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Space Dres the final- 

Explosions!

Hey! Jeb, No interrupting the intro! 

*duct tapes the forth wall*

Ok, but basically this is my Dres awareness mission, because Dres is the best planet ever! 

 

No pics right now, because I didn't have time to upload to imgur. *face palm* 

But can upload and post them tomorrow. Basically, I launched two really big crafts. A Watney class cruiser, and a Diamond class tug. 

 

Uhh... Yeah. 

*another face palm* 

At least I had time for the big Dres photo. 

*third face palm*

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1 minute ago, KerbalOmmex said:

So you finally got your report out? Let's hope tge Kraken doesn't destroy your ships like @Jakalth's

Also this is my 50th post!

Well, I didn't upload the screenshots yet. *16th face palm since I posted this* 

But before I launched my first ship I made a sacrifice to the kraken (read: one of my rovers I was testing exploded and blew up the astronaut complex and SPH because I was testing its vtol ability and I impacted at 40 m/s bumped into the tower thing on the level 3 SPH. 

Also, congrats on your 50th post! (This is my 955th post!)

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5 minutes ago, max_creative said:

one of my rovers I was testing exploded and blew up the astronaut complex and SPH because I was testing its vtol ability.

Let's hope Mortimer doesn't get a heart attack since the cost of repair will be 1 million funds for the SPH and half a million for the Astronaut Complex. Is this in Career or Sandbox

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20 minutes ago, KerbalOmmex said:

Let's hope Mortimer doesn't get a heart attack since the cost of repair will be 1 million funds for the SPH and half a million for the Astronaut Complex. Is this in Career or Sandbox

Sandbox. If it was career I would have bigger problems than a destroyed SPH and astronaut complex, because if I remember correctly a Watney class cruiser and lifter for it costs more than a level 3 vab and tracking station combined. (Lots of really expensive stuff!)

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2 hours ago, max_creative said:

 if I remember correctly a Watney class cruiser and lifter for it costs more than a level 3 vab and tracking station combined. (Lots of really expensive stuff!)

(Gulp) So thats more than 2 million funds? What about @Kuzzter's Interepid, It costs.... almost as much as a Watney cruiser with ita lifter.

 

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17 hours ago, KerbalOmmex said:

(Gulp) So thats more than 2 million funds? What about @Kuzzter's Interepid, It costs.... almost as much as a Watney cruiser with ita lifter.

 

Well, the old one was. The new one is about a level 2 vab and tracking station upgrade. 

And here is the photos! Along with a proper... I don't know what to call it... Chapter? Section? Whatever. 

Chapter 1 the first thingy. 

Bill: Hey Boss? 

Gene: Yes?

Bill: You know how we are doing a Dres awareness challenge? 

Gene: Yes... 

Bill: And you said bring big cruisers? 

Gene: Yes... 

Bill: Uhhhhhh... 

Gus: He's saying we didn't make it big enough.

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Clank! RUMMMMMBLE!!! 

Bill: Did we make it too small? 

Gene: ... Well, compared to other space program's ships, yes. To our standards, no. 

Bill: Well, those big ships that take so long would bore the readers of this mission report and- 

*fourth wall breech alarm goes off* 

Gene: ok just continue! I think max_creative is looking at us... 

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Gene: and why did you send Melchelle again?!? She just crashed a plane yesterday! Look at her face! 

Jeb: well my friend Ordard is a Bad-S so she should be fine. 

Gene: I have a bad feeling about this... 

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Gene: Ok who left a Rover out there?!? 

Val: uhhhhhh... Me? I was watching them roll out the rocket. It was actually really cool! They rolled it out of the space plane hanger, then stood it up, then drove- 

Gene: that's enough Val. 

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Gene: Hmmm... Maybe they will go to space today... 

Jeb: Unless they explode and have to abort! 

Gene: great. Now Melchelle is even more scared. Bill? Does the abort work? 

Bill: Yes. Occasionally the parachutes have been acting up though. 

Gene: Great. Just amazing. 

Bob: And it has a science lab! 

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Gene: Well, looks they will go to space today. 

Bobak: And the first stage, is staged. They are out of the atmosphere, which is the most dangerous part. 

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Bobak: 5 seconds left on the burn... 

Gene: WOO HOO ORBIT!!! 

Ordard: Watney V2 to mission control, we are in space today. 

Melchelle: Ccccan I ggggo hhhhome now??? 

Gene: No. 

Melchelle: Whaaaaaaa 

One conversation about the mental health of some astronauts later... 

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Gene: Lift off of the diamond tug 1! 

Bob: We are super creative namers right? 

Gene: well, not really... 

Jeb: I said it looked like a battle axe head! 

Gene: Yes... We are naming the cargo ships these are used in the battle axe class cargo ship. 

Jeb: Good enough! 

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Gene: see Val? That's why not to park there! Now with just these two launches you've probably voided the warranty and turned it into a lump of melted metal! 

Val: Oops. Sorry? 

Gene: *face palm* 

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Val: Ha ha! See! It's not inside the smoke area! 

Gene: Great. So it's a slightly less melted lump. 

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Gene: Man. I forgot how laggy these launches are. And it doesn't help that if it explodes there is going to be a serious nuclear accident. And the lights are off. Solar panels are probably melted. 

Val: Sorry? 

Gene: *another face palm* Ok Val, as soon as this makes orbit I want you to check the rover. 

Val: Fiiiiiine. 

Gene: we have a terrible space program. 

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Bobak: Beginning gravity flip- I mean, turn.

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Jeb: Hey look it's wobbling! 

Gene: That's not helping. 

Bobak: He's right though. 

Gene: That's not helping! 

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Gene: Orbit achieved! Hey Bill, can you show the readers how this works? 

Bill: Sure! 

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Bill: ok, this is a diamond class tug. Diamond tug 1 to be exact. 

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Bill: the small cargo bays are the access bays. We can use them to access the engines for repair. They also help with heat management. The cargo ramps it were the thrust come out. They are closed when not in use to protect from small space debris and Jeb. 

Jeb: Hey! 

Gene: Well it's true. Continue Bill. 

Bill: the radiators are arranged that way to look cool. 8 engines pointing each way. 1 toggles ramps. 2 toggles bays. 3 is forward mode. 4 is backward mode. Probe cores, large docking ports, and SAS on each end. Powered completely by RTG's. If you guys really want it, I can give you the craft file for both craft. And the rover later. The rover was a prototype for a Dres rover. To end let's show the 2nd stage engines! 

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Bill: 7 rhinos on the second stage push it to orbit. It uses the same launcher as the cruiser. 

Ok I hoped you enjoyed the first... Thingy... Of my mission report! New chapter in one or two days! 

                                                                                                                   -max_creative.

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32 minutes ago, KerbalOmmex said:

RTGs? Dres isn't that far from the Sun. 2 Gigantors should be enough. Also, Dres has many 'children' who would like a visit.

Don't worry. There will definitely be a lot of asteroids involved in this mission. 

As for the RTG's, it's just a feature I put in all my crafts. I just think solar panels are fragile and fuel cells are bad because you need fuel. And they don't weigh much. Plus, they don't look very good in my opinion. 

Good to see someone likes this! :)

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10 hours ago, Kerbal kerman said:

finally!!!

Good to see two people like this! 

I'm currently building and testing craft for the next chapter, which is chapter 2-Jeb's joyride. 

So... Kill time! 

Chapter 1.5- killing time while trying to get the next chapter ready

Board Bored Meeting of the KSC staff.

Gene: Well that went extremely terrible. 

Walt: Yeah. And we got so many complaints last night after the launches. And there were people at the door yelling at us.

Gene: What did you tell them? 

Walt: I said "Well sorry, we try to be as quite as possible." 

Gene: what did they say? 

Walt: they said "why don't you alt-f12 and just drift all the way to orbit?" And I simply said no. 

Gene: They didn't like that did they? 

Walt: Nope. At least the readers were nicer and gave max_creative lots of rep. 

Gene: I think we need to rethink our plan. Jeb is already really impatient and Melchelle is super scared. I don't think she can handle controlling such a big craft. 

Gus: well, she's still needed on Dres, so she can just hangout in the crew modules. We just need to keep her away from the controls. I just talked to her, she's really stressed out.

Gene: Gus, can your ground crew get a small craft ready? 

Gus: Sure. What do you need it for? 

Gene: we need a small crew transport. 

Gus: Got it. 

Mort: WOAH GUYS!!! SLOW DOWN!!! How much will it cost? 

Gene: I thought that because we are actually making a huge profit and stuff you didn't care as much. 

Mort: Still, I need to know the cost! 

Gus: We can do it cheap. It's only taking 3 Kerbals up, and bringing one down. It has to be probe controlled though. 

Mort: So an Mk1-2 with an RGU and small service module? I can live with that. 

Gene: ok good. Jeb will replace Melchelle and she will go to the lab. Two Kerbals will go to the crew modules and the other Kerbal in the mk1-2 pod who wasn't meant to be there will be returned. Everyone know what there doing? 

Most of the KSC staff: Uhhhhh... No... 

Gene: Ugh. Ok: Walt will help get more rep. Gus with assemble the crew transport. Mort will make sure it's not to expensive. Linus will try and design and test the landers. Wernher is on vacation. You guys who aren't already assigned to a team help Gus, Walt, or Linus. Got it? 

Most of the KSC staff: Uhhh... I think... 

Gene: Ok good. GO! 

Note: This is mostly just to kill time while I'm working on stuff. Sorry. 
                                                                             -max_creative

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Ok! I killed time pretty well, and worked hard, but I forgot Jeb was in orbit, so I tested a new cruiser. Then I remembered I had crew stuck on the mun! So yeah. Behold the joyride mk1! 

Chapter 2-Take me to the mun

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Gus: Ok, we went with the change of plan. The joyride mk1 is ready. 

Gene: This will be an uncrewed launch and- DANG IT DANGELA!!! Why are you in it?!? 

Dangela: uhh... They left the hatch open? 

Gene: well, nothing we can do now. 

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Dangela: Ooo! Cloudy! 

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Gene: Val! O told you to move the rover! 

Val: Well I wanted to watch again! 

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Dangela: Look at the huge shadow! 

Val: Like it's sitting on a planet of clouds... 

Dangela and Val: Ooo! 

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Dangela: Am I supposed to be going this slow? 

Bobak: yes... 

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Dangela: I'm in the next layer of the atmosphere! 

Jeb over radio: Cool! Don't explode and please come rescue me! 

Gene: it's your fault you blew you most of you spaceplane from overheating. 

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Dangela: AHA!!! HELP I'M FLIPPING!!! 

Bobak: that's perfectly normal. 

Dangela: nooooo!!!! I'm going to die! 

Gus: good thing we intended it to be unmanned. 

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Dangela: AHA!!! ALMOST OUT OF FUEL!!! HELP ME!!! 

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Dangela: AHA!!! THE FIRST STAGE JUST EXPLODED AND ALMOST HIT ME!!! 

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Gene: Hey nice hexagon! 

Dangela: AHA!!! It's an uhh... Triangle? ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!!!

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Dangela: AHA!!! THE BURN IS ABOUT TO START AND WE AREN'T POINTING THE RIGHT WAY!!! 

Bobak: Bays open, radiators deployed. 

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Dangela: Hmm. Looking at Max's navball only two gees! 

Gene: Oh now you stop complaining? 

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Dangela: Gene, halfway through the burn. 

Bobak: Docking ports and claw deployed. 

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Dangela: 2.5 gees. Ooo pretty! 

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Dangela: 4 seconds left... 

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Dangela: Bobak, take me to the mun. 

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End of chapter 2! 

Preview of chapter 3! (Because why not?)

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Dangela: AHA!!! I JUST CLAWED THE MUN!!! 

Walt: well, time to get out the old green iron crown. 

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Dangela: It's so close... 

What did you guys think?

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11 hours ago, disillusionedHerbalist said:

I love the ship designs! They look great, and it's great to see some more Dres love

Yeah. I was messing around with FAT-455 wing, and I'm probably going to use them more, because they are practical because they hold a good amount of liquid fuel and are a good mounting place for lander legs (the joyride mk1's are folded inside them) and they look really good. I might have a naming contest for a ship soon! 

4 hours ago, KerbalOmmex said:

Hmmmmmm............

Your Kerbals like breaking The Fourth Wall, it seems.

Let's see... 8 times!

Woah, that's alot of breaks!

Yep. Lots of breaks. Lots. 

 

By the way guys, probably not a lot of chapters next week... Because Wednesday is my birthday!

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5 hours ago, KerbalOmmex said:

Well then, happy birthday in advance!

 

2 hours ago, kerbalstar said:

 Happy Birthday! @max_creative.

Thanks guys! 

Chapter 3 should come in a few hours.

I'm going to have a naming contest for a new cruiser that's going to appear in chapter 4! Best name gets the lander named after the user!

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Ok, it's here:

chapter 3-actually getting useful stuff done. 

Dangela: It's so close... Like I could touch it... 

Gene: not now. We have to make the capture burn now. 

Dangela: Awww man! 

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Gene: correction burn made. Prepare for capture burn. 

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Bobak: Another correction burn because SOMEONE was leaning on the controls! 

Dangela: Who cares? IM GOING TO LAND ON THE MUN!!! 

Gene: in chapter 4. Maybe. 

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Gene: Capturing... 

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Dangela: IM ORBITING THE MUN!!! 

And now a quick interlude: 

Have you ever wanted a space cruiser? 

Random Kerbal: Uhh... Not really... 

Well you don't have too! But you can name one! These two craft need to be named. 

Best name = Name! And there landers are named after you! 

Another random Kerbal: OOO!!! 

Begin the naming! 

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This one, which may even be yours one day! 

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And this one, which also might be yours! 

Think of names! And that concludes our interlude! 

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Gene: I lied. This is not useful stuff. 

Magbeth: AHHH!!! 

Walt: this will ruin our reputation. REVERT TO VAB!!! 

Gene: Good idea. No one has to know about this. Except use and the readers. 

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Gene: Ok Magbeth, we need you to fly this joyride mk1 to orbit. We will then refuel it and send it to Dres! 

Magbeth: Yes sir! Say, I had a weird sort of dream like thing, sorta like a flashback... In it I was accidental reentering a long range ship LV-N ship! Do you know anything about it? 

Gene: Uhhhhhh... I have absolutely no idea what happened. 

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Magbeth: Cloudy! 

Gene: everyone says that. 

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Magbeth: OOO!!! REALLY CLOUDY!!! 

Gene: your the first kerb to say that though... 

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Magbeth: Uh Oh! I'm already 1/4 fuel! Only one gee though... 

Gene: that is perfectly normal. 

Gus: Its if you are less than one gee that you should worry, because then you explode and fall from almost a kilometer! 

Magbeth: AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 

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Magbeth: 2/5 FUEL?!? HELP ME!!! 

Bobak: I almost prefer Dangela...

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Magbeth: 2 gees! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 

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Magbeth: IM FLIPPING!!! 

Bobak: beginning gravity turn.

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Magbeth: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 

Gene: ok now we might want to worry about flipping. 

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Magbeth: HELP ME!!! MY ROCKET IS EXPLODING!!! 

Kerbals on ground: OOO!!! Pretty! 

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Gene: Another nice hexagon! 

Kerbals on ground: OOO!!! 

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Magbeth: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 

Gene: ok, now we might want to be worried. 

Kerbals on ground: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 

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Bobak: Bays open, radiators deployed, ports open, klaw deployed. 

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Gene: hey! Some old pancake sats! 

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Magbeth: Hey maybe I can catch one in the bay! 

Gene: No. 

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Bobak: 17.4 KM? Start worrying about Kessler Syndrome now! 

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Gene: 12.5 KM? Bobak is right. 

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Gene: 12.2... 

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Gene: ok. 13.1. They are getting farther away. 

Magbeth: Phew! 

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Gene: Ok Magbeth, your safe and the refueler with come soon. 

Magbeth: Copy that. I'm going to go play cheks on my K-pad now. 

End of chapter 3! 

Remember to think of names! 

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11 hours ago, KerbalOmmex said:

For the first one, SkySlasher, and the second, The Drestrepid (A combination of Dres and Intrepid)

Nice names! I think first one should be able to land on the Mun! 

The Drestrepid makes it sound big, but all the cruisers I have been using are on the small side for my stuff. My biggest is the collusus III, which just the cruiser is out the roof of the vab. I never got one in orbit without alt-f12 though.

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2 minutes ago, max_creative said:

Nice names! I think first one should be able to land on the Mun! 

The Drestrepid makes it sound big, but all the cruisers I have been using are on the small side for my stuff. My biggest is the collusus III, which just the cruiser is out the roof of the vab. I never got one in orbit without alt-f12 though.

Also, the Drestrepid looks like some Citadel like ship from some sci-fi movie.

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1 hour ago, KerbalOmmex said:

Also, the Drestrepid looks like some Citadel like ship from some sci-fi movie.

Wait what? 

One Google search later... 

Oh yeah. I see what you mean. The bottom one actually came from an experimental battle cruiser, which used wings covered in structural panels for armor. It didn't work well, but it turned into the bottom ship. 

Also, @KerbalOmmex, Congratulations! The top ship is now officially the SkySlasher! (By default because nobody else said anything.) It and it's lander, the KerbalOmmex, are going to Dres next chapter! They will arrive around chapter 5 or 6.

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It's here: 

Chapter 4-SkySlasher 

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Gus: here it is: the complete SkySlasher-KerbalOmmex craft. 

Bill: And because we are really lazy and stupid we are launching it all in one launch! 

Magxy: This will be easy! And explosive! 

Gene: *facepalm* this will not end well.

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Luthy: Ready for launch si- 

Magxy: T Z SPACE!!! 

Gene: NO WAIT MAGXY- 

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Magxy: Yeeeee Haw!

Gene: -DONT LAUNCH!!! Well, nothing we can do about it now. 

Magxy: why is there this floating arrow bar thing here? 

Bobak: Ask max_creative. 

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Barney: Wait I'm an engineer?!? Aww man! I wanted to fly the lander! 

Gene: at least your not a purple dinosaur. 

Barney: Hey! 

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Barney: Am I the only one who is concerned that max is AFK right now? 

Magxy: Well he just pressed f1, but mostly he's planning chapter 5 and 6. 

Barney: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 

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Magxy: wheeee! Flipping and getting 2.5 gees! 

Barney: almost 3 gees?!? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 

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Magxy: Hey max! Nice script! 

Barney: AHHHHHHHHHHH- 

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Magxy: Uh oh! The staging said we just lost a rhino! 

Barney: -HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH- 

Gene: Yep. You guys lost an engine. 

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Magxy: Yay we lost an engine! Now we can use the LV-N's and get tons of radiation on the lander! 

Barney: -HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH- 

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Gene: and here's our crew! 

Barney: I'm extremely concerned about removing the exterior of our craft. 

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Gene: here's a sorta good view of the lander! 

Barney: I do not want to fly the anymore. 

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Bobak: decoupling 3 stage. 

Gene: pull up guys! 

Barney: My controls are giving me a smiley face! 

Gene: ok, who programmed in Gerty?!? 

Linus: Uhh... Me?

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Barney: Hey Gerty, how was you day today? 

Magxy: Apparently Gertys reply is: Good, unless you guys crash. 

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Gerty the computer (note: I do not have an actually Gerty or raster prop.): I suggest you activate the lander engines. 

Luthy: Great idea! Activating now! 

Magxy: Can you show the orbital info? 

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Gerty: Here it is. 

Magxy: not good. 

Barney: I hate inclination! 

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Gerty: Out the left window is a good view. 

Magxy: Luthy! Move you head! 

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Luthy: almost there... 

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Magxy: this is really boring. 0.1 gees?!? Oh well. We are in space today! 

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Luthy: Gene, we will need are refueler carrying LiquidFuel and Oxidizer. Plus an interplanetary booster. 

Gene: I hate tanker flights. Copy that SkySlasher. 

Magxy: we will not go to Dres today. WHAAAA!!! 

End of chapter 4! 

And the rest of the day on ksp I just strapped boosters on planes and stuff and made icbms. If you happen to see it, don't ask why I have an unmodified mallard plane in orbit. Lol.

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