Arknights: Rise from Ember Episode 3 Discussion

Didn’t understand anything again award 😭 I’m trying but the names are confusing me. I know we’re trying to stop this reunion conspiracy, but a lot of the characters are where I’m getting lost. So who’s guard again? I guess he was in season 1? Doctor going with the “did he hurt you” reverse psychology trick to get the civilian to calm down was crazy! Also, who tf is patriot and why are they having to negotiate with him?

I do understand rosemontis was artificially made an infected which is really messed up, makes sense why everyone’s so protective of her. It’s cool that she’s determined to use an awful thing that happened to her for a good purpose

Lowkey we need a YouTuber or something to break all this down after each episode lol

Why is SHE betraying them as well? W already did it!
So many interacting plots in this thing, it's confusing to an Anime' only like me. Someone help a little.

W didn't betray anyone. She saw that Talulah was sending the Reunion members to their deaths and confronted her about it.
Talulah's story will be explained later in this season.

@Yaggamy W also wanted to stop her from crashing that city onto Lungmen too so there is that too

Didn’t understand anything again award 😭 I’m trying but the names are confusing me. I know we’re trying to stop this reunion conspiracy, but a lot of the characters are where I’m getting lost. So who’s guard again? I guess he was in season 1? Doctor going with the “did he hurt you” reverse psychology trick to get the civilian to calm down was crazy! Also, who tf is patriot and why are they having to negotiate with him?

I do understand rosemontis was artificially made an infected which is really messed up, makes sense why everyone’s so protective of her. It’s cool that she’s determined to use an awful thing that happened to her for a good purpose

Lowkey we need a YouTuber or something to break all this down after each episode lol

@Yaggamy W also wanted to stop her from crashing that city onto Lungmen too so there is that too

Well, it was obviously way better put together in terms of pacing and scene flow/transition than last episode, but that was mostly expected and shouldn't be too surprising, as that goes for every episode prior to last episode too. Last episode was, up to this point anyway, compared to all the episodes which came before it and now this episode, truly the exception rather than the rule and that's a good thing. Probably rooted in the somewhat novel nature of the source material and how it slides into the overall story (since most of it was backstory for a character who has been a largely minor antagonist without that much screentime before).

For the longest time we didn't see any of the vampire girls in the series, so I really didn't expect to be getting Warfarin appearing onscreen for the first time back to back, the episode after Closure first appears (episode two of this season).

And I'll never not be captivated and haunted both by the combination of the advanced technology of modern warfare (and also used for peaceful civil purposes) like drones and electronic communications equipment (jamming interference notwithstanding) and the ancient magic like blood rituals, mental-linking, and psychokinesis.

Just as in our world in a war such as this, of course an organization like Reunion as a faction founded on a manipulated idealism is only serving as a puppet for another agenda.

In other news, I can never get a proper read on Dr. Kal'tsit and doubt that I will at this rate. She seems just as much an adherent to a cold and calculating, dispassionate and mechanical Machiavellian logic and worldview which the Doctor once supposedly was, yet also always comes across as perpetually miffed and bitter at his past history and way of being (their interaction in this episode had to be the first reasonably respectful exchange they've had in the series, at least on the surface - you can tell she's still couching nearly everything she says in superficially formal military-hierarchical and businesslike terms and probably holding back a lot), whereas if anything you'd think they'd have an affinity. I'm guessing that something he did, some harsh and brutal decision of the kind he routinely made affected her or something she cared about and that's why it was different, but whatever is the case hasn't been revealed and gone into, if it ever will.

It was also heartening to see again some of the characters introduced in season two which we haven't seen since then, such as Meteorite, Jessica, and Blaze. It was the first time in a long time, maybe since the season one episodes with the establishing shots and brief tour of different sectors and facilities of the landship, that it felt like we saw many characters and such a full view of Rhodes Island's organizational personnel including many never introduced by name and background characters, giving more of an impression than usual of a fully staffed and lively place.

And yet, still no Exusiai (I know that she's not a Rhodes Island member). Since season one really, no Exusiai. A serious dearth of Exusiai. An Exusiai drought. This series, which already has its fair share of beautiful and powerful moments, could still be elevated so much more with roughly 50% more Exusiai, at least.

Last season storyline able to follow. This season I feel super confuses. Am I the only one here not understanding this season.

OK, I don’t know what the fuck is going on, again 🤣. It feels as if missed an episode or two. It also doesn’t seem to have any linearity with S1. Whatever, I’ll keep watching in hopes that it’ll make sense

Well, it was obviously way better put together in terms of pacing and scene flow/transition than last episode, but that was mostly expected and shouldn't be too surprising, as that goes for every episode prior to last episode too. Last episode was, up to this point anyway, compared to all the episodes which came before it and now this episode, truly the exception rather than the rule and that's a good thing. Probably rooted in the somewhat novel nature of the source material and how it slides into the overall story (since most of it was backstory for a character who has been a largely minor antagonist without that much screentime before).

For the longest time we didn't see any of the vampire girls in the series, so I really didn't expect to be getting Warfarin appearing onscreen for the first time back to back, the episode after Closure first appears (episode two of this season).

And I'll never not be captivated and haunted both by the combination of the advanced technology of modern warfare (and also used for peaceful civil purposes) like drones and electronic communications equipment (jamming interference notwithstanding) and the ancient magic like blood rituals, mental-linking, and psychokinesis.

Just as in our world in a war such as this, of course an organization like Reunion as a faction founded on a manipulated idealism is only serving as a puppet for another agenda.

In other news, I can never get a proper read on Dr. Kal'tsit and doubt that I will at this rate. She seems just as much an adherent to a cold and calculating, dispassionate and mechanical Machiavellian logic and worldview which the Doctor once supposedly was, yet also always comes across as perpetually miffed and bitter at his past history and way of being (their interaction in this episode had to be the first reasonably respectful exchange they've had in the series, at least on the surface - you can tell she's still couching nearly everything she says in superficially formal military-hierarchical and businesslike terms and probably holding back a lot), whereas if anything you'd think they'd have an affinity. I'm guessing that something he did, some harsh and brutal decision of the kind he routinely made affected her or something she cared about and that's why it was different, but whatever is the case hasn't been revealed and gone into, if it ever will.

It was also heartening to see again some of the characters introduced in season two which we haven't seen since then, such as Meteorite, Jessica, and Blaze. It was the first time in a long time, maybe since the season one episodes with the establishing shots and brief tour of different sectors and facilities of the landship, that it felt like we saw many characters and such a full view of Rhodes Island's organizational personnel including many never introduced by name and background characters, giving more of an impression than usual of a fully staffed and lively place.

And yet, still no Exusiai (I know that she's not a Rhodes Island member). Since season one really, no Exusiai. A serious dearth of Exusiai. An Exusiai drought. This series, which already has its fair share of beautiful and powerful moments, could still be elevated so much more with roughly 50% more Exusiai, at least.

Can't believe we got to see Guard again after all this time. Rosmontis is a badass what the hell.

So can anyone explain what Rosmontis is doing when the balls on her back start spinning? Is that another ability of hers?

That's her Arts unit, it helps regulate her powers. She's simply too strong and needs something to limit her output or she would end up doing too much collateral damage.
Amiya also wears rings to limit her powers.

@Yaggamy Ahh so it's a limiter. Thank you. What else is she doing? It looks to me like scanning the entire area (or close proximity) for enemies? We see her in multiple locations at the same time so is that just a mental image of what's going on?

There are no regular communications inside the city because Talulah wants to separate the Reunion factions.
Talulah is using runners to deliver encrypted messages.
Rhodes Island wants to cripple Reunion's communications before fighting them.
Rosmontis has telekinetic like powers, Elite Operator Raidian is a communications specialist. They combine their powers to find out where the runners are and the other teams take them out.