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Mission 232Fuji Base (MIKU-37) + Song Princess 18a/b/c

Tylo mobile base with the largest skycrane ever, and three comsats. (171801 kg, K-3 launch vehicle)

Mission 233: Jool Rabbit 4

Surface-to-orbit Tylo shuttle / biome hopper (hypothetically, as this is sandbox) for four Kerbals; again, the mass budget only allows for command seats like the previous Tylo lander. (75280 kg, K-2 launch vehicle)

[There's no real reason for me to launch this or the miner (because the Kerbals land within the base), except to be consistent with the other bases]

Mission 234: WiM-22

Wheeled Tylo surface miner. (60640 kg, K-2 launch vehicle)

Mission 235: Negi Star Mk2 flight 13

Hermy, Patwin, Harsey, Aldely, Newmin, Milsted, Henly, Lemfrid, Guslas, Wilke, Seezer, and Marxy Kerman. (K-1b launch vehicle)

Mission 236: Mokusei Maru flight 03 (part 1, part 2)

Y73, D280 (base and comsats launch)
Y73, D300 (rabbit launch)
Y73, D320 (miner launch)
Y73, D339 (crew launch)
Y73, D352 (Mokusei Maru Kerbin -> Jool)

Y75, D322 (Mokusei Maru estimated Tylo insertion)

All together now (some oxidizer was transferred from Jool Rabbit 4 [lander with 4 1.25 m tanks] into the Mokusei Maru to bring the center of mass closer to the middle)

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[This burn almost pushed Kerbal Joint Reinforcement to its limit, so I had to limit the physical time acceleration to 2x]

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Transfer trajectory

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Important notice:

I've noticed that some satellites disappear after time accelerating (out of focus) whenever they are in a low enough orbit. I suspect this may have to do with floating point errors. For example, I have lost the crewed Moho landers (Moho Rabbits 1 and 2), and the comsats around Ovok and Hale (which don't have large spheres of influence anyway). So I am trying to leave things in higher orbits from now on.

Mission 219: WiM-18 + Eternity (part 1, part 2)

A mining ship and probes for Plock and its moon Karen.

Y74, D235 (WiM-18/Eternity Plock insertion)
Y74, D236 (Eternity-a Plock orbiter deployed)
Y74, D237 (Eternity-b Plock lander deployed)
Y74, D239 (Eternity-c Karen orbiter deployed)
Y74, D240 (Eternity-d Karen lander deployed)

The burn started this far away

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Eternity-b on Plock (north pole)

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Eternity-d on Karen (also north pole)

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Eternity-a deployed

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Eternity-b deployed in low Plock orbit

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The most distant view of Kerbol

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Transfer to Karen

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Karen insertion

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Eternity-c orbiter deployed

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Eternity-d lander deployed

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Landed on a crater rim

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(short distance away)

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WiM-18 then landed on Karen's equator and refueled for a few hundred days.

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Meanwhile:

After mining on Nissee, WiM-17 took off to return to Thatmo.

Y75, D95 (WiM-17 leaves Nissee)

Y75, D349 (WiM-17 course correction)
Y76, D306 (WiM-17 Thatmo insertion)

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The plane alignment maneuver will be done near apoapsis to reduce the Delta-v of reversing the orbit's direction

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Mission 236: Mokusei Maru flight 03 (part 1, part 2)

Fuji Base and supplementary vehicles land on Tylo.

Y75, D322 (Mokusei Maru Tylo insertion)
Y75, D324 (comsats deployed and base landed)

Kerbin system population: 84
Duna system population: 36
Dres population: 12
Jool system population: 24 -> 36
Sarnus system population: 12

Total space population: 180

Tylo orbit insertion

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Fuji Base

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Moving to a lower orbit - after this, the Mokusei Maru had just over 300 m/s of Delta-v left (about 1000 m/s without the extra modules)

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Comsat network established

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Fuji Base separation and de-orbit

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Ditching the tank using slightly imbalanced sepratrons

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Final descent

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Driving to a flatter spot in the west

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Jool Rabbit 4 (with MechJeb for better accuracy) and WiM-22 descend

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Refueling Jool Rabbit 4

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I just installed Stock Visual Terrain to get high-resolution surface textures similar to newer KSP updates.

Hope Kibo Base 1 on Minmus

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Hope Kibo Base 2 on the Mun

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More bases under the spoiler:

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Iwaki Base on Ike

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Akagi Base on Duna

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Taiko Base on Dres

(note: I had to manually edit out the KAS winches and grappling hooks from the save file, as they were causing the game to crash)

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Kafun Base on Pol

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Takoyaki Base on Bop

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Hyozan Base on Vall

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Fuji Base on Tylo

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Meanwhile:

Y75, D334 (WiM-9 Pol -> Tylo)
Y75, D348 (WiM-9 refuels Mokusei Maru above Tylo)
Y75, D353 (Mokusei Maru/WiM-9 Tylo -> Pol)
Y75, D368 (Mokusei Maru/WiM-9 Pol insertion)
Y75, D373 (WiM-9 refuels Mokusei Maru above Pol)
Y76, D55 (Mokusei Maru Pol escape)
Y76, D75 (Mokusei Maru Jool -> Kerbin)

Y76, D203 (Dosei Maru Kerbin insertion)

Y76, D306 (WiM-17 Thatmo insertion)

Mission 237: Yukigaya Base (MIKU-38) + Song Princess 19a/b/c

Eeloo base and comsats. (80206 kg, K-3 launch vehicle)

Mission 238: Sarnus Rabbit 3 + WiM-23

(same lander and miner used for Vall)

Mission 239: Negi Star Mk2 flight 14

Seanuki, Tamy, Mitrid, Loemone, Kelvan, Leete, Nataly, Magelyn, Stelrys, Leia, Gergun, and Lezie Kerman. (K-1b launch vehicle)

Mission 240: Dosei Maru flight 02 (part 1)

Y76, D345 (base and comsats launch)
Y76, D365 (rabbit and miner launch)
Y76, D385 (crew launch)
Y76, D394 (Dosei Maru Kerbin -> Sarnus)

Y81, D364 (Dosei Maru estimated Sarnus insertion)

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(I cleaned out some of the old probes in this save)

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Mission 230: Project DIVA X 3rd / Negi Maru flight 06 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)

Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 3rd mission. The Neidon system is reached and the first Kerbals land on Thatmo.

Y77, D210 (Negi Maru Neidon insertion)
Y77, D222 (Negi Maru Thatmo insertion and Neidon Rabbit 1 landing)

Inserting into a retrograde orbit around Neidon (as Thatmo is retrograde)

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Kerming, Hersy, Lincy, and Kabel (right to left) on Thatmo [my favorite moon]

[I had to redo the landing because I experienced a very strange glitch. I had quicksaved when focused on a Kerbal that was on EVA. When reloading the quicksave (for screenshot purposes), a Kerbal entering the vehicle caused a duplication. The Kerbal was inside the vehicle and on the ladder at the same time! Couldn't save because "a Kerbal was on the ladder." Couldn't exit the vehicle because "the hatch was obstructed." Very weird, and I had never experienced that before.]

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Thatmo encounter and insertion

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Neidon Rabbit 1 separates and makes a landing

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Pood's OPM Visual Overhaul is what makes Thatmo my favorite moon. A strangely familiar blue sky very far from Kerbin.

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A significant thing I noticed about Thatmo: I thought that it was tidally locked because the rotation and orbital periods are the same. It actually orbits clockwise but rotates counter-clockwise (like most other planets and moons), so putting the Negi Maru in a retrograde orbit was in fact the less-than-optimal decision.

Mission 230: Project DIVA X 3rd / Negi Maru flight 06 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)

Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 3rd mission. Four Kerbals make a transfer to Neidon's distant moon, Nissee.

Y77, D222 (Neidon Rabbit 2 separation from Negi Maru and Thatmo escape burn)
Y77, D224 (Neidon Rabbit 2 transfer to Nissee)
Y77, D227 (Negi Maru refueled by WiM-17)
Y77, D324 (Neidon Rabbit 2 Nissee insertion and landing)

Neidon Rabbit 2 (with transfer stage) approaches Nissee

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From right to left: Anline, Kaice, Erilin, and Gusgar (Y77, D325)

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Neidon Rabbit 2 is deployed from the Negi Maru's cargo bay

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Escaping Thatmo

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Planned trajectory

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Negi Maru being refueled by WiM-17

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Nissee insertion

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Separation of the lander

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Landing on Y77, D324

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Mission 230: Project DIVA X 3rd / Negi Maru flight 06 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)

Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 3rd mission. Commencing the return leg from Neidon to Kerbin.

Y78, D122 (Neidon Rabbit 2 liftoff from Nissee)
Y78, D123 (Neidon Rabbit 2 Nissee -> Thatmo)
Y78, D217 (Neidon Rabbit 2 Thatmo insertion)
Y78, D219 (Neidon Rabbit 2 docking with Negi Maru)
Y78, D222 (Neidon Rabbit 1 liftoff from Thatmo and docking with Negi Maru; Negi Maru Thatmo escape burn)
Y78, D236 (Negi Maru Neidon -> Kerbin)

Y85, D194 (Negi Maru estimated Kerbin insertion)

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Trajectory with MechJeb's Manuever Planner

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Neidon Rabbit 2 leaves Nissee

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Trajectory from Nissee to Thatmo

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The transfer stage had been relocated to 60 km before the lander made its rendezvous (to prevent the floating point errors from deleting the craft)

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Thatmo insertion

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Plane change at high altitude

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Docked with Negi Maru

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Neidon Rabbit 1 takes off

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Both Rabbits and the WiM-17 miner will be left in a sufficiently high orbit

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Negi Maru escapes Thatmo

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Kerbin encounter after Neidon escape burn and correction

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Important question about the future of this series:

Is it okay if I end this series after doing the first crewed landings and returns on Plock and Eve? Since this is using a version of KSP that is getting more and more outdated.

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18 hours ago, Pipcard said:

Important question about the future of this series:

Is it okay if I end this series after doing the first crewed landings and returns on Plock and Eve? Since this is using a version of KSP that is getting more and more outdated.

Yes, but only if you start another one (ooooor do something funny like the soviet one someone did)

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Mission 241: Shimizu Base (MIKU-39) + Song Princess 20a/b/c

Laythe mobile base with an inflatable heat shield and parachutes (78206 kg, K-3 launch vehicle)

Mission 242: WiM-24 + Temporary Docking Adapter

Wheeled Laythe surface miner (with shield and parachutes) and an adapter to allow the Negi Star to dock at a large docking port. (25565 kg, K-2 launch vehicle)

Mission 243: Negi Star Mk2 flight 15 / Jool Rabbit 5

Jebediah, Valentina, Lisdia, Ludley, Bob, Daphbe, Ludul, Catgela, Bill, Negy, Verrine, and Samvey Kerman. The original three Kerbals and the first female Kerbal, as well as famed engineer Negy Kerman, will now retire on Laythe. The Negi Star would theoretically be used as a surface-to-orbit shuttle on Laythe (however, problems were encountered when trying to mine and refuel). (K-1b launch vehicle)

Mission 244: Mokusei Maru flight 04

Y79, D75 (base and comsats launch)
Y79, D95 (miner launch)
Y79, D115 (crew/rabbit launch)
Y79, D125 (Mokusei Maru Kerbin -> Jool)
Y81, D99 (Mokusei Maru Jool insertion)
Y81, D100 (Mokusei Maru Laythe insertion)
Y81, D103 (Shimizu Base landed)

Kerbin system population: 84
Duna system population: 36
Dres population: 12
Jool system population: 36 -> 48
Sarnus system population: 12

Total space population: 192

Before departure

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Shimizu Base on Laythe

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The journey:

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Temporary Docking Adapter

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The oxidizer in the Negi Star was transferred to one of the Mokusei Maru's tanks to reduce torque.

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Jool insertion

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Laythe insertion

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The destination:

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Comsat network

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The Mokusei Maru increases its orbital inclination

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Shimizu Base prepares to land

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The propellant tanks being at the bottom kept the center of mass stable during entry.

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Final descent was assisted with four Swivel engines, which detached after landing.

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WiM-24 lands

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Negi Star Mk2 / Jool Rabbit 5 lands

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An attempt to redirect the craft closer to the base site, but it was hard to tilt. A lot of propellant was wasted, but there was plenty.

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This site was chosen for its lakefront view and it was supposedly within an ore deposit.

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Unfortunately, when the drill tried to mine, there was "nothing to harvest."

[Theoretically, I could drive the miner to a place where there would be ore, refuel the small tank that it has, then drive back to the Negi Star. Doing it several times. But I'm not going to bother with that.]

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Meanwhile:

Y81, D103 (Mokusei Maru Laythe -> Pol)
Y81, D115 (Mokusei Maru Pol insertion and refueling)
Y81, D141 (Mokusei Maru Jool -> Kerbin)

Mission 240: Dosei Maru flight 02 (part 1, part 2)

Yukigaya Base lands on Eeloo.

Y81, D364 (Dosei Maru Sarnus insertion)
Y81, D366 (Dosei Maru Eeloo insertion) - 4h 55m 37.000s
Y81, D367 (comsats deployed)
Y81, D368 (Yukigaya Base landed)

Kerbin system population: 84
Duna system population: 36
Dres population: 12
Jool system population: 48
Sarnus system population: 12 -> 24

Total space population: 204

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Eeloo encounter and insertion

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Song Princess 19 network

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Plane change to intercept a landing site near a valley with good ore concentrations

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Landing the base

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Refueling Sarnus Rabbit 3

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Meanwhile:

Y81, D368 (Dosei Maru Eeloo escape burn)
Y81, D372 (Dosei Maru Sarnus -> Kerbin)
Y82, D46 (WiM-10 Eeloo -> Ovok)
Y82, D50 (WiM-10 mining at Ovok)

Mission 245: Suisei Maru

Moho colony transport - will only be used one time in this playthrough, but can be theoretically refueled by the WiM-20 miner. (253978 kg, K-3 launch vehicle)

Mission 246: Hinode Base (MIKU-40) + Song Princess 21a/b/c

Moho mobile base (with radiators) and comsats.

Mission 247: Negi Star Mk2 flight 16 / Moho Rabbit 3

Calble, Nedsted, Eilya, Dudo, Lisgee, Newmore, Philbo, Tedul, Keldos, Haddon, Dozor, and Genelorf return to Moho. A modified Negi Star Mk2 is used, with a large docking port and no atmospheric brakes.

Mission 248: Suisei Maru flight 01

Y83, D39 (Suisei Maru launch)
Y83, D60 (base and comsats launch)
Y83, D80 (crew/rabbit launch)
Y83, D93 (Suisei Maru Kerbin -> Moho)
Y83, D198 (Suisei Maru Moho insertion) - 4h 15m 3.000s
Y83, D199 (comsats deployed)
Y83, D200 (Hinode Base landed)

Moho population: 0 -> 12
Kerbin system population: 84
Duna system population: 36
Dres population: 12
Jool system population: 48
Sarnus system population: 24

Total space population: 216

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The journey:

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Suisei Maru refueling at the WiM-14 depot

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Modified Negi Star Mk2 designated as Moho Rabbit 3

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Kerbin-Moho transfer

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Moho insertion

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The destination:

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Comsats

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After moving to a lower orbit, Moho Rabbit 3 undocks and lands

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WiM-21 (the smaller lander) undocks from WiM-20

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Hinode Base de-orbits

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Refueling Moho Rabbit 3

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Mission 249: Shimizu Base 2 (MIKU-41) + Blue Swift

Another Laythe mobile base, along with the first use of a nuclear turbojet (over 8 tonnes) on an aircraft. This turbojet does not require any fuel, thus having effectively unlimited range, and it can even operate in atmospheres without oxygen. The Blue Swift has a capacity of three Kerbals, and also contains short-range resource scanners and canards for extra maneuverability. (92700 kg full launch mass, 14530 kg for plane only; K-3 launch vehicle)

[named after the common swift, which can spend up to 10 months without ever touching the ground]

Mission 250: Negi Star Mk2 flight 17

Debdine, Rarie, Daphanne, Lesy, Henbart, Genebart, Jaxy, Gerlie, Jorigh, Jerney, Jedden, and Mitzon Kerman. (K-1b launch vehicle)

Mission 251: Mokusei Maru flight 05 (part 1, part 2)

This will be the last Jool colonization mission in this playthrough, but just pretend it keeps flying back and forth afterwards.

Y84, D305 - (base and plane launch)
Y84, D325 - (crew launch)
Y84, D334 - (Mokusei Maru Kerbin -> Jool)

Y87, D22 (Mokusei Maru estimated Jool insertion)

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Transfer burn

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Spoiler

The nuclear plane has a detachable deorbit module and a blunt heatshield nose since a more streamlined nose would get destroyed during atmospheric entry.

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Attention: after this mission returns, the crewed Eve landing will be the series finale.

Mission 252: Plock Rabbit 1 + 2

The standard lander first used on the Moho expedition (and the Vall base), they have way more than enough Delta-v to explore Plock and Karen.

Mission 253: Negi Star Mk2 flight 18

Correy, Tanbeth, Dilbur, and Frozon Kerman will land on Plock.

Madula, Debina, Valette, and Karen Kerman will land on Karen. (because of course she would)

Mission 254: Project DIVA X 4th / Negi Maru flight 07 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)

Designing Interplanetary Vehicle Architecture with eXtreme-efficiency propulsion, 4th mission. Heading to Plock and back, this will be the longest crewed round-trip ever conducted by KASDA.

Y86, D160 (rabbit launch)
Y86, D185 (crew launch)
Y86, D194 (Negi Maru Kerbin -> Plock)

Y95, D403 (Negi Maru estimated Plock insertion)

Docked during an eclipse over Kerbin

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Trans-Plock injection

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Transfer trajectory after correction

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Meanwhile:

Y86, D394 (Dosei Maru Kerbin insertion)

Mission 251: Mokusei Maru flight 05 (part 1, part 2)

A second Laythe base and the flight of the Blue Swift nuclear plane.

Y87, D22 (Mokusei Maru Jool insertion)
Y87, D23 (Shimizu Base 2 and Blue Swift landed)
Y87, D25 (Blue Swift test flight)

Moho population: 12
Kerbin system population: 84
Duna system population: 36
Dres population: 12
Jool system population: 48 -> 60
Sarnus system population: 24

Total space population: 228

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Debdine flying the Blue Swift next morning

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Arrival at Laythe and landing the Blue Swift

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Jool insertion

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Laythe insertion

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Blue Swift detached

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De-orbit using retrorockets

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Entry with the blunt heatshield nose

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Overshot the base by 50 kilometers to the east. Nuclear turbojet was activated and the plane flew without issues.

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Parachuting near the base

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Landing Shimizu Base 2

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About 13 kilometers south of the first base

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Testing out the Blue Swift

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Climbing the ladder

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Here we see the real reason why there is no ore. [As I have suspected], the base is located in the Sagen Sea biome. Just a short distance northwest is the Shores biome, where there are high levels of ore.

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Repacking parachutes

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Taking off

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Flying around the three local lakes

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Parachuting down again

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[A weird glitch which forced me to use HyperEdit and save file editing]

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With the original version of the Blue Swift, trying to jettison the plane from the de-orbit stage only caused the radial attachment point to fly off, while the plane remained stuck.

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Trying to decouple once again resulted in the plane either spinning uncontrollably and this happening during timewarp:

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...or the radial attachment point flying off and the camera remaining in between the two as they got farther and farther.

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Mission 255: Kenzan Base (MIKU-42) + Song Princess 22a/b/c

Mission 256: Sarnus Rabbit 4

Mission 257: WiM-25

Identical to the Tylo colony base and vehicles (one K-3 launch and two K-2 launches), Kenzan (乾山) Base will be sent to Sarnus's largest moon Slate instead. Slate is slightly smaller than Tylo so this should be more than enough.

Mission 258: Negi Star Mk2 flight 19

Obbo, Jersel, Joerick, Thomlan, Eilissa, Sialla, Nina, Suchell, Gilmin, Adby, Geofming, and Wehreny Kerman. (K-1b launch vehicle)

Mission 259: Dosei Maru flight 03 (part 1, part 2)

Y87, D50 (base and comsats launch)
Y87, D70 (rabbit launch)
Y87, D90 (miner launch)
Y87, D110 (crew launch)
Y87, D117 (Dosei Maru Kerbin -> Sarnus burn 1)
Y87, D120 (Dosei Maru Kerbin -> Sarnus burn 2)

Y92, D294 (Dosei Maru estimated Sarnus insertion)

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Spoiler

Due to the heavy mass of the payloads and only two nuclear lightbulbs pushing the whole assembly, the burn was divided into two parts. The first burn took the ship past Munar orbit.

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Three days later, the second burn almost pushed the ship to an encounter with Sarnus. But a minor correction had to take place a day later.

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On 8/4/2020 at 9:55 PM, Pipcard said:

[A weird glitch which forced me to use HyperEdit and save file editing]

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With the original version of the Blue Swift, trying to jettison the plane from the de-orbit stage only caused the radial attachment point to fly off, while the plane remained stuck.

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Trying to decouple once again resulted in the plane either spinning uncontrollably and this happening during timewarp:

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...or the radial attachment point flying off and the camera remaining in between the two as they got farther and farther.

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I think this glitch happened because when the decoupler detached, the radial attachment point was set as the root part. Thus, the nuclear turbojet was set as a child part, but you can't do something like that starting from the radial attachment point when in the VAB.

Mission 260: WiM-26 + Dawn 4a/b

Same vehicle as the WiM-10 Sarnus miner, but as a transfer stage to deploy scanner probes around Eve and Gilly to prepare for the colonization of Gilly and the first crewed mission to Eve's surface. (104895 kg partially fueled launch mass, K-3 launch vehicle)

The last probe to Gilly (Dawn-3) arrived on Y12, D392.

Y88, D210 (launch)
Y88, D213 (Kerbin -> Eve)
Y88, D322 (Eve orbit insertion and Dawn-4a deployed, Eve -> Gilly)
Y88, D328 (Gilly orbit insertion)
Y88, D329 (Dawn-4b deployed)

Dawn-4a at Eve (the scanning had to take place when the probe was still attached as there wasn't enough electric charge; it doesn't make sense, as it was working when I was doing HyperEdit testing in my other save)

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Dawn-4b at Gilly

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Spoiler

Launching directly into the 500 km parking orbit

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Departure burn

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Trajectory

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Eve insertion (~600 km)

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[Scatterer and visual enhancements temporarily disabled] Potential equatorial mining locations on Eve are mostly in rough terrain, so more scrutiny is needed in landing site selection.

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Transferring to Gilly

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Gilly insertion

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Gilly ore

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