@@robertm.8653 See Darth Dornan's comment. My recollection is that the statue survived the attack by the Tyrum, but was destroyed by terrorists/freedom fighters called 'the minutement' some time before the GTU had consolidated in the US.
Screk: We have a Colossus. Antares: So do we. Ours is an idea. All who would lock away this idea become its prisoners. All who would destroy its worlds will see it chase them beyond the farthest stars. All who would enslave this idea become its bound servants. All who would conquer this idea are conquered by it, slowly and inexorably. Our Colossus is *liberty.*
That's the thing about The New Colossus - it's message is for everyone. That the statue happens to be located in America is simultaneously ironic and inconsequential.
@@Pyreleaf i mean the statue of liberty is a modern representation of Athena if im not wrong that was frist going to be on the suez canal But they end up not liking the statue and giving it to America intended
@@aoki6332 That's an interesting theory which I hadn't heard before. It was actually conceived by a French sculptor (Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and the framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel, of Eiffel Tower fame) as a gift to the United States honoring the long friendship between the US and France that began when the French helped the Americans throw off the tyranny of Great Britain. Shortly thereafter, France underwent a revolution that also sought (at least initially) to throw off the tyranny of monarchy, and even though the first French republic did not last, both nations have shared a long connection stemming from that rendered initial aid and the mutual pursuit of freedom. The Statute of Liberty is meant to be a representation of that, and it is intended to embody the personification of liberty, in a neoclassical style, so it does bear some resemblance to Greek sculpting and ancient dress (although I think it's supposed to be more Greek than Egyptian). I think for many Americans the statue and its accompanying poem symbolize the oft-repeated notion, echoed by Pyreleaf above, that America is not so much a country as it is an idea, and although the nation of the USA might fall short of that lofty vision, the ideals are something for humanity to strive for.
"We solemnly swear to devote our life and abilities, to the defense of the Republics of Antares, to defend the constitution of men, and to further the universal rights of all sentient life, from the depth of our homeworld to the edge of the galaxy, for as long as we shall live." It seems adapted.
Our Forefathers had it right the first time. It's almost impossible to improve on perfection, especially when you only had a goose feather quill for a pen, and parchment for the paper to write on. My ancestors had a major hand in forging the document (Sam Adams) and reinforcing the ideals behind it (cannon-cockers under Gen. Knox), so, yeah, it's a Big Deal for me.
@@DanimoroZ One of them was a Puritan. He was a capable mediator and Deacon. His likeliness can be seen on more than a few images. Look up The Puritan statue, Springfield, MA. Few folks have that kind of lineage. EDIT: Then again, I got the catalyst that started the American Civil war in my tree, John Brown...
@@nicktitus4374 For every drop of blood the Screk have spilled in their campaign of genocide and subjugation, an ocean of their own shall be taken as payment.
Seems a pretty poor choice for jewellery as well. I mean copper? Seriously? How tasteless. It is oxidized copper as well. Doesn't impress. If they really wanted to use the copper for insult I would suggest using it in mundane things, wires and such. Using it as jewellery kinda makes it look like you think it is important. Does not work very well as an insult really.
@@gokbay3057 well the peices could literally be coated with something like “лак” like a see through paint as a trophy for the ones that control earth or something like that
@@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 the UTP video is supposed to be somewhat Propagandistic with things like the Workings of the Military mixed in. Either way the Stellaris Invicta videos seem to take a in-universe history book style narrative. Also the Screk and UTP are portrayed as Warmongers despite (in-Game) being involved in less War's than the Confederacy.
For centuries the Antares Confederacy has been a refuge of shelter for many fleeing people across the galaxy. But no more shall we hide within the Miasma; no more shall we witness systems go dark; no more shall we allow the realms of our ancestors to face such a degree of tyranny. Soon we shall be the bastion of justice. Strike the iron! Ignite the forges! Cry havoc! We fled as runaways; we shall return as champions of the people. Terra libertatem! Onwards; Upwards; Forwards Antares!
That's a damn good comment. It really expresses what Marc is going for with the story of the confederacy. How it became a hold out for those running away from empires that would belittle, enslave, or feed upon them. But now they understand their true destiny, not to hide and ignore the cries and screams occurring across the galaxy, but to rise as one entity to stomp those that will harass and harm others for glory or profit.
@@enneract9 no, communism can work as a normal ideology, especially as the US definition seemed to just be a slightly-extreme version of socialism. And secondly, not when said authoritarian-regimes are replaced by another authoritarian-regime.
@@tronmaster5704 Ask one of the peoples that has to deal with constant U.S bombing and/or constant U.S meddling in their self determination, or the incessant hate crimes that take place in the country, or it's near entirely ineffective democracy. You must be ignoring reality.
I absolutely love these videos, but this may be the first time they’ve actually made me emotional. Something about the helplessness of Antares as their brothers and sisters suffer on the other side of the galaxy is heartbreaking.
@@vincegalila7211 what happens in game doesn't matter when you can tell a story, the humans of the utp are being enslaved by the skrek, just like the species being enslaved by the skrek, just not to the same extent
@@julianthursky-moore2438 I just don't think it's good storytelling to equate any loss of autonomy as Slavery. And act like the UTP are "victims" is just patronizing
@@vincegalila7211 Are you implying that it somehow makes it alright if the UTP (under the guidance of the aliens that conquered them) only enslaves other aliens? Odd.
@@oracle8192 their tactics and squabbling diplomats many of whom are alien leaves much to be desired, but as long as he who comes with a sword by the sword perishes then they have my approval
TTI (templin institute):so a scifi faction should avoid the stereotypically western look & style Me: so what's it's core cultural idea TTI: (USA anthem plays on blast)
Its fitting though. The United States has idealized principals that we have been unable to live up to. Those principals are universal: freedom, democracy, equality, and fraternaty. Antares is what we could be. It is the ultimate representation of those ideals; ideals that we have strived to yet failed to achieve. Antares is a great symbol of potential.
@@nathanhingson7048 Absolutely. As an American, these are the ideals we have perpetually failed to live up to but must always strive to achieve. I feel like Antares is what the USA should have been.
@@digdougx Absolutely, it's just peculiar and maybe a little sad to not have been able to find a non-western symbol to achieve that result (of fraternaty, potential and so on). On the other hand it did work greatly!
More akin to a giant, sleepy, old black hole. You'd be gently circling it, being tugged in slowly, until you get in so close you can't get free no matter what you do. Only to be sucked into a hell of intense gravity forces and relativistic dilation, you are pretty much screwed.
I like how this is a really BIG build up. There is no “unwritten “ path, no mystery moving forward, for there is only one choice remaining, freedom for one and all.
With the divulgence of the truth behind the fabrication of UTP by the Screk it seems that only a few questions remain: How can the UTP be liberated if Antares ever has the capabilities? Will there be a War in Heaven? When is the Endgame Crisis? What happened to Nakiska? The story for Season 2 is really going places.
I think we're already in the beginning stages of a War in Heaven. Those are Vran ships in the AC fleet at the end. We're already in the middle of some sort of proxy war between the Screk Archivists (Materialist FE) and the Vran Protectors (Spiritualist FE).
So, Antares will either get itself involved in a massive conflict by deciding to liberate the UTP early, or instead get itself involved in an even larger conflict by waiting for the War in Heaven to kick off....
"The assessment was to determine whether humanity is a resource that can be used by us or against us. Humanity will be used to our benefit. You are ours and you will have no mind or heart to resist. You will comply for you will not even think to have a choose alternate to our will."
It's only in this video do I truly understand the destruction of the Collaborators. They didn't just destroy cities, kill the vulnerable and enslave Earth; they stole humanity's history. All of its nuance, stories and lesson have been edited for sake of a dictator's control. So many things we learned and could've learned are lost. All that is left is with Antares and that might be a fragment of what's lost. Down with the Collaborators!
If you want to break a people, take away their history and give them a fabrication that guides them in the desired way. Every communist and fascist regime (as well as every other sort of totalitarian regime) in history has understood and implemented this.
"When tyrants tremble, sick with fear And hear their Death Knell Ringing; When friends rejoice both far and near, How can I keep from singing? In prison cell and dungeon vile Our thoughts to them are winging When friends by shame are undefiled How can I keep from singing?" --Fragment from ancient Terran "Shaker" song "How can I Keep from Singing?"
That last bit about the Screk destroying the Statue of Liberty and how Antares is the New Colossus was awesome and gave me chills. It's clear you guys put a lot of time and effort into this world.
"We will search every corner of the galaxy, every system, every planet, and every last one of your tyrannical kind for every last piece of our mother, who you desecrated with your unclean hands, until she stands once more. Until that day comes, you will know no harmony, no respite, no peace. Your totems of evil will be torn down and thrown into the abyss so sunlight may never grace them again. Only then, when your slaves are free and she is among us again, may you be allowed to let the word 'mercy' cross your lips."
Antares will be the spear to break those who dare enslave the weak, and will be the shield to the protect those who fear the strong. May Antares be the Torch of Liberty where the tired, poor, and huddled masses who yearned to breath will finally find warmth from the coldness of the darkness, and to burn the ties to the bonds of their oppressors, and its torch will also be the fierce flame to burn the paradises and homes of their elite, affluent oppressors. Forward Antares! May your flames spread across the galaxy!
So the Scragg or the Archivists are essentially Galactic Hegemonious *Combine* but actually logical enough to make sure new generations of servants continue
I can’t wait for the invasion of Terra herself think of it billions of loyal men and women fighting for freedom in the factorys , the shipyards and amongst the stars fighting a foe that uses ancient tech to comand an entire population as s.lave soldiers it’s going to be a wave of freedom and GTU stile spirit hitting against the bastion of Tyranny
"Citizens of Antares, remember, the Greater Terran Union won every battle, every war in our timeline and we will march on in this uncertain future - united in purpose and determined to never be caught unprepared again! Every wonder encountered shall be utilized, every terror overcome. And when those responsible for the occupation of earth in your timeline are found, every injustice will be repaid a hundred and than a thousand times over! This entire galaxy will know that they came to the wrong temporal neighborhood and knocked on the wrong door!"
I'm crying.. San Martin, the liberator of my country, once said: "Seamos libres y lo demás no importa nada" "Let us be free and the rest matters nothing"
Liberty stands for Freedom (FPA anthem). The Antares Conderacy is one of the sci fi government I love the most because it reminds me of the Free Planet Alliance in LoGH, at least what the FPA should have been. The Liberty Statue scene made me a patrotic american, although I have never set foot on the shore of the US.
The Antares Confederacy reminds me the Alliance from Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet after their one century long war. Every system is bankrupt ( and that's the term for the wealthiest) and therefore they're quite reluctant to remain in the Alliance. They want either to quit the it either to reduce their contribution to the military. Consequently, the government struggles to preserve the cohesion of the Alliance and drastically reduces the budget to the military. However, the foreign ennemy now has exploded in hundreds of "petty" warlords that want their own empire, and the Alliance litteraly can't afford enough fuel to move their fleet to protect the borders.
While it can't be part of this season my head cannon is that from another dimension a group of ships join Antares to liberate a version of thier capital world. They are known as VVS-989 Ryan's Raiders.
@@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 the Screk Establishing themselves as Nobility on a Planet they Encased in a Indestructible force field. Them Making Jewelry out of the Statue of Liberty which is made mostly out of Copper (not great Jewelry material very common) and probably would have been destroyed in the Unification war that took place during the Screk's arrival on purpose or on accident World War's with advanced weapons tend to be damaging. And really the Idea that the UTP has Fought with more two Polity's (they've only warred with the Thimodian Republic and the Dar-Hesh Pact (Hegemony including the Commerce League (Galactic Council member) Tavurite Empire (weird sounding battle hungry bird rock's that are also the Largest Alien population in the Confederacy*) and the Dar-Hesh (Hegemony bosses they look like Zombies). So yeah I personally believe this is Propaganda made by the Imperialist Militarist's aided by the Tavurite lobby. *Marc is kinda Specist towards them hates it whenever they talk.
The part about the Statue of Liberty made me cry. Not only have the Skrek destroyed my country, they have stolen Earth's people, their past, their future, and their freedom, and with a callousness that knows no bounds. Antares, avenge us! Avenge America, avenge Earth, and avenge the billions, human and alien, who have suffered and perished under the Skrek's iron manipulators! FORWARD, ANTARES!
*Clears throat* "You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery" Ronald Regan... Give em hell Antares.
I say we exile their retched species to a single planet named hell. And set up 9 areas like the nine circles of hell and a-sign each screck accordingly.
The music choice at the end: the slow droning horns that speak of so much sorrow and grief from a civilization robbed of its hope and future, the quiet at first but steadily building drums of war from a nation preparing for a mighty crusade, and finally the freighting high music at the end as the confederacy fleet comes into view. PERFECT
Not gonna lie, I love 40k and the last Invicta series. Evil empires being the 'good guys' just cause everyone else is even worse is an interesting concept. But it is a breath of fresh air to have the good guys genuinely be good. FREEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
"I have studied the histories of a thousand worlds, of a thousand peoples. My people the Anoran, Humans, Anthorians, Cloister, and even the scattered messy fragments of the Baanthurians and I have come to sad conclusion. Tyranny is eternal. So as long as there is a single dark desire in the hearts of people there will always be those who wish to dominate at the expense of others. But in the same vein Liberty to is eternal. For as so long there is good in people, there will always be those who are opposed evil. The Screk have either forgotten this lesson or they have refused to learn it. But they will learn soon enough. A reckoning is coming for the Screk, one that is long over due. Every crime they have committed, every evil thing they have done, every life they have taken and every world they have shackled to their rule, it shall all be repaid a hundred and then a thousand times over. They will learn that Liberty is more than just an idea or belief. It is a force of nature a fundamental truth of the universe. Tyranny may be eternal but so is Liberty. It shall not and cannot die. But the Screk are not, their empire can die . And we shall be their Executioners. Forwards Antares." - General Cho'Jken veteran of The Baanthurian Horde War.
Justice for the Colossus! Even on a re-watch I get amped up. They think they can melt down the statue & just walk away? Enlist in the Confederacy Space Marines!
Dude the USA was built upon the blood of the natives and african slaves. Antares is a protector of the weak and the disenfranchised not their oppressor.
@@iankaranikos yet America is also the nation that provided rights, freedom and lives for millions of immigrants, whose homecountries did bot want them. As he said Antares is more noblebright.
@@iankaranikos I dare you to name a major nation state that wasn't. Portugal, Spain, France, Britain, need I continue? China, Greece, to an extent Australia, need I continue!? Legally, everyone has the same rights, it's actually on a man-to-man level if those rights are respected.
Well, I see the only similarity to America in that it accepts refugees, which is something that America lately stopped doing. Apart from that, I don't see Antares Confederacy starting wars on the other side of Galaxy in pursuit of resources, doesn't support dictatorships in other empires, because it would benefit them and living in AC is not hell, so I would say that space America it isn't ...
I feel like the Screk encasing a Republic planet in a inpentrable Force Field yet also ruling over that planets inhabitants as Nobles? Is kind of a Oxymoron
After invicta season 1 i feared the next empire wouldnt be able to reach the patriotism felt for the gtu but here we are with this masterpiece of writing that is the antares confederacy. I love how antares emerges as this truly benevolent alliance between all species ready to show the galaxy the power of cooperation and understanding! There really is nothing on youtube imo that reaches that level of awesome roleplaying immersion for a video game than these series and im really thankful to the templin institute for providing us this excellenct content.
Light above and darkness within, that was so damn good. What he does with the Lady Liberty made me feel things in the dry, withered, husk I call a heart. I never would have dreamed content based on a Stellaris series could be this damn good.
“The power of the Screk no longer seem insurmountable.” Screk: another upstart to be crushed. Times like these makes me wish the difficulty is much higher, so he really has to pick their wars very carefully, instead of doing things on a whim because they can easily rebuild because the difficulty is not that high.
Templin should convert some of these comments into speeches in the Antares Parliament in the next video! Make a sequence where they are debating war with the UTP. That would be badass.
Dude, late to the game her but that entire episode was phenomenal. The way you compared the Statue of Liberty's inscription to what Antares stands for was absolutely amazing. Great work! A thousand times, Great. Work.
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Don't let humans breed with tentacle monsters will just get Abominations it's okay with the Japanese they've been through it too in the past
“A new colossus” and here I thought the confederacy was conceived to explicitly not be yet another America in space.
ANTARES! FUCK YEAH! GONNA SAVE THE MUTHERFUCKIN’ DAY YEAH
“Have we started a fire?”
@@fumarc4501 it was always burning it's just that the world's been turning
'This workplace has gone {0} Invicta seasons without destroying the statue of liberty.'
True. Damn "Minutemen".
Was it the Tyrum who first destroyed it and thus sparked the creation of the GTU?
@@robertm.8653 See Darth Dornan's comment. My recollection is that the statue survived the attack by the Tyrum, but was destroyed by terrorists/freedom fighters called 'the minutement' some time before the GTU had consolidated in the US.
@@rmbee5412 oh dang, must have gone over my head when it was mentioned. Thanks for the info
@@robertm.8653 It's in the American commisariat video.
Me: the statue of liberty how cliché
Me after 1 min: where do I enlist!
I have never feelt such a Drive for a fictional nation
@@pablopiano5673 *Laughs in GTU.*
@@DarthAwesome117 i Lover the gtu to But there is smt Abt Antares
@@pablopiano5673 True.
@@DarthAwesome117 the GTU IMO didn't do much of anything for me, everything about this one's pretty cool
Screk: We have a Colossus.
Antares: So do we. Ours is an idea. All who would lock away this idea become its prisoners. All who would destroy its worlds will see it chase them beyond the farthest stars. All who would enslave this idea become its bound servants. All who would conquer this idea are conquered by it, slowly and inexorably. Our Colossus is *liberty.*
and cheesecake. You can't have liberty without cheesecake
Our Lady will have her revenge. The spirit of Liberty is one that cannot be contained!
And Tavurites. Can't have that without em
@ JD Locke can I use this quote?
@@JonathanToolonie Sure!
Its amazing how he used the statue of liberty to make me feel like a patriot for a country I've never really been apart of. Grade S content.
That's the thing about The New Colossus - it's message is for everyone. That the statue happens to be located in America is simultaneously ironic and inconsequential.
@@Pyreleaf i mean the statue of liberty is a modern representation of Athena if im not wrong that was frist going to be on the suez canal But they end up not liking the statue and giving it to America intended
Aoki I heard it was actually supposed to be of an Egyptian woman in traditional dress.
@@Pyreleaf dont know which one is true tbh a lot of rumor around the reason of the model
@@aoki6332 That's an interesting theory which I hadn't heard before. It was actually conceived by a French sculptor (Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and the framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel, of Eiffel Tower fame) as a gift to the United States honoring the long friendship between the US and France that began when the French helped the Americans throw off the tyranny of Great Britain. Shortly thereafter, France underwent a revolution that also sought (at least initially) to throw off the tyranny of monarchy, and even though the first French republic did not last, both nations have shared a long connection stemming from that rendered initial aid and the mutual pursuit of freedom. The Statute of Liberty is meant to be a representation of that, and it is intended to embody the personification of liberty, in a neoclassical style, so it does bear some resemblance to Greek sculpting and ancient dress (although I think it's supposed to be more Greek than Egyptian). I think for many Americans the statue and its accompanying poem symbolize the oft-repeated notion, echoed by Pyreleaf above, that America is not so much a country as it is an idea, and although the nation of the USA might fall short of that lofty vision, the ideals are something for humanity to strive for.
"We solemnly swear to devote our life and abilities, to the defense of the Republics of Antares, to defend the constitution of men, and to further the universal rights of all sentient life, from the depth of our homeworld to the edge of the galaxy, for as long as we shall live."
It seems adapted.
Our Forefathers had it right the first time. It's almost impossible to improve on perfection, especially when you only had a goose feather quill for a pen, and parchment for the paper to write on. My ancestors had a major hand in forging the document (Sam Adams) and reinforcing the ideals behind it (cannon-cockers under Gen. Knox), so, yeah, it's a Big Deal for me.
I first heard of this quote from the Apocalypse trailer. Then I see it here. The shivers down my spine.... This is the power of good storytelling.
@@Nighthawke70 your forefathers didnt think of slaves as people
@@DanimoroZ One of them was a Puritan. He was a capable mediator and Deacon. His likeliness can be seen on more than a few images. Look up The Puritan statue, Springfield, MA.
Few folks have that kind of lineage.
EDIT: Then again, I got the catalyst that started the American Civil war in my tree, John Brown...
@@Nighthawke70 john brown made the mistake of not overthrowing your entire rotten nation to the ground
That bit with the Statue of Liberty gave me chills!
Same
They will pay.
@@nicktitus4374 For every drop of blood the Screk have spilled in their campaign of genocide and subjugation, an ocean of their own shall be taken as payment.
Someone make that bit it's own video. As well as the soundtrack
@@LordCommander-ui2fw Amen brother. Amen.
I felt genuine rage when I heard that the Statue of Liberty was melted into jewellery. The liberation of Earth cannot come soon enough
Seems a pretty poor choice for jewellery as well.
I mean copper? Seriously?
How tasteless. It is oxidized copper as well.
Doesn't impress.
If they really wanted to use the copper for insult I would suggest using it in mundane things, wires and such. Using it as jewellery kinda makes it look like you think it is important. Does not work very well as an insult really.
@@gokbay3057 yeah it kinda feels like this entire video is Propaganda created to stir up support for war against the UTP.
@@gokbay3057 well the peices could literally be coated with something like “лак” like a see through paint as a trophy for the ones that control earth or something like that
@@vincegalila7211 the templen doesn’t do propoganda except for the gtu maybe
@@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 the UTP video is supposed to be somewhat Propagandistic with things like the Workings of the Military mixed in. Either way the Stellaris Invicta videos seem to take a in-universe history book style narrative. Also the Screk and UTP are portrayed as Warmongers despite (in-Game) being involved in less War's than the Confederacy.
For centuries the Antares Confederacy has been a refuge of shelter for many fleeing people across the galaxy. But no more shall we hide within the Miasma; no more shall we witness systems go dark; no more shall we allow the realms of our ancestors to face such a degree of tyranny. Soon we shall be the bastion of justice. Strike the iron! Ignite the forges! Cry havoc! We fled as runaways; we shall return as champions of the people. Terra libertatem! Onwards; Upwards; Forwards Antares!
should change the "Terra Liberty" to "Terra Libertatem" (Latin for Liberty)
@@freewyvern707 ; I have tired to post this comment four times now, constantly changing words. This is the first one to actually be posted.
That's a damn good comment. It really expresses what Marc is going for with the story of the confederacy. How it became a hold out for those running away from empires that would belittle, enslave, or feed upon them. But now they understand their true destiny, not to hide and ignore the cries and screams occurring across the galaxy, but to rise as one entity to stomp those that will harass and harm others for glory or profit.
I don't know if its what you were going for but I got AUS vibes from that (kaiserreich)
Forwards Antares! Homeward we are bound!
That last part brought tears to my eyes and chills to my spine. That was bloody fantastic writing.
They will pay
it i was alright i guess
The New Colossus, a poem by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) about the Statue of Liberty.
Same here, I love the writing quality and storytelling here. Top grade sci-fi
Oh god the Antares confederacy really is what the US wishes itself to be,
And honestly it's fucking amazing.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of the fact that the Confederacy is now to the galaxy what the US was to Earth in this universe.
@@tronmaster5704 well, Antares represents true liberty, and not just "not-communism"
@@freewyvern707 "non-communism" is a necessary prerequisite to liberty.
@@enneract9 no, communism can work as a normal ideology, especially as the US definition seemed to just be a slightly-extreme version of socialism. And secondly, not when said authoritarian-regimes are replaced by another authoritarian-regime.
@@tronmaster5704 Ask one of the peoples that has to deal with constant U.S bombing and/or constant U.S meddling in their self determination, or the incessant hate crimes that take place in the country, or it's near entirely ineffective democracy.
You must be ignoring reality.
I absolutely love these videos, but this may be the first time they’ve actually made me emotional. Something about the helplessness of Antares as their brothers and sisters suffer on the other side of the galaxy is heartbreaking.
Yes I felt the same way. They did a fantastic job with this.
Honestly it's kinda dumb in my opinion. in-Game the only ones the UTP enslave are Aliens.
@@vincegalila7211 what happens in game doesn't matter when you can tell a story, the humans of the utp are being enslaved by the skrek, just like the species being enslaved by the skrek, just not to the same extent
@@julianthursky-moore2438 I just don't think it's good storytelling to equate any loss of autonomy as Slavery. And act like the UTP are "victims" is just patronizing
@@vincegalila7211 Are you implying that it somehow makes it alright if the UTP (under the guidance of the aliens that conquered them) only enslaves other aliens? Odd.
Antares will send these demons to the abyss!
Mr. Ryan, as a spokesperson for the GTU how do you feel about the confederation?
time to purge these filthy xenos!
@@oracle8192 their tactics and squabbling diplomats many of whom are alien leaves much to be desired, but as long as he who comes with a sword by the sword perishes then they have my approval
@@ISAF_Ace the Screk did not come with a Sword.
It's time for a *BLOODY* crusade. FOR THE PRIME MINISTER, FOR LIBERTY!
TTI (templin institute):so a scifi faction should avoid the stereotypically western look & style
Me: so what's it's core cultural idea
TTI: (USA anthem plays on blast)
Damn I was fearing to be the only one who thought that
Its fitting though. The United States has idealized principals that we have been unable to live up to. Those principals are universal: freedom, democracy, equality, and fraternaty. Antares is what we could be. It is the ultimate representation of those ideals; ideals that we have strived to yet failed to achieve. Antares is a great symbol of potential.
@@digdougx not saying it was bad just seemed humorous to me. after all best principal for a nation in the world so far.
@@nathanhingson7048 Absolutely. As an American, these are the ideals we have perpetually failed to live up to but must always strive to achieve. I feel like Antares is what the USA should have been.
@@digdougx Absolutely, it's just peculiar and maybe a little sad to not have been able to find a non-western symbol to achieve that result (of fraternaty, potential and so on). On the other hand it did work greatly!
Feel's like we are going down the rabbit hole.. A rabbit hole that leads to war to liberate of our enslaved brothers and sisters.
More akin to a giant, sleepy, old black hole. You'd be gently circling it, being tugged in slowly, until you get in so close you can't get free no matter what you do. Only to be sucked into a hell of intense gravity forces and relativistic dilation, you are pretty much screwed.
That’s a good name
I approve
I like how this is a really BIG build up. There is no “unwritten “ path, no mystery moving forward, for there is only one choice remaining, freedom for one and all.
Welp. Seems that all the stars in the sky are our enemies now.
I get the reference
Gurren Lagann?
@@awesomehpt8938 yep
@@awesomehpt8938 it seemed fitting
Row! row! Fight the power!
With the divulgence of the truth behind the fabrication of UTP by the Screk it seems that only a few questions remain:
How can the UTP be liberated if Antares ever has the capabilities? Will there be a War in Heaven?
When is the Endgame Crisis? What happened to Nakiska? The story for Season 2 is really going places.
I think we're already in the beginning stages of a War in Heaven. Those are Vran ships in the AC fleet at the end. We're already in the middle of some sort of proxy war between the Screk Archivists (Materialist FE) and the Vran Protectors (Spiritualist FE).
Who's to say that this isn't also Propaganda just with a Antaren bent?
So, Antares will either get itself involved in a massive conflict by deciding to liberate the UTP early, or instead get itself involved in an even larger conflict by waiting for the War in Heaven to kick off....
Or the Galaxy will be force to work together in the Face of a Crisis before any of this can be resolved.
Imagine all the above happening at the same time. Hell yes!
@@shadowtheme96 and then The Galaxy gets Cleansed by the Contingency.
"The assessment was to determine whether humanity is a resource that can be used by us or against us. Humanity will be used to our benefit. You are ours and you will have no mind or heart to resist. You will comply for you will not even think to have a choose alternate to our will."
“When I joined the militia I had promised myself to kill one Fascist - after all, if each of us killed one they would soon be extinct.”
-George Orwell
"Liberty's flame will never die!"
~Antares Politician
It's only in this video do I truly understand the destruction of the Collaborators. They didn't just destroy cities, kill the vulnerable and enslave Earth; they stole humanity's history. All of its nuance, stories and lesson have been edited for sake of a dictator's control. So many things we learned and could've learned are lost. All that is left is with Antares and that might be a fragment of what's lost. Down with the Collaborators!
If you want to break a people, take away their history and give them a fabrication that guides them in the desired way. Every communist and fascist regime (as well as every other sort of totalitarian regime) in history has understood and implemented this.
The Human Collaborators as well?
Font of knowledge shall burn as punishment
"When tyrants tremble, sick with fear
And hear their Death Knell Ringing;
When friends rejoice both far and near,
How can I keep from singing?
In prison cell and dungeon vile
Our thoughts to them are winging
When friends by shame are undefiled
How can I keep from singing?"
--Fragment from ancient Terran "Shaker" song "How can I Keep from Singing?"
That last bit about the Screk destroying the Statue of Liberty and how Antares is the New Colossus was awesome and gave me chills. It's clear you guys put a lot of time and effort into this world.
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Thus always to tyrants
You are the first person I saw say this- I salute you, sir.
When their power to subjugate others is shattered and they are brought to face justice for their crimes, then they will know. Sic semper tyrannis!
My first thought after reading this: simp senpai tyranids?
@@Jay2480 please delete this cursed heresy
You made me cry... you moved me in ways that few have.
"We will search every corner of the galaxy, every system, every planet, and every last one of your tyrannical kind for every last piece of our mother, who you desecrated with your unclean hands, until she stands once more. Until that day comes, you will know no harmony, no respite, no peace. Your totems of evil will be torn down and thrown into the abyss so sunlight may never grace them again. Only then, when your slaves are free and she is among us again, may you be allowed to let the word 'mercy' cross your lips."
Now that’s a threat!
Those who would take freedom with the sword, by the sword, shall perish.
Time to spin up the sword of terra again.
@@kristiandahl1310 the sword of antares.
So the Humans who Chose to aid the Screk for Personal Gain then? They were the ones who held the Sword at the end of the day.
@@vincegalila7211 Sometimes the light scorches and burns.
@@gavinsmith9871 where's that Quote from?
Antares will be the spear to break those who dare enslave the weak, and will be the shield to the protect those who fear the strong.
May Antares be the Torch of Liberty where the tired, poor, and huddled masses who yearned to breath will finally find warmth from the coldness of the darkness, and to burn the ties to the bonds of their oppressors, and its torch will also be the fierce flame to burn the paradises and homes of their elite, affluent oppressors.
Forward Antares! May your flames spread across the galaxy!
He we started a fire?
So the Scragg or the Archivists are essentially Galactic Hegemonious *Combine* but actually logical enough to make sure new generations of servants continue
Yeah exactly, hi again
@@dragoddas8885 hello there!
I can’t wait for the invasion of Terra herself think of it billions of loyal men and women fighting for freedom in the factorys , the shipyards and amongst the stars fighting a foe that uses ancient tech to comand an entire population as s.lave soldiers it’s going to be a wave of freedom and GTU stile spirit hitting against the bastion of Tyranny
@@dragoddas8885 there is no evidence in-Game that the UTP has Slavery
Time stamp listen to 3:45-3:55 in that Time they talk about the conditions of terra
Get ready to blast Sacred War on full volume.
Forward Antares!
For The Great Struggle Awaits!
Somewhere in the stars, the spirit of Yazov smiles down upon Antares.
Deploy the Commonwealth Special Operations Unit. Together like the Mountains!
*Screk obliterates a race*
Antares Confederacy: There was once a martial spirit burning in mankind.
I think a quote from season one fits perfectly with this video:
"Those who come to us with the sword, by the sword they shall perish"
I can’t believe how emotional I felt with the Statue of Liberty part
That epilogue was actually quite moving, showing some excellent writing and great craft.
This is going to rival your first season. My god you guys have some talent. Thank you so much
This is genuinely fantastic, I’m exited for the stream to see what destructive madness Marc gets up to this time
Antares: "I just keep moving forward, until all the enemies of the Free are destroyed."
Hmmm I wonder who this is quoting?
*Antares marches to war
GTU: Thats mah boi!
"Citizens of Antares, remember, the Greater Terran Union won every battle, every war in our timeline and we will march on in this uncertain future - united in purpose and determined to never be caught unprepared again! Every wonder encountered shall be utilized, every terror overcome. And when those responsible for the occupation of earth in your timeline are found, every injustice will be repaid a hundred and than a thousand times over! This entire galaxy will know that they came to the wrong temporal neighborhood and knocked on the wrong door!"
I'm crying.. San Martin, the liberator of my country, once said: "Seamos libres y lo demás no importa nada"
"Let us be free and the rest matters nothing"
That background music is AMAZING! Really reminds me of the Interstellar music by Hans Zimmer
Together we will march. Not for glory, not for riches. But for justice!
Forward Antares!
Best writing episode..... For now
Liberty stands for Freedom (FPA anthem). The Antares Conderacy is one of the sci fi government I love the most because it reminds me of the Free Planet Alliance in LoGH, at least what the FPA should have been. The Liberty Statue scene made me a patrotic american, although I have never set foot on the shore of the US.
The Antares Confederacy reminds me the Alliance from Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet after their one century long war. Every system is bankrupt ( and that's the term for the wealthiest) and therefore they're quite reluctant to remain in the Alliance. They want either to quit the it either to reduce their contribution to the military. Consequently, the government struggles to preserve the cohesion of the Alliance and drastically reduces the budget to the military. However, the foreign ennemy now has exploded in hundreds of "petty" warlords that want their own empire, and the Alliance litteraly can't afford enough fuel to move their fleet to protect the borders.
Meanwhile:
Antares: "Noooo, you can't just make the borders around you an absolute mess!"
Cloister: "Hahaha, Balkanization go brrr."
You sir deserve a medal I think this is the only comment about the cloister past episode 2
The Cloister are honestly the smarter of the Two.
That was amazing! XDXDXD
Archivists your game is through!
Coz now ya have to answer to....
ANTARES!!!!!
Hell yeah
Hell yeah
What you gonna do when we come for you now
While it can't be part of this season my head cannon is that from another dimension a group of ships join Antares to liberate a version of thier capital world. They are known as VVS-989 Ryan's Raiders.
My headcanon is that the Stuff about the UTP and the Screk is partially fabricated Propaganda
@@vincegalila7211 what part?
@@delgermuruntsagaankhuu6951 the Screk Establishing themselves as Nobility on a Planet they Encased in a Indestructible force field. Them Making Jewelry out of the Statue of Liberty which is made mostly out of Copper (not great Jewelry material very common) and probably would have been destroyed in the Unification war that took place during the Screk's arrival on purpose or on accident World War's with advanced weapons tend to be damaging. And really the Idea that the UTP has Fought with more two Polity's (they've only warred with the Thimodian Republic and the Dar-Hesh Pact (Hegemony including the Commerce League (Galactic Council member) Tavurite Empire (weird sounding battle hungry bird rock's that are also the Largest Alien population in the Confederacy*) and the Dar-Hesh (Hegemony bosses they look like Zombies). So yeah I personally believe this is Propaganda made by the Imperialist Militarist's aided by the Tavurite lobby.
*Marc is kinda Specist towards them hates it whenever they talk.
"evil triumphs when good men do nothing" we owe it to our forefathers to ensure that never happens.
The part about the Statue of Liberty made me cry. Not only have the Skrek destroyed my country, they have stolen Earth's people, their past, their future, and their freedom, and with a callousness that knows no bounds. Antares, avenge us! Avenge America, avenge Earth, and avenge the billions, human and alien, who have suffered and perished under the Skrek's iron manipulators! FORWARD, ANTARES!
What a beautiful story! once in a while I hear something so good I can't help but cry.
This stellaris Invicta eps made me cry, at how humanity become a slave of an ancient nation
*Clears throat*
"You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery"
Ronald Regan...
Give em hell Antares.
That last part gave me chills. I hope tv networks sees this and picks it up as a longterm series. This is truly amazing work.
The Screck Did WHAT! Ok time to go full Imperium of Man on them
I say we exile their retched species to a single planet named hell. And set up 9 areas like the nine circles of hell and a-sign each screck accordingly.
@@talos2384 why bother, a lasgun is five times as effective!
@@aidanmeacham1999 doesn’t cause as much suffering
@@talos2384 yes and make it the opposite climate they are used to for maximum revenge!
I feel like the Story is writing Black and White Conflict when it didn't have to. This feels genuinely as Propagandistic as the UTP video
That ending is something absolutely awe inspiring. The storytelling at play here is phenomenal. Good shit.
I *felt* the entire second half of this episode. Goosebumps the entire time, eagerly awaiting the next video. Fantastic work!
The last few minutes gave me chills. All hail the New Colossus.
Forward Antares! Homeward we are bound!
For the good dogs and kitties!
Liberation Day is coming! Forward Antares!
BRING HELL TO SCREK
BRING CRATER TO THEIR HOMEWORLD
GOD BLESS ANTARES
ALLAH WITH ANTARES
Wreck the Screk!
Don't break font of knowledge tho it'll help us later
The music choice at the end: the slow droning horns that speak of so much sorrow and grief from a civilization robbed of its hope and future, the quiet at first but steadily building drums of war from a nation preparing for a mighty crusade, and finally the freighting high music at the end as the confederacy fleet comes into view. PERFECT
Greetings from the Albuquerqooine system.
Greater Terran Union, we need you here right now!
The ending filled me with goosebumps great video
As he died to make men holy let us die to make men free
His truth is marching on!
Glory, Glory halleluhja, Our Truth Is Marching On!
Not gonna lie, I love 40k and the last Invicta series. Evil empires being the 'good guys' just cause everyone else is even worse is an interesting concept. But it is a breath of fresh air to have the good guys genuinely be good.
FREEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Evil must be opposed.
"I have studied the histories of a thousand worlds, of a thousand peoples. My people the Anoran, Humans, Anthorians, Cloister, and even the scattered messy fragments of the Baanthurians and I have come to sad conclusion. Tyranny is eternal. So as long as there is a single dark desire in the hearts of people there will always be those who wish to dominate at the expense of others. But in the same vein Liberty to is eternal. For as so long there is good in people, there will always be those who are opposed evil. The Screk have either forgotten this lesson or they have refused to learn it. But they will learn soon enough. A reckoning is coming for the Screk, one that is long over due. Every crime they have committed, every evil thing they have done, every life they have taken and every world they have shackled to their rule, it shall all be repaid a hundred and then a thousand times over. They will learn that Liberty is more than just an idea or belief. It is a force of nature a fundamental truth of the universe. Tyranny may be eternal but so is Liberty. It shall not and cannot die. But the Screk are not, their empire can die . And we shall be their Executioners. Forwards Antares."
- General Cho'Jken veteran of The Baanthurian Horde War.
Love those vran battlecruisers at the end moving with the antares ships
No no, this time they really do have WMDs
Antares is the very definition of “Do not mistake our kindness for weakness.”
Justice for the Colossus!
Even on a re-watch I get amped up. They think they can melt down the statue & just walk away? Enlist in the Confederacy Space Marines!
Loving how this story has been told so differently from the two perspectives.
Goosebumps. I want a movie about the Confederacy. This story is so captivating and I can't get enough.
TV shows have cliffhangers. Stellaris Invicta just throws us off the damn cliff. its so damn good i want more.
Antares: America in space, but a bit more noblebright
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Dude the USA was built upon the blood of the natives and african slaves. Antares is a protector of the weak and the disenfranchised not their oppressor.
@@iankaranikos yet America is also the nation that provided rights, freedom and lives for millions of immigrants, whose homecountries did bot want them.
As he said Antares is more noblebright.
@@iankaranikos I dare you to name a major nation state that wasn't. Portugal, Spain, France, Britain, need I continue? China, Greece, to an extent Australia, need I continue!? Legally, everyone has the same rights, it's actually on a man-to-man level if those rights are respected.
Well, I see the only similarity to America in that it accepts refugees, which is something that America lately stopped doing. Apart from that, I don't see Antares Confederacy starting wars on the other side of Galaxy in pursuit of resources, doesn't support dictatorships in other empires, because it would benefit them and living in AC is not hell, so I would say that space America it isn't ...
Dude has some insane writing skills, especially at the end. Damn I got hyped.
I feel like the Screk encasing a Republic planet in a inpentrable Force Field yet also ruling over that planets inhabitants as Nobles? Is kind of a Oxymoron
These videos give me chills! Great work.
The ending was almost on par with the UNE oath from the Apocalypse trailer, congrats!
After invicta season 1 i feared the next empire wouldnt be able to reach the patriotism felt for the gtu but here we are with this masterpiece of writing that is the antares confederacy. I love how antares emerges as this truly benevolent alliance between all species ready to show the galaxy the power of cooperation and understanding! There really is nothing on youtube imo that reaches that level of awesome roleplaying immersion for a video game than these series and im really thankful to the templin institute for providing us this excellenct content.
This is Epic!! Got my heart pumping at the end. Can't wait to catch-up on the series when I get settled in.
Light above and darkness within, that was so damn good. What he does with the Lady Liberty made me feel things in the dry, withered, husk I call a heart.
I never would have dreamed content based on a Stellaris series could be this damn good.
“The power of the Screk no longer seem insurmountable.”
Screk: another upstart to be crushed.
Times like these makes me wish the difficulty is much higher, so he really has to pick their wars very carefully, instead of doing things on a whim because they can easily rebuild because the difficulty is not that high.
I straight up got goosebumps from this episode! You guys did not have to go this hard!
The build-up through this episode to the end was strong! Excellent job!
Great Video. Very atmospheric music :) Looking forward to see what happens next :)
I've finally caught up, and I've o ly this to say.
Sic Sempar Tyrannis. Antares Triumphantes! Terra Invicta!
Wow....that bit about the Statue of Liberty made me want to fight for Antares. Liberty or Death!
Templin should convert some of these comments into speeches in the Antares Parliament in the next video! Make a sequence where they are debating war with the UTP. That would be badass.
Holy shit I was so pumped by the end of this video. FORWARD ANTARES!
Imagine if the Greater Terran Union was here to witness this moment. The war of liberation to come.
Dude, late to the game her but that entire episode was phenomenal. The way you compared the Statue of Liberty's inscription to what Antares stands for was absolutely amazing. Great work! A thousand times, Great. Work.
Bloody Hell, that viode was good. What makes a good movie ? The perfect combination of visuals, music and Narration. Well done.
Forward Antares. Hope is everlasting.
Not unhappy but this is a complete backstory. It’s like 5 game years passed and they did a good job making a much longer story work