Arknights Official Concept Trailer 3
| “ | "Now go, unto your initial grand quest." We would like to take this opportunity of the release of Concept Trailer 3 to express our gratitude to STARSET. Hats off to their master piece [Infected]! | ” |
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The Arknights Concept Trailer 3, also known as Arknights PV 3, is a trailer released for Arknights, acting as a teaser to the, at the time of writing, upcoming Episode 09 and the second act of the Main Theme, as well as future events. It was released both in the CN and Global servers shortly after the announcement of Under Tides; as the event is part of the second anniversary of Arknights in the CN server, the trailer effectively sets the tone for the game's direction in the following years to come.
The trailer uses Infected, a song specifically made by the band Starset for Arknights. Starset's other songs, Monster and UNBECOMING, had already been used in previous Arknights trailers, but they had not been contracted for Arknights and instead were taken from the band's pre-existing discography.
Transcript[]
A tape recorder is played.
Theresa (recording): The moment you are reading this, the ending act must already be played. For so many times you asked, of the plans I have for this landship, of the reason I commit this very much into it. Kal'tsit, you shall have my answer at very last: I hope the Rhodes can be a place you name home, an Island you may always return to.
Infected starts playing as the damaged Rhodes Island landship is shown.
Hypergryph and Studio Montagne (presents)
A flashback of the Doctor saving a younger Amiya from the ruins is shown.
(In cooperation with) Yostar[note 1]
The damage Rhodes Island landship is shown again, this time with the Doctor and Amiya walking out of her.
Infected.
The following images are shown in succession:
Silhouettes of Amiya, the Doctor, and Theresa standing in front of the gate to the base of Babel, which then cuts into the ruined version of the area.
The skyline of Londinium, the capital of Victoria, with the Shard gathering an upcoming storm above.
Siege standing alone in a road while looking at the seven ravens above her.
Amiya and Ch'en fighting Kashchey during the Chernobog-Lungmen crisis.
Talulah staying in her prison in the aftermath.
Amiya and Siege fighting side-by-side during the war in Victoria.
The silhouette of someone resembling Closure (or Djikstra?) and a flight of drones.
Gladiia holding Specter while standing by a window during Under Tides.
A chip with Columbia's Union Army markings on it.
The bustling capital of Kawalerielki suffering a sudden black-out while the three knightesses of Pinus Sylvestris appear in the darkness.
Shining appearing in a dark alley
An injured yet determined Nearl during the finals of the Kazimierz Major.
SilverAsh and his followers, Gnosis and Degenbrecher, in a snowy field.
A Sarkaz (possibly Theresa) stabs someone that appears to be Amiya.
A black, giant gate with a diamond marking.
Amiya being hugged by Theresa.
W standing alone amidst a rain while mourning.
A close-up of Amiya in shock.
Kal'tsit and the Doctor are shown standing outside the Rhodes Island landship.
Kal'tsit: We must carry ourselves forward. On this path that none dares to follow. And you, Doctor. Your future shall reveal yourself along this journey.
We are heading east.
The following images are shown in succession:
A matured Amiya, likely being possessed by Theresa's spirit, summoning her white Arts.
Siege sitting in a throne with members of Glasgow surrounding her.
A gathering of Eartha's followers: "With their homecity, people strong."
The armies of Dublinn assembled: "The one who set(s) the sun."
Hoederer of the past and Ines.
Theresis, the Confessarius, and a matured Hoederer leading the Kazdel Military Commission.
A flashback of the last surviving Victorian Steam Knight
Someone standing in front of a monument with a diamond shape.
Talulah gazing upon the monuments of the deceased Reunion fighters in a snowy field.
A flashback of Priestess in Rhodes Island uniform.
Amiya and Kal'tsit are shown talking while observing the Rhodes Island landship in the background.
Amiya: I entrust the rest to you... Dr. Kal'tsit.
Kal'tsit: Then what about you?
Amiya/Theresa?: For me, the fitting end of an idealist cometh.
Amiya: As for her... She shall be the fieriest torch, banishing all that is foul in purging flame.
The credits are shown.
Amiya: Take good care of Amiya.
Kal'tsit: Farewell... Theresa.
Arknights.
Theresa (recording): Now go, unto your initial grand quest. Through the grim perils of the longest night, Rhodes Island shall breach into the promised dawn.
The recording ends.
Great ideals but through selfless struggle and sacrifice to achieve.
Encoded Messages[]
During the CN server's 2nd Anniversary, the NGA community had noticed some hidden icons and codes in several cutscens. To their surprise, they discovered that these are secret codes arranged in the formats of ASCII, Unicode and Caesar cipher. The end results are two audio messages, one by Theresa and the other short one by Amiya.[note 2] The following messages will be given in both the original Japanese version and their translation into English.
Theresa's Last Letter[]
The letter is also included in Kal'tsit's Promotion Record.
あなたがこの手紙を読んでいるということは、きっと全て片付いた頃ね。
……私に説いてくれたたくさんの学説を憶えているかしら？私はずっと憶えているわ。
この大地には限りがあって、それは一つの球体の表面をわずかに覆う土でしかないと。
私たちの身体は最初からこうだったわけではなくて、歩けるようになるまでは地を這っていたこともあると。
あの星々は私たちの足下に広がる大地と同じように、空の軌道を進む筏であると……
ケルシー、そんなあなたの言葉を、私はどれも憶えている。
あなたは、私たちの行いに意味を見出すよりも、自身に関する答えが知りたいといっていたわね。私がこの船にどんな思いを込めているのか、どうしてこの船をそんなに大切にしているのか、そんなことを何度も聞いてきたでしょう？
とても幼稚な答えだったから、結局最後まではっきりと伝えられなかったわ。
……ケルシー、あなたの孤独は私も感じていたわ。自分には同類がいないと考えていたからでしょう。
ケルシー、私の答えはね、「このロドス・アイランドという船が、あなたの家になってほしいと願っていたから」なの。
あなたと一緒に、そんな未来をこの目で見届けたいなんて考えたことだってあるわ。
ただ、孤独に効く薬はないし、流浪の旅に終わりもない。そして死の病は直せない……
私は自分の精一杯をやったつもりよ。この結末に不満なんてないわ。
バベルの使命はここまでだけど、あなたたちとこの船の旅は、まだ始まったばかりよ。
今。あなたが初めに抱いた疑問を解き明かす時なんじゃないかしら。長い長い夜の後には、ロドス・アイランドにもきっと夜明けが訪れるわ。
暖かな大地を航行する未来は、あなたたちみんなのものなんだから。
―だけど私はあなたの味方よ、ケルシー。これまでも、これからもずっと。
The moment you read this, the ending act must already be played.
...Do you still remember all those theories you taught me? I always remembered.
You said the earth we knew was but a layer of mud, littering upon a celestial orb.
You said our different forms were not created so, we crawled, long before we learned to walk.
You said the stars beyond skyveil are arks sailing through the stellar lane...
The wonderous things you said... Kal'tsit, I remembered. I remembered them all.
You once said, more than seeking sense in our action, you wanted to learn of the answer to yourself; and for so many times you asked, of those I have committed to this landship, of the reason I commit this very much into it.
I feel the answer is very childlike, so I never directly responded to your question.
...Kal'tsit, I sense your loneliness. Because you feel you have none of the same kind.
Kal'tsit, you shall have my answer at very last: I hope the Rhodes can be a place you name home: an Island you may always return to.
Once I thought too, to witness such future with my own eyes alongside you.
But yet, there is no antidote to loneliness, there is no end to nomadic wandering, there is no cure to a terminal illness...
I already did everything I could do. I won't harbor complaint for my own end.
Babel's mission is concluded, and you and this landship have only just set sail.
Now go, unto your initial grand quest. Through the grim perils of the longest night, Rhodes Island shall breach into the promised dawn.
That future which sails on the tender earth, it belongs to you all.
–But I have always been your companion. And still I will be.
Amiya's Request[]
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Only for the English version in YouTube (see video above).
- ↑ NGA article explaining the decoding of PV 3 (in Chinese)