weird asteroid

[splashboom]

Is this Kraken poo?

[ffx]

you got lucky and found a magic astroid

[splashboom]

Oh nice! It was going about 500m/s faster than most other fly-by asteroids I have seen. What do I do with its magicness?

[ffx]

currently nothing

[Superfluous J]

1 hour ago, splashboom said:

Oh nice! It was going about 500m/s faster than most other fly-by asteroids I have seen. What do I do with its magicness?

Mine it for ore. Take it places and do science.

Just like any other asteroid.

Really it's just a moderately rare skin for asteroids. Nothing special except cool to look at.

[splashboom]

This was a month ago, but I feel I need to add one more detail ..

Being a new player (less than 1yr) I assumed from all the Kraken banter that there is a feature in the game that spawns a fearsome monster is you are far enough in the game. So I didnt mean the asteroid is bugged - rather I thought I was finally picking up the trail of this mythical creature

Maybe there should be a mod that adds a Kraken to the game ..

[AtomicTech]

50 minutes ago, splashboom said:

This was a month ago, but I feel I need to add one more detail ..

Being a new player (less than 1yr) I assumed from all the Kraken banter that there is a feature in the game that spawns a fearsome monster is you are far enough in the game. So I didnt mean the asteroid is bugged - rather I thought I was finally picking up the trail of this mythical creature

Maybe there should be a mod that adds a Kraken to the game ..

Any mod can tease the Kraken out of its hole!

[jimmymcgoochie]

On 1/19/2022 at 8:37 PM, splashboom said:

This was a month ago, but I feel I need to add one more detail ..

Being a new player (less than 1yr) I assumed from all the Kraken banter that there is a feature in the game that spawns a fearsome monster is you are far enough in the game. So I didnt mean the asteroid is bugged - rather I thought I was finally picking up the trail of this mythical creature

Maybe there should be a mod that adds a Kraken to the game ..

No spoilers, but try exploring Jool’s moons in some detail. You’d be terrified amazed by what you’ll find out there!

The whole “kraken” thing is for a few reasons: it begins with K (obligatory for Kerbal stuff!), it’s a scary monster that would attack ships and rip them apart in the age of sail (blame the rum…) and as a shorthand for all the various physics glitches that KSP had/has, it sounds better to blame a mythical monster than giving it a boring code-related name.

Edited January 21, 2022 by jimmymcgoochie

[swjr-swis]

4 hours ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

it sounds better to blame a mythical monster

The Kraken is just misunderstood. Kerbals are friends, not food.

("He never knew his father!")