmagos_101]

Umm.. so did the movie "The core" happened the Starfiled universe? 😅

[@fumarc4501]

I want to know more.

[@somerandomdude7785]

United Colonies? That sounds similar to the human faction from Battlestar Galactica.

[@biowepcosmic]

All heard was service guarantees citizenship and I was like I love starship troopers let’s hunt some xenos

[@pauldelaney9320]

I need help, I am just over 80 hours in and haven't progressed the story past joining Constellation.

[@ADMNtek]

in this case, it actually makes sense to play the story early because of some of the features it unlocks you can't otherwise get.

[@appo9357]

3:00 Earf?

[@Prepareforabetterworld]

I wish i could play this game they should have made it at least playable on the original xbox 1 some people too broke too afford a 200 500 dollar console ive had the same Xbox since the year it came out😅

[@GarlicPudding]

Long live the UC!

[@B00tyWarrior]

Long live the collective.

[@terrorcop101]

You guys ever consider picing topics from DnD?

[@Grzyb032]

Stellaris Invicta the antares convederacy is literally a better more compelling story than what Bethesda came up with

[@ShadowSonic2]

Eh, not really

[@Ma1q444]

This video more interesting than the game

[@beanmanbutchina]

Sponsored by the Bethesda themselves???