In all seriousness, a deployment of the Imperial Guard that survives an entire CAMPAIGN without losing a single solitary guardsman would be an astronomical asset that high command would be scrambling over themselves to get.
@@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 Yeah. "So, you somehow conducted an entire campaign with zero losses, which you credit to your faith in the emperor? That's very nice, but I need you to come with me, now."
Sounds close to what Tarkus says in DoWII: "The man who has nothing can still have faith" ua-cam.com/video/nveHagB16Cc/v-deo.htmlsi=oekmdA4S5VJPrEs1&t=344
@DatCameraMON you're not wrong, the Inquisition would surely investigate a Guard Regiment that managed to smash a Chaos Space Marine chapter with a few hundred casualties lol
If the 13th black crusade was a dow mission* Saint Jam: "And this is the part where Abbandon decides to drop the Black stone fortress on the planet of cadia as a last ditch effort but due to our actions and not losing a single vessel during the space battle, his fleet doesn't have enough ships to push the fortress quickly enough before we realise what's happening and preventing the fall of cadia, and thanks to the help from the funny necron, the Eye of Terror is sealed by the cadian plyons and the darktide is finally over"
It would be a weirdly anti climactic ending to the 'heresy' arc. There's still some small scale traitor forces but they're rubbish compared to what comes out of the eye. Then I guess Tyranids and Orks would be the main antagonists afterwards.
@@alephkasai9384 even funnier is that without access to the eye? all the traitors lose access to ports & ways to build more ships, equipment & replace their losses. think drop site massacre but the roles are reversed.
Sturn becomes the planetary governor of Lorn V in recognition of his achievements. Cadia falls. Sturn renames Lorn V to Cadia V Confused heretics try to find where Cadia 2 through 4 are
Starting off with a short prologue where you play as Orks and Chaos, sabotaging them right under their nose to make the reconquest of Lorn V and recovery of the Titan much easier, was such a great idea and really helped improve the video. You really are the Patron Saint of the Imperial Guard. You did what most would consider impossible, and I applaud you for this. Lorn V liberated, Titan secured, and victory for the Imperium. All with the most minimal of casualties.
That means so much thank you so much you legend! Yeah I really wanted to include the prologue of the Ork/Chaos side for it REALLY shows the full extent of the Lorn V conflict, as I wanted to show people what REALLY happened, for Lorn V can be incredibly confusing. I thought it was really fun but I did think it might have been too moving away too much from the general spirit of the video but I'm glad you loved it! Means the world to me knowing it was a good idea 😄
"We suffered thousands of casualties!" "What, I don't see a single guardsman missing!?" "Oh, no one died, but when you have so many men running around, firing weapons, and waging war, you're bound to get some skinned knees and minor burns. One poor guardsman even twisted his ankle! It was tragic!"
31:51 Other Vindicare assassins serving in the Emperors Celestial Army after death: “Using patience and stealth, I crept to the tallest spire of a corrupted Hive City and hung upside down sniping traitors for two weeks. I only died because the traitor navy bombed the city from orbit, as they estimated there must be a massive force within due to half their garrison being eliminated. How did you die, brother?” This guy: “Ummm…I shot an Eldar engineer who was actually helping us before I got wrecked by five Rangers…”
Not really. Imperial Guard is primarily a fully mechanised combined arms force. Where there is a guardsmen squad, there are IFVs, who unloaded them, SPGs that suppressed their opposition and MBTs that paved the way and overlook their dismounting.
Love seeing a video like this, because I spent ages in the first Dawn of War trying to save as many Guardsmen as possible. If I recall rightly, it was an spaceport defence mission where you found Guard squads with Chimeras holding the line. You couldn't control these units but they were the first sign of the Imperial Guard before Winter Assault added them in full, and if you saved them they'd dig in and help you hold back waves of Orks I believe. I don't recall them being in many missions, however.
Every time I hear _"We'll make it through this. I know it!"_ I am compelled to do everything in my power to keep that squad alive. ...Unless they comedically perish to an artillery strike 0.5 seconds later.
Listen, I know this has nothing to do with this conversation, but I just have to make sure that this message reaches you. Your video was one of the most amazing videos I have ever seen. You are the best general. A true victory in war is as many soldiers under your command as possible remain alive after the battle. It's not a victory for you. It was a super win for you. Not even one of "your" soldiers died. Every soldier would be happy to be under your command. Thank you so much for your amazing videos. I would like you to make more videos as soon as possible but I know that quality takes time so I'm telling you this thank you very much and may God bless you@Saint_Jam
Oh they will givw their lifes to the Imperium. The enemies of the Imperium. All the guard has to do, is help their foes give their lives for the Imperium
Command and Conquer, Dawn of War, you're going through my childhood with these RTS games. Would love to see more of the same genre! I re-watch your Nod video every now and then because it just scratches some itch with RTS challenges.
@@Saint_Jam didn’t like Warhammer 40k copied other sci fi universes? So calling StarCraft a ripp off is hypocritical because Warhammer 40k copied other sci fi universes too you know
@@jamespaguip5913I feel like this is supposed to be its own comment Though I've no clue as to what starcraft was inspired by 40k was mainly inspired by the Dune books.
oooofff yeah its morale crushing when doing tvat in soul storm. in dark crusade it is hilarious, you can build in an area in and around possible enemy bases but you can still block em in with turrets, mines and troop buildings
@ltredscorpion7147 Thankfully, there is one, though it does make the sisters of battle home base buff way less useful. Since it ess just a limited version of a persistent base
The sturnn canon bit only means it confirmed that he Heroically lead the guardsmen, and their objective was to retrieve the titan. That confirms he existed and that he went to war on the planet in the same measure- Also, that he either got new duds or he died, since he doesn't have that equipment your later holding. We know that at minimum, Gorgutz gets banished into Dawn of war: Dark crusade, meaning he has to, at minimum, be in a position to flee the system, as he shows up later thrice more.
Ahh you see that's the beauty of that item. The more you read it, it becomes more ambiguous. I believe when the author wrote that, the intention behind it was to succinctly explain that Sturnn recovered the Titan. When I showed that exact quote to a few people, when they read it; they interpreted it as he succeeded. However when they read it a few times again it seems that the quote implies that he just merely existed and attempted to recover the Titan. I would argue, the 'letter of the law' is a ambiguous. I believe that the 'spirit of the law', is to succinctly state the Guard victory. I believe it's up to interpretation however there is plenty of evidence from those 3 books to explain either the Eldar wone, or the Guard won. But I would claim for the developers to include that armour, and it unceremoniously state the Guard won, is VERY in line with how they handled the Orks being the canon victors of Soulstorm.
@@Saint_Jam it says to recover which leads me to believe he did otherwise it would have said in an attempt to recover. I believe after the campaign he became the Planetary Governer like Aleksander in Dark Crusade.
To be fair, the only straight up difference between the Eldar and IG endings is that the Eldar ending has the Titan more severely damaged and some more Guardsmen dying. For all intents and purposes, the Order campaign is canonical, otherwise Sturnn and Taldeer would both need to be dead as per the third and fourth scenarios of the Disorder campaign, respectively. It is possible that the damage done to the Titan in the Eldar outcome wasn't as severe. I mean, hell, the Orks in their ending actively try to destroy the damn thing to piss off the Chaos gits, and the Necrons also rampage across it after them, and neither of these two events are sufficient to cause it to go nuclear. And I'm not sure the Eldar would need to commandeer the thing to such a degree that the explosion would damage it more than what the Orks and Nekrons were doing in that route. It is possible for IG to have recovered the Titan after that, just somewhat worse for wear. So the Titan being recovered might also not be an indication, similar to Taldeer's survival. IG actually recovering the Titan and Taldeer being alive are two events that could in theory occur in either of the endings. There is also some other possibilities, like a true ending being a combination of the two. In the Disorder route fourth scenario, you lose if either of the Eldar or IG objectives are completed, and they both end up completed in the scenario at basically the same time. It is possible the outcome is not fully or adequately represented within the campaign design. I do think the intent is for the Eldar to have won, as it more readily shows Taldeer's survival, with IG eventually reclaiming the Titan post-kaboom. But I don't think it changes things too much. For the purposes of this sort of playthrough, I think having the IG ending as canonical isn't overtly bad.
@@Crossil the thing is that that Titan at the start is in really good condition. the Imperium dont have the ability anymore to repair a titan completely. so yes Eldar might not be able to destroy it completly but it might destroy it so much that recovery is no longer practical.
Diving into Warhammer lore recently has completely changed my perspective on this video. You must have single handedly increased the average gaurdsman survival time in battle from 13 to 14 seconds. Absolutely incredible.
God you know, that reminds me of another comment saying how we jump from universe to universe, saving everyone before moving to the next place. Either way thank you so much king! Love the comment 👀
So, funfact, according to old lore, a guardsman has about a 5% chance of surviving a battle. Every battle you survival, the chance of survival for the next battle doubles to 10, then 20, then 40, then 80. If every guardsman you saved in this campaign were all the same guardsmen. . . you just created an army of Sly Marbos.
Successive chances are multiplicative so it’s even worse odds lmao. Surviving 2 battles in a row is (1/20) X (1/20) which equals (1/400). And that’s just 2 battles. Four battles would be (1/20) to the fourth power. These guardsmen should try a lottery ticket lol
I always find it interesting how da Orkz are able to differentiate the chaos legions from regular humans, specifically refusing to refer to 'em as "humies". Same with the Diggaz, recognize 'em as Orkz instead of Humies. But still recognize space marines and tech priests as Humies, despite the... Everything. Orkz can be very smart when they wanna be. Its just dey dun like being smart very much.
Wut uses thinkinz about crumpin when wes can be CRUMPIN! Bloody ell ya git you dont sound propah orky das humie talks innit? Das da wrong crowd, bad inphluences dey iz.
The guardsmen under your command are almost protected by The Emperor Himself. I liked how you took your time to reinforce every possible way on the map before moving on. Goes to show how much attention to detail you give to the challenge you undertake. Your masterful use of the mechanized units really showed how the Emperor protects. I hope to see you try the same challenge with other factions in Dawn of war. I would really like to see how the human spirit blooms even in the forces of chaos.
Words do not describe how amazing that final level feels with the IG. You probably spend like half the level just barely holding your own against the Chaos, Orks and finally Necrons, but when that Imperial Guard theme kicks in and you get a Baneblade, it's *so* good to charge and pound those soulless automatons flat.
Some say this is boring and takes a lot but watching all those friendly npcs survive and thrive despite the game expecting them not to is the most rewarding feeling in the world. GG my friend
I like this campaign story-wise, because it isn't just saying 'oh, yeah guardsmen are totally expendable' but it's actually showing they can actually be a genuine threat to other factions, even if it is breaking lore a little bit. I think too many people think of them as just expendable nobodies, especially writers.
“I wish to give you my personal thanks for saving the lives of every guardsman under your command and successfully defending the Imperator Titan, Dominatus.” -Primarch *REDACTED* of the XI Legion.
Well, everyone knows that guardsmen are notoriously… uh… expendable, which is why it’s always just so so so wholesome watching someone do everything in their power to rescue them. Also, it’s always really nice seeing you upload again, as all of your uploads are an absolute goldmine of great content.
Oh they would have loved a General like Sturn on Vraks. A man who understands combined arms warfare and gets stuck in the fight himself. They would have loved him and no doubt the Alpha Legion would have assassinated him.
Exercise helps. Or you can make more excuses for yourself. One time i said to someone walking helps and they were mentally crippled. Another i said something as simple as lifting your arms up and down in a repetition to get some blood flow to aching muscles. "It hurt". : l
Looking at the thumbnail my brain was like "oh hell naw is this even possible ???" After watching the entire vid... Man what a legend keep up the good work youre cooking harder than me
I always try to keep any friendly alive no matter the game and alot of the time I lose one but these always satisfy me the pure dedication is extremely admirable
Another truly epic vid. I am ashamed to say that prior to this, I had never even heard of General Stern. But after seeing this... I wouldn't be surprised if his 412th were 'collected' by a certain interdimensional kleptomaniac for being the finest regiment ever produced by Cadia. Cadia Stands! Honor to the Emperor, and to our shining example, Imperial Saint Simpkin!
I like Varnus, the gigachad not just takes down a bloodthirster but is actually a little bit respectful towards Sturn and his bois. He deserves to be called an ultramarine stead of ultrasmurf.
He did it! My answers has been confirmed! Bit sad in hindsight that the other expansion's campaign can have the similar feel but atlas. Our saint finally enters winter assault as the Imperial guard.
Now that you opened the pandora's box by mentioning Darktide: Next video shall be called "Saving all the little 'unns" Starring Best Bud Bone'ead Edit: lmao that Chaos Gate chanting still get's to me everytime...
When the world needed him most, he returned! Thank you SaintJam, long live the Emepror. F for the Eldar. The way I play my games is always rather RP-oriented, and I'm glad that you're going fully that way too!
I can't describe the sense of awe I feel watching guys like you play games like this without deaths. Considering how I've always played these games trying to preserve units and manpower I know how difficult this kind of challenge is and seeing you keep every single guardsman alive is insane. I don't know why I wasn't subscribed to you after watching your previous Dawn of War video but that has now been fixed. Looking forward to next time if you end up playing dark crusade.
I like winter assault because it actually understood 40k lore was supposed to be funny. Crull gnawing on the scenery with sharpened teeth is by far my favorite voice performance of any of the 40k games.
Love the ThunderPsyker reference towards the end, there. Granted, I don't know how old Sturnn was, or even what year this event took place within the canon, but there's a chance Sturnn died of old age. That's an incredible feat for an Imperial Guard General who's constantly on the front.
Successful Generals get anti aging technology. Yet Sturnn is lacking them and is already old. Logically, Sturnn made General by merit which is not uncommon for Cadia, but also means he didn't come from a privileged background to afford him greater technology. He led the men from the front and liked to get stuck in. This is a train not befitting of becoming anything above a General.
I used to do this kind of role playing and settlement on Warcraft 2, 3, Starcraft, and the Command and Conquer series. It's nice to find a UA-camr that scratches that itch
I choose to believe that the Ork and Chaos prologues went like that because the imperium sent a couple of calidus assassins to replace the commanders of those factions
Interestingly enough, I know you avoided Psykers because of their "self-kill" chance, but if you were worried about the Defiler in "No Retreat", you could have cast Curse of the Machine Spirit. In WA, it changes the armor type from vehicle to infantry, and that would mean your lasguns tear it apart in mere moments.
Video idea: without save scumming, try to beat any XCOM game without any soldiers dying. Other ideas: -Completing every mission in Starsector without losing any ships under your command -Playing RimWorld and completing the spaceship construction/journey ending without any colonists dying (again, no save scumming) -Completing the rest of the Halo series while trying to save every marine/ally
ill be honest whenever i play games i try saving as many friendly's as possible but you take it to a whole new level and props to you i love what you do
If eldar loose and IG won, then DC motivation of Lucas Alexander has no sense. And Stern still led his people to recover the fallen Imperator Titan on Lorn V in eldar ending. The item does not say that he succeeded in this endeavour.
I like to imagine in regards to canon as far as Soulstorm is concerned Chapter Master Kyras sent the fated company led by Boraele to die, an inexperienced commander, in a field of battle where their main tactic is easily countered to send shockwaves through the morale of the chapter while remnants of the company join up with the IG and sisters of battle who despite attempts from the Alpha Legion (Who I am convinced are actually just Black Legion who grabbed the wrong banner) try to trick the loyal imperium forces into combat with one another are able to reclaim the sector for the imperium! Just a little head canon of mine...
I absolutely love this series i remember as a kid and still to this day lol i would pick up and empty enemy weapons and empty them so they enemies couldnt reuse them or destroy all vehicles from the opposing factions so once again they couldnt use them again this series scratches that itch I had as a kid to play games in my imagination beyond what their engines were capable of and basically write my actions into my own headcanon of games stories thank you so much for this series SaintJam I absolutely love it
Currently binging your Channel, while trying to get work done, and i love every video, your narration, gameplay, the way you look into the background of games to make your playthroughs as lore accurate as possible, the way your thumbnail caught my eyes, simple but peeked my curiosity, Ok I'll stop but fr, you are easily one of my favorite channels now
Ain't gonna lie, I played those games from my yearly years. It's nice to see someone saving imperial guard! I tried doing this challenge to save everyone in other games, but never actually managed to do so. Alt ho, i chose games with scripted defenses like Blitzkrieg 1 and blitzkrieg 2. I managed to get trough like 5 missions, but never completed one game like you did here.
Bravo…you’ve achieved one of my old childhood dreams. Honestly I could shed a tear. I grew up playing this game as a lone Asian man eating rice in my grandparents garage. Fucking fantastic. Thank you.
I love these videos because I was one of those players who would reload checkpoints in games if any or too many friendly npc's died that could be saved or I accidentally team killed.
I will point out that the item description on the Shield of Sturnn only mentions that he heroically led his regiment to recover the titan but does not mention whether he actually did recover it.
When a planet is taken by human forces, the Imperium often grants the conquering leader the heritable title of planetary governorship (be they an officer of the Astra Militarum, a rogue trader, etc). Between the refugees and the years-long restoration of the holy titan, I think it's pretty likely that the old man spent the rest of his life on Lorn V as Lord Governor Sturrn where he demonstrated the same dedication and humanitarian focus for rebuilding as he did in war during the winter campaign. Perhaps we see Sturrn's old outfit in DoW2 because after he took on the mantle of imperial governor -the space magpies stole his old threads- it was gifted to the Blood Ravens whom his new civilian subjects owe their lives.
47:15 The description containing "heroically led his regiment to recover a fallen Imperator Titan on Lorn V" does not actually mean they were successful in recovering the titan. It states their objective and then Stern led his men heroically, not definitive proof that they succeeded in their goal.
Hands down, Saint Jam's way of playing games, not only completing the challenges but also enriching them with RP and additional lore is simply the best way for me. Im really glad I've got an opportunity to enjoy your content. Somehow, each saved NPC in game gives me a small, but real drop of hope in the real life - all thanks to Jam's talent in crafting a masterful story! Damn good story! Cant wait to see what universe will we save next!
Normally I prefer to wait until I beat a game I'm interested in playing before watching videos like this, but each video on this channel is honestly one of my favourites I've ever seen so screw that, time to watch the Emperor's glory manifested
Very fun! Honestly not sure with cannon but your cannon seems like a fun one and my new accepted one! Also fine work with this! This is arguably one of the hardest Dawn of War games and you got everyone you could to live!
Another amazing video, I love how you don't just make a deadless challenge but get into character and explain everything from an in-universe perspective.
Pretty sure you could use Command Squad’s Psykers to make up for lack of AT. Curse of the Machine Spirit (or whatever it’s called) in WA changes vehicle armor to Infantry, making the affected vics VERY vulnerable to anti-infantry weapons.
Commissar: "Glory to the first man to die!"
after the battle
Commissar: "Bad news men. Nobody died, so nobody gets any glory."
Commissar: *Shots someone to improve moral*
@@eavenlp4393 Guardsman: Soooooo I guess he gets the glory sir?
Commissar:
@@PeteOfDarknessglory to the kommisar's hat!
@@ShaddySoldierork pirate: *runs by and steals it *
Conscripts: "We're guardsman, sir. We're meant to be expendable."
Saint Jam: "Not to me."
Glad someone else posted this. Thought I'd have to do it myself
Plo Koon would make a great commander if he wasn’t a filthy xeno
very true@@LivelyGhost42
Clone Wars was cringe kiddie crap.
@@johnroscoe2406My brother in Christ, are you trying to get doxxed??
In all seriousness, a deployment of the Imperial Guard that survives an entire CAMPAIGN without losing a single solitary guardsman would be an astronomical asset that high command would be scrambling over themselves to get.
If the Inquisition was not on him in a heartbeat. something like that has to be heresy.
@@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233they would probably be suspected of warp corruption similar to titus at the end of space marine
@@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233at best and at worst I guess. Depends on which faction in the imperium grabs them first.
yeah, imagine if it was canon and they got some cool af name or skill
@@achimdemus-holzhaeuser1233 Yeah. "So, you somehow conducted an entire campaign with zero losses, which you credit to your faith in the emperor? That's very nice, but I need you to come with me, now."
"Even a man who has nothing can offer his life"
Unless Saint Jam is running the show.
Sounds close to what Tarkus says in DoWII: "The man who has nothing can still have faith"
ua-cam.com/video/nveHagB16Cc/v-deo.htmlsi=oekmdA4S5VJPrEs1&t=344
"Hundreds dead, thousands wounded" says the Commissar, but he forgot to mention that it was from the World Eater's side.
18:58 Lorewise, If the Imp Guard won a battle and the deaths were only in the hundreds, it would be considered a dazzling victory.
Would definitely be a celebrated day planet wide after recolonization.
A suspiciously dazzling victory.
especially vs chaos marines
@DatCameraMON you're not wrong, the Inquisition would surely investigate a Guard Regiment that managed to smash a Chaos Space Marine chapter with a few hundred casualties lol
@@TheFriley4 the inquisition would probably just kill the guard for knowing about the existence of chaos.
If the 13th black crusade was a dow mission*
Saint Jam: "And this is the part where Abbandon decides to drop the Black stone fortress on the planet of cadia as a last ditch effort but due to our actions and not losing a single vessel during the space battle, his fleet doesn't have enough ships to push the fortress quickly enough before we realise what's happening and preventing the fall of cadia, and thanks to the help from the funny necron, the Eye of Terror is sealed by the cadian plyons and the darktide is finally over"
Quality post
It would be a weirdly anti climactic ending to the 'heresy' arc. There's still some small scale traitor forces but they're rubbish compared to what comes out of the eye.
Then I guess Tyranids and Orks would be the main antagonists afterwards.
@@alephkasai9384 even funnier is that without access to the eye?
all the traitors lose access to ports & ways to build more ships, equipment & replace their losses.
think drop site massacre but the roles are reversed.
Necrons are still around too.
Sturn becomes the planetary governor of Lorn V in recognition of his achievements.
Cadia falls.
Sturn renames Lorn V to Cadia V
Confused heretics try to find where Cadia 2 through 4 are
Cut to concerned heretics.
"This is getting out of hand, Now there are 5 of them.
This is my headcanon now
Now im picturing every planet on the edge of the great rift being called cadia 2, 3, etc
@@devilsadvocate367 no, no. They skip numbers to make the forces of chaos waste time hunting the 'missing' cadias.
@@BrownsheepBFspeed 4: a sequel so fast we went past the 3rd one.
Starting off with a short prologue where you play as Orks and Chaos, sabotaging them right under their nose to make the reconquest of Lorn V and recovery of the Titan much easier, was such a great idea and really helped improve the video. You really are the Patron Saint of the Imperial Guard. You did what most would consider impossible, and I applaud you for this. Lorn V liberated, Titan secured, and victory for the Imperium. All with the most minimal of casualties.
That means so much thank you so much you legend! Yeah I really wanted to include the prologue of the Ork/Chaos side for it REALLY shows the full extent of the Lorn V conflict, as I wanted to show people what REALLY happened, for Lorn V can be incredibly confusing.
I thought it was really fun but I did think it might have been too moving away too much from the general spirit of the video but I'm glad you loved it! Means the world to me knowing it was a good idea 😄
Personally, I wish you treat them like the empire of man, but you do you@Saint_Jam
@@Saint_Jam I'll second having enjoyed the intro! The sabotage framing was definitely amusing and helped vary up the video a bit.
@@Saint_Jam I have question have you played Warcraft 3 or StarCraft before?
@@BlackmesaScientistEmployeewhat?
"We suffered thousands of casualties!"
"What, I don't see a single guardsman missing!?"
"Oh, no one died, but when you have so many men running around, firing weapons, and waging war, you're bound to get some skinned knees and minor burns. One poor guardsman even twisted his ankle! It was tragic!"
Private Jerome lost his teddy bear in all the hullabaloo. He's been crying for the last three hours straight.
So Only emotional casualties? I can live with that!
@@Shenaldrac not as teddy bear will get revenge for the teddy bear says the other space Marines all having their own emotional support teddy bears
@@ingamingpc1634 Given how Chaos works in 40K, emotional support teddy bears could genuinely be useful tools.
Private jenkins got jumped by 5 orcs and came out with snow in his ears and 5 more kills
31:51
Other Vindicare assassins serving in the Emperors Celestial Army after death: “Using patience and stealth, I crept to the tallest spire of a corrupted Hive City and hung upside down sniping traitors for two weeks. I only died because the traitor navy bombed the city from orbit, as they estimated there must be a massive force within due to half their garrison being eliminated. How did you die, brother?”
This guy: “Ummm…I shot an Eldar engineer who was actually helping us before I got wrecked by five Rangers…”
Game developers "There meant to be expendable."
Saint Jam "Not to me."
*They are
Not really. Imperial Guard is primarily a fully mechanised combined arms force. Where there is a guardsmen squad, there are IFVs, who unloaded them, SPGs that suppressed their opposition and MBTs that paved the way and overlook their dismounting.
Love seeing a video like this, because I spent ages in the first Dawn of War trying to save as many Guardsmen as possible. If I recall rightly, it was an spaceport defence mission where you found Guard squads with Chimeras holding the line. You couldn't control these units but they were the first sign of the Imperial Guard before Winter Assault added them in full, and if you saved them they'd dig in and help you hold back waves of Orks I believe. I don't recall them being in many missions, however.
Every time I hear _"We'll make it through this. I know it!"_ I am compelled to do everything in my power to keep that squad alive.
...Unless they comedically perish to an artillery strike 0.5 seconds later.
We Give Our Life to the Imperium!
SaintJam: Nuh uh
They WILL give their life, a long life of many achievements as these brothers in arms become veterans and heroes of the Imperium one and all 💪
Listen, I know this has nothing to do with this conversation, but I just have to make sure that this message reaches you. Your video was one of the most amazing videos I have ever seen. You are the best general. A true victory in war is as many soldiers under your command as possible remain alive after the battle. It's not a victory for you. It was a super win for you. Not even one of "your" soldiers died. Every soldier would be happy to be under your command. Thank you so much for your amazing videos. I would like you to make more videos as soon as possible but I know that quality takes time so I'm telling you this thank you very much and may God bless you@Saint_Jam
Oh they will givw their lifes to the Imperium. The enemies of the Imperium.
All the guard has to do, is help their foes give their lives for the Imperium
Command and Conquer, Dawn of War, you're going through my childhood with these RTS games. Would love to see more of the same genre! I re-watch your Nod video every now and then because it just scratches some itch with RTS challenges.
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POV saint jam carrying every NPC in game:
Bro is the god of NPCS
@@NT2C When AI enslaves humanity, he shall live in the human sanctuary.
@@VB-92correct
He is a Saint after all.
except the chaos or orcs…
"It is what we do best; we die standing." Those last words from General Sturnn always hit hard.
53:00 I giggle every time I see Varnus walk up to Sturnn. The Imperium's only 5' 3" Space Marine.
on the other hand, you could say sturn is the size of a space marine
What Chaplain Varnus lacks in size, he makes up for in spirit. He became Chaplain for a damn good reason.
New SaintJam! Awesome!
- Sees video title
You absolute madman, the first level ends with an officer mentioning how thousands died in one battle
Thank you so much man! Always love seeing how excited people get at this content 😄
@@Saint_Jam didn’t like Warhammer 40k copied other sci fi universes? So calling StarCraft a ripp off is hypocritical because Warhammer 40k copied other sci fi universes too you know
@@jamespaguip5913I feel like this is supposed to be its own comment
Though I've no clue as to what starcraft was inspired by 40k was mainly inspired by the Dune books.
Dudes will see videos like this and go "Hell yeah."
In all seriousness...
Hell yeah.
Hell yeah.
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Hell yeah!
Your tendency to build huge forts by delaying the end will serve you well in Dark Crusade but be punished in Soulstorm. I look forward to it.
oooofff yeah its morale crushing when doing tvat in soul storm.
in dark crusade it is hilarious, you can build in an area in and around possible enemy bases but you can still block em in with turrets, mines and troop buildings
fucking hate they changed that in soulstorm. its why i went looking for a mod that readds teh ability to do that
@@LtRedScorpion did you find one? i am asking for myself.
@ltredscorpion7147 Thankfully, there is one, though it does make the sisters of battle home base buff way less useful. Since it ess just a limited version of a persistent base
@@DIEGhostfish I have a mod that actually adds new stuff to all factions think it's called advanced campaign, I'll have to double check
The sturnn canon bit only means it confirmed that he Heroically lead the guardsmen, and their objective was to retrieve the titan. That confirms he existed and that he went to war on the planet in the same measure- Also, that he either got new duds or he died, since he doesn't have that equipment your later holding.
We know that at minimum, Gorgutz gets banished into Dawn of war: Dark crusade, meaning he has to, at minimum, be in a position to flee the system, as he shows up later thrice more.
Ahh you see that's the beauty of that item. The more you read it, it becomes more ambiguous. I believe when the author wrote that, the intention behind it was to succinctly explain that Sturnn recovered the Titan. When I showed that exact quote to a few people, when they read it; they interpreted it as he succeeded. However when they read it a few times again it seems that the quote implies that he just merely existed and attempted to recover the Titan.
I would argue, the 'letter of the law' is a ambiguous. I believe that the 'spirit of the law', is to succinctly state the Guard victory. I believe it's up to interpretation however there is plenty of evidence from those 3 books to explain either the Eldar wone, or the Guard won. But I would claim for the developers to include that armour, and it unceremoniously state the Guard won, is VERY in line with how they handled the Orks being the canon victors of Soulstorm.
@@Saint_Jam it says to recover which leads me to believe he did otherwise it would have said in an attempt to recover. I believe after the campaign he became the Planetary Governer like Aleksander in Dark Crusade.
To be fair, the only straight up difference between the Eldar and IG endings is that the Eldar ending has the Titan more severely damaged and some more Guardsmen dying. For all intents and purposes, the Order campaign is canonical, otherwise Sturnn and Taldeer would both need to be dead as per the third and fourth scenarios of the Disorder campaign, respectively.
It is possible that the damage done to the Titan in the Eldar outcome wasn't as severe. I mean, hell, the Orks in their ending actively try to destroy the damn thing to piss off the Chaos gits, and the Necrons also rampage across it after them, and neither of these two events are sufficient to cause it to go nuclear. And I'm not sure the Eldar would need to commandeer the thing to such a degree that the explosion would damage it more than what the Orks and Nekrons were doing in that route. It is possible for IG to have recovered the Titan after that, just somewhat worse for wear. So the Titan being recovered might also not be an indication, similar to Taldeer's survival.
IG actually recovering the Titan and Taldeer being alive are two events that could in theory occur in either of the endings. There is also some other possibilities, like a true ending being a combination of the two. In the Disorder route fourth scenario, you lose if either of the Eldar or IG objectives are completed, and they both end up completed in the scenario at basically the same time. It is possible the outcome is not fully or adequately represented within the campaign design.
I do think the intent is for the Eldar to have won, as it more readily shows Taldeer's survival, with IG eventually reclaiming the Titan post-kaboom. But I don't think it changes things too much. For the purposes of this sort of playthrough, I think having the IG ending as canonical isn't overtly bad.
@@Crossil the thing is that that Titan at the start is in really good condition.
the Imperium dont have the ability anymore to repair a titan completely.
so yes Eldar might not be able to destroy it completly but it might destroy it so much that recovery is no longer practical.
@@Zack_Wester From what I know, Titans are repairable as the Mechanicum continues to build them. Perhaps not practical, but still doable.
“Hey look buddy, I’m an engineer. That means I solve problems.”
Saintjam- I want to save the random npcs!
Diving into Warhammer lore recently has completely changed my perspective on this video. You must have single handedly increased the average gaurdsman survival time in battle from 13 to 14 seconds. Absolutely incredible.
Guardsman: "For every one of us who falls, ten more will take his place!"
Me and the boys: "What do you mean we're not needed?"
Let's go, Saint Jam back at it again, doing the impossible to save the pepole we know and love.
God you know, that reminds me of another comment saying how we jump from universe to universe, saving everyone before moving to the next place. Either way thank you so much king! Love the comment 👀
@@Saint_Jamthe good gman
So, funfact, according to old lore, a guardsman has about a 5% chance of surviving a battle.
Every battle you survival, the chance of survival for the next battle doubles to 10, then 20, then 40, then 80.
If every guardsman you saved in this campaign were all the same guardsmen. . . you just created an army of Sly Marbos.
not sure the math checks out on that one chief
@@tobydubu DEMZ ORK MAFFS! DEY WORK OUT GUD!
Successive chances are multiplicative so it’s even worse odds lmao. Surviving 2 battles in a row is (1/20) X (1/20) which equals (1/400). And that’s just 2 battles. Four battles would be (1/20) to the fourth power. These guardsmen should try a lottery ticket lol
@@LordDragox412 EGGACTLY
I FINK DA MAFFZ CHECK OUT SO DEYZ CHECK OUT!
That sounds like the fatality rate of particularly shitty warzones of particularly undertrained, equipped and supplied regiments
I always find it interesting how da Orkz are able to differentiate the chaos legions from regular humans, specifically refusing to refer to 'em as "humies". Same with the Diggaz, recognize 'em as Orkz instead of Humies. But still recognize space marines and tech priests as Humies, despite the... Everything.
Orkz can be very smart when they wanna be. Its just dey dun like being smart very much.
Wut uses thinkinz about crumpin when wes can be CRUMPIN! Bloody ell ya git you dont sound propah orky das humie talks innit? Das da wrong crowd, bad inphluences dey iz.
I think it fits into the Ork's clan mentality, they categorize people by their loyalties/causes before anything else.
Have i ever played this game? No.
Is saintjam the fucking goat for yt content rn? Yes.
DAMN you love to hear it! Thank you so much, comments like this is the FUEL that drives me, cheers! 😄
@@Saint_Jam I have question have you played Warcraft 3 or StarCraft? Please respond.
@@Saint_Jam I have question have you played Warcraft 3 or StarCraft? Please respond.
@@Saint_Jam I have a question have you played Warcraft 3 or StarCraft before?
@@Saint_Jam I have question have you played Warcraft 3 or StarCraft? Please respond.
Salamanders: I like this guy. This is a guy I can trust.
Are you referring to the Astartes Chapter or the Militarum troop trasport? Because it fits either way...
19:36 I am a simple man. I see "If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device", i like.
The guardsmen under your command are almost protected by The Emperor Himself. I liked how you took your time to reinforce every possible way on the map before moving on. Goes to show how much attention to detail you give to the challenge you undertake. Your masterful use of the mechanized units really showed how the Emperor protects. I hope to see you try the same challenge with other factions in Dawn of war. I would really like to see how the human spirit blooms even in the forces of chaos.
Words do not describe how amazing that final level feels with the IG. You probably spend like half the level just barely holding your own against the Chaos, Orks and finally Necrons, but when that Imperial Guard theme kicks in and you get a Baneblade, it's *so* good to charge and pound those soulless automatons flat.
28:17 Also some of those downed ultramarines may be wounded but stable.
They taking a nap
They will live again. As the dreadnoughts say "Even in death I still serve"
Finally someone respecting the lives of the guard
Some say this is boring and takes a lot but watching all those friendly npcs survive and thrive despite the game expecting them not to is the most rewarding feeling in the world. GG my friend
I like this campaign story-wise, because it isn't just saying 'oh, yeah guardsmen are totally expendable' but it's actually showing they can actually be a genuine threat to other factions, even if it is breaking lore a little bit. I think too many people think of them as just expendable nobodies, especially writers.
“I wish to give you my personal thanks for saving the lives of every guardsman under your command and successfully defending the Imperator Titan, Dominatus.” -Primarch *REDACTED* of the XI Legion.
This is one of my favorite expansions for ANY game, i'm so happy you covered it!
They die Standing
Saintjam: Nuh uh
Well, everyone knows that guardsmen are notoriously… uh… expendable, which is why it’s always just so so so wholesome watching someone do everything in their power to rescue them. Also, it’s always really nice seeing you upload again, as all of your uploads are an absolute goldmine of great content.
The Death Korps HATE him. Watch how this one gigachad saves guardsman lives with this secret trick!
Oh they would have loved a General like Sturn on Vraks. A man who understands combined arms warfare and gets stuck in the fight himself. They would have loved him and no doubt the Alpha Legion would have assassinated him.
@@Litany_of_Fury the alpha legion can try to assassinate general "I can lift a space marine like a hate fueled wolverine sturn"
@@marley7868 This is why we don't fuck with Sturn.
Sweet, something to save me from my depression.
Exercise helps. Or you can make more excuses for yourself. One time i said to someone walking helps and they were mentally crippled. Another i said something as simple as lifting your arms up and down in a repetition to get some blood flow to aching muscles. "It hurt".
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Incredible. I was literally just watching your DOW1 video thinking 'wonder if he'll ever do another DOW video'.........and here we are.
Looking at the thumbnail my brain was like "oh hell naw is this even possible ???"
After watching the entire vid... Man what a legend keep up the good work youre cooking harder than me
I always try to keep any friendly alive no matter the game and alot of the time I lose one but these always satisfy me the pure dedication is extremely admirable
Saint jam is the embodiment of "No man left behind."
Another truly epic vid. I am ashamed to say that prior to this, I had never even heard of General Stern. But after seeing this... I wouldn't be surprised if his 412th were 'collected' by a certain interdimensional kleptomaniac for being the finest regiment ever produced by Cadia.
Cadia Stands! Honor to the Emperor, and to our shining example, Imperial Saint Simpkin!
I like Varnus, the gigachad not just takes down a bloodthirster but is actually a little bit respectful towards Sturn and his bois. He deserves to be called an ultramarine stead of ultrasmurf.
He did it! My answers has been confirmed!
Bit sad in hindsight that the other expansion's campaign can have the similar feel but atlas.
Our saint finally enters winter assault as the Imperial guard.
Now that you opened the pandora's box by mentioning Darktide:
Next video shall be called "Saving all the little 'unns"
Starring Best Bud Bone'ead
Edit: lmao that Chaos Gate chanting still get's to me everytime...
When the world needed him most, he returned! Thank you SaintJam, long live the Emepror.
F for the Eldar.
The way I play my games is always rather RP-oriented, and I'm glad that you're going fully that way too!
I Love it bro, playing games from an RP perspective drastically makes just about every game insanely more fun I've noticed 👀
I can't describe the sense of awe I feel watching guys like you play games like this without deaths. Considering how I've always played these games trying to preserve units and manpower I know how difficult this kind of challenge is and seeing you keep every single guardsman alive is insane. I don't know why I wasn't subscribed to you after watching your previous Dawn of War video but that has now been fixed. Looking forward to next time if you end up playing dark crusade.
I like winter assault because it actually understood 40k lore was supposed to be funny. Crull gnawing on the scenery with sharpened teeth is by far my favorite voice performance of any of the 40k games.
Love the ThunderPsyker reference towards the end, there. Granted, I don't know how old Sturnn was, or even what year this event took place within the canon, but there's a chance Sturnn died of old age. That's an incredible feat for an Imperial Guard General who's constantly on the front.
Successful Generals get anti aging technology. Yet Sturnn is lacking them and is already old. Logically, Sturnn made General by merit which is not uncommon for Cadia, but also means he didn't come from a privileged background to afford him greater technology. He led the men from the front and liked to get stuck in. This is a train not befitting of becoming anything above a General.
Saint Jam be out here single-handedly defying the grim darkness of the far future and making it piss itself in sheer terror
I used to do this kind of role playing and settlement on Warcraft 2, 3, Starcraft, and the Command and Conquer series. It's nice to find a UA-camr that scratches that itch
I choose to believe that the Ork and Chaos prologues went like that because the imperium sent a couple of calidus assassins to replace the commanders of those factions
"We die standing" -General Sturn
Interestingly enough, I know you avoided Psykers because of their "self-kill" chance, but if you were worried about the Defiler in "No Retreat", you could have cast Curse of the Machine Spirit. In WA, it changes the armor type from vehicle to infantry, and that would mean your lasguns tear it apart in mere moments.
Video idea: without save scumming, try to beat any XCOM game without any soldiers dying.
Other ideas:
-Completing every mission in Starsector without losing any ships under your command
-Playing RimWorld and completing the spaceship construction/journey ending without any colonists dying (again, no save scumming)
-Completing the rest of the Halo series while trying to save every marine/ally
ill be honest whenever i play games i try saving as many friendly's as possible but you take it to a whole new level and props to you i love what you do
Such a video deserves the Big E's blessings & Yarrick's respect
If eldar loose and IG won, then DC motivation of Lucas Alexander has no sense. And Stern still led his people to recover the fallen Imperator Titan on Lorn V in eldar ending. The item does not say that he succeeded in this endeavour.
I like to imagine in regards to canon as far as Soulstorm is concerned Chapter Master Kyras sent the fated company led by Boraele to die, an inexperienced commander, in a field of battle where their main tactic is easily countered to send shockwaves through the morale of the chapter while remnants of the company join up with the IG and sisters of battle who despite attempts from the Alpha Legion (Who I am convinced are actually just Black Legion who grabbed the wrong banner) try to trick the loyal imperium forces into combat with one another are able to reclaim the sector for the imperium! Just a little head canon of mine...
WHAT A WAY TO START FEBRUARY YESSIR
Glory to you who bring glory to the emperor's name!
Kino! Thank you so much king 👑 It's my pleasure to serve 👀
I absolutely love this series i remember as a kid and still to this day lol i would pick up and empty enemy weapons and empty them so they enemies couldnt reuse them or destroy all vehicles from the opposing factions so once again they couldnt use them again this series scratches that itch I had as a kid to play games in my imagination beyond what their engines were capable of and basically write my actions into my own headcanon of games stories thank you so much for this series SaintJam I absolutely love it
I sure love that General Stturn I hope he can keep serving the Emporium.
Trazyn the Infinite hiding behind a bush:*NefariousSkeletorLaughter*
"For honor my men! Fear not that we die and hope we win with every man and women on this world alive!"
Currently binging your Channel, while trying to get work done, and i love every video, your narration, gameplay, the way you look into the background of games to make your playthroughs as lore accurate as possible, the way your thumbnail caught my eyes, simple but peeked my curiosity, Ok I'll stop but fr, you are easily one of my favorite channels now
Ain't gonna lie, I played those games from my yearly years. It's nice to see someone saving imperial guard! I tried doing this challenge to save everyone in other games, but never actually managed to do so. Alt ho, i chose games with scripted defenses like Blitzkrieg 1 and blitzkrieg 2. I managed to get trough like 5 missions, but never completed one game like you did here.
28:26 that one marine heard SaintJam counting the casualties and thought: "34? I can make that a nicer number!"
Saint Jam here making Lord Solar Macharius proud.
Brilliant vid, wasn't expecting a Love Can Bloom reference 😂
As a guardsmen player, this is greatly appreciated, now we have more to throw at the enemy!
Bravo…you’ve achieved one of my old childhood dreams. Honestly I could shed a tear. I grew up playing this game as a lone Asian man eating rice in my grandparents garage. Fucking fantastic. Thank you.
I love these videos because I was one of those players who would reload checkpoints in games if any or too many friendly npc's died that could be saved or I accidentally team killed.
I will point out that the item description on the Shield of Sturnn only mentions that he heroically led his regiment to recover the titan but does not mention whether he actually did recover it.
When a planet is taken by human forces, the Imperium often grants the conquering leader the heritable title of planetary governorship (be they an officer of the Astra Militarum, a rogue trader, etc). Between the refugees and the years-long restoration of the holy titan, I think it's pretty likely that the old man spent the rest of his life on Lorn V as Lord Governor Sturrn where he demonstrated the same dedication and humanitarian focus for rebuilding as he did in war during the winter campaign. Perhaps we see Sturrn's old outfit in DoW2 because after he took on the mantle of imperial governor -the space magpies stole his old threads- it was gifted to the Blood Ravens whom his new civilian subjects owe their lives.
Fun fact people are just finishing this video. I've been waiting for new content and I'm glad you've once again delivered ❤
1:08-1:11 "Ordinary men and women numbering in the billions!"
Me: "Oh good, he's talking about one of the smaller regiments..."
You found the perfect Otis McDonald music for your intros. Never change.
Maaaaaaan i am so happy to see this video happening FOR THE EMPEROR!
47:15 The description containing "heroically led his regiment to recover a fallen Imperator Titan on Lorn V" does not actually mean they were successful in recovering the titan. It states their objective and then Stern led his men heroically, not definitive proof that they succeeded in their goal.
haven't even watched the video but I know it's gonna be a banger
Hands down, Saint Jam's way of playing games, not only completing the challenges but also enriching them with RP and additional lore is simply the best way for me. Im really glad I've got an opportunity to enjoy your content. Somehow, each saved NPC in game gives me a small, but real drop of hope in the real life - all thanks to Jam's talent in crafting a masterful story! Damn good story! Cant wait to see what universe will we save next!
LETS GOO ANOTHER SAVE EVERYONE!!! love you're vids man. you do what some of us couldn't, in a sea of bad content your a gem ;)
Normally I prefer to wait until I beat a game I'm interested in playing before watching videos like this, but each video on this channel is honestly one of my favourites I've ever seen so screw that, time to watch the Emperor's glory manifested
9:56 the way he says Goreguts sounds like Goreguts is a dear friend
Bro thought they were friends
@@BGinfinite00 your NPC comment fails to be either original or even understand my comment properly
@CharaGonzalez-lt7yw I just say stuff
Very fun! Honestly not sure with cannon but your cannon seems like a fun one and my new accepted one! Also fine work with this! This is arguably one of the hardest Dawn of War games and you got everyone you could to live!
Yoooooo YT algorithm coming in clutch. Scrolled through my feed and found this gem 5 min after posting
praise the Emperor for recommending this video to me!
Emperor protects you SaintJam.
saw this and immediately clicked, like, favorite and more. high quality save everyone runes !
I love these videos, I look forward to your next uploads, keep up the good work man!
Another SaintJam video, another happy day
Literally shouted “YES” when i saw your upload, keep going absolutely love these videos
Bro is every Krieg Guardsman's Nightmare
Another amazing video, I love how you don't just make a deadless challenge but get into character and explain everything from an in-universe perspective.
Pretty sure you could use Command Squad’s Psykers to make up for lack of AT. Curse of the Machine Spirit (or whatever it’s called) in WA changes vehicle armor to Infantry, making the affected vics VERY vulnerable to anti-infantry weapons.
Doesnt psyker abilities have a small chance to instantly kill the caster ? or is just the offensive psi bolt that can cause that ?
@@mrvex6695 I think its only one of the abilities that have a self kill chance the other are safe to use.
@@mrvex6695 nah, just the single target brain bust. Others are safe to use.