8472, Assimilated | Star Trek Online Story Series E29

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8472, Assimilated | Star Trek Online Story Series E29

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"ASSIMILATION"
There are readings of Borg in a far away system and indicators of species 8472.
We respond to investigate the renewed interest in fluid space by the Borg and soon learn an unsettling truth.
They are on the cusp of learning how to assimilate the Undine.
Letting them accomplish this will be a disaster for Starfleet and any who oppose the Collective. So we set a course to find out what we can and try to curtail their efforts.
But we are too late.
Star Trek Online is full of stories and call-backs to the TV series of days gone and to come. Set in the Star Trek universe's 25th century it places you in the center of these events in an ever expanding series of tales.
Join me as I fulfill the role of a Starfleet captain and Temporal Agent, Mark Hale from the 23rd century now facing fresh challenges against the Borg Advance aboard the USS Armiger.
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@antcow1239 5 жыл бұрын

I wish we had Star trek armada 3, set in the kelven universe. The idea of Feringi stormtroopers taking over klignon ships is hilarious

@kanyewest6539 5 жыл бұрын

hold on what

@antcow1239 5 жыл бұрын

Its funny because ferengi are so weak and Klingons are so tough. Its totally believable for them to take over the enterprise because they have. Except the one Kirk commanded, but that's just because the ferengi knew Kirk would either karate chop them to death or fuck them. While Spock watched from the rodeo clown barrel in the corner of the room.

@shmee123ful 5 жыл бұрын

Rick 'I have a bad feeling about this" wrong universe Rick

@vaelophisnyx9873 5 жыл бұрын

it's so good to see that it isn't just me who experiences SEVERE rubberbanding everywhere in this game

@KatanaToraSan 5 жыл бұрын

Poor Undine/Species 8472 Thier immunity to assimilation only lasted for so long. I kinda feel bad for them 😔

@occultatumquaestio5226 5 жыл бұрын

It would have been cool if the Assimilated Undine said "The weak shall be assimilated".

@tubebility 5 жыл бұрын

LOL. Nah, the weak will be liquefied to nurish the strong. Much like in The Matrix.

@connormacleod4922 3 жыл бұрын

@@tubebility more like the Strogg from Quake 2 and 4.

@starcloakstarside9719 4 жыл бұрын

Amused. I like Star Trek Online... but with your play-throughs, I love it.

@occultatumquaestio5226 5 жыл бұрын

11:26; "Resistance is futile" 15:15 & 17:08; Gets assimilated. Mark Hale may need to spend a few hours in sick bay, just in case there are any nanites left that need to be removed.

@XX-sp3tt 4 жыл бұрын

@G Will Before or after the invasive surgery from the inside out on the Borg's part?

@GamingwithMahv1 5 жыл бұрын

well, that was neat! haven't played sto in years. good to know the lore is going strong. Great presentation as well, enjoyable to watch

@CertifiablyIngame 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I try. I really do. :)

@andrewgilbertson5672 5 жыл бұрын

This ongoing let's play is seriously my favorite ongoing series on KZfaq right now. You do a fantastic job of keeping it interesting; the narration is very effective at adding weight, intrigue, and humor into the footage.

@AdamRoss1 5 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail had me thinking the Borg had made some crazy assimilated version of an Undine ship

@allanwidner9276 5 жыл бұрын

I am beginning to enjoy the subtle blend of light RP and nods to game mechanics you are doing. Didn't think I would enjoy, I should start at the beginning. And yeah, that assimilated Undine fight is one of the most frustrating ground fights in the game. I;ve played through that sto9ry a few times now and never fail to fail several times.

@danielpothier9990 5 жыл бұрын

That was pretty good stuff. The idea of the Borg is unnerving when you consider today's prosthetics, AI, networks, and the desire of some to control the many. They are a warning for the future...

@nicktechnubyte1184 5 жыл бұрын

LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!

@CertifiablyIngame 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@KhaosSN 2 жыл бұрын

This mission was damn hard. Thankfully I had the Orbital Phaser Strike and just kept running away from the Assimilated Undine and blasting it. I do remember dying A LOT though

@wolfmaster555 5 жыл бұрын

Okay, I wasn't sure about Armiger-C, but now with its new paint job. I love it now as a design. I also like how it resembles the original Armiger and the Armiger-B. It's is a very clever callback.

@nunyabusinesss1476 5 жыл бұрын

I too haven't played the game in many years but, have been enjoying the few of these vids I have watched so far. Keep em coming. :D

@gallendugall8913 5 жыл бұрын

Spam mines in the doorway. Mines are OP.

@laahocsm0019 5 жыл бұрын

Love this arc and all but I can't help but think that the Undine and Borg ships go down way too easily. Even with the advancements Starfleet made.

@ditzy_neko3362 3 жыл бұрын

Tarsi is STO's version of Megumin. "EXPLOSION?!"

@HugoBolzer 5 жыл бұрын

12:35 - until today you can use your CPR to help the Undine back on his feed ^_^ after taht the undine just stands there , but i do everytime i run this mission :-D

@adamwilder2943 5 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to say, I enjoyed the gameplay as well as the commentary too.. My only wish is to one day be able to play Star Trek Online again, once I have an actual computer system, until I shall be contented with the gameplays you have been doing

@defies4626 5 жыл бұрын

While you can't insert it yet, this would be an effective place to insert 'The 2400' Dominion-focused Featured Episode Arc once you get access to it, given that the opening of that has the joint conference between the various powers to form the Omega Force to deal with the problem. As the next one is clearly set after the powers have all reconciled in an armistance, if that sequence of events is to be inserted after the overall Mirror Universe/Nu-Dominion Arc, this seems to be the best place to put it. And somewhere near the beginning of all this mess, or perhaps right now as well, needs to be the Deferri Arc, including the ground battlezone which features the Alpha Quadrant powers holding off the Borg on Deferra as they go after the secret of that arc.

@VulpisFoxfire 5 жыл бұрын

Yay, the mission with that somewhat annoying trek on the outside of DS9...

@Lukos0036 5 жыл бұрын

I died so many times fighting that undine. >=x

@ShadeMeadows Жыл бұрын

I kind of wish they really were fully immune to Assimilation

@hmshood319 5 жыл бұрын

The USS Armiger now ranks higher than the Enterprise if you ask me.

@leonrobinson8180 4 жыл бұрын

Blasphemy!

@navysealinguardiantank2679 3 жыл бұрын

@@leonrobinson8180 lol

@anihilus2344 4 жыл бұрын

Species 8472 actually do grow their bioships. That's how their construction works in Armada 2. They have a mothership, and various nodes and ships are grown from it.

@nsr-ints 11 ай бұрын

I played this mission with my friends. The conversation went about like this: "Holy {REDACTED}, is that an assimilated undine?" "OPEN FIRE! What are you waiting for!?" ... "The cube, Kate. Now what." (With disgust) "Nuke it." "Roger. Rounds away... Target down."

@That80sGuy1972 5 жыл бұрын

The first time I played the battle against the Borg's new monster, I rage-quit for a few days, replayed other missions, composed myself, and went back to it. It turns out that if I respawned one more time (I didn't change my tactics), I would have won.

@bidet1515 5 жыл бұрын

Hello , very good storytelling of your adventures , i will follow your next ones captain ;)

@stohelpsupport7615 5 жыл бұрын

Certifiably Ingame, Great to have you in our ranks and providing fantastic Trek lore and STO KZfaq content. You get the full support from everyone at STOATD, Hick's Ragged Rebbels, Shadow Defense Force Armada and friends. We wish you all the best for the future. Bows

@radeadcool 5 жыл бұрын

You should use mines with the borg. They do alot of damage and it makes fights faster.

@MisterHavoc 5 жыл бұрын

I want to send a boarding party onto a cube... I'm thinking 1 Tyranid Mycetic Spore, a Hive Tyrant, some Warriors, some Termagants... Annnd a Carnifex, just for funzies.

@dianavespid937 5 жыл бұрын

Probably 100 protoss zealots can do the job too

@thomasjoychild4962 3 ай бұрын

I feel like whichever manages to devour/assimilate the other would then be unstoppable for everyone else...

@ThaSouthMU 4 жыл бұрын

This turn of events would seem to be highly unlikely in the prime TL, but then again, like you said... foolish to think the Borg were sitting idly by .... which makes Janeway’s decision even more so reprehensible!

@Pokemc0831 4 жыл бұрын

I tried watching this faster than normal and I realized that the thing I enjoy most about these videos is the rhythm of your voice. Edited out some unnecessary text

@policeswat64 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@InfiniteUniverse88 3 жыл бұрын

I remember in DS9, someone in The Federation said "we have enough fire power here to destroy the entire planet." Referring to the Dominion home world.

@hawkticus_history_corner 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. The background music you play in this sounds like its the theme song to Bedtime Stories.

@seanwolslau-holdren6731 4 жыл бұрын

hA ha, it does look like an egg yolk. That's funny right there.

@BNuts 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else think the new _Armiger_ bears some resemblance to its original predecessor?

@izukazephoenix 3 жыл бұрын

It kinda does. To the B and TOS armiger

@jeremiahperryman948 3 жыл бұрын

It is nice to see that there is still one authentic star trek property that Alex Kurtzman hasn't gotten his hands on, and changed said property from great television into a steaming pile of excrement!!!

@amandamills4133 4 жыл бұрын

this just seems weird. The board do not do research. In fact that is exactly why voyager was able to make the deal with them in the first place.

@vegeta002 3 жыл бұрын

In TNG, the Borg showed that they could analyze and adapt just fine without needing to assimilate something first. The "unable to innovate or adapt without assimilation" weakness seems like something the Voyager writers threw in to handwave why 8472 wasn't facing their own Wolf 359. This mission seems like it's going on the TNG version, where they actually can do things on their own rather than relying exclusively on assimilation. The only real limitation they have is that they're less creative about it and would be less likely to think outside the box.

@Aurora2097 4 жыл бұрын

I wished there were more storylines on the prehistoric and extinct species ofbthe ST Universe... i'd like to have more lore on that!

@NotBCT 5 жыл бұрын

Needs multiple lines of defense as well as mines and turrets, and at least 2 or 3 engineers to plant said mines and turrets, as well as long-range mortars. Plant your away team several meters away from your last line of defense so they can use long-range attacks once the Borg'd 8472 breaches that last line. Aggro Borg'd 8472, drag him along to your first line of defense where he'll pop the mines and the turrets will draw aggro, meanwhile hit him with long-range attacks and debuffs until he finishes destroying your summons. Aggro again and drag to second line of defense, have the turrets draw aggro and keep hitting him with debuffs, rinse, lather and repeat, and try not to have your pets engage at close range, since pet AI is laughably broken. Properly geared up will the proper skill slots in all your pets (one of which should be that Borg Modulator thingy), along with the right selection of pets (engineers and offense-based sci officers are my preference, YMMV), last boss should be a piece of cake. Pay attention to pet traits, so that you pair up the proper expose/exploit weapon with the optimal bridge officer, and it should be fairly effective. Make sure to have a couple of rally points in mind just in case the Boss is still at reasonable strength after piercing your last mini-bunker. Good luck.

@HitodamaKyrie 4 жыл бұрын

After trying to shoot that big bad former-undine for an age, I eventually whipped out my Lirpa and hacked away at it until victory was mine. Was actually pretty effective I believe.

@typheron 5 жыл бұрын

Cryo Mines/Grenades and a TR-116-B are your friend when dealing with the Borg.

@alyzluke801 5 жыл бұрын

Tommy gun works very well.

@JessHull 5 жыл бұрын

very cool, its been about 2 years since I've played but I really like this type of gaming content, its not just some guy screaming and trying to reference memes its a nice coherent story, almost like an actual episode of ST. Or like a documentary style presentation of events happening in the ST universe.

@lordorion5776 5 жыл бұрын

hey if you ever want some back up in game let me know :P

@umadbroimatroll7918 5 жыл бұрын

I love omicron kappa, my favorite place in all of star trek MonkaS Kappa ;)

@darianleyer5777 3 жыл бұрын

Point of fact: Decentralization of various functions increases Borg vulnerability to certain Undine bioweapons.

@grimreaper6557 4 жыл бұрын

well done

@trekaddict 5 жыл бұрын

Before I got the Tommy gun replica from the First Contact Day event, that was the most difficult ground fight period. Probably still is.

@lateflipp54 4 жыл бұрын

Try the transporter rifle

@trekaddict 4 жыл бұрын

@@lateflipp54 True, but I didn't actually have a toon far enough along to craft that thing until very recently.

@lateflipp54 4 жыл бұрын

@@trekaddict i must have gotten lucky then i got mine from a enemy drop

@trekaddict 4 жыл бұрын

@@lateflipp54 Yeah, that's actually beyond damned rare.

@Palmerrip 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely hated this mission. Took so many attempts to get through. Not something I really want to relive.

@edgarbrooks7695 9 ай бұрын

i hated fighting the undine borge, it took for ever for me to kill him

@shmee123ful 5 жыл бұрын

Any other wensday another upload. I wonder are we going to see a Klingon or Romulan play though after this one is done?

@robertfarr9186 2 жыл бұрын

So STO doesn’t have future janeways one shot borg killing torpedos?

@BoisegangGaming 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone else find the idea of bioships being superior absolutely laughable? Living ships would be far easier to damage and cripple than a technological ship. Additionally, any carapace that could be grown to stabilize the internals and protect the exterior would be nothing in comparison to a Metamaterial Hull that is segmented. Organic lifeform also consume more energy that they output, while something made from non-living matter doesn't take any energy to fuel(which is why you don't have to recharge your walls). It also wouldn't handle stress and acceleration very well without some serious compromises.

@TymersRealm 5 жыл бұрын

Tinman: Hold my beer...

@BoisegangGaming 5 жыл бұрын

+TymersRealm Tin is a terrible building material. I'd prefer some sort of carbon nanofiber instead. I think the thing with most writers saying "BUT ITS ORGANIC TECHNOLOGY" is that it's inherently a flawed argument towards how "superior" something is. This might be my transhumansit/futurist/whatever showing, but the funny thing about "organic technology" is that we've been using that for thousands of years, and we replace it with "artificial" technology. There's a reason why we use cars, tractors, etc. instead of horses for most things now. It think it's a combination of wanting something to seem alien, the "appeal to nature" fallacy, and our own inherent favoritism towards the biological, even though all a human is is a biological machine. Seems a bit reductionist, but it's true. Besides, the most advanced civilizations are likely to be post-biological and existing in digital substrates. I've been watching too much Science and Futurism With Isaac Arthur.

@SynCelestial 5 жыл бұрын

You're describing it like it's a giant space whale, which is understandable since that's how organic life actually is, but I've been under the impression with it being scifi and all that an organic ship from an alien species could be any unknown magnitude in regards to efficiency and tolerance. For example, the writers may happen to say that the organic ship's exterior is far stronger than any material we have, and we can't exactly disprove it since it's an alien (and fiction) species. I always assumed that however it works would work a lot better than what we can imagine from comparing it to real organic life, writer's prerogative if nothing else.

@VestedUTuber 5 жыл бұрын

@@BoisegangGaming Undine bioships could be very much like the Wraith's ships from Stargate. Instead of the ship being a conventional living organism, it could instead be constructed from organic components that aren't quite alive but aren't exactly inanimate either. These systems would function much like the components of conventional ships. A design like this could incorporate both organic and inorganic materials, minimizing the inherent weaknesses of the organic components and enhancing the vessel with capabilities not possible on a conventional craft, such as hull regeneration/reconfiguration (the ship can essentially heal itself and create blast doors and other defensive structures out of its own mass) and decentralized life support integrated within the ship's structure (integrated cyanobacteria colonies exposed to bioluminescent light within the walls of the vessel and fed waste products from other organic systems would be able to convert carbon dioxide to oxygen pretty much everywhere within the ship, removing the need for specialized active life support systems). I do agree that a purely organic vessel would be inferior to a conventional or hybrid organic vessel, however. On a separate note, biological =/= natural. Bioships would definitely have to be engineered, and the "don't touch nature" crowd would be opposed to that just as much as they would be opposed to inorganic technological enhancements. Seriously, have you seen how much people freak out about GMOs and _not_ because of the issues with patent abuse?

@johnhyman2055 3 жыл бұрын

What are those weapons that you used?

@simonwillis1529 4 жыл бұрын

I’m stuck on the last bit the cube kills me in two shots I’m lucky I get 4% off their health

@KingoftheJuice18 5 жыл бұрын

I don't understand the context of where these stories come from, and who produces the video (is it all you?), but well done!!

@VulpisFoxfire 5 жыл бұрын

It's edited footage of gameplay from the MMO 'Star Trek Online', with some narrative patter to tie all together.

@thatrealba 4 жыл бұрын

That mission suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks.

@rodney73991 4 жыл бұрын

me thinks the shap shifters on deep space 9 be best help fight the organic. if replace federation people change shap. it almost impossible replace shap shifter if don't know there a shape shifter. it race when find out founders are shape shifters.

@Thecando 3 жыл бұрын

Are the games considered cannon?

@XX-sp3tt 4 жыл бұрын

3:11 Traps aren't the Borg's style.

@Alteringrealitystudios 2 жыл бұрын

A Borged 8472. Yikes.

@vexile1239 2 жыл бұрын

Yea it scary

@The_Starfleet_Ensign 5 жыл бұрын

*sees title* well we are fucked.

@norseczar27 4 жыл бұрын

Why? This takes away the ferocity of species 8472. Ugh

@vegeta002 3 жыл бұрын

The series did show that the immune system protecting them from assimilation could be defeated, and that the Borg just didn't know how at the time. It makes sense that the Borg would find a way to overcome the immune system eventually, considering the ability to analyze and adapt is kinda their thing (in TNG, at least). Be thankful 8472 are actually still something of a threat in the game, unlike the Borg who went back to being a farce after this mission.

@futurerandomness1620 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure about how I feel about this story arc. The Borg only learn from assimilation, if they can't assimilate no learning. Yet here you're seeing them doing research and experiments, very un-borg like. The only rationalization I have is that from assimilating so many alpha quadrant species they've adapted to do research as well? If so that makes the Borg even scarier! Imagine the research potential of linking trillions of drone minds together? Gives me the willies!

@davidgipe997 5 жыл бұрын

That isn't entirely accurate even including Voyager Era. In TNG the Borg were stated as figuring things out and shown to an extent to do so. In Voyager even though Balana states as you do, the Queen in Dark Frontier as i recall mentions abd shows that the Borg are attempting to form an assimilation virus for the humans/ Federation due to their extreme resistance. Thank you for reading and hope it has been informative even if its possibly disagreed with.

@futurerandomness1620 5 жыл бұрын

@@davidgipe997 that's part of the issue. When we're first introduced to the Borg, that's how their presented, and it worked. They've "humanized" the Borg to an extent that they aren't as scary, as when we first saw them.

@cdreid9999 5 жыл бұрын

@@futurerandomness1620 bad writing and why theyre not remotely scary anymore.

@Chelnaka 4 жыл бұрын

The thing is...Voyager gave 8472 the blueprints to the nanoprobe warheads, which only worked because the nanoprobes mimicked 8472's immune system. With 8472 having this information, I think it's far more likely that 8472 would biologically adapt to the Borg such that assimilation wouldn't occur. If the cost was high enough, the Borg might decide that 8472 was more trouble than it's worth and leave them alone. Plus, Voyager established at least the beginnings of peaceful relations with 8472. I'd think 8472 would be able to tell that other starfleet ships are closely related to Voyager, and then make the connection.

@KnightRiderowner 5 жыл бұрын

You play on PC or ps4?

@user-hc8oj8cv4f 5 жыл бұрын

USE TF OMEGA ANTI-BORG GUNS!

@alb5632 4 жыл бұрын

Why and when did 8472 get named the undine? I don't remember this. Edit ohhh this is a game

@VaciliNikoMavich 4 жыл бұрын

Probably because calling it a number gets tedious.

@thomasjoychild4962 3 ай бұрын

@@VaciliNikoMavich and, as remote as the possibility is, you're never going to make allies with them if you keep calling them the name the borg gave them :P

@user-we8re5bq8i Жыл бұрын

What game is this??? 😮

@alastairoxby8037 9 ай бұрын

The name is in the video title.

@mb2000 4 жыл бұрын

Is it me, or do those 8472 ruptures look like the graviton ellipsis from that Voyager episode with the old Mars probe with the astronaut trapped inside?

@johnn9977 5 жыл бұрын

Please the Borg would crush starfleet like a bug!!!

@UncleMikeDrop 5 жыл бұрын

What class of ship do you have in this one?

@defies4626 5 жыл бұрын

It's a variation of the Patrol Escort, an STO original family of designs. It has the saucer of a Deverish class, at least the nacelles of a Gryphon, and the engineering spar of a Hermes. I'd have to do some more looking to identify the pylons and the central weapons pod. Basically, they're an engineering-focused escort, stripping away unnecessary components and paring it back to what is necessary to patrol around, guarding the space lanes and support other escorts and heavier elements in larger battles. The C-store version, the Tempest Patrol Escort, is basically the prototype for the Tier 6 of ships, prototyping many of the features typical of T6 ships, such as a pseudo-experimental weapon (the Tempest Tail Gun, a rear-facing 90 degree arc dual phaser cannon with a permanent rapid fire applied to it), and has the common feature of a second Lt. Cmd. seat. Alas, it unfortunately doesn't have a T6 version yet (but given that the fleet version is effectively a T6 ship, the allowance of a fleet ship module once per each fully completed reputation now that lets you buy it for relatively cheap so who cares), but it's still extremely good.

@UncleMikeDrop 5 жыл бұрын

@@defies4626 That was very informative. Thank you.😁

@CertifiablyIngame 5 жыл бұрын

So yeah, what he said.

@UncleMikeDrop 5 жыл бұрын

@@CertifiablyIngame would this be the U.S.S. Armiger-C?

@CertifiablyIngame 5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@karendaffer4706 5 жыл бұрын

Do a video on the Irken Empire from Invader Zim

@sparkymist 5 жыл бұрын

Hey did you delete a video today?

@CertifiablyIngame 5 жыл бұрын

No, why? Do I need to panic? O.o

@sparkymist 5 жыл бұрын

Certifiably Ingame no I thought I saw a video in my feed about the Orville, it was about the battle of earth with the Kaylons. It might have been someone else, so thought it was yours but now can’t find it.

@sparkymist 5 жыл бұрын

Certifiably Ingame ok found it, different guy but you both talk about sci fi shows an stuff, sorry to get you worried.

@CertifiablyIngame 5 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bt-Ao85-3NaqXYk.html Lore Reloaded's one? If it is, say hi from me.

@ThanksIfYourReadIt 5 жыл бұрын

I don't like this borg they doing. First they get a queen cuz fuck you, then they get trough plot armor whit this, not to mention dreems, rebelling collectives. Would it be too much to ask not to humanize every fucking villian in sci-fi? Let them stay evil and not retcon the crap out of them, like they did whit joker, who aparently justified and now batman is the bad guy lol?