Subnautica What Happens If You Miss The Sunbeam 

“we died for this man and HE didn't even bother to show up?”

I couldn't find seaglide parts to scan so I didn't think I would be able to get over to the landing zone without needing to eat, drink, or evade anything hostile. So I stayed on the lifepod and hoped it would wait for a bit. When I saw the beam go up and shoot down the sunbeam, my thoughts were "What fish has a GODDAMN LASER?!"

*Sunbeam gets shot down* PDA: "Energy discharge detected" You don't say??

On my first playthrough I was lost on the other Island when the sunbeam arrived. I litterly just saw a giant laser in the distance

Kinda ironic that it's called sunBEAM

So lesson learnt, if you are on time, you must seek fluid intake immediately

i died of dehydration right when the sunbeam arrived so i technically did not miss it i just died when they said how did you survive there

Missing it looks so much cooler and high quality! Lol

Since the sunbeam only arrives if you use the radio AFAIK, you can complete the whole game and then do the radio messages after you shut down the enforcement platform and then the sunbeam is just like "lol sorry bro, we tried, too much stuff in orbit" and just leaves.

My jaw dropped watching that building turn into a cannon. to top it off there was no dialogue for like a minute after the sunbeam blew up, I was sitting there like holy shit this is definitely not just an ocean minecraft

Vote kick: alien stick thingy Reason: *aimbot*

people in the comment section are saying missing it is much more cooler and impactfull, but honestly, something about trying to turn the gun off beforehand, failing, then go outside and be forced to watch your means of escape explode in front of your very eyes, just gets me every time.

The silence after watching it get shot down really drives it home for me. The sinking realization that no one is coming. That you are completely and utterly alone. Some people dislike the lack of characterization in this game, but that's what makes this such a terrifying event. Riley is not alone. The Aurora survivor is not alone. YOU are alone.

Missing it is way cooler

Imagine being a new player to this game and seeing a laser beam just pop out of a fog. Missing the landing zone is way cooler and scarier.

I was disappointed there wasn’t a special animation if you’re down in the Weapon Control Room when the Sunbeam arrives. I thought there would be a flash of power or something when it fired, but nope.

Imagine the sea dragon could sense something trying to leave or enter and it straight up fires a godzilla beam like this all the way from the lava zone

Sunbeam: *gets shot down* Ryley: 😐

Me: **trying to focus on the game** PDA: "SEEK FLUID INTAKE *INTENSIFIES* "

It sucks cause it looks like he might have actually stuck the landing even after claiming he was damn sure it was a longshot.

It has been a year and this is my most viewed video at the time and I’d like to know if anyone would want to see another subnautica video and what it should be on

0:17, were you trying to stop the sunbeam annihilation by threatening the gun with your knife?

Btw: this is the best explosion in atmosphere of a ship I've seen in a video game

I love that it just gives you with the thought of I'm never getting out of here as its just goes silent after the explosion.Truly an awesome game. :)

When the sunbeam came I was inside the alien base so all I heard was the explosion

when this happened i was just like well shit. 3 more months of dealing with levithans

"Survivor.. we.. we don't see you. Damn it! Joe, make a U-turn, the giant snake got him."

Next subnautica game is gonna be in a warm water area and it will be called Subnautica: Above 30 (30 degrees)

There's something about not seeing the building and just seeing this massive laser come out of nowhere thats so much more impactful than seeing the gun fire.

Damn the sunbeam didn’t even have a wreckage to get stranded, they straight up obliterated it

You: *misses sunbeam* Sunbeam pilot: well, we hated him anyway

I loved this scene. The entire time there on the beach I was like nonononono turn back, go away, you'll die!!!! Dunno why I felt sorry for the characters just because of a few voiced lines but they sounded like cool people.

On my playthrough I was on the island when sunbeam came sunbeam said they saw me but I was exploring the G.U.N so I was inside the building when sunbeam exploded so I got both dialogues

Just started playing this game and I arrived. I was in shock when the building turned into a damn gun .

I accidentally did this in creative and I was like wow what good dedication they put in for if you miss like new voice lines and animations and wow

imagine what they say in the sunbeam when you disactivate the alien weapon "dude whe can save him!" "NO, we can't save him follow the fucking script"

Bruh the only reason I even know what happened with sunbeam is because of other youtubers, literally every play through I’ve had I just completely ignore him and I’m underwater so I don’t even notice.

''energy discharge detected'' you dont say... ''signal lost'' no sh*t, the entire ship is gone ''hey dont f*cking curse at me i am the one who put the lifepod systems in survival mode'' uhhhh O_O

I was so pissed at myself when I didn’t make it to the arrival, after when I learned that I would get something cool like this. I just started and I was too afraid to go to the arrival.

I love the mass effect reaper vibes this sequence gives

Sunbeam: goes towards Riley and away from quarantine machine. Quarantine machine: no

I find it alot cooler when you miss it because seeing the laser coming out and shooting the sunbeam but not seeing the gun in the distance just makes it even more mysterious. alot more anonymous i guess.

Man...this happened to me on my 1st play through. I was enjoying a few adult beverages and scooting around in my Seamoth watching the countdown, started heading to the island with about 30 seconds left when I saw the ancient floaters...DOH!! I was so mad, I missed all of the pda verbiage .

MAN i love this game developers

It is possible to save the Sunbeam, though not possible to get them to land. If you do not interact with the radio past a certain point, or if you simply carry out the main quest line fast enough, it's possible to disable the Quarantine Enforcement Platform before the Sunbeam comes. They will radio you a message about not being able to approach for landing because of an orbital debris field, but will not be destroyed. The easiest way, again, is to ignore your radio; this means you won't get the various map pips that nudge you along the storyline, but it also never triggers the Sunbeam Rescue scenario that results in their destruction.

Wow the developers really wanna kill the sunbean

The one where you miss it sent shivers down my spine from how sudden it was...

Ended up missing these guys on my first playthrough and I just remember the PDA speaking, followed by a loud ass explosion, at which point I climbed out of my pod to watch the flaming remains fall into the ocean. It was night time too so it looked pretty gnarly. Also I was convinced me not showing up to the landing point caused the explosion skfns

I appreciate the fact that they at least tried to rescue me even tho im only 1 survivor

wow i've never seen what it looks like when you miss the sunbeam. i should miss it more often cus wow that looks amazing and i really like the PDA reading out different detections and all that

I remember seeing this on my first playthrough and being like "aliens, why would you do that?"

On my current play through (which is my first so don’t spoil in the reply’s) I got to the sunbeam landing site about 15 minutes early. I decided to investigate the building out of curiosity since I was being rescued loot wasn’t a concern. I got to the part where the control for the gun is. And it said “Infected individuals cannot disable the weapon” the moment the building started transforming when the sunbeam was landing, I knew it was doomed.

i remember crying when this happened

My first time playing and this happened I was just thinking like “not what I do? ion know” such a eerie feeling after that, the silence and realization that it’s not going to be easy

Sunbeam: setting down in 10, 9, 8... Laser: and I took that personally.

Imagine if sunbeam was like: -Yo where tf is he -Idk probs dead -Lets get outta here lol

its me or the sunbeam has the same size in both cases?

The first time I played the game I was like "yes I won!" But then the ship got shot by a laser then i gave up and never played again

You get a subscription. You earned it for showing me this. I've never done it before.

"energy discharge detected. Vessel Signature lost" No shit, sherlock

I missed the sunbeam so I was shocked when watching other people's playthroughs lol

I accidentally died of no water or reverse drowning whatever you call it on the island a few minutes before, and while I was half way to the island, I just saw Sunbeam get blown up and I just swam around awkwardly and went back to my life pod.

The alien tower is just a controlla playa no questions asked

That is honestly so much cooler and ominus than how it is supposed to be played out.

I remember on my second playthrough I was in the caves on the island you know just breaking up in some rocks getting resources and I hear the Sun be come down and I hear a giant boom and I thought welp there goes the Sunbeam

watching for afar is much more scarier cause you dont get the inmediate "oh look at this big cannon next to the landing spot" its a "oh im getting off of this is..." and it gets shot down

It's actually even more epic. And then the wonder of "WHAT THE FUCK DID THAT??". And the PDA lines are cool

See I think that’s actually cooler of an idea, because it would send you to the island in curiosity instead of being told to go: for example, I would want to know what a giant damn laser is shot from

if your in the jelly shroom caves there's like an underwater earthquake and the water blows you around and shite

I never went to the landing zone, thats the only perspective ive seen

I played through for the third time and realized there's a translation (once your infected) that reads "The infected ones cannot turn off the weapon" so no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to turn of that weapon :(

That’s quite interesting. I never missed the sunbeam but i once got it being destroyed twice in one playthrough... didnt know what was goin on there

It used to be if you weren’t on time they would say there is too much debris in the atmosphere and they couldn’t land. They would apologize and continue on their way.

i thought the game was going to end early if i had gone there so i didn't, and as soon as i saw the sunbeam getting annihilated i realized that im a fool and lost the opportunity to visit the place lmao

*Looking for resources in the cave 200m from the surface at the landing point* "Survivor, we see you!"

I finished the game 4 times and i still never missed the sunbeam, thx for showing me

When I saw the Sunbeam explode a couple years ago. I actually Cried

I love how even when the gun is powered down it still shoots the sunbeam

*What happens if you miss the landing site* *Sunbeam gets shot down* Looks like sunbeam was the one to miss the landing site

Also if you somehow cure the karaah and disable the gun before the sunbeam arrives they will say that there is debris in the way and they can’t find a way through it, I found this out by seeing how fast I could beat the game in creative

the explosion actually looks cooler from further away

I was at my base on my second play through when it happened and it glitched my cyclops vehicle bay to where I could dock my vehicle but it wouldn’t let me out or drop the vehicle from the cyclops

I love how the sunbeam is just a plot device to make sure you found the laser to disable. Lives were sacrificed for coordinates

I miss it when i was first time playing and nothing happend,just time is going into -

I missed the sunbeam the first time I played subnautica because I was scared to go to the island

Earlier today I was fucking around in creative. I was in the lost river when the count down expired and my PDA went through the same dialogue thats in the video. I first there was a rumble In the cave, then a loud muffled *BOOM* as the camera shook a bit. Even the Ghost Levi next to me looked Shocked. To conclude the sunbeam exploding is so loud you can hear/feel that shit even in the lost river, probably in the Lava zone too but I wasn't down there.

Man, the sunbeam is a lot bigger than I thought. I expected it to look smaller since youre further away, but its basically the same size.

i didnt even need to watch this video cuz i was too scared to swim to the island

sunbeam: dont be late this guy: lol

Gives you a scale of just how big the sunbeam is.

"Energy discharge detected" Meanwhile sunbeam being absolutely fucking evaporated:

“Energy discard detected.” YOU THINK?!?!?

i heard that you can disable the gun so the sunbeam really lands.

“energy discarded detected” you dont say

Ever time the sunbeam gets shot down I hear a roar in the distance do all near that to

That's interesting, actually. I always find myself going to it when you're on time, but it looks different, but cooler from the other perspective.

pretty sure that there is either a version or you can do something to prevent the sunbeam getting destroyed

When scape: In memory of sunbeam

Have to admit, this is a lot more terrifying and cool then if you see the actual canon