Something's out there

[Ryohei56]

Hi. I was doing some test flying the other night, when I noticed something rather strange. I had just achieved orbit (a wonky one, but hey.....), when I noticed that there was not one orbital track but TWO. Stranger still, there was another ship on that track.

The UFO's orbit was at an angle to mine, but also crossed the same launch point as mine. I recalled that, earlier, one of my launches had gone off in the wrong direction, though it still got into orbit. The game crashed shortly afterwards.

Do you think it's possible to go up and rescue my lost kerbonaut? I might go and take a look, anyway. That's if I can figure out the math.....

[Regor]

4 hours ago, Ryohei56 said:

Hi. I was doing some test flying the other night, when I noticed something rather strange. I had just achieved orbit (a wonky one, but hey.....), when I noticed that there was not one orbital track but TWO. Stranger still, there was another ship on that track.

The UFO's orbit was at an angle to mine, but also crossed the same launch point as mine. I recalled that, earlier, one of my launches had gone off in the wrong direction, though it still got into orbit. The game crashed shortly afterwards.

Do you think it's possible to go up and rescue my lost kerbonaut? I might go and take a look, anyway. That's if I can figure out the math.....

What is the ship called (the one on the other orbit)?

[Superfluous J]

You can go into the Tracking Station and see what it is. And even control it. This will eliminate all doubt.

And by all means you can rescue it. Sounds fun!

[Regor]

9 minutes ago, Superfluous J said:

You can go into the Tracking Station and see what it is. And even control it. This will eliminate all doubt.

And by all means you can rescue it. Sounds fun!

If it is not they that launched the vehicle, then they will not be able to control it. Rather, they must rendezvous with the object and get close to be able to control the UFO.

Edited April 16, 2020 by mabdi36

[Superfluous J]

17 minutes ago, mabdi36 said:

If it is not they that launched the vehicle, then they will not be able to control it. Rather, they must rendezvous with the object and get close to be able to control the UFO.

While true, they'd at least know what it was because it was created when they accepted a contract to rendezvous with it. This does not sound like that kind of situation to me.

[Ryohei56]

I haven't been back on since I first posted, but will be later so I can look closer at the situation. To be clear, this other ship is NOT part of an AI-generated contract. It was just.....there, when next I went into orbit. At the moment, I still hold to the theory that it is an artefact somehow left behind when the game crashed before it's mission properly ended (or was saved).

I will report back later.

[Ryohei56]

Well, so much for that. Turns out it was an artefact left over when a game crashed. I went into the map mode, and could see that bogey identified as a 'Titan II' - which happened to be the ship I'd been flying just before the crash. It actually happened again in similar fashion, and I ended up with TWO bogeys! Started a new game overwriting the old, problem solved. For now, anyway.

[Goaty1208]

Well, it is strange still, right?

Edited April 22, 2020 by Goaty1208