Astartes Part 5 Analysis, The Mystery Revealed! 40k lore! 

You can faintly hear the Inquisitor say "recall them immediately"

*inquisitor guy starts going insane* *space marine* "so anyway i started blasting"

The Space Marine didnt "shoot point blank" from his plasma rifle - he let it overload and used it as plasma bomb. It's the oldest trick in the book. (Dan Abnett's book to be precise)

"A clear sign of warp fuckery." Well said brother.

**Astartes 5 gets uploaded** Everyone on RU-vid: ok so we are going to talk about each frame for 10 mins each

if you listen carefully again with perhaps slower speed you hear the orb say: "take them all" and then the inquisitor stops his focus and says "return them immediately!" at which point he had lowered his defences and the orb attacks him.

Inquisitor: *gets possessed* Space marine: *I find your lack of faith disturbing*

As plenty of others have said, the Inquisitor's psychic energy is seen as black smoke. The force that hits the Yu'Vath was a mass of black smoke. He may have lost the battle for his mind (and possibly soul), but was able to give one last "fuck you" to the monster.

i just love that 'warp fuckery' is very much a technical term when discussing wh40k.

I love how he took the xenos artifact and made it very Lovecraftian in presentation.

Also, I have another theory: the first sphere was taken using the same strategy- a psyker keeping it weakened while the Astartes take it down. The shackled sphere back then attempted to manipulate the Astartes, but failed, and due to that was captured. When it came into the proximity of the second sphere, it gave it a warning, telling it that it cannot take hold of the Astartes, and told it to instead attack the Alpha-class psyker (which is the reason the sphere suddenly stopped pushing against the Astartes). However, the psyker overheard the warning and told the Astartes guards to recall the kill team, recognizing that they are in mortal danger as the plan will fail. Sadly, it was too late, and he was overwhelmed, but since the psyker's mind was now in the warp, controlled by the sphere, they were both vulnerable to warp entities, which led to them being attacked. In the moment before it's death, the sphere thought of a place it wanted to go to in an attempt to save itself- the homeworld of the Yu Vath- and that attempt to flee flung the Astartes there.

no escape. I have failed brother." 'We have all failed. The Astartes deny our touch. You must return, break your seal." "Impossible, (I) will never survive." "You must! Take them!"(talking about the Kill squad) In inquisitor drops his concentration to warn them. “Pull them back immediately” but becomes possessed

I laughed when the two marines wasted the inquisitor when he showed signs of demonic possession. I could just imagine them saying "Yeah, we've played this game before and we're not interested thank you"

Argosa Uprisings happen Imperium: Eh, they'll get better The rebels are using xenos tech Imperium: BY THE EMPEROR SEND IN THE SPACE MARINES

The actual Yu'vath conversation goes like this: "No escape. I have failed, brother. We have all failed. The astartes defy our touch. You must return. Break your seal. Impossible. You'll never survive. You must ... take them." As an audiologist editing this down was quite easy. Here is what I've done: • amplification of the main language area for better speech comprehension • reduction of all other frequencies for noise reduction • slight frequency shift to make high pitched consonants more discernible • silencing word breaks and some syllable breaks for echo reduction • combined or singled out stereo channels to reduce noise and increase dynamic speech range • amplified some syllables even more Done. :)

"this is not overkill" yeah pretty correct. in Horus rising a space marine is possessed by a warp demon and i think they said it took like 175 bolt rounds to take it down. which my not seem like much but keep in mind, a single bolt round (from just a pistol) can turn a human from the torso up into ragu and blow a hole in a modern day tank.

I am going to have to make a full Yu Vath lore video now aren't it? well, i guess The Perturabo that could have been will have to go wait quietly in a corner then!😏

That teaser at the end... Why the hell isn't this guy getting checks from GW?

I'm sorta disappointed the hooded Inquisitor isn't a unit/character--he looks so cool

In the scene with the golden giant it seemed clear to me that they were disassembling it and using its skin and insides to make the psyker's masks and spines.

The Space Marine Captain's response when the Inquisitor become possessed is one of my favorite scenes.

I actually love how hard the community is coming together to analyze and brainstorm this episode. Praise be to the Omnissiah.

Stolen from another YT comment made by Rubentje: For the people who are interested in more info. This is what the creator said on a Reddit AMA: What the two orbs said: "...no escape. I have failed brother." 'We have all failed. The Astartes deny our touch. You must return, break your seal." "Impossible, (I) will never survive." "You must! Take them!" Has your series caused GW to reach out to you in any fashion? - I do know that they're fans of the series. In Ep.5 did they use the facemasks and spines to build the golden body or was it the other way around? - Both were made using knowledge they gained from the xenos beings. The giant metal armour suit - what would it have been when complete? - Giant body would have been something more comfortable for the xeno beings to inhabit :) Who are the one-armed psychers? - One armed psykers were inner cabal of the rebellion in cahoots with the being in the orb. The corrupted person is an inquisitor, not a techpriest. What was the tenticle creature, how does it relate to the orbs, and what caused it to let go of the Space marines!!!? - Xenos :) The orbs or "Vessels" were for their own protection/travel. Once it broke free from it and attempted Warp travel, it was preyed upon by warp entities, causing it to let go. What is the goal of the beings? - To very patiently subvert a system and prepare it for the rest of them. They need practice dealing with Imperials though... Quick question, did the inquisitor from part 5 sacrifice himself to help out the astartes as they were being taken over like some of the theories suggest or were they incorrect? I'm talking about the scene where "the black smoke" (psychic power?) coming from him seems to be absorbed by the orb. - No sacrifice. But he did break his concentration to try and warn them... WTF happened at the end of episode 5!? - Marines taken for a trip through the warp by the xenos being :) It was cut short and they ended up not quite where the xenos being was trying to take them... 'Cause I was wondering if you were willing to divulge the names of the Marines, specifically the Captain and lieutenant that smashed that Inquisition. - Main Squad were... Kohren (Sgt) Hahken Hassig Monos Jael Veteran Marine 'Commander' = Hakael Beakie Marine = unnamed sorry :) - Just to clarify, the Astartes project is moving forward as an anthology piece (officially announced with a trailer fairly soon), containing 2-3 more short stories, jumping to different SM chapters for each one. After that? We'll see :)

The Yu'vath were a Warp-worshipping xenos species, who built an empire of corrupted humans, and were defeated in the Angevin Crusade, together with the Bale Childer, after the homeworlds of both species were destroyed by Exterminatus. They were the last resistance to Imperial rule in the Calyx Expanse, which signaled the end of the Angevin Crusade and the birth of the Calixis Sector. Did anyone read the introduction to the video? Arch, you are correct sir! Cheers!

"I have failed brother." Clearly the orb is really Hulk Hogan.

These are two possible translations that people gave in the comments of the original video. Orb 1: "Who's here?" Orb 2: "I have failed, brother." Orb 1: "We have all failed." Orb 2: "The Astartes deny our touch." Orb 1: "You must return." Orb 2: "Break your shield." Orb 1: "Impossible. We'll never survive." Orb 2: "You must take them." Inquisiton Psyker: “The Astartes are in danger my Lord!” Orb 1: "Who's there?" Orb 2: "I have failed brother, WE HAVE ALL FAILED. The Astartes defy our touch". Orb 1: "You must return. BREAK. YOUR. SEAL." Orb 2: "Impossible, we will never survive." Orb 1: "YOU MUST. Take them." Inquisiton Psyker - "Return them immediately!"

"...considering the somewhat confined spaces..." Given that most "normal-sized" spaces appear "confined" when an Astartes occupies it, followed by seeing two of them enter a HUGE relatively empty space, it makes more sense that the two high-ranking Astartes are on the cruiser, not the frigate.

You can hear the Orb say "At Last" when the inquisitor breaks his concentration and tells the commander to recall the marines. So many little touches he put into these videos. Just crammed full of little details you dont always find on the first pass

The most disappointing thing about this story is that they are all so short. I would watch hours of these fan films

This series is the ultimate in, "Show, don't tell." I love it.

At the end, where our 1 handed boi is thrown into a "room" I think that he might have been thrown through the warp to the home planet of the Yu Vath. This looks like it could be their catacombs. This could be because when the Vu Vath daemon engine like thing was attacked it thought about where it would go when it died and accidentally threw the Marine at its most "sacred" site. Additionally the platform like structure that the marine is stood on appears as if it could be some sort of teleporter or spot at which the Yu Vath could have accessed the warp. As they were clearly friends of the warp, having such a place in a spiritual centre like a catacomb would make relatively good sense. @Arch Warhammer

My favorite detail is how when the first astartes, the one with the plasma pistol, touches the sphere due to the attack, his comrades points his gun in his direction, ready to shoot him, only to then be sucked into the sphere himself

Astartes excels at showing off exactly what makes 40k incredible.

That "inquisitor psyker" is the unsung hero of this chapter. That final Hail Mary was eye watering fr...

''Take the Alfa'' as in Alfabusa, GW is after him.

The attacker that attacked the octopus could have been the emperor being like "Nope, they're not meant to be here"

The inquisitor says "recall them inmediately". You can see the squad leader getting the message after. And the blood he vomits is coagulated due to Larramans Organ.

"The Astartes (Also known as Space Marines) were sent in to deal with a planetary rebellion. However, the leaders or instigators of the rebellion escaped the planet, and were most likely on board the ship. They were likely aware that the mysterious orb was aboard since they already had one captured aboard their flagship, so they were sent in to kill the entire ship and capture/contain the orb for further study. The guy in the red robes is an Inquisitor, whose job is to investigate anything that may threaten mankind and uncover hidden/unknown threats. These orbs were in some part responsible for the rebellion and therefore very dangerous. Now, this Inquisitor was also a Psyker, which is essentially a sorcerer who draws their power from an alternate dimension known as the Warp. Basically, he was using his cosmic mind powers to observe the spheres with a form of magic vision that would reveal their 'true form' so to speak. The golden body/statue they passed by looks like it was being built. It was possible it was meant to act as a host for the orb's intelligence when it was finished. There are some people speculating it could be an ancient, hyperadvanced AI, or at least the body of one, but personally that seems rather unlikely to me. The Astartes, after fighting their way through the second orbs numerous attempts to attack/control them with its own powers, planted a bunch of devices on it that looked as if they were meant to contain the orbs powers. Back on the flagship, the Inquisitor listens in on the orbs communicating to one another. They refer to each other as brothers and said they have failed, and that the Astartes defy their touch. It is possible they were trying to mind control the Astartes, but the Astartes have a mental resilience comparable to their physical capabilities, and are essentially immune to mind control attempts. However, the Inquisitor overhears one of the orbs urging its brother to break free, while the imprisoned one says to 'Take the Astartes'. The Inquisitor warns the Space Marine in charge of the mission, the guy with the white helmet and cape, that his men are in danger and need to leave immediately. The leader (who looks to be a Captain based on his insignia) sends off one of his men to go warn the others. At this point, the imprisoned orb breaks free and apparently tries to possess the Inquisitor, perhaps by leaping its mind from the orb and into his body. This is what triggers the rush of visions and what causes him to burst into light. Now, possession is a well-documented phenomena in this universe, and the standard policy is to kill possessed beings on sight since they can do unspeakable damages, such as literally ripping the fabric of reality apart and opening a portal straight to the dimension they get their powers from, the Warp, which is full of demonic entities that would love for nothing more then to kill everything they can get their hands on. Thus, the Space Marines just murder him on the spot since at this point, he's already dead and quickly at risk of becoming host to something even worse. Back on the rebel ship, the Astartes squad gets word of this, but the orb triggers before they can do anything, and starts sucking them in to what looks to be the Warp (the crazy red/black space where we see the squad trapped by tentacles) before the entity that has caught them is struck by some form of black cloud, which could be the backlash of its brother being 'killed' when it was in the middle of possessing the Inquisitor. This causes the entity to release the squad, and they get thrown from the Warp and arrive on an alien world. This world may or may not be the same world they were in orbit of, but it could be anywhere in the galaxy. The giant skeletal statues surrounding them could be the remains of the same alien civilisation responsible for creating the orbs, or something else entirely. There is some speculation that they belong to a race of aliens known as the Necrons, who once ruled the galaxy some 65 million years ago, and have a lot of death iconography. It is possible the orb was something made with their technology. Another theory is that the orbs are made by another ancient alien race known as the C'tan, who are cosmic 'star gods' that granted the Necrons much of their power. Other theories include the orbs being a cage built to house a demon, and the entity that we see in the Warp is what the real form of the being we hear speak. There is also some people saying it could be one of the more unknown alien races of the setting, like the Umbra, who appear as spheres of black shadows, or the Yu'Vath, beings who were noted for having formless shapes made out of unusual bone like materials. Or it could just be something the creator of the series made up based on elements of pre-existing lore. There isn't a definite answer yet, just a lot of speculation. The universe is very big and there are a lot possibilities for what it could be. The final clip of the various different Astartes of different colours could be the next focus of the series. The creator has already said he knows what he's going to do next, and its going to be even better (!) then this series. The very final clip is a Space Marine fighting what may be an alien race called the Eldar, as the shots fired at him seems consistent with the sort of weaponry the Eldar use. He is supported by a Predator Battle tank in what looks like an urban setting, based on the burning building seen behind them. If this interests you, or you want to find out more, there's a great guide on reddit that goes over exactly what the universe is all about. " - i forgot to get the username of the dude who wrote this. sorry man

Thank you for explaining this to Normies like me. I've only dipped my toe into 40k, so your explanations are always really helpful and make me more interested in the franchise in general.

"Alpha" could also refer to the grade of psyker (Alpha being the second strongest grade of psyker) so when the sphere entity says "You must take the alpha" they could be referring to the inquisitor/agent by his power or maybe some other psyker (possibly non human)

Do the adeptus mechanicus wear t-shirts saying “I am Adeptus Mechanicus if you see me running you should too!!!!”

"I know of no inquisitor who would willingly hook themselves up to such a device". You have obviously never met a radical Ordo Malleus Inquisitor.

Everyone misses the dead/ inert sphere hanging in the background of the protected chamber onboard the frigate.

I like how arch his just a professor at this point and is like analyzing old records for authenticity

Its 5 am. I just woke up and got online. And Arch posted his astartes analysis 1 minute ago. The Emperor protects.

The Inquisitor of Ordo Hereticus is trying breach his way to find more secrets about these orbs. Remember, the orb in the Inquisition ship is different from the 5 Astartes that they just found. When the Inquisitor finally got in, he make sure he listen carefully as the two orbs talk to each other. And as the orb says to "Break your shield, you will not survive, take them all." The Inquisitor made the biggest mistake to remove his focus to warn the Veteran even if he was still connected, which led to him begin possessed and... "Sanitized".

Retributor with little gold child's star sticker : I'm first company captain. Ultramarine with more gold shit hanging off him than a ner-do-well that's done a smash and grab at a pawn shop: I'm in charge of light bulbs.

The clumps of blood from the vomit are actually his blood coagulating immediately. Its one of the reason his arm isn't bleeding and how Space Marines survive such horrific wounds. Their blood is made to do that.

the only question i still have is: how, in the manly Manperor's name, did that guy managed to pull such inhuman amount of work? he most obviously was blessed with creative powers

The warning the psyker says is "Recall them immediately!"

God, this dude speaks twisty mustache and I love it.

I love the consistency of people who know what they're talking about when it comes to Warhammer 40K, because I've seen another guy say exactly the same thing about the "overkill" on the Inquisitor, which is that it isn't overkill at all. Very cool.

A bit of summary from the comments of the original video: The actual Yu'Vath are in the warp, and these spheres are their protection from warp entities and, at the same time, an anchor to the realspace. Two of them got captured by the Retributors/Inquisition (there is a second shackled sphere next to the first one, if you look closely). The third one is about to get captured as well. The Yu'Vath from the captured sphere warns his "brother" that Astartes cannot be mind-controlled (the main weapon of Yu'Vath), so he needs to break his protective sphere and escape throug warp, least he be captured as well. The second Yu'Vath is afraid to do so, so the first one suggests to capture the kill-team to use them as bait for warp entities. The second Yu'vath tries to do exactly that, but when he tries to teleport (probably to one of the Yu'Vath planets), he draws too much attention and gets eaten by a demon. The astartes get thrown out of the warp to the place the Yu'Vath was actually trying to get to.

"That is not overkill." Of course it isn't, because that isn't a thing. Only 'open fire' and 'reload'.

"Just imagine an entire planet shackled to the will of a single creature" Oh, so the Imperium pre-Golden Throne, then? :P

7:58 Me a newbie 40K fan: THERE IT IS, HE SAID THE THING!

Clearly, he's been teleported into a Beksiński's painting.

ARCH - Imagine an entire planet held shackled to the whims and wishes of a single creature... BIG E - Glances sideways, for a second

Absolutely love the Astartes story here, and the especially the no hand holding. The details is what makes it so great, when we can't hear the communications between the Marines but yet he reveals them through body language giving you a sense of the words being used. The quick reactions, precision and brutal execution of Space Marines movements. Every movement and every pixel carries weight in these short animated films. Watched them all countless times, and I'am sure i will watch them countless more and still be discovering new things. 11/10 would totally bang.

Man I love how well this guy captures the absolute resolve of the Space Marines. This is my favourite fan-made content of anything ever

I think the orbs that are speaking are the other way around. When one orb said the "Astartes deny our touch" I think it meant those pulses that attempted to assault the Kill Team Astartes Minds. It's defenses to corrupt had failed. Also I don't think it said "Take the alpha", it said "Take them", meaning the Astartes which is exactly what it did next. That's why the Inquisitor warns the Astartes in command. Smoke is used to represent the Inquisitors power. The time frame isn't clear so what if the smoke that attacks the Yu Vath is the Inquisitor. His attack makes it "drop" the Astartes, but the Inquisitor is ultimately defeated and hence corrupted and put down. I'd guess the planet the Marines appeared on where were the Yu Vath were trying to return.

Looks to me like they are literally pulled into the sphere by the tentacles, you just can't see them in real space. You'll note the main space marine character is pulled in first by his hand and then by his other hand when he goes for the pistol. And in the warp the tentacle is around his arm while the other is presumably destroyed by the plasma shot, his fellow astartes have tentacles wrapped around their waist and also appear to have been pulled towards the sphere by the waist.

Love the way you say "warp fuckery" makes me laugh every time 😂 also keep up the good work, love your vids

1:46 It's either a Tyrant class cruiser or Overlord class Battlecruiser, or perhaps a Dominator class cruiser if that's a Nova Cannon at the prow. It also has two full macrocannon batteries of four cannons each, whereas a Dauntless has six cannons on each broadside. A Dauntless also has a much thinner 'neck' or midships, with thinner 'wings' that are a little further forward and further ventral on the hull, which are tipped with oversized sensor arrays (or weapons, I don;t think its ever really been made clear either way). If you compare the hull layout of an imperial Cruiser (any type) to a Dauntless you will see that the ship depicted here is definitely a ship of the line. Imperial battlecruisers don't possess the same augur masts as standard cruisers, so personally my money is on an Overlord. Actually, now that i'm looking, this could be the 'Daemon Slayer' class, although it is unlikely as there is thought to only be one such ship, but it would kind of make sense. This class has no augur masts OR dorsal batteries, and has two macrocannon batteries for broadside, so visually it is a perfect match. The Daemon Slayer class is equipped with a psychic cannon that can banish any daemon back to the warp, and against tyranid vessels it severs their link to the hive mind entirely. It would actually make sense for this to be the vessel depcited, as the Retributors are clearly specially equipped in the series for tackling these warp/psychic based entites. perhaps the blast that destroys the entity in the warp is was actually fired from this vessel? It's a huge long shot, but it's kind of cool to theorize about.

English auto-generated subtitles are amazing as always. "A xeno species known as the YOU'VE ASS."

Oh finally someone to explain WTF that beautiful video was. How sick was watching the inquisitor execution scene?!

I'm sure this is a completely dead-end path, but I can't help but notice the iconography of an enormous skeleton resting on a similarly giant throne. Of course, there is little more than a visual similarity to The Emperor's own decayed form, and I could not even begin to hazard a guess at what the connection would be, should it exist... but, at the same time, I can't seem to overlook the resemblance.

Space Marine: Oh great, it's a giant talking testicle Testicle: I like this name...Testicle.

The golden statue isn't being constructed. It's being deconstructed and the material is used to create the masks.

I kinda assumed the Gold Man was being disassembled, and his "skin" was being used in the production of the Psykers masks/spines.

Also you can clearly see in the end the marine is on a pedestal surrounded by other pedestals. The perspective makes them seem smaller, but if you look closely, you can see other marines warping into the same area on different pedestals to the right. Very strange

A1 bro. You brought to light some things I missed. Filled in a lot of questions that I had and gave some wonderful insight into what's going on.

25:58 the kill team leader had turned away from the orb, and looks to be in the middle of receiving a radio warning from their ship about what has happened to the other orb, but before any of them could do anything about it they, well...

..."Men of gold, they were said to be higher individual... even suggesting to be on the same level as the god emperor himself." Heresy!

I'm pretty sure the orb said "take them all", not "take the Alpha".

The author confirmed that they are not Yu Vath but a species created by him. The creature in the warp was attacked by the essence of the psycer. The astartes were thrown into the long dead homeworld of that species. You can also spot the other astartes appearing in the distance on the other pillars

You know, The creator of the Astartes series DID say that this could be something completely new to 40k and entirely homebrew, much like his Space Marine Chapter, So any real definition conclusions are still somewhat up in the air. But regardless what the truth is, I think that we can all safely say and agree on one single thing, both as Warhammer fans or otherwise: This series is bloody amazing and holy hell is this one man talented. Let’s all give thanks and celebrate this guy together as a community and show our appreciation to such an extraordinary individual. 😁

Have to point out how the Maker said in his sticky post on the video that he wants to improve the quality in the future. Like WHAT? The quality is already far beyond anything I have seen for a long time. If he doesn't get the IP from GW they really reeaaaally suck at marketing, even more than I thought up till now

An interesting detail on the golden golem, is that there seems to be no internal structure or frame beyond the veiny coils peeking out from the incomplete bodyparts, essentially meaning that most of if not the entire golem is hollow, when normally constucting something of that size that is supposed to ve animate, one would usually require a sturdy metal skeleton. In fact the skeleton would be the first thing built and the external frame and plating would then be mounted on the skeleton, it is possible that the power of the spheres could substitute this.

It's amazing how much conversation this short group of animations has provoked. Best theories I've heard so far, it all makes way more sense after watching this video. Maybe the creator will give us the answers one day.

I think it said, "You must take them.", them being the Astartes, The Inquisitor also said something along the lines of "Recall them immediately!" The Astartes in question were then immediately bad touched into the no no dimension. I believe the Inquisitor was essentially turned into a bomb that would've opened a portal into massive-fuck-off-super-hell, and the Astartes were justified in their quick response, to absolutely bool on that fool. I agree with the theory behind the masks, as any psyker worth their bolt shot to the head would probably have used smite on the Astartes, as for the giant gold man, it would be a lot easier to rule over men if you looked like a man. That being said you could argue that the C'tan certainly didn't look like Necron'tyr, or certain ancient human deities certainly don't look human, or fully human, but I did say 'easier', people would worship a toaster if it started saying limericks (mechanicum). Yu'vath relics are regarded as highly dangerous during warp travel, as they can open holes into gellar fields and we all know what happens next.

I think the inquisitor intentionally opened his mind to the powers of the warp after recognizing the orbs intentions, he used the power to defend the astartes.( which is shown as a shadow attacking the light figuer holding the astartes in the warp 28:53), possibly saving the astartes and gaining prophetic visions of the future, 22:04 then his mind was overwhelmed by the pure warp energy leading to his demise.

I'd love to hear your thoughts about this guy's take on the last scene: "I'm losing my mind after realizing the Astartes standing on screen is actually on those giant pillars around him, and his squad it teleporting on top of each one (And their barely noticeable in size!)" And also this dude's recap: "0:23 Captain and Sargent observe boarding action from their ship , them move to oversee Orb1's chamber psyker is ready to interface with orb 1 as part of operation orb1 is locked down with huge psykick inhibitors the Retributors have dealt with this before, possibly a few times as they have a plan and protocols in place this scene also indicates the action we are seeing is parallel in time to the rest of the action, not linear 1:47 the squad moves into chamber2, passes a talos golem being that was being constructed (by the renegade psykers killed last episode) on the left and right we see psykick amplification batteries (the skulls with spines floating) this indicates this construction was taking huge amounts of psykick power this means if that body were to be finished and inhabited, it would have been insanely powerful and tough, they intended to give the body to orb2 2:27 the astartes resist psykick attack from orb2 multiple times, they have most certainly dealt with type of thing before 3:07 the squad deploys psykick inhibitors, no doubt have radioed for techpriests to begin installing permanent versions (as seen on orb1) 3:42 the orbs communicate with each other 4:07 the inquisitorial psyker observes the conversation orb1: We have all failed, the astartes defile all they touch, you must return, break your seal orb2: we will never survive orb1: YOU MUST! (survive), take them with you (the squad) 4:29 psyker warns the captain, who sends the tactical marine to send word psykers presence is revealed to orb1 and he is attacked for dropping his guard, he fights back psyker opens himself to the power of the warp to fight off the orb1, gets a prophetic vision and looses control, is taken over/corrupted/goes rogue or all 3 (side note our psykers power is black smoke, the blue divine is pure warp taking him over) is INSTANTLY put down by the Captain and Sargent 5:05 the squad receives the warning, but it is too late, the creature in the orb2 is already doing its thing 5:12 we see the creature inside the orb, all tentacles and faces, says chaos to me.. but im not 100% its powerful, whatever it is it breaks down its seal (the orb) as a part of its escape, trapping the squad inside it 5:41 point blank high powered plasma round.. didn't go well, not a bad move considering how desperate a situation this is 6:10 we see the creature for its true organic form, for just a brief second as it has the squad tethered and is transporting them somewhere 6:12 in the warp, we see the creature in its divine blue glory, it gets hit by a black shadow and is pushed off screen i think this was the last act of our psyker, who desperately tried to save the marines by trying to shove the creature off them.. we know how that ended at 4:56 6:22 the squad is dumped out on a set of pillars, in a strange land surrounded by what looks like ancient kings, this place sets my hair on end, i cannot tell if it is real or the warp we see our heros face and watch is vomited blood instantly coagulate as the scene fades out, the drumbeats line up with the arrival of the rest of the squad members on the platforms at least in this new hell, they will have each other"

So glad I stumbled upon the Astartes clips after the 5th one came out. I would’ve gone mad waiting for them all

I think you nailed it in the head. The only problem is that the last comment by the Yu vath Ball isn't "take the alpha". It's "take them with you" also in the muffled inquisitor voice he seems to say "Recall them immediately "

If you listen when the inquisitor gives the warning you can hear him say (muffled by his helmet) "Recall them" so he must be referring to the squad with the other orb

thanks for your point of view! i just love the whole astartes series and it is awesome to see what on single guy can create here. my two cents: there are two major turning points in this episode we hear a voice /dialog for the first time when the orbs are talking to each other. this is a conrast which is highlighting the importance in this. the scene where the killteam is hold by the warp tentacles and some shadow attack could also be the "breaking of the seal". i think it is also a sign to show that everything changed now. the astartes is vurnable for the first time. he is injured and fragile in a hostile world. this is shown by the fact, that we see an actual face in the first time in this series. also the whole coloring/saturation of the shots has changed. instead of the cold and desaturated grading in the first place (the cold, almost inhuman killer machines that just doing their daily business) turned into a warm high saturated color grading. the astartes became an individual here. we are not atalking anymore about one astartes in a hundred. we are talking about HIM. and fun fact: you should take a look at the art of ZDZISLAW BEKSINSKI. i think he was a clear reference on the mood board of the astartes maker.

you have the best theorycrafting ive seen in 40k lore.

At the beggining of the first episode it says that this is taking place in M39, when the Yu'vath were "destroyed"

Arch: I know what is happening! RU-vid commenters: We'll see about that...

When the marines are being held by the chaos being after being absorb by the sphere, it could be very possible that the imprisoned sphere was destroyed by the melta charges and causing a psychic backlash. It could be possible as with the two psykers defending the sphere, that they are connected together by a psychic link.

Yes yes I know this is old but I'm only just now finding it. XP This was so dope to watch! Everything in part 5 just went so fast, that I didn't even catch it. I would say I'm amazed that Arch caught that split second iconography within the sphere, but...well this is Arch we're talking about.

29:28 I'm pretty sure the blood is partially coagulated because his Larramann cells are already in action, clogging the wounds caused either warp exposure or the orb itself.

Between this, the 'Death of Hope,' and last year's 'Helsreach,' I gotta say that my 40k itch is being scratched so satisfyingly here on RU-vid. Finally, dudes are starting things and actually making them happen. It's not just talk, or a little preview and then it never happens or it gets shut down by GW. We're living in a beautiful time. :)

I find this amusingly close to how I portrayed Yu Vath tech in my 40k rpg game years ago for a Yu Vath resurgence arc.

Awesome analysis Arch ! I was personally thinking about C'than shard but I was not familiar about Yu'Vath so I am off to watch your video about them now. Thanks a lot !

That ending in the valley is straight up a Beksinski painting.

I can only imagine that Astartes calmly thinking "ah, fuck" when he accidentally blew his own arm off with the plasma pistol. EDIT: Rewatching the episode (you should, it's great) I think the 2 orbs say "Take the other" referring to the other being in this, what should be, private conversation - that being the psyker. And I feel that the black shadow during the warp scene was the other orb getting destroyed, as I think the contraptions attached to the harness of the other orb were charges meant to destroy it should anything go wrong, which it did. It would make sense as the two guys in masks in part 4 seems to be linked, when one died it fucked with the other's power, and both seemed to have powers derived of the orbs as you can see a line of blue energy going across both the masked individuals and the orb when it uses the warp fuckery to try and impede the astartes and the masks did seem to be made of similar looking markings to the orbs.

What I love about this is the effort the creator put in to not only get the lore exactly right, but also to use that lore to throw enough red herrings and obscure hints to leave the rest of us guessing what it all means and what exactly is going on for years afterwards. Let’s face it, he probably just bunged cool stuff in because it looked cool, and we’ve all been overthinking it to the nth degree ever since!

I love these half hour long analysis. Well done.