Raven's Branch - Dam Complex Fight Full* Dialogue Part 1 | AC6 

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There's actually a lot of potential reasons as to why they're called branch, its a pretty flexible name :P

"A new Raven will arise one day, and we'll keep a perch waiting for them". Given that Raven is the only hereditary name, it seems it most likely points to branch being a support for whoever they deem worthy of the title.

Haha yes, most of the game’s challenge.

When you're so good you're dragging the fight with the top rank so they can say shit about you

​@@KABLAMMATShow I wish I was that good.. Saddened, I go back to my dual zimmerman dual earshot

I deleted everyone with the chainsaw before I heard anything. I was baffled with how good it was considering it was my time using it

Yeah, I missed so much of this dialogue because Laser Lance into Pile Bunker is so devastating

It's the difference between "A shame but at least we now know who the better Raven is." In the 1v1 vs. "How the FUCK did you guys get FUCKING Solo'd in a 1v3!?"

​@@Brenhydraespecially when one is rank 3 and one is rank 5 and Raven is suppose to be above that

@@boredomkiller99I think ravens rank is actually the lowest as it’s his licence we get at the start, so that either means raven got one hell of a glow up in his skill or the rank reset when he became MIA to Allmind

⁠@@declicitous1763that or they never cared about the arena to begin with

@@sentientmustache8360 probably since he isn’t even available and his data is said to be “shrouded” or something like that so allmind can’t even make him a normal opponent

That's weird. I've sat there multiple times waiting for dialogue at low hp and even testing it right now, I got nothing like this. Went through 4 runs trying both, but raven always arrives and nothing is new.

@GreyCaliber Here's one of the dialogues: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fDKBCGRlX4U.html I'm also not sure 100% what triggers it, but I do know Chartreuse also has her own version. Quite interesting.

​@@glip715 Huh, I wonder if its a PC bug or something else. O'Keeffe also has some dialogue that I'm missing, but the person who shared the datamined text with me didn't know how to trigger it.

Edit: Got it to trigger on any AC, zero idea on trigger. Probably bugged or some very weird condition.@@glip715

I wonder if the other Ravens she is talking about are the online players? Considering the online mode is called Nest. As in Ravens Nest.

He's a true King, unlike misses bitchy ass over there

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Even without rusty?

Nah the two of them remind me more of Rage and Scream from the AC7 DLC Chartreuse especially reminds me of Scream.

Nah I think raven's operator is materlink that we see in mission reach the coral convergence along g3 Wuhai bc raven's operator and materlink is the same voice

​@@kevingame3198 Don't think so. That's like saying the Dafeng trainee pilot and Swinburne are the same character because they share a va

Glad you enjoyed it, I didn't even know Raven could come early since I rushed it on my first run

Yeh you’re supposed to take them out fast so you don’t get overwhelmed

​@@hamzadesidragonsarwar Mhm, after doing the 3v1 for this video, its a hectic fight with heavy stagger.

@@GreyCaliber it is mainly my ac was better then them but 3 on 1 it’s hard to keep up so I took them out fast before Raven arrived

The 3 v 1 option is absolutely wicked It makes me feel like a true monster negl

@@Happygg6 The game's pretty eager to boost your ego when you decide to take challenges head on, like the escape from Arquebus mission if you just start massacring the MTs they start freaking out, calling you a monster and unreal lmao And then yeah the 3v1 vs Branch, Raven's handler getting increasingly unsettled by you dismantling these living legends 😂

Branch and the og Raven are still largely a mistery. I hope From delve deeper into them in a possible DLC

From what I can tell and this is just a theory… was that the whole thing was planned from the beginning. They most likely wanted take the imposter raven out or test him on behalf of nightfall(then again that does question what kind of relationship these three have perhaps they’ve encountered other ravens before and nightfall was just friendly enough to help them?) As for the mission itself, considering how most AC games go…the mission itself was probably real but ultimately used as an excuse to lure you the player out in the open. As for the rest of the questions…it’s highly likely that Rusty and the rest of Vespers defended the old spaceport and with that battle seized multiple weapons from the PCA tipping the balance in their favor.

'Raven' is a bit of a meta-game (no not zimmermans heh). You see, in the previous games 'Raven' was just every mercenary. In AC6, the callsign 'Raven' isn't just a merc but ANYONE that is currently part of Branch. The sole purpose of these Nightcall missions is a test to see if you are truly worthy of being a Raven. Which, when you take the game as a whole. All the challenges you face... and the fact that AC6 will be most peoples first AC.... it's directly addressing the theme of 'do you really have what it takes?'. This gets addressed again in the Final Ending too.

Personally I feel like one the mission was absolutely real but branch had a secondary mission of testing 621 aka the player. From what I gathered from some of the dialogue and arena descriptions of king and chartreuse the call sign “Raven” is passed on to someone deemed to be worthy of the name. Which i assume said person would be chosen by whoever currently holds the Raven name but should the “Raven” perish before finding a worthy successor then the task falls to the other members of branch.

The Long Version: The Dam was attacked by two top performers of the Arena, King and Chartreuse. The RLF says that it was Arcabus that hired them and Raven accepts the mission to defeat them. However, when Raven engages Chartreuse, King says that they have to fight Raven together as this is a Branch mission, meaning that the attack by the independent mercenaries was actually not Arcabus' doing. Regardless of the circumstances, "Raven" engages with them in a fight. When the original Raven (Nightfall) shows up, their Operator communicates with 621 and says that they want to see of they can do the Raven name justice. Raven then defeats the original and Branch, who then proceed to sit on the sidelines to see where 621 goes on a Raven's wings. After the mission, Ayre looks into Branch and finds out that they are a group of rotating mercenaries and now their responsibilities belong to 621, Raven. The Short Version: The attack on the Dam was Branch's idea and used it to lure out 621, Raven, to test them to see if they're worthy of the Raven name, and passed.

Huh. I'd always assumed that they just got knocked out and didn't die.

I didn't know this! I only did the mission twice and pile bunked both of them before the Nightfall AC showed up

Yeah, Fromsoft put in a good bit of effort on writing out dialogue for a lot of player's actions

You need to complete it 3 times to get all the missions, endings, parts, etc.

@@hedhanter1 thx my dude

It's also not the same when playing two more times, so it remains interesting and uncovers more of the story :) @@kilometerimmorales23

Bro don' watch this videos you gonna get major spoilers with it😅

I will just say that even the same missions from the first playthru might have some surprises...

But can you body Justin Y? You are everywhere

I didn't know farming was even needed. Most parts are useless and you end up with 10 million after 3 playthroughs

I swap parts and tweak different stats differently so often I might as well be a shape shifter, what do you mean useless? @@Artaxerxes.

i tend to use railcannons more often as they are less expensive and have slightly more ammo and don't need time to reload as they are energy weapons, but yeah this mission is certainly a great money farm with the right setup

​@@Artaxerxes. ［you earned all the credits］......

​@@Artaxerxes.After 3 playthroughs buddy. If Balteus taught me anything, it is to be prepared before a boss fight. I always ensure I have brought everything before challenging a chapter ending

I think they're the operator that speaks for Nightfall Raven

yeah, i also think it's the operator. would've been awesome if there was a branch path or missions.

There is a data log about a sketch done by STV that talks about a four person group, with one of them being an operator and the other three being pilots. I assume that is Branch, because I think it also said that they were secretive.

Nope. The faster bosses, like the Ibis series, can easily dodge needles

thats what the miniguns are for, stagger then shoot needles.@@anuragpradhan7500

​@@anuragpradhan7500thats why you use the dual gattling gun and then nuke them when they're staggered

Or had more than one mission per playthrough related to them. It's so weird that Branch only gets a single mission and we don't get an explanation as to why they'd attack the Liberation Front.

@@jeff3221 The answer is in the video. They were drawing you out. If you die with both King and Chartreuse alive, King says they're leaving and Chartreuse asks about the mission only for King to say they completed their objective. The objective was you all along. This is also why King says he'll help Chartreuse, because he knows there is no real objective for them being there. It's all just a ruse.

His AI is actually pretty busted but since his parts are just your default, they can't make it harder

@@LordoftheDice yes and no. While the mission seems to have just been a means to draw us out, we're an independent mercenary... they can just make up a job. Why would Branch, a group of free mercs who champion freedom, squash freedom fighters to draw us out? It just seems like it's pretty out of character with their arena descriptions and the dialogue of Raven's Operator. Raven's solo sortie was against the PCA and Corps, so, it's odd that this route has them attack the Liberation Front instead.

@@jeff3221 Having a job be posted by top independent mercenaries would arouse suspicion (why don't they just do the job themselves?) and there's possibly safeguards in place to prevent filing under a false identity (I've yet to come across a mission where the person who files it turns out to be someone else.) Even if you could subvert that system, it might raise red flags with Walter or Ayre who seem to look into missions in-depth before adding them to your list. Having them attack a group that has been known to hire you in the past is a pretty good way of getting them to call upon your services again. The Liberation Front is a known entity, you've worked for them before, and they don't quite have the means to defend themselves like the corporations do. Therefore, when they show up to bully them, they're more likely to call on you and you're more likely to come help. (Also this might be a stretch, but maybe they wanted to see if you would actually come help the Liberation Front again if they called on you for help, or if you attacking Balam before was just a fluke or you taking advantage of the situation) Also note that they're doing pretty superficial damage. They're destroying some MTs and such, but they don't really make it past where you already destroyed everything of value (before turning on Balam in the alternate mission.) Everything points towards it being a ruse to draw you out into a confrontation.

It'll be awhile since I have 3 other bosses in queue, but I'll do him after them, might be a few days at most

@GreyCaliber Not a problem at all! You're awesome

Same as White Glint in AC4A , the pilot is still the silent protag of vanilla AC4 but the operator(Fiona) do all the talk and narration.

It's probably both, 621's state is never explicitly said, and without an actual voice made things easier for us who wanna role-play anyway we want.

@@apophisstr6719 nah when I said Raven I meant the original Raven, not 621

@@HiroyaFujimiya Whoops

It depends on what From wants. In this case it seems like King/Chart dies, maybe Raven too. During the iceworm everyone survives. During the Dam mission in chapter one, 621 doesn't die and gets fired/threatened by the redguns, but in most missions 621 just dies.

Yeah, its a player low HP line. I forgot to include it since I didnt have a good way to track all the dialogue at this time, unfortunately. It wasnt until I made the Hawkins/Pater video that I found a text script.

@@GreyCaliber I see. Thanks a lot for the videos btw!

You can actually get all the parts Raven uses, the core, arms and legs are all the same as on the starter AC and you can get the head when you complete all the bonus arena battles that become available in new game +!

​@@AlexVHomearena NG+ or are you referring to the ANALYSIS where NIGHTFALL is in the list

You can get all of his parts in NG+

@@justasimplegamer129 The analysis. The head is the "Shade Eye."

Pater is the dual personality stereotype in this game(his AC name is Dual Nature for coincidence), in front he is the good hardworking liaison but in battlefield he succumb to his big ego and seeing other as lowlife as other evil Vesper.

Bro wants the rankup

You have to do all the liberation front mission including betraying iguazu and volta at the dam early on to get this

Nothing new if I remember right.

So, Raven's Operator is a separate person from the pilot. This is in one of the sketches iirc.

@@GreyCaliber yup, as always in ACs series and Novels, the operator is not in the mech with the pilot but in communication at distance. Like Walter for 621.

Sulla is probably working with allmind if my theorie is good, but I just cant find who the 4 pilot is. Or maybe there is not, but informations of chartreuse and king on the arena tells something else.

​@@SuperDarkmasterXno its 3 ac pilots and the operator, even without the dialog, the records state that there are 3 people in branch with their identies shown a female opperator, a male ac pilot and a female ac pilot, the forth member is unknown this is raven, check the last 6 logs in the archive its pretty noted that there are only 4 members of branch

@@SuperDarkmasterX These might be minor spoilers depending on how far through the game you've gotten, but on NG++ the Watchpoint mission has differing dialogue. Most notably, Sulla's death quote changes to "Walter, forget about the hound." This change only occurs after you've gone down a particular path, meaning that Sulla is already aware of who 621 is getting involved with during the NG++ route. It doesn't strike me as something that he's happy about, but something that he feels even Walter won't be able to handle now that Raven has gone down that path. Of course, he ends up being right. Personally, I think Sulla works for the PCA, though there's a log you can find on the Sea Spider mission that says that the PCA takes orders from an AI. It would be strange to find out that allmind is ALSO that same AI with as many times as NG++ puts you on a mission for Allmind that is directly at odds with the PCA.

The pilots are inside their AC’s, and while modern AC’s have an ejection option it’s of course not always possible to do so given the nature of these engagements. I imagine it also comes down to the pilot and their pride/mental stability, as some (e.g. Iguazu) are shown to eject whenever possible while others (e.g. 621) would never do so and so instead die with their AC.

@@ohgloriousme ah hell yeah, thanks for the info man !

@@ohgloriousme I’ve been wondering about that for awhile

From the AC6 "Story trailer" it would seem like 621 was Intergrated into the AC! so some basically die with their AC destroy but some had cockpit i presume as @ohgloriousme said

Should clarify the last one I mentioned is defeating Raven with king and chartreuse, then upon defeating either king or chartreuse you’ll get a different set of dialogue from the lone survivor.

If you mean, killing Raven then killing them, there is no new dialogue that's not present beforehand. They don't really react to Raven being killed unless the player dies to them. Their death dialogues are the same as dying earlier which I cut out for brevity reasons. I just retested this twice as well. If you have the dialogue lines(so I can cross check) that'd help or even a video that'd be great too. I know in P2 that I'm still missing some dialogue, but some of it I've yet to see anyone else trigger.

2 dialogue lines I happened to find while attempting to find the ones I mentioned are: kill king immediately after ravens cut scene but before Raven reaches the fight Raven will say “…Thank you. King.” Kill chartreuse immediately after Raven cut scene but before Raven reaches the fight Raven will say “…Thank you. Chartreuse.”

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hXPTZX_SpJk.html King's line is in this video, Chartreuse is in P2 since I accidently edited it out of this one.@@raymurray3401

The OST upgrade that lets you go into battle overweight with a movement penalty. It also lets you purge weapons for more mobility without using all the ammo.

They can eject, although most usually die before they eject. Armored Core is kinda dark in that pilots are just expendable resources, sadly.

Logically, yeah.

As long as the core isnt heavily damaged, they can either survive or eject to save their lives.

Usually they die but sometimes they live. Iguazu survives his AC exploding multiple times. V/VIII Pater also survives his fight with you despite his AC being destroyed.

Operator =/= Pilot. The female voice we heard representing the Raven isn't the pilot, she's an operator that followed the battle from safe place and guiding the pilot like Walter so of course Raven's operator here would live on. But if you mean the pilot then look at the comments above.

Indeed, but the joy to beat them all with a supersonic lightweight melee build and achieving rank S was indescriptible 😌.

@@SuperDarkmasterX fr fr homie

@@william15zxt yup, not perfect english but I do my best 😁

Ng++

Beat the game once, on New Game + on the Dam Mission with the Redguns, you get incoming message from the RLF. Accept their request and the mission will unlock. Good luck fighting them at once.

Alba Set with the VP-46D arms(more damage)

Not exactly; if u read the arena descriptions of King and Umber Ox u will see they're part of a hacker group with unknown goals.

It was stated during a dialogue. Raven is a name carried by a group of mercenaries(even outside rubicon) who symbolize free will and resolve. King and Charteuse are part of branch, a sort of support group for Ravens, thus the name branch.

A bunch of weaklings who yammer about free will. Thing is, the weak don't get to decide anything. They have no free will

All i see is murder of crows

@@RavenFlau That's not entirely true. Here is a proper explanation. 1)The Branch is a secretive organization with a rotational four-member membership, of which King, Chart and Raven are members (Raven is not just a friend to them, judging form the line "we'll prepare a perch (Raven-specific position) for them", implying that when they do find someone worthy of carrying the title Raven, the position for that new Raven will be made ready for them in Branch). This also means that they do look for new people potentially worthy of being rotated into one of the four positions within the group whenever they get a chance. 2) According to the Arena data, Branch doesn't have any strict rule regarding position management like you see in other official associations (meaning, hierarchy, promotions or such). Instead, the positions are rotated among and taken up by those who become members. So, if they find anyone worthy of being within the group, one member will give up their position (probably when the time is right). This rotation could happen due to various kinds of circumstances. In our case, they realized that there was someone using the title of one member, and so they want to see if that person is worthy of keeping that title and thus being rotated into the position of "Raven". 3) The current real Raven (there's only one, we're simply using the title as an imposter, so we're NOT a Raven, just because we decide to call ourselves that) tells us that "Raven" is not a name, but a title given to those who have the will to choose. Since the group is after us for using the title, and from how they mention preparing a perch for us if we prove ourselves, it's clear that proving our worth would mean having the real Raven give up his position when he's ready so that we can be rotated into the place of that title holder (since there can be only four members at a time), which in turn means there can only be one Raven. If it's simply that ANYONE with a will to choose can be a Raven, Branch doesn't need to prepare a Raven-specific position (what they mean by "perch", since perching is what birds do on branches) in Branch for the new Raven while the old one gives up his place. So, if someone has that quality, they're meant to truly take on that title instead of merely using it as a fake ID. It's like using the title Pope in real world. Not everyone can be the Pope at once, just because they decide to call themselves that. If they're qualified for that position, only officially taking up that position really makes you the Pope, not just having the qualification.

I think it’s fine to use (enjoy the game however you want), what I hate about people who use it is when they complain the game being too easy.

raven is probably the pilot but by protocol they are silent to conceal identity , and only directly talks to their handler , also the handler just prefers to communicate with raven's enemies instead .

What Trigger is trying to say in more lamen's terms is that "Raven's Operator" is to the Nightfall Raven as Walter is to Raven 621 (us the player).

I did a playthrough with and without it.