What does this mod do?

Makes most/many aspects of the atomic bomb configurable, and affected by quality, as well as allows for the weaponization of rocket-silos: introduces an atomic warhead, ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles), IPBMs (Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles), and ISBMs (Interstellar Ballistic Missiles) - why shouldn't rocket-silo rockets be used offensively?

In more detail, this adds a plethora of configurable settings (see above screenshots for the current list). Altogether, this mod does the following:

Makes the atomic-bomb/rocket configurable.

• Damage, AoE, and Repeat modifiers are configurable and affected by quality (if installed)
• Crafting machine and recipe can be customized
• Weight, stacks size, crafting result count, and crafting time are all configurable

Adds similarly configurable atomic-warhead. Only usable when loaded as payload to a rocket-silo rocket, and then subsequently launched at a designated target via the new ICBM-remote or via a connected circuit-network.

• Damage, AoE, and Repeat modifiers are configurable and affected by quality (if installed)
• Crafting machine and recipe can be customized
• Weight, stacks size, crafting result count, and crafting time are all configurable
• Configurable research prerequisites, ingredients, cost, count, and time

Introduces the ballistic rocket silo - a more expensive, but also more durable rocket silo capable of firing rockets across the vast distances between planets and even solar systems. Only available currently with Space-Exploration or Space-Age (but am open to extending it to be available in Vanilla)

• Standard rocket-silos (ICBMs) cannot deliver a payload from one surface to another by default (excluding "orbit" surfaces)
  • Even if ICBMs are enabled such that they too can fire between surfaces (configurable runtime setting), they are still slower and less accurate than rockets fired from a ballistic rocket silo (IPBMs or ISBMs)
• Ballistic rocket silo rockets require 100 ballistic rocket parts each
  • Recipe depends on if playing Vanilla, Space-Exploration, or Space-Age
  • More complex, but less costly recipes are researchable if Space-Exploration or Space-Age is present
    • Basic, intermediate, advanced, and beyond recipes can all be individually configured via "Startup" settings
  • Once the rocket is constructed, it can deliver a payload from one surface to another

Adds back rocket-control-units. Only present if atomic-warheads are enabled; they need some way to control, or guide themselves to their target.

• Crafting machine and recipe can be customized
• Weight, stacks size, crafting result count, and crafting time are all configurable
• Configurable research prerequisites, ingredients, cost, count, and time

Adds "Guidance Systems" research for improving the speed and accuracy of ICBMs.

• Configurable research prerequisites, ingredients, cost formula, count, and time
• Ranges from level 1 to 13
  • Levels 1 - 10 reduce the deviation chance such that at level 10, rockets will always strike true and never deviate from their intended target
  • Levels 11, 12, and 13 greatly increase the top-speed of rockets
  • IPBMs have the following travel time when firing directly from Nauvis at Aquilo:
    • Assuming guidance level 1 (not possible without using commands or without enabling the ICBM multisurface option): about 10-20 minutes
    • Assuming guidance-level 4 (default minimum to research IPBMs): about 5 minutes or less
    • Assuming guidance-level 10: about 1 minute
    • Assuming guidance-level 13: about 10-20 seconds

Adds optional "Nuclear" ammo-category (defaults to disabled)

• Allows for and introduces a new infinite research for nuclear weapons damage, i.e. the atomic-bomb/rocket and atomic-warhead (if enabled)
• Configurable research prerequisites, ingredients, cost formula, time, and damage modifier per level

Future plans

• Additional support for circuit launching rockets
  • Specifically, launching an IPBM/ISBM at a different surface via a circuit-network
  • Available with version 0.6.0
• IPBMs: Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles -> being able to launch an ICBM (if enabled), or an IPBM from one planet/surface, and have it delivered to another planet/surface
  • Available with version 0.5.0
• Support for launching from not only the surface of a planet, but also from a platform in space
  • Available with version 0.5.0
• MIRVs: Multiple Independently targetable Reentry Vehicles -> ability to deploy multiple payloads from a single launch
• Support for additional types of payloads, beyond just atomic munitions
• Potentially a GUI window to show currently in flight rockets and times to target
• Ability to scrub a launch/abort a rocket that is mid-flight
• Bug fixes
• Compatibility issues
• Requests
  • Feel free to ask, and I'll see what I can do

Known Compatibility

• Vanilla (i.e. no mods other than "base" and this one)
• Space Age
• Quality
• Mushroom Cloud Reborn, by SergiX44
• Nuclear Science, by atanvarno
• Space Exploration, by Earendel
• Temporary Nuclear Scorchmark, by CocaineTM

Current Development Status

2025-10-14

• Working on compatibility with Krastorio 2 Spaced Out, by Polka_37
  • Can technically work at the moment, but requires extra steps in order to load, and rocket-part recipes won't be balanced as intended
  • See comments for steps on how to get it to work

2025-10-13

• Have fairly robust working implementation allowing rocket-silos (if enabled, or launching from an "orbit" surface) and ipbm-rocket-silos to initiate a launch against a different surface when connected to a circuit-network, and provided valid signals: launch, x-coord, y-coord, surface-index (, and origin-override if applicable)
• Have identified and fixed a few bugs related to circuit-connected rocket silos
• Working on optimizing performance, namely:
  • Manual target selection
  • Lag-spike when the game initially loads in (most noticeable with Space-Exploration)

2025-10-09

• Version 0.5.0 appears to be nearly ready for release
  • Performing final testing/validations

2025-10-05

• Continuing to work through compatibility with Space Exploration

  • Presently works for ICBMs and IPBMs (technically they can even function as ISPMs (Interstellar Ballistic Missiles))

• IPBMs are implemented and functioning with Space Age

• Rocket-silos can additionally be built on platforms/spaceships such that ICBMs and IPBMs can be launched directly from orbit/space back down to the surface, or at other planets

2025-09-23

• Presently working on compatibility with Space Exploration, by Earendel
  • Have it working presently such that with a toggleable runtime setting, ICBMs can target a surface different than its source; effectively allows the use of an ICBM as an IPBM

2025-09-22

• Working on restoring/adding explicit compatibility with Mushroom Cloud Reborn, by SergiX44
  • I have it working/functioning (as best I can tell) locally, with and without Space Age, as well as with and without Quality - currently testing
  • Hoping to have an update out with the fixes soon
• Started working on/laying the foundation for IPBMs/the ability to launch an IPBM (Interplanetary Ballistic Missile) in addition to an ICBM

2025-09-20

• Presently looking into/working on making ICBM launches circuit controllable.