VTuber's FIRST Experience With Warhammer 40K: Astartes React 

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In this the Astartes are fighting a rebellious human faction, usually called a 'heresy' given the hyper religious aspect of the culture. The gun they're using is called a Bolter. It fires what are essentially rocket propelled explosive rounds the size of a Red Bull. This is why single hits can tear the enemies in half. You can see the business portion of the bolter rounds as they get stopped by the shields of the two giant spine guys (called psykers). I'm pretty sure the hidden sniper guy was also using a type of Bolter, but it takes multiple on target shots to breach space marine armor. The space marine was able to not really sneak up on the spine guys, but they were focused on attacking the one they already had trapped and were rather distracted. Space marines are genetically and surgically enhanced humans. Two hearts, three lungs, 8+ feet tall weighing in at nearly half a ton each. Their strength and durability are legendary. However, it wasn't his eye that popped. Just the covering over the cameras in that eye of the helmet. Yeah, the Imperium of Man is deeply religious. The red robe guy was an Inquisitor, many of whom are space marine equivalent of psykers, and his job was to keep tabs on the eldritch beach balls. Him warning the officer about the threat to the troops on the other ship ended up causing his own possession, and thus his immediate death by execution. Also they all were talking (we can hear the Inquisitor's muffled voice) it's just not audible through the helmets (and because this was a one man project and he kept vocals to a minimum). The two eldritch beach balls were talking about how they and others like them had failed in their mission. The one on the enemy ship was then told to basically suicide and take the space marines with it. Once it had, however it got hit with essentially an interdimensional riptide and died. The backlash of it dying sent the space marines to the planet they're on at the end. The one inconsistency I've ever been able to spot in this is Red Eye's severed arm. In two shots (when it's severed and on the planet) it's an above the elbow amputation. When it's shown while in The Warp (the in universe name of... well, yeah essentially the 'hell' from Event Horizon) it's shown severed below the elbow. Event Horizon's aesthetic is so in tune with Warhammer 40k that many consider it to be an unintended unofficial prequel to that universe. Red Eye vomited blood and bile, which is why it was bubbly. His eye studs mark his time in service. A space marine gets one for ever full century of service, so Red Eye had been active duty for over three hundred years. They can take their armor off. They're not sealed in. The place Red Eye was in at the end was a necropolis, so the giants didn't all die at once. It's hypothesized that the bipedal upright form might be evolutionary advantageous in sapient life given its balance of function and energy efficiency. I haven't read too deeply into it, however.

Cool detail: when the Space Marine started running, you can see that he slowly gets ahead of the camera; to borrow a qoute, "nothing that massive should move that quickly!"

Bricky has some introduction videos for warhamer 40k if it ever interests you. They give you a taste of what you can expect and are also full of memes.

Warhammer 40k came out in 1987, and went on to partially inspire Halo. StarCraft actually started as a Warhammer 40k game but GW pulled out after production was mostly complete. Their guns are actually "mini" rocket launchers.

Ill explain a bit for you: The Angry Balls are relics of a long dead alien civilization. There are three of them in this video. Two on the Astartes ship, you can see a second one in the shadows behind the first one. And one on the rebels ship. The Inquisition (the dude in the red cape) together with this Astartes chapter is hunting these Alien relics because they are corrupting humans and are forcing them to build bodies for them. In their current form they have only limited influence on the material realm. When the angry ball on the rebel ship is trying to keep the Astartes away it is not only pushing against them, it is also attempting to corrupt them (you can hear the whispering with each attack) but the Astartes are nearly immune to such attacks. You can then see the Inquisitor listening in when the two Angry Balls start communicating with each other and the conversation goes as follows: Angry Ball 1 (with the Inquisitor): "Who is there?" Angry Ball 2: "I have failed, brother." Angry Ball 1: "We have all failed.The Astartes defy our touch." Angry Ball 2: "We must return." Angry Ball 1: "Break your shield (or seal?)." Angry Ball 2: "Impossible. We'll never survive." Angry Ball 1: "You must take them (the Astartes)!" The Inquisitor then says: "Recall them immediately!" to the captain so they can save the Astartes. Unfortunately the Angry Ball uses this momentary loss of focus to attack the Inquisitor and take over his body. Of course the Astartes officers know what to do and completely destroy the Inquisitors body to keep the Angry Ball from going on a rampage in its newly acquired body. You can see that the Astartes get the order to retreat but the other Angry Ball instantly grabs them and pulls them into the warp. In the warp it gets killed by something else and the Astartes all suddenly appear on what i guess is the long dead aliens homeworld. You can see flashes on the other pillars showing that the rest of the squad has suddenly popped back into existence too.

The orb said "No escape. I have failed. We have all failed. The Astartes defy our touch. You must return! Break your seal! We'll never survive. You must take them!" And then the Priest says "Recall them immediately!" then the Priest gets possessed. And the "Bedazzled" things are Service Studs. 2 of one color and one of another color represents 250 years of service (I think)

15:40 - Helmet comms, they're sealed against the environment so hard to get the soundwaves out. When the Psyker YELLS "RECALL THEM IMMEDIATELY!" that's as loud as he can voluntarily shout... Voluntarily...

‘Are they fighting Nazis?’ - pretty sure both sides are 😂

1:55 "Boarding... OR CRASHING?!" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ they're synonymous in this universe

Fun fact: That eye isn't bloodied, but rather is actually a set of cameras that allows the space marine to see through his helmet.

14:14 - Our dude here is a Sanctioned Psyker for the Inquisition, hooked to a cogitator that's forming a link with the sphere.

"how thick is that armour?" ... Yes The thing that hit it was a daemon having a nice snack in the warp, thats why you dont go in unshielded or with some precautions

7:05 - Psykers! Ok, yeah, you gotta go down the rabbit hole now.

As others have mentioned, you are SUPER observant, for a first time watcher. It's so refreshing to see someone watching this and actually thinking about what they're seeing, and making intelligent guesses. I really enjoyed your reaction!

If I may suggest , I recommend Bricky videos on all factions , The only faction that will not be there will be that of the '' dwarfs '' , because it was readded after a long time

9:58 - Yep! Captain and Lieutenant.

“The size of their balls alone would be too much for normal jet packs” That’s the fun part, they’re castrated as part of being made into Space Marines

Bro I’ve watched this 100 of times and only now did I notice that maybe the shot he fired before he got sucked in was able to hit that thing and caused him to be transported there

We do have a real-life example of a pistol and rifle that shoots self-propelled bullets. Look up the rocket pistol if you get a chance. They don’t blow up, and the gun sold extremely poorly. But the concept was really interesting.

The thing that’s scary about skeletons is that they outnumber us and we each have one inside, just waiting to get out… >_>;;

BTW this is a HomeBrew Space Marine Chapter. But honestly if your going down the rabbit it whole start with the Weapinised Autism Space Marines known as the Black Templars.

10:27 so, yes, some of the Marines can…eh not so much fly as jump really high. Those are Assault Marines. What you are looking at on their backs though is the power plant for the armor. Those suits operate under their own power, hence “powered armor.” Or just Power Armor.

Well event horison is cosidered unofficial 40k movie of the first warp travel without the gallar field on...

Buddy, I just found your channel, and I think I've got the video to explain 40k to you. He has two channels: Old Man Reacts, and his lore channel, Old Man - Lore, Stories and Theories. We call him "the commisar" or Boss. Watch his video: History of Humanity for a more abridged version from the perspective of a commisar role play. Majorkill is for those who need ADHD friendly vids Baldermorte is for the scholars and roleplayers Bricky will give you a quick synopsis on all the factions of 40k. You got questions? These four are the go to guys. They also work with each other and are pretty cool dudes. But seriously, History of Humanity by Old Man Lore gives the human perspective.

"How big are the bullets" About .50 caliber I believe on the normal Bolter. Although they look wider but also somewhat shorter than ours here on earth It's basically a small grenade is how it was described to me the first time I saw this. You get a short look at the size of the shells when the psyker stops them with his force field

Rocket repelled ammunition when it fired itself moves twice a speed of sound Basically a rocket attached to a bullet With low detonation switches inside of them meaning once they enter a target they accept destruct It's like Nitro cholesterol On a teaspoon

If you want to see what they look like outside their armor there is the Teaser to:"The Lord Inquisitor" Grey Knights trailer

those little bedazzle dots on his head, each one represents 100 years of service.

interestingly Starcraft was supposed to be a 40k game, before it changed last second. Enough to avoid copyright

Watch how Chaos Space Marines are made. It’s called DAEMONCULABA. You’ll get weirded out.

Soo... Space Marines are modified humans. Without any armor average Space Marine is still bigger than Master Chief in full armor.

The bullets have the sice of a Red Bull can

there is a weapon today that can be held by a person that fires a larger caliber than the bolter just to let you know.

Those arent jetpacks, Astartes use power armor, they get that from the back-mounted generators. They do have jetpacks tho, named Jump Packs iirc. Also that "bloody eye" is just multiple lenses in the helmet itself.

19:10 It's because of "uncanny valley" effect

0:37 average is 8 feet with the tallest being tyberos the red wake at 12 feet

If you want to know what exactly happened in this masterpiece the RU-vidr Major kill made a lore video about it.

14:37 "Who is here ? - I have failed. Brother, we have all failed. The Astartes defy our touch. You must return. Break your seal. -Impossible, we'll never survive. -You must take them" that's what I understood

Very rare to see a male vtuber, especially one that isn't overly effeminate... I commend you sir.

warhamemr made the first space marines for sure that shit was first made in the 80's

- Alright, I had to stop the video for a minute on this one...: "I mean the size of their balls alone would be too much for regular jetpacks". First time here, liking and subscribing now before getting back to the video. | X D

They Hired him so he wouldn't overshadow their crappy attempt at a streaming service

so i saw on another react to this vid a comment that pointed out what the two orbs were saying to each other cant remember exactly what was said but it was along the line of orb1"how did it go on your side " orb 2 we've failed i wasnt able to influence the humans" orb1 " then break your seal and take the alpha(the guy praying/psyker) kill them all" i paraphrased A LOT there but thats what they were saying if you listen with max volume at 1am when every1 is sleeping & quite then u can hear it but i didnt even know they were talking till i saw that comment i just thought it was they way the psyker was scanning the orbs then he found something wrong & that blast that saves the space marine was from the psyker b4 he was taken over

The reason theres no dialogue from the astartes is because they all have coms built into their helmets. So theyre talking the entire time we just cant hear them

Too bad GW hit the no fun allowed button with this series. To be fair tho, the legal team didnt talk to GW and theres a huge internal struggle right now with stuff like this

RAVE please do more Warhammer content, preferably from Bricky or Major kill i don't care just pump that shit out and ill watch every one my man.

Well warhammer 40k has been around sinc3 i believe the early 80s. Sooo gamesworkshop with thr first "soace marine" lol

Dont worry we also kill humans as much as other aliens we meet. Its just another wednesday here tuesday

Bullets are self-propelled redbull cans with grenades inside

You stand upon the edge of an abyssal rabbit hole. If you jump, there's no going back. *_Welcome to the grim darkness of Warhammer 40k._*

The space marines are definitely just the children of jimmy space. Just like the Land Raider was made by a guy named Land.

Man, you have no idea how close your guesses are. If you want to hear about more of the lore, I can highly recommend a RU-vidr named Weshammer. He's got a fantastic voice for storytelling and the game's setting makes for some awesome cosmic horror

Those things on their backs aren't jetpacks but the powerpacks for their armor. Good call on Event Horizon considering that the warp, the shadowy realm they get dragged into, is quite literally hell.

3:46 the rounds for the bolter are estimated to be what would be considered a .75 caliber round that is rocket propelled and detonates after burrowing into the target. Think of it like the love child of a assault rifle and a grenade launcher except the grenades are also rockets

I love the fact that despite how long its been since its release, basically any time someone new watches Astartes the comments are always full of recommendations and explanations afterward 😂I'm guilty of it myself too. The starcraft aliens you're remembering, the protoss, the dreadlocks are nerve cords that used to connect them to the "khala", kinda like a psychic empathy link that let them communicate, share memories etc. It wasn't ever the source of their power since every protoss is innately a psychic, but it did help in controlling some of their more destructive powers like psionic storm due to the discipline it helped them achieve.

4:30 - Yes! Ceramite armor thick enough that they're basically *running* tanks.

Damn your attention to detail is astounding, you caught a ton of things that many people, loremasters or new WH40K fans miss within the first 5 watches. Actually made it very entertaining to watch in a different way.

13:23 Funny that you should mention the Event Horizon movie. There are fan theories and such that the movie is part of the Warhammer universe when humanity first traveled to the Warp. This is from the creators reddit page The ball dialogue "...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!" Edit: The backpack is a power generator for the power armor. Starship Troopers the book might have been the first to do power armor so they are the first space marines. Space Marines aren't really considered to be humans, but they go through extensive genetic and psychological altering that they are nothing alike. They guy in the red robes is an inquisitor, pretty much a detective with the power to decide the fate of worlds. The inquisitor had psychic powers which he used to eavesdrop on the 2 balls and did his hail Mary/last hurrah to free the space marines from the tentacle monster.

0:40 The first recorded use of the term “Space Marine” was in 1932 in short story called “Captain Brink of the Space Marines” by Bob Olsen

The weapon used by the astartes is called the bolter, which fires a 75 cal. rocket propelled bullet with a Hardened diamantine tip designed to explode after penetration some interesting and absolutely insane details i though i should point out 7:20 you can see the rounds bouncing off the force field attack thingy 14:40 if you focus, you can see the 5 astartes around the orb for that split second also, the dialouge (who is there, we have failed brother we have all failed The astartes deny our touch You mush return break your seal Impossible, we'll never survive You must, take the alpha) The inquisitor(red robed hodded guy): recall them immediately!) 16:13 you can see the captains cape flying backwards due to the sheer impact force of the bolter going off 18:14 That, is his blood coagulating pretty much instantly on the ground, which is accurate since its a part of their genetic enhancements which is a kind of super platelets which prevents excessive blood loss. 18:17 the studs on the top left side of his face is supposed to denote a space marines service life, however its difficult to guess how long since it varies from chapter to chapter, however its likely that these guys have been serving for centuries now.

You can get a lot of lore from Bricky. You would love his channel

For more in the 40k universe, I'd recommend Bricky's lore summary videos and the comedy series 'If the Emperor had a TTS device'.

So losing a hand or arm in 40k is like losing your teeth, easily replaceable and probably made cooler by technology

Fun fact about the Pauldrons: Astartes are trained to use them to deflect shots off them. The Bell shape is a specific design to aid this maneuver.

Its always super enjoyable watching someone perceptive watch this without prior 40k knowledge. Many of your observations were either on point or pretty close, also the remarks about Event Horizon were golden, as many Warhammer fans see it as an unoficiall prequel, with all that other hellish dimension used for travel and stuff. Also the remark about a pentagram was another unexpected direct hit of sorts, because 5 is i think a sacred number for the Imperium (cant quote, i just know i´ve heard it a few times)... and yeah, the Imperium is deeply religious and superstitious, most loyal space marine chapters dislike the dietification of the Emperor, but everybody else sees him as a god, meanwhile, the Mechanicus worship their machine god and pray/chant to every machine, little or small, to either while fixing it or keep it going. Very good video, cheers.

2:41 - All of this is homebrew. The factions, the spheres, the Space Marine Chapter. That includes the Renegades.

If you wish to know more lore and memes I highly recommend bruva alfabusa TTS series. They'll give you a laughing help catch up fairly. Well sort of. At very least you'll get a grimdark and learn a little about the setting.

Hello there, friend dabbling into 40k. To answer your question about which came first, 40k space marines or Halo, its 40k. The first editions came of 40k were in the 80s. Space marines are on average 8-9 feet tall, and are solidly built. They're genetically engineered superhumans that are conditioned to be more like weapons of war then people. Hyper disciplined and indoctrinated to their cause. The people theyre fighting are traitors to the Imperium (the general human faction in the game). The ones with the exposed spines and metallic skin... I don't know what to tell you there. (There are forces of Chaos, being demons and spooky stuff. Aliens that range from bug dinosaurs called Tyranids, soccar hooligan Orks with cockney accents, to space elves, Egyptian themed skeleton robots, and classic gray skinned aliens with mecha. Its a wild setting.

Gonna parrot what some of the others here have said and watch Bricky's "Every Single Warhammer 40K Faction Explained" videos to give you a great primer for the 40K universe. He also has a similar great video going over every Space Marine legion.

*Starship Troopers* made the first space marines. In addition, they ALSO had powered armor. They weren't all mobile infantry.

Event Horizon is actually joked about being a prequel to 40K about the first human interstellar ship, since the warp (where demon shit comes from and where imperial spaceships take a shortcut trough) was poorly understood then.

I'm sure someone else has already said this, but this was originally made by one guy, who has since been hired by the people that make Warhammer 40k.

The idea of space marines doesn't originate from Warhammer or Halo. It's been around since the 1930's in works by Bob Olsen (1932), E. E. Smith (1937), and Robert Heinlein (1939). Games Workshop even got spanked over attempts to claim trademark on the term 'space marine' back in 2013. Warhammer 40k didn't even exist until 1987, more than half a century after the idea had been born.

If you want short lore summaries I highly recommend The Templin Institute as they do high quality summaries from the perspective of somebody investigating the universe in question. Also, regarding Master Chief, he is not locked into his armor as it can be removed but needs special equipment that can only be found on large ships, stations and bases. If he was, then other Spartan 2s wouldn't be able to have children.

He was not hired by games workshop. They threatened to Sue him into oblivion if he did not take his video down and give it to them and to come and work for them.😢

I like this vtuber, cute little ghost is fun. I guess the guy with the hood is cool, too. Lol jk. Keep doing you, bro.

Everything you know and thought about which was similar. Warhammer 40k has been from 1980s, so unless it's star wars reference then Wh40k is the first Space Marines type characters made. Basically almost everything done in after 2k that has space sci-fi in it has some influence from wh40k to the makers, it's very obvious nowadays.

I'm working off old lore, so they might've changed the details, but what the space marines are firing are .75 caliber explosive rounds. .75 caliber is around the size of 12 gauge shotgun shells. These space marines are slighty resistant to "psychic" bs, and I say "slightly", because the gold mask duo that got put down are low level. Probly level 5/ delta tier psykers. Most space marines are heavier then their armor. The directer for Event Horizon is a 40k fan and definitely "drew inspiration" from the franchise, the movie basically depicting what the first warp capable ships had to deal with before humanity developed the Gellar field generator that shields against the taint of the Warp/hell. Both master chief and and space marines can take off their power armor, it's usually for ceremonial purposes tho for space marines, as they're usually constantly in combat. Depending on chapter, of course

It's funny you should mention Event Horizon, because 40K was one of the influences for that film. It's seen by 40K fans as a unofficial prequel to the setting, where humanity finds out what happens when they are exposed to the Warp without protection. In 40K human ships travel faster than light by going through the Warp, and the Gellar Fields are what stop Event Horizon from happening when they do, though occassionally the shields do fail. The Warp itself, the dimension the ball pulled them into, is pretty much Hell, and where those Eldritch gods live. A realm where all your worst instincts and emotions become literal devils. In 40K the phrase "everyone has their demons" is not just a metaphor. As a matter of fact, you can see one of said Warp entities in the bottom right corner (behind your avatar haha) at 17:45, coming to investigate the psykic disturbances.

A few tidbits to answer some of your questions: Astartes start out as regular humans who through certain methods (these can difer based on the space marine chapter) get selected often as early as 10-12 years old. After that they get separated rom their relatives and start intensive physical and mental training for years. During those trainings they also go through extra organ implants (like a second heart or third lung just to name a few) and genetic modification which elevates them to a superhuman level. This training / medical regimen is so brutal in fact that many of the trainees outright die from it. For their equipment yes their armor is removable, however they only really remove it i they will be out of combat for extended periods of times as suiting up a spacemarine is like a religious ceremony (I think there is an ofical GW video showing it). The weapons they use are called boltguns and they fire 75 caliber (basically a redbull can sized) rocket propelled ammunition that explodes after impact (hence the guy shot in two). The other weapon used against the multi laser gun was a plasma pistol and it is pretty much as the name suggests fires superheated plasma, but have the downside of easily overheating (and potentially exploding if misused or not maintained properly). The backpacks on their backs are part of the enviromental system of their suit, but there are space marine armor compatible jetpacks (or jumppacks as they are called in universe) that can attach to their armor allowing them short term flight.

@9:42 *The World Eaters* , the most bloody Space Marine Legion to ever exist periodt ...originally wore WHITE armor. Them boys went in wit drop pods and killed billions in MELEE combat.

I love that you said you are getting "Event Horizon" vibes as there's a sizeable base of the 40k community that consider Event Horizon to be the 'unofficial prequel' to 40k.

Funny you say they look like Protoss, Protoss evolved from Warhammer 40k. Starcraft was meant to be a Warhammer 40k game but the licensing never worked out, so Blizzard went their own route instead.

3:12 I only just realized it because he pointed out the movement. When the psyker first appears I thought he was just giving a sort of 'move it! move it!" gesture. But if you look really closely, the one guardsman's head dips forward like he actually got slapped in the back of the head.

The guy was hired but it was a huge blow to this series. The company basically said "you can come with us and give us all rights to the most successful Warhammer 40k media to date, or we're gonna hit you with a cease and desist order and take it down anyway." Like, yeah dude got a job out of it. But the creativity he put into this independent series is beyond the scope of anything officially put out by the company. The story, the animation, the shot continuity (you can track the movements of each Astartes, no one in this series "teleports" from one scene to the next). Now he has to animate and write what a bunch of businessmen tell him to, and his work is often muddied by others on the team who aren't quite on his level. Overall its a sad thing

Event Horizon is actually a good call for this, in Warhammer 40K community it is considered to be an unofficial censored record of humanity´s first attempt at Warp travel.

You need to check out the Arch Warhammer “Death Korps of Krieg” videos! Then the following “Siege of Vraks” video series he did!!!

"Are they fighting Nazis?" NOBODY TELL HIM WHAT THE IMPIRUM IS. Lmao

4:27, "they're walking tanks..." should we tell him about Terminator armor or even Dreadnoughts?

Space Marines have Jump packs. Imagine Jetpack but Astartes sized and 2 Boeing Jet Engines basicly

First warhammer 40k videogame is 1992 Halo: Combat Evolved is 2001

3:50 - Yeah, and they're not bullets, they're bolter rounds (rocket-propelled explosives, as you'll see in a bit.)

Yeah these a very good reason why spaces marines have earned the tiles Angels of Death. The galaxy used to have more xeno species until the God Emperor and his Spaces Marines legions went on the Great Crusade.

8:56 - Purity Seals. "Purity seals are a mark of a Space Marine's pure faith or morality in the eyes of the Emperor of Mankind and the Chapter."

Who made the first Space Marine? Robert Heinlein in Starship Troopers, the book. The whole reason for the infantry is the powered armor they use to throw bombs, etc.

Just stumbled here but if you see this bricky also has a podcast called adeptus ridiculous and it goes into a single faction, person, or topic in warhammer 40k for that episode they also joke around in it

An intro into the dark millennium by Garrot might be a good appetiser. Fivish minute lore by The Old Man is funny. He touches on a lot of characters. But brickey is a good start

Bolters/bolt pistols are the bastard child of a AK/WW2 flak gun/rpg.

warhammer 40k came out in the 90s so about a decade before Halo combat evolved (2001)