For the longest time I've had my first kerbal to ever land on duna orbiting duna, waiting for the planets to align and he could fire what little fuel he had to get back home. Finally the planets aligned for me, I set up a maneuver node, and threw everything that nuclear engine had to get back home. and the engine cut out with only 60 m/s left to get him home.
basically he's stranded in inter-planetary space, with 2 solar panels, a short-wave radio antena, and no one/nothing else. Being that he was the first kerbal to even touch the ground on duna, I'm a little heistant to kill him. But I also have the big 3 in orbit of duna, out of fuel, but with a re-fueler on the way to come and push them home (first serious try at docking).
Now, up until this point, every time I tried to get an intercept has met with disaster. Every docking attempt has met with explosions. Though those have been mainly from getting frustrated and impatient then anything else (so far).
Now I don't think theres a big likely hood that he would ever be rescued, though not impossible. so my question is, should I kill this important kerbal? The first one to ever touch duna, and plant the first flag. the one that generations of kerbals from here on will look towards as an example, and role model.
Or should I let him live? While he slowly dies from lack of breathable air or food. Only able to broadcast his signal a short distance, and only ever able to communicate back home if/when he manages to fly close to kerbin.
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hello all,
For the longest time I've had my first kerbal to ever land on duna orbiting duna, waiting for the planets to align and he could fire what little fuel he had to get back home. Finally the planets aligned for me, I set up a maneuver node, and threw everything that nuclear engine had to get back home. and the engine cut out with only 60 m/s left to get him home.
basically he's stranded in inter-planetary space, with 2 solar panels, a short-wave radio antena, and no one/nothing else. Being that he was the first kerbal to even touch the ground on duna, I'm a little heistant to kill him. But I also have the big 3 in orbit of duna, out of fuel, but with a re-fueler on the way to come and push them home (first serious try at docking).
Now, up until this point, every time I tried to get an intercept has met with disaster. Every docking attempt has met with explosions. Though those have been mainly from getting frustrated and impatient then anything else (so far).
Now I don't think theres a big likely hood that he would ever be rescued, though not impossible. so my question is, should I kill this important kerbal? The first one to ever touch duna, and plant the first flag. the one that generations of kerbals from here on will look towards as an example, and role model.
Or should I let him live? While he slowly dies from lack of breathable air or food. Only able to broadcast his signal a short distance, and only ever able to communicate back home if/when he manages to fly close to kerbin.
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