Darktide Lore: Did Stimms Corrupt Wolfer and the Moebian 6th? 

Hahahaha, perfect!

10 dollarinos say ratlings will never be playable.

@@XarkoCZ nooooooo

he makes you happy because then you wont change... because nurgle hates change

Nah, I hear it makes you feel so apathetic to, not just pain, but all things. Like the way the numbness of depression may feel.

Shitty father figures are also a major recurring theme in 40k in general.

@@Jo.Plays.Games. The Emperor was a shitty father to 20 kids, 2 of which he erased from history and over half of the remaining have tried to kill him.

That was sort of my thought. Especially since the new mission has her saying she needs to find him so that she can “find out” something. Could easily tie back into the possibility of her being an unconscious gene-stealer. Might be having suspicions and need to confirm it with her only living family member…

​@@Komadrei his 20 children were shot away from him as babies he ain't get to raise all of them how he wanted if the sons of the big E never got separated 40k would be lot different

​@@KomadreiBig E would've been a great Dad, ye Heretic

The Guard does have a record for long lives, just not many of them. Those that survive their first deployment have a slowly increasing rate of survival as those that don't die become veterans and harder to kill, and at a certain point are valuable enough to be worth augmetics and juvenat to prolong ability. Look at the Kriegers, who laugh at the shit that broke the Moebians. Every officer came from the ranks. Old Krieger officers exist. They're some of the toughest fuckers in the Guard.

@@Lamrett Krieg produces some of the best units in the guard, along with cadia and vostroya and the like, not to mention them being clones indoctrinated since birth. They aren't really comparable to the Moebians.

Goodness, a story campaign would be GREAT but, I see it being used more for the big boss battles.. maybe we'll get to hunt down wolfer one day

That would be awesome. They could give us more insight on Wolfer, his chain of command around the Sixth and Zola herself.

They advertised heavily before launch that they hired famous Warhammer 40k novelist Dan Annette to write the campaign for this game. Then they stripped the entire campaign out of the game for some reason and a year later it’s still missing

@@darksin2000 i think Dan Abnett's role with Darktide was essentially the same as GRRM's with Elden Ring, where he wrote the lore and worldbuilding of Atoma, but not the actual game plot we see

Could be!

There's gotta be more to it than that. At least, I feel if that is the case, it doesn't seem like such a huge dramatic revelation to keep us waiting on the edge of our seats for, unless there's A LOT more going on in relation. I don't doubt they'll come up with something interesting either way.

Zola indeed grew up in sewers because if you choose Veteran with the pass also sewer gang, she has a lot of synergy with your dialogue on the assassinate mission that required you to cross thr sewer. And just Malice level of that map I run 3 and both 3 ended in 2 minutes because of a fcking Nurgle beast appeared

Also after a while researching lore, it is hinted that Tetrium has a genestealer cult that attracting Tyranid hivefleet and the hive has sister hive which was redacted. So I guess that sister hive is the Fringe war, there are many hints about this: 1 - How the 6th send cultists back to start the uprising if the planet is on Inquisitor's watch and if they actually at the edge of Atoma? The answer is they are fighting at the sister hive so they can smuggled some to the community 2 - During the smelter mission every commander/techpriests said that the smelter shut down prevent them from produce enough Lemon Russ for the Fringe war. How is it possible if you look to the size of the smeltery, it can produced 1000 Lemon Russ tanks everyday and even Tau cannot destroyed as many like that, also Atoma steel is tougher than others. The only possible outcome is they are fighting against Tyranids force at the sister hive and those notoriously can chew through everything. 3 - When you look at the mission panel, all missions located on the ring outside of main spire. From Luetin's video I guess the spire was built from the last iron reserve on Tetrium before those ran out. Why Nuggle's cultists did not exploit those abanddoned tunnels, where according to Luetin (Part 4 of Worst job in Imperium) with aspirators normal humans cannot even survived long on those shafts. The simple answer is Genestealer cult and Tyranids are using those area, so the sister hive actually stayed under the main spire, on those ancient mining tunnels. In summary, the 6th has been sent into old, abanddoned mine tunnels where Genestealers cult already dug in. The fighting condition was horrible and soldiers not died by Tyranid will received their painful dead from the ancient mine shafts or air impurities. One day the 6th was tasked with place explosive charges to buried one entrace of Genestealer cult. However, during the process the commander decided to detonate all charges and thus buried entire 6th company on those shafts, also cut them off into small fragments. Zola pray Emperor to save her and by luck later she found one exit intact, killing a group of genestealers during the process. Wolfer's group got worse, their respirators damaged and one by one succumbed to air pollution. In despair Wolfee beg for anyone who can help his comrades and Nurgle responsed, removed all pains and suffering, allow them to escape. With both groups returned the 6th be hailed as hero and both Zola and Wolfer be offered a chance to become Inquisitor's accolyte. Zola accepted because with her time under those shafts is enough, meanwhile Wolfer denied and gain suspicious from Zola. But working with Inquisition distracted Zola from Wolfer, the spy sent to probe him did not work well.

Yeah, I think there's gonna be a couple main phases for story when it comes to Darktide. Part 1 is going to be focused on Wolfer and the immediate consequences of the fall of the Moebian 6th. Part 2 is going to be more about tracking down the source of the corruption and where Admonition came from.

Think of us dying to fail a mission as the more Cannon ending. Considering it's nurgle we would keel over from his gifts almost on the spot. But a videogame has to videogame. Gw has and will take liberties with their IP. Don't forget 40k is a Parody Setting.

@@TacticalReaper56 I suppose that’s one way of looking at it

During "collect blight samples" missions they mention "decontamination procedures". While it's easy to dismiss them as "shoot everyone who shows symptoms", it's possible that Inquisition actually found a way to protect their operatives from getting infected by a weaker strain of whatever disease the Cult is spreading. After all we might be just an expendable asset but we are still a valuable asset (especially after reaching rank 30). And Grendyl surely has experience with Nurgle's cultists

You're so sweet, thank you! This year should be really interesting for Darktide, I uncovered what might be a HUGE hint as to what's coming that I've not seen anyone talk about yet, so I'm working on getting those videos out. And I'm gonna start doing other games every now and then too, because there's a lot of games I've been wanting to tear into for lore.

But problem is Nurgle custists are main Chaos powerhouse at Tetrium. They get all of the cartel HQ that Khorne can recruit except Corpse guild. I prefer Zola be corrupted by Tzeetch because he always want to fck with Nurgle's plan.

you right but you got to remember the twins are also heavily corrupted by Nurgle at this point and there a high chance if one is capture might kill themselves and realese there corruption to the ship

@@joseserrano3622 Fair. Just seems like if anyone was willing to take that risk it’d be an interrogator. Hoping I’m just reading too much into it as I really like Rannick when we actually get to hear from him. Be a shame to have four Ogryn just absolutely destroy him in a mission one day…

Zola flirts with slaanesh. Rannick did the right thing.

Also the way he immediately hints that she is compromised, whereas Zola worries that his caution is tempting Exterminatus, is suspicious to me. Then again, that's what she may want us to think....

I think they're both loyal. the psyker personality that talks to the emperor makes comments saying as such. and given the psyker's "beloved" also knows things literally only the Emperor or a shard of him could possibly know, I'm inclined to believe them.

....................genestealers?

lmao

Technically that was Hallowette, who was very enthusiastic about it.

@@rovelfox7832 that’s not unusual for her, given how excited she was about us recovering the prismata crystals in ascension 31.

Haha, thanks so much! I plan to do one tomorrow (12/17) around 11AM Pacific!

Possibly. Quite possibly.

I remembered. I’m curious on how he was caught

It's likely he was apprehended by the Reject team that's on the cover art for the game. That same team is in one of the trailers before the game even launched where they're shown confronting Wolfer.

Hahaha, thanks! That means a lot!

I can add a good OOC reason why he's likely not. He's possibly there as a character to show that yes, the Inquisition itself is a threat to the planet as they can, and Rannick will, straight up destroy the world. To Zola, he is a threat to her homeworld, so conflict arises. Abnett wrote for the story for this game. Now the story is actually finally getting added to, remembering what Abnett has written in the past is helpful.

That'd be interesting, for sure. It certainly feels like we're being set up to eventually be pitted against Rannick and Zola, and who we ultimately trust more.

Awww, thanks so much! So, I am more of a lore and story nerd. I love playing the game, and I think I do ok by my own right, but I am NOT the person to ask about builds. HOWEVER! There's a bunch of awesome people in our Discord server that I'm sure would LOVE to talk shop about builds. They're a great bunch of nerds.

Thanks for the love! The stimms have definitely existed before some of them got corrupted. I'm VERY interested in finding out what Zola and Wolfer's relationship is...

It's "for the sixth." It seems the Karnak twins may have served with Wolfer in the regiment. But if Rannick fears Zola's "obsession" over catching Wolfer, Slaanesh might be on the table...

Could be completely unrelated chatter, but there is some dialogue about the noble houses getting prickly with each other. Prickly nobles is *never* a simple matter of diplomacy. Maybe the way Hargrave is "handling" the threat, that has other nobles upset, is because of something similar to what you're speculating. Maybe Hargrave, Wolfer, and Zola have some connections. My only thought to that is, it seems like something Rannick would know and factor in. When Zola says she has to know something, it genuinely seems like Rannick doesn't quite know what she means. He's obviously cast his suspicions over her, but whatever it is still eludes him. What could it be, within the scope of the situation he responsible for, that Rannick, an Inquisitorial Interrogator, wouldn't know????

I've wondered that too since the secret skulls have come around. But I also am not sure because I kind of get the impression that "Zola" may be her surname. The naming conventions used in established 40k material kinda points me in that direction. Interrogator Rannick (Ivan Rannick), Morrow, Brahms, etc. Everyone goes by last name. And this is also followed in material like Eisenhorn as well... But I agree, it is a VERY interesting detail that a Captain that used to be close with Wolfer was also a woman. Though the other thing that points me away from this, now that I think about it, is that Rinda Karnak seems to know OF Zola but didn't actually know her, and heard things about her second hand from Wolfer. If Zola had been a Captain in the 6th and close with Wolfer, they probably would have actually known each other maybe?

Don't take street drugs!

Hahahaha, well, two of my friends injected me while I popped a stimm on myself and I'm totally fi-

Possibleh. Only time will tell. Or maybe we'll never be told.

@@Jo.Plays.Games. i mean it's kinda said in our face when they (Morrow, Zola, Rannick, etc.) talk about Carnival - it was den of smuglers, dealers and other nice types, before the Moebian VI came and made their stronghold there, hijacking all structures and resources that these Cartels had - in one of the older missions Zola herself says that we are currently in Water Cartel Territory that was taken over with force by Moebians.

Either no good, or the greater good. It remains to be seen.

As of now, it doesn’t sound like she’s doing well

This is the best comment I've ever received to anything, ever.

Eh. Nurgle is a fine option for soldiers because "despair," but Khorne and honestly even Slaanesh are just as strong contenders. Wanting to survive brutality by means of strength, or escape the horrors of war through distraction and fantasy are very alluring and human.

See, YOU get it!

I don't think she's guilty of being a traitor or heretic (yet), but I do think she feels guilty about something she was involved with that might have lead to where we are now in the game.

Naw, I'm sure it's fiiiiiiiinnnnnnnneeeeeeee

I did my scripting before Orthus Offensive was released, when her journal entry specifically said she wouldn't rest until they were dead.

Awww, thanks!

There is no reason to follow any Chaos god. Against the wall heretic. ;)

@@Lamrett unfortunately just daily life in the imperium gives plenty of reasons

Hey, I was told it had to be included. 😀 Thanks for helping get my dirty street drug footage!

So, that's not an official/confirmed thing, but it is pretty common for stims/drugs to be used in other regiments of the Astra Militarum throughout the Imperium.

@@Jo.Plays.Games.Oh no, not that. I was talking about your teammate walking out the wrong door in the airlock. How'd they do that?? LOL.

@@takeonedaily AHAHAHAHAHA. Pyro is a gem. Turns out, that's just a door that you can walk out if you make a bad enough choice.

The stims in the tainted crates aren't the same as the ones players take, and also tying plot to things that are primarily gameplay allowances is never smart. The ammo tins are a good example. They're there for gameplay, not to imply the Imperium places tiny tins of a tiny amount of all common ammo types randomly literally everywhere. Despite being clearly too small to contain the magazines of most weapons.

@@Lamrett That is a pretty fair point I am just saying I feel very strongly thay the inquisition wouldn’t be letting its troops take stimms they know might be tainted.

@@shadysack9884 This warband definitely wouldn't. Openly and owning it radicals might. Combat stims 100%, but you can completely assume the ones you pick up to be for gameplay reasons fine. Likewise with the ammo, the Mechanicus would view putting tainted ammo into the gun in a similar light. But the ammo on the ground is a gameplay thing.

They never miss an episode.

I can respect that.

I do think Zola worked with or looked up to Wolfer before he became a traitor. I'm very interested to find out more.

The way she hesitates to explain herself to Rannick in the Orthus Offensive mission really makes me think they've got some major connection.

@@Jo.Plays.Games. I need the tea!