The Saga of Emiko Station - Complete

[Just Jim]

Whew.... now we're getting somewhere... 

[Just Jim]

All right... my construction project is finished!!!  WOOHOOOO!!

I've got to do some tidying up and get a couple more screenshots, but definitely new chapter tomorrow.

I just hope I didn't lose all of you by taking so long for this next one.

Again, my apologies... 

Edited February 23, 2016 by Just Jim

[Geschosskopf]

On 2/21/2016 at 4:03 PM, Dobelong said:

Yep. Remember the space whale and stuff? There is now a continuation, complete with story arc!

Space whale makes me thing of Hitchhiker's Guide.  "I wonder if it will be friends with me"

[Just Jim]

Chapter 34
Emiko Tower

 

A couple days after transporting Captain Kuzzter and his first-mate to Minmus, Piper Kerman was summoned back to Emiko Station for an assignment she had waited on for so very, very long...... The much anticipated Emiko Station expansion! And this was not just another expansion, this time they would be completely replacing the command tower.

Back on Kerbin, Gene couldn't bring himself to watch another disaster, and quietly hid in his office until the massive delivery system was launched.

As the mighty engines roared to life, the entire space center shook as if gripped by a massive Kerbquake.  And slowly.... so slowly.... the rockets began to lift off.  And a huge cheer rang out thru mission control.
 

Higher and higher it climbed, until the powerful boosters ran out of fuel and staged perfectly. 

Within minutes the huge vessel was in orbit, and Gene emerged from his office with a silly grin on his face. "Thank the Gods..." he murmured to himself, and headed to mission control.

Once the main rockets were staged, the tower assembly headed to Emiko Station.

When it was clear the launch was a complete success, a smaller rocket containing the top part of the expansion was also sent to Emiko Station.

From this point Piper took command and first removed the old tower from Emiko and moved it to a safe distance..

Then she maneuvered to the new tower section and undocked it from the delivery rocket.

Once she had reached a safe distance, she remotely piloted the delivery rocket to the large ring section and docked it into place.

Transferring what little fuel was left in the ring rockets to the larger delivery rocket, she staged them and turned the ring section towards Emiko.

Piloting the massive delivery system was not easy, even for an experienced pilot like Piper, and she joked over the radio it was like trying to fly a wet noodle. But soon she had the new ring section securely attached to Emiko, and sent the delivery rocket out to deep space where Captain Kuzz could eventually retrieve it.

Once she was convinced everything was according to plan, Piper brought in the tower section and docked it into place.

When everything was connected, Piper ran the new tower thru a series of tests. Then, convinced the new computer was running smoothly, she radioed Gem and Theo, who were anxiously waiting in the Doodlebug pod, to proceed. When they got the word, they crawled out, strapped into the Doodlebug, and disengaged the entire pod. Because the Doodlebug was such a huge success, a more permanent docking port was included in the new tower design, and the smaller docking pod, once the kid's "fort" was no longer needed. And delighted to be included, the kids were assigned the task of discarding it.

As the pod floated off into space, Gem turned and admired their new home, then flew the Doodlebug to it's new docking port.

Once the kids were back inside they ran to stake their claim on new quarters, and chose one with a staggeringly beautiful view of Kerbin.

Back on the raptor, Piper had one more task. While Gene wasn't terribly opposed to Captain Kuzz salvaging old rocket and booster parts, he just didn't trust the old pirate enough with an advanced control system, and sent orders to Piper to de-orbit the old tower and let it burn up in the Kerbin atmosphere. And so Piper caught up with the old tower, re-docked, and headed to a lower Kerbin orbit.

Satisfied at her position, Piper then did a de-orbital burn into the great southern sea, undocked, turned her ship 180 degrees and re-circularized her orbit while the old tower slowly tumbled into the atmosphere.

Once it entered the atmosphere, the tower soon began to overheat, and part after part blew up and fell from the flaming husk before the charred remains finally plunged deep into sea.

Later that night, Piper returned to Emiko Station and settled into one of the new command copulas. The view from here was amazing, and pulling a cheese snack from her pocket, she settled down for a long, well deserved, nap.

 

 

The Saga of Emiko Station is far, far from over

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Edited December 7, 2019 by Just Jim

[Geschosskopf]

Yay, gratuitous explosions

Nice remodeling job, too.  Impressive ship there.

Edited February 23, 2016 by Geschosskopf

[Just Jim]

4 minutes ago, Geschosskopf said:

Yay, gratuitous explosions

Nice remodeling job, too.  Impressive ship there.

Hehe, yeah, this one didn't have much of a cliffhanger, so I figured I should at least blow something up.

 

[Kerbart]

Assuming the toroidial design is to create pseudo-gravity, shouldn't the crew cabin's on the "ring" be rotated 90°, so the floor is on the outside of the torus?

[Mister Dilsby]

Yarrr, I wants the old tower ye scurrilous space noodle!

[Geschosskopf]

1 minute ago, Kuzzter said:

Yarrr, I wants the old tower ye scurrilous space noodle!

Aye, Cap'n, the scurvy-ridden nerf herders scuttled 'er as a act of barb'rous potlatch, takin' food from the mouths o' 'onest spacers!  Bloody nobs!

[Just Jim]

4 hours ago, Kuzzter said:

Yarrr, I wants the old tower ye scurrilous space noodle!

 

4 hours ago, Geschosskopf said:

Aye, Cap'n, the scurvy-ridden nerf herders scuttled 'er as a act of barb'rous potlatch, takin' food from the mouths o' 'onest spacers!  Bloody nobs!

 

Hmmmm... I do believe we'll have to address this "situation" in greater detail in the next chapter.... 

[Just Jim]

5 hours ago, Kerbart said:

Assuming the toroidial design is to create pseudo-gravity, shouldn't the crew cabin's on the "ring" be rotated 90°, so the floor is on the outside of the torus?

Ahhhh, very good observation and attention to detail!  You are quite right, in fact.

It's only your assumption that's incorrect, because I didn't design it to simulate, or give the appearance of having, some form of pseudo-gravity.
I designed it specifically for the view from the windows. 

Positioned on the "top" of the asteroid, so to speak, there will always be some view, and some windows, facing Kerbin.  I may use that more down the road.

[Geschosskopf]

1 minute ago, Just Jim said:

Positioned on the "top" of the asteroid, so to speak, there will always be some view, and some windows, facing Kerbin.  I may use that more down the road.

Conversely,those with sharp enough eyes can always look in from Kerbin

 

[Just Jim]

25 minutes ago, Geschosskopf said:

Conversely,those with sharp enough eyes can always look in from Kerbin

 

Hmmmm, now I'm wondering.  I know unfortunately you can't see it in the game.  But if it were real, I'm wondering if you would be able to see it from the planet.  It's aprox. 250 km up, and it's quite large. I'm guessing about 100 meters in diameter, more or less.  And moving at orbital speed.  While I doubt you could make out a disc without a telescope, it still might look like a bright star that would move across the night sky. And now a faintly pinkish-purple slow moving star.

I do believe in my universe, you can.... yes, you can see it.....  

Edited February 24, 2016 by Just Jim

[Geschosskopf]

10 minutes ago, Just Jim said:

I do believe in my universe, you can.... yes, you can see it.....  

Try Distant Object Enhancement and see what happens.

 

[Just Jim]

12 hours ago, Geschosskopf said:

Try Distant Object Enhancement and see what happens.

 

That's an interesting idea.  I will right after 1.1 comes out.  I'm desperately trying to stay vanilla until then and keeping my fingers crossed this career will survive the upgrade.

[Commander Zoom]

If you just want to answer this particular question:

Copy everything to a new directory, add Distant Objects, load it up and see for yourself.  Once curiosity is satisfied, delete the folder.

[Just Jim]

21 minutes ago, Commander Zoom said:

If you just want to answer this particular question:

Copy everything to a new directory, add Distant Objects, load it up and see for yourself.  Once curiosity is satisfied, delete the folder.

You're right, I can do that.  I've already downloaded the newest Distant Objects, and I was planning on doing a big backup of my career game today anyway.
Once that's done I'll set it up and see what happens. 

[Just Jim]

OK, so I'll try it tomorrow... RL got in the way today 

[Geschosskopf]

15 minutes ago, Just Jim said:

OK, so I'll try it tomorrow... RL got in the way today 

But would we prefer real life or the universe our Kerbals live in?  For my own part, I don't much like either

 

[Just Jim]

16 minutes ago, Geschosskopf said:

But would we prefer real life or the universe our Kerbals live in?  For my own part, I don't much like either

Hmmm....   I don't mind the real world, except when it messes with my KSP time... lol.
I just had stuff I had to get done.  And the weather today was lousy, which didn't help.

Kerbin seems a peaceful place to live... well, except where us crazy authors mess with things. 
If there is a Kerbal Multi-verse, so to speak, then our layers are somewhat messed up... 

Edited February 25, 2016 by Just Jim

[Andem]

42 minutes ago, Just Jim said:

Hmmm....   I don't mind the real world, except when it messes with my KSP time... lol.
I just had stuff I had to get done.  And the weather today was lousy, which didn't help.

Kerbin seems a peaceful place to live... well, except where us crazy authors mess with things. 
If there is a Kerbal Multi-verse, so to speak, then our layers are somewhat messed up... 

Heh, imagine how real life feels when your eight-year old son shatters your laptops screen 

[Just Jim]

10 hours ago, Andem said:

Heh, imagine how real life feels when your eight-year old son shatters your laptops screen 

Oh no!!!!  I have a daughter, who thankfully is now grown, but I can just imagine! 

[Kelidoskoped]

On January 19, 2016 at 8:03 AM, TopHeavy11 said:

Piper is not screwing around anymore! WOOP!

Yeah, Blue. When're you gonna hand over that .45 combat rifle?

[Garibaldi2257]

1 hour ago, Kelidoskoped said:

Yeah, Blue. When're you gonna hand over that .45 combat rifle?

*snort* nice!

[Kelidoskoped]

On February 2, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Just Jim said:

OK, OK..... I didn't mean for everyone to start listing games.... lol. 

I was just trying to compliment KSP. 

Fallout 4, Forza Horizon to name a few