US Army Combat Veteran Reacts to SCP: Overlord (Part 2)

I couldn't stay away! I had to check out the second part of Evan Royalty's outstanding short film SCP Overlord. Part one featured realistic tactical action and some awesome cinematography. Part two, hopefully delivers even more of the Foundation's finest!
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[@unknownsoul9300]

Another part, another happy day

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Glad to make your Thursday a bit brighter!

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

The SCP universe is one where cognitohazards exist. They can be something as simple as a string of weird words that melt your brain the instant your eyes see them. But they can also be a lot more hidden, and the thing about initial retrieval duty is that it is these guys' jobs to *purposefully* find and identify all the potential hazards before they even consider bringing the anomalous object back to the lab that has all the irreplaceable PhD's. aka being an MTF on initial retrieval duty fuckin sucks, because if anyone is gonna be the first group to find the thing that melts your brain, it's gonna be them.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

That sounds like the most thankless class of job, right after the test subjects of course lol

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

@@CombatVeteranReacts It's definitely not thankless, The Foundation treats their MTF's *extremely* well whenever possible. But it is a *necessary* job, unfortunately. An MTF losing their life to a brain-virus is a lot more workable casualty than an entire lab full of anomalous-specializing-scientists being subjected to that same hazard without knowing it exists.

[@reconshunter]

@@CombatVeteranReacts Nah, that would be the D-Class personell. MTF's are highly respected in that universe, atleast by the Foundation (Guys trying to SCP -> Secure, Contain, Protect = Boss of the MTF in the Video ~ Helios). The D-Class are former deathrow inmates that the foundation uses to assess how deadly something actually is. Example: A PhD wants to know if an anomaly kills you if you poke it with a stick. He would call for a D-Class, hand them a stick and you can imagine the rest of the story. If a D-Class however survives a certain time working for the foundation they are granted amnestics/amnesiacs (Medication that wipes your memory for a certain amount of time, depends on dose and class of amnestics) and set back free into the real world.

[@notomnithegodking]

@@reconshunter how many D-class do you know that lived long enough to be let go?

[@TwistedIdiot02]

​@@notomnithegodking They aren't. They either die, or are amnesticized and put back into rotation. The 'We will let you go if you last X time' is just what they tell the D-class.

[@assassinproject5586]

Fun fact: the SCP military doesn’t actually associate themselves to one country rather they’re more like nato where they have forces from around the world work as one group altogether. Which is why you notice that there are members from different countries. Plus they aren’t officially from a branch which would actually mark them as PMCs so if their tactics are different from your respective countries, that’s why. So some of their inaccuracies could be from the mixture of different tactics from different countries tactics and strategies

[@DamageSix]

Yeah, if you want armed Groups Of Interest in the SCP-verse that answer to mundane human governments, you'd want to look at the Global Occult Coalition.

[@blazeoftherazgrizsquadron9306]

A little note to add on to the "Bogey" callout. True this callout is primarily utilized by intercept pilots in the airforce, but the term "bogey" is universally used to call out an "unknown element" when hostilities are observed, it will be re-designated as a "Bandit" but this term is pretty much only used in air to air engagements; but ground pounders will re-designate enemy combatants as "hostiles" and or "Tangos". But in THIS particular case, the term bogey is still appropriate due to the fact that the person is still technically unidentified until revealed.

[@cryamistellimek9184]

I also had it as this sort of dark humor for scp agents. Bogey sounds like boogie, or the boogie man. Maybe they say it when dealing with these unknowns calling them “boogiemen”

[@sorthweast3030]

I have nothing to add I just wanted to say that sir your name tells me that you are a man of culture.

[@1378Mrbubbles]

I like to think of the button he pressed as sort of a panic/contact button for situations where you cant use coms. I also wouldn’t be surprised if that wrist mounted device also functioned as a kind of smaller more individual focused bluforce tracker like system. Love the videos man!

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Thanks! That was my guess as well

[@lopertyl6534]

The device looked like it had multiple buttons, maybe six, so it probably was multifunctional

[@dr.redacted8780]

19:30 You would actually never handle that type of potential anomaly that way because it could have cognitohazardous effects. (Something that causes harm by being perceived through one of the five senses) Normally when you find something like that, you would've to report it and then verify it with a colleague and take pictures when you can. But your top priority would be to have as few people exposed to it as possible.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Interesting. What an impossible threat to counter

[@dr.redacted8780]

​@@CombatVeteranReacts That's the horror of the SCP Universe. You oftentimes have no idea what an anomaly is capable of before finding it out the hard way. For some SCP's it's even enough for you to know that they exist, to cause you a fate far worse than death.

[@FlameDarkfire]

@@CombatVeteranReacts there’s ways to counter them, though I’m not sure if the team was equipped with them.

[@KoishiVibin]

@@CombatVeteranReacts There are protocols for this, I'd assume. Further, cognitohazards aren't everpresent enough to immediately go to defcon 1. You don't assume every IED on the road's a nuclear bomb and disarm them with robots bounced off drones...

[@KoishiVibin]

@@CombatVeteranReacts there's also the thing about memetic hazards dangerous information, possibly self replicating. those have counteragents, but depending on type, strength, etc, they aren't a field counter, more of a last line oh shit for lab guys.

[@FlameDarkfire]

25:20 I also appreciate they all seem to have different interests. Kulawski (Kowalski?) seems excited about the anomalous runes only revealed by the camera and his buddy is so nonplussed. Great detail in addition to their body types you just mentioned.

[@altacclaptop3]

You mean kolinski?

[@westernfxpler]

Kolinski, analysis.

[@brandonsteward6312]

Even if I was professionally trained I'd be terrified going into a hostile cult would already be terrifying add on to the fact that their object of worship does actually exist along with the fact that he/she/it is less than pleased at your presence has to be pretty scary.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Dealing with the paranormal would be generally terrifying. By definition normal operations or counters down work on it

[@thetalantonx]

Bogey = Unknown Bandit = Confirmed hostile They used it wrong.

[@CxOrillion]

They might have a specific definition that bogey is a presumed hostile of unknown origin. When they shoot him, they aren't sure he's human

[@thetalantonx]

@@am-ranth8955 Well said. It's a minor pet peeve of mine, but you make a good point and communication being successful is more important than it being technically correct (the best kind of correct.)

[@specialprojectsdevgroup]

Consider they may have unit specific terminology. Example, their phase lines. It wasn't "1-1 has passed phase line alpha", which is fairly standard.

[@mobius5206]

A reaction to the making of would be pretty nice I think.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I will look into it. Still have another part of overlord to go!

[@onerxowns2202]

Hi, so Russian Military adopted Multi Purpose Guard Watch called STRELETS as part of RATNIK uniform, wrist PAD too, but watch have exact function, it can transmit chosen signal to whole squad at instant by silent to outsider vibrations and digital explanation on watch display itself

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Very cool!

[@scowler7200]

Neat. Ratnik stuff looks pretty damn cool. Would love one of the multitools.

[@deviwaazaa]

I really enjoy your insight during your reactions, a lot of guys just go "woah!! that's cool!!!!" but you're actually breaking down things and throwing in your knowledge, it's very nice to watch.

[@warbacca1017]

Ive watched several different military reactors watch this video and (like how the mtf open the front door) their opinions vary from saying its good tactics to bad tactics. So im never sure what parta are correct or not

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

The reality is that every military unit will have their own "TTPs" and their tactics may differ from what other units were trained on, but their military advisor showed them a lot of what I used, and it was all fundamentally sound stuff

[@saar1370]

In my unit we would put the hand in to see if there was a closet or something that could cause the grenade to fly back, but it was a faster movement. In addition the entrance to the room was not one by one by two people at the same time. So yes each unit learns in different ways also different armies (not from USA)

[@avaavalon2467]

i do love your reactions its just cause you don't seem to take everything super-serious oh they messed something up here you point it out and its over with some others just of on and on about tiny wrong details and as I've seen on another reacter the actual director pointed out in the comments most of the mistakes were from trying to keep the pacing right for the actual entertainment value for example if you see they miss two rooms while pushing pender if they were to check that room the entire tension of seeing pender would be gone cause "oh he's got a gun let me check this room real quick" i mean you even point this out and I've really got to commend you for it that boosts the quality immensely

[@TheMartuksxxxx]

I have watched "mover reacts" which is ex f-18 pilot and they still use "bogey" according to him

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Pilots have their own lingo. Ground pounders just stick as close to monosyllabic as possible lol

[@NunyaBesnas]

2:38 A trick I learned from a Ranger who served way back in the 80s is using silly string in low light conditions to check for trip wires.

[@MegaPlayerXxX]

Now, the moment they saw those symbols, that's where I'd say is the greatest problem of this film. It's not a big one, but still. These symbols could be cognitohazzards, anomalies that if percieved by human senses, can be extremely dangerous not just for the viewer. They mentioned earlier they are joined on this op by Mole Rats. That would mean MTF Zeta-9. Large portion of them are D-Class, or they would surely have some D-class personell on standby. What he should have done was call in one of the D-class guys and have him hold the camera. If this D-class sees these symbols and is unharmed, it can be assumed that these are not cognitohazzards. Sure, there were instances when cognitohazzards activated after some period of time, but it is rare. For anyone who doesn't know. D-class means disposable people. They are criminals sentenced to death and are used by SCP Foundation to test and/or contain anomalies. To Foundation, they are nothing more than a disposable resource.

[@subpar157]

I like how you add proper input to the video, the fact that it is three 30 minute parts means that you are adding to it

[@unvertz]

There is a video about how they made the whole thing and the tactics they used. Video was made by OperatorDrewski "I was in the largest scp short film ever" just wanted to let you know.

[@frankyhorn2475]

No offense to operator drewski, but the Evan royalty version of behind the scenes would be a bit better I think.

[@chikitabowow]

What i really like about the SCP universe/setting is that it has an established enough framework that it's consistent, however it's still vague and loose enough that people can write their own fiction taking place in that setting without checking *_every_* single piece of fiction written before them. And SCP MTFs are also interesting in the same way, because they're not really an established military force in the conventional sense, as it means that SCP fiction can sometimes use terminology from various branches of various military forces from around the globe. AND it makes the willing suspense of disbelief is easier as well, as these guys only really work with paranormal/supernatural situations it means that *_sometimes_* (with emphasis on 'sometimes') conventional tactics and procedures obviously go out the window.

[@The_Elite_Emerald]

one thing that they messed up and called themselves on in the "Making of" video is right at the beginning when they first enter and are clearing rooms is that they didn't clear the last room on the left from the camera (Right for the shooters). They noticed the mistake but didn't have time to reshoot the scene as all of the filming was done in 4 days.

[@jasonmoon4916]

Found your channel through 40k Death Korps review great content! Sub'd.

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

Awesome! Glad you enjoy it!

[@pringlelingle6827]

I would love to see you react to scp MTFs explained, or you yourself looking at the wiki and just analyzing some of the MTFs and how effective you think they are, the scp universe differs from Warhammer in the fact that it maintains a realism and strategy. Something that should be noted in my opinion many MTFs suffer from over specification, being specifically designed around one singular anomly or place, and makes them useless in any other situation. To be fair this is nescary with some anomlies as they very drastically.

[@heavyhitter3927]

Probably the least likely part about this SCP operation is The fact the guy found a possible Cognito hazard and just went hey pal come over here and look at this. For all he knew his heart could’ve stopped 10 minutes later or, slowly go insane, or make him just kill himself for seemingly no reason like one does near the end of this film, or any other number of things. Cognito hazards are a bitch when it comes to SCPs

[@AHSValor]

That's what the MTF is for. When you're the first team in, every second you're alive and healthy would be counted as a damn miracle. The hole could've contained a cogitohazard. The water could've been a cognitohazard. The trees in the forest could've been a cognitohazard. The house itself could've been a cognitohazard. The person they shot could've been a cognitohazard. The only intel they had regarding the anomaly was that there were floating people and potential occult ties. Everything they encounter beyond that is a new development, and it's better to find out any further anomalies at the already quartered-off site rather than have unforeseen anomalies occur in transit and be forced to quarter off a whole new area.

[@heavyhitter3927]

@@AHSValor fair enough, but my point is that they shouldn't be needlessly exposing there team to possible cognitohazards if not absolutely necessary

[@AHSValor]

@@heavyhitter3927 To take every possible measure to prevent cognitohazard exposure would mean more time not getting to the bottom of the source of the present anomalous activity, and the potential compromise of the team as it is. They really have no other choice than to address any cogitohazard as it appears, with discretion, or they'll be sacrificing the progress of the operation for the sake of living longer.

[@heavyhitter3927]

@@AHSValor i see your point now, in order to deal with a possible time sensitive event, they have to take larger risks in order to complete it before the unknown end time. or something like that.

[@AHSValor]

@@heavyhitter3927 Pretty much. Getting to the bottom of the anomalous activity, and figuring out how to contain it, is the number one priority in the opening stages of dealing with an SCP. All personnel and belligerents lost, or otherwise utilized, in the process of finding, securing, containing, and scrubbing the knowledge of the anomaly from public record, is deemed absolutely necessary to keep the world from turning to absolute chaos. Technically, anyone who is a part of the SCP Foundation has to be ready to kill and die in the name of defending humanity. Even if the anomaly is as harmless or inconsequential as a AA battery that never runs out of energy with zero explanation or complication.

[@danilonakazone386]

The wrist communicator device is really clever. Imagine you need to call back up but if you even whisper, you might alarm the enemy!

[@SpacePirateKatz666]

It's spoky because the vet guy says it's spooky, lol , let alone us normal civies XD lol

[@SerbianDingo]

the making of is dope

[@noisyash4234]

9:56 later in the film one of the guys tells him to check his seal

[@shaneboltpara-vet7390]

define paranormal encounter, my big bads wouldn't be effected by conventional fire arms

[@-----REDACTED-----]

Aaaaaw yussss. Looks like this will be at least a three-parter!

[@Chaosh21]

Bit late but bogey is a term used when there is an unidentified aircraft, if aircraft is identified as hostile they then become a bandit.

[@justgame2924]

Oh, finally

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I'm a man of my word

[@jonathanevans3853]

I think most of the horror villains these days if somebody had a decent caliber gun that could probably kill them, I mean I know for a fact Chucky would be less scary if I had a 12 gauge shotgun

[@ohnespicklefr]

7:15 Lambert is from New England, he may call "hostile" differently. Never heard Bogey though.

[@pirate420ful]

i'm obsessed with your SCP reactions!! this is a grrreaaat idea for a video, so fun to watch for maany reasons :D thank you so much for such awesome content! for sure sharing your videos! can't wait to see if there will be any more :D

[@thetalantonx]

Without a doubt a reaction video on the Making Of video is well worth it!

[@princefarron5484]

Late to the party, but I think bogie is the right term. Here we're dealing with the paranormal. The target may be regenerating, acidic, be temporarily dead, spawning clones, friendly, shapeshifting, demon controlled, mimic, vampire. Hostile in this case simply doesn't cut it. Boogie until declared otherwise.

[@cynicalcitizen8315]

Called in MR's and now we have a cam that reveals "others", we might have a problem.

[@Psycorde]

Doors and corners, kid. That's where they get you.

[@azazzelx]

very good commentary

[@Excalibur01]

They addressed in the behind the scenes because of the rush in filming that they forgot to have the guys clear the rest of the 2nd floor. You see that as they moved on the first hostile, they did not clear 2 rooms as they advanced on Pender

[@walnzell9328]

7:11 This appears to be a joint operation with mobile task forces from different countries. This guy might be part of a UK team. I don't know if the UK uses the term bogeys, but still. The vocabulary might be different.

[@FBH991]

the reason the masks got so fogged was that they ended up filming in the height of summer due to covid.

[@Joe-mz6ez]

Finally!!!!

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I'm good for it! lol

[@gingerfurrdjedi6211]

Whoever did the consulting on this needs to work in Hollywood

[@gingerfurrdjedi6211]

I'd love to see the making of, I guess I will figure out if you already have or not when I'm done watching the next one lol.

[@temwananinkana3419]

That issues concerning height, is there a standard still or height is thrown out entirely as a criteria for enristing?

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

I think very very extremes heights ( short or tall) would preclude you from enlisting.

[@cpunching]

Not in the military and voluntarily released during Canadian basic training (was not for me), but there was only one person I knew of at the time there who had issues due to height. They were (excuse my ignorance, not sure the term) a "little person" who was probably 4ft tall, if that. He could fit into the issued duffel bags and be carried around by his buddies, and did occasionally as a joke. He was having an extremely difficult time getting through the last part of the training which is a large hike with all your gear on, your rucksack, and your rifle. He was basically having to try to carry his own bodyweight+ on that hike because everything standard issue is... well, it's meant for 6ft tall men. Dude was extremely determined and I really hope he went on to pass. His height might not have made him suitable for an army position but there was no reason why he couldn't have joined the chair/airforce or something.

[@temwananinkana3419]

@@cpunching very enlightening

[@KyrstOak]

@@cpunching I think the term you're looking for is downs syndrome.

[@afreakshow1752]

To me calling an hosile a bogey kinda makes sense in that setting. tTey are not a national military force so it make sense that they have their own jargon related to what they do, in the end a bogey is something creepy, at least Wordreference says so ahahahahah

[@0ratedrsuperstaredge]

really good explanation thank you so much

[@jessicakrios9382]

I like that he's like "they got all this right" meanwhile marines and rangers who react to this are like "fucking nods are heavy, they have no one watching behind them so now they have to go back and clear those rooms again. Why are they at the high ready" or some complaining about how heavy the gear is that while it looks bad ass they don't want to fuck with it unless they have to.

[@calvindeaton624]

they never cleared the two rooms before the "boogey" he could have been a honeypot to get them close then surprise your buddy is dead

[@Psychosurgeonpls]

for the bogey thing, thats what the brits say to my understanding

[@sohrabroozbahani4700]

That much I have learned Boggy is for unknown flying object Vampire is for unknown air transient as if missiles Skunk is unknown surface contact Goblin is unknown under water contact The enemies generally indicated as tangos... and wheeled none tank vehicles are Vectors...

[@walnzell9328]

I don't really understand how a hand grenade duct taped to a doorway with a tripwire to pull the pin ever works. That's gotta be some strong duct tape. Or did the insurgents fiddle with the pins to make them easier to pull? I remember hearing about American soldiers and marines in Vietnam doing that. I think there was an example of that in The Things They Carried. One of them bending the pins on their grenades in a way that made them easier to pull out.

[@jadedsilverlining9427]

@ 25:43 it seems like a communication that they have some sort of anomalous object/potential threat

[@danthiel8623]

Yes, operator Drewski behind the scenes.

[@shaneboltpara-vet7390]

is the mask fogging up or is it the reflection from the window and curtain?

[@manictiger]

Nods don't pick up IR, so can't act as a comparison to the camera. Nods have better FOV, lower latency, can see through windows and are better for CQB. Thermal has abysmal FOV, higher latency, can see through foliage and smoke and is better for DM/Sniping/MG.

[@beter21137]

Lol, on the "play me" video part, on a irl situation it would be mostly a propaganda, or that thing of: we got hostages and we are going to kill them) etc... but i think they would have played better contingencies for that, since you know... that could have being memetic hazard, or a portal... or somewhat being that obvious.

[@AHSValor]

You never know until you know, so unless they know you're basically a D-Class with a gun, training, and dignified treatment

[@Roxy377]

will you watch scp doll house? i love your reaction

[@npswm1314]

MTF protocol dictates that a "bogey" is unidentified target presumed hostile.

[@potbellymanowar]

I think bogey might be "boogey man", not sure. It looked like he was sitting in a pentagram or something like it.

[@stairwayunicorn4861]

Maybe its just me being autistic but yelling "put your fucking hands up, do it now" would instantly make me non-compliant.

[@lars7935]

At least they didn't shoot until the guy reached for a gun.

[@lars7935]

10:10 they did the entire shoot in just 5 days. They likely couldn't afford to redo many shots once they found the errors.

[@TheHolyBlood7771]

Hey, nice vids man! Can you react to the one russian movie's scene named by "Скольжение" which translates like "Slip" when the FSB rushing drug dealers house? On youtube you can find this scene "Spetsnaz Action - Скольжение 2015 - Russian Movie" Its the same producer who made escape from tarkov raid episodes

[@Alpha-up3mo]

Do the reaction to the making there you can hear the military consultant talk about his experience in making of the movie

[@katierice6725]

THEY SAY BOGEY CUZ THIER ALL FROM DIFERENT PLACES SRRY FOR CAPS

[@mikejo8194]

Fun fact: they did have an military advisor edit: the foggy gas mask was a prop gas mask not a legit gas mask figured this out on the behind the sences video of SCP overlord

[@ops5161]

I watched so much of the US Army Marines / Veterans but this one got stuck with me. And to add on, at around 6:21 when they were moving closer to Kingpin, they did not check the rooms, hell, some dude may have been there ready to fire a few bullets into the squad.

[@StrawSundew]

Late comment but I'm pretty sure they didn't have enough time to film that part

[@Excalibur01]

The same people are making a new movie called SCP Heretic. They've just announced Garand Thumb is gonna be in it.

[@feelingsfeelings.2848]

It's cancelled. Pain.

[@Excalibur01]

@@feelingsfeelings.2848 I know

[@crackiswack9872]

Check out drewski's making of vlog for sure

[@OBP_Simon_Phoenix]

So TOC in this case would be Helios?

[@Atzy]

I'm not sure that is fog in his mask, I think it's a reflection from the window.

[@djamondaxuzm4712]

SAVAGE Actual did a reaction to this and absolutely ripped this movie to *shreds*. They saw so many errors in this movie as former SF guys; for example, they'd have just torn the wall down to get into the basement.

[@KairiPrime]

Thing you have to remember is that this is SCP and literally ANYTHING around the could be anomalous, including the house itself and tearing into it could kill you, or drive you insane. Yes there are SPCs like that and the MTF know that. Tactics are understandably going to change when you know that you are going against the unknown. It's not so much bad guys with guns that the MTF worry about, it's a tree that can cut your head off or a smell that can melt your brain.

[@Tactical_ops36]

Can you do SCP 096 reaction

[@LordLuna]

so the guy who died in the basement got hit by a cognito hazard?

[@robashley8216]

I've had a few personal paranormal experiences in friends houses and haunted locations that I've though I could shoot my way out. Maybe its the combat arms/veteran part of me lol I know it wouldn't work and Id just be wasting ammo but I think its just the security/ training thing we all know and love

[@CombatVeteranReacts]

You fall back to your training and instincts lol

[@Coyote11007]

kolinsky and 2-1 are both scp's

[@Gorf2003]

In game development TTP is Time To P****...

[@walnzell9328]

17:55 This is a dumb move for an SCP operative. It's very clearly a potential cognito-hazard.

[@actuallylid]

That’s their job though, to find anomalies the hard way so that the containment team wont have to

[@cherrydragon3120]

Thats why MTF's are disposable...

[@cornyfirstkill]

SCP Foundation isn't the US military so them using some what different language isn't all that far fetched in regards to boogie vs hostile.

[@sametucar9544]

💀👍

[@KyrstOak]

This definitely isn't a fan-film. It's a canonical entry into the Foundation multiverse.

[@johnlee7046]

The SCP Foundation does not value human lives and

[@ironstarofmordian7098]

0:03 wait you where 31 series!? Dislike. 🤣 👍