An interesting “rule set” for your next campaign: tech tree. You start with Cram, and simple weapons, no EMP. Every faction you beat unlocks a new “tech” of your choice (missile/torps, Advanced Cannon, Railgun, EMP, Laser, Particle Cannon, In-battle repair/vehicle spawn). Forces your to evolve your fleet over time. Obviously cram implies cram mortars and cram bombs too. So you face the deep water guard as if you were in the 1950s weapons, and end the game 100s of years in the future tech-wise.

“It’s modular” The US DoD wants your location and is willing to give you $500m

"Captain, we found the submarine with the bounty!" "Alright, lets destroy it!" "Um... Captain..." "What?" "Its starting to fly."

Lath : Doing complex weaponry on his advanced submarine Meanwhile me : Struggling to make an ship with my ape brain that doesn't sink and works

Lathtrix's first encounter with a Leatherback. Lathtrix: Oh, a new enemy has appeared, *Fire the missiles!* The Leatherback: that's cute, what else ya got there? Lathtrix: *'Fires partical cannon'* The Leatherback: *'Dies'*

That laugh is so soothing to my ears. Glad you are having fun with this!

That villain laugh of yours is perfectly evil. I love it!

oh no, Lathrix found the missile stash... WE ARE DOOMED!

Fun fact: the Russian Yasen-M SSGN (their newest missile submarine) has 8 VLS silos, so you have over double the, first volley, firepower of one of the most advanced subs in the modern world. Have fun with that🙂

Okay, your submarine is by far your sleekest design yet, the only thing I hope you'll fix is the straight tailfin in the back of the craft. One is slanted while the other is flat... it's messing with my head, but I can't say no to it's design! Also, missile spam!

YAY!!!! From The Depths!!! Best line ever: It’s the circle of life … WITH EXPLOSIVES.

Lathrix, could you someday do a space craft run, with a focus on orbital drop parasite craft or bombardment? I feel like dropping huge missiles or strike bombers from orbit would just be immensely satisfying.

I cant be the only one looking at the Leatherback and thinking "that's the front-end of a Nebulon-B, only they made the top section into a flying saucer" I *know* that's not what it is, but at a few of the viewing angles it reminded me of one. Still looks nice, and popped like a balloon once Lathrix bothered hitting it with something good.

man I remember when you were just strapping laser gun assemblies on top of drift wood in FTD. You've come a long way since, aesthetics and function wise. Keep it up. 😀😀

It's always a good day when Lath uploads! The sub is looking fantastic, I love the fins and that particle cannon is insane! Edit: Are there any plans for a new series or first impressions on any new games in the near future?

i love your ftd series been watching for well over a year now and actually got the game myself when i got a beefy laptop but idk near anything about the game not even how to enter build mode and it's just been sittin there for months now maybe some day i'll figure out how it works but for now i'll keep fantacising while watching you play

8:32 "I am VERY forgetful at the best of times" Right there with ya.

"You're pretty, but explosions are prettier" - Lathrix, every time.

Lots of missiles he says. By the end of that statement. I had already left a like. He grows stronger day by day..... and I really don't want to end up like larry.

This is gonna be good, telling from the short preview before the intro

You know it’s gonna be good when it starts with that Laugh

4:58 oh my god that is a GLORIOUS evil laugh

16:00 quite an unsanctimonious way for a Primarch to go out.

Lathrix, know that the time you put into these video’s is very much apriciated! I love the FtD content.

The maniacal laughter of a chaos worshipping madman firing missiles and particle cannons with extremely unnecessary quantities of damage

It took a second for the Leatherback to realise it was dead. Like "Boom! ... Oh right I'm dead" *spills its guts*

Lovely. Absolutely lovely

That sub is your peak design. Maybe the coolest and most functional one I've ever seen, perhaps in any media.

The flying TG ship with the little drones on its sides is called the "Seraph"

Got to love missiles and massive subs lol

time for -detraction- destruction sticks 4:54 Wow impressive non evil laugh

The military is afraid to contact Lathrix to design a new ship because he will end up retrofitting the entire fleet

Well, I like to think the main thing going through your head is; "Ya can never have enough Dakka."

"Its the circle of life... with explosives" LOL

Lathrix’s sheer joy for explosions is dangerously infectious. Nurgle would be proud

That sub is a thing of deadly beauty, form following function. Reminds me of either the nautilus or the Seaview. Well done Lathrix.

Hey lathrix, can u start playing kingdoms and castles again seen as they've had a massive update and I think you might like it

If you haven't tried the melee explosive shock particle cannons yet, you should because they seem like something you would love

Lathrix just created a Romulan Bird-of-Prey, complete with short range instant-kill plasma cannon.

An idea for sure. But in real-life. Submarines have to breach the surface to launch missiles, maybe implement that to spice things up a little bit? If not it's fine, I just like explosions

I really like the weapons development you do! Great series!

@Lathland Given its appearance and the huge punch it has at the front, I think this sub would be well named if you were to call it the Hammerhead or the Mantis Shrimp.

I feel like I'm dyeing and the video distracted me, thanks Lath.

The laugh at the beginning... brilliant, simply brilliant. Also brilliant, the rest of the video :)

Dear lord lathrix, The Reaper legion has taken several Resource zones, we will transfer resources to you as soon as we can Your Ally The Lord-Commander of the Reaper legion

Lathrix, have you considered making a mass driver? They’re fascinating and have a lot of potential.

I hear Lath talk about not being able to speak English well a lot. Guv, you speak English better than my entire high school.

Lathrix your happiness is contagious and exactly what i needed today. Thank you :)

This was very cool

Excited as always to see more ftd from you!

Yeah, I need more of the Death Star pew pew and less of the travelling explody sticks.

My god that CACKLE in the intro was fantastic.

Don't worry lathrix, you are always "perfectly metally healthy"

Its always a good day when lath uploads

Particle cannons dont get the love they deserve. I built a ship recently, based on the alien mothership from X-Com Apocalypse, hovers just above the waterline so is immune to torps but other incomings generally hit the top/sides so the underside is pretty immune to fire, 3 deck ship - top deck is mostly missiles, countermeasures and engines, bottom deck is all the vitals and controls, and the middle deck - 16 (yes SIXTEEN) vertical particle cannons. Needs a LOT of recharging per shot... but.... 16 really long particle cannons........

Big BOOMs for the BOOM God! Missiles for the missile throne!

final form of the craft should be a mega starship. Warp drives and the works. Don't know if you know how to do those well or not. and bonus content for this would go into making a small fleet to take along with the main craft... and small fleet craft nothing more than a few fighters like 1k-5k blocks at most.

I really want them to add the ability to make your own factions because I really want to get one that is just every one of laths ships/planes/subs etc. As like the final boss faction kinda like an end game crisis like stellaris

Evil laugh... trully a blessing.

Okay, so, hear me out: Two HUGE HE torpedos, one on each side of the craft between the sets of fins on the side. Would only be useful against watercraft (unless...?) but can you imagine the explosion!

This is becoming my new favorite series in all KZfaq.....

I love your evil laugh

Can't wait to see the 3x superwide version. 👌

Those wings look like they're begging for some smallish ball turrets to be placed between them with Super Cavitating APS, like the Star Wars Gunships from the prequels.

Love the regular FtD uploads!

I simply can't get enough of your sinister laugh, if you are doing something extremely cheesy, which is completely obliterating your enemy in one single shot/salvo.

That was a particularly maniacal missile macross triggerhappy laugh there at the start Lord Lathrix, I take it you were enjoying yourself? *hears more relentless carpet bombing and giggling*

Love the evil laugh!

this is amusing the way the sub design is goin now kinda reminds me of the tuahta de danann from full metal panic lol

the particle cannon when it one shot the last ship in the vid it gave me subnactica enforcement platform vibes

Yes!, SpaceSub FTW. Great Vid as always m8

The more i watch others build, the more i'm rushing my designs out half finished. Everything from a basic hull shape to what weapons to pack in. I need to spend more time finishing them. Although... if id stop seeing awesome stuff like this i might be more productive.

The fin like protrusions at the rear and from are very nice in my opinion.

Seeing 10 000 000 energy used by a single PAC beam is glorious.

How do the ECM jammers work? Grouping of "schooling" your torps is a great way to overcome Anti-missile defenses, btw. I've been schooling(flocking?) missiles of multiple gauges to maximize this effect. The big missiles hide among the little missiles which distract the defenses, protecting the large and huge torps/missiles as they close on the target. I've also noticed the little missiles can be useful for anti-distraction stick duties which helps with accuracy. It's tricky, getting them to all meet at the target at the same time, but it's loads of fun to pull off and shows how behavioral tweaks are so important in FTD. Also why do you have an extra menu option for your missile interceptors? I can't assign mine to CIWS control or anything like that.

Interesting idea i had for your return to the campaign. Melee only. Full Korne berserker builds. Maybe kamikaze but only if the ship is going to be destroyed anyways.

your arsenal is absolutely glorious

Lath doing 18 million damage with missiles, me looking up from gun i spent hours on cause "it doesn't do enough damage"

Please show us some huge mines! Are cluster mines a possibility? Great series so far.

Now Thats a LOT Of Damage!!

What will be added next? an small advanced cannon to target weakened section of your preys?

This sub is death incarnate.

*WE WANT YOUR SUBMARINE BLUEPRINTS!*

You should add a burst laser to kill enemy AIs once you know where they are. That type of beam has a lotta energy, and spends it all in one shot.

I have a suggestion: So, you know how Lathrix said that it's hard to showcase the internals.... Well, one way that mod makers showcase internals for a blueprint on their mod pages is to cut the ship in half, in designer mode of course, and show a cross section. I think that'd be pretty interesting.

I only just started watching but did anyone else notice that the torpedoes are behind the fins? I'm predicting that they collide and blow off the fins at least once.

10 minutes to recharge the giant energy cannon in the bow of your ship is... kind of traditional, actually.

Sseth's ace combat 7 review has broken my perception of the phrase 'One Million'

Praise the algorithm, may there be good luck for Lathrix

That sub is beautiful, Lath

for your next playthrough, as a challenge make a rule that you are not allowed to ram vehicles but are only allowed to use cram cannons.

Hi, this series is the best

At some point, you should do a campaign playthrough with only saves of your adventure mode crafts

you're doin' good lad

1 m i l l i o n explosive damage on H U G E M I S S I L E S ? Haha yes boom boom, i like boom boom lathrix

2 engines..... 1 for the whole ship 1 for this single gun Insane shit

Lathland has kept me informed about ftd as curry workers take 1 month to test my laptop to find the problems, but you know, if it is work of the blood God I will not complain

I don't know why, but I just love the idea of a scouting missile. Turning the sub into a spaceship ala Space Battleship Yamato would be funny. I mean, you almost have the Wave Motion Gun already installed. Or is it a Reflex Cannon?

Just got the game

Just passed my driver's test and now I get to watch a lathrix video!