The Case of Capac, Splitsie and the Unexplained Explosion - Assertive Acquisitions #20

[@capacamaru]

Great, I watched it back and I STILL have no idea what happened...

[@Splitsie]

Yup, you and me both

[@cipherstormwolf14]

I say: Minefield!!

[@adamjenkins7653]

Your virus clanged out and took out the block above the connector. This then hit the hydrogen tank, the various bits caused a clang-cade and that was it.

[@aurumworks]

The rhythm of the explosions did sound like rocket fire. Invisible rockets, though, there were not trails.

[@tarab9081]

It's Space Engineers: things spontaneously detonating is part of the charm.

[@anumeon]

Capac:ism of the day. "Well, i mean sand. Not famously good for breathing"

[@fantasypvp]

I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating - and it gets everywhere.

[@omni5ive739]

I was sitting down to watch a movie on my projector, i now have youtube open. Splitse can officially tell capac he made it to the big screen.

[@Splitsie]

lol :D

[@omni5ive739]

@@Splitsie was thinking maybe a loose item didnt update its velocity after the jump, then spontaneously did

[@omni5ive739]

@@Splitsie i believe with the parachute on the base you should build a tower atop the base to distance from cg, so the chutes can act like fins on a dart

[@SomeBTrue]

@@Splitsie I do that every night, its a nice space game to watch

[@astronomicalgamer205]

Well now TFE AND splitsie are stuck on the dusty desert planet, and the explosion brought the total to: Splitsie is at 7 deaths TFE is at 6 Capac is at 8 2 wasabis 6 paprikas 2 H trams 1 platypus rover 1 welding ships 1 tugg of war And 1 duck rover. They have also collected 2 datapads

[@Thecom187]

This is seriously the best thing I have ever watched since the expanse. I love the dynamic between you guys. Splitsie is the proactive engineering genius and crack fighter pilot, TFE the witty eccentric optimistic astrophysicist, and underrated combat technician with interesting builds, Capac, the also witty ultimate heavy industry engineer and pilot, and generally pessimistic but with a great sense of ironic humor - not to mention a unique ability to very subtly antagonize Splitsie. At episode 20, I love the fact that I'm only half way through this series! Huge shout out and thanks to Splitsie for his getting started in survival series. I bought the game because of this and now I am currently in space in a large grid ship with an attached miner (based on the miner in this series) in search of uranium and platinum. Most fun I've had in a long time. If you could combine this game with the building system of StarshipEvo, man, that would be something!

[@Splitsie]

Thanks Chris, I'm glad you're enjoying the game and series so much 🙂

[@swiftdoll]

I have literally replaced watching k-drama with this, and using steam link to port it to my telly. It's just brilliant. Every episode is full of lol and amazing builds. And I thought the flying rovers were outlandish, boyh did I not know what was still in the works! Flying attack trams, mercenaries, base stealing, flinging stations full speed at a planet... :-----D you can't make this stuff up!

[@brunocruz684]

After viewing frame by frame at 4:45, it is likely that the legs of the "virus" clang... and exploded in a chain reaction. This series is being fantastic, always full of surprises!! Keep going @Splitsie and co.!

[@ChristopherMocko]

After reading your comment I went back and watched the incident frame by frame. The destruction did originate with the virus module. If I had to guess, during the jump, one of the legs clipped into the connector, and eventually jostled enough to realize it needed to explode. Then the bits from the module collided with the O2 Farm and the Ships connector, damaged them enough to transfer damage to the H2 tank, which then exploded.

[@ZanTeth55]

@@ChristopherMocko I happen to agree with this statement

[@yurioorlov177]

SO Splitsies love of all things Piston destroyed Capacs ship, that seems oddly fitting

[@keletsorabalao7454]

Last episode had the best ending!!! This episode had the best start!!!

[@zebrin]

Having no Gyro on an air drop anything is a fun way of saying, "I am building an Unguided munition."

[@Splitsie]

lol Or a survival drop pod :P

[@omni5ive739]

5 minutes in and we have a spectacular non-consential firworks show

[@Splitsie]

Even after the footage review, I'm stumped as to what the cause was

[@interstellarsnow]

@@Splitsie the only thought i of was something falling off and causing a chain reaction. i have no other idea

[@EdrickV]

@@Splitsie Looks to me like it started with the scanner module. It gets lit up, one of the legs seems to vanish, then part of it seems to fall off. But shortly after that the part that fell off is back in position and the detached leg shows up, before it all explodes again, so maybe lag + Clang? (There's lag with the rear antenna dish too later on.) I've had a ship spontaneously explode before, but that was due apparently to vibrations from unlocked hinges/rotors. (Said ship didn't even have to be moving to suddenly explode.) I assume the scanner module's leg hinges were locked.

[@darthkarl99]

@@Splitsie Yeah that was weird as hell, the way it propagated i'd say the only normal non-klang cause would be a large debris field running into you at high speed from behind. The explosion's were too spread out in time for a tank detonation and too numerous, (and probably too destructive too), in nature to fit rockets. Klang is the more likely culprit but it still happened in a way that makes absolutely no sense for clang, it didn't propagate from any connectors and kept going after all subgrids where gone. Best klang option i can think of is the whole thing converted to a station after the jump but retained the velocity and momentum and self destructed as the game caught onto each piece being moving when it should be stationery, probably in a sequence of each detonation causing damage to a block nearby which then forced an update calculation. What would trigger it in the first place though i have no idea.

[@diazinth]

@@Splitsie My guess is the creepy crawly you made. It's always the creepy crawly. (In all seriousness, to me it seems like that's where the first boom was. And with the "legs" potentially touching or close to the connector, that makes sense. The reason it didn't happen sooner, might be because of minimal amounts of damage over time, until parts came loose at high speed.)

[@brentbarr498]

19:20 Are you making a Babylon 4 MINI station? Counter rotating bit.. lol I love it! J.M.S should be PROUD!!!

[@anumeon]

This episode brought to you by our lord and saviour Clang. Rejoice, for he has returned to bless Splitsie and crew with his presence.. :D

[@Tilion462]

Clang returneth and bestows its bounteous torment unto our Assertively Acquiring Trio. Yeah, that'd be some serious level of Salt-F4 ragequitting for me. I've even needed to 'take a moment' while just watching it! I do love me that Classic SE with Splitsie & the Gang.

[@gibbhartin643]

Hail Clang!

[@michaeldayman682]

Clang? CLANG!!! Heathen - this schism in the house of Almighty KLANG cannot be tolerated. Prepare for the Crusade and to be purged in holy explosive klang!!!

[@Eisen_Jaeger]

the next iteration of Capac's ship can be the Struggle Shove

[@WarGiver]

Why was it when Splitsie was making the plan to go down in the rover the name "Escape to Purgatory" came to mind (I know the original was "Escape from")

[@Splitsie]

Oh dang, missed opportunity :D

[@PriorUniform721]

TFE: Please turn on your flashlight more often for us. Things tend to be even darker for us on playback.

[@Splitsie]

I'll try to remind him :)

[@mandyspence1599]

RIP H-Tram, you served well and will be remembered and honoured! I think the Tug O War was destroyed by karma, I think even Lord Clang believed Capac went to far when flinging an asteroid Facilit at a planet. Also RIP for the Virus... Or maybe not, it could have infected the Tug O War... Or perhaps what little remains of Capac's sanity... There might have been some lag issues at the time of the explosion, the antenna dish shifted for a split second as the explosion began... Whatever caused it, t'was still a beautiful sight. Finally, welcome Pull O Conflict, another awesome name!

[@Splitsie]

I may have gotten to the bottom of the mystery and it makes the presence of the gas giant all the more menacing ;)

[@mandyspence1599]

@@Splitsie A mystery? Oh no! The suspense was already killing me 😜

[@Ostsol]

Capac: "Well, I mean, sand: not famously good for breathing." Yeah, it's coarse, rough and irritating -- and it gets everywhere!

[@salamanda550]

You know, weirdly got massive Red Dwarf vibes from this episode. TFE stuck on a stormy planet of certain death, running out of supplies, rescued by a Splitsie with supplies in tow.

[@Zorgus]

Ngl, looking at your adventures these past two episodes makes me want to add a gyro on everything I'll build from now on, even if it's meant to be stationary :D

[@vadernation1233]

This arc of y’all stranded on pertam is giving me strong escape from purgatory vibes. Love it. Also the memorial to the a train TFE built reminded me a ton of the ending of clone wars.

[@popinjayishuman]

I love the idea of the pull-o-conflict having those separate modules that match. Reminds me of the sea truck from subnautica. You could build a bay that stores them horizontally that it can just pull up and dock and undock separate modules depending on need.

[@BeanoNoir]

Catching a virus was more than the ship could handle.

[@alexandermuller7142]

Great episode and classic content, capacs stuff exploding for no reason, TFE smashing his stuff repeatedly and splitsie hastily building a thing without lights, a gyro and some critical parts half-welded.

[@annee.7707]

What I love of your streams and videos, besides tutorials, are the huge explosions and Capac grunts. Never disappoints!

[@BloodyMobile]

Things explode under mysterious circumstances, Splitsie and Capac die, Capac's response: "I'm gonna take a nap". Strangely relateable.

[@matf8812]

4:33 Now THAT is a catastrophic failure.

[@dmbsecundus2331]

That explosion was . . . perplexing, but hilariously entertaining. And ah, yes, Capac and his wisdoms, sand, not famously good for breathing, how true.

[@Padstow]

So sad that the Asteroid Facili-t couldn't continue to live as I hoped, but at least I got to watch, in slow-mo, the most satisfying ship destruction I have ever seen in Space Engineers. I'd say that's worth it.

[@outzymes3636]

capac gets his ship blown up, which disintegrates him and splitsie, and the man decides to take a nap.

[@Splitsie]

Apparently double kills are exhausing :D

[@stephencrabtree6599]

Spontaneous rapid disassembly events, always equal good content 👍

[@unfluffydave8798]

Lord Klang watches Survival Impossible "Accidentally Evil" and thinks: "This Splitsie is getting a bit uppity with his evil villain lair and Klang machines". He waits patiently and watches Assertive Acquisitions waiting for his opportunity with his finger poised over the Connector - Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal Button.

[@michaelschauf3542]

As the explosion happens. Literally out of nowhere all I can think of is the movie Apollo 13 when the oxygen tanks blow out and the phrase “Huston we have a problem”. I’m thinking it was definitely clang due to poor connection with the FTL drive. It finally just gave way. Or Capac had loose debris rolling around in his shop somehow.

[@Splitsie]

The truth is something far more sinister than clang, the explosion looks to be related to something that is going to make exploring around the gas giant somewhat more risky ;)

[@user-xsn5ozskwg]

Love a good rescue mission. Also Capac's ship looks so great.

[@LugborG]

That rotating section was genius. I may have to steal that trick in the future. Edit: I think Capac needs to build an orbital pod launcher for his future ships. Never know when you need supplies or Splitsies on the planet.

[@jgischer]

I love the rotating section too, but I'm not good enough at SE to understand what he did. I was fine up until the point where they said "railings". I get counter-rotating rotors, but making the two parts on the same grid? How?

[@LugborG]

@@jgischer You put the railings in the path of the swing arms. Use the ones that have a railing on each side of the block, to create attachment points on either side while leaving the actual path clear for the rotation.

[@jgischer]

@@LugborG Oh, I get it now. Thanks!

[@LugborG]

@@jgischer No problem! It’s a bit counterintuitive, having it spin through a block like that, and definitely wouldn’t have been possible before they redid the hit boxes a while back.

[@acada6594]

I wonder what was purpose of landing on the planet? Your first action was like lets leave this planet.

[@lasinthas4152]

The ending of last episode: how every KSP extra planetary landing goes

[@interstellarsnow]

NEW EPISODE AND BAD BATCH TODAY AS WELL??? BEST DAY

[@Unmannedperson]

Something about around 41:30 era gave me some serious Starcraft vibes. I think it's the scrappy humans in a little SVC-like rover approaching a crashed station. Half expected a Zerg infestation inside...

[@dwhackychicken6149]

This is a good Space Engineers series. I love it!

[@str1ke6450]

Not gonna be able to fall asleep now that I know that I'm missing this. Shouldn't have picked up my phone

[@Splitsie]

lol Hope you get some good sleep when you finally do :)

[@str1ke6450]

@@Splitsie Thanks, I'll be watching this first thing tomorrow!

[@bleedgoat]

man i called it super hard on the previous episode haha. this series is better than anything in the MCU, DCU, or even Starwars.

[@zaflowgalactic]

I really wanna help you guys out! I could arrive in the midst of battle, with snacks and supplies in a small ship. I think a really cool renegade such as myself would add an element of unpredictability and uncertainty. Do you trust him, or keep him at arm's length? Who knows, he is so mysterious and sexy, what is he doing in this galaxy? Then on the thirtieth episode, I say the signal word and sleeper agent Capac is finally activated! The signal: Elephant yogurt with elderberries on fried duck. Yeah that's too long, I'll think of something else...

[@TheVuDuDeChile]

39:50 No lights, No Gyro, No Wheels, No problem! 😂

[@EricBroadway]

Your excursion to this new planet has been an unmitigated disaster, hilarious to watch!

[@ShuRugal]

lol, nobody could have foreseen this ending. Definitely didn't see this coming the moment Capac hit the "drop it" button immediately after jumping without making sure anything was lined up XD

[@Acirno]

Must say, Capacs ship is quite nice, give me tons of ideas and I want 1 and all of that on and on.

[@unknow11712]

lesson for the future : when making a space-drop base-ship , add a heavy-armor cross with a survival kit inside , it should be able to survive any possible crash ,and be a good backup . and just to make a wild guess , clank god was not happy with all the connected part of the ship and made a hydrogen or oxygen tank explode by hitting another part of the ship, that caused a chain reaction .

[@arcticfox9795]

It was funny watching the first attempt to lift the asteroid facilit without dampeners. "Why isn't it going anywhere?" *looks directly at the red dampener triangle on tfe's pov* hmm I wonder why.

[@fudgeweasel]

TFE was down, and had a working refinery and assembler - sounds like a valid landing to me. I think I'd have (possibly) flipped the facili-t and built it in to a new base :)

[@rustyreese4006]

And build up enough to do what they went there to do in the first place. See if they could find uranium.

[@slab-dd6vj]

I know this is not the case over here, but the way that explosion disintegrated diferent parts of the ship at the same time, and some of the parts were even separated from the main ship, reminded me of some small grid ships I lost due a reentry in atmosphere at extremely high speed with the aerodynamic physics mod. so either clang or a fleet of Corruption drones snipper without beacons started to shoot at them

[@gum__]

Must have been thumbs. Always lurking in the shadows. "If I can't steal it you won't have it either!"

[@Rurumeto]

I'm definitely gonna use that railing trick for rotating sections

[@jasonpeace91]

Clang: I'm bored TFE: I'm a little bit stranded here Clang: TFE let me help you Capac and Splitsie: WHY IS EVERYTHING EXPLODING!!! Clang: TFE I rename you Mark Watney Mark Watney: WWWWHHHHHYYYYYYYY!

[@skipper2285]

Almighty Klang detected a smidgen of unbelief. Unbelief eradicated. (praise klang!)

[@honza2447]

After watching "The Incident" I cannot decide: a) Do you come from the land down under? Where ships fly then blow themselfs asunder? b) To shreds, you say?

[@Splitsie]

Lol 🤣

[@beng3456]

Trusting in Capac's aim... Well he hardly misses when flying into someone else.

[@Bigrignohio]

You already have all the "stuff" in large grid. Consolidate them all down to a tiny large grid "shuttle" to get up to orbit.

[@dtravler6194]

You guys should use the remains to try to build a small something on that planet anyway just in case.

[@tohpingtiang4878]

Unexplainable explosion. You have been blessed by the will of klang.

[@Splitsie]

Surprisingly not, I've since worked it out and the thing that caused it was working as intended, which makes further space exploration all the more frightening ;)

[@Rufert]

Planned obsolescence has gotten a bit ridiculous. At least you got the exact second the warranty expired on video.

[@braedonsnyder7540]

Totally got Armageddon vibes when Splitsie crested that final hill in the rover to save TFE!

[@SaintLord]

So your boom looks like it starts at the bottom connector, I think. Also why not just add or just connect an ore detector to your wasabi and scout with it, also the small fighter would should work as a quick transport ship or your miner. Hope it helps and good luck and keep it up.👍

[@q0s553]

That's fun blammo, even with the wrong way up "jump" between planets

[@Cyberguy42]

I kept wanting to remind TFE that he had an intact refinery and assembler. With some hand mining and/or disassembling, he could have made the motors and most other components, only needing an airdrop of cobalt ingots.

[@Splitsie]

Yeah, he could have built up from scratch down there but from a series perspective I didn't really want to have separate bases at this point since it drastically reduces the interactions between us

[@Boredom_Incarnate]

Them falling in the Facili-T Me: Oh it's a wrong way up reference.

[@LukeTrooper]

Two things. one has capac blue printed his new ship and two not meaning to be rude or mean but are you just launching the facilit into space to fix it and take it back? Can't you just flip it and then fix it on planet?

[@TheFinalEvent97]

Michael Bay directed this episode clearly :p

[@interstellarsnow]

upload more to your channel please

[@jonathanbair523]

Well on the bright side.... To lift the rover thing up to space, I would think you got more then enough thrusters and don't forget to add a second seat...

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

18:45 Splitsie and Capac's Pinky and the Brain moment, except Brain doesn't deny Pinky.

[@Shadowclaw42]

Noooooo he used P for a parking brake

[@Splitsie]

I'm a monster!

[@chaosknight626]

Everyone's going on about the explosion and yet there's little mention of SPLITSIE USING "P" Truly we have entered the dark times

[@Splitsie]

I feel unclean. I wonder what penance I will pay for that transgression?

[@sandrewadair5203]

The only thing missing is Capac crashing/ crash-landing on that planet with you and you can start a survival subseries, in which you are trying to escape the sandstorm planet.

[@gruzzob]

The Adventures of Capac, and the Asteroid Facilittering

[@mediocreman2]

The pistons on your spider 100% clanged your ship to pieces.

[@Splitsie]

lol Nope, turned out it was something else entirely - the planet has a field around it that destroys everything but the warnings you are entering that area don't show up if you're on a dedicated server :D

[@Zenas521]

The parachutes freaked, when deploying the outpost, because their was a small grid attached.

[@Splitsie]

Oddly not, it actually ended up being a bug where you get phantom forces from empty parachute hatches - the best part is that TFE already knew about this bug and simply forgot :D

[@willgnue2240]

Dam , clang plus Hydrogen makes for a epic 🚀to go💥💥💥💨 . Watched and 👍 Liked

[@mailleweaver]

It seems like you guys are having to learn things the same way that NASA does sometimes: your ship turns into a spectacular fireworks show despite all your knowledge and experience, and then you have to figure out what unexpected combination of events led to it.

[@V72_]

I think the ore scanner detached, got flung into the antenna dish, ripped it off and exploded the hydro tank?

[@NexeL_NKC]

People may have already pointed this out, but I think the spectrometer was the cause of the explosions. I went frame by frame, and determined that the spectrometer was the first thing to detonate. Maybe some crazy phantom forces were affecting it and made Clang come down with his almighty glitchy fist and said "NO MORE"

[@Splitsie]

The truth is something far more sinister than clang, the explosion looks to be related to something that is going to make exploring around the gas giant somewhat more risky ;)

[@Dinkleberg96]

Well im so glad so many people requested Capac for the BP of the ship, that he made one. Those sounded like warheads.....

[@davidmartensson273]

Have anyone checked the blueprints :P Maybe there was some ester eggs added that got left behind ;)

[@Splitsie]

It's something far worse than warheads and its still out there...

[@Zythan]

We don't know why, but we do know it was an amazing explosion.

[@fredmorpheus6890]

My theory for parachutes is that they were not symmetrically arranged around the center of gravity of the vessel, and that they opened when the station did not fall in the axis, which caused the Vrille exponential. And my theory for the explosion of the vessel is that the ship has made a leap out of jump in a micro-meteorite. Just a theory.

[@Splitsie]

We subsequently discovered that the parachute thing was a bug related to unloaded parachute blocks which amusingly TFE already knew about beforehand 🤣

[@SwordOfJustice2007]

Look, there were *two* shooters. One missile came in from underneath and one from the side...

[@BlueSpark24]

It looked like something on the bottom glitched and caused the explosion to me. Hilarious though 😂 when things start going wrong they certainly do it with style.

[@Karou812]

Tragedy follows Splitsie whereever he goes

[@matthewgillies7509]

@Splitsie I think I know what happened to the ship, as I have a theory based on my own two previous experiences. It's something I've taken to calling a "Clang Cascade", and I've only seen it happen immediately after a FTL jump in purely vanilla circumstances, and once more while using the Stargate Mod and doing a "Supergate" jump. My theory, is that one or more of the connected subgrids upon rematerializing doesn't initially behave like a subgrid, and instead acts like a wholly separate grid with it's own physics and space it wants to occupy. The problems start when the system is still considering the location of all the grids upon arrival, and in my observable experience, relative velocity is also a factor. What then happens is either the subgrids can briefly damage connected grids, or they think they're striking wholly separate grids, but the damage behaves like a slow impact into voxel terrain. This results in the damage "advancing" along the connected grid axis, from one end to the other shredding the ship as it goes, radiating out from its point of origin. The only way for the entire grid to not die is to hope that some of the damage cuts off the advancing detonation, confining it to that grid while leaving the remainder intact. Typically, this happens too fast for players to stop it or to even realize what is going on. Not that it matters too much, as we saw in the video that the damage affects players as well, if they are in proximity to the blocks being shredded.

[@Splitsie]

As I discovered this week, it wasn't clang at all, it was something altogether more dangerous which we're going to have to take pains to avoid. But knowledge is power so hopefully we'll avoid too many cataclysms :P

[@matthewgillies7509]

@@Splitsie Ok, now I'm very curious what caused it.

[@FireFight001]

Aaaah! Finally, need some Space engineers while working from home :D

[@gewitterhund3164]

That was one impressive badaboom.

[@stilllostwolf8813]

the clang gods wernt happy

[@foamyflightmaster9385]

More mayhem than usual, but I like it. 👍

[@annihilator_ron7691]

you know, you three could seriously do a Top Gear intro

[@NilRacing]

The explosion was Clang serving karma for how they just flung TFE into the dust planet sideways... But, apparently, it started with some desync in the connector of the ore finder...

[@Splitsie]

As it turns out, we might have broken some stuff when messing with the gravity fall off for the gas giant and it was in fact that which killed us :P

[@ironbunky]

The Deep Space Kraken... or whatever the space engineers equivalent is. It attacked.

[@Samantha_was_here_first]

If in the next episode, Capac turns up in orbit with a retrofit full of directable missiles and tries his best to hit Splitsie and TFE, I'll likely fall off my chair laughing,

[@silk7306]

Lord Klang took his due, that's what happened. Now you should be safe from unexplained explosions.... for a while anyway.

[@tylerhansen1892]

So i guess this doesn't mean we're getting a short solo series from TFE of him escaping the planet to link up with the crew in orbit "The Martian" style?

[@Splitsie]

Not yet at least :D

[@sethnoggle5768]

I think what caused the explosion was random phantom forces that caused the rotation peice to glitch into place n it causes a lil recoil ending with *kaboom*

[@Splitsie]

Interestingly we discovered the cause when I had to transfer the save from the dedicated server to my own PC, that was when the warning message that should have shown up finally did - we were inside the sphere of influence of the deadly gas giant :P

[@crengineer5805]

How do you like property do youtube because i have so many different games for youtube but i just dont know how to record that well and I’m still young but i have somany games and thing’s to record but when i go to do it i just break down and play games with my friends and just never record

[@crengineer5805]

Also love your videos and I can play space engineers but not that good and nice to know another Australian l don’t sound like one because ive got a bit of a axent but born and live in Australia my hole life

[@SoanosBarcoded]

Hmm... Could stick an extra seat, some atmo thrusters, a couple of small hydrogen tanks and 2 small hydrogen thrusters (and a gyro) in the rover in an attempt to take off.

[@Splitsie]

Yeah, that's probably the way we'll try to go :)

[@barrylopes]

What was the reason of explosion? Clang? Or something else?

[@quinnnorfolk4664]

I just started and with a title like that, I know it ain't going to end well.😂

[@quinnnorfolk4664]

I saw the big BOOM.