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The Gold Standard (GOLD) Adds the pursuit of gold and an extremely rare resource called Unobtainium to the game! Mine either of these heavy resources for fun and profit! A great alternative to contract spam! Eight new parts and and additional functionality to several stock parts in Kerbal Space Program. By zer0Kerbal, originally by @Dewar adopted with express permission and brought to you by KerbSimpleCo Features What is Unobtainium? Preamble by @Dewar See more Localization Help Wanted Installation Directions Most recent releases only available via CurseForge/OverWolf Website/App Dependencies Pinned Dependencies: ModularManagement (MM) or Module Manager (to add functionality to stock parts) Kerbal Space Program Suggests Adjustable Mod Panel (KAMP) Biomatic (BIO) Docking Port Descriptions (DPD) Exception Detector (EXCD) Field Training Facility (FTF) Field Training Lab (FTL) Foundations (FND) Helps prevent ground constructions from floating away GPO (Goo Pumps & Oils') Speed Pump (GPO) ISRU Thanks But No Tanks (QBTT) Kaboom! (BOOM) Keridian Dynamics Vessel Assembly (KDVA) MoarKerbals (MOAR) Monero Flags (QBMF) Near Future Rovers (NFR) OhScrap! (OHS) On Demand Fuel Cells (ODFC) Precise Maneuver (PM) Pteron (MSRV) ScrapYard (SCRAP) SimpleConstruction! (SCON) SimpleLife! (LIFE) SimpleLogistics! (SLOG) SimpleNotes! (NOTE) Stock Inline Lights (SIL) Science! Mkerb Science Instruments OScience Laboratories (OSL) Papa Kerballini's Pizza (PIZZA) Solar Science (SOL) by Axial Aerospace Dreamer (DREAM) LanderTek (LTK) Simple Cargo Solutions (CARGO) WhimChaser (WHIM) Supports Galileo Planet Pack Kopernicus SCANsat Stockalike Mining Expansion (SMX) TweakScale (twk) Tags parts, config, flags, resources, tech-tree red box below is a link to forum post on how to get support Be Kind: Lithobrake, not jakebrake! Keep your Module Manager up to date Credits and Special Thanks Legal Mumbo Jumbo (License provenance) How to support this and other great mods by zer0Kerbal Comment, click, like, share, up-vote, subscribe Connect with me Track progress: issues here and projects [here](https://github.com/zer0Kerbal/The GoldStandard/projects/) along with The Short List

The Gold Standard! Version 1.5.2 (2017/06/18) (Now with full SCANsat and Galileo's Planet Pack Compatibility!) This mod adds the pursuit of gold and an extremely rare resource called Unobtainium to the game! Gold Ore now appears on planets/moons Gold Ore can be mined and smelted into Pure Gold with the Smelter Return either Gold/Gold Ore back to Kerbin for profit Gold is heavier than Gold Ore, which is heavier than Ore Full integration with Vanilla drills and scanners Vanilla Drills and Surface Scanner available slightly earlier in the tech tree Only 8 parts (Under 10Mb download), low memory usage. Get over that mid-career fund grind in a fun and challenging way! What is Unobtainium? Unobtainium is an extremely valuable resource that generally spawns on high-G and extremely distant worlds. You can mine Unobtainium using the vanilla drills without needing a converter in-situ. Drills mining Unobtainium operate much more efficiently with both a scientist and engineer aboard. Unobtainium is a little more dense than gold, so ensure to bring adequate Dv! Finally a monetary reason to land on Eeloo, Eve, Moho/Icarus, or any of the other seldom visited worlds! This mod is not meant to be an easy cash cow; rather, a difficult alternative to contract spam. There is no gold on kerbin, and be careful when choosing a mining site as only deposits of >2% (mini drill) or >1.5% (large drill) will yield gold ore. The gold ore can be returned for an okish profit, but be aware that gold ore is basically 9/10s ore. So there are obvious benefits to smelting in-situ. The Smelter needs power, cooling, and an engineer to function at its full capacity. Pure Gold is, by design and irl, HEAVY! Feel free to post any working ship/base designs! Note on returning with your space booty: Land near or on the space center to avoid diminished returns. Supported mods: - Scansat - Galileo's Planet Pack Downloads Version 1.5.2 for KSP V3: SpaceDock Available on CKAN! *ModuleManager included and required Planned Features Will be adding one more resource beyond Kerbin's influence Community Tech Tree integration Further Weight/Cost Balancing (need feedback) Change Log Update 1.5.2 •Packaged the latest version of MM to bring the mod upto 1.3 Update 1.5.1 •Complete Compatibility with SCANsat and Galileo's Planet Pack •Changed the way resources spawn on planets (more small concentrated veins, less large low concentrated blobs). Update 1.5 •Improved Weight/Balance/Distribution of resources. It should now be a little easier to make money, and more worth it to make a trip out farther. •Fixed the Unobtainium texture •Cleaned up files •Improved compatibility with Scansat and Galileo's Planet Pack (Thanks go to Jadeofmaar for helping me here) Update 1.4.2 • Fixed stupid typo ftw. Update 1.4.1 • Fixed a value that was preventing unobtainium from spawning in large enough quantities to be mined. Update 1.4 • Finally got of my butt and updated the mod to 1.2.2 • Added Unobtainium • Added support for GPP and Scansat Update 1.3 • Updated to for KSP 1.2 • Fixed a potential problem with unlimited output for both gold smeltery and stock miniISRUVersion 1 Update 1.2 - Updated some part descriptions - Slightly reduced concentrations of gold on Minmus - Made orbital scanner unlock earlier (The satellite targeting gui is disabled until survey scan) - Adjusted Smeltery Output to prevent a very minor exploit Version 1.1 - Cleaned up textures - Fixed radial attachment points - Added Mission Flags Version 1.0 - Release License The Gold Standard is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This license does not apply to the bundled plugin ModuleManager. This is my first mod so if you have any tips or suggestions don't hesitate to leave a comment below.