Railgun Breaching Pod - Space Engineers

Finally had some time to try some wacky ideas that I wanted to try out the first one being a Railgun Breaching Pod that punch's a hole and then allows engineers to board while remaining attached.
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[@theshattered5936]

Imagine just minding your business and suddenly a piece of debris latches onto your ship and puts a hole all the way through it, could never trust debris again.

[@deathseven5041]

So you mean just normal space engineers 😂

[@LastStandGamers]

Just another day battling in SE haha

[@nilok7]

"Mimic ready"

[@bldgl8723]

@@LastStandGamers since your debree is pretty big, it could also have a jump drive to transport the victim ship out of its escort's reach before breaching.., (if that mechanic still works...)

[@BannenAngelos]

@@bldgl8723 You would have to upgrade the power systems to have a fully charged drive for the jump with enough power for the railguns afterward, but the idea is absolutely amazing.

[@librariantopokemon]

honestly try to build a more "active" breach pod, where they fly in at max speed. use a sensor to trigger the railguns right before impact, the recoil should reduce the speed enough, and the wheels can absorb the rest of the impact. that way the pod is wedged inside the ship, they cannot just shoot it off from the hull because it is inside, and if it gets dislodged then it will bounce around and do further damage to the interior

[@nobob8564]

Agreed, I prefer the high-speed breach pod, that does a high-speed suicide burn right before impact, to slow down. It's a lot more realistic to actually have a chance to reach a target. I personally wouldn't wait around for hours floating in that tin can, waiting for a ship to hopefully pass by. BUT.... BUT, if you laid an trap, with a fake corpse of a ship floating around, and a bunch of debris, and hide in the debris, then this idea would be quite viable.

[@thehomicidalduck6867]

Parasite pod

[@theirishviking9278]

@@nobob8564 more so if you could have 2 or 3 of them so they enemy isn't just worried about one breach point

[@Pystro]

That's what I first thought this was going to be. Railguns on a short-ranged sensor to punch a hole right where it's headed to impact. ...Plus warheads for once it is inside the hull.

[@13film55]

Basicly 40k Astartes?

[@righteousknighteous]

Imo, this would make a really good addition to a role-playing server of sorts. It looks like a very nice plot device.

[@LastStandGamers]

Was thinking it would be fun in a mini movie

[@ToninFightsEntropy]

@@LastStandGamers Please do it!!

[@rubinolas6998]

It costs four hundred thousand dollars to use this weapon... *...for twelve seconds.*

[@LastStandGamers]

For a big faction this is nothing or so I am told.

[@Hellstormer2000]

@@LastStandGamers Bigger factions would use something more practical and not as expensive as this thing. We deployed a Boarding/Droppod on Heavy Ordnance that costs 1 fraction of this thing lmao

[@lawrencegates9940]

I fear no man, but that *thing*, it scares me.

[@QualityPen]

Sounds like your average air to air missile. I hear we recently shot down a $12 hobby balloon with a Sidewinder missile. 10/10 investment.

[@frankyboy1385]

Awesome, reminds me of the breaching pod the 40k Space Marines use in Astartes, where they blast through the ship to get in. Neat job, 11/10 would try that.

[@thefriendlywendigo6161]

Saw the video and immediately thought of breaching torpedoes

[@aidanmatthewgalea7761]

instead of sabots fired at the ship, you and 19 other men get INTO the sabot

[@frankyboy1385]

@@aidanmatthewgalea7761 Just like that really old movie where they are shot into the Moon's eye

[@modestpelican286]

I was looking for this comment b

[@Klaus_Klavier]

You can’t just shoot a hole in the surface of mars - Dr. Samuel Hayden, moments before Doomguy does exactly what Hayden told him he COULDNT do

[@natebit8130]

I'm imagining at least 4 or 5 of these with 2 or 3 players in each, all making a massive ship together and going into a battle before setting off explosions in key locations to have it break apart and actually look like real debris. They then fly their "debris" to the ship they want to board and surround it before boarding.

[@lightningwingdragon973]

Presumably, once the crew is out, you could probably repeat fire the railguns, causing even more damage and havoc. It's large enough that you'd probably wind up severing something critical.

[@LastStandGamers]

Was thinking you could build it so you could just drive in the hole you made.

[@DeepCZero3]

Dont fire all railguns at once, stagger them so you get more than one shot off. Or do they need power to fire? I havent played SE in months due to work and computer issues so im not sure how that works

[@orionriftclan2727]

B-but-but friendly fire? 40k: WHAT FRIENDLY FIRE

[@Optemas]

The problem is The railguns recharge would siphon all the power from the pod & shuts down the Survival Kit (no Respown) ... So you will have to design it in a way where the Survival Kit has a dedicated power source & not connected to the pod (maybe mag.locks)...

[@werd3426]

Now, hear me out.. What about mounting those railguns onto YOUR ship, and using them as an ACTUAL weapon.. Although, I guess nothing stops you from "breaching" into their large hydrogen tank or a nuclear reactor

[@WhatIsThatThingDoing]

This could work with the idea of the warp mine, quietly snatching away a vessel to a pre-determined site where it can be quickly neutralised.

[@cpte3729]

Houdinis.

[@randallvolk8437]

Maybe use the disguised ship to deliver a rail gun blast then an explosion of as many warheads as possible. A Dabre mine

[@danielboatright8887]

Keep the breach shield, but have it extend as far as possible so the warheads detonate deeper.

[@Scott-jz4xx]

I love the garbage camouflage idea. You could totally make a 'ship' look like a destroyed necell, latch on and boom! Great idea!

[@skyrose6816]

i remember i did something similar but it was a missile that had a removable shield on the front to stop gun fire, and detachable decoys as it approaches (they spun off the back using a rotor to make them go further from the missile ) and using a wheel and landing gear attached to piston's to ensure connection, on the internal body of the missile mounted 20 gyros and 6 battery's that would over ride some ships and spin them out of control. and the best part the weaker the enemy ship in turning power meant that players couldn't even go out of the ship to remove it as it was spinning faster then they could move. it was my favorite classic build, i even made a vertical missile silo the would rise above my ship then retract and make another missile

[@olive6942]

I think this is a cool idea, but I think as a delivery method for infantry it is a bit overkill, I think it would be way more exciting if it directly injected warheads into the enemy ship.

[@QualityPen]

It looks cool, but is utterly impractical. It’s like designing and operating a battering ram to breach a building when a single tank shell would suffice.

[@ardamertdemir4074]

The most expensive breaching pod in the whole universe

[@LastStandGamers]

Wouldn't say the most expensive but defiantly up there.

[@kabob0077]

One really big hole coming right up!

[@Optemas]

Nice idea ... To try & solve the power issue when firing : Try adding a separate grid for the guns that, you can have it locked in place by mag.locks & a rotor / hinge So it can charge from the main pod grid & A couple of small batteries should be fine for the firing action Set it to fire + disconnect at the first button (timer block) You can always reconnect rotor / Hinge to recharge guns (if you need to) That way the pod still has power for the rest of the functions (door , Survival Kit , thrusters...ext.)

[@MatsuKaen]

Suspicious looking debris

[@LastStandGamers]

Will have you questioning every bit of debris now. haha

[@misterymaster5678]

I wanna see this being used in an actual battle.

[@obscillesk]

ages ago i had a similar idea, but this was back when you only had the most bare bones weapons. so my solution was to make a ship with 4 arms on rotors that met at a point in front of the door. so, you'd slam into the hull at max velocity, and set the arms to open, which would tear through a bit more armor and widen the entrance. and i had turrets set up around the door so as the arms opened the interior of the ship up, they would start spraying inside

[@pennybottoms268]

Cool idea, you could set up a spawn station at the start of the season that gets raided by a few of these, then they can try and escape to the planet surface.

[@ImieNazwiskoOK]

I think best design would be something base on the first ship test. So instead of this a bunch of railguns a bit back and forward to that a door facing sideways. So you still blow up a hole that can be easily used with less railguns.

[@DaiHachiHachi]

Regardless of the stealth factor it may or may not have, it’s an awesome idea. 🤩

[@Robosium]

this reminds me of an older weapons concept where a bunch of missiles with grinders for heads were sent in to try to damage the enemy ship

[@BlazingImp77151]

I had an idea regarding the first one. Move the maglocks to the sides, and have the ship jam itself into the hole in the ship. And that way it also puts itself into a turret blind spot, and if you keep the thrusters on it will push the ship and mess up the movement.

[@BlazingImp77151]

Hmm. For the debris version, do you need the railguns once a hole is penetrated? If not, then you could megeblock or maglock a pod inside the railguns, and leave them behind in the debris. Push the whole pod+door section into the breach while leaving the debris.

[@BlazingImp77151]

And for the door, why not disguise it as greebling?

[@imofage3947]

I wonder what other players have come up with for this purpose. This is definitely over the top and funny as hell. But it's not practical with the number of railguns required. You'd have to be recover it and capture a very big prize in order to be worth it. The interior thrusters and survival kit are very thoughtful.

[@patrikhjorth3291]

I really like the idea of a "camouflaged" breaching pod. How to prevent enemies from capturing it: have a sensor set to detect enemy players, and trigger a warhead. Two second countdown, very small detection area.

[@andrewkelly2028]

That's a cool clever design. Is it possible to use timers to turn off the railguns?

[@TheGoldenTNT]

The railguns still suck away all the power and the timers can't run

[@andrewkelly2028]

@@TheGoldenTNT Yeah I thought that might be the case...oh well. I recharge on/off option may be in order.

[@redbullwarrior8944]

Interesting idea indead. I wonder if 2 timing blocks might help you with the design. The drain on the power might be a problem but Timer block 1 - Trigger - Shoots Rail guns, starts Timer block 2 - Timer Block 2 turns off guns, pushes out blash shield and opens door allowing access. Might make it easier than accessing pannels before you board. Though if the Timers shut off with the lack of battery then it would be an issues. Overall I like the out of the box ideas you do, a lot of fun and players in PVP wouldn't be looking at such things as they look and prepare their fleet for the next engagment only to be taken over from the inside and killed.

[@danilonakazone386]

I can't wait to see a future video of this concept used in a actual PVP!!! Nice video as always!

[@NoBudjetFilms]

Very cool concept... the camouflaged pod may work well for an ambush attack, but I also think a larger pod with powerful engines may work as well. It would be an obvious threat and so would be taking on enemy fire... maybe if deployed in a swarm along with some dummy pods could work? I love the idea of space pirates or space marines forcibly boarding and taking enemy ships.

[@kons37flyingreaper41]

It should fire then detach the railguns

[@LastStandGamers]

Would be nice to have them set up on a gps so the can go home after being used to save resources.

[@kons37flyingreaper41]

@@LastStandGamers railguns at the front of the pod, shoot those to make a small dent, detach those quickly (timers of course) then the pod will enter with drills.

[@miles1034]

I think this is most effective with 2 players, one who navigates/ turns off railguns and the other to operate the buttons

[@handsomejamesgrandinternet2106]

For cloaked ship you gotta make the smoke green to imply reactors are useless. and it would be more in line with design

[@zaflowgalactic]

I like it, but all you need is more reactors, and/or possibly fewer railguns and a timerblock that opens the door at the same time as firing so that your power doesn't go out and you can get in super quick. The survival kit is a very good idea, along with the weapons rack. I used to have a jump drive that would latch onto a ship that had the same power issues, but due to the distance limitations with mass it wouldn't really work to bring enemies to the trap location, and it would be simpler to jump the turret mines to the enemy instead of the other way around. This gives me ideas though, very quick compared to grinders. :)

[@inertproductionsalternate9114]

I would be tempted to see how this would work with the artillery guns. Plus you wouldn't have to worry about shutting them off afterwards.

[@lc2131]

The wreckage idea would be great on a no suit survival server - I did a co-op run once where we had no space suits, used a mod to remove helmets and jetpacks so everything we did including looting had to be done from inside a ship or via a drone.

[@chaomatic5328]

For the railgun sucking all the energy, timer blocks might work faster than manually turning them off. If this work, you could even program everything to start at the same time!

[@tobiaskotoff2572]

this is really a cool creation. you could fly many of these things at a ship and overwhelm it. you could use as a kind of mine also

[@Raven5431]

I saw a video recently with projectors useing training dummies to block damage and be used to trap ships as well. Use the projected image with a couple sensors. As you approach the image protects from incoming fire. First sensor shuts off image after you get in close then when close enough to attach to ship 2nd sensor turns the image back on to lock yourself to the hull. Might work. If timed right the image should stop you instantly without collision.

[@dr.enigma815]

Here is an idea: a mine laying ship to create minefields quickly.

[@TheSandsofFlowingTime]

What about a small parasite pod that is designed to just suck incredible amounts of energy from the ship and cause it to start failing and turning off. I think that would be devastating in combat because suddenly you can't power anything and your ship slows down and turrets no longer work

[@chriskelso723]

Absolute genius!! What will you do when the enemy ship is moving? I have an idea for a ballistic small grids with blast doors on the front. Two or three layers of light armor blocks between them and the rest of the ship. a few attitude thrusters and a lot of thruster on the back for ramming. As few gyros as you need for even slow directional adjustments. It should go through a couple layers of heavy armor while protecting the intruder/pilot. I need to test this though. Great video as always.

[@exteriorcobra1575]

I think the best design is the dreadclaw drop pod or the massive boarding torpedoes with a massive front drill and melta guns or chain guns to blow through armor

[@icotica921]

Could have like an explosive disconnect on the front door so you don’t need power to breach, the floating door may make good cover too

[@saxmo8024]

You could also set up 2 timer blocks. One that fires the rail guns and starts the second timer. Second timer turns off the rails.

[@joshjenkins3815]

I LOVE THE DEBRIE IDEA

[@JustIn-sr1xe]

Damn. Can't even trust random detritus now... Think I'll just stay on the planet.

[@zukon1093]

Truly a fun idea Aaron! I wouldn't have thought to use a blast shield for cover. Nice touch!

[@BrigantinosDoRoudos]

Remember your plasma cutter? Ion engines silently melting a hole in the hull. This would aid your stealth and cut your costs. Pirates thank me Also, simply keybind a shortcut on your pilot's controls to deactivate those railguns. No need to waste precious seconds after you've blown your cover.

[@LukeRion-nt6cu]

always check your latched debris you never know if it’s a boarding pod

[@roadtrain_]

Like several others mentioned the best idea to make this look like real garbage is probably to design an actual ship around this with warheads in key locations set to detonate when needed.

[@arismilonas]

Every new idea brings something new to the game so thumbs up, I find this particular idea not useful, because it can only be used if the conditions you mentioned are right , the probability of the right conditions is less than 20% plus the materials are expensive, I once had a ramming ship where just before impact the front of the ship detached , a push thruster gave it even more power and kept destabilizing the enemy ship for 10 seconds after that the whole thing was set to explode. Heavy armor-battery - thruster-timer and a warhead. Easy.

[@saxmo8024]

To make this smaller, I think you don't need so many rail guns, so many is a bit OP for most targeds. Same thing with mag plates. I'd imagine you only need between 1 and 4. You can also have exhost pipes pump smoke out to

[@Crusader_Lite]

Should attach it to a destroyed ship and have a bunch of exposed large cargo containers to make the main ship look more appealing, but this could be better used by attaching a hyperdrive and just shooting the large ship away, or attaching a bomb and using it to blow a far larger ship, better yet, attach a large bomb and a single thruster instead of a troop bay, and then ad a remote control, so you float the ship to another ship, and blow a hole, and have the bomb finish the job by splitting the ship in half

[@L4GGINGB4D]

This is some warhammer space marine ship breaching stuff here

[@paolof.6899]

I've done something like this... though with warheads and jump drives... >.> I call it salting the salvage

[@Routerproblem]

the problem with turning the guns of can be solved via an timer block that fires the guns and than disables gund AND opens the door

[@Bitsbug]

ohhh that is a very cool idea.. I was actually playing with a similar idea involving appearing as debris myself, although instead of a breaching pod it's a large rover that looks like a wreckage to ambush targets, or just sneak past detection. Will need to figure out the workshop later to upload it lol

[@ToaDrakua]

I think you could reduce the overall footprint and expense of the boarding craft if you hid the rail guns behind the door on a retractable arm, and had that arm retract into either the ceiling or the floor after use. It could provide the same results, with the only drawback being that you can't make use of the heavy armor plate like on your wreckage pod.

[@dominikpalusz9221]

Should disguise it as a wooden horse. They'll never see it coming.

[@CajernSpice]

I can already imagine the shenanigans that would occur from this sort of manuever!

[@Zero_8347]

This game looks super cool.

[@gdragonlord749]

I would use several grinders hidden inside to make a hole. would make it much smaller and less energy intensive. Only lose a battery instead of a reactor. I also remember someone made a 1x1 large grid size breaching pod with small grid blocks that wrecked havoc like an assassin droid.

[@skorgevondoom___9571]

"OI YOU'Z NEEDZ TO PAINTZ IT RED!!! MAKES IT ZOOM FASTA!!!" Mekboy Geargutz

[@connordalton4553]

I see this as something that drifts till it's close, say within 400 meters, then goes for a rapid all in sprint as all hell brakes loose.

[@otter502]

I mean imagine setting up a ship that just breaks apart and there is a Similar ship to this except remote controlled and it launches explosives into the ship after creating the hole

[@otter502]

Or to cause true havoc add a jump drive and just remove the ship (setup a timer block maybe that both activates a explosive's timer and the jump drive then it jumps and removes the jump drive and causes general mayhem

[@tylermathis3840]

Make the door detachable and give it a couple of the smallest engines possible so it flies at the enemy for the breaching team

[@CarbonEye42]

it works, but holy crap imagine how many resources required to make that thing, the cost has to really overweigh the profit unless you're a troll

[@viktorlundstrom780]

Magnets and grinders that extend seems like a cheaper way of doing it.

[@robg.5563]

5:47 i love it

[@RickyDigits505]

I think the best method for this would be an active breaching pod that launches decoys on its way in. Use a sensor and timer to fire the guns and turn them off and have the mag plates on the side. You could also have the launching ship dump player made missiles as the pod goes in so the guns are overwhelmed and don't take it out before it can breach. Just my ideas on it. This is a very neat concept kinda like the person who invented an interdiction method to turn off propulsion on another players grid. Imagine if you combined the 2

[@Weird_guy79]

love to see this in action

[@lanceleonard2829]

I wonder how effective this breach setup would be with a way to launch a war head into the open section of the hull

[@drecknathmagladery9118]

the other thing it would do is depressurize the target if it is pressurized depending on where you attach it might take out vital systems like reactors or gyroscopes you could do some real damage if you breach at the right points

[@IndigoWhiskey]

looks like a decent core for infiltrator frigate drop pods for any homeworld 2 replicas. very much a cover me while we high jack this ship kind of plan so stealth isnt gonna be a thing but the outer arms and some armour might be enough cover to get away with it. bit expensive with filled rows of railguns though might want to test with half that number as the frigate itself is going to want to be able to both redock surviving used pods and rebuild new ones on the fly as necessary. timer block to fire and power off the railguns as one button press perhaps? dead rig so can't test anything myself

[@ClassicMagicMan]

I don't play this game, but I do dabble in writing space fantasy. This is a great plot device. Disguised as scrap until it latches onto a hull and dicks a giant hole into it and starts filling it with... space marines? I was going to say sea men.

[@Infernex_14]

I always imagine either payday or gta heist music start blaring when those railguns go off and the breach would start

[@wepntech]

How about a breaching torpedo, rail gun pack on hinge or rotor move out of way after firing, timers and such to fir the guns in sequence and shut down, saving power for the other systems, and the door opens to let you in.

[@nailboard6492]

for machinimas, this is perfect, for survival PvP... it's not feasible. I shoot anything my guns are able to target until they can't target anything anymore. I do not salvage battlefields, I leave them burnt to nothing.

[@i_camioneta1697]

the ads on this video kept on perfectly cutting the railgun explosions

[@alexpena4091]

I know this might make the breaching pod more noticeable but in movies and games where there is that kind of pod usually they drill into the ship or base

[@hypernovamkvi715]

I definitely could see myself falling for this it is a pretty genius plan but at that point just stuff a few massive bombs in it

[@JUNIsLuke]

A decently simple answer to them looting it could just be as simple as an interior turret on the outside or inside of the pod Also maybe add sone seats inside do people Don’t go flying around in case something happens or whatever You could also tow this on your ship to make it look like your salvaging resources

[@Lefttenit]

Place some warheads inside the pod tied to a sensor that detects enemy players only on a very low sensor area. If a enemy makes it into the pod, it self destructs keeping the design and resources out of their hands.

[@TXPhoenix79]

Awesome Idea

[@KrakenIsMahB]

Now I want to build breaching ships too. I wonder if AI ships in single player can be breached and taken over in similar way. However, I do not want to waste so much materials, my ship will be fast and use gatling turrets activated with sensors for hull breach until they make nice hole where i hide and make my entrance.

[@arosinek]

I would rather try to make it a lot smaller. Mayby oneman cyllinder like pods. Easier to hide, and u can shoot out couple of them to provide bait for the cannons :D

[@orionriftclan2727]

Maybe you could have the entrance for the pod just look like a air lock?

[@Epic_747]

honestly anyone near the hull when its breached, is going to be vaporized

[@otter502]

Maybe something that orbits the ship by constantly aiming at the ship then thrusting towards and to the side and also shooting with auto cannons And it looks like junk too, just an idea

[@koolaidspositive]

I know this is way late but theres an awesome harpoon mod that would be awesome for this!

[@ninjalightninggames3137]

An ideal ship would be a debris disguise that deploys a warhead to breach in

[@spacegordonramsay2486]

All I can think of is that one scene the beginning of astartes

[@vipermk7472]

And maybe use a beacon and turn the most components off would looks more like a old debris then maybe adding a single solar panel that it looks like the beacon is only running while sun time

[@Nzenz-PhotographyVideography]

I would like to see more server videos to do with like factions and combat I also like the showcasing too

[@captainlag51]

how would a gravitation pull work on it like not only breach but if have players on other side pull em in and blast them with the wall of the ship or will that be to much power

[@SleepyBombay]

I would suggest having a small battery reserved for the switch to turn the rail gun off if the game has a small battery idk

[@terryterryson7824]

I have been attempting to build something similar. Except my build was using 5 sets of 2 warheads to create an opening into a ship, and then wedging itself inside with additional warheads inside to essentially make a boarding torpedo. Where if the boarding assault fails you still have some boom. I am however struggling to make it inconspicuous and for the initial bombs to land

[@swimfeared]

could you hide a wardrive in a decently sized peace of debris and force an enemy ship to warp to friendly territory? that might be cheaper.

[@StarWarsExpert_]

Nice video! I have a question. How do you soround your large grid door with small blocks? Like for example the door in your first design. How do you do that?

[@chaomatic5328]

For better decoration with the sticking pad, instead of covering a few walls, perhaps a few retracting piston with landing gears might do the job, a few holes should be innocuous enough. On the server performance, however...