The Lunar War - Setting Teaser

[@wolfie3657]

Realistic space-warfare is so badass

[@marcusaustralius2416]

It goes so hard Something about the near-future flimsy ass spaceships just really activates the old almonds man

[@kongcarrot1728]

Im sorry to say this, but nothing realistic about it. Small metal bits and orbits is not ideal, if you ever want something else other than small metal bits in that orbit ever again. Realistic space warfare would propably be about trying to hack, or disable the opponents elektronics or lifesupport. This does look badass tho.

[@DarkSamael55]

@@kongcarrot1728 ok nerd

[@henrycooper3431]

​​@@kongcarrot1728unless you are up to the idea of boarding action, you aren't getting into any of the system beyond jamming sensors and their system isn't connected to your system and they have seperated electronics so you can't just hack them all at once even if you somehow managed to hack into one of their system. This isn't movies, you don't open a laptop and typed "Hack [enemy]"

[@ndipngpl2004]

And expensive as shit

[@enderfang117]

Even the realistic sci-fi works I love (like The Expanse) overlook one thing: radiators. really glad to see some radiators glowing red here.

[@ham_the_spam4423]

Exactly, I love the red hot gradient on those radiators. The games Terra Invicta and Children Of A Dead Earth have realistic space combat and radiators are a vital part of them

[@deanlawson6880]

Radiators!! This is such an overlooked part of near future space engineering and construction. In my opinion, the heat that you need to radiate from your internal system on your ships and satellites will be a major factor in future space combat and detection. Remember that these radiators that shed excess heat are radiating sh*t-loads of infrared energy and are VERY detectable to the appropriate IR detectors. Also, ships will have to closely monitor heat buildup and will have to disengage if they can't shed heat fast enough, which will limit combat.. maybe significantly. I also really like to see this aspect used and shown in vids and games like this!!

[@spythere]

Elite: Dangerous

[@einarb7986]

ships in the expanse used internal heatsinks and sometimes for stealth stuff pumping liquid hydrogen on the outsides of their ships for cooling

[@MauAdri2135]

​@@ham_the_spam4423 Aww, man. I got Terra Invicta about a year ago, and when I finally found time to start playing, I spent around 45 minutes in the tutorial, mostly reading about Earth politics and how to manage agents, I think. At the time, I was really in the mood for a space game, not politics. Do you happen to know of any quick-start guide or video? I’m thinking maybe I should give it another shot.

[@alisenoweirddudo6898]

Never been happier as a Children of a Dead Earth player...

[@tvorogmoloko7969]

hope it has same realism and details

[@TeddyBearWriter]

@@tvorogmoloko7969 I hope not. Because i have that game sitting in my libary and am too intimidated by it too play it. Therefore i hope for something less complicated then children of a dead earth while still giving me newtonian style space combat.

[@kingcam1654]

@@TeddyBearWriter TLW isnt a game, and it will be more realistic than CoaDE

[@TeddyBearWriter]

@@kingcam1654 I see. I guess i must have missunderstood. Is this simply a demo of sorts? The description says worldbuilding project however when i hear worldbuilding i think of RPG Tabletop games. What is this supposed to be?

[@kingcam1654]

@@TeddyBearWriter its more akin to a story than a tabletop game

[@TemplinInstitute]

Godspeed, John Glenn.

[@willtanker7684]

had a feeling youd be here

[@СергейРысь-ю9ч]

Glen is overrated

[@Calbeck]

@@СергейРысь-ю9ч he didn't say that about your mom

[@СергейРысь-ю9ч]

@@Calbeck I think he did, since she was a whore. As any american congressman, even cosmonaut, they all tainted themselves with working to american imperial machine

[@jacobdewey2053]

@@СергейРысь-ю9ч Cry about it

[@insertfictionalnamehere]

THIS NEED TO GET A HIGH BUDGET PRODUCTION JESUS CHRIST

[@Arto_forreal]

indeed

[@RetoskiCat]

I agree Chiito

[@insertfictionalnamehere]

@@RetoskiCatcheeto

[@Quantum-Bullet]

without harsh release pressure to make shareholder happy

[@insertfictionalnamehere]

@@Quantum-Bullet True . . .

[@yukon09]

let a thousand suns ignite the lunar skies with this cooking

[@KadenHines-v8e]

LETS GOOO(shackleton disaster refrence)

[@joelmulder]

These are legitimately the best space combat scenes since The Expanse. I can’t wait for more!

[@tomulus92600]

11 minutes from the 1hour 16 minutes of the Prologue of the Squadron 42 Demo from Citizencon, in real time in engine : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZLagmeoqsR9kK8

[@thearpox7873]

I didn't watch The Expanse. What combat scenes does it feature?

[@joelmulder]

@ instead of me explaining it, just go watch The Expanse. You won’t regret it if you have even the slightest interest in sci-fi.

[@2kDVI]

@@thearpox7873 god you are missing out on so much.... the best story, characters, realism from any sci fi show

[@pushfreight]

MOON WAR NOW

[@Gaalsien-Messenger]

America is the greatest crunchy in the world!

[@CroissantEnthusiast]

@@Gaalsien-Messenger Fr America is the greatest crunchy

[@_Jay_Maker_]

THE MOON WAR STARTS NOW!

[@Furebel]

I don't know what is this genre of realistic space warfare art projects that just started to slowly brew, but I am so much in love that I'm here to see it

[@germanmandalorian3514]

My first Thinking was "Neat, 30k Moon Battle" but after I see realistic Ships "Ah, they fight again over the Helium 3 Deposits"

[@zimriel]

i hope they don't, we can make He-3 just fine on Earth by soaking deuterium with neutrons and leaving the tritium in magnetic storage for a few years

[@HailAzathoth]

​@@zimriel yeah bc that's very cost effective 😂

[@germanmandalorian3514]

@@zimriel Bro, i was just making fun of Iron Sky and the Scene as Presidents/Ministers start beating each other in a Room the Moment they know of the Shitton of Helium-3 on the Moon(and the Space Crafts in Space too) the Moon Nazis dig up :D

[@zimriel]

@@HailAzathoth literally it is. tritium is a waste product in water cooled fission reactors. we are going to be putting more of those reactors online. Tritium and He-3 are going to go down in price here. He-3 exported from the Moon is never going to compete with it.

[@TheOrdomalleus666]

The Gotterdammerung vill fly!

[@RH0DI]

A THOUSAND SUNS IGNITE THE MOON'S SURFACE LUNA BURNS

[@Koz4k]

ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE

[@samspeed6271]

Contingency plan ARCTURUS is enacted. THE HIGH FRONTIER IS A WARZONE

[@samspeed6271]

Contingency plan ARCTURUS is enacted. Nuclear retaliation on the North is authorised. The High Frontier is a warzone

[@pewmandelt5745]

Looks like where in a year of realistic space battles. Videos like the Shackleton Disaster, Savages series, and this, are very high quality but very underrated.

[@handzze7341]

We're eating good😋🤤🤤

[@gamingmitmaus6949]

DUDE THATS ON ANOTHER LEVEL Im so looking forward for this! The graphics are insane and its realistic, i didnt even think of having my Gravity Ring problem solved by this video where theres just a second ring that rotates in the opposite direction so that the rest of the ship doesnt start rotating.

[@2KOOLURATOOLGaming]

Still produces some yaw though. Like having one car side go forwards and the other wheels going backwards.

[@gamingmitmaus6949]

@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming Well, if you have 4 gravity rings, 2 on each end, or atleast opposite sides of the space craft, this could easily be circumvented

[@david.molina]

Just saw this. Really cool animation and use of my music.

[@Libanoni974]

Indeed !

[@DesertPunks]

Imagining the CIC inside some of these craft is probably the coolest element of this.

[@LordCommander-ui2fw]

Agreed. I do hope that this project takes us inside the ships one of these days. I’d love a cross-sections of the Alan Shepard-Class.

[@radlog2159]

Great to see we finally get radiators in a realistic, hard sci-fi. Please keep up the great work. Can’t wait to watch more.

[@mister-BH]

That ending where the music cranks up and suddenly becomes both epic but also very melodic and the engines change direction... It's beyond awesome, makes me feel like a kid.

[@_Jay_Maker_]

One of the things I loved about books like Niven's Ringworld and Pohl's _Gateway_ was the perception that humanity existing within the confines of space was constantly one second away from death in one form or another. In the beginning of _Gateway,_ Pohl describes the communication lasers that the Naval ships use could just as easily be attenuated and redirected towards crew and passenger compartments if something like a scan or proper code didn't sit right with the patrols watching over them. That always stuck with me as something wildly awesome.

[@rfak7696]

This is awesome. So much attention to detail. It's nice to see radiators, invisible lasers, and contra-rotating rotational sections to counter the gyroscopic effect.

[@fiveoneecho]

0:24 - Gotta utilize that noise threshold and crank up the samples so the denoiser doesn't go ham on your beautiful art like that! :P

[@henrycooper3431]

I never notice that until you pointed it out, you got quite a sharp perception.

[@supersuitguy7567]

The pitch of this channel is a dream come true. There's far too little media that explores realistic space warfare. I'll be watching religiously.

[@helikopterbojowyka-5234]

1:11 Words can’t describe how awesome soundtrack, compose with this scene. Truly a form of art Okay maybe actually I can. Chaotic for viewers, is actually perfect symphony of action and response dynamic. Perfect calculation with fast execution and efficiency, that barely any human mind could comprehend in so short time. No mistakes, just calculation and chances. Every shoot is lethal and dangerous, and equipment more fragile than human body, as if not more. Guaranteed annihilation to anything it hits, so whole battle is about hitting without being hit, little bit like perfect dance where participants can’t get touched, but try to touch others

[@theblekedet6467]

0:45 European liveries goes hard

[@abhaymasurkar548]

It is Indian military

[@theblekedet6467]

@@abhaymasurkar548 sure bud

[@PonasPravalas]

@@abhaymasurkar548 first is Netherlands, second German.

[@RagingDuck859]

I think i see the Finich flag

[@henrycooper3431]

​​​@@abhaymasurkar548India has their own spaceship, this is NEMM frigate used exclusively by EU

[@TheYellowRedDot]

This wave of realistic space battles looks so cool, keep it up

[@danieldorn9989]

This is like a high definition version of Children of a Dead Earth

[@AyamHunters]

0:43 Escadrille la Baguette reporting 🥖

[@AyamHunters]

A thousand suns light the lunar sky.

[@mrnoob2514]

I found this because another person told me about it, love your work, Theo and L5!

[@gaborfabian1239]

This gives me really strong Nexus - The Jupiter Incident prelude vibes. Keep it up guys! I'll be watching you.

[@gokhanpalabiyik]

We need MOAR of this!

[@Jorjgasm]

Looks amazing. Those new space stations look amazing!

[@BriDog420]

Whooo! Space war! Looks amazing, can't wait for episodes to release!

[@ArkantosNilsson]

I will never thank The Expanse enough for starting this whole realistic space battle aesthetic

[@TurboLoveTrain]

...The expanse gets almost everything wrong...

[@dpabdelhak7783]

@@TurboLoveTrain whaaaaaaaaaaaat? wth?

[@TurboLoveTrain]

@@dpabdelhak7783 The expanse gets almost everything painfully wrong. Even the basic shit. It's on par with what someone in the 1950s would dream up for space tech and doesn't even get current year stuff right. It was so bad I had to stop watching it.

[@HailAzathoth]

​@@TurboLoveTrain found the rhtrd

[@TurboLoveTrain]

@@HailAzathoth Studying physics and math ruined most scifi for me and the only thing more painful than the butchery of science is the people that think it's accurate.

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

as much as a i love super tense terrifying realistic space combat, seeing the battles with the swelling orchestral music, tracers and missiles gives me such a cool star wars-y vibe that i think is super needed in realistic sci fi. making something grounded but fast paced and serious but not grave or oppressive seems super difficult and you’re nailing it.

[@MightySpaceman]

wake up new realistic space war series just dropped

[@baahcusegamer4530]

This, kids, is what point-blank range space combat looks like. If you can see your target with the unaided eye, you are freaking close.

[@inventor75]

at what point in the teaser can you see the target?

[@docman9640]

“Cliff hasn’t been alright since the lunar war”-Ignignokt

[@sakari_119]

we not breaking out of terra's soi with this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

This looks absolutely fantastic!

[@l3igl3oi73]

This is what my KSP game always turns into when I get bored.

[@Blackout1945]

Hey Theo’s work! 😊

[@felipecaravjal5297]

This and SAVAGES are gonna be the most awesome realistic space battle animations ever 🔥

[@DonPatrono]

Someone get the Templin Institute and Spacedock on this ride, seems right up their alley! *checks comments Oh damn the Institute already gave their blessings!

[@grumbotron4597]

So incredible. Can't wait to see where it goes from here.

[@novemberguy]

A HUNDRED SUNS IGNITE THE LUNAR SKIES

[@rourkebar1062]

“Cliff hasn’t been alright since the lunar war…”

[@lilkoi98]

this looks amazing! I cant wait to see what you guys have in store

[@ToawstTheToast]

Spacedock needs to see this shit, it's good.

[@projektyprzygodowe]

They are well aware of it. The ships from TLW appears often in their videos, even in the last one about weapons range in space combat.

[@potato_723]

LETS GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Serious comment, I love the designs used here. This was a movie-level trailer, I love the spacecraft designs, and the music worked really well. Love to see hard sci-fi stuff that could appeal to mainstream audiences (as in it could still be interesting to non-nerds)

[@hedgehog3180]

I'm happy to see that Rheinmetall finally managed to find a buyer for the Millenium CIWS.

[@barricade8957]

Watching you showcase all your designs on your Twitter account was pretty much one of my bright points of this year.

[@Adriaticus]

This is amazing. Keep up the good work, I don't think I have accidentally stumbled onto anything this good in ages!

[@alyashaise]

I would 700% support this if I had control of my funds, I'd help. Sci-fi forever!

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

absolutely love the details of the ESA/EU forces using domestically produced weapons. the millennium and goalkeeper are super cool to see. absolutely sick as hell.

[@WholeheartedLifestyle]

I love this. I've wanted to conduct a similar project. I am so happy that someone else has done it as your team has extraordinary talent. I would love to see more of your future work!

[@hko2006]

I am very happy this blew up to 121k views now, you and yourr art deserves this and more

[@ArcherAC3]

Looks totally like Children of a Dead Earth. Looking forwards for the full project!

[@a-aron3847]

Holy shit, you guys are still active! I've been on the discord server for some time and thought it was dead but i'm super excited to see that there is still hype for this universe.

[@hko2006]

love from a The Expanse fan this is amazing I watched 5 times

[@patricklioneljonson2747]

This teaser trailer just blasted Hollywood production of the past 10yrs. Good job! top tier, and very realistic.

[@phinix250]

Oh damn its Terra Invicta in stunning detail. I love the practical near future spaceship designs and weapons

[@nicolive5741]

I was literally doing backflips when I saw them carrying guns in For all Mankind and they treated it very realistically. God. I need this too

[@shi117]

This is actually a cool concept. Realistic grounded sci-fi set in the near future

[@RichardSmith-g5f]

Even though it's about space warfare. The realistic effects make me dream of space again

[@bjboss1119]

I feel like it should say something about the space battle genre that it took me a while to remember that lasers are actually invisible in space. Not saying red lines aren't cool, just that it's been a long time coming for true realism, for a certain definition of realism anyway.

[@oberonpanopticon]

I think I’ve seen concept art of some of these ships before. Awesome to see them in action.

[@Dano12345100]

Wow, fantastic work! It's nice to see something realistic looking!

[@craigbeasley3120]

This is a very amazing looking trailer, thanks so much for sharing!

[@DavidODonovan-rj3si]

Awesome. SPACE FORCE!!!! Cool. Can't wait.

[@JcDent]

The only space war video that doesn't show twelve ships exploding in every shot.

[@nicksmth33]

Holy crap that was some fine animations

[@lamorte42]

Always been into stuff like this. Long time ago I ran a tabletop campaign of a setting called Transhuman Space and we had a fun three sessions where we played out a space war scenario inside the Rings of Saturn. Liked and Subbed.

[@jackielondon5709]

love hard science fiction, need more of those nowdays.

[@apyr1439]

I fucking love the effect of the RCS countering the recoil on the guns, i feel like thats overlooked a lot

[@Staticsceptre]

Makes the expanse look like fucking star wars

[@maciejkucia8234]

Oh fuck, this is what i've dreamt of!! Guys, csn't wait for updates!

[@Scythl]

PDCs look so cool, but realistically it would be lasers with PDCs unlikely to be installed, as LASERs ammo cap is near infinite (depending on power generation). That is unless resupply bases are common enough that no craft is expected to go longer than one fight between restock. Looks so cool, rooting for you

[@henrycooper3431]

This setting has a more developed space infrastructure compared to us. But even with that, TLW team did say CIWS are only used because of budget constraint and "good ol' reliable" As the NISO class ( 0:34 ) with 3 laser turrets here prove laser effectiveness compared to CIWS and the resource shortage in the midwar kicked in, the mindset of the world practically change from CIWS + missile to laser + missiles

[@Scythl]

@@henrycooper3431 Thing is, that mindset is changing in realworld right now, before we get space weapons. The only thing slowing it is development of laser weapons, but there are multiple examples of fitted prototypes and extensive plans to implement them in the next few years from multiple nations. Thank you for the context though, I just randomly came across this video, didn't know about the lore behind it, pretty sweet!

[@guilldea]

This is Children of Dead Earth on steroids, love it! I subscribed FTL

[@rugbynimbus]

See also: "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Isaac Asimov. If you want to see where hyper-realistic space conflict "started," that's the one. And as relevant today as when it was written in 1966.

[@mickeyhage]

I could watch a movie or show about this. Holy shit!

[@ianm1894]

I need this to be a game so badly... I thoroughly enjoy Space Engineers despite its many, many, many flaws. It doesn't have things like radiators though. I'm not sure I want something super realistic either, where the depth of the simulation becomes a slog or barrier to entry. I think something a bit in between would work for me.

[@federicoviolino6784]

Time for the spotlight you deserve outside TSF

[@deadlydragon]

Oh wow this looks like a great project I can't wait to see more of it.

[@griffinsamroengraja3487]

Ok, whatever you guys are on to make something like this, I want it mainlined into my veins.

[@rune1234rune]

Nice. I see you fixed the missile launch no longer ignoring their host vessel's acceleration.

[@justarty184]

It can be a game, it can be a movie, a cartoon, a documentary about possible future, you guys just hit a gold mine, and it looks gorgeous. Now you forbidden from shave, shower, walking out, you should work until it become something coherent 😄

[@randolphcarlisle2976]

Great job! Awesome concept and delivery!

[@hoffenwurdig1356]

This is very impressive. The space vessels in the game "Mission Critical," from 1995, also show a high degree of scientific realism. Except for the faster-than-light propulsion and communications, and the use of pressurized water fission reactors instead of fusion reactors that would be expected by the game's era, all other aspects of vessel design follow the principles of physics. This includes a heavy reliance on autonomous unmanned combat space vehicles carried by capital ships. For example, the American Bunker Hill-class light cruiser Lexington has hull number 09. It appears to be about 260 meters long, with 88 meters beam and 85 meters draft. It has four linear acceleration deuterium/tritium fusion engines, 18 unmanned combat space vehicles aboard, extensive thermal radiators, an orbital maneuvering system, the equivalent of a close-in weapons system, chaff ejectors, electronic countermeasures, and ship-to-ship nuclear torpedoes with a 500-kiloton yield. It also features optoelectronic computers running a weak AI -- one which is not general-purpose and is not sapient. The normal communications systems of the ship include laser comn, maser comm, and radio. The primary hull material of the Lexington is a Japanese ceramic-metallic composite, which has a cuboidal habit, one which the player can observe under a microscope, and the material has a tensile strength of 6.7 gigapascals. Some parts of the electrical system use superconductivity, but certainly not all. It is not explained whether the superconductors on the ship need coolant to work properly. Always for our people -- Motto of the Japanese Self Defense Force Though I astrogate through the valley of death, I shall fear no evil. For I am at an altitude of 2,000 kilometers -- and I am climbing.

[@zimriel]

bro, Mission Critical was the best thing Legend ever did and they did some corkers.

[@hoffenwurdig1356]

@@zimriel From the perspective of Lexington's XO, Jennifer Trần, she would perceive that General Trần Hưng Đạo, one of the greatest heroes in Vietnamese history, lived *thirty-four generations* ago (if we measure from Jennifer's era). Yet, I would not be surprised if I stood there and talked with her-were that possible-that perhaps she would explain and be able to prove that he was her direct-line ancestor. “Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry.” -- Franklin Roosevelt

[@hoffenwurdig1356]

@@zimriel There is a novel of the same name, which ties into the game as a sequel. It was written by Paul C. Chafe.

[@SamaritanPrime]

…I want five seasons of this.

[@ondrajaros6426]

Watching this makes me want to try to get into Nebulous: Fleet command

[@EpicLib]

mmm, I like it, some great Expanse vibes here please proceed, guys!!!

[@rumi.137]

fantastic, whatever this is, I am following it, love this possible kind of warfare in the space.

[@cocowarrior211]

What I remember this having Absolute Territory as BGM

[@tinytrinket7082]

I think that was a fan edit or jokepost that somebody uploaded from the discord

[@360Nomad]

"Cliff hasn't been 'alright' since the Lunar War"

[@rklehm]

This is a masterpiece!

[@warpig6459]

Once again, man is fighting over something, and I'm all in

[@Su47Berkut-z3m]

This is really cool. I think i saw a similar short movie a while ago on twitter i think but havent been able to find it again. Will watch this with interest.

[@codyarcher3263]

If you haven't hear of it yet, I would point out Terra Invictas early game space combat for something similar to this.

[@fredrikbergstrom4990]

truly cant wait for more to vidoes to come out!

[@Pandora1337]

What an absolute trailer!