"This hellworld is an extremely hostile environment." The name totally did not give it away

"Fleet liaison, you lived!" "Yes, sir." Perfect timing on the unit callout.

@35:33 What I like most about this ending is that it doesn't do the BS cop-out of the corporation getting the soldiers killed because they "know too much" or whatever: instead, the captain is treated as the useful asset he actually is, because the Federation is functional evil, not Chaotic Stupid evil.

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I can imagine an infestation breaking out on Earth because of what the corporation was doing and the Mobile Infantry would still think it wasn't the Federations fault. However I would like to see a Starship Troopers story where the entire civilian population finds out the truth and rebels, I'd like to see how that would turn out

It's also a nice nod/foreshadow to Jenkins' research in mind controlling bugs from Starship Troopers: Invasion

The Mercenary Leader was at fault for not recognizing that the company manager was trying to set him up for an excuse to terminate his contract (along with all his accumulated pay and bonuses)!!!! The smart thing to do would have been to take the pay and bonuses he had already secured and then left the planet (along with a sample of the "Bug Nip" rather than bringing along some actual bugs as well!!!!!

Yeah the ending is hoenslty fitting with the setting. The Federation has alot of problems (hell even the movie subtly points it out) and some comics go into it, especially when they give POVs of people who were born outside of the Federation. I really like the inclusion of the Mercenaries, because there are people in this setting that do not like the Federation at all (for obvious and not so obvious reasons). The mercs also have a really good logic: - They are cleary more proficent then the MI, whos experience depends on the squad in general. - They are a neutral party who handles the shadier/secret corp operations, to avoid the secret being spilled. - They only care about money, and while the guy did abuse his position to get more cash, they have a good point when dealing with the secret stuff, since having MI handle it, can lead to someone spilling the secret (and also less money for them). However they didnt plan fully cause the Corps usually are a step ahead of you in most settings.

It'd also be on-point if Patel was just like "Yeah, we're collecting live bugs...on the Sky Marshal's orders, you fool." and causes the captain to have a bit of a crisis of faith.

It's kinda weird to see Merc genuinely wanting to go the frontlines. Like, why do they prefer to go the dangerous frontline where people are killed instead of earning a bit less money but staying alive in safety to earn even more tomorrow?

"The good guys are here!" - next screen "We brought a unit called Immolator, which was named ironically and is in no way engineered to commit warcrimes at peak efficiency." That's solid comedic timing right there.

Zhao? Fed-man? Shady business? Oh no... These guys are Capellans!

Anyone that doesn't like that ending just doesn't get Starship Troopers as a universe. That's just playing the Federation completely straight.

Banelings are absolute hell to deal with, give those things wings and you've created hell squared. That's what a bomberbee is

I do like that with the ending they link the live action movies to the CGI movies, Maybe one day, we will get to command MI bugs.

I love the ending, because its literally a case of too much being said by the mercenary. The MI commander can live with the Federation buying bugs, because its the Federation he serves and not an unknown enemy.

Terran soldier: “What’s going on over there?” Station security: “Wouldn’t you like to know, fed boy?”

I swear the mobile infantry gives off EDF vibes. One of these missions they’re just going to start singing “oh we are the valiant infantry”

If there was a Merc ending, I bet it would you picking Fraser at the landing pad. The mission would then be Fraser's crew fighting off the M.I. attack, steal a ship off world, sell the bugs and retire. Would still be an evil ending; as the bug trade continues, just with Fraser getting the good deal instead of Zhao. I do agree though, Fraser and Zhao were both good commanders.

9:30 “We now head underground, for there path we must retrace and find there giant nest and crush the queens carapace THE EDF DEPLOYS” Sorry just got stronger EDF vibes then normal there

21:52 I practically screamed internally ‘BANGLING, ITS A FUCKING FLYING BANELING!’

31:50 There is also the possibility where the Zhao would get the last ditch message from Fraser but 'ignores it', story shows mercs being executed, corp rewarded, post-credit scene is for Sky Marshal congratulating via Captain Zhao to Director Fraser on good co-operation with Mobile Infantry in reclamation and fortification of Gehenna and it's industries. Now lets see what happens when I unpause.

It seems Rimmy got promoted after his victories at Kwalasha. But it kinda sucks that the Rejects got disbanded because of losing too many men. Well it's fine because they put him in charge of company Ruff-necks. Consisting of former Rejects and soldiers who are raring to go on the Battlefield. And also, Terran Command has expressed their support for Major Rimmy. They feel that Major Rimmy will again liberate a planet of these damn bugs. But Rimmy himself still feels guilty about how he sacrificed so many lives back in Kwalasha.

In regards to how Rimmy killed Fraser it was quite poetic in a sense that it was a power armored officer and a Fleet Liason that executed him meaning it can be implied that Zhao alongside the highest ranking Fleet Officer on the ground were the ones to personally kill Fraser. Its almost a General Rico and Captain Carmen moment the only unit missing would have been a psy operative.

4 minutes in and I can see that this is some top tier old school expansion shit.

21:20 I was literally about to comment that myself, I like how perceptive Rimmy is when it comes to details like these

Halfway through, but I really hope this doesn't turn into the Bugs only spreading because of the corporations. I want a fleet battle game, damnit. Those bugs HAD ships of their own in the book, I want to fight them.

14:25 The moment I heard "No worried Fed" I can hear the shippers at work

I love how Rimmy has a dedicated puppy cam, and the first thing he does is put his glass in front of it.

Fraser really won me over with “Fed-man”

Ah yes, StarCraft gameplay. Good job KZfaq!

You know I would've liked to have the choice of the 2 endings but what we got was a very believable starship trooper story that ended how I think the Federation would say it ended true or not!

I've read the starship troopers book and now I wish there was more stuff from the book

34:05 yeah they wear slick black trenchcoats. Totally good guy-coded!

0:02 i was not ready for puppy cam *dies from cuteness overload*

I really love how the Starship Trooper Verhoevenverse has gotten so much love in video games. The aesthetic is impeccable, the satire is handled just right, and of course; the music. Even just listening to this gameplay with game sounds and commentary you can hear the Poledouris-inspired soundtrack really pulling out some of that epic feel from the original film.

Nice to see the devs are still working in references to the films as they expand the game! You can tell they must be serious fans of the setting themselves.

_terran command sends soldiers to do anti-xeno wetwork while the company is scheming to stab em in the back_ Ripley: *first time?*

The Mercenaries: "Join me, we can use the secret bug mind control program as leverage to get rich and fuck off to somewhere the fedbois can't find us" Federation: _literally uses the _*_secret bug mind control program_*_ as b-roll for a propaganda reel_ Honestly spot on for the Federation, character wise, same with the military-industrial complex brutally cracking down on would-be whistleblowers

The 'we are the bad guys' bit gets a bit undercut by the fact that all the supposed illegal bug catching was part of a state sanctioned secret research project. Why wouldn't Zhou not side with the Federation on this?

The whole switching between forces bit reminds me of Dawn of War: Winter Assault where you swap between IG and Eldar or Chaos and Orks depending on which campaign you play, and I fucking love that.

LETS GO MORE STARSHIP TROOPERS

"Nice argument captain. However, I did notice that your employment contract is with the federal goverment."

I was on the fence for buying this dlc, but seeing that ending... I gotta give this a whirl!

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Rimmy somehow always looks exactly like and nothing like how I expect him to look based on his voice alone.

You'll never find me simping for a fed but for paycheck I'd glady sign up.

Federation scientists have discovered three new pieces of conclusive data. A. God Does Exist after all! B. He’s on our side. And C. HE WANTS US TO WIN!

Honestly nothing better to see then devs making games that are both enjoyable but also stick to the universe. Huge props

The one thing that could outshine those fantastic maps was the FedNet script. Glorious expansion.

Puppy cam is the best addition ever \o/

Man, I firmly believe this has one of the best formulas for a Vietnam War RTS. Obviously engagements would be a lot different, line warfare doesn't work too well against NVA after all, but there's a lot of elements that would be easily transferable to 'Nam. The shuttle transport system would be reskinned to UH-1 helicopters, bug hives would be VC tunnels, there could even be a tunnel rat unit that would count as 1.5 the strength of a normal infantry squad or clear tunnels faster. Radio operators would have to work with combat engineers to blow/burn away the scrub to clear space for landing zones. Maybe replace snipers with LRRPs or force recon as scouting units due to the lower engagement ranges from the scrub, but still have some option for city-fighting missions like the Siege of Saigon. IDK, I can't be the only one who's thought of this, right?

Rimmy mentioning that he likes Advance wars Dual strike hit close to home

I love they were hinting to starship troopers invasion with Jenkins and his bug experiments

"Puppy cam" *zooms on character's crotch*

The thing here is that buyer as noted IS government of Federation itself. Frasier, his mercenaries and crew of the station were used basically to write off any losses in case of a failure as "haha, stupid civilians doing weird things to bugs". Once the process and equipment is well tested and procedures and protocols established, Pathel no longer needs them. Frasier bet all on the fact Pathel hides something from Federation(at least something they didn't know about). Nope, she is a (mostly) loyal employee 😅 She is 100% corrupt CEO of corrupt corporation, but she is one in a state that likes that.

there must be different endings since you can chose to deploy the mercs or not

Man, Frasier complaining about guarding pumps while the MI "gets all the glory" means he's not a very good mercenary, because his primary concern shouldn't be glory, it should be getting paid. And guarding pumps while the MI deals with the rest of the Bugs is Easy Money.

Nice to see games taking a note from project wingman, and fighting fires in a firefight

The name "Bomberbee" sounds like it could be legitimate Australian wildlife.

I think people are wrong in thinking the Federation is bad for secretly trying to control the bugs: - The biggest advantage the bugs have is their numbers, turning that against them by having the bugs fight each other is going to be a massive game changer and also drastically reduce human casualties. Sure they might do bad things with the bugs they control later but the current war for the survival of the species is a bit more important than maybe's further down the line. - The bugs can literally suck information out of people, keeping such a game changing advance secret should totally be priority number one. The Mercs were ofc in the wrong: - It's understandable that they feared running out of a job but turning around to try and steal war winning secrets to sell to the highest bidder was a terrible treasons plan that could end up with the human race extinct. --- The bugs could more easily learn about the tech and find a way to beat it. --- The more corps try and get bugs to control the bigger the chance those bugs would escape containment and go on a rampage in places the Federation doesn't know bugs are. --- The corps could actually successfully build bug armies which they can then employ to achieve independence from the Federation at a time where all resources are needed for the survival of the human race. Money and frankly honesty should take a back seat to the survival of the species. Too many people are still applying the fallacy of "the movies are a parody about the evils of fascism" to everything Starship Troopers. And yes it's a fallacy because while that was the idea it was so badly implemented in the films it pretty much failed outside of the uniforms and bad tactics. Even the promotion to Garrison commander is quite likely a good thing: The dude, a competent and loyal officer, is now safer from harm than if he was still lower ranked and moved from fight to fight and in charge of security for a vital fuel planet and a potential war winning secret project. P.S. Yes the Corporation was phasing out the Mercs but it was the Mercs who first breached the contract, despite being warned they were about to do so, and allowed the Corp to cancel their pay and declare them criminals... for the very valid reason that the Mercs were attempting to commit treason.

Life has many doors, "Fed-Boy"

Man I love Rimmy's commentary when he plays starship troopers!

Is this what Zhao was doing before he became commander? I guess that's how he got promoted. Though I don't remember seeing bugs in Avatar Edit: Oh my gosh he is *literally* commander Zhao now!

can't wait for these units to get added to the editor.

I love the small bit of respect The merc leader gives "fed boy" with saying that lucky for us choir boy was there to clean up that mess, it's nice, also man the fucking mercs and fed soldiers interactions are awesome, I love games with pmc groups/mercs involved *ahem* tarkov.

i only noticed at the end on how HephaeStar is a play on words with Hephaestus and Star. god damnit

HephaeStar's problem solving required the help of the "68th battalion" Rimmy's Ruff-necks

I wonder if there's also a Bugs Campaign...

“Oh no! There is a volcano erupting!” My brother! You are on a volcanic planet!

Bro really hit him with the “keep movin, fed boy”

Can't wait for this game to get even more dlc which are as great as this

FED MAN 👹

hmm I don't dislike the ending but honestly picking a side (yes I know alot more work) and having the M.I and mercs slug it out sounds great

« How does it feel, fedman? Fighting for minimum wage and an illusory chance at citizenship while I fight for a big heap of money? »

"I think the best way to deal with these vents at the back is just a shitload of HMGs." To be fair that's the best way to deal with most things, including trick-or-treaters and noisey neighbours.

Damn that's dark Robert Heinlein is no doubt rolling over in his grave as we speak.

As an citizen, i am not only not immune to propaganda, i am addicted to it

The ruffnecks are bad to the bone

I played the whole advanced wars series, 1 to days of ruin. I'm happy to hear rimmy has at least played what I consider the best of the series

Kinda seems like a second ending was gonna be a thing based on the Objective specifying killing OR capturing the Mercs

This was great!

This is perfect 😂

Feds? Mercs? Orange? Was this entire DLC just an elaborate Project Wingman meme?

Rule number 1 of dealing with mercs, you can poke them all you want but make sure you pay your bills.

And here I was, bombing bug tunnels via the Fleet Liaisons fighter strike.

Wait rummy also plays halo mythic? Truly a man of culture

38:00 would've been fun to PLAY as the mercs (or a choice to do so) and fight an unwinnable battle, eventually losing still and seeing the same ending

I can't help but feel bad for the MI. The mercs even have better equipment.

I glad he liked my silly name so much.

I particularly like that there was no obvious good guy in this. The merc had a good point, the Federation is corrupt and does not care for the individual, but he obviously has no moral ground to stand on as a mercenary who does shady things for self gain. The MI captain seemed like a virtuous law abiding citizen, a walking recruitment poster; but he is also blatantly brainwashed by federation propaganda and ignorant of something devious he is partaking in. Also executing the merc leader and saying he refused to surrender when he clearly did, is a warcrime. The CEO lady, well enough said, she is basically the merc but in a greater position of power.

I mean... at least the Feds weren't lying to the citizens about studying the bugs...

the movie Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars does involve the secret covert sector of psy op operators doing shady things

This was Great Keep it up 👍

Constant friendly fire feels more lore accurate

What I find hilarious is that Rimmy's prediction for the second ending is 100% what I expected to happen, and I felt that the first ending he suggested was the least likely of the two given the universe. Honestly, I was rooting for the Mercs much more than Zhao, but that's why they get killed off.

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This story makes me want the next DLC be focused on playable Arachnids, Like instead of troop pops your “limiting factor” is the amount of Special mutators like Plasma and Tank bugs that can be selected per mission alongside most being locked until a certain objective is done. Alternatively it can be you controlling specialized bugs while AI still control majority of the horde, though both can be pretty limited in terms of play style for the player. Really though in the end I just want Endless wall of staby legs.

PUPPY CAMERA!!!!

Of course. The only thing more dangerous than fire and lava. BUGS!