I Made An ICBM To Nuke My Enemies! | From The Depths

Because sometimes.. You just want to make shiny things, and nukes are pretty dang shiny!
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[@theorangeofallahpbuh1840]

Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to engage in vehicle warfare against this man? He appears in the middle of nowhere, starts building incredibly effective craft, destroys all of the other factions easily and then starts deploying ICBMs without any remorse or offering any treaties or terms of surrender. And then, when you finally meet him, it’s just some jolly British chap playing a game for his KZbin fans.

[@Nitram4392]

Lathrix is a mad scientist. Simple as that. :D

[@skorgevondoom___9571]

I just wrote this little song Whoa he comes and whoa he goes the most deadly jolly fell-ow lath is back and lath is ma-aad so watch your back cause whoa he comes and whoa he goes I hope lath sees this...but it is unlikely

[@Redicule_research._ridiculous]

Music?

[@skorgevondoom___9571]

Just a thing I made, I kinda hope lath uses it or heck anyone using it would be cool, cuz I am not sure I'm any good

[@sevret313]

And then you're prepared to shoot the ICBM out of the air in a quite cost-effective manner.

[@bug_stonkin_wess1221]

Lathrix commits a war-crime, the video!

[@tomstring3043]

Might as well make it a series at this point

[@archapmangcmg]

Stellaris, you say?

[@positron3887]

@@tomstring3043 the Kaiser approves

[@rory8182]

@@archapmangcmg Holy Exterminatus

[@toddboward4771]

Nukes are not war crimes. Just FYI.

[@Okka67]

If lathrix is now making ICBMs while sober, god help drunk lathrix’s enemies.

[@mickey_mousey]

*Lathrix arrives at Onyx throne, chugging fireball as fast as he can, bottles lay upon the floor* "I have nuclear lasers"

[@brandongarsh3474]

@@mickey_mousey i can so see that

[@blaank313]

You think god can save them?

[@watinc.9918]

Drunkrix is unstoppable!

[@hseanhill]

Hear me out, ""RAMMING ICBM""

[@mycatistypingthis5450]

That ballet dance between the two nukes with the destructive finisher was pure art

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

Probably something Khorne would watch

[@NathanTruby]

Didnt you know? True art... *IS AN EXPLOSION!!!*

[@britishneko3906]

hmm yes... art....

[@vojislavmrdja]

Yes, yes it was, it was glorious!

[@Kuruqan]

I have had quite some success in using ram-tips on my self-guiding warcrimes, with the nuke right behind it. That way I can use the ram as a penetrator, and have the nuke detonate further inside the target, maximising my warcrime-per-material ratio.

[@Nicmadis]

Wonder if you could couple that with additional thrust to give it a short but fuel excessive burst of speed just before impact.

[@solsystem1342]

Is that imperial units? warcrimes/material?

[@Nicmadis]

@@solsystem1342 Yes, metric is lives/material.

[@robbiejames1540]

Was going to say that myself!

[@TheDemocrab]

You know what I use as a penetrator? The same kinda deal, it's actually incredibly effective you dirty minded people.

[@suddenlythatenderman5800]

Missles: "i am inevitable" Lathrix: "i want to use less missiles so I made a nuke"

[@Kenshkrix]

If you're using nukes you don't need quite as many missiles, so still technically correct.

[@Poop-qz9yn]

quality over quantity

[@drunkengibberish1143]

Now the question is do rockets/rpgs (Unguided missiles) count?

[@Kenshkrix]

@@drunkengibberish1143 A missile is basically just any kind of projectile, so rockets also count. Bullets could also technically count, but that's the generic definition, and in context missiles are usually self-guided in which case rockets would not count.

[@alexhoughton3305]

"Missiles are overused, so instead, I use ballistic missiles."

[@fredfoxjruk9323]

Oh god the end is nigh, what fool gave him access to nuclear weapons

[@owenwiedlin383]

No one he made them

[@SephirothRyu]

Well, at least he didn't put a warp drive on them...

[@skelet8337]

@@SephirothRyu yet...

[@britishneko3906]

we gave him the powah to make it

[@TeamColorSquad]

@@SephirothRyu prepare when he does it

[@MonsterPumpkin]

Soon as I saw the title, I knew I had to watch immediatelly

[@rory8182]

I think most of us did, Uni work comes second to this

[@damienknapp1667]

Why you stealin' my pfp >.>

[@theonlylonelypariah1770]

Lathrix: Makes things I could never dream of making Also Lathrix: "iM nOt tHaT aRtIsTiCaLlY cReAtIvE"

[@invadegreece9281]

Ikr

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

Yes artistically destructive.

[@Sleepy_Sleepy]

@@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798 underrated reply, this is pure gold

[@AvionDrake579]

Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the skull throne! Nuclear fire for the enemies of the 'good guys!'

[@Chaos77777]

And Milk for the Korn Flakes

[@leobracken2316]

@@Chaos77777 Oh yes, the most important one!

[@SephirothRyu]

Milk for the khorneflakes! Warp Drives for the nukes!

[@mycatistypingthis5450]

Nukes do things for all the chaos gods, it seems. Khorne is obvious, Tzeench for fire and change, Nurgle for disease and death, and Slaanesh for excess (in explosives).

[@kidneysfailedbutimwinning]

Dream S-I-MP

[@_mwk]

Need a space-station ICBM launcher called 'Khorne's Middle Finger'

[@Nicmadis]

Oh dear. Now I picture a space station shaped like a hand giving the finger, and that finger is a icbm...

[@TheDemocrab]

​@@Nicmadis Don't worry, if Lathrix doesn't that kind of design will make a fine addition to my fleet next to the melee focused submarine shaped like a penis (complete with testicles) and my fortress made to look like a giant donut. Until the sprinkles open up and reveal all of the guns, that is.

[@WildmanTrading]

​@@TheDemocrabWHAT

[@TheDemocrab]

@@WildmanTrading You heard what I said. I also have since made a flying pig (vomits missiles and poops bombs) but then got sidetracked by playing train games.

[@gmoney5340]

I saw the title and thought "he did what?"

[@39S6E]

The way lathrix said goodbye at the end was so smug.

[@jeffreyzhang1796]

I can just imagine Lathrix using it to "subdue" all other empires when Nemesis Expansion comes out and he becomes the big baddy in Stellaris.

[@VonKuro]

This is a virtual hug It is the payload of a tactical comment It has been fired from over the sea, but its arrival is inescapable Lathrix you have been hugged!

[@SlipperyGerman]

How about putting a spike on the front and letting it Penetratie the armor and then explode

[@user-nd9jp2lj2r]

Yes, with ram blocks

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

@@user-nd9jp2lj2r oh god, so if you had a layer of armour that is all that is keeping your ship from getting absolutely ruined, if that gets poked by a random pipe jutting out from the nuke..................................

[@JabberwockOclock]

Problem with that is that rams negate impact damage like rubber if they're the point of contact, so a "perfect" hit could leave the nuke rubbing up against the target. This could then be solved by a detonator ACB, but that's a bit less satisfying than seeing an immediate explosion. Using a heavy armor cap can serve the same purpose.

[@jadedandbitter]

@@JabberwockOclock Oh no, I'd argue the delayed explosions are far more satisfying. Just have it punch into the enemy, wait a beat, then BOOM. Brings a smile to my face just thinking about it.

[@bolmobelo]

@@jadedandbitter "I thought you said it worked?!" "It does" "Then where's the explosion-"

[@theoffensivelemon2515]

Tell me more about this “Geneva Convention.”

[@imperielgenecist1317]

Well it’s less a set of rules, but rather a set of suggestive guidelines.

[@dani200275]

@@imperielgenecist1317 and it does not apply to good guys

[@scyobiempire4450]

Whats that? Is it a type of Slush Puppy?

[@Nicmadis]

It's that thing the US calls the "Geneva Suggestion."

[@TheDemocrab]

The easiest way to explain it is to just watch the whole pirates code thing from pirates of the caribbean, it's the same thing but with politicians instead of pirates which makes it far more boring.

[@sayethwe8683]

also: I think that's less ICBM and more cruise missile, in terms of operation.

[@05981matthew]

Next episode, lathland makes a submarine to launch these.

[@squa_81]

We all know lathrix likes missiles, and now he is making what he likes :D

[@i_am_jarvistm7220]

I saw "Nuke" and I saw "From The Depths" and I Did. Not. Hesitate.

[@macaroni8273]

I saw lathrix and didn't hesitate to click it

[@i_am_jarvistm7220]

@@macaroni8273 I mean, I saw what I saw, *THEN* saw that it was a Lath vid, sooooooo...

[@copperl_3720]

The manical laughter is great, the craft is such a great concept

[@phoenixtalon100]

i love that it veers at the last second and hits where it's not expected, that little random chaos to make it that tiny bit harder to predict.

[@blinking_dodo]

no views, 36 likes and 17 reactions, of which only 7 are displayed. This is called eventual consistency

[@sayethwe8683]

I saw the title and expected drunkthrix. I am now terrified.

[@qwertyuioppie3699]

When I first saw the title I thought it said friends inside of enemies.

[@AsherLimaPapa]

I absolutely adore how this turned out aesthetically. Beautiful work.

[@MonsterPumpkin]

I kinda hope you try to build a genuine ICBM, like goes up, floats very high up (This is the only problematic part I see because I m not usre if there is "space" in FTD) and then drops like 3-10 warheads on the taget one after another, in fact you can even do it more realistic by making some of those warheads duds which would make it harder for AA to deal with, it is a intermediate challange but looking at your past builds I m sure you can pull it off (or maybe it is a job for drunktrix who knows)

[@zetarhythm3503]

Hi there, sorry for the incoming wall of text. Such a thing is entirely possible within a few limitations. Mostly, you'd need to actualy get a larger missile-like vehicle into space which would require awkward and/or expensive thrusters. Because in-game vehicle docks fail past 100 M/S, your actual high flight would have to be rather slow, unless you made the larger missile construct it's smaller missiles when approaching the target (which would be more expensive and would leave it vulnerable while building). Otherwise, yeah. It would work - you could use the Breadboards to tell the missile to fly in space until it was within a certain distance to the enemy, then switch over to a "point at target" system for the descent. That should, in theory, work at any angle so top attack would be viable and pretty hard to defend against although it might miss more agile enemies. As for the dud warheads, just using some metal armour around a "missile" with a ram on the front would work. Most AIs prefer closer and more heavily-armed targets, so if your dud was faster then it might soak up some extra attention from the actual payload missiles. I can visualise the missile using several "stages" spanning from it's launch through to impact: - Stage 1: Main missile ascends to space, aiming to level out at around 1,500m (Skip this stage if you're lauching the missile from space, of course) - Stage 2: Flight at 95 M/S until within 2km from the target (5 M/S is shaved off to account for turning) - Stage 3: Submissiles detach, with the faster duds detaching first or from in front of the actual warheads - Stage 4: All missiles accelerate to their top speeds on short delays to stagger their impacts, switching AI to "point at target" - Stage 5: Missiles impact in this order: Duds, Submissiles, Main missile All of this is entirely possible within the systems I'm familiar with, and I'm a below average player.

[@MonsterPumpkin]

@@zetarhythm3503 Okay nice I knew it had to be possible the only part I had doubts about was the floting above athmosphere part (oh also real life icbm's take aproximatelly 30 minutes to reach space anyways so it would be realistic, and I mean we are not going for practicality lets be real)

[@MonsterPumpkin]

@@zetarhythm3503 I could build an ICBM the way I said it if I played FTD but I doubt buying it just to build 1 contraption worth it lmao

[@zetarhythm3503]

@@MonsterPumpkin Space is only around 1KM up in FtD so you can reach there pretty quick, but once you're there you tend to go real fast if you have enough ion engines. If you do get FtD at some point, just know that there are regular updates which often mean you need to redesign stuff from the ground up. It's a pretty good game if you like building these things, though.

[@juanlloveras5780]

There is a Space, but it only drastically lowers the weight, I think.

[@clockworkgiant9070]

You appear to have built a rocket from a 1950’s sci fi movie.

[@seerai-42]

this is spectacular! what id really love to see is a swarm of nukes going for one of the biggest ships in the game

[@SkullHunter727]

That missile you have would make for a great boarding torpedo. Just strip the nukes and add rams with a little section to hid in, smash through their armour and plunder away.

[@Galvin09670]

I'm sure someone's already mentioned this Lathrix but if no one has, here ya go! When you're in the mimic/deco UI, if you just type in "mimic", blocks unique to mimic meshes will pop up and can be used. These include cones, spheres, and donuts amongst others. Otherwise, that is a spectacular little ICBM that I will definitely draw inspiration from.

[@epiktom5768]

Many of you forgot to like and comment. You'll end up like Larry. Yes, this is a threat.

[@twanchee206]

Thanks for reminding me BT

[@zeta970]

Ug, larry

[@flairo6605]

Oh god.

[@scorchprimethewalkingwarcrime]

Larry is regretting existing

[@exothermic1942]

I accidently missed the like button and disliked your comment, sorry.

[@Nicmadis]

Looks good, a bit stubby, so more like the kind launched from submarines which is fitting. That said... How about a mini sub with a nuke?

[@remipoujoulat7759]

That's a very nice design! Good job!

[@rylanmiller6823]

So happy to see you post always make my day better ❤️

[@archapmangcmg]

Real life has a way of seizing priority. We will still be here when you have more delightful content to share. Maybe not patiently waiting but waiting nonetheless. And rejoicing with you when you have the chance to play and upload. Especially liking the Kingdoms and Castles and (especially) Stellaris content, in my case.

[@nullpoint3346]

Yes.

[@ashleywagner2002]

Lathrix your videos are always so nice. I discovered you in lockdown and your from the depths vids have been amazing to just have on whilst im painting or doing schoolwork and have been just amazing to watch! I really hope the irl stuff going on for you rn gets a bit better and hopefully the plaguetimes are on their way out (i think we're looking at about august before everyones vaccinated here in north wales. idk where you are but i hope its going okay!)

[@CaptainGeneralPeace]

Idea; make a craft the spawns these in, instead of creating them yourself. Call it the bunker buster, and give it a nice green tint :P

[@ProbablyAEuropean]

'today we are building nukes!' Yep this can't get better , this is peak Lathland here 'we will be using jets' Oh my god it just got better

[@yellomonky4272]

Lathrix, try using a fuel refinery and make the end pointed for a really nice nose for the nuke. I promise you that it looks fabulous. I used it for my prop plane!

[@sternthomas4218]

I had this idea so long ago, i was like: hmm this would be cool if built in ftd. Thx lath

[@bananajesus9960]

Gotta say I still find it interesting that they removed fuel, and a way further back time, the different materials like natural and crystal and have made them all into “material”

[@DamsdelDrennon]

I love how epic the music was when the icbm was about to hit its target but you forgot the nuke, and btw, you say you aren't that artistically creative, but I think you have always had a style of your own and it's only been developing more I really like how you build and how you give reasons, or not, for your crafts to be how they are.

[@agentsprocket]

Nukes, with extra steps! I have a couple ideas for weapon/vehicle designs, feel free to skip this, It's just an idea list 1: A submarine with harpoons on the tip of a very long corridor, rams and other items on it, with a door used as a boarding vessel by penetrating underneath. 2: Mjolnir. It's basically a "Hammer" that starts out as a scout satellite, used for surveillance and such, but can drop out of the sky, using lots and lots of EMP and then just rams into the enemy. Much like a space battering ram. 3: Duplication craft. Craft that duplicates itself. Nuff said. (Name idea: Clostridium. Named after the fastest growing bacteria, Clostridium perfringens) 4: Iceberg. Ship with only small amount of it visible (I think like a submerged coffin nail, with lots of torpedos) 5: Frill-necked lizard. Thruster craft with a collapsible shield which opens up in combat, maybe swarm missiles that open up along the frill and shoot out in every direction, one turn on them and just destroy everything. And when not in combat it collapses, creating a nice and streamline jet used to satisfy everyone's inner sonic to go fast 6: Porpoise. A hydrofoil submarine that not only pops out of the water but immediately dives back down, and maybe flies a bit. 7: Cloud Catcher. It swallows ships. Using multiple spin blocks combined with pistons it opens a large mouth like that of a basking shark full of drills and spikes, then just compresses. Terrifyingly cool.

[@mickey_mousey]

I can say your intro beat to beat now I love that I've watched this series for so long!

[@giantdad1817]

The Nuke tends to get stuck on water when enganging target whilst being on lower altitudes with "Point at" AI(even when focusing blocks above water). You can fix this by adding another behaviour card and add "Bomber" behaviour, then set altitude that suits you and let ACB switch from "Bomber" AI to "Point at" AI at your desired range. Also love the work with mimics, didnt realy knew how to utilize them, but now i cant get enough of them. Cheers!

[@The_Unamed_Commissar5721]

Hey lathrix Can you do the land campaign again it was fun to watch and I think it would be fun to watch with new designs and mechanics

[@lucasconley1394]

I feel like it would be a good idea to make a more efficient version, just to circle the targets to distract their aa defences and let something like a bomber come through.

[@cephy8102]

If you just type "mimic" in the mimic menu, it'll give you a list of shapes like spheres and hexagons. Useful for making crafts look better :s

[@nathanjenkins5785]

Hey lathrix! it occurs to me that this missile could be a great testbed for the drills! You Know what Khorne demands of you!

[@michaeledmunds7056]

The marauder: "It's just circling us, MENACINGLY!"

[@carlotienkamp7652]

Saw the notification, as i tried figuring out what ICBM stands for all i could think of was: "I C boom.... More" which i think fits perfectly for lathrixian standards

[@clownofwar]

wouldn't put the word lovely and ICBM in the same sentence but then again thats why we have you lathland. also always enjoy watching your vids at this point its a insult to even ask :D

[@comet.x]

I'd love to build one of these but with a spinblock drillbit at the end so it burrows into the enemy first

[@Alex-lo9gy]

Good to see you back in the algorithm, Sergant.

[@AliceAshhide33]

I would love to see you do a joint PVE game with some other people. Some in-game banter would be entertaining, at least that's my thought. Keep up the good work my dude!

[@stanb1455]

Your back! looks very nice as well!

[@Daemonworks]

Glad to hear that things are in a better space for you in real life~

[@michaeledmunds7056]

I like how it relatively didn't do that much damage to the airship, but actually just knocked it's ass into the water with sheer concussive force 😂😂

[@Halemmeric2010]

Glad to see you back with From the deptsh

[@tomstring3043]

Always happy to see a Lathland video!

[@nisqhog2881]

*talking about an ICBM* "Doesn't seem to want to hit the target despite my best intentions." Yes Lath, let's all just launch some Intercontinental Friendship Missiles at each other :D

[@SneakySquidkid]

Lathland:Let’s build an ICBM Me:Ahh yes rocket engineering definitely not complicated at all

[@Kaiimei]

Every time that nuke hits a flying target, it's like it got punched and is staggering, and I bloody love that.

[@avi8aviate]

Mass drivers can be even deadlier. They're basically railguns with no recoil absorbers firing graviton rams into a projectile to fire it at ridiculous speeds, dealing immense impact damage. Adding nukes to the projectile makes it deal even more damage.

[@remyfurst1167]

I asked how to do this in the discord so long ago and just found this. THANKYOU LATHRIXXX

[@revengefullobster4524]

Nice! Good guys use 'noooks'! I'd love to see some of your designs on the workshop!

[@alexbequette8399]

question, would you be up for making another of the prefab/simple weapon only craft? that was a fun process to watch

[@entitxy_4810]

A thought - Add a battery or 2 and a laser or something to the front, as well as a delay in detonation (or maybe velocity-based detonation) so it can lodge itself into the bugger some more before *nuke*

[@styxdragoncharon4003]

Launch it from the satellite XD Keep being Awesome Lathrix... it is the only effective (that I have found) way to fight back the world suck...

[@triggereddoge1847]

Captain: I think we are good Deckhand: CAPTAIN! Captain: What? Deckhand: ICBM ON OUR TAIL!

[@towerofignis]

as funny a failure the first attempt to make it ram was, just slapping a turret on it and having it pepper the target while flying fast circles around it would look pretty rad.

[@DrRussian]

just a tip, Mimics contain some meshes that placeable blocks don't have. So in some cases the mesh you need isn't actually on a block but the mimics got it

[@Icebadger]

These videos always surprise me, like how big can Lathrix go? And the answer is Always "BIGGER!"

[@dim1723]

Thanks had a hard day and I can now sit back and watch you build a nuke and play stellaris.

[@Afrancis16]

I can already tell this will be good

[@jowanmay6358]

Love the ftd keep up the amazing content

[@ArmageddonEvil]

I do really enjoy your build videos.

[@orf2A]

Lathrix the game ender i like it Also always remember to stop and rest when tired as you have done alot of times and it probably help as much as all the other times

[@GvF11]

I know the control surfaces at the front help a lot, but consider putting a few rams there to make it (hopefully) penetrate a bit and then explode

[@jjnn7019]

More FtD content!!!! Yay Also as much as I love it please take care of yourself Lath!

[@giovannigennaro9732]

Lathrix + nukes = joy.

[@furballschuchert8247]

You should do a From The Depths video where you show and explain how to make those vans cannons shoot so rapidly

[@sociallyinhibited5704]

Just an idea (and for the record I don't know what types of controls and such there are and how exactly they work) but what if you were to put a ram onto the front of the missile and put the nuke a few blocks behind, then have a controller that tells "after x amount of seconds after impact, detonate nuke". To try and make a sort of "armour piercing nuclear missile" because from what I've seen the nuke does a lot of damage against medium sized craft and does mainly external damage. This way the missile digs in and then blows up to do more damage to both the inside and outside. Possibly making it able to shred through heavy armour targets.

[@delta0dst]

2 variants: a small, fast, lightly armoured one for fast agile targets not requiring the usage of a heavy payload. And a larger variant with multiple warheads for larger targets.

[@Damaddok82]

I've built something similar to this. Was doing 200 meters per second. A guy on my discord made one with the small CJEs and was going about 100. I also had an ejector nuke version that fired in high arcs using acbs and turreted thrusters and a bombing run ai. You can use sphere's, they are in the UI and just stretch it out to make a nose cone.

[@danyael777]

Ahh, yes. The X-1 'Bonfire'. Very popular on peace celebrations. The kids love it. ;)

[@CHEESEYKILLS]

Made a HEAT tank shell craft 🤣🤣 good one man

[@zancloufer]

Have you considered adding a Ram to the front? With the speed this thing moves at you might squeeze a fair bit of extra damage into it, maybe even penetrate deeper into craft to do more overall damage.

[@foodomanthemagnificent2650]

With the intro of huge missiles, I was under the impression that suicide craft were on the out.

[@hioyua650]

Why not make one but put a spike on the front, so it gets itself stuck in the middle of the craft and explodes?

[@jamesoldham9995]

The fact that the nuke had the Khorne symbol on the map makes it even better.

[@BernardGindrey]

You could add a ram on the front so that the nuke penetrates the target before exploding.

[@Joel-jb3zi]

Hey lathrix, how about a refinery as the nosecone? Its a perfect half sphere if you hide the bottom

[@ColetheFlame01]

and now to make a cruiser that fires around 5 of them in a row. cause who doesnt want to mass produce ICBMs? especially ones with nukes. you're giving me redcon flashbacks when I got the nuke unlocked in that game lol.

[@felixbramsved]

Honsetly, I really respect that you dont tell us everything that happens in your life. Keeping personal stuff away from the content seems to be the best way for yters to keep their sanity :/

[@matthewyang7893]

Whenever you just want a bigger boom and you're not satisfied with the in-game missiles lmao

[@Bolt3006768]

Imagine armor piercing ICBMs. Enough armor to get ram through then a second later the interior is just demolished

[@TheWorldsRequiamas]

It needs to be pointy. This...This will put a smile on the faces of the enemy.