[General Battuta]

I'm sure this has been spotted more than once before, but it was novel to me.

There's often been debate about the group of Sathanas juggernaughts that remained behind to be destroyed by the supernova instead of jumping away. This group of ships goes black shortly before the event and is apparently vaporized.

Some have suggested that these ships simply lost power due to some kind of equipment failure. But it appears they actually made a choice to remain behind, and that this was a voluntary and necessary part of the supernova process.

As the other juggernaughts disengage their green-ripply-weapons and jump away, you can see that the Sathanas juggernaughts in question are still maintaining their own green ripply spheroid things. Perhaps they're completing the final step of the supernova; perhaps they're a safety mechanism to make completely sure everything goes well.

It appears that these ships weren't left behind by accident. It was -- perhaps -- an intentional part of the process. Very interesting.

Also, it draws an interesting parallel to the endings in which Alpha 1 chooses to remain behind.

Check out 1:04.

[Blue Lion]

I never assumed equipment failure. I always assumed it was on purpose.

[General Battuta]

Right, me too. I just recall there being a mildly heated debate (I think Trashman was involved?) a while back.

[Narvi]

"Chooses to remain behind".

Man, Petrarch really knows how to make dead people look good.

Alpha One: "DAMMIT YOU STUPID ARES MOVE FASTER GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU STUPID ARGO ITS COMING FOR ME THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH pof"

Petrarch: "...so, he decided to stay behind to protect the civilians."

Comm Officer: "But..."

Petrarch: "The heroic commanding officer of my Aquitane's premier squadron, the Blue Lions, chose to remain behind."

Comm Officer: "...yes, sir."

[eliex]

Same with General Battuta, I always interpreted the scene as the last group of Sathanas juggernauts holding the gateway for the the other juggernauts ensuring that they go to their unknown destination safely.

Perhaps there had only skeleton crew on board or the process fully automated; I highly doubt that the Shivans would sacrifice 9 fully crewed juggernauts to their deaths. 

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I thought that the Sathanas juggernauts that remained behind were hardy enough to withstand a supernova. They probably jumped shortly after Capella exploded.

[Nuclear1]

I still say practical joke.

Bob the Shivan: Yep, that's it, 13, 56, and 78 keep up the rippling. We'll just turn ours off.

Timmy the Shivan: Alright, what's the cool thing you wanted to show me again?

Bob the Shivan: You'll see, soon enough....alright guys, NOW!

*all the other jugs warp out*

Bob: HAHAHAHAHA SEE YA

Timmy: Wait...what? Oh crap its gonna explode! Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap jump out!

*jug powers down*

Timmy: .....

[General Battuta]

I thought that the Sathanas juggernauts that remained behind were hardy enough to withstand a supernova. They probably jumped shortly after Capella exploded.

Doubt it. But maybe.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

When I last did Apocalypse, I was flying an Ares. "COMEE ONNNNNNNNNNN YOU USELESS PIECE OF JUNK!"

[Killer Whale]

I thought it was impossible to jump out. It took me a long time to work out you had to go to the node.

[Dilmah G]

Same with General Battuta, I always interpreted the scene as the last group of Sathanas juggernauts holding the gateway for the the other juggernauts ensuring that they go to their unknown destination safely.

Perhaps there had only skeleton crew on board or the process fully automated; I highly doubt that the Shivans would sacrifice 9 fully crewed juggernauts to their deaths. 

I thought the Shivans were some kind of vast race that spanned system upon system, so the loss of a Sath wasn't really a huge thing for them

[Phoenova]

I thought that the Sathanas juggernauts that remained behind were hardy enough to withstand a supernova. They probably jumped shortly after Capella exploded.

Probably not since the planets were destroyed.  Maybe they were close enough to whatever subspace event occured to warp out, but I always figured that they stayed behind to stabalize the "gate" long enough for the majority to get through.

[Pred the Penguin]

I seriously doubt a Sath would've survived a supernova...

[Enigmatic Entity]

If a Sath can get destroyed by the Colossus, even if it had no active BFReds, and a Supernova releases as much energy as its entire galaxy when it explodes, then I think it (they) would become H+  plasma. Then again, in the video, the corvettes survived the first wave, but not the second.

[Pred the Penguin]

The first wave seemed more like a... heat wave. O_o

[Killer Whale]

[skepticism]And that would be weaker..?[/skepticism]

[Dilmah G]

The first wave was probably the concussion/shock wave, rippling the place, then the second wave was the full force, heat etc

[Androgeos Exeunt]

The first wave is all the heat. The next one is probably pure power.

[Pred the Penguin]

The first wave is all the next. The next one is probably pure energy.

*fixed*

Anyways... second wave was probably "....The explosion expels much or all of a star's material[2] at a velocity of up to a tenth the speed of light, driving a shock wave[3] into the surrounding interstellar medium...." - Wiki

First was probably for dramatic effect. XD

[Androgeos Exeunt]

The "pure power" bit was deliberate. The part where I messed up was "next". I actually meant to say that the first wave is probably all the heat on the sun's exterior.