From The Depths | S2 Ep 16 | Dustwind's Destruction!! | Ashes Of The Empire Campaign

[@Argonwolfproject]

_"Here come some more. The colonel's not gonna like this..."_ Lifting the rim of his hat to get a better look, Erik mumbles to himself as he watches the truck approach. Behind it, a large metal livestock trailer rumbles over the bumpy dirt road. Between its bars, the surly border guard can see dozens of people, covered in filth and wearing scraps of cloth, huddled together away from the light. As the truck grinds to a stop, a man covered in scars and strange black tattoos leaps from the passenger-side door and approaches the border checkpoint. _"State your business."_ _"Good day, sir. I hate to bother you while you're busy, but I was wondering if you could help a fellow out. You see, me and my... family... had to leave our homes with naught but the shirts on our backs. The good people of the Dustwind colonies are being driven out by a terrible invader, and we've nowhere else to turn."_ Erik ponders the request for a moment. The man's broken back-country accent was obviously a sympathy ploy, but that's not the only thing suspicious about this group of travelers. _"I suppose I could allow you to take refuge in the Onyx territories for a short while."_ _"Thank you sir, thank you so much! You've given me hope in this ti-"_ _"However, I'll first need to have a look inside your vehicle's trailer, as a standard safety precaution."_ _"Oh. B-but of course, sir! Allow me to show you in!"_ Erik follows the man to a rusted gate at the side of the trailer, waiting as he laboriously opens the heavy lock. After a moment, the bolt clatters free of the latch and he leads Erik into the dimly-lit space. _"Now y'all just let the good officer do his thing, y'hear? Show him how a loving family treats a new friend."_ Various passengers greet Erik in stifled voices, as if in fear. His suspicion now piqued, he strolls deliberately to a young woman hiding her face in a corner. _"So tell me, how are you related to Mr., uh..."_ _"Joseph's the name"_ _"Right... so tell me ma'am, what relation do you have to Joseph?"_ _"H- he's my... m-my..."_ The woman glances at Joseph, with Erik's eyes quickly following. He sees the tiniest hint of a glare, but Joseph quickly replaces it with a broad, toothy smile _"He's my uncle. He rescued me from scrappers a few months back."_ _"How very selfless of him."_ Erik is scarcely able to conceal his bitter sarcastic tone. He continues to search the inside of the trailer for several minutes before exiting, with Joseph following uncomfortably close behind. _"Well Joseph, everything seems to be in order here. A family of civilians fleeing a war zone, we've certainly seen plenty of those recently. All I have to do is fill out a refugee application for you and..."_ _"And?"_ Erik looks over Joseph's shoulder at a girl, couldn't be more than 11 years old, running barefoot toward him. Joseph scolds her but she continues toward the pair and begins to cry. _"Please sir you have to help us! He keeps us trapped in there all day. He killed my daddy with a metal stick. Please, you have t-"_ Before she can continue, Joseph strikes her with the back of his hand, knocking her out cold. He looks back at Erik, all semblance of his warm smile gone as if it had never crossed his lips. _"Sorry you had to see that border maid. Guess I didn't get that door latched right. Too bad you had to stick your ugly nose where it didn't belong, or you might've walked away..."_ Before Erik can react, Joseph's hand grasps a revolver in a nondescript pouch on his belt and prepares to pull it. Erik, knowing he won't have time to draw his own weapon, raises his hands as if to shield his face. _"People these days just can't mind their own damn busi-"_ *BOOM* An ear-splitting shockwave rings out from behind Erik. Before he even has time to wonder what happened, he notices Joseph is now on the ground, in two pieces, no less than twenty feet from where he'd just stood. After overcoming the initial horror, Erik realizes what has happened. He turns to face the nearby watch tower and sees smoke wafting delicately from the barrel of the tower's mounted gun. He'd nearly forgotten about his friend keeping watch in the tower's armored gun nest. Picking up the unconscious child, Erik returns to the trailer to see if the other captives are alright. One of the women grabs the child from his hand and lays her on a blanket while another weeps uncontrollably from the shadows. Erik quickly runs to the guard post and returns with a medical kit. Leaving the woman to her work, he enters the base of the watch tower and calls for a medical evacuation chopper. _"I suppose I've done all I can. Now let's see what a certain somebody has to say for themselves..."_ Erik climbs the spiral stairs inside the tower's thick steel-reinforced stone walls and enters the gun nest at its peak. _"You know Phillip, I'm not sure whether I should thank you for saving my life or punch you in the face for landing a shell that close to me."_ _"Now Erik, you wouldn't want to hit a senior officer, would you? After all, the punishment for mutiny is quite severe."_ _"You're never going to stop bringing that up, are you? I told you, just because you enlisted two days before me doesn't give you seniority."_ _"All in the details, Erik. But surely you must admit that was a fantastic shot."_ _"Fantastic's one way of putting it. You blew that son of a bitch in half! Was the anti-tank gun really necessary given the situation?"_ _"I could've tried my service pistol, but at forty yards I'd be just as likely to hit you. Besides, we're Onyx Watch. The oversized gun was really the obvious choice."_ _"I won't try to argue with your reasoning. You still scared the crap out of me."_ _"A couple beers will fix that. I'm just happy to snuff out another trafficker. I get sick living on the same planet as those bastards."_ _"Eh, Dustwinds are rotten, the whole lot of 'em. Colonel's gonna be pissed that I approved another refugee application."_ _"He'll get over it. We did a good thing here, Erik. A lot of people are gonna get to live their lives because of what we did. Doesn't that make it worth the chewing out?"_ _"We'll see."_ Erik tips his hat toward his friend and returns to his post at the bottom of the tower. As he watches the medic helicopter lift off, knowing the injured child is in good hands, the tiniest semblance of a smile appears on his face. _"I never was very good at minding my own business..."_

[@clc6122]

Fantastic Comment

[@bloodstormwolf9512]

-claps-

[@sirvenya9945]

long, but good read

[@Argonwolfproject]

I know it's corny, but I was just in a writing mood. I'm no professional by a long shot.

[@thecubingguy7333]

@@Argonwolfproject “No professional” Bro wut, this is amazing.

[@Malva597]

I think its better to have a fuel craft follow you around, so you dont have to keep buying fuel from the black market (wink wink)

[@robotconstructor8369]

I, myself, would agree that it's 'Cheaty' to reconstruct fuel tanks to refuel your vehicle honestly. A vehicle moving around with fuel tanks, or even a mobile fuel refinery, would also be more realistic (And potentially also look cooler)! EDIT: The replies, I shall agree with.

[@BlackopsGaming-qs5ql]

but the conveyance i dont find it cheaty since the enemies can refuel instantly as well when they aren't in a fight

[@bloodstormwolf9512]

It's not cheaty because it's cheaper to make a refiner

[@Maddy_x]

i think you should have a dedicated tank to hold the supplys and fuel, then that can have more repair tentacles as a mobile base, and give it a floaty drone which has a radar on it with some lights, make it small and pretty so then you can have a radar at all times edit: if it has a mini drone with it i would like to see the back story for it

[@LightningDragon79]

Now I don't have to make the same comment! :)

[@ovencake523]

He said he would make something soon to repair stuff out of battle.

[@ryanestes7331]

Ethan Madden I was thinking like a truck type with different trailers or attachments. Like if u look at some Soviet missile trucks not a big rig

[@Ijokealot]

Ethan Madden bring the crystals back for those veterans who remember those days

[@KageKatze]

Jelly Man lol they where so expensive

[@bruhman2309]

Please do the bomber! It would be MUCH more interesting. If you do, I'll make a lore for you on the video you do it on.

[@NBrixH]

And make it big!

[@NoName-mq7uw]

I'm the Illuminati. So Hai. He did the bomber.he anounced it on Twitter

[@bruhman2309]

Thanks for letting me know, No Name! Very helpful. :D

[@dr.memes123pingas5]

Yay!!!

[@jaredbutcher3791]

Use APN guidance if you make a missile truck. It makes the missiles fly in a really cool arc that is perfect for missile trucks. Also, I would like to see you refine your fuel, though I wouldn't count you building in fuel as against the honor rules.

[@shakenblakel640]

Lathrix I challenge you to make a design using your least favorite components/vehicle ideas in the game. I’d like to see you try this, and it might make you come to like some of those things

[@ARTEMISXIX]

This ^

[@owenmuckerheide9876]

hope he sees this

[@sovereigncataclysm]

its difficult to make vehicles when you don't have any... passion (?) for them. Why it's very clear if anybody tries to pretend enjoying this game, their designs will be less than usual

[@arielsproul8811]

so a particle cannon space station k

[@residentfacehead3465]

how about a mine dropping airship. NAME AND LORE Name: The Sandwing Lore:The collapse of the steel empire caused much chaos, especially among the smaller factions. Out of this darkness rose a legendary scrapper known as General Thorne. These were his greatest creations, Airships that flew high above the lesser forces of his enimies. Conquering his rivals if not by intimidation, then by the force of high explosive mines dropped from a great height. after his eventual death his fortress was scavenged for parts by lesser men. But a chief engineer under the command of general lathrix found old blueprits for these mighty creations. now these behemoths fly the skys once again.

[@wurmcoilengine161]

Vehicle and general name are familiar. They remind me of a series that is on my list to re-read.

[@residentfacehead3465]

Minecraft Zerneas Really? what series?

[@ragealert47oftheragers11]

the yellow bear noice lore. LATHRIX U SHOULD DO DIS COME ON THE LORE IS PERFECT . OF U DONT ILL UNSUBSCRIBE. (jk)

[@monsieurbobblehead3854]

Minecraft Zerneas Hello Eldrazi Cat Animus.

[@kaylaroth2829]

Again I'm gonna keep advocating for the idea of a bomber with magnetic mines. It would just be so cool to see a squadron of bombers making their fire bomb run

[@malkrie1444]

Is there a vertical limit of fuel transfer, instead of just horizontal? Because, if not, you could probably make a spaceship, or something that sits just below space as a refuelling vessel for a fleet, while simultaneously boosting antenna coverage for that particular fleet. Just have one per fleet, doesn't have to have weapons, just potentially a crap ton of shields and heavy armour on the bottom. A very accurate amount, lol.

[@Karibanu]

I've had a lot of success with beamrider missiles ( with thumper head ) in an aimable tank turret - far more interesting than just lobbing radar guided at random units. Yes buying fuel produces fuel from nowhere, but it is so horribly inefficient it's not exactly that big an advantage.

[@calipsothenymph4980]

So it might break an honor rule of not going into space, but I do have a two-part build i’d Like to see for Missile Artillery. Part one: the launcher. Like you say, cheap is key. Wood construction. Could be shaped like a missile truck or missile tank. Personally, I like the idea of a derpy wooden missile silo on wheels that’s as tall as it is long/wide. Part 2: to ensure the missile launch craft are as cost-efficient as possible, they won’t have any sensor array and hardly any ai. Outsource targeting to a Laser Designator SATELLITE. Like actually max altitude. With enough electric generators, you can get a HUGE downward facing shield, a HUGE area of map reveal, and even... ...a HUGE orbital strike laser. My idea to make fights in space “fair” and “honorable” is: attack zero or maybe one of those lenses that can bend the laser. This way, it must be directly over enemies to attack. ANOTHER HONOR RULE: only use the Orbital Strike Laser on targets without mobility, like a Rhino in its death throes. The idea is that the missile firepower is cheap and can be destroyed, but the targeting satellite is expensive, well shielded, and high enough to never get hit. I think that’s fair.

[@JabberwockOclock]

Having a supply unit can be nice, do as you will with that. As for the buildings, I'm glad my work on the windmill was noticed, though it seems the files I submitted for the houses and cannon fort aren't being used. They're probably in the files but the names are slightly different so the originals weren't overwritten, need to talk about that with the content manager. In other news, the latest patch has given us a holo-projector! It combines the image support of posters with the versatile placement capabilities of shield projectors! Have fun with that...

[@theorangeninja6486]

JabberwockOclock Oh hey that sounds really cool! I don't know where I'd use those though...

[@JabberwockOclock]

Oh I'm sure you can think of a way. Also to note, simple lasers have finally been changed to use the standard laser code rather than their dino-age-primitive-as-all-hell code. This means that they can now be weakened by smoke, laser shields, and water, but it also means that they can now damage missiles and thus be used in CIWS.

[@galaxymaster0624]

I love your videos, your engineering is amazing, you help me a lot with my progress. Can't wait on the next episode.

[@theboss7888_]

i love your videos and i have been watching you for 2 years and i hope you still keep making quality content BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

[@BlackopsGaming-qs5ql]

MILK FOR THE CORN FLAKES

[@theboss7888_]

You remember his old season of ashes of the Empire i see 😆

[@afatcatfromsweden]

Been waiting for this video for well probably just two days but it still felt like a eternity!

[@roboticrebel8153]

log: 2673 date: 270899 We were ordered to attack an Onyx Watch outpost after we declared war on them earlier that day. As we drove towards them our spirits were high, we thought to ourselves how we will just crush their resistance and liberate the people from their tyranny, until we picked them up on our short-range radars that is. What we saw on those radars was fear, for the first time of my service in the Scrap Legion i felt that sensation. Yet still pride from the past victories (probably with a lot of foolishness mixed in) took over and carried us onward, after all we have prevailed against a superior enemy in the past and at the armory they said something along the lines of " ...those HESH shells will be especially effective against the Onyx Watch...". When we finally got into contact with the enemy... lets just say that no amount of superiority of an individual machine would save us there. The sheer numbers alone would still overwhelm us even if we were facing the DWJ but we were not. What stood against us was what must have been a dozen moving fortresses armed to the teeth with cram cannons of various gauges slowly rumbling towards us. But the main threat was IT, the Rhino. Seeing how it had the most guns we instantly opened fire. Our shots did some damage judging by the fact that there was a big explosion inside it. But then the enemy opened fire. I panically yelled "EVADE EVADE EVADE!!!" at my driver but i realized that he was stunned by fear and horror so i did the most sensible thing i could think of, i kicked him in the back of the head with all the force i could put into it and shouted "MOVE!!!". My stunt seemed to have worked and we started to move. But it was too late. A cram shot hit the front armour and the force of the explosion has incapacitated the driver. At that point i knew we were doomed to be picked apart chunks at a time by those savages. But we kept shooting and have in fact knocked out one of their fortresses. And then i noticed that we were the only ones still fighting. My despair was interrupted by a wall of cram shots knocking out our main gun and the rest of the combat controls. After one of our tanks got completely pulverised by the enemy fire, the enemy turned around and returned back to their original position. We used this opportunity to get the engines working and fall back, the enemy gave chase but it was already too late. We were safe. After reporting the event to high command and getting started on some(a lot of) repairs we happily found out that we weren't the only survivors and that one other crew had made it alive. After a couple rounds of beer we honored those who didn't make it out of that hell and promised to take revenge on them one day. end of log:2673 log: 2674 date: 280899 With our vehicles repaired and some more in terms of numbers we once again marched towards the Onyx Watch, but now instead of arrogance and foolishness we are NOW driven by FURY! We shall crush them in the name of those who have been murdered by them AND IN THE NAME OF THE SCRAP LEGION!!!

[@BlackopsGaming-qs5ql]

why is this so low on the comment list

[@roboticrebel8153]

because it was posted the day after sadly

[@CareerKnight]

An ammo ejector bomber would be pretty could if you could get it to work well. A long range cram siege gun would probably be cooler than a long range missile platform (especially since you seem to prefer firing missile swarms to big ones most of the time).

[@DJ-me9kw]

Make a gigantic wooden bastion style tank, with dual Oil containers and fuel refinery's to follow the group, and add dual maximum gauge cram cannons if possible, or a bunch of tiny adv cannons with flak shells. Call it the Oillier.

[@Maddy_x]

D James love it, this is something i would like to see

[@thecollector8802]

I wanna see him build a literal glass cannon

[@BlackopsGaming-qs5ql]

lol that would be stupidly Hilarious

[@sKadazhnief]

18:40 i believe the word you're looking for is 'teamwork'

[@guvyygvuhh298]

Put more radars on the tanks. And can you make a new tank with less armour, but with a railgun? Like the Pharow's hull (i guest is his name, duno) but with a railgun and the main HESH gun. A long range HESH sniper!

[@critical2210]

Also, make it look like stolen tech from the Green Faction.

[@Karibanu]

The only point of railguns for HESH is to use more HE warheads and keep some sensible muzzle velocity - which is a really nice use.

[@phantomderp834]

It’s pharaoh

[@mikamahlow1040]

Guvyyg Vuhh sounds relly good

[@Zappygunshot]

It's Pharaoh, you can see it in the video.

[@warriortango]

If you have a missile vehicle you could have it so the missiles launch up sort of like javelin missiles so that you can avoid some friendly fire of missiles coming out of nowhere damaging your tanks or closer range craft

[@nana-bv8ki]

"Converting wooden structures into metal tanks" Because thats just how GOOD of a scrapper you are!

[@KitomiKotiri]

Make a bomber

[@harryrewcastle9444]

Would it be possible to make a dive bomber, flying high to avoid onyx watch weapons and diving with powerfull bombs or some kind of ammo ejector hesh hell rain

[@swaggaming2564]

Harry Rewcastle AI might be difficult but that would be a cool idea, like a stuka or something

[@bloodstormwolf9512]

Cut engines when attack run active? Idk how lath did it with the heli

[@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870]

Harry Rewcastle Yes, by making the craft have a really high cruising altitude and a low attack one, plus a short attack run and a long time between each attack run. I use this system to make my small CAS planes with big frontal guns work.

[@DaMurph676]

I would say that you can use it but only in times of emergency or for the biggest battles

[@SuperAngrycreeper]

You shold totaly build some kind of logistics truck with repair equipment, Ammo/material storage and fuel refineris that folows your legion on the march. Edit: It woald also be cool to see a CRAM artilery!

[@oxleyryan1]

You should create a craft with the warp drive thingy but make it VERY fragile or something.

[@therobertguy2436]

Ryan Oxley yes!! And with a glass canon type of rail gun!!

[@itsmewaddledee2644]

Ryan Oxley never seen him use warp drive at all heh?

[@oxleyryan1]

Shadowpikachu Bi Only in the demo video not since then

[@amogusenthusiast5064]

You should build a vehicle that holds the rocket so you can drive to the place you want to launch.

[@sebbes333]

*@Lathland* 08:00 ish, if you really need some extra fuel in an emergency then it's ok to spawn in some boxes, otherwise it would be interesting with a separate dedicated fuel fabricator vehicle. And also use a separate repair vehicle, and maybe a upgraded version of the Dauntless (I think?) to transport resources to your forces.

[@alexanderpepper7589]

I actually like the process of taking the enemies vehicles. It’s pretty cool!

[@ghossts]

hey lath you should make a scorpio tank into munition defence for him and nearby allies.

[@sebbes333]

*@Lathland* 27:57 When you are capturing something as defenseless as houses I don't mind if you even use a console command or something to make the the house yours, just shooting armor for hours can't be fun at all. It's ok, as long as the AI isn't near ammo barrels or something that if you mess up it explodes everything.

[@kurgisempyrion6125]

Just an FYI - smoke detectors can beep when the overall ambient temp in the flat is to low - its a warning their electronics cant functional properly.

[@exemida]

Bike: Bet you cant do better than me. Copter: Hold my missiles. Lathrix: Thanks copter.

[@xn85d2]

A multi-purpose non-combat material storage + repair + refuel (with refineries) truck would be pretty cool and useful as well I think. You'd only need one per army.

[@1983Darkshark]

Can we get some cram weapons into this campaign Lath?

[@jacksonl.2201]

Cram in some cram.

[@greyminneham495]

A cram bomber would be glorious indeed!

[@Eon2641]

I'd love to see a cram artillery cannon. I mean, I don't think it would be good, but it _would_ be fun. Either one big gun or several faster-firing cannons in one vehicle.

[@Argonwolfproject]

I'm never sure how to feel about cram bombing, because missiles don't bounce off shields, so making bombs from them has an immediate massive advantage. But cram cannons are well suited to bombing and can deliver much more powerful individual hits.

[@greyminneham495]

Argonwolfproject I agree that crams have some problems, but it's not that they bounce. You can easily fix that with a inertial fuse. But the speed and altitude of the craft itself are rather difficult to set up.

[@TheToric]

convert the resource zones to little towns. the windmill could be your resource gatherer, and maybe one of the defense towers could be made into a fuel refinery? not sure what you could do with the houses.

[@imnottellingyoumyname7122]

Just a random build idea (idk if even possible) the movement type doesn't matter it could be a turret even the idea is a spin block spinning cannons that are completely specified for one perpose or just hesh cannons would be awsome (that version could be called the onyx crusher)

[@Grantm06]

So Lath, i was thinking of a interesting idea. Considering it's not uncommon to have a resource vehicle, why not make a Hover Train with variable cars that're attached together. Like have the Engine being the one with all the power in it, then making a carriage for your supplies, and maybe make one that will convert some of the materials into fuel so you could easily go to one as a refueling station. And you can nickname the routes as Lath Tracks. Also you could make it into a segmented battle train as well, or battle ready cars in case it gets a bit of a pickle.

[@mryourfuckingmom3308]

I think a 2 prop cargo helicopter with accompanying freight container would solve the resource transport problem. Also it's needs to be made out of 2 smaller copters stuck together

[@____5837]

With the fuel, I don't mind you spawning it, but eventually you could upgrade your transport truck to a cargo plane or something, then have that fly to your group with fuel when needed

[@smmdragon69]

Totally need to make a mad max style truck tanker for fuel!

[@Daemonworks]

Wierd building capture trick: a tiny structure that consists of little more than a single simple laser on a 2axis turret with aim point control. Drop it next to a building, it points at the building's mainframe and drills directly to it.

[@sovereigncataclysm]

thats actually a good idea XD

[@thecowgod2575]

quote lathrix: "I don't know what I'm doing"

[@cydo_0026]

A campaign idea for you... Create 2 new, large craft, based on Slay the Spire's Ironclad and Silent. These craft would only be used against very large battles, such as 100 strength tiles or main bases. The Ironclad is a very large and tanky craft, carrying CRAM/missiles/large advanced cannons. Perhaps making the turrets held vehicles if the craft would break the volume limit Lore: After the defeat of the land marauder, the scrappers sweeping the globe brought it back with them. After defeating some of the Onyx watch, they combined the Onyx watch's turrets with the base of the land marauder, creating the ultimate heavy craft, the Ironclad, named by the steel beams it's made from. The Silent is a Medium armored craft, staying far back from the battle. It would use Lasers/particle cannons/anti munition lasers/perhaps spawn in the ammo ejector bike. Again, you could use a held turret for this. Lore: After fighting one too many of the large and powerful Lightning hood's crafts, the Scrappers poured their time and resources into repairing pieces of the Lux Aeterna, as well as adding pieces from other craft. I'm sure someone could come up with better lore, but there is the basis that I thought of

[@zeyyke3025]

what the helicopter was doing around 17:50 reminded me of the one scene from rouge one. helicopters are now from the depths equivalant of the hammer head corvets from star wars

[@ryanestes7331]

I'm thinking that if u have a truck similar in purpose to the tank. And then u put trailers in it so like artillary or anti air or countermeasures. Or a supply truck. Or a repair vehicle. Or fueler

[@kasper7574]

Build A Nuclear Missile Launcher!

[@Travminer123]

Kasper Fox he does not like using nukes

[@BlackopsGaming-qs5ql]

yes oh plz that would be awesome

[@typhoon1575]

Make a super rail gun artillery craft. Perhaps so dedicated to its. weapon it actually fails to have side and rear armor

[@ketricandreasen970]

lore and name for the fuel tanker The "Elephant" Fuel tanker When space is limited on one's craft and making a bigger craft is out of the question, trying to balance fuel, ammo, and armour can be a daunting task to tackle. This problem was becoming a bigger and bigger issue for the Scrappers as they went further and further from their outposts and main bases. The solution to this issue was rather obvious but elusive as finding a suitable container among the scrap heaps and smoking wrecks of defeated enemies was not easy. This was the case until one yard master's eyes, who was having a slight issue with its altimeter, spotted a chunk that was split off a Tremor in a recent fight. Now there was another way to solve this issue, but it was also much more expensive, time consuming, and not very "The Scrappers" style. That being, build a simple mobile platform with a refinery on it... Scrap that noise; now on to the proper solution. Taking the mass of solid, well crafted hunk of metal (the only good thing to come out of the Dustwind Gypsies), the task of using it began. After a long (procrastination), hard (through much complaining), work (warning: may be shotty) the Scrappers had finished (threw together and used what stuck) the Elephant fuel tanker. With the sole purpose of carrying fuel for long treks, the Elephant's armour is minimal, and munitions or armaments are nonexistent. The Elephant's mighty engine, while big, is not built for speed but power, meaning the Elephant won't win any race, but can move massive loads much easier, faster, and further than the old Dauntless trucks could.

[@hellishgrin4604]

Fuel tank vehicle would be awesome regardless of its actual use. A pivoting tanker truck would be good.

[@grisou3]

I think it will be a great challenge to restrict the fuel production to only refinnery

[@Lejimuz]

Hey Lath, can you build a blimp for the new resource vehicle? Just... have a large empty space with a helium pump inside, resource crates in the bottom, and maybe some thrusters (or rotors) to help keep it airborne, then a few thrusters (again, or rotors) to move it. Personally, I think it would look good, and it would (kind of) fit the scrapper theme, since it's plausible you could find old tank/ship hulls *cough* -land marauder- *cough* and then hollow them out, and make them airtight. Also, you could name it Hindenburg 2.0. Because the original Hindenburg _totally_ happened in the FTD Neter/AOTE canon, right? Right?

[@venoltar]

Awesome work as usual. Out of curiosity, is attacking salvage one of your honour rules as well?

[@maskedStranger999]

Nah, it’s just not wasting your resources

[@venoltar]

Ahh, I didn't realise you actually get more resources that way. Good to know.

[@WeazTintHD]

Make a fuel tanker that is containing 1 effective refinery and 30 000 fuel storage and 5000 materials with a small anti missiles defense. Lore It was an old oil tanker with a broken back that got a refinery to supply the fleet with oil and fuel. Hope it will be Intresting lathrix. Lathland :)

[@A._is_for]

Please could you please make a video on your pets? You mention them often and they sound awesome!

[@chargecreepers4469]

At the battle that the tremor lost's its backside, I think it was the air and land vehicles.

[@SuperFriendBFG]

Hey, first time commenting with a bit of a suggestion about how to handle waging war on future factions. How about dealing with the two you currently waged war with, and then in the campaign's lore, the other factions all noticed how you single handedly took out two whole factions damn near all at once and they decide to pre-emptively declare war on you instead.

[@oof9523]

you make this game look so damn easy lol! I just bought the game today, and realized how hard the game is for beginners in the current version. Also, how many hours do you have in this game?

[@motesquid]

Okay, so I LOVE your honor rules. I like how you don't go overboard and cheese Everything and you keep things challenging and balanced as possible. I also think that the idea of a refueling vehicle is really kewl. But, it's a hassle for you to manage, could lead to groups being out of fuel and without engine power, and is just not that big a deal to restrict in the first place. Just my take on it. ALSO! Bomb chute (shute? Shoot?) cram cannon bomber. I never got one to work properly (little building experience and knowledge of the chute) and I want you to give it a go

[@truemisto]

i think that building a vehicle to haul fuel for you may present an interesting challenge for you. not necessarily design-wise, but if it gets caught and smashed by the enemy it will provide a logistics challenge for you. it's clear that you have all the design chops necessary to slaughter the ai enemies easily, so challenging yourself in other ways may be enjoyable for you

[@DarkfireEquinox]

Rail gun and/or cram shell artillery unit would be awesome. Just something designed to be a giant middle finger to the enemy

[@NovaPheonix]

I've been bugging you with my half-track idea for a while. Combag resource carrier but instead of a rail-gun sniper maybe long-range artillery? Basically a half-track that carries resource for the tanks.

[@Tomlintron]

Lathrix, change the battery in your fire alarm. That will stop the beeping.

[@Lathland]

I did - It's broke, like I say in the video I'm having to wait for the landlord to get here, this is because it's also hooked up to the mains, the battery is supposed to be the backup but it seems it has disconnected from the mains or just not properly connected as it beeps even without the battery - (This is likely from when I had to have a huge bit of wiring fixed in the apartment last week) and now the battery is still beeping due to the whole mains thing, and due to insurance I'm not allowed to mess with it anymore - It's just an odd moment in general. :P

[@Rbjorgen]

The gas station on wheels and the missile trolly

[@BoyPlays]

I don't really mind how you get fuel to all of your vehicles but I feel like since the missile craft you're planning on building will be long distance, I think it should carry all of the fuel you'll probably need.

[@ApusApus]

Build a small vehice about 800 volume and put a fuel refinary in it. That won;t be that much more efficient, however, 1 - it is not cheaty, and 2 - potential repairs out of battle

[@user-dq7tv2lr2o]

Please make a artillery unit! But I feel like you’ve used missiles so much. I would really like to see a cram cannon or a rail gun! I feel like that it would be really fun to watch needles poking the Oynx watch’s armor.

[@mysterygamer48]

I love that fire alarm

[@danielward5774]

Will you allow yourself to have a space supply line? Its not attacking or producing anything

[@icyphoenix2401]

I would say that spawning in duel does seem cheap so you can make a mobile platform that makes fuel

[@novatopaz9880]

Icy Phoenix and also make a tanker which carries loads of fuel

[@madhavajish]

Yes! Make a bomber. Also, if you could, to make it interesting, have the bombs be like shrapnel as if they were bombs packed with scrap metal

[@stickmaniac672]

Make the missile craft have a fuel gen bay to make the ultimate support unit

[@GIANT4RAY]

I would consider calling the spawning in of fuel buying fuel, because thats what you are essentially doing, paying more to get it anywhere you want instantly

[@fitos546]

I must completely agree with you on that. The refinery creates 209 fuel per 7 resources and time. -Efficient The fuel storage costs 100 resources and grants 1000 fuels. -Quick If you have the refinery you can gain roughly the same amount for 35 resources. EDIT- Removed the random comma.

[@Dracheneks]

Me too, spawning fuel is fast but expensive, whereas using the refinery is cheaper but slower. I don't think it is cheaty at all really. Also, for a gaming channel, grammar in comments is pretty good. Wouldn't you agree? Don't even think about replying with poor grammar because I will let you know that I have a specific set of skills. Skills I have required over a long career etc.

[@brandiquesenberry2292]

xDarkDiamond yu suj u nuub (disclaimer just doing what they said not actually true)

[@Travminer123]

Brandi Quesenberry [insert correction comment here]

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Make a cargo airship. :D

[@emmitanderson9379]

It can be if you just replace each feul tank but the more fuel the more resources so just use refinery

[@ramenizer8952]

Bomber is better Lathrix better build a supply truck because its more effiecient plus use rtgs so they wont use your fuel-ps-the rtgs sont be destroyed because it will not join the battle

[@arbitratedshan2783]

Personally, I think the idea of a fuel tanker vehicle for your fleets would be preferable to simply sort of... Creating fuel out of thin air on the go (even if it is rather expensive). Having vehicles designed for ferrying the much-needed fuel from your home to the front lines, in my opinion, fits in with your honor rules by quite a respectable margin.

[@gabrieldesmarais3394]

Can you do a CRAM cannon bomber? I don't think you did this yet. It would be interesting to see if it would be a viable option. You could add a single 30mm advanced cannon on the top for AA purpose. And a 500mm for bombing purpose.

[@honouredknight-wanderer357]

I would love to see you make anything with Warp capabilities since I haven't seen anything like that before.

[@Sha.ll0w]

You play it however you think its fair, although it would be cool to have a custom fueling and repair (both at the same time) vehicle

[@matagatos1]

Honestly, enemy's forces breaking volume limit should allow you to break every honor rule in that specific fight.

[@Altronza]

Heres an idea. If your able, try and make a giant death slash resource train for a mobile Assault base.

[@bruh-or1yi]

You should make a light armor kinda fast sniper vehicle that intentionally stays on the edge of the battlefield and fires very powerful rounds.

[@treetalk_]

You could try to make an AC130 having it fly on a decent altitute and always facing the enemy on a 90 degree angle would work.

[@MiChAeLoKGB]

What happened with the first Dustwind Gypsies fight? You just skipped/cut it, same like in the last video... I wanted to see them get rekt :'(

[@scheise4433]

I wish I could build like you

[@GIANT4RAY]

A Russian Spy same

[@doomraider0850]

A Russian Spy I think that he used to be in architecture or had a building job but I’m not sure

[@doomraider0850]

Correct me if I’m wrong please.

[@critical2210]

DoomRaider 08 no he just plays a shit ton of this game.

[@bloodstormwolf9512]

He is humble about it, but he is obviously the most famous FTD player there is. Search FTD, go to videos filter, you get lathrix

[@TheCrystalon]

No butts about it, that tremor is a bit behind in the rear end department. ;)

[@tor2131]

What shells are you using for the tanks and what missile configuration i would really like to try it out in my auto cannons

[@homosapienssapiens19]

Make the mobile refeuling depot. It can have light defenses, but should probably focus on not taking damage and being able to spread fuel around.

[@FreeTrojanVirusFoM]

Friendship is magic

[@zombuster2233]

if you haven't already started on the new craft I think you should do a bomber because I remember the dustwind having the Gotha and you could take that and make it yours continuing onto the scrapper theme

[@edvinsoininen5397]

Missile artillery missile artillery yes plz make a icmb launcher or an katyusha

[@jim6890]

guys i understand the twin gaurd in the neter campain they have 2 super similar headquarters so they are twins and the gaurd the north west

[@BlackopsGaming-qs5ql]

hey Lathrix you should make a class of Scorpion that uses EMP shell body with a Conduit Head vs and pair them with the regular scorpion because under the logic one should straight up murder Shields and the regular scorpion and together paired with the Pharaoh main battle tank would be a good force. Just a suggestion (EDIT) it works pretty good my logic was right in case anyone that was wonder and maybe Lath will take my suggestion

[@rogerexcell249]

7:50 Yes, it is unfair. Having a fuel and cargo transport haul fuel over with fuel tanks from a refinery: fair. Having a vehicle with a built in explosive risk refinery you have to armour and protect: fair. Creating magic fuel from thin air without alchemy or nano-assembler robots: definitely cheating. ^.^ Personally, I like the idea of a refinery vehicle. Could always have it armed with a small number of slow reloading super long range (and overly large so they actually do damage and move fast enough to avoid or tank enough Anti-missile fire damage to hit) cruise missiles, and have all its extensive engine power plow into shields. It makes its own fuel after all for the very reason of powering these primitive copies of Lightning Hood's original prototype shielding you yanked out of the scrap heaps. LH now has far more fuel efficient versions, but you have to use what you can scrape together. Shove on a few meterial extractors and a tentacle, and you can park it up on new resource fields it joins the assault on to assemble new turrets afterwards and also make a copy of itself to keep moving as you advance.

[@lambymakesnogoodcontentthe8832]

I love your ftd series.

[@mythicthefox1246]

I beleive having a dedicated fueler craft would be cool and make it seem more realistic. I say don't use the fuel tanks, use refineries.