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  1. I have a suggestion for a few additions to the pack if you're interested A comparatively big Mars/Duna analog, with several moons. The planet itself could be between Laythe and Kerbin in size, with corresponding gravitational strength. Some relatively small ice caps, many small and medium sized craters, and little erosion to indicate a very old surface mostly devoid of water, but with an atmosphere somewhere between 20% to 30% as thick as Kerbin's, without oxygen. It would exist at the outer edge of the habitable zone of whatever star it orbited, so it would be a bit colder than Duna on average, but kept from day-night temperature extremes thanks to its comparatively thicker atmosphere. The planet would have a day longer than Kerbin's but not as long as Eve's, probably somewhere in the middle would be best. Just like with Mars, there can be a few smoother lowland areas mostly free of craters, indicating old basins long since dried up. However, these areas would only be small and few (two or three, and only a few hundred square kilometers compared to Mars' entire northern hemisphere basin). Below are some suggestions for colours and other miscellaneous stuff because I got carried away. My idea is for the planet to have a large family of moons, similar to a gas giant system but on a smaller scale. I'm thinking at least four 'large' moons, in an orbital resonance with each other, and a fifth much further out 'large' moon. I say large in quotations because they are not really that big, but they are large enough to form spheres and are not asteroid moons by far. In order of size from largest to smallest it goes 2, 3, 5, 4, 1. Moon 1 orbits about 7000 kilometers above the surface of the planet, and the following moons 2, 3, and 4 are all at altitudes corresponding to an overall 1-2-4-8 resonance pattern. Moon 5 is much farther away at an altitude of 95,000 kilometers above the planets' surface, and in game-lore is being slowly raised by the gravitational interaction it experiences with the other moons. Therefore, it used to be much closer the the planet when it formed, but since then has migrated outwards. The moons are all rather similar to one another (like the inner moons of Saturn), but also have a few characteristics that make them more diverse (like the Galilean moons of Jupiter). Moon 2 and Moon 3 are by far the biggest, and are both nearly the same size, a few percent smaller than Mun (Moon 3 being about 2% smaller than Moon 2). Moon 5 is the next biggest, halfway between Ike and Mun. Moon 4 is 150% the diameter of Minmus, and Moon 1 is 140% the diameter of Minmus. More coloration and terrain suggestions, I definitely got carried away again but I wanted to show i'm not just completely pulling this out of my hat haha. I only gave the two altitudes because I don't at the moment have a way of figuring out what altitudes would be needed to form a 1-2-4-8 resonance with 4 moons, but I think with some playing around in hyperedit I could get something figured out. Also, if you'd like, I can whip up some concept art over the weekend (once I'm off work) to give probably a much better idea of what I mean, just let me know what you think. I don't know how much detail you like in suggestions so I figured I'd go all out ;) Hopefully my idea makes the cut! Oh and if you do decide to explore this suggestion more I'd be happy to help with naming the planet and the moons. Cheers!
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