What if the Aurora Crashed in Sector 0? 

ejects from life pod to live lands on ice instantly dies Roll credits.

Imagine AL-AN being the entity who trapped the Emperor in the first place. I can only imagine the smalltalk they've would have together.

Actually, I'm pretty sure the lifepod databank says it's equipped with jet boosters, slowing it's descent and allowing it to safely land on hard surfaces.

Water: i ruin all hair styles, i make the body shiver from the sudden pressure change and can make you drown in me Rielly's hair gell: no, i dont think that works like that

I wonder if marguerite heard or saw the Aurora flying overhead over and seeing it get hit by the qep?

Life pod: lands on ice Ice Worm: what a lovely meal, crunchy outside, soft in the inside.

This small change could effect so much that it's insane, theories like this are always interesting to talk about

Would Al-An have downloaded himself into an infected body though? The whole reason he put himself in storage was his old body was fatally infected and storing himself was the only path to long term survival. Maybe given the choice of quick death by power failure or slightly less quick death by Kharaa he’d pick the latter, but then his primary focus would probably be recharging the energy cells keeping the sanctuary running and going back into storage. If the Sea Emperor contacted Riley with Al-An in his brain they would probably be able to talk directly using Riley’s consciousness as a bridge but then there’s the question of whether the Sea Emperor would even contact you considering she refused to help the precursors.

Fun little thing too, with no aurora in the crater, the hole from the surface to the lava zone would still be open, making things simpler

imagine having a cuddlefish and a trivale at the same time

The biggest plot hole in Below Zero (one of many) is that Maida and Al-An are squeezed into the same relatively small part of Sector Zero for over a decade before Alterra, Ryley or Robin arrive, yet the two seem blissfully unaware of each other’s presence.

This is probably the best aurora theory I’ve ever seen great job

The creators should definitely ask you to join them for the further Subnautica development, Bacon! Loved this video... especially the editing, slicker than Riley´s hair :D

Im a scaredy cat player and I say that, 2 games in one price like this would be like insanely cool

This should be made into a fan made game by the community where the stuff you talk about in this video actually happens.

Frankly, I think Riley would just have to settle in as Marg's annoying neighbor. +Al-An: Would he voluntarily put himself in an infected body, or risk building a new one only to get infected immediately by the person helping him? Probably not. So Al-An is out, for assistance. +Marg: I doubt she knew which way she was drifting on the reaper, or how far she traveled, so she wouldn't be able to even give any useful information to get to the crater. Further, she didn't know what was down deeper, because their habitat at 500m is where she was separated from the other two. They never got to the deeper facilities. +Emperor: I don't imagine she spent all of her time telepathically scanning the world, or she might have contacted any of the Degasi members, to get them to come to her. This seemingly did not happen. I bet she only scanned out and found Riley, because of the double shakes of the Aurora crash and explosion, telling her something was different. On the other hand, more of the lifepod survivors may have actually survived. Given how many taken out by crater-specific predators. I doubt warpers were everywhere, because I doubt the facility could manage to make enough of them to patrol a whole planet, and they don't appear in all biomes, even though Kharaa-infected animals do. And at least three survivors were probably specifically killed by reapers.

Ever since Margaret was shown in below zero I wondered how she survived the khraa so it feels good that it’s been acknowledged for once

I think that the kharaa bacterium was either not present or it got neutralized quickly in below Zero. I said this because as you said Maida was in the planet before riley and never got infected. Also, as we can see in the main game, the way the sea emperor was delivering her enzime was through peepers, however, those are normal peepers, in below zero we can see artic peepers (which is not the same) indicating that those peepers were a mutation to survive the cold, we never see a normal peeper in BZ, so i could assume that they cannot reach sector zero (probably they get killed in the void by the ghost leviathan) so there is no way for the enzime to reach sector zero before riley, so if the kharaa was present in sector zero, it would have killed pretty much all life in it. But what got me the most attention was the story of Sam and the frozen leviathan. She manage to create an antidote (that we can see works in neutralizing the bacteria) but once robin gets the recipe you can see it does not include the enzime on it, just some plants from the area, which makes me believe that the kharaa can be cured without the enzime, and the plants cannot be with the enzime because of what i mentioned about the peepers.

This does lead to all sorts of interesting possiblities Butterfly effect style: The distance from the gun may have given Captain Hollister more time to maneuver the ship so he and officers Keen and Yu might've lasted muich longer. They could've rescued Ozzy from the cafeteria. Jochi Khasar might not've become a pancake, Berkley might've been saved by Albert the drone and Danby could've lived long enough to regret cheating his way through medical school.

This is one of my favorite theories I’ve ever seen! It brings up so many new story possibilities! Congratulations!

As far as I know this could've been the best situation for the auroras crew, A lot of sector zero is Above water level, Compared to the crater or void, So that means more survivors would be alive. Plus margareit is in sector zero, So that's Khasars Goal completed. There's still the QEP to deal with, and that's in the crater. And I think that's where AL-AN comes in.

Sunbeam gets an SOS and after a few days detects a massive Debris field indicating the Auroras crash. That's what prompts Sunbeam to go on a rescue mission. The Sunbeam will descend on the planet and get shot regardless of if the player is there or not. So no matter where Riley is, Sunbeam is going to have a delightful chat with the Quarantine Cannon.

I think the sea emperor could telepathically speak to humans since this world is similar to ours. The precursors couldn't hear her because they weren't biologically compatible to pick up her messages, she hints a few times that the two couldnt communicate properly. As far as distance, no she probably wouldn't have been able to reach you from that far away however, seeing as how you have to get closer to her near the original crash zone to start picking up her messages.

I like these little speculation theories keep up the good work man!

As a subnautica player myself, I must say, this is quite Pog

If it crashed in Sector 0, there would be a 21% chance that another Aurora crew member survives. Source: My Computer

I was actually thinking what would happen, and this video has most of my thoughts. Thanks!

I can only imagine that Riley would join Adam at the end to taxdodge after he hears the PDA when he first picks up a Diamond.

A cinimatic shot of the sun beams getting randomly shot by a beam of green energy out of no where would be so cool

In this version it may not just be marg alive but the other survivors could be alive as it’s less dangerous in sector 0 only thing to worry about I think would be most breaking down to the bottom sea floor of all the areas or just regular survival issues

The question is whether the Sea emperor wouldve wanted to help Ryley when hes accompanied by... "One of them", and not only one of them but the boss mang himself, the precursor who could be argued holds the very last say when it comes to if they should imprison the Sea emperor or not.

ryley would find marguerite and go take apart the ship for parts lol. also a lot of the fish would die from the explosion as the map is way smaller. would be a super cool sight to see the aurora crashed on some glaciers tho

Riley would want to avoid the debt so he would hop on the ship with Alad after they cure the kahraa. Then the other precursors(if alive) would probably ask him how he did it when they couldn't

I would like to re visit the crater on a later Subnautica game. It would be cool to see how everything is, the aurora, the islands, heck maybe even My bases lol

This is actually a really interesting theory! Nice video :)

Didn't even know you uploaded. Thanks for not giving me a notification RU-vid! Glad to see and upload though

Well probably there would be atleast one more survivor from aurora because one other life pod(dont remember its number) had working floaters but he got eaten by reaper but in sector 0 unless he get dropped in area with chelicerate I think he would be able to survive as well

if the aurora landed on ice, it could've disturbed the lifeforms in it as well as revealing other locations. presumably a precursor portal to the crator would be added there probably free the frozen leviathan as well...

Unknown Worlds should maybe make a DLC where Riley and Robin meet each other and it could be good material for a 2 player co op Subnautica

Tye Sunbeam would still be destroyed as the gu n has a planet-wide range so when it tries to land it gets shot

If you haven't done already please do a theory on why the crater has such a diverse ecosystem considering its so close together

In any case at least Ryley wouldn't have to pay 1 trillion credits (he will go to al-an planet)

Imagine how the raliotionship would look like between Ryely and Alan🤔😕.

I suppose the main limiting factor would be whether or not you could find the tech to get deep enough to get to Allan. I don't see Marguerit willingly just giving you what she may have out of the goodness of her heart. In the first game the tech you used to advance yourself was not just from the Aurora but from the Degasi crash as well which outside of Marguerit's trash it wouldn't be present in sector Zero. This should also be prior to the research facilities we find in Below Zero unless I'm mistaking the time line. The thing I don't like about Subnautica is the tech advancement would make more sense it you had to find different elements that the PDA would then use to research tech that would be optimal for the environment. For instance you might need to find aerogel before you get the air bladder. Feed more into the system for research and you would eventually unlock the thermal reactor and so on. It would make it far more fun to base build if I needed to build particular parts and farms to research new tech to get deeper.

I haven't played either game for a few months, how did Marguerite survive the kharaa? Also keep up the good work bacon!

marg and Ryley would most likely get into fight about who gets the cuddle fish assuming marg gets to the crater

It’s actually not hair gel it’s the salt in the ocean water, cool little detail from the developers. (I don’t know if it was even intentional lmao I’m just guessing )

I think the simple explanation for Marguerit not getting infected is cause she used her prawn suit everytime she stepped outside her base.

If the aurora crashed in sector 0? I would have a FEAST

The ice worm will go extinct with the radiation

I really like the idea of if Sunbeam was still landing, you wouldn't be able to see the QEP aiming to shoot, so the sunbeam's crash would be a lot more of a shock, basically coming out of nowhere.

Water: „I destroy every hair style“ *meets Rilley‘s hair gel* Water: „My power has reached it‘s end…“

What still bothers me is that the precursors were smart enough to create a giant laser-rifle and a teleportation system but never set up some kind of satellite dish to send out warning signals into space so ships wouldn't come near the planet.

Now that i think about it, what changed in the crater when below zero was happening. The vehicles and bases left behind, the aurora, and maybe changes to the environment from enzyme 42. Maybe alterra revisited the crater to check out the QEP, aurora, and the alien bases.

Maida and Ryley would make for an interesting encounter. A protagonist who doesn’t talk at all and a second protagonist who speaks a little but doesn’t really like to.

I have a theory maybe the life pots are equipped with a parachute if they were to land on a hard surface Because it wouldn't make sense if they never equipped them with parachutes

riley wouldnt have to worry about picking up penglings, the other penguins would think riley is a penguin too.

Oh man oh man I need Wacky Squad Hijinks with Ryley, Marg, and Al-An. It'd be so GOOD. But yeah, with ready access to Precursor tech, it'd be no problem reaching the PCF, and I'm sure Ryley could convince the Emperor to help each other! The big question would be what comes next - I could see Marguerit getting some closure from Bart's last PDA, then maybe she and Ryley both going with Al-An? Alterra would eventually arrive, looking for the Aurora, so the BZ plot could still take place, just with Marg and Al-An's absences...

I would say you forgot a key detail: The other survivors. At least three lifepods' occupants are known to have been taken out by a reaper leviathan. Those don't exist in Sector Zero, and chelicerates are far fewer in number. Nor does the crabsnake that presumably got to Ozzie. So at least four other crewmembers could potentially be alive, purely by their original cause of death not being local. As for Al-An, I agree with other posters, he would NOT upload himself into an infected body, when escaping infection was the entire reason for going digital in the first place. He'd help, sure, but he would stay in his computer where it was safe. I believe he also has two more years before his system loses power, so he would be in no critical rush, like with Robin.

1:50 **Tentacle snakes up and wraps around Riley.** =This is not your grave... But you are welcome to it.=

The amount of hair gel in this vid is so great that it made me stood up

You have over 100k subs but still reply to most comments, respect :D

Kahra is fatal in two weeks: My in game PDA showing day 185 when I finally cure myself. Weeks sure are long on 4546B.

I feel like Riley would have survived regardless, but possibly others could have lived as well, who knows if the crew would live on the planet, and maybe even start a Transgov.

Why assume that Al-An would necessarily need to accompany Riley inside Riley's head? The data cube in Al-An's sanctuary would have had a few more years' energy remaining at the time of the Aurora crash, such that the Architect might not have been in quite such a do-or-die rush to carry out the transfer immediately, and could've taken the time to talk with Riley first and avoid the whole 'biological vs cybernetic components' snafu. The Architect could instead hitch a lift on Riley's PDA, take up residence in a bug-bot (or spy pengling?) delivered to the chamber by his new human ally, or at the very least, instruct Riley in how to install fresh ion cubes into the sanctuary's power supply, extending Al-An's viable time in storage for as long as necessary to negotiate a longer-term partnership.

Actually the kharaa was there before the aurora, the quarantine platform was built before the aurora to stop spaceships from taking kharaa somewhere else. It’s also what took down the aurora. Also you can’t get kharaa on sector zero anyway cuz the cold cancels the infection from continuing. The frozen leviathan probably was hot enough for the kharaa to spread on the inside because of its hide. You know kharaa can’t spread after it’s frozen because the frozen leviathan cannot get you infected. (I read this 1:12 seconds in the video, he may have corrected it himself

I like the intro you made for Riley being ejected from the aroura

Perhaps a different version of Below Zero could still happen. We do see in the end cut scene of the base game that there are other “islands” for the lack of a better word, and there could theoretically be other significant land masses on 4546b which would have other Architect structures. Maybe there are other Architects whose consciousnesses are still stored somewhere on 4546b, but with the rapid downfall of their society and likely collapse of their combined network connection, they have lost connection to other Architects who were stored as well. In the Below Zero storyline, after the player scans 6 artifacts, AL-AN states “With this artifact, I am again able to trace the imprint of my people. They survived for a time but then their presence becomes faint.” Coupled with the fact AL-AN’s wiki mentions he seemed unique in the fact that, unlike Architect consciousnesses encountered in the crater, he retained his speech and thought abilities (likely due to him being the leader of the Kharaa research team on 4546b, which could give him access to better storage). It is highly likely there would be at least one other “high ranking” Architect from the Kharaa research team who is still in storage somewhere on 4546b, perhaps on an unseen land mass/mega biome on the planet. On a somewhat more humorous note, if the original game had in fact played out with the Aurora crash landing into Sector 0, perhaps the second game might have instead been titled “Subnautica: Above Zero.”

Im get a gaming laptop in a few months or weeks (if I'm lucky). Can't wait to see subnautica with good graphics.

perhaps we would hear riley robinson's voice for the first time, also, in the PDA entry regarding the lifepod in additional technical of the survival package tab mentions that the lifepod is more than capable of taking a direct impact with a hard surface, and even if it's fall to the planet's surface is fatal it actually has an included airbreak which is why the pod didn't destroy itself from impacting the water (water can break any object's fall if your descending fast enough but it will hurt badly). another question i have is would the aurora land in the ocean or on the arctic continent?

Riley could've just used a spy penguin and gotten the antidote from where Marguiet hid it to cure himself.

The party but it's looks I mean the fact that you talk about that with Marguerite maita meeting him that is just hilarious😂😂😂

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It would be interesting if Ryley went to land (not the Aurora) and saw her and you get to choose which one you want to be

Now do vice versa what if Robin landed at the other zone.

Hair gel is the reason Subnautica exists and why Riley is alive

kharra being fatal in two weeks riley: I dont think so

What if the areas are not as far apart as previously thought? Maybe the planet was originally cold all over. Just as our bodies generate heat and have a fever when we are infected, maybe all the leviathan class lifeforms raised the temperature enough to melt the ice. Once the bacterium was cured, and with a large chunk of the leviathan population gone, the temperature drops back to pre-bacterium levels?

There is another huge impact on the story tho, there are no crabs that can eat the remaining survivors on the aurora

I'm pretty sure how Marguit survived 10 years with the Kaharr is that Sector 0 is a cold place, and bacteria slows down dramatically in very low temperatures. That's probably how she was able to survive. Mabye.

Alterra: “That’s all well and good, but can you stop wrecking and exploding this thing? It cost a lot of money and it took hours to make it look nice.”

Alan could have use his ship from the end in below zero. The gun wouldnt have shoot him down because he was one of the ones who build the gun and could shurly disable it

I would hope that in this situation a few of the other crew would have survived. Yu, keen, Berkeley, Danby and Ozzy could have survived in this situation and it would have been cool for Riley to have met up with his former crew mates. (In the actual game, keen and Yu’s death could have been prevented by Keen not giving into Yu’s begging)

The reason riley survived the crash was because he made a shield out of slick hair gel which protected his life pod and directed him to the safe shallows

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man the two games combined would make an epic fan film :)

Wow! I can’t believe I got here first lol. I’m sure it’ll be a great video!

Al-An: I’m sorry for what I have done to you… Riley: you talking to me? Al-An: no, I’m talking to the emperor, I may not be able to hear her, but I would like her to know I apologized… Riley: oh, ok.

In my opinion Riley would die and cause an apocalypse around humanity When he lands I agree he will meet Margaret and maybe meet AL-AN But I’m pretty sure that the sunbeam can safely land on one of the icicle’s And I’m pretty sure the gun can’t shoot through the entire planet and hit the sunbeam and Riley would take of with the karra (forgot how to spell it you get the point) he will spread it amoungts everyone unless altera quarantines him and makes him the replacement for the leviathan in the ice (if the leviathan was even known back then. I just think it’s a good theory sorry if I got anything wrong it just seems imposible for a bullet from the quarantine divide could somehow curve around the planet

0:44 remember on sector zero the cure of the bacteria was so easy to find a robotic engineer (not medic, nor a biologist) made the cure with just two ingredients 😂 and under boycott from her boss

Off topic but I would love a subnautica dlc that has the protagonist land on the planet when the extinct fauna that we know of are actually alive like the gargantuan leviathan.

Riley Robinson is the most chad character in all of Subnautica

Well it be a tad bit colder than the crater.

I'm to poor for Subnautica so I just watch this dude like lore or theory lol

You actually make a cure for karaa in below zero, for the frozen leviathan, therefore Riley wouldn’t have to go to the crater

I honestly feel that the chance Alan would be in Riley's head seems unlikely but plausible as the whole reSon Alan was in the cube is to escape the kharra

Lol i think Ryley still would have stayed silent even while Al-an was trying talk with him. He has to complete the Gordon Freeman challange.

`4:05 This may interest you to know, but the Neptune Escape Rocket never actually moves from where it's built! All the things you see while in the cutscene... it's all a lie! To be fair, it was probably programed that way because it was easier than making the entire rocket move when launched.

I highly doubt Marguerit would want to leave, she has no reason to. There's nothing inevitably deadly on the planet anymore and she's shown she can kill just about anything that would want to kill her. Plus she's built herself a proper home etc, can hunt and do all the things she loves. Also if she did leave, She'd probably get pestered by Alterra for info on the Degasi and crew's fates, how she survived and maybe even staddled with Debt like Ryley. There is more reasons for her to stay than not.