Deadmeat24 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I was thinking. What if an early way to study star systems we can reach would be some sort of space telescope? There is a lot of data real world space telescopes can gather about stars and exoplanets such as approximate mass, orbit distance, potential composition, etc. So why not have something like this in ksp2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowburn10 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I really wanted something like this in KSP. I would imagine it could work as a passive science generator, where the longer it was deployed the more science it would produce, but it would have diminishing returns, meaning you would eventually have to launch a new space telescope to replace the old one, or perhaps send a crew up for maintenance to increase it's lifespan. That's at least how I would implement a telescope into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmeat24 Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Yellowburn10 said: I really wanted something like this in KSP. I would imagine it could work as a passive science generator, where the longer it was deployed the more science it would produce, but it would have diminishing returns, meaning you would eventually have to launch a new space telescope to replace the old one, or perhaps send a crew up for maintenance to increase it's lifespan. That's at least how I would implement a telescope into the game. Tarsier Space Technology was one of my favorite mods for ksp 1. It essentially did just that, except I don't think the diminishing returns thing was in there. It diminished based on how many times an object was studied and that was it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon10044 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Space telescopes would be really cool! They could be used to help gather science points, but also information about the different star systems we can travel, such as the type of star, how many planets, etc! Not to be rude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Get science points from worlds you can't reach yet? Another kind of mission to fly? I'd like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdwlrd Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 How else are you going to find the neighboring star systems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTO Crasher Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Well, I was thinking you would build telescopes in orbit to find nearby Star systems, and for the far out ones you put telescopes in the docking bay of your interstellar ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmeat24 Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 15 hours ago, shdwlrd said: How else are you going to find the neighboring star systems? It's not really known if everything will just be on the map or if it is something you gotta unlock somehow. I think space telescopes would be a cool way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdwlrd Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Deadmeat24 said: It's not really known if everything will just be on the map or if it is something you gotta unlock somehow. I think space telescopes would be a cool way to do it. It was said that the new solar systems would be hidden and you will have to discover them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmeat24 Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Just now, shdwlrd said: It was said that the new solar systems would be hidden and you will have to discover them. Must have missed that. Sounds like telescopes would be a perfect fit for the game mechanics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BekfastDerp13 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Maybe in the new 'progression' mode, you could have to build a telescope to discover planets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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