Warped Stars

[Commander Zoom]

Glad I found this thread, it's great reading so far.  Please continue.

[0111narwhalz]

You thought this day would never come! I did make it a bit long, but...it's to be expected.

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0111narwhalz

Edited March 5, 2018 by 0111narwhalz

[KSK]

It's back! And it keeps getting better. 

I liked the interaction between Jeb and Bill, the description of the machining centre but mostly I like that you're writing a serious story about a physics glitch.  Long may it continue.

[0111narwhalz]

Two in one month?! That hasn't happened since October!
As always, reports of typos and borked formatting are appreciated.

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0111narwhalz

Edited March 5, 2018 by 0111narwhalz

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

I lost this thread in the forum change.  Glad to see more updates!

[superstrijder15]

wow! This story is awesome! Can't wait for more

[0111narwhalz]

I'm like a fig tree. Nothing for months, then suddenly everything at once.

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0111narwhalz

Edited March 5, 2018 by 0111narwhalz

[superstrijder15]

Yeee, new chapters everywhere!

Your great man, I'm lovin it. I like your stories so much, if I'd have some more free time I would want to write in your kerbal future universe!  

[KSK]

Yay - it's back! And it keeps getting better!

I enjoyed the view from Mission Control and Joe's slide rule made me laugh, as did Jeb's speeding tickets.

[0111narwhalz]

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0111narwhalz

Edited March 5, 2018 by 0111narwhalz

[Crocket]

Hoo hoo! Can't wait for the next installment!

[0111narwhalz]

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Thank you,
0111narwhalz

Edited March 5, 2018 by 0111narwhalz

[superstrijder15]

What is this goo stuff? I don't think it has come up before

[0111narwhalz]

From Chapter 8:

"We need the advance to develop systems to combat the extreme accelerations. Bill has a candidate material family which may make for an immersion gel"

And also the prologue:

"most of which were immersed in a jellylike g-absorbing fluid."

It's supposed to allow organic matter to survive the sixteen gees kraken drives pulled back in their prime.

[KAL 9000]

Love your stories @0111narwhalz! I can only imagine what will happen when someone gives MechJeb a speech processor and speaker... Will we have to listen to CONSTANT "Fair Joolish Ladies" from the two of them?

[0111narwhalz]

 

Many apologies for the long wait. I could make excuses (like KSPNameGen and the Kerbae ad Astra wiki), but you probably expect it of me by now.
^{But at least YAMR's next chapter will be around sooner...}

 

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0111narwhalz

Edited March 5, 2018 by 0111narwhalz

[superstrijder15]

What are those pre-filght checks! FIDO, Surgeon, EECOM?!?! And something went wrong with the krakendrive as well, did he turn it off or something?

 

It's a great chapter BTW, and in retrospect it seems the surgeon was pretty useful.

[0111narwhalz]

3 hours ago, superstrijder15 said:

What are those pre-filght checks! FIDO, Surgeon, EECOM?!

Most, if not all, of those are the same as those in the Apollo preflight. FIDO is "flight dynamics officer," Surgeon is the medical advisor (obviously not aboard the vessel), and EECOM is "electrical, environmental, and consumables manager." I trimmed some, because we're not actually going to the Mün.

3 hours ago, superstrijder15 said:

And something went wrong with the krakendrive as well, did he turn it off or something?

Kraken drives were notoriously unreliable soon after their conception. They broke, seemingly at random. In this case, the kraken drive simply ate itself after braking the capsule.

I'm going to add some more detail to the drive failure scene. It's not clear enough. Check back in a few hours.

[Commander Zoom]

On 5/6/2017 at 9:33 AM, 0111narwhalz said:

Kraken drives were notoriously unreliable soon after their conception. They broke, seemingly at random. In this case, the kraken drive simply ate itself after braking the capsule.

It's almost like you're playing around with mysterious, barely-understood forces of nature here... who could have imagined?