17:35 "Several of the hive cities were subjected to formal decimation" I love that term "formal decimation" really puts into perspective of the universe that 40k inhabits. The destruction, nah!! the decimation of hive cities are just everyday occurrences like the firing of an employee in our universe.
Could be the classic kind of decimation, which is to execute one tenth of a population. It was a practice sometimes used as a punishment in the Roman legions. A particular legion messes up really really bad? Their commander might decide to punish them by decimation. One in every ten men is selected at random, and the rest who were not chosen must kill their former comrades or face execution themselves.
I can imagine the face of an Administratum employee having to report to the IF captain that they forgot to fill out the 10765th page of Formal Decimation Permission #A37, so they must postpone purging until filing in the correct paperwork for it.
Oculus, thank you. Thank you for your consistent effort to produce high quality lore. Your soothing voice and Oculus character are a regular escape from my hectic day. Your videos help me escape my mental health and allow me to focus on my imagination. I’m literally a better scientist because of the relaxation your content brings to my life. Thank you.
In the face of despair comes a voice from the darkness - sometimes it tells of even greater doom just lingering on the edges of our perception, but always, this voice reminds us that forever will humanity be there, crying out. Until the darkness takes us all.
I really like this one. I have generally ignored Necromunda lore and info because I assumed it was a little goofy for 40K from the images, but damn I was so wrong. It’s as grim dark as the rest of the universe. Thanks for such a great video and as always I have to say your format role playing as a historian clearly indoctrinated into the imperium puts you in my top 5 40K channels. This is such good work I’m gonna have to support you on Patrion.
I know I've mentioned this in one of your earlier videos, but I love seeing someone make their 40k lore videos with a level of respect and seriousness to the setting. Kudos!
Another interesting entry, Scribe. On one of the recruiting worlds of the Imperial Fists. The fact that the sons of Dorn are so disciplined given where they come from is testament to the geneseed of Dorn.
The primarch's planet Inwit, itself is a case study in the efficiency and ingrained sense of duty that is to come with being a son of the seventh. it being so cold that if one was to shirk their duty a whole segment or quarter of the underground facilities in which the populace lived would be lost.
Thank you Oculus for giving us lore videos that make us feel like we are apart of the Grimdark universe we love. Keep up the great work and know your fans love you and your work!
>Virulent enemy that is numberless >destroys everything >Broken warp gate >Suddenly disappear when warp gate is destroyed Call it a hunch but I'm not convinced they were xenos
The "Lightning in the Void" and "Chrome Wreathed In Flame" sounds like the Necrons to me, who also have a tendency to just vanish suddenly and also make use of warp gates
@@beemus1827 True, they have no direct connection to the warp, but they do make extensive use of warp gates and teleporter tech like the portals in Necron Monoliths and their phasing out ability. The Lightning in the void also sounds a lot like Necron Gauss or Lighting -Arc weapons
@@weldonwin Could be, i was first thinking of Tzeentch daemons myself. lightning in the void sounding synonymous with the warp and strange colors wreathed in flame also sounded like another indicator. Necrons would however be abit more interesting.
My my, the timing of this record is quite apt, considering the recent announcement of the latest Interactive Holo-Vid Simulation! Was this intentional, dear Chronicler, or by pure happenstance?
I appreciate, but hate, the evolution of "worth their salt" to "worth their (corpse) starch allowance". I can't deny it's fit in the setting, but it is one tiny detail to remind any viewer of the nature of the grimdark far future...
Necromunda! Nice intro into the pest hole of the Imperium. Even Nurgl has lost count of how many plagues begun in its underhives. All on their own. No chaos intervention needed. Well, no direct intervention needed. Pity about the early records but, you really expect the toasters to leave accurate records for the Imperial archives? you want the missing records Historitor , i suggest you petition the Synod of Mars. Any chapters owe you any favours? You 'll need at least two, to get the Toaster elite to part with accurate data. Either that, or a daemon prince materialising on mars. Funny thing is .. while The throne world had daemon incursions, Mars hasn't had any. As if something is keeping them away. Probably my imagination, still... mention it to your "observer" , it will earn you points with ordo maleus. If asked for a source...say you got it from a son of the Emperor.,a real one .
Imagine the Ultramarines working alongside the Imperial fist. Ultramarine: Isnt it a little bit risky turning hive gang members into battle brothers? Imperial fist: What do you mean risky? It's woking fine. Look at brother Jimmy, used to be a gang boss who bash people heads whith a baseball bat. Now he's a loyal marine who wack heretics in the heads with his power hammer for the emperor. Ultramarines: that's my point. He may one day disregard civilian life Imperial fist: look, we almost get wiped out once so we cant be choosy. Also, we are directly responsible to protect Holy terra. You want it getting protected or not? And dont tell me you havent accidently shoot some civies on one or two occasion.
Imagine you start to unionise at your scriptorum job but then you hear a monotone, heavy voice behind you say " For the emperor, for Dorn" and a bunch of clangs of bolters loading simultaneously
That would be cool, but at most that would be the Adeptus Arbites coming in, Judge Dredd style and all. if not just lower on the rung Enforcers. Astartes are warriors and world-enders. not beatcops. The fists care little for what goes on upon Necromunda.
I love that Oculus is willing to use big words unselfconsciously. I have spent a fair portion of my life being told to talk at a lower grade level, to not use big, fun, interesting words. I come here to hear a reader willing to use the words he reads, as much as anything else.
I feel the very best thing about Occulus' videos is the use of plausible 41 st millenium idioms; "worth one's starch rations" from this video is a great example, but I also find myself rolling my eyes now whenever anyone in a sci-fi setting uses "area" or "region" when they should, and more importantly would, say "volume."
This when class hours are over and the professor pulls out a cig and says, “anyone wanna know how I learned about the structural threshold of a human forearm?”
I like the old Necromunda art. The fun stories in Necromunda are always those on the lowest level. What you remember from play is how Skab and Leotunda from your gang took down four dudes from another gang or how awful it was when the badass fencer Gundrunn was lost in a cave-in.
For me I think of old art like traditional sepia and black&white lo-fi pictures of history. Or even further back when they had to draw for journalism. Still the real news, but vintage.
I send countless thanks to one of the most renowned and cherished scholars in the Imperium: Occulus Imperia. May the Emperor continue to shine his light upon you and your holy work. On a side note, I don’t know much about Necromunda. So I found this video very entertaining.
I remember going around my friends house one weekend in the 90s to find out he had bought Necromunda and we spent a few hours playing as delaque Vs cawdor Happy days
This is awesome as always, Oculus! Just an observation though: I think narration feels a bit faster on this particular video, maybe due to the editing? I for one like the small pauses here and there. Thanks so much for this content anyway ;__; your voice makes time dissapear for me haha
Frak it, Oculus! Your voice is so soothing that I fell asleep before I could finish the video! What warp sorcery do you use to make your words so relaxing!? (Great job, honestly though XD )
How many are there from the age of dark to judge us? To say none, is herecy. To say more than one is herecy too. But there are many, many a world in this galaxy. Billions of stars. And the sacred emperors last command is secret indeed.
In some games you can play Ash Waste tribals. The Ash Wastes is harsh work to survive in, the tribes out there are usually too busy just surviving to fight Underhive battles. There was tribes living even way below the Underhive, almost down by the toxic lakes. Ratskins are isolationists who barely know there is an empire out there who sometimes hire themselves out as guides to the feuding gangs.
Deputizing gangs was a thing in Necromunda. When the authorities of the Hive really want something gone, they can deputize rival gangs to remove this threat. A mix of bounties and promises of the target gang's territory keep these deputized gangs motivated. You could play an enforcer "gang" in the game. Enforcers are blokes in carapace with shotguns who enforce the will of the current lord Helmawr. They set up fortified station-houses which they only leave in five-man patrols. They are not arbitrators, they are the goons of the Helmawrs. They are also recruited locally, from different hives on the world.
17:35 "Several of the hive cities were subjected to formal decimation"
I love that term "formal decimation" really puts into perspective of the universe that 40k inhabits. The destruction, nah!! the decimation of hive cities are just everyday occurrences like the firing of an employee in our universe.
Technically exile, still fatal
Could be the classic kind of decimation, which is to execute one tenth of a population. It was a practice sometimes used as a punishment in the Roman legions. A particular legion messes up really really bad? Their commander might decide to punish them by decimation. One in every ten men is selected at random, and the rest who were not chosen must kill their former comrades or face execution themselves.
@@WASDLeftClick ah, the good ole days...
I can imagine the face of an Administratum employee having to report to the IF captain that they forgot to fill out the 10765th page of Formal Decimation Permission #A37, so they must postpone purging until filing in the correct paperwork for it.
Oculus, thank you. Thank you for your consistent effort to produce high quality lore. Your soothing voice and Oculus character are a regular escape from my hectic day. Your videos help me escape my mental health and allow me to focus on my imagination. I’m literally a better scientist because of the relaxation your content brings to my life. Thank you.
I initially misread that as "regular escape from my heretic day"
Could not have said it better myself.
I realize I'm kind of randomly asking but does anybody know a good site to watch newly released tv shows online?
In the face of despair comes a voice from the darkness - sometimes it tells of even greater doom just lingering on the edges of our perception, but always, this voice reminds us that forever will humanity be there, crying out.
Until the darkness takes us all.
The background choirs of the imperium always bring clarity of soul.
“They executed anyone with illegal genes”
Inquisition: outstanding move.
7:23, not an stick.....
But an Imperial Fisting!
I just had to say it, fits like a pain glove...
I really like this one. I have generally ignored Necromunda lore and info because I assumed it was a little goofy for 40K from the images, but damn I was so wrong. It’s as grim dark as the rest of the universe. Thanks for such a great video and as always I have to say your format role playing as a historian clearly indoctrinated into the imperium puts you in my top 5 40K channels. This is such good work I’m gonna have to support you on Patrion.
Wow, your skill at writing the script is pristine my guy
"The greenskins not being an alien especially blessed with any sense of self-preservation"😂😂
I know I've mentioned this in one of your earlier videos, but I love seeing someone make their 40k lore videos with a level of respect and seriousness to the setting. Kudos!
Oculus mentioning Verghast gives me hope. Let us see that Tanith video
Another interesting entry, Scribe. On one of the recruiting worlds of the Imperial Fists.
The fact that the sons of Dorn are so disciplined given where they come from is testament to the geneseed of Dorn.
The primarch's planet Inwit, itself is a case study in the efficiency and ingrained sense of duty that is to come with being a son of the seventh. it being so cold that if one was to shirk their duty a whole segment or quarter of the underground facilities in which the populace lived would be lost.
Thank you Oculus for giving us lore videos that make us feel like we are apart of the Grimdark universe we love. Keep up the great work and know your fans love you and your work!
Looking forward to future Necromunda law. Especially House Van Saar
>Virulent enemy that is numberless
>destroys everything
>Broken warp gate
>Suddenly disappear when warp gate is destroyed
Call it a hunch but I'm not convinced they were xenos
Psychic xenos?
The "Lightning in the Void" and "Chrome Wreathed In Flame" sounds like the Necrons to me, who also have a tendency to just vanish suddenly and also make use of warp gates
@@weldonwin that's fair but I though necrons didn't use warp craft or psycho tech at all?
@@beemus1827 True, they have no direct connection to the warp, but they do make extensive use of warp gates and teleporter tech like the portals in Necron Monoliths and their phasing out ability. The Lightning in the void also sounds a lot like Necron Gauss or Lighting -Arc weapons
@@weldonwin Could be, i was first thinking of Tzeentch daemons myself. lightning in the void sounding synonymous with the warp and strange colors wreathed in flame also sounded like another indicator. Necrons would however be abit more interesting.
I could watch scrolls of necromunda war-art with historical narration forever
And so, the Emperor did sayeth. "Fuck aroundeth and find outeth"
Dude, this is legit. Thanks for the breakdown!
Thank you for this awesome work!
This channel should have 10 times this many subscribers
I love these types of videos such a rich and beautiful and crazy universe 40k is ! Great video my friend !
Dropped a like and comment for the dark algorithm gods
I could listen to you all day long.
Brothers of the Fist, some fool dares challenge ground we hold. Show them they are wrong. For Imperium, for Primarch! For the Emperor, For Dorn!
What a great way to start the weekend, a new video from both Oculus and Arch is always welcomed.
Arch bad
Can you did a video on the forge world of Ryza!??
Excellent
My my, the timing of this record is quite apt, considering the recent announcement of the latest Interactive Holo-Vid Simulation! Was this intentional, dear Chronicler, or by pure happenstance?
Know then, that this is... the first like of the week I handed out.
Strange xenos chrome ships that appear and disappear, probably space elves.
I wish the most recent Necromunda game was this good.
Happy day when you upload
A video? On my favorite horrible super murder, gang land? yey
Yey exposition
I appreciate, but hate, the evolution of "worth their salt" to "worth their (corpse) starch allowance". I can't deny it's fit in the setting, but it is one tiny detail to remind any viewer of the nature of the grimdark far future...
Ah... the Grimdark Epitome of Soothing ACMR.
ACMR? Anointed Cogitator Malfeasance Retribution?
Is there still an Oculus Imperia discord? If so, how does one join?
Necromunda! Nice intro into the pest hole of the Imperium. Even Nurgl has lost count of how many plagues begun in its underhives. All on their own.
No chaos intervention needed. Well, no direct intervention needed.
Pity about the early records but, you really expect the toasters to leave accurate records for the Imperial archives? you want the missing records Historitor , i suggest you petition the Synod of Mars. Any chapters owe you any favours? You 'll need at least two, to get the Toaster elite to part with accurate data.
Either that, or a daemon prince materialising on mars.
Funny thing is .. while The throne world had daemon incursions, Mars hasn't had any. As if something is keeping them away.
Probably my imagination, still... mention it to your "observer" , it will earn you points with ordo maleus.
If asked for a source...say you got it from a son of the Emperor.,a real one .
How does one say "I want my corners" in High Gothic?
OH BOY
Prima!!!
Brazy as alway
No buttstuffkaiju?
"Mantle on his brow"... St. Louis, Roi, priez pour les anglais, analphabètes qu'ils sont. T.T
Telling the imperium the master of mankind must submit to THEM.
*VERY PISSED OFF ASTARTES NOISES*
The stupid music makes it impossible to listen too can you remove it?
first ?
Oculus giving us knowledge of the streets.
That is because he is an Oculus in the Streets and a Lord Commander in the Sheets.
@@jesseberg3271 #OcOnTheBlock
“Ayo, where you from scav”
"Watch yo step Escher" "shove off you Goliath oaf"
a oculus le sobra calle
Imagine the Ultramarines working alongside the Imperial fist.
Ultramarine: Isnt it a little bit risky turning hive gang members into battle brothers?
Imperial fist: What do you mean risky? It's woking fine. Look at brother Jimmy, used to be a gang boss who bash people heads whith a baseball bat. Now he's a loyal marine who wack heretics in the heads with his power hammer for the emperor.
Ultramarines: that's my point. He may one day disregard civilian life
Imperial fist: look, we almost get wiped out once so we cant be choosy. Also, we are directly responsible to protect Holy terra. You want it getting protected or not? And dont tell me you havent accidently shoot some civies on one or two occasion.
“... worth his starch-allowance...” 😏
Imagine you start to unionise at your scriptorum job but then you hear a monotone, heavy voice behind you say " For the emperor, for Dorn" and a bunch of clangs of bolters loading simultaneously
Captive audience meetings with Inquisition agents are the worst
Somewhere down that crazy lyrics
Fr tho. Unionise at your workplace before jeff bezos decides he wants to be master of mankind
That would be cool, but at most that would be the Adeptus Arbites coming in, Judge Dredd style and all. if not just lower on the rung Enforcers. Astartes are warriors and world-enders. not beatcops. The fists care little for what goes on upon Necromunda.
@@Noxims47314 true, just hope that the one weird guy on your shift who talks about his grandfather too much doesn’t show up to the strike.
In these difficult times, it is a great comfort to have content like this to escape into. Thanks Oculus.
Spark one up and grab a snack!
Tfw our present reality is so wicked that the dark universe of Warhammer 40,000 is a comforting escape in comparison
“And now would come the stick.” That’s a light way to put the Astartes showing up to kick your teeth in.
We all know where that stick is going.
They are genuinely incredibly lucky the gauntlet holding the stick was in yellow ceramite, and not red or black.
"The Carrot - so to speak - had been proffered, and since it was rebuffed... Now would come the Stick."
Nice.
I love that Oculus is willing to use big words unselfconsciously. I have spent a fair portion of my life being told to talk at a lower grade level, to not use big, fun, interesting words. I come here to hear a reader willing to use the words he reads, as much as anything else.
I feel the very best thing about Occulus' videos is the use of plausible 41 st millenium idioms; "worth one's starch rations" from this video is a great example, but I also find myself rolling my eyes now whenever anyone in a sci-fi setting uses "area" or "region" when they should, and more importantly would, say "volume."
Keeping to in-universe or character statements is difficult and an art.
Region is totally valid in a 3D system, and so is area when used colloquially.
"Starch Allowance". That is a stellar phrase.
This when class hours are over and the professor pulls out a cig and says, “anyone wanna know how I learned about the structural threshold of a human forearm?”
That's your average police academy in the imperium.
You literally made me delay calling a movie night be 30 minutes just now.
I like the old Necromunda art.
The fun stories in Necromunda are always those on the lowest level. What you remember from play is how Skab and Leotunda from your gang took down four dudes from another gang or how awful it was when the badass fencer Gundrunn was lost in a cave-in.
For me I think of old art like traditional sepia and black&white lo-fi pictures of history. Or even further back when they had to draw for journalism.
Still the real news, but vintage.
And just when I was starting to have Oculus withdrawals
Best damn lore channel on YT hands down. Keep it up, Oculus
As the great warrior-poet Ice Cube once said “ if the day does not require an AK , then it is good “
Let's get some blood bowl lore! You know. To keep the impressionable youngsters out of the underhive.
Hahah yes so they can fight on the pitch instead of the sewers, i like that idea though.
"Waste not, want not"-Imperial Fists
Shout out to the sidewalk for keeping me off the Streets.
Ave Imperator in excelsis Terra!
I send countless thanks to one of the most renowned and cherished scholars in the Imperium: Occulus Imperia. May the Emperor continue to shine his light upon you and your holy work.
On a side note, I don’t know much about Necromunda. So I found this video very entertaining.
Necromunda is a good example of why treating your worker well is good for long term benefits and exploiting them is only good for short term gains.
"Living lightning and flame-wreathed chrome"
Could the unknown xenos have been necrons?
I remember going around my friends house one weekend in the 90s to find out he had bought Necromunda and we spent a few hours playing as delaque Vs cawdor
Happy days
This is awesome as always, Oculus! Just an observation though: I think narration feels a bit faster on this particular video, maybe due to the editing? I for one like the small pauses here and there. Thanks so much for this content anyway ;__; your voice makes time dissapear for me haha
I noticed myself during the recording that I spend up a bit. Apologies! Will temper it in future.
Thank you Oculus, a soothing balm in difficult times.
God i need sleep been looking through lore for like 40 minutes finally found the right voice and the right kind of lore thank you
Only you can make a world that i dont care about interesting.
22:01 yo someone found the STC for the spas12
Frak it, Oculus! Your voice is so soothing that I fell asleep before I could finish the video! What warp sorcery do you use to make your words so relaxing!? (Great job, honestly though XD )
Ate some spaghetti while watching. 10/10 will do again
can't wait to hear you go indepth into necromundan society
We all know that The Mandolorian and The Predator are both huntn bounties in the Underhives
Good. Feed us the necromunda lore, keep us hyped for Necromunda:hired gun
my firend sent me this link just to kinda 'get an idea' of the lore behind 40k and... wow, you just pulled me RIGHT IN!
How many are there from the age of dark to judge us? To say none, is herecy. To say more than one is herecy too.
But there are many, many a world in this galaxy. Billions of stars. And the sacred emperors last command is secret indeed.
In some games you can play Ash Waste tribals. The Ash Wastes is harsh work to survive in, the tribes out there are usually too busy just surviving to fight Underhive battles.
There was tribes living even way below the Underhive, almost down by the toxic lakes. Ratskins are isolationists who barely know there is an empire out there who sometimes hire themselves out as guides to the feuding gangs.
Deputizing gangs was a thing in Necromunda. When the authorities of the Hive really want something gone, they can deputize rival gangs to remove this threat. A mix of bounties and promises of the target gang's territory keep these deputized gangs motivated.
You could play an enforcer "gang" in the game. Enforcers are blokes in carapace with shotguns who enforce the will of the current lord Helmawr. They set up fortified station-houses which they only leave in five-man patrols. They are not arbitrators, they are the goons of the Helmawrs. They are also recruited locally, from different hives on the world.
Awesome video as always, love your work
Everyone's gangsta until Oculus uploads a new lore video
I have to ask when did you stop mentioning ButtstuffKiju lol loved that?
Ordo Youtubicus keeps censoring my notifications
An Occulus video graces my internets this day. Hail be!
Big Occy coming in hot with the street knowledge.
Thanks for the vids. Doing Lockdown GCSEs are harder than than wresting a carnifex and I need content like this as relief.
You got this! Best of luck in the exams
love your content!!!
Great video. Thank you
Wonderful. Superb content as always.
So happy to hear the oculus turn gaze upon my favoured necromunda. Ty glorious as ever. More is desired please
I got so into this the end oft the story snuck upon on me.
Oh man, this is one I have been waiting for!
GTA XL: NECROMUNDA
I'm all about this
All this 40k news this week has me pumped for future videos! Don't sweat timetables too much, excellence deserves patience.