KSP: The Mysterious Whale Skeleton on Laythe...(yes, it's real)

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2 жыл бұрын

Life on Laythe returns! The Laythe Space Station has detected a most unusual anomaly just west of Lowne Island, so we send in the VTOL to investigate! What we discover necessitates the rapid deployment of a specialised drilling rig, which we of course build and send over in today's mission!
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@memetastic3357 2 жыл бұрын

skeleption.

@baddgeeksquad 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@harshavardhanshankar1827 2 жыл бұрын

@memetastic3357 2 жыл бұрын

Its the truth of laythe... The godly Skeleption.

@han_shot_1st882 2 жыл бұрын

spel

@Notazomb6319 2 жыл бұрын

Skelplankton

@carrotylemons1190 2 жыл бұрын

For people who don’t know the whale skeleton and the bowl of petunias is a reference to the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy (book) where a improbability engine turns missiles into a whale (which contemplates the joys of life before impact and tries to make friends with the ground coming fast towards it) and petunias (which thought “oh no, not again”) before exploding.

@Alex-co7cq 2 жыл бұрын

Surely he knew that. I don’t think he would have specifically said “petunias” otherwise.

@carrotylemons1190 2 жыл бұрын

@@Alex-co7cq oh that makes sense

@sneed2600 2 жыл бұрын

I commented this too, it's written by Douglas Adams

@sagesalmon 2 жыл бұрын

The bowl of petunias was actually a creature called Agrajag, reincarnated multiple times only to be killed once again in some way or another by Arthur Dent. This is explained in a later book, and explains that quote

@Alex-co7cq 2 жыл бұрын

We’re all idiots and didn’t finish watching the video before commenting. He literally read out the thoughts of the whale 😅

@dans-designs 2 жыл бұрын

the whale and the flowers were spontaneously bought into existence when the improbability drive aboard the Heart of Gold was activated.. 😁 great nod to Hitchhikers Guide

@tristanspahr6164 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no, not again.

@ElectroBlade-jm3jl 2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@liberatetheforks 2 жыл бұрын

OOOH MY GOD IT MAKES SENSE NOW

@vailpcs4040 2 жыл бұрын

...and if you read the whole 5-book trilogy all the way through the end of "Mostly Harmless" you find out the complete story behind the bowl of Petunias too!

@fetzie23 2 жыл бұрын

An infinitely improbable find :) Perhaps you could send a Kerbal called "Arthur" to the Laythe base?

@seantaggart7382 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly no Arthur But we do have similar

@alongal407 2 жыл бұрын

He should send a Ford car into laythe

@p3chv0gel22 2 жыл бұрын

Hitchhiker mission to laythe?

@gummi9948 2 жыл бұрын

@@seantaggart7382 did arthur die

@coolgrassblocks6754 2 жыл бұрын

Could be, but I don't think the petunias'll like it. (I read the books)

@Delta4096 2 жыл бұрын

The moment I realized where he was going with the whale reference, I couldn’t help but crack a huge smile. Well done, Matt, well done.

@kerbaman5125 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@lechking941 2 жыл бұрын

if i had to guess its not matts doing BUT instead its base KSP

@Dominion69420 2 жыл бұрын

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was “Oh no, not again” Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.

@eekee6034 2 жыл бұрын

I know exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that. It doesn't help at all. _long face_

@MrAndrewAllen 2 жыл бұрын

Could the petunias have thought "Oh no, not again" because bowls of flowers are dropped so often in accidents? That lets us know a lot more about the nature of the universe if we realize everything is the way it is because everything goes wrong. Our existence is the result of countless mistakes.

@eekee6034 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrAndrewAllen Cute, but this particular bowl of petunias thought that because this was its however-manyth reincarnation in which it was being killed. Each killing was done entirely accidentally by the very same person. Make of that what you will. :)

@Confuseddave 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite part of this is that in the radio production of the Tertiary phase - the series roughly equivalent of the book "Life, The Universe and Everything", containing the part of the narrative dealing with the bowl of petunia's final vengeful incarnation, the manic, bat-like Agrajag - that character was a cameo by Douglas Adams. This particularly impressive, since he died two years before production started (his memorable and entusiastic performance was actually repurposed audiobook reading).

@simat1136 2 жыл бұрын

Man, you're the first person I've met who uses MTF as an avatar. I've been using different task forces in different places for a year now.

@TheDan337 2 жыл бұрын

I love the implication that Lathe is Magrathea. It neatly explains the anomalous atmosphere. (The Magratheans can make “gold planets, square planets, glass planets, platinum planets, soft rubber planets with lots of earthquakes”, etc., so merely maintaining a habitable environment outside any habitable zone isn't an issue.) Does Slartibartfast work for Squad? They, too, are known for making planets. If we go deep into the bowels of Lathe, will we find that Squad’s offices are in fact in a small moon in the vicinity of Kerbol and not in Mexico as they usually claim? Regardless and more importantly, we now know that the Kerbolar system is in the Horsehead Nebula, 1,375 light-years (422 parsecs, as it happens) from Earth. “But wait,” the observant reader will object, “everyone knows that the _planet_ Magrathea orbits the twin suns Soulianis and Rahm! Lathe is a _moon_ and the Kerbolar system clearly has only _one_ sun.” It’s a fair point. In response I can offer only a fan theory: perhaps the Magratheans needed to steal a little mass from Rahm for various jobs now and again, and after 3,000 or so such projects Jool is what remains. (They’d have to tighten up the orbits of the former planets, of course, but, as noted above, that would be barely an inconvenience for the Magratheans.)

@jebkerman7199 2 жыл бұрын

“Rubber planets with a lot of earthquakes”??? What?!

@frostedpancake532 2 жыл бұрын

@@jebkerman7199 Quote from HHGTTG, also rubber planets are surprisingly useful, even with the side effects of earthquakes.

@jebkerman7199 2 жыл бұрын

@@frostedpancake532 ???

@ahmed4363 2 жыл бұрын

What?

@eekee6034 2 жыл бұрын

Best comment! :D

@millermonsterair 2 жыл бұрын

it makes me happy to know theyre fans of THGTTG. just when i thought this game couldnt be any better, they go and do a thing like this. always bring a towel. comes in handy, ya know.

@thesteelrodent1796 2 жыл бұрын

there are multiple references to the books cleverly hidden around the game, like a post it that says "Don't Panic!" in one of the pods

@jammer2isme 2 жыл бұрын

DON'T PANIC!.... and did your Kerbals remember to pack their towels?

@rebsredone450 2 жыл бұрын

Dang, I had almost forgotten about the story of the whale an the pot of petunias. Took me a while to remember that part of the book.

@bullitt_gaming 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” reference and read back. Brilliant, Matt 😂

@khelmar 2 жыл бұрын

So long and thanks for all the fish! I got to meet Douglas Adams in high school. He was extremely kind to a very nerdy kid. His loss so young was a tragedy. Thanks for the laugh!

@joergnitschke5641 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed ... what other masterpieces he could have written if he had lived a few decades longer

@HeidenLam 2 жыл бұрын

14:36 I still can’t stop thinking about how good this part of the video would be to insert a sponsor

@kiwimapper5743 2 жыл бұрын

You;ve just made me watch hitchhikers again which I think is the best result a youtube video can have.

@skadoosher7747 2 жыл бұрын

I'd recommend the books if you enjoy the movie. They mixed around where some things happen but the movie is a pretty faithful adaptation, and being a book it fits in alot more of the wit that makes hitchhiker's guide so unique =}

@hairlessape5107 2 жыл бұрын

Did you even mean the movie? The TV series is better IMHO, but definitely the books are great and I wouldn't try to compare with the TV really. It was originally a BBC Radio series.

@thechurchofsupersampling Жыл бұрын

God yeah you didn't watch the movie, it is almost shit in my opinion, radio show or bbccc unfinished series

@travisallan4637 2 жыл бұрын

That skeleton im pretty sure is actually a blue whale, judging by its size I would assume a young adult whale probably about 8-11 years old. I dont know if its been confirmed by anyone that this is a humpback whale but the top half of the skull matches a blue whale more accurately as they have much wider bones in their skull than a humpback whale which tend to have much skinnier bones. However judging by the size there is also a chance this could be a grey whale. I'm really glad I saw this cause its a cool find especially because I am studying marine mammals for research in my marine biology university degree.

@thesealsharkproductions9780 2 жыл бұрын

Good sir it is confirmed it’s a blue whale

@stratometal 2 жыл бұрын

@mrpineapple3942 2 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind the size of the kerbals, they are tiny compared to humans

@thesealsharkproductions9780 2 жыл бұрын

Good point, an adult kerbal is half the size of an adult human so I’m going to re run the measurements

@mrpineapple3942 2 жыл бұрын

@@thesealsharkproductions9780 yeah, I’m not correcting you, I’m just saying to keep it in mind. I’ve never done any calculations myself.

@noelmarcantel8927 2 жыл бұрын

I’m big into building infrastructure and forward-deployed bases that can accomplish career mode contracts, so I’m excited to see a video where your Laythe bases and vehicles have a mission.

@janslavik5284 2 жыл бұрын

Matt: "It fell to the ground and died:" KSP: *cheerful* *music*

@sneed2600 2 жыл бұрын

Here from discord, thanks for the ping!

@fawkes1162 2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@corinthianimperialstudios704 2 жыл бұрын

This has far greater implications given the reference... explains why Laythe has liquid oceans and a breathable atmosphere when it is so far away from Kerbol. Sort of. Any fjords of note on Laythe?

@andreicomsa2974 2 жыл бұрын

nice reference

@eekee6034 2 жыл бұрын

It could be argued that the surface of the moon is almost nothing but fjords, except for an ocean or two because what would fjords be if they didn't connect to a nice big sea? (I know I'm exaggerating the shapes of Laythe's coastlines and stretching the definition of fjord. I don't care. :)

@kellybrown5206 Жыл бұрын

The whale was not on pre earth but on magrethea

@csljr1 2 жыл бұрын

Potential Life on Laythe addition: a dedicated mining facility, large fuel storage depot (i.e. several tanks arranged vertically in rows like the ones at Space-X's Starbase), and (most importantly) a way to actually refuel spaceships/spaceplanes. In your previous mining facilities, there have been drills, ore-tanks, converters, and fuel tanks but I don't recall seeing a way for the newly generated fuel to be moved into a craft for use - it's just been mined, converted, and stored.

@tmtsky 2 жыл бұрын

4:05 Curiously the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was "ho no, not again".

@E-Man471 2 жыл бұрын

"You're not supposed to be here yet"

@bones384 2 жыл бұрын

16:35

@vailpcs4040 2 жыл бұрын

@@E-Man471 EXACTLY!

@GoSlash27 2 жыл бұрын

You should've extracted a sample from the bowl of petunias as well. It may be genetically related to the whale.

@vailpcs4040 2 жыл бұрын

There is actually a full story behind them too and they are not related to the whale. You gotta read the whole series to the final scene at Stavromula Beta to get the whole picture.

@TheTabletopGuy 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome I love that they put that on Laythe. Does that mean That who ever lived on Laythe before build the universe’s most powerful computer, then got turned into mice?

@alex_itto 2 жыл бұрын

Secret materials: whales on kerbin collected expanded first stages that felt into ocean, built their own rocket and flew to Laythe. But something went wrong and first whale astronaut landed on land instead of water and died.

@hunormagyar1843 2 жыл бұрын

perfect lol

@bobjoebo8933 2 жыл бұрын

Yesss! Life on Laythe is back. I was just rewatching them last week

@stuperman4226 2 жыл бұрын

Never knew about this, but now I'm interested

@CertifiedRomanGlazerTM 2 жыл бұрын

You should try to use the scanner that comes with the breaking ground expansion.

@eekee6034 2 жыл бұрын

He did when the land base was landed. (It brought a rover with it.) The video title is KSP: Building a LAYTHE Island Colony!

@Ax6Creepyxxd 2 жыл бұрын

If there's a Whale and petunias be careful coming back into Laythe, you might get shot at by a not so friendly civilization

@Fandom_Junkie 2 жыл бұрын

Ancient automated defenses. I'm sure the people of Laythe are friendly enough

@MattKitten 2 жыл бұрын

clearly what you've found is the skeleton of one of those endangered space whales you've been trying to protect all this time, murdered by a rival space agency who left a pot of petunias floating around in an eccentric high Jool orbit.

@ligma6992 11 ай бұрын

truly, a tragedy for the ages.

@cnnr441 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Matt for giving me a great start for my long ass car ride out of Seattle, this video will help sooth the long drive

@jeffreykirkley6475 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, last time I was this early, dad was still promising mom he was using protection!

@tok14a 2 жыл бұрын

The easter eggs in this game are amazing. Another great vid!

@crackjoris4851 2 жыл бұрын

you make everything seem so easy , and ive played ksp for 200+ hours and i still havent even acheaved proper orbit or even landed on another planet

@crackjoris4851 2 жыл бұрын

@ata yüksel go on and make more shitty roblox vids lol u aint makin it anywhere

@eddyalienstudio7227 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so proud of myself just realizing you were quoting a scene from Hitch Hicker's Guide to the Galaxy with the Whale bit XD

@eekee6034 2 жыл бұрын

Yiii! My favourite series! :D You know, I can explain how Laythe has liquid water and oxygenated air, but would it spoil the fun if I did? Matt, you could have pretended you meant to do that backflip! XD I drove all over Chasmer Island, (that's my name for the island west of Lowne Island because by Kerbal standards it's got an inland sea (mer) in a chasm,) but somehow missed the skeleton. Actually, I was bored with all the near-featureless terrain so I was going from point to point between things which stood out from above, and I was too far from the skeleton to see it. And I didn't use an anomaly scanner because I haven't been to Laythe properly, this was just "I'm bored and want to visit another planet. I know! I'll cheat a car onto the surface of Laythe!" And then I was bored on the surface of another planet, but at least I had fun for a couple of hours. Hahaha! Using the transfer stage as ballast was not what I expected at all! That was great! Apart from, you know, _nuclear ballast!_ XD Driving over 100mph off-road is usually quite fun, yes! XD Great video, Matt! I love the Hitchikers reference. :D Oh hey, excellent suggestion from KZfaq: Matt Lowne finally plays RSS. It's one I actually haven't seen before.

@unlisted_games2752 2 жыл бұрын

Matt: Ye I'm really lazy Also Matt: Playing KSP with pencil and paper next to him for math... "lazy"

@typryor2227 2 жыл бұрын

Kraken drive? Hah! More like... Kraken drive-n to extinction!

@arcade185 2 жыл бұрын

Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy easter egg lmao

@nutillion9334 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I love the Life on Laythe series and I am glad you continued it! Keep the good work up!

@Ihatetechnology 2 жыл бұрын

It's so cool to see all of your creations together, pulling off what one would call a Joint Task Mission.

@Bulltoad_Real 2 жыл бұрын

When Matt uploaded this I freaked out! LIFE ON LAYTHE IS BACK!!!

@TheDeathPunchSound 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if laythe had functional Ghost Leviathans from Subnautica swimming throughout its oceans 😳

@themagitechie9955 2 жыл бұрын

Great, now I want to see someone build a PRAWN suit in KSP.

@lazerblazer528 2 жыл бұрын

@@themagitechie9955 dang now i want it now too

@PekMeh12 2 жыл бұрын

This new style of video was great. Keep up the good work

@RelaxITSound 2 жыл бұрын

I just love the way you read that, and the whole video as a reference to hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy. Marvelous

@baddgeeksquad 2 жыл бұрын

@brycedarnell7395 2 жыл бұрын

_Applauds_

@nipoteemus2472 2 жыл бұрын

Matt: Is that some kind of skeleton? It's not possible! Me: Yes, Because there is no LIFE ON LAYTHE!

@HustlinHugh 2 жыл бұрын

if no life why a skeleton, nice try but makes no sense

@anormalhuman266 Жыл бұрын

@@HustlinHugh well I don't think a skeleton is alive, eh

@donaldneill4419 2 жыл бұрын

Seems infinitely improbable. Great video, Matt.

@Ch1maera 2 жыл бұрын

I loved that hitchhiker's guide the galaxy reference :)

@kiwiguy5455 2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the new KSP2 update?

@brycedarnell7395 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he commented on it.

@sneed2600 2 жыл бұрын

They're hinting at autopilot

@E-Man471 2 жыл бұрын

This could mean that under the surface of laith is a lab which creates planets If you can somehow dig under the planet's surface you may Bea able to use the equipment to create the perfect habitable planet to replace kirbin if it ever gets too polluted

@mariasirona1622 2 жыл бұрын

*Laythe

@somerandomnification 2 жыл бұрын

@@mariasirona1622 * Magrathea

@mariasirona1622 2 жыл бұрын

@@somerandomnification i am trying correct the OG commenter's typo

@somerandomnification 2 жыл бұрын

@@mariasirona1622 Yes, but I am just trying to have fun. I hope I haven't interfered.

@Snicksbar1224 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the amazing continuation of Life on Laythe!

@MinistryOfMagic_DoM 2 жыл бұрын

Love this content. What a great Easter Egg.

@davidwright7193 2 жыл бұрын

I assume these Kerbels are equipped with peril sensitive sun glasses.

@jurrasicbear2011 2 жыл бұрын

The music at the beginning brought back some memories

@poly503 2 жыл бұрын

Nah bro

@brycedarnell7395 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody asked

@baddgeeksquad 2 жыл бұрын

I was

@sneed2600 2 жыл бұрын

these replies don't make sense because the guy edited the comment. it said "First" before

@MaximillionBucks 2 жыл бұрын

Excited to see Life on Laythe is back!

@ppo4450 2 жыл бұрын

This is from Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy!!!!!! Wow it's even purple flowers and a white planter!!! Wow this is most definitely 42 and from the book/movie. I am so excited to see this! Amazing find!!!!

@arikbord2256 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Matt Lowne really knows where his towel is!!!

@alienpizza 2 жыл бұрын

I love your KSP videos. Best on youtube in my opinion!

@skyearthocean5815 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the Hitchhiker's Guide reference!

@ShadowFox178 2 жыл бұрын

Bill Bailey playing confused whale falling through atmosphere. "Hello ground." Bowl of Petunias narrated by Stephen Fry. "Oh no not again."

@DunceDude Жыл бұрын

I love that little reference!

@Charon-5582 2 жыл бұрын

That backflip actually was incredibly efficient, you lost no altitude or speed... I remember your previous video with that plane and it dropping when you moved the wings.

@davidedwards1705 2 жыл бұрын

15:18 I see what you did there. LOL "So Long and Thanks for all the Fishes."

@jackellis48 2 жыл бұрын

15:56 "Wow wow, that feels great!" Thats what she said

@circuitgamer7759 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Hitchhiker's Guide reference :) I need to reread those at some point...

@mrbyzantine0528 2 жыл бұрын

They are all very good!

@ImpactedWhisper 2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see you do a full career mode playthough! I know you'd be hesitant to do one, but It'd be cool to see a full proper playthough, with you adding in your own flair and creative ideas!

@oceanbytez847 2 жыл бұрын

I think he would is KSP still drew audiances like it once did. CC's have been saying KSP has been drying up and seeing as the top 3 creators are all drifting away its definately noticable.

@legionproduction6416 Жыл бұрын

came back to laythe just to make a hitch hiker's guide reference love this guy

@TheIllusiveMan888 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Matt, I always make sure that all my space program parts are made by Lowne aerospace, the quality and customer service is just unbeatable 😂 I have an idea for a series you can do while we all wait for the release of the glorious ksp 2. It's called the MKS or Modular Kolonization System, it's got mining and industry and other stuff, pretty complicated I'm still trying to figure it out without killing any of my kerbals, it would be awesome if you could show us how Lowne Aerospace takes over the Kerbol solar system... For profits of course 😉

@thesteelrodent1796 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure Douglas would've been proud :D both of your video and the reference

@westane6171 2 жыл бұрын

So long and thanks for all the fish Douglas!

@zeyther3341 2 жыл бұрын

15:15 nice hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy reference

@chrismickle918 2 жыл бұрын

how does the planets look so beatifull? EVEN MORE BEATIFULL!

@Ethan-ui2rn 2 жыл бұрын

13:48 That's good and all, but did she remember to pack a medic bag?

@jeremycomtois6550 2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Love it. I didn’t get it at first, as soon as I seen the flowers though I got it and about snorted my drink out my nose. Thanks. Now to clean my carpet and couch.

@Cheeseguythingidk 2 жыл бұрын

I just loved when matt says the kerbals are space frogs

@poiu477 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know about this hitchhikers reference being in KSP and it made me so happy.

@baddgeeksquad 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video like always

@jplo5811 2 жыл бұрын

Zamn, epic video, amazing series

@noisyneko1638 2 жыл бұрын

My Saturday became better after you uploading this vid!

@A_Dan_The_First 2 жыл бұрын

when a great video posts when your watching a spacex docking

@jwd4233 5 ай бұрын

more Life on Laythe one day i hope love the content thank you!!!

@Zapdos0145 2 жыл бұрын

gotta love when matt uploads

@elijahcunningham 2 жыл бұрын

I love matt's content

@SirJonathanTPunkbottom 2 жыл бұрын

So damn good. The whole hitchhikers guide bit made me smile 🙂

@MagnusOpus_ 2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious. I love a good Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference

@pdonettes Жыл бұрын

This makes me like this game even more!

@alexlock3176 2 жыл бұрын

OK, so I've been a fan of your KSP content for a while but I legit love a good hitchhikers guide joke!

@SpareTimeProjects1 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy reference

@yogimojo4685 2 жыл бұрын

crazy blunderbirds science modes and now this!? Matt's gone crazy I can't stop watching! This gives me hope that somewhere, on the very edge of KSP2's deep space, will there be a restaurant? We can only hope

@TheZogzig 2 жыл бұрын

awesome, thank you

@ImmortalAbsol 2 жыл бұрын

42 I was expecting an excerpt from the audiobook to start but that would have caused copyright complications (?).

@daniellaborda4749 2 жыл бұрын

Lol i love the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy reference, i thought nobody watches that movie anymore.(poor whale, got teleported into to the sky and met very impactful demise)