What if Ryley Wasn't the Only Survivor in Subnautica?

Today, we'll be theorizing about a popular Subnautica-related topic and that is: What would the game be like if Ryley wasn't the sole survivor of Aurora's crash. How much easier would his life be? Would there be any major changes to the storyline? Come find out!
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[@spooket8464]

The sea emperor would have two friends instead of one, that's the most important difference in my opinion.

[@TheLastBacon]

Awww that would be so nice :)

[@elaine1740]

@@TheLastBacon E. thanks for the like heres some pizza 🍕

[@mr.lordstarscream1570]

Make that a 3

[@mimir9483]

@@mr.lordstarscream1570 hey Jeff I killed the other 2 sea dragons sorry

[@diener20]

@@mr.lordstarscream1570 mach 10 speed through a wall i wanna be like you

[@TheSnomGuy]

Just sayin’ Riley was a janitor He saved an entire planet

[@TheLastBacon]

They build janitors tough in the future :)

[@Otokichi786]

Another kind of "Roger Wilco"? (The star of Sierra Online's "Space Quest" series.;)

[@Brute_Studios]

Yeah, he sure cleaned up the place.

[@beaneater4364]

He's actually a maintenence cheif

[@somerandomoldman4557]

He cleaned the bacteria's of the planet, he is the best janitor ever

[@guts60]

Now what if Ryley wasn’t napping for probably a few days after impact with the planet and he was actually able to meet survivors before they died?

[@TheLastBacon]

Perhaps he could save a few :)

[@pustota7254]

@@TheLastBacon are u a hampter?

[@RandomRakkoon]

@@TheLastBacon Especially Lifepod 6, if only they didn’t put flares in the pods

[@Otokichi786]

I thought that Ryley Robinson was concussed for three hours, not days.

[@gabyyyyyyyyy]

@@Otokichi786 he protecc, he atacc but most importantley he take long nap

[@badsadmadfadnad9781]

Ryley wouldn’t be the only one who has to give away his life savings

[@TheLastBacon]

Maybe they could split the debt :D

[@doglife6193]

Lol

[@smudgy9827]

@@doglife6193 true

[@badsadmadfadnad9781]

@@TheLastBacon haha maybe

[@26th_Primarch]

@@TheLastBacon knowing Alterra... They'd probably just double the price of everything used.

[@yutyrannus5496]

Ryley seeing another survivor: 2 spider men pointing at each other calling each other ghosts

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha accurate :)

[@VoicesOfTheVoid.]

gost

[@3ll3llyyy]

i mean logically he'd go insane from the lack of human interaction and the creatures so i hope he finds a friend lol

[@yutyrannus5496]

@@3ll3llyyy probably would go insane unless he’s dream speedrunning 4546b

[@3ll3llyyy]

@@yutyrannus5496 lol

[@skimmy4582]

"What if Riley wasn't the only survivor?" -> You Are Not Alone

[@TheLastBacon]

Oh no :D

[@anriavetis7651]

I knew it

[@user-od6bi2nz5m]

THE CONNECTIONS

[@aidanjones669]

We never were 😏

[@heisenberggaming6548]

Yeh luckily Riley is the only one, and dont download NPC surviors mode, look up on yt "You are not alone, subnautica creepy pasta", if u want more survivors download nitrox mode, then u can play with real players, but i think to play with others they also need nitrox mode

[@JocaPlays87]

Imagine the base they would build, also when raiding the aurora one of them could get all the important toys and posters and the other the useless supplies and fix the reactor

[@TheLastBacon]

Would be the most epic base ever :) can you imagine it in co-op?

[@JocaPlays87]

@@TheLastBacon they would get double the resources if exploring right, be double ready for certain things and be double efficient on saving the sea emperor

[@brainrot293]

There’s a mod for this!

[@saturn9536]

@@brainrot293 what mod?

[@RatusCraft]

@@saturn9536 The Subnautica multiplayer mod is called "Nitrox" Here is the Nexusmods link: www.nexusmods.com/subnautica/mods/159

[@Bpl4yz]

If ryley wasn’t the only one alive then we would have a Ally or multiplayer

[@TheLastBacon]

Indeed yep :)

[@3ll3llyyy]

thatd be awesome- a multiplayer subautica where youre in two different pods

[@Tobias_VR]

@@3ll3llyyy YES

[@Tobias_VR]

@@3ll3llyyyWe need that

[@youkaiphoenix4236]

The subnautica multiplayer mod that is a little buggy be like:

[@scalarKnight]

Technically, there were other survivors, they just died quickly.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep :) they sure did!

[@VoicesOfTheVoid.]

was Riley's Lifepod falling 1 centimeter per second

[@scalarKnight]

@@VoicesOfTheVoid. no, it fell pretty fast

[@VoicesOfTheVoid.]

@@scalarKnight how long has Riley been sleeping in the Lifepod then

[@scalarKnight]

@@VoicesOfTheVoid. he wasnt sleeping, he fell unconscious after he landed cause a piece of metal hit him

[@acrobotic321]

I could only imagine that there were several survivors that ended up in the ecological dead zone...

[@TheLastBacon]

Must've really sucked for them :)

[@artisticinexpression]

That’s scary to think about, imagine if you were stuck in the middle of a void of nothing but microorganisms and giant ghost monsters

[@Local_Moron]

Oh no…

[@dorebregolagath7557]

Pre recorded distress call playing “WE NEED HELP NOW THERE IS A GIGANTIC GHOST SWALLOWING THE POD WHOLE”

[@Vicioussnakeboy]

@@dorebregolagath7557 Pre-recorded distress call, playing back. "OH MY FUCKING JESUS THE LIFEPOD IS BEING SWALLOWED WHOLE BY A FUCKING GHOST THING AND MY OTHER CREWMATES HAVE BEEN FUCKING KILLED BY THE GHOST THING- OH MY GOD THE WHOLE FLOOR IS GONE I CAN SEE IT'S MOUTH IT JUST ATE THE FUCKING GROUND OH MY GOD I'M HANGING ON BY THE LADDER OHH NO OKAY THE LADDER HAS BROKEN OFF OHH NO AAAAH- *static*" Unable to gather rest of distress call.

[@godzillakaijuboy]

Me after remembering the, you are not alone, creepypasta: *quietly loads gun*

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha hopefully that wouldn't happen :D

[@Mr.Manta5988]

I prefer the crashfish bomb

[@gabyyyyyyyyy]

Stasis rifle*

[@joonasmitt]

"QUIETLY RELOADS MILLIONS OF ROCKET LAUNCHERS"

[@joonasmitt]

Quietly starts dooms day device

[@godzillakaijuboy]

Wouldn't it be more likely that someone else was in his life pod?

[@TheLastBacon]

I suppose that could happen as well :)

[@cagfer8518]

It has two seats so yeah

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

Riley probabaly had the final escape pod, Or it fell off.

[@redpie32]

possible since one lifepod is for two people since notice theres an extra seat

[@lilfigiwater621]

He left so he wouldn't die while waiting for someone else

[@Mr.Manta5988]

I wish there was a secret ending in which we get to see what is on Riley's PDA when it's unlocked again

[@TheLastBacon]

That would be cool :)

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

It would probabaly be called “Researcher” ending.

[@Tobias_VR]

Since you've been gone since last I seen my son lost to this monster and the man behind the slauter ding ding

[@Mr.Manta5988]

@@Tobias_VR Doo dp dee dodo dedoo

[@Tobias_VR]

@@Mr.Manta5988 is this revenge i am seeking someone to avenge me

[@spongeyscarab8277]

Both Riley and the possible survivor could be a good duo, like Riley could’ve gotten the loot and materials and the other survivor could build the things

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah it would really work in some form of co-op :)

[@patthonsirilim5739]

actully riley could still be the main characther venturing out gathering loot and tech while the guy could be the builder.

[@boney2982]

@@patthonsirilim5739 especially if the other survivor was an engineer the dude could be spending his time trying to design new tech they can use and maybe attempting to reverse engineer some of the alien stuff

[@docmexicano6649]

Also, remember that the Neptune was made specifically so that Riley could leave the planet, in case there were 2 survivors Alterra would probably just send another type of rocket with enough life support for 2 persons

[@TheLastBacon]

It is certainly possible! :)

[@TheLastSane1]

If they thought there was a weapons platform they would send them the neptune and have them launch at the same time. Less likely that two ships are shot down than one.

[@perr0263]

@@TheLastSane1 With the right angle...

[@jeffumbach]

Alterra didn't know how many survivors there were if any at all, all of the transmissions were receive are one-way.

[@Vicioussnakeboy]

@@perr0263 And considering it IS an advanced alien civilisation who built the Q.E.P, it is likely they found a way to make it able to shoot down more than one ships

[@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766]

Imagine if the chief of just all engineering,the head chef,and a very good decorator survived together,oh and rylee too

[@TheLastBacon]

Imagine what they could build together :)

[@albussr1589]

They would just screw the Rocket because why should they leave?

[@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766]

@@albussr1589 and if one of them could jailbreak fabricators everything would be great

[@albussr1589]

Oh, and a biologist. One that is Specialized for Behavior so they can tame a few things

[@thatoneschoolkid8854]

@@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766 Yep, Imagine how awkward it would first be for riley, you got The head admin for each subject for survival then you got a janitor that is good at swimming.

[@mariasirona1622]

A lifepod can carry two, there are 50 of 'em Aurora has crew of 157 50 times 2 is a hundred Uh oh Edit: it would not have even been hard to add a third seat into a lifepod, there is room. I don't think not having 7 extra crew would be so hard.

[@mosqit4324]

_uh oh_

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep :) exactly! Great planning Alterra!

[@Foxtrot-51]

*It's the titanic all over again!*

[@Surmiauw1209]

Omg i didn't think that way 😮

[@mariasirona1622]

And i did not except to get so many replies and likes so fast!

[@z54964380]

I think those two that made it to the island should’ve stayed there and hunkered down for a while

[@TheLastBacon]

I definitely agree :)

[@glowingmushroom]

Honestly, anyone used to living on dry land would stay there as long as possible

[@lynnnbagels5549]

The Degasi bases would make a good start for a shelter.

[@pighater1111]

@@jonathanfortez7907 floating island has only 2 cave crawlers

[@jeffumbach]

Also no mention in their log of the abandoned base on the island so apparently they didn't even bother exploring it before trying to return to the Aurora. What's curious though is how did the CTO meet him there so fast when she landed all the way on the other side of the crater?

[@meowxp444]

“What would it look like if Ryley wasn’t the only survivor of the aroura?” *laughs in Marguerit stan*

[@TheLastBacon]

Pretty much :D

[@godzillakaijuboy]

Multiplayer: it's showtime

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah this would be a nice way to make it work :)

[@Splinter-ge9pf]

Oh god... Nitrox lore

[@Otokichi786]

I saw a "multiplayer" version, It was a mess, they were constantly getting in each other's way in Lifepod 4. One really big problem was shared inventory as well. (Socialism doesn't work on planet 4546B.;)

[@I_Like_Ike53]

Man this graveyard is crowded, people must be dying to get in

[@TheLastBacon]

Lovely pun :D

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

SHUT UP!

[@iiaplepiezyt209]

@@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML dude chill

[@willchadburn7664]

And imagine if Riley landed in another place but safe shallows

[@TheLastBacon]

That could change the game quite a bit :)

[@Splinter-ge9pf]

I'm pretty sure there is a mod for this

[@The_Goose2]

@@Splinter-ge9pf lifepod unleashed yep

[@mr.lordstarscream1570]

*evil laughter*

[@Mr.Manta5988]

@@mr.lordstarscream1570 I like you, Jeff

[@heroicspirit2764]

I wonder if we'll ever find out what happened to Ryley after the end of Subnautica 😁

[@TheLastBacon]

I wonder if BZ will tell us :)

[@heroicspirit2764]

@@TheLastBacon I hope so 😋

[@mr.lordstarscream1570]

We found out ON NEXT EPISODE OF DRAGON BALLS Z

[@Otokichi786]

Possibility #1: He's on Alterra's board of directors, having discovered Alien technology and Ion Cell batteries. Possibility #2: He returned to Planet 4546B and runs a Hipster-friendly Extreme Resort "for the time of your life." Possibility #3: He's in a space smaller than Lifepod 4, serving hard time in Debtor's Prison. Possibility #4: He escaped from Debtor's Prison and is "somewhere over the rainbow."

[@heroicspirit2764]

@@Otokichi786 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@literallyjohn6906]

I like to imagine the other 15~ lifepods landed in the void. Which explains why they aren’t in the map.

[@TheLastBacon]

Must've really sucked for them :)

[@dorebregolagath7557]

Pre recorded distress call playing “WE NEED HELP NOW THERE IS A GIGANTIC GHOST SWALLOWING THE POD WHOLE”

[@loweffortpictureofapaperhavfun]

@@dorebregolagath7557hey i’ve seen this on another comment

[@dorebregolagath7557]

@@loweffortpictureofapaperhavfun yes

[@MadMan-7978]

Yes, the PDA did an oospie, this exact oopsie caused my 25 hours hardcore playthrough get lost, damm those warpers got me while scanning

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha dang that sucks :)

[@utu_be]

I died because I exited my seamoth while it was in maxspeed R.I.P 32 hour save

[@MadMan-7978]

@@utu_be that happened to me sooo many times, I now always waste a lot of time to slow down to 0 before exiting

[@utu_be]

@@MadMan-7978 I died in hardcore because of that

[@Vicioussnakeboy]

I died in hardcore mode to cutting acid mushrooms for my bioreactor Wow what a great way to go

[@thecaneater]

I think having a second survivor, but with whom you never interact with would be more interesting. You are never in the same area at the same time, but you see evidence of them all over the place. They would build multiple mini-bases all over the map, appearing over time, eventually in every biome. They would not be there when you first visit a zone, but appear at a later visit. Perhaps the other survivor comes to favor one or two bases, chosen at random, that they add to over time or story/exploration check points. Maybe that could be how you get Prawn suit fragments; the other survivor makes one, but it eventually breaks down at an outpost. Could be used to time-lock other tech recipes. This would help to maintain the isolated atmosphere the game gets so right, compared to Last Bacon's scenario where you interact with them.

[@TheLastBacon]

That would be kinda spooky in a way :)

[@sebikosik8611]

that would just make it more scary lol

[@albino478gaming5]

Or even contacting you at the end of the game because who cant notice a frickin rocket?! And escape together (or before you even build the rocket)

[@slamdunk3187]

Next, what if the Aurora landed in below zero.

[@TheLastBacon]

That would be....something :)

[@couriersix4252]

@@TheLastBacon cold

[@charlesjakesamadan4008]

*One Word, I c e*

[@lynnnbagels5549]

The early discovery of alien penguins would have single-handedly kept the surviving members of the Aurora sane.

[@lizflessert2427]

@Lox Bagels especially Jochi Khasar

[@JoaoLeote7331]

It would be cool if in the Aurora black box it was mentioned that right after impact scans detected 30+ humans alive, then after the Aurora explosion they detected only 10, and after a while only 1. This would imply that while we were playing the game in the beggining there were others alive, but by the time we find them they've perished. And it also implies that as we sat there and watched the explosion, there were people inside the Aurora

[@TheLastBacon]

That would be really freaky - love the idea :)

[@Louie42069]

Teachers: pay attention or you will be a janitor Ryley: ☹️

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha well at the end of the day, the janitor was the only one to survive :)

[@Vicioussnakeboy]

Note to self: if the aurora exists and i join alterra, become a janitor

[@mazon2078]

What if lifepod 3 didn’t have an incapable engineer? Then rylie would have found survivors quickly

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep :) most definitely!

[@Breached18]

There's a spawn point where they're 100m away from lifepod 5, like bruh, so close

[@jeffumbach]

Yeah we get no indication of what happened to those two who landed so close to Riley, had a mostly working Seaglide, yet somehow missed him entirely and disappeared.

[@Krawberry]

@@jeffumbach I always assumed the Stalkers got them

[@mr49erburger80]

"What if Riley wasn't alone" "contains spoilers" so now we know Riley is alone? Thats a nice secret

[@TheLastBacon]

Just in case someone didn't know :)

[@decaptain4561]

This could’ve been the perfect set up for multiplayer The building mechanic where u don’t need all the materials makes sense in multiplayer too

[@ketcapldomates4267]

Ah yes the “janitor” -can hold breath for a minute -doesnt get effected by preture under water -can handle a bite from giant sea monsters -can fire with %100 accuricy -has deep knowlege of plants and farming -can use medical supplies on himself -can open jammed doors by his hands on -500 meters deep -infinite stamina -can run faster than a jet -doesnt fear -doesnt need sleep -knows how to use a rocket -can f***ing respawn (exept hardcore -can carry over 10 tons of equipments -can pick up a swimming fish -for some reason he is good at driving underwater vehicles -repair 100 -science 100 -survival 100 -medicine 100 -can survive 100m drop without breaking any limbs -immortal agains a deadly virus so that explains why he is only survivor right? Btw can you find a mod that can create the world infinitely without the limits? (With no far lands lol) that would be a cool

[@TheLastBacon]

I wish we could have infinite world generation :) and yeah you're right, Ryley is freaking superhuman.

[@ashgrun]

you can't forget that the cyclops(atleast im pretty sure it was the cyclops) is A VEHICLE MEANT TO BE PILOTED BY THREE PEOPLE

[@Damian-cilr1]

farlands are sadly inevetible,due to floating point errors,even nowadays in minecraft even if the farlands are gone,if you somehow get past the border and go far enough there will be lots of floating point errors,which is why there's a world border at 30m blocks out

[@lbgreviews]

The way I had viewed the one-sided interaction with Altera HQ, I suspect that due to how long it took for them to receive the distress call, they suspected nobody survived and had only sent out that message for the slim chance that there was. I wonder if they had confirmation that there was more than one survivor, perhaps they would have sent a blueprint for a vessel that could accommodate x amount of survivors

[@TheLastBacon]

Oh yeah probably :) I'm sure they have other vehicles similar to the Neptune rocket.

[@psychoblake]

Imagine if Subnautica had somewhat of a fire watch sort of experience. With a survivor far away from the player that you can never see, but always talk to on the radio. I feel like that would have been AMAZING

[@TheLastBacon]

That could certainly be awesome! I really enjoyed Firewatch :)

[@youraveragemasterchief9895]

Rare footage of a reaper yeeting itself into the aurora 4:13

[@TheLastBacon]

Very rare indeed :D

[@shrekisloveshrekislife4999]

is it weird that i can imagine Riley and the other survivor fighting over a cuddle fish

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha perhaps they could share :)

[@shrekisloveshrekislife4999]

@@TheLastBacon i don't think you can share something that cute

[@davidhicks4384]

@@TheLastBacon ok let’s split in half heheheheh😂😂😈

[@davidhicks4384]

Jk jk

[@ashgrun]

@@TheLastBacon or they could get a second cuddle fish

[@jrs2050]

I honestly love this concept. It's one of those questions that really hooks you and makes you think. For me, personally, I have a few different thoughts on the matter. First off, I believe this begs the question of how we interact with this other character. Would they be in one place, giving us things to go out and do to progress? Or maybe be a direct companion that follows us to each location. Maybe we never see them at all, and we just get to contact them on the radio frequently. Second, I think this could lead to a FAR different story from the original. We could potentially see multiple different endings as well. Say we had some kind of relationship with this other person, prior to the beginning of the game. Or maybe we begin to develop one with them throughout the events unfolding. Hell, maybe if this person is just another voice on the radio, we might get to hear them slowly slipping into insanity from what's going on. As for the different endings, I think it might have to depend on who this other character is, and maybe even decisions we're allowed to make throughout the game. Say we build a lot of trust with this person, and they happen to be female. Ryley and his new friend might decide to not leave the planet at all, and start a new life there knowing the gun would protect them from alterra (who we know ain't about to let their debt just slide). Like this, the two could populate the planet further and start their own civilization. Here's another idea though- say we don't listen to this character throughout the game, and never gain their trust. Regardless of their gender, they might betray us and sabotage us in the final moments of the game. We could also receive a neutral ending, allowing both us and our partner to leave the planet. Nothing special, nothing terrible. Well whatever. It's always fun to think about these kinds of things, but I still think subnautica is nearly perfect for a game in it's genre. Just gotta say I love the videos man, you deserve way more support.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah I totally agree :) there are so many different areas one could explore regarding this topic. I also love the idea of this NPC being someone you have to build a relationship with throughout the game!

[@zakirhussainsyed8682]

HOW MUCH DID HE WROTE BRUH

[@jrs2050]

@@zakirhussainsyed8682 write*

[@dorebregolagath7557]

@@TheLastBacon well you don’t have to build a relationship with them you could just eat them

[@manthannandha1095]

about the rocket problem, the blueprint was sent by alterra on ryley's request, thus it was for only 1 survivor. If they tell them that there are 2 of them then alterra would probably give an approproate blueprint

[@TheLastBacon]

Hopefully yeah :)....though knowing how cheap they are - I wouldn’t put them above cramming multiple people into the neptune.

[@beaubird1341]

Do you think Riley would be able to talk to the other survivor or would he be mute. Also nice video

[@TheLastBacon]

Depends if you believe that panel hit caused him brain damage :)

[@averysemidecent2870]

I mean I figure he's mute because he doesn't talk in the game. All good things have a price

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

@@averysemidecent2870 He has no one to talk to - He could feel scared of the sea emperess.

[@robknight666]

@@TheLastBacon in wheatlies words: you have a minor case of very serious brain damage. Something like that was said by the pda.

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

@Ryley Klein not you

[@DanzTheGB]

It's been 3-4 years, and I still get lost in that pipe section in the Aurora.

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha I feel that so hard :)

[@Vicioussnakeboy]

Ive navigated my way around it and now its simple

[@Kav_himself]

It's been 4 years yet i didn't know there was a flashlight at that section all along

[@nicolasmonteiro7817]

The feeling of being alone in an entire planet is so, creepy, or arent we alone?

[@TheLastBacon]

Pretty much like that creepypasta I made :)

[@matthewtello3726]

The Cuttlefish will have extra friends now YAY

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay :) indeed it will!

[@May-gr8bp]

this is a really cool concept. when I played for the first time, I received distress messages on my radio not a robot voice, but a person's voice. I rushed to the coordinates to try and rescue them, and was disappointed that I couldn't find them. As far as I know, Second Officer Keen and CTO Yu tried to go to the Aurora Rendezvous point, but didn't make it? oh you mentioned it in the video. Maybe these 2 survivors tried to go to the aurora and died of radiation sickness, or a reaper?

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah it's a real shame you can't meet up with them :)

[@thefunny6057]

If this happened I think your creepy pasta would become true

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha that would be terrifying! :)

[@fluffcat1351]

what about the 2 people who were in the kelp forest? they were very close to ryley, and they had a seaglide. if one of them made it, they could easily find ryley's intact lifepod.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah definitely :)

[@GS-dd3wj]

No, the seaglide was broken. They said that the were "plugging some holes in their emergency seaglide"

[@Kapooker]

That would be very strange lmao. Love the new video!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you :) and yeah it would be!

[@cmoetnt7019]

Maybe Riley ate them because he was hungry. Remember It’s just a theory

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

@@cmoetnt7019 a game theory

[@dreamiinotdream730]

If Riley wasn’t alone, I reckon that he and his buddy/buddies would probably colonize the place rather than trying to get back.

[@TheLastBacon]

Who knows :) maybe that would be the eventual conclusion.

[@Crimson-zt5hv]

*Insert drake meme but instead of drake its Ryley* *Escape the horrible place?* *Nah fam* *Kill everything and infest the planet like your own planet* *YES FAM*

[@Null-nw3mi]

they would either need a lot of people sent there or a lot of incest

[@Crimson-zt5hv]

@@Null-nw3mi "Or alot of incest" Hol' up-

[@Vicioussnakeboy]

@@Crimson-zt5hv i am too not questioning it

[@topfighter1018]

Epic video! This is quite a interesting question. I do want to add one thing. At 2:00, I would assume that the reason the other 15 life pods are not in the game is because they ejected soon after abandon ship was called, causing them to land tens of hundreds of miles away from the Aurora crash site. So who knows. Maybe there are a couple of survivors who landed far from the playable area, landing on a other reef area.

[@TheLastBacon]

That is a very fair point :) ....or they're just forever drifting in the void.

[@gamingchamp6728]

Imagine one lifepod landed in Sector Zero

[@msiio]

@@gamingchamp6728 well, that game takes 10 years into the future, i don't think he will be even alive right now.

[@crapcentral]

@@msiio bellow zero takes place 2 years after subnautica

[@Bulldozermaniac]

@@crapcentral I think it takes place not long after riley finally escaped the planet

[@mannamedjared]

I swear I almost had a heart attack because of that name

[@TheLastBacon]

Is that so? :)

[@mannamedjared]

@@TheLastBacon yes

[@jogolord8122]

@@mannamedjared why

[@fluffcat1351]

no, they would die of a reaper, and ryley would disappear and leave some stuff behind

[@Brute_Studios]

Do you think unknown world would be fine if I made a fan comic like this? Because I'm hoping that they're fine with me making that a fan comic like that.

[@TheLastBacon]

I'm certain they would! :)

[@ghoulishghost2505]

Ayo send me a link if you do! That sounds awesome!!

[@merlijnnelis]

If you ever finish it, please share the link in the comments with us. I'd love to see it!

[@hazzabomb707]

Please do! im sure they will be fine with it :)

[@Brute_Studios]

@@hazzabomb707 for the one who walks, of course.

[@josemedina8824]

Imagine being another survivor, and ryley is dead by a stalker, or he Land in another place

[@TheLastBacon]

That would be interesting :)

[@Nxviss]

This concept is actually so cool!

[@TheLastBacon]

Definitely an interesting thought :)

[@piercetaliaferro5393]

lmao imagine if the scanner blueprint had been corrupted

[@Otokichi786]

Didn't one unfortunate survivor report that his Replicator was busted and turned out random articles?

[@mosqit4324]

Üf

[@mosqit4324]

@@Otokichi786 *fabricator

[@TheLastBacon]

That would really suck :) ....like welp, no blueprints for me.

[@HyperTextMarkupLanguage-HTML]

He would scan the blueprint with his scanner, fool.

[@veeer2255]

When he said Creep-up,I thought he said Creeper for a split second. And I was like. AW MAN

[@TheLastBacon]

I might have :D

[@happystarthe3rd]

The only other person we know was there was Marguaret Maida but she was probably already at sector zero when aurora crashed

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah true :) Shame she never met with Ryley.

[@shadowstar6257]

If they had a fully functional PDA and someone with engineering knowledge. They might be able to repair the Ship before the big boom. We get a warning the explosion is going to happen, so they could make two radiation suits and get the drive core repaired before the ship explodes.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah perhaps - depending on how fast they move :)

[@benhebert06]

3:51 Reaper flipping out at the top...

[@TheLastBacon]

It was just drifting by :)

[@nionplayzgames8972]

I love this entire channel but i also love that you reply to comments:) also all of your work dont pay of enough you deserve more .you are my favorite youtuber

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay thank you! :)

[@anniehamblen5140]

I love your content and you really inspire me. Keep it up man!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much! :)

[@LanceCuatonPlays]

Am i the only one who thinks that a dlc about the sunbeam survivors (if there is any) would be a great addition to the subnautica lore Edit:this will be a good dlc too

[@TheLastBacon]

It could be REALLY awesome :)

[@averysemidecent2870]

I want this! Where they get yeeted out in a lifepod! I'll shut up now!

[@tsak9495]

Lol i saw the title and remembered the creepy pasta "you are not alone" or smt like that

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha yeah this is luckily a lot less scary :)

[@doode-]

man theres so much more potential to this game its unbelievable..im looking forward to watching more of these types of videos bacon!

[@TheLastBacon]

Totally agree :) And thank you!

[@owentrooper3499]

I’m so glad there is still people who make subnautica content! Please keep up the good work!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very kindly! :)

[@redshirt5126]

Honestly, this would work as a great set-up for a two player mode for the game.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep, totally! :)

[@hallowwolf3599]

I've been thinking about this exact question on and off for over a year now. Though it was mostly because of a different, and less plausible, question I thought of as soon as I started playing the early access version of Below Zero: What if Robin had been part of the Aurora crew? Not that I'm wishing for her to replace Ryley as the main character of the first game, but more like what if she and Ryley worked as a team? Also leads to what if Ryley appeared in Below Zero somehow?

[@TheLastBacon]

Honestly I would love to either see or at least hear about Ryley in BZ :)

[@benson1163]

I just got to say I love your content. The mod videos are funny the theory videos are interesting and the creepy pastas are...creepy you got me back into subnatica. Keep making great content

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much for the kind words :)

[@Bone_Incidents]

I feel like if there was another survivor to be with Riley that possibly we could have had branching paths with the story causing different endings example: Riley meets new survivor, Riley and Survivor work hard to fix the aurora, the nuclear explosion is about to happen in 5 hours, room gets caved in, the survivor got trapped inside(if you don’t have laser cutter) explosion kills the other survivor.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah that sounds awesome :)

[@cheese9761]

if Riley wasn't the only survivor the other survivor would probably betray him and take his rocket and leave him with the reapers

[@TheLastBacon]

Dang that would really suck :)

[@jacarebovino3366]

But why?

[@cheese9761]

@@jacarebovino3366 it's entirely possible that he did make enemies

[@djhypex7192]

Heyo last bacon can you do video where you explain what would happen if ryley wasn't knocked out for eight hrs

[@TheLastBacon]

That is an interesting one :) I'll think about it!

[@alex857tgg]

Yes

[@jaccaboibagguette6129]

What if someone else was in the lifpod with robin? they would be able to repair things faster - receive distress calls faster and save some of the others from their inevitble warper or reaper deaths. Snowballing through the process and multitudes faster than solo given the vast knowledge we are shown some of the initial survivors have. they can split and blast the game in a crazy short amount of time. saving more of the local fauna saving the sunbeam whom could rescue them. its really crazy to think about how 10-15 more people would live if someone else was in rileys pod

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah absolutely :)....the whole thing could’ve gone very differently.

[@teh_shaw4103]

A second surviver could even go into a darker direction. Remember, one of the symptoms of the virus is increased aggression, which could cause conflict between the 2 characters, maybe even forcing the player to kill the other surviver.

[@TheLastBacon]

Ooh good point! :)

[@robertgray3710]

The second survivor landing in the dunes and all around reaper leviathans: haha I’m in danger

[@TheLastBacon]

That would really suck :)

[@So1ly]

I love these theories

[@TheLastBacon]

Hope you enjoy! :)

[@wozify]

The most likely second survivor would, I presume, be one of those who already survived the crash but who didn't die to the local fauna / meet the warpers before Riley woke up. Had Keen persuaded Yu to stay at the rendezvous point a little longer, or not gone with her to the Aurora, or Riley had got his act together and found the floating island faster...they're the most likely candidates. The problem with Keen is that he'd have insisted on taking command, which would *really* shift the experience - just as well he got Reapered, really. I'm not sure that repairing the long-range comms would have changed much, except if the survivor was on another lifepod or their own more stable base that Riley hadn't discovered yet, as that would put them in touch with each other. There'd be no value in contacting Alterra again - they'd already made clear they weren't going to send a rescue ship, only blueprints for an escape rocket. And saying "I've contracted a lethal, highly infectious and most likely incurable alien disease and there's a big gun here that shoots down everything coming into orbit" would not be likely to change their minds. Why Alterra sent plans for an escape rocket that could only fit one person is...well, that might just be Alterra's institutional incompetence showing through, but I suspect it's just convenience on the devs' part. I'm pretty sure with only minor adjustments you could get the Neptune to have multiple cockpit seats at a pinch. Also, given how quickly Alterra responded with the blueprints, I anticipate they didn't design the Neptune on the spot but pulled some existing blueprints from the shelf, checked against the materials anaylsis of the planet that it was technically buildable and then sent them over. That might have included a suite of variants on the rocket for 1, 5, 15, 30, 50, 100 (etc) survivors, depending on how many might make it, as Alterra didn't know that at the time they sent the blueprints. Riley would have picked the solo one because, well, why give himself extra work with no-one else to save?

[@TheLastBacon]

I definitely agree with points 1 and 3 however I find it highly unlikely that if the survivors contacted Alterra and said "We've discovered a planet which contains alien technology including a new power source - much more effective than anything humans have as well as several 'futuristic' weapons" - that Alterra wouldn't want to spend more resources on the planet :) Especially since they purposefully sent the Aurora there to look for survivors.

[@wozify]

@@TheLastBacon The Aurora was only asked to detour via 4546B to look for the Degasi as they were passing nearby anyway and doing the Mongolian Transgov a favour was useful to them; based on Keen's recorded conversation, it seems the insurance payout covered the costs of them resupplying in Mongolian space en-route to the new phase gate. True, if the survivor(s) contacted them after having wrapped their heads around ion power cells that might well have got Alterra excited about sending another ship to look into precursor tech and send back more information. However, I doubt they'd have been too interested in actually rescuing anyone infected with Kharaa, as bringing them back to Alterra space could potentially spread an infection with no known cure which was already responsible for wiping out a more advanced civilisation. Also, sending another ship with rescue or retrieval in mind would be pretty pointless unless the QEP was disabled as it would just end up being shot down. Riley already knows by that point from scans that no known weapons tech could damage the material it was made from. I assume Alterra's eagerness to return so swiftly to 4546B in the Below Zero timeline was a direct consequence of Riley having fixed both the Kharaa and QEP problems, leaving the planet open to safe exploitation...I mean, uhm, exploration.

[@Andrew_plays2007DH]

I'm actually loving these videos. Keep em up

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you very much :)

[@theSamgardner]

Real question though is if the survivor was a girl they could have a whole new civilization

[@TheLastBacon]

I guess they could if they survived kharaa :)

[@penguincat9596]

I'm going to wait for vid to end to comment. Wait

[@TheLastBacon]

You tried :D

[@penguincat9596]

@@TheLastBacon thx

[@douglassaltbay1925]

Also note that they could use the two-crewed vehicles too! Ryley was only limited to the cyclops, seamoth and prawn suit as they are the only vehicles that could be crewed by one person. There might be about 5 other vehicles possible to crew with two.

[@TheLastBacon]

Fair point :)

[@jesreelconde6908]

I'd like to think that the second survivor would be an average communications personel with an extreme passion in xenobiology as a side hobby, they unfortunately landed atop a kelp forest but with their aptitude and cautious curiosity of xenobiology, they would probably be wise enough to know how to deal with the stalkers and would quickly adapt to the environment whilst in the meantime regularly sending distress signals and keeping tabs on other survivor's coordinates for later exploration in which they and Ryley can collaborate on. They would probably have their PDA and fabricator broken, forcing them to create their own data and analysis on the local flora and fauna and write them down on a sketch book that they bring all the time everywhere, they can also sustain themselves by drying the big kelp leaves on top of the lifepod to turn to fuel and using blank pages of the sketch book for tinder for the making of fire and cooking meals, their adept experience of biology in general also grants them sufficient insight on which parts of an alien species are the most nutritious and they also turn out to be those kinds of people that prefer to eat the "primitive" way instead of indulging in synthetic edibles, anyways this is getting long but those are just some ideas atop of my head

[@TheLastBacon]

Love the idea! That could actually be so cool! :)

[@dillyegg2094]

I wonder why there’s no body’s on the auror did the spider creatures eat the body’s

[@Otokichi786]

But of course. Dead animals are food.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah they were devoured I believe :)

[@Shadowtron-ud6te]

Of he wasn't alone, there would probably be a multi-player mode

[@TheLastBacon]

Probably yep :)

[@shortwave737]

1. The crew quarters were in the back half of the ship near the bridge so the engineering section was blown in half and we are only seeing one half of it. 2. CTO Yu made her assessment on fixing the comms before the main character awakes from the crash. Which in itself is well before the ship explodes from the drive core failure. In conclusion I highly doubt the long range comms were fixable by the time we could arrive at the aurora.

[@TheLastBacon]

it is certainly a possibility :) Though I'm not sure where you got the confirmation of where the engineering section was.

[@DragonEnthusiast]

With mods this can come true. Me and a tech savvy family member tried it. There was strange things like the pod being offset to be closer to the mountains than the crash site, some life pod signals being activated from the start, a signal where the spawn pod should be. Oh and instant aurora explosion on spawn. Note we didn’t make the mod we used the nexus mod loader for this

[@TheLastBacon]

Did you use the Nitrox mod? :)

[@DragonEnthusiast]

@@TheLastBacon yes actually I knew I got the name wrong :/

[@Splinter-ge9pf]

Didn't you make 3 videos about it already? lmao

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha good one :)

[@Splinter-ge9pf]

@@TheLastBacon So I've got an idea. What if aurora landed on another island (like the ones we see at the end of the game, which are bigger than the main game islands)

[@zinxslayerz7917]

1st I was within 8 seconds

[@CallsignAegis]

I was

[@stevster_1215]

no one is ever first

[@TheLastBacon]

That is very fast for sure :)

[@Finelyprecise]

When i first got the beacon for ‘aurora rendezvous point’, i thought i would actually meet up with other survivors. I ended up getting marble melons instead

[@TheLastBacon]

It’s something haha :)

[@jonathancole5179]

Riley wasn't the only survivor. Margret Madia (Correct me if I spelled that wrong) also survived and killed a Reaper with a piece of metal, before surfacing and waiting for the Reaper's corpse to float back onto the surface. She then used said Reaper corpse as shelter and food while it drifted into the Below Zero area, and kept on surviving there. She even tamed a snow stalker.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep true - though she doesn't make an appearance in the first game :)

[@shannonbeglin9920]

She wasn’t on the same ship

[@y-i-k-s]

Imagine the other survivor would build a base as you play and get resources like if it was a real player

[@TheLastBacon]

Sounds both cool and kinda spooky :)

[@GuilleSoler91]

When those 2 were still alive, and suggested to try repairing long range comms, Aurora hadnt exploded in a quantum detonation yet, Riley was unconcious for a few days, cause once he wakes up they are all already dead. So i think if they had survived the trip from the island to the ship they could have been able to stop the detonation by estabilizing the reactor. Anyway you can try the multiplayer and see how different it is maybe even make a video about it.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah that is a very fair point :) perhaps they could even stop the first explosion!

[@purpleguy7192]

The fact that you said that the PDA Blueprints got Corrupted could mean that fan made and the famous Beluga (Atlas) submarines could actually be canon and we couldnt find the fragments for it

[@TheLastBacon]

Oh yeah true, very good point! :)

[@jtstill423still8]

I imagine a group of four survivors (including Ryley in that count) could make it. It’s true that many other survivors were able to escape the Aurora before the crash, but there’s a communications message that is from a Warper that says they were able to neutralize many infected targets so that may explain why there are less survivors. However, we can probably speculate that there is probably three other survivors that were able to make it. Purely speculation without evidence, but it’s a nice thought.

[@TheLastBacon]

Would be a nice thought for sure :)

[@swindle8359]

the how another member of the crew could've survived its very simple, if he was in the same lifepod as ryley

[@TheLastBacon]

That would definitely help :)

[@CluelessNa.]

Here from the discord nice video mate can't wait to see the end

[@TheLastBacon]

Yay shoutout to discord squad! :)

[@CluelessNa.]

@@TheLastBacon who would you think would be the best one to survive I think the captain because maybe he could've talked down the alteria higher ups to clear Rileys debt

[@DergyDauog]

I think it could have been a super cool different way for the game to go if Yu and Keen eventually find Rylee and they all work together to reactivate the comma system and disable the quarantine enforcement.

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep totally agree :) Imagine that as an "alternate story" dlc!

[@StickBugger]

It would've been interesting for the other survivor to be a player so that online or split screen multiplayer would've been implemented in a smooth way

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep! Co-op could be awesome that way :)

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

I'm just imagining Riley waking up and leaving his pod to see someone has set up a small base right in front of his Lifepod "Oh hey, you're finally awake!"

[@TheLastBacon]

Haha perfect line for that :D

[@cosmic_twin769]

Great vid, but one thing is that Riley would not have been able to communicate with other survivors because if you look at the systems in your life pod above the storage box even after the pod is repaired it says outwards comms are offline. But keep up the great vids

[@TheLastBacon]

Yeah fair enough :) They'd probably have to physically meet.

[@stove3517]

And don't forget the regenerating ion cube deposit in the facility that Ryley HAS to go to, to actually lift the quarentine

[@TheLastBacon]

Yep, very good point :)

[@frankdukesthekingofderp6573]

You should’ve done something with who Riley was most likely to run into alive, which life pod could have survived for long enough for Riley to get to them. Great video though!

[@TheLastBacon]

Thank you! Good question though, I'm thinking probably Yu :)