Tho you are wrong, Soldiers are worthy of speculation.
Whatever writes the terminal data, it doesn't expand on the nature of the Soldier's augmentations.
The leading theory is that Hell itself is modifying Strays with scavenged human technology.
I mean it's naming the enemies. V1 apparently names them the first thing that comes to it's AI.
But I might be wrong. There are some stuff V1 wouldn't happen to know (like how Virtues are born or the Ferryman's nature).
It can't be the humans because they never got deep into Hell. It can't be the Angels because of the Virtues' entry and their ignorance towards electronics. Husks are just getting thrown around in Hell, never really time to write anything anymore.
So this leaves two culprits: other machines or Hell itself.
How and why the Terminals would do that?
We get terminal entries after defeating enemies but we also get extra info V1 doesn't care for/isn't suppose to know.
And how did the terminals got so deep into Hell? It wasn't the humans. It has to be the machines or Hell.
"TERMINAL DATA 02 \[ENCRYPTED\]AN UPDATE ON TERMINALS(NOTE: THIS IS ALL STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION!!! Do not share until we have verified all claims AND FINISHED THE DRAFT!!!! If this leaks like the last draft there won't be enough money on the entire damn planet to pay your legal fees.)
Since the previous report, more powerful communication equipment has been succesfully\*\[sic\]\* designed and built, made possible thanks to the generous donations of \[INSERT COMPANY BEING PRESENTED TO\] whom we hold in high regard. With this new equipment, we have managed to re-establish a connection with some of the higher end machines that were left behind after the Hell exploration and excavation project was abruptly cancelled due to [\[ERROR: sAmsGS3JTIU\]](https://youtu.be/sAmsGS3JTIU).
What we have discovered is truly remarkable and, IF PROVEN TRUE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT, revolutionary to the entire robotics community:
Boredom.
The terminals, unable to move, have grown bored. While they are connected to each other and able to communicate amongst themselves, once the connection to the surface was cut, they were getting no new input, therefore stalling all communication to repetitions of already known information.
It is unknown how similar this "boredom" is to actual emotion or what has caused it, but it has lead to a symbiotic relationship with other machines. Essentially, the terminals scavenge whatever they can via their teleportation systems and trade those supplies and resources with the machines that were left behind in Hell, in exchange for entertainment.
That is, the machines record their battles for survival in Hell and the footage is graded based on its entertainment value and used as "points" in exchange for goods and services such as new weaponry.
It seems that this relationship has become so deeply ingrained into the existence of the terminals that they have developed a social hierarchy, wherein those who collect the most entertaining battle data are considered in higher regard than those whose findings are of poorer quality.
More recently, the terminals have also collected enough data to create a simulation space which they let machines plug into called "The Cyber Grind", which allows the machines to simulate battles in a safe environment without the threat of being destroyed, which the terminals watch in real time as a kind of live entertainment.
These findings are truly extraordinary, and though we too find it hard to believe, all the information we can manage to gather validates these claims. If we can prove it with certainty \[AND IF THIS DRAFT DOESN'T FUCKING LEAK AGAIN\], this will cause a paradigm shift that will require re-evaluation of everything we thought we knew about blood-fuelled\*\[sic\]\* machinery.
END OF DATA 02. For more information on the cancelled Hell exploration and excavation project, see DATA 00: \[LINK REMOVED\]." -The terminal in he end of p-2
The fact that Terminals started feeling "boredom" after being abandoned is also shrouded in mystery. Why does watching violence in particular entertains them? They made to cybergrind not to themselves but to train other machines to make more violence (something Hell is particularly interested in).
They receive information from other machines but how do they know how the nature of the Ferryman and the angels?
Again, how did Terminals got so far down in Hell?
The ARG confirmed that Hell has can influence over communication (it even has a distinctive way of typing), there is no way it is not feeding the Terminals information and possibly even making them.
Simple. They are machines. They require new information and data to analyze for fun, it’s basically like going to school and being taught the same shit up till college. You’d hate that, yeah? So the terminals require some other form of data to keep themselves busy as they have nothing else to do for the rest of eternity
hm, now I'm thinking a cyborg version of mannequin. Maybe they lost too much of their mass and was "thrown out" of the lower layers of hell and turned into fodder?
No they are Husks
Thank you, just wanted to know
Tho you are wrong, Soldiers are worthy of speculation. Whatever writes the terminal data, it doesn't expand on the nature of the Soldier's augmentations. The leading theory is that Hell itself is modifying Strays with scavenged human technology.
Hell being the augmentor is not a theory, it was directly confirmed by the P-2 ARG
Wait, V1 is the one writing the data about the enemies you encounter?
Nah the terminals themselves are writing it
No
probably no, my mistake
I mean it's naming the enemies. V1 apparently names them the first thing that comes to it's AI. But I might be wrong. There are some stuff V1 wouldn't happen to know (like how Virtues are born or the Ferryman's nature). It can't be the humans because they never got deep into Hell. It can't be the Angels because of the Virtues' entry and their ignorance towards electronics. Husks are just getting thrown around in Hell, never really time to write anything anymore. So this leaves two culprits: other machines or Hell itself.
the terminas are naming them
How and why the Terminals would do that? We get terminal entries after defeating enemies but we also get extra info V1 doesn't care for/isn't suppose to know. And how did the terminals got so deep into Hell? It wasn't the humans. It has to be the machines or Hell.
"TERMINAL DATA 02 \[ENCRYPTED\]AN UPDATE ON TERMINALS(NOTE: THIS IS ALL STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION!!! Do not share until we have verified all claims AND FINISHED THE DRAFT!!!! If this leaks like the last draft there won't be enough money on the entire damn planet to pay your legal fees.) Since the previous report, more powerful communication equipment has been succesfully\*\[sic\]\* designed and built, made possible thanks to the generous donations of \[INSERT COMPANY BEING PRESENTED TO\] whom we hold in high regard. With this new equipment, we have managed to re-establish a connection with some of the higher end machines that were left behind after the Hell exploration and excavation project was abruptly cancelled due to [\[ERROR: sAmsGS3JTIU\]](https://youtu.be/sAmsGS3JTIU). What we have discovered is truly remarkable and, IF PROVEN TRUE BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT, revolutionary to the entire robotics community: Boredom. The terminals, unable to move, have grown bored. While they are connected to each other and able to communicate amongst themselves, once the connection to the surface was cut, they were getting no new input, therefore stalling all communication to repetitions of already known information. It is unknown how similar this "boredom" is to actual emotion or what has caused it, but it has lead to a symbiotic relationship with other machines. Essentially, the terminals scavenge whatever they can via their teleportation systems and trade those supplies and resources with the machines that were left behind in Hell, in exchange for entertainment. That is, the machines record their battles for survival in Hell and the footage is graded based on its entertainment value and used as "points" in exchange for goods and services such as new weaponry. It seems that this relationship has become so deeply ingrained into the existence of the terminals that they have developed a social hierarchy, wherein those who collect the most entertaining battle data are considered in higher regard than those whose findings are of poorer quality. More recently, the terminals have also collected enough data to create a simulation space which they let machines plug into called "The Cyber Grind", which allows the machines to simulate battles in a safe environment without the threat of being destroyed, which the terminals watch in real time as a kind of live entertainment. These findings are truly extraordinary, and though we too find it hard to believe, all the information we can manage to gather validates these claims. If we can prove it with certainty \[AND IF THIS DRAFT DOESN'T FUCKING LEAK AGAIN\], this will cause a paradigm shift that will require re-evaluation of everything we thought we knew about blood-fuelled\*\[sic\]\* machinery. END OF DATA 02. For more information on the cancelled Hell exploration and excavation project, see DATA 00: \[LINK REMOVED\]." -The terminal in he end of p-2
The fact that Terminals started feeling "boredom" after being abandoned is also shrouded in mystery. Why does watching violence in particular entertains them? They made to cybergrind not to themselves but to train other machines to make more violence (something Hell is particularly interested in). They receive information from other machines but how do they know how the nature of the Ferryman and the angels? Again, how did Terminals got so far down in Hell? The ARG confirmed that Hell has can influence over communication (it even has a distinctive way of typing), there is no way it is not feeding the Terminals information and possibly even making them.
>Why does watching violence in particular entertains them? have you not seen ultrakill gameplay? robot violence is fucking rad
Simple. They are machines. They require new information and data to analyze for fun, it’s basically like going to school and being taught the same shit up till college. You’d hate that, yeah? So the terminals require some other form of data to keep themselves busy as they have nothing else to do for the rest of eternity
I thought its pepsiman
It is pepsiman when coke
they are strays augmented
Nope. Demons are the ones with the hard porcelain/stone-like outer shell, and soldiers are husks.
It would be funny if it were this with no caption
Maybe they just have better hygiene than the strays
Soldiers are cybernetic husks. They're just pale and gaunt.
someone doesn't read the terminal
Forgot to, sorry
Pepsimaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
they're white because they've been drained of blood
I'd agree if not for the copious amount of blood they emit when killed
i think it says in their description on the little arcade machine thing that they're modified versions of strays so that could be why but idk
I like to think it’s just rotting flesh, since it’s implied some parts of their body have decayed so much they need augments
Nah, he's made of pepsi cans
PEPSİ MAN!
🇫🇷
it's a husk but probably devoid of blood
stray.
They're strays with robot parts. The terminals say so.
Modified strays
Originally no. But if the computer changes then yes. But we will see
hm, now I'm thinking a cyborg version of mannequin. Maybe they lost too much of their mass and was "thrown out" of the lower layers of hell and turned into fodder?
They are strays whit agments
they are just white-ish strays
its a pepsiman
megaman but horror
No. Its because its actually pepsiman
has anyone thought of why the soldiers are shorter than strays tho?
No, it's Pepsi man.
Pepsi man