Who are the 'Scabs' in Darktide?
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5 ай бұрын#darktide #warhammer40k #warhammer40000
The Scabs in Darktide, also known as the Moebian Sixth, were once famous as some of the Imperium's best and brightest defenders. Join me as we explore the history of the Scabs and try to understand why they turned their back's on the Imperium and what they are doing in Tertium and across Atoma Prime. A warning in advance: you will LOVE the Adeptus Administratum after watching this.
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@CaptainSentry 4 ай бұрын
I also like the idea that no one seemed to be tipped off that something was up with the 6th when they arrived on Atoma for the quarantine operation. Administratum Scribe: "You guys here for the quarantine?" 6th Guardsmen with his nose literally missing: "You could say something like that."
@discountplaguedoctor88 4 ай бұрын
To be fair, compared to a massive percentage of the insanity Chaos gets involved with in addition to some of the shit that's typical in Hive Cities (Genestealer cults, Catachan facehuggers (DON'T ASK HOW SOMEONE THOUGHT THESE WOULD BE GOOD PETS), Death Cults to the Emperor, et cetera), a missing nose looks completely normal. That, and the majority of them wear full helmets.
@gasmonkey1000 4 ай бұрын
Scribe Justaris: "Are you sure this is wise, scribe superior? I have not seen any such reports-" Scribe Superior Superbia: "SILENCE! You dare question my judgement? Serf, I should have thee flayed. Thank He On Terra I merely have you lashed! These are the 6th, I bear the superior rank, and a lack of nostrils is common among *shudders* hiver scum. Now, strip and prepare for thy punishment."
@Archon3960 Ай бұрын
The Adeptus Administratum being absolute morons again. 😂
@lanternius3812 4 ай бұрын
“Highly Efficient” *spends 50000 men to kill 4 hobos*
@ZTAL1145 4 ай бұрын
And fail*
@doughdip8910 4 ай бұрын
They are considered efficient because 50,000 men is way better than what the imperium could muster in regards to "efficiency".
@TronTuborg 4 ай бұрын
3 hobos and a Zealot that wandered off to minister to pipe fungus or something for all the use they've been*
@David9413 4 ай бұрын
Then if they succeed, the inquisitorum sends another 4 hobos.
@memethief5878 2 ай бұрын
Ah yes, a grizzled old veteran, a batshit crazy psyker, a hungry ogryn, and a zealot who got lost. The dream team
@marcurobert4699 4 ай бұрын
Captain Wolfer after watching his daemonhost get one-shot by a lunatic with a hammer: 😦
@Frw0ge 4 ай бұрын
That last speech reeks of heresy...Showing pity to heretics? "pity not thy foe" The commissars will hear of this.
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Well said! You passed the test 😅
@armintor2826 4 ай бұрын
Aint NOBODY corrupting this guy
@Sevatar81 4 ай бұрын
@@dystopianchimp😢 3:43 😂
@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong 4 ай бұрын
I will personally feed your commissars to She Who Thirsts UwU
@Briselance 4 ай бұрын
@@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong OwO?
@CaptainSentry 4 ай бұрын
The 6th are my favorite Chaos related faction ever. The idea of being a regimented, ordered, and disciplined fighting unit that finds itself loyal to Chaos is both ironic and fascinating. I would also like to note that Captain Wolfer is pointed it out as the de facto leader of the 6th currently, however, most guard regiments are usually led by a Colonel. I don't know if a 'Captain' in a Moebian regiment is equivalent to a Colonel if we were to go by the Moebian naming convention for soldiers (Referring to guardsmen as lasmen etc) but it seems to me that Wolfer killed the 6th Command Staff and possibly other loyalist members that wouldn't bend the knee before being sent to Atoma. This could easily be explained away by saying that commander of the 6th was killed in action or something.
@Angryjenkinsdigital 4 ай бұрын
If organized Chaos regiments interest you, you should look into Khornes Blood Pact.
@CaptainSentry 4 ай бұрын
@@AngryjenkinsdigitalI have look at the blood pact and I do like them, though I enjoy the aesthetic of the 6th more. Very industrial looking.
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Interesting point - like you said, it could very easily be explained by either A: Wolfer killing them off if they saw things differently to him and the regiment or B: they died in the intense fighting and Wolfer was the highest ranking officer left?
@gasmonkey1000 4 ай бұрын
Look into the Blood Pact and Sons of Sek. They formed nigh independently, and th latter took the strengths of the guard and used them against the Guard
@valeon7303 4 ай бұрын
You know all those sanctus redactus targets? The mobians with the personal shields? Those are also captains. So the theory that the leader of the 6th was killed makes sense as we don't see anybody above captain in game. So it seems the captains had a coup vs the leader(s) of the 6th and purged the loyalist elements, leaving only the traitor captains and below.
@richyhu2042 4 ай бұрын
I wonder how many IRL military units would be able to sypathize with the feelings of the Sixith. Having all their struggle, suffering, and sacrifices be forgotten. I've heard stories of disgrunted former soldiers like that, people who hate the little flags people wave and platitudes. Makes you wonder if Chaos truly existed how many soldiers would be swayed by it.
@Tortle-Man 4 ай бұрын
Yeah, whoever wrote this was clearly making a parallelism to the struggles of real world soldiers.
@doughdip8910 4 ай бұрын
Chaos would have been on cloud nine during the vietnam "war" 👀 😂
@neofulcrum5013 4 ай бұрын
That’s Dan Abenett for you. Real good at highlighting the point of view of soldiers in the guard and traitor forces.
@BigRedDragonFan 4 ай бұрын
It also fits now. People by and large don’t understand the toll of low intensity guerrilla conflicts. Even people who didn’t see heavy combat or did remote work have a lot of problems being amped up all the time, probably contributing to the massive amount of accidental death stateside.
@cornpop838 4 ай бұрын
@@BigRedDragonFanoh but you know the toll of guerrilla warfare💀bro you’re probably chronically online you sound so corny
@IndiIngle 4 ай бұрын
Scabs? I 'ate traitors, 'ate chaos. But love me pals and love me nosh! 'nuff said.
@kiddo6393 4 ай бұрын
Blessed be the mind too small for doubt, Big man
@gronm69 4 ай бұрын
Kinda sucks that throughout the darktide gameplay I never really was able to pick up their sad story, it does fit perfectly with the grimdark of 40k though, great video!
@BlackTemplar6th 4 ай бұрын
Damn their commissar dropped the ball so fucking hard.
@valance10 Ай бұрын
They probably killed him very early on in their heretical coup
@valance10 8 күн бұрын
He was definitely killed in a friendly fire "accident"
@CBus-gf4id 4 ай бұрын
This is the first time I noticed the three-lenses on the snipers/gunners makes the symbol of Nurgle. Great video, man!
@Tortle-Man 4 ай бұрын
Super specific, but this gives me major “War on Terror” vibes. Like Atoma sends off its best and brightest to fight in a pointless meat grinder war far from their home, only for them to come back damaged and forgotten, left to “rot” for all they siffered, left fighting a vague enemy the citizens can only define as the “Darktide”. When they return vengeful, they find they have become that vague nebulous threat to the world that before no one could even put a face to. Whoever wrote this seems to have the sympathies of modern veterans on the brain.
@HistoritorJimaldus 4 ай бұрын
Dan Abnett - makes sense
@BigMikeMcBastard 4 ай бұрын
It's not a pointless meat grinder. It may be an eternal war that can't be won, but it can most certainly be lost.
@crowe6961 4 ай бұрын
Dan Abnett does this often - picks a conflict, and places it in 40k and an Imperial context. And he does it very, very well.
@swissarmyknight4306 4 ай бұрын
Just, could you not equate veteran soldiers who served in Iraq with rotting traitors?
@crowe6961 4 ай бұрын
@@swissarmyknight4306 Merely a visual representation of how they are treated by their own government, rather than by any real fault of their own. You can never be entirely sure how deep the symbolism and implications go. And it's hardly treason when you have been abandoned - at that point, you owe the State nothing whatsoever.
@shaftoe195 4 ай бұрын
Short answer: scabs is a source of blood for the Emperor, and skulls for the Golden Throne.
@neofulcrum5013 4 ай бұрын
I hope we get Wolfer’s backstory. Based on his dialogue from the assassination mission, it sounds like he was left for dead on the battlefield. A good reason to hate the Imperium.
@BigMikeMcBastard 4 ай бұрын
Based on the Orthus Offensive dialogue, Zola and Wolfer also have some kind of connection.
@neofulcrum5013 4 ай бұрын
@@BigMikeMcBastard yeah I caught that too. He could be an old friend, a lover or someone that took away people she cared about.
@lordxdaubeny2384 4 ай бұрын
In the words of the Norscan “we fought monsters and we became them”
@DaveeBoy 4 ай бұрын
Dan is a great writher and I enjoy his many 40k works, but 'Shakespeare of our time' please :D. Also great vid, thank you :)
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Haha I was hoping someone would pickup on that
@s.k4713 4 ай бұрын
Also unimaginable drip
@crowe6961 4 ай бұрын
Traitor Guard always seem to wind up looking good.
@f1lthy_p3asant67 4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this lore video I really wanted to learn more about the moebian 6th and dark tide lore
@Damien_N 4 ай бұрын
Exactly the same circumstances drove the Iron Warriors away from the Imperium. Note also in the artwork of the Moebian 6th the occasional use of Hazard Stripes…
@hecc7906 4 ай бұрын
I still want to know what exactly they were fighting that made dedicated normal human melee units viable
@aresix8239 4 ай бұрын
Asking the real questions
@eotwkdp 4 ай бұрын
Tyrannids and most cultist tend to rush with knives. That and with how the warp works you might actually double your chances learning to use both weapons when the situation calls for it.
@tincano-beans2114 4 ай бұрын
That's just 40k lol
@hecc7906 4 ай бұрын
@@eotwkdp The Scabs aren't some drones or insane cultists, they're trained soldiers
@valance10 Ай бұрын
The design of the mauler and rager seems to be quite piecemeal, implying that they're an ad-hoc unit likely formed due to supply concerns. Add to the fact that the Imperium already utilises melee combat as a strategy and there you go
@mirromarnicco3162 4 ай бұрын
Very interesting episode!
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Thank you! More on the way 🦧
@Rewwgh 3 ай бұрын
Slight missed opportunity to have the company be called 7th. As seven is the sacred number of Nurgle.
@valance10 Ай бұрын
I suppose the point Dan Abnett was trying to make was that sometimes it isn't "fate" or some mysterious curse that transforms people, sometimes they just change due to what they see and do. Warhammer needs more realistic depictions of heresy like thus
@mediumsurmoon6283 4 ай бұрын
That last line tho 😢 it’s somewhat true
@user-gm1rg1fe5q 4 ай бұрын
Great video
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Thanks mate❤
@madmonty4761 4 ай бұрын
Its them and the homeless people they found at a bus stop
@bananaboy444 4 ай бұрын
Not being able to play Darktide but being fascinated by it is a tough spot. Videos detailing what could only otherwise be picked up in bits in pieces by playing the actual game are super nice to have. Thanks for bonking that last guy for me, is potential heresy needed to be proactively eliminated without doubt.
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Thanks mate! Anytime - always happy to do my share of bonking for the Imperium
@amvhate 3 ай бұрын
I just notice a lot of Death Gurad insignia on the maps including pole at the respawn points. It is possible that the Moebian Sixth is lead by a Death Gurad Marine on their back to Tertium. Doing the Karnak Twins mission, Rannick says killing Karnaks or even Wolfer will not change the balance of war. I think we see more characters interduce who make be pulling teh strings
@MeeesterBond17 4 күн бұрын
Just imagine being trained as an elite soldier, facing and defeating horrors beyond comprehension, becoming traumatised and embittered by the cruel Imperium you serve and eventually turning against them with your battle-hardened comrades... only to be smacked in the head repeatedly by four overgrown morons with shovels. Truly a story from the grim darkness of the future.
@MiguelIglesiasART 4 ай бұрын
Nice video! :)
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Thanks mate ❤
@karolusthefirst4193 4 ай бұрын
nice episode ! where do you find the lore about them ?
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Thanks mate ❤ the lore is very much scattered at the moment, there is great stuff coming out of Fatshark’s Vox Transmission series, also the item descriptions in-game have great little tidbits as well But the real value comes out of the dev-blog post written by Dan Abnett here: www.playdarktide.com/news/dev-blog-moebian-sixth
@enovos3138 4 ай бұрын
More darktide lore! Lets goooooooo!
@cyberleaderandy1 4 ай бұрын
At the rate they are being killed off in Darktide and the fact Wolfers two lieutenants (the twins) were assassinated they wont be around long at this rate 😊
@theknave1915 4 ай бұрын
Bro this is Warhammer 40k. Their are millions of these fuckers probably.
@cyberleaderandy1 4 ай бұрын
@@theknave1915 true 🤔 Guess the Emperor needs to send us more ammunition then 😊
@valance10 Ай бұрын
Considering infantry regiments can reach up to the millions in WH40K (and I assume they're around those numbers considering they're the only traitor guard unit ingame and they're assaulting an entire Hive) it's not too far fetched
@TheColdZephyr 4 ай бұрын
Another piece of friction between the Scabs and the Dregs would be the Scabs continued use of conventional flamers, and not the Nurgle-friendly tox flamers.
@vittoanaranto4795 4 ай бұрын
always thought that atoma prime was with in imperium nihilus hence why that one line ingame astronomicon's light doesnt reach or even any spacemarines near by. unless retconned
@mattfox2716 3 ай бұрын
Pity leads to tolerance, tolerance to heresy. The inquisition has noted your lacking fortitude.
@ryansauchuk7290 4 ай бұрын
It's Mobian time!
@darkhorse13golfgaming 4 ай бұрын
TLDR....the Moebian 6th was sick of the Administratum and Departmento Munitorum's bulls*** lol
@wizard_4194 22 күн бұрын
now with the penance update and the martyr skulls we can see or rather hear what really happened on one of those death worlds (Nox Alpha).
@EvanSolomonBerger 4 ай бұрын
What is the cicatrix maledictum?
@leodhasw-s3739 5 күн бұрын
"They're all heretics" but when you think about it...they have a point
@Mestari1Gaming 4 ай бұрын
What if the Moebian Sixth are actually...... the good guys? I mean they look so badass that i want to join them.
@BonhartofEbbing 4 ай бұрын
Least corrupted chaos follower
@MultiTequilaSunrise 4 ай бұрын
It's probably important to note, the Moebian Sixth *DO* view themselves as the good guys. Especially as Nurgle worshippers, they believe their view is correct and they pity others for not being able to see the truth of the universe.
@zachsmith1676 4 ай бұрын
The willful child is as the maddened steed: when it is let off its leash, it is lost. -Macharian Axloms, Line 918
@barbatoslupusrex8712 4 ай бұрын
@@MultiTequilaSunrisethey are chaos undivided followers. They do not behold to Nurgle over all others, that would just be the people of the planet that do so. The Moebian 6th are still chaos undivided followers either way.
@martinford4553 4 ай бұрын
The 6th are definitely bad guys. The imperium isn't an amazing place to live but in the 40k universe its sadly a necessassity. The 6th are helping spread nurgle's "blessings" and there are few nastier ways to "die."
@GalenLeRaaz 4 ай бұрын
One thing keeps me guessing, though How Moebian 6th got back from wherever they were stationed back to Atoma Prime? For context, aftr the Horus Heresy, there is a separation between Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy. This includes the orbital landers and boarding craft. And we don't see any spacecraft above Atoma except the Rouge Trader's and the penitentiary one.
@GalenLeRaaz 4 ай бұрын
So, here is my theory - the "Darktide"(tm) was ALREADY on Atoma Prime, most possibly on the other side of the planet. There are mentions of another Hive city on Atoma Prime, which all contact lost with and any info was already classified by Administratum/Inquisition.
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Hmmm could be that the 6th managed to hide the worst of their corruption from the Navy during transit? Or even commandeered some of the smaller Navy vessels and scuttled them in orbit?
@valance10 Ай бұрын
It's likely that they "commandeered" a smaller vessel
@JeanLucCaptain 4 ай бұрын
Imagine the Iron Warriors teamed with these bitter resentful Veterans?!
@void-creature 4 ай бұрын
2:10 cough cough
@dystopianchimp 4 ай бұрын
Administratum did nothing wrong
@yochaiwyss3843 4 ай бұрын
Deploy the proper Guard to deal with such refuse
@crowe6961 4 ай бұрын
That takes time for the Munitorum to sort out the logistics for - months, at bare minimum, plus transit time, after it goes all the way up the chain of command and gets approved, assuming it all goes smoothly, which it probably won't. This is time the Inquisition often doesn't have.
@Briselance 4 ай бұрын
02:15 The Adeptus Administratum, beacon of... order, wisdom, and sensibility?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@fleedance 4 ай бұрын
Where does the lore come from? During gameplay I only get small, very small snippets.
@tincano-beans2114 4 ай бұрын
Dan did a blog thing with a fair bit
@markcooney7180 4 ай бұрын
Who would win? An entire division of battle hardened warp twisted shock troops? OR Me and the boys
@chokicar 21 күн бұрын
Hydra dominatus
@AveDominusNox8th 4 ай бұрын
Cleansed the Mutants but BURN THE HERETICS!
@valance10 Ай бұрын
Warhammer needs more "human" conflicts. I'm going to be honest, I don't care when Captain Superpower of the Ultramarines wins in an epic last stand for the 100000th time, but I do care when a guard regiment is broken by the horrors they face on behalf of a government that doesn't care about them. Writers of Warhammer need to focus on the little picture sometimes, as it's far more compelling reading about actual humans and the very human struggles they face in the horrific galaxy of the 41st Millennium rather than unknowable godlike beings that win every fight they get into.
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh5832 4 ай бұрын
The answer is easy. HERESEY
@facehurt7606 4 ай бұрын
we kill like 2000 of them a map
@valance10 Ай бұрын
They're probably millions strong considering they're an infantry regiment, and the fact that they're near single handedly overrunning a whole hive
@krautroach514 4 ай бұрын
For the sixth!
@legolask4 4 ай бұрын
all this fancy training just to die to a stim'd out zealot.
@Archon3960 Ай бұрын
Being dissatisfied with the Imperium is no rarity. It doesn't justify being railed by demonic plague. I swear, these kind of rebellions only justify the Imperium being the only way for Humanity in this galaxy. 😂
@The-Music-Archive 4 ай бұрын
Fetty wap AKA Fetty wept.
@elliottgaal9774 4 ай бұрын
Anyone getting the fall of the Space Marines Legions to Chaos
@badfoody 4 ай бұрын
Well i bet that Nurgle rot made them sluggish n shit cos 4 agents easily beat them haha
@AndrewPatterson-xq4qk 4 ай бұрын
I would rather have nurgle than the emperor, cause if you get past the puss and rot, you have a God that truly loves and cares about you, I hope they give us chaos centric games in the future.
@BigMikeMcBastard 4 ай бұрын
Nurgle doesn't truly love or care about his followers. What he loves is tormenting them. Plaguebearers and many corrupted mortals are forced to count everything they see incessantly. A lot of his followers and daemons feel nothing but depression and despair (e.g. Ku'gath). And if on a whim Nurgle decides to turn you into a fungus tree or a giant slug-beast, he'll find ways to torment you even then.
@psmt1234 4 ай бұрын
Fucking Pansy just never sent a detailed description of the insufficient xeno race they fought, fuck me on the edge of the Segmentum Solar? the place where Tera is? The most secure and well defended place in the Galaxy. if the 'Darktide' was such a Threat way are their no Krieger's their? Catachan Jungle Fighters? Mordian Iron Guard? Where the bloody hell are the Cadians? You mean to tell me theirs's some unstoppable horde of monsters on the edge of the Segmentum Solar and all the administratum can do is send the local yokels? Nah all that other stuff is inquisition garbage just some no name guard unit fell to chaos Abaddon Has a billion of them. nothing Special, nothing more dangerous than any other traitor outfit, and they get pants on the regular by 4 rando's working for an Inquisitor. frankly a waste of time give them 10 regiments of Kriger's and 2 Space Marine Chapters and they would have the planet sorted in 5 years 12 years max.
@tincano-beans2114 4 ай бұрын
Lol, oh no, something is being done without the dull as dishwater posterboys 😢 Hundreds of thousands of planets in the Imperium and you think every planet in danger can be babysat by 5 planets?
@psmt1234 4 ай бұрын
If this was some random planet in bum fuck nowhere I could get that this location is supposed to be in the Segmentium Solar. That's the actual point. this place is in the most important part of the imperium if shit was real and serious before the events of darktide they why the fuck weren't any of those efficient guard regiments set to help? why are some complete yokels in charge of defending a system within spiting distance of Earth. What the fuck have the lord Solar's been doing for 10,000 years?
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