The Meaning of Every Armored Core 6 Emblem

Middle Flatwell's emblem being a bird could also be a reference to his position as the 'middle finger', which, when extended, is called giving some one 'the bird'.

I like to think Open-Faith is more like a Pun that doesn't translate rather than a mistranslation. But that is probably just semantics

Iguazu's emblem is also very symbolic of his insecurities and his relationship with volta. first, its a bunch of ants carrying a stag beetle head but their silhoute is like a stag beetle. iguazu tries to look bad ass by being the ants that took the head but in the end he ends up looking like a poser. also rhino beetles (Volta) are known to have a rivalry with stag beetles (Iguazu) in beetle fighting

In regards to Sulla's emblem: a snake eating its own tail is a common symbol used in the ancient art/philosophy/science of Alchemy, symbolizing a constant cycle of death and rebirth, or breaking things down to their base elements and then recombining them. The three colours of the snakes, black, white and red correspond with Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo, which are the three stages to creating the Philisopher's Stone and with it the Elixir of Life. As Sulla is a first-gen augmented pilot his emblem can be interpreted as relating to one of alchemy's goals, the creation of artificial humans also known as Humunculi.

8:42 the 5th leg on liger tail is actually referencing G1 Michigan’s giant hog

OPEN FAITH is likely meant to be taken ironically as Snail is not someone to be trusted or have faith in. The logo being a many faced person could also be a visual pun of being “two-faced”

I always saw Freud's emblem as a human hand emerging out of wires and cables; kinda to symbolize how despite having no enhancements, he still surpasses the rest of the Vespers who all have the latest Augmentations.

One of the crazier theories i've heard that seems to have a lot of evidence to support it is that Branch are actually the underlings of Overseer. Basically, as the story goes, Carla and Walter discovered that not all the coral was destroyed in the Fires of Ibis, so in order to find the rest of it, the "Convergence" that Walter keeps talking about during the first few acts, Carla enlists the help of a group of mercenaries breach PCA defenses and leak the presence of coral so that overseer may exploit the corporations' resources to find and destroy it. This is also hinted at in the emblems as Branch can be seen as one literal branch of the tree that is Overseer. Something even crazier if true is that Nightfall Raven is actually 617 from the trailers, we saw his battle and grave damage in the story trailer, scavenging parts to rebuild in the reveal trailer, but was still missing a head which just so happened to be a unique experimental part designed by RAD, a gift from Carla to get 617 operational in branch. The rest of his AC is literally just Walters frames in the same color scheme.

Mad Stomp: notice the skulls in all the wrinkly toes? Just a neat visual detail. Milktooth: it's gentle and unassuming, completely unlike his AC or emblem - a dynamic that matches his personality; warm and welcoming with weapons and scrapper drones at the ready. Handler Walter: someone online pointed this out; that's a mannequin hand, and it's as bound by the leashes as all the implied dogs at the other end - those leashes being the goals of Overseer.

Regarding Snail’s AC and emblem, I figured it was a reference to Tyrian purple being extracted from Murex snails. It was a color associated with royalty and obscene wealth in ancient times.

Handler Walter's emblem is a closed mannequin hand facing down, Freud's emblem is an opened human hand facing up. They're opposites but also nothing else connects them

16:14 The colours of the snakes that make up Sulla's emblem, and the colours of his ac, also match pretty closely with the colours on a specific species of snake. The Coral Snake.

On 4:47, I'm surprised you also didn't point out the Balam parts on the Ortus, the Huxley and the Abbot. While probably looted by the RLF after the Intercept the Redguns mission, I like to think that Balam chipped in the Ortus' development last minute just to give Arquebus one last middle finger before leaving.

Regarding Umber Ox, it’s notable that many real life cultures consider oxen to be a symbol of wealth, so when you combine the glitzy green gold color scheme and the amount of expensive parts you get a mighty and blinged-out AC, fitting of an ox’s strength and the wealth required to have it.

Personally I prefer thinking that Branch is this game's iteration of a Raven's Nest. Branches are where birds perch to rest, this organisation is characterized by having a Raven. King makes reference to "other Ravens" so that could mean that the organisation hinges on the establishment of a pilot holding the Raven title. After the Defend the Dam Complex mission, Ayre tells you that Branch (what's left of them) has left it to you to champion the free will they stood for. 621 becomes the new Raven and to that extent, you have become Branch. The Raven's Nest and representative of Free Will, very fitting if you were to do this mission for the Liberator of Rubicon ending. You become the very symbol of the Rubiconians' desire for freedom, the "Branch" for their ACs to fight and stand together.

G2 Niles emblem of the 2 whales may have 2 meanings. Whales have the most enormous brain out of all mammals meaning it could be a big brain and a small brain situation representing him and michigan as well as the fact those 2 go deep down Edit: also snails picture looks almost like a cursed front facing yoshimitzu maybe signfying all of the faces snail puts on during his life from a corporate dog to a leader to a sneaky rat and then the face of arquebus itself as said during his balteus fight, with a black hole signifying his lack of anything on inside. His name of open faith could describe his views on coral augmentation viewing it as the best things he could do to himself but shoving a couple hundred to thousands before him to get it right before partaking in himself

Now looking back, Walter’s really do have a “you are not tied with me, I am tied with you” theme there too. Like, the way the puppet strings ties to the hand. It goes all the way up the wrist. This means if you grab the puppet and pull away violently, the whole hand can just get pulled off. The symbol only looks sinister at first glance. The more you look the more you realize how much have Walter tied himself to 621, going all in, and completely without any backup plans to cut ties. Edit: And to add, looking closely, you can see that the hand itself is also a puppet. The ankles shows it clearly. Probably means how Walter is also just a “puppet”, a machine of a greater duty, only built to do what must be done.

Iguazu also uses AM parts when you face him in the Institute city, specifically the Mind Alpha arms and Laser ORBT. But it’s pretty hard to notice when you’re busy dealing with both him and Snail ganking you together…

I can see how Snail's AC name could be a mistranslation but I always thought of it as an ironic metaphor for the fact that he's been augmented multiple times. He's got his faith in his upgrades but changes to whatever new thing comes along.

You forgot one key detail about Swinburne. He is patches and his logo the brain being lobotomized is in the shape of a baby