Draconiator

Kerte is showing off the Minmus base. I like this design, they can be mobile, they can be stuck in place...

OPM is like in MY stock as well, so I NEEDITNEEDITNEEDITTTTTTTTTT Oh, loving how the story is progressing, but sorta strange seeing a game not KSP in the story nonetheless.

This would be my 3rd "comeback" lol I am currently launching a network of sats while testing my brand new KerbX launch vehicle. Bonus points if you can identify the imspiration.

Hmmm, now we have a Kerbal curse word thanks to the trailer. "THAT GUY IS A BANANA"

I've never heard it used besides on the forums here.

ANother game I loved...you must show Emiko jumping around on the sofa! LOL

You wanna see how Jeb works? YOU WANNA SEE HOW JEBEDIAH KERMAN WORKS??? Look below. lol Oh, and I may have to re-write my story on my hard drive starting from Chapter 35, no spoilers but a certain mod does not work like I want it to, and I need something like it. Jim, will be contacting you to see if you can set me up with a replacement. Anywaaaaay.... Later that same day, Jeb was driving at breakneck speed through KSC. He had finished about the 30th lap of a "race course" he had envisioned in his head, and had even radioed Gene to see if KASKAR (Kerbin Association of Stock Kar Auto Racers) could use the course he had dreamed up. Of course, that was a resounding NO. Still, since Jeb felt on the mend, he wondered...The car he was driving was a Kerbin Motors AC-2 Bolt, a car with large adjustable spoilers. And he wondered...could he convince Gene that he was ready to fly again? He wanted revenge against the Etherium for destroying the KSS Jeb, and most decisions come down to one crazy stunt...that is how KSC formed after all. "Jeb to Gene. You know me and planes right?" "Gene here, Yes Jeb, I do." "And you know I'm an aerodynamics expert right?" Gene was getting suspicious. "If you're going to do what I think you are..." But Jeb had his mind set. "Gene, just watch and be amazed." Jeb readied in the field to the left of the crawlerway and prepared to impress Gene. He fired up the Juno engine he had installed earler, and took off down the grass. He would need to jump the grade seperation on either side of the crawlerway, because the Bolt could not lift off traditionally. And much to Genes suprise, that Bolt, a car that was NEVER, EVER designed to take to the skies, did so with Jeb at the helm. Gene was so astonished that he called up Wernher to take a look, and even HE was flabbergasted. As he came in for a landing, Gene wondered just WHAT to do. Again, that was the same Jeb he knew, he was such an ace at everything concerning the wind and air...and at that moment he knew Jeb was ready. Jeb didn't even reach the front door of Administration before Gene poked his head out and simply said "You're cleared, Jeb. You're amazing..." Jeb just smiled.

I've never had a glitch in my story...aside from accidentally deleting my save early on...I had a backup thank goodness.

Hmmmm...now we have a whole NEW question to cinsider...Emiko was an...I don't know...maybe a human who likes to take baths in Lime kool-aid? any6way...is this some sort of "Captain-N The Game Master" thing?

hmmm, I never thought of that before...may be useful to have one of those in an orbit between Eve and Moho to refuel for a visit to that world.

I wanted a romantic moment before all this kicked into high gear, soooooooo....FLASHBACK! One fine morning, Jeb was tinkering away with his latest "invention", when he felt he needed to go talk to Gene about something important. And so he left a pretty bewildered member of the VAB crew holding the tiny craft up by himself. Jeb barged into Gene's office. "Hey Gene! I wanted to ask you something." Gene spun around in an office chair. "Yes, Jeb?" "If I'm not being needed soon, can I go see Valentina? Nownownowwaaaait, I know what you're gonna say, but Jebediah's Junkyard will pay for the mission." Gene thought for a bit...it was no secret that Jeb and Valentina were a HUGE hit with each other, and Valentina was away heading up a base on Minmus, so they couldn't exactly SEE each other...Hell they were married! "Jeb...as C.E.O. of KSC, you know I can't grant personal requests, however...as a good friend, I can. Get outta here, Jebediah! Be back in time for the Duna base mission!" Jeb saw that huge smile on Gene's face, and smiled as well. He liked Gene, as both a friend, and a boss. This was the friend side of him. Afterhours at the VAB, he started designing something to take him to Minmus. It would have to be small enough just for him, and a small supply of fuel. He also had to order a medium tank from Rockomax, which proved to be a chore...Rockomax had always stalled on their orders, they said "to make sure our customers get the absolute best", but Jeb wasn't so sure. Something must be up with them, he thought. It took a few hous, but he finished with his craft. It was a huge drain on the Junkyard to the tune of 42 grand, but it was worth it, he thought. And soon after that, he was on his way to Minmus. He had to maintain radio silence since he wanted to surprise his wife with his arrival. Meanwhile on Minmus, Valentina was scouting out the hills north of the base. She had found something worth looking into, a rich vein of Ore, and wanted to ensure a consistent supply. So she was taking readings constantly and verifying the density of this Ore, for a refinery. She was so focused, she didn't notice a craft that had landed behind her. And a little while later, Someone startled her! "Boo!" Valentina spun around, and as soon as she saw Jeb, she was shocked. He wasn't due up here until after the Duna mission! "Babe! Why are you here?" "Gene let me come up to see you before the Duna mission," Jeb mused. "I was afraid that you might divorce me due to being away for so long." At this, Jeb let out a hearty laugh. "Jebediah Kerman, You know I would NEVER do that...I have never met a more handsome and sexy Gentlekerb in my life. I love you." "And I love you, Valentina. Amazing that my whole world was at KSC and I didn't even notice you at first." Val thought back on when they met. Jeb had brushed her off many times, but that first flight in the same cockpit together changed everything. Love at first sight, they say. She would miss him while she was gone. Jeb finally spoke after what seemed like ages. "Darling?" "Yes my sweet?" "Before I leave...can we?" Val started giggling. "Of course my love. We'll use the Spacebus." The Spacebus's sole purpose was to ferry the workers at the base from Kerbin orbit. But that night, Val and Jeb rekindled their love for each other inside. And Jeb had to right the thing in the morning as it had inadvertently tipped over. "There! The gravity is so low here, it weighs as much as my portable refrigerator. No prob!" "Jeb, my dear, I so wish you could stay...but we have out jobs to do, both of us..." "Valentina, you will see me after the mission, no doubt about it!" "Jebediah..." They used their tiny maneuvering thrusters to get back to Jeb's ship. "Hey Val, I think she needs a name." "Hmnnn...what about 'Love's Endeavour?' Jeb thought this over for a bit...it DID ring a bell. And he did forget chutes on it, but that was alright, he would rendesvous with someone in Kerbin LO. "I need to get ready for Duna...you take care of yourself, I love you Valentina..." "I love you, Jebediah..." And as she watch Jebediah depart, she silently started to weep.

Decided to work on a flashback chapter, because I wanted a heartfelt moment between Jeb and Val before all this kicked off.

Hey you two Enjoying this? Jim was my inspiration.

I'm LAAAAATE but RL is getting a bit more hectic for me, and I haven't even touched KSP on my hard drive in a while. so, when I get to the end of what I have on my drive, I'll do my best with the story. In the meantime....ONWARD!!!! Morning came, and the full devastation became evident. the only buildings untouched were the hangar, mission control, and the Kerbonaut complex. It was fortunate the drone did not target any buildings storing the battleship, and it could be launched from the runway... Even so, Gene estimated the cost of Kerbal lives in the attack at 30% of the Kerbal workforce...Thankfully Jeb, Bill and Bob were still alive. While the battleship was being prepped for launch, Bob went to see the extent of the damage. R&D would need to be extensively rebuilt... VAB too...but wait? Bob picked up a ping on his radar and followed it. And it lead directly to a piece of the drone wreckage! Gene could use this... Meanwhile, the battleship on its launcher was CAREFULLY moved out of the hangar, as the entire thing was nearly as tall as the hangar itself. Readying it for launch was quite a bit of a tight squeeze in there, as the hangar wasn't designed with these things in mind. Most of the Kerbals on board were chosen from ones that were involved in all of this. Just then, Gene was heard on all of their radios. "My dear Kerbals...this ship. This shining star is going to help us rid the system of the Etherium. We have christened her earlier in a private ceremony, and we have named her the KSS Haydi. May she be protected with whatever divine power we as Kerbals have." Applause was heard in the various compartments on the ship, and then Gene spoke to the shipmates on the secure channel. "I also have a somewhat unworthy mission...You are not on the runway because the KSC Groundskeeper "Flower" chose your launch site. She says there are some very persistent weeds she is trying to get rid of at that location. I have no idea why she put the mission on the docket...but she is paying 200 Funds for completion of the mission. At least we can put a segmented circle there...and you all can buy lunch. It ain't my money..." Trabelle spoke up. "Okay! We ready to go, everyone?" They just nodded, They knew the gravity of what they were going to attempt to do... They gave the OK to Gene, and soon after the KSS Haydi was headed into space. Trabelle screamed into the radio. "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Tell Flower she owes us 200!" "Roger Haydi, will do!" And soon the KSS Haydi was in orbit. The Haydi could not go anywhere for a month and a half, as the radar center was rebuilt. Also Jeb was feeling much better by the time it was almost complete, so he was allowed to drive, and inspect the building after completion. "Jeb to Gene!" "Gene answered the radio almost immediately. "Go ahead Jeb!" "Radar facility is complete! It looks nearly identical to the old one, so does the rest of KSC!" "That's because we have amazing construction workers at KSC. They don't go to space, but they are just as important as say, YOU, Jeb!" Jeb had to blush, but even so this was bordering on insane. "Gene, I know you love me, but I'm married." The next thing Jeb heard on the radio is fits of giggles from some girls in mission control. Yep, Gene thought, that's the old Jeb alright...

Anywayyyyyy....great chapter as usual! I got misty at the anniversary part. and I kind of am running behind on my story, too busy in RL...

Good thing you're not in Tallahassee...:O

You just foreshadowed the next chapter....lol

Guess what? it's MONDAY!!!! The Etherium seemed to have all possible avenues covered, every single move anticipated, for this drone began rolling just a few minutes after the Ex-Jeb exploded. And soon, the new drone was in the air, under darkening skies. the Etherium stationed it on Kerbin a couple years ago, and shielded it with advanced cloaking technology. They knew then what they would need to make Kerbin their own, but what they never counted on was the tenacity shown by these little green menaces. If "Superunit 0003" could not get rid of KSC, they would lose the entire Kerbol system, they feared. It had 6 targets - The radar center, R&D, the launch pad, administration, and two additional targets before suicide diving into the most important - the VAB. Surely this would reverse the Etheriums fortunes as of late. They needed Kerbin in the worst way... And onward the Superunit flew, into the night... Back at KSC, no indication of the ruin to come was detected by the radar system. Gene had just gone to bed, and a recovering Jebediah was staring at the stars from his infirmary balcony. "There's Minmus....Valentina...I'm so sad you got that mission extension...I miss you...and Haydi...You did not design the Revenge for entry and you paid the ultimate price...I respect you for trying to do what you did...you will be missed..." As Jeb continued staring at the stars, a movement caught his eye. A satellite? It was low on the horizon and quite far away, so he couldn't tell. He just shrugged it off. Jeb started thinking about how he got his start at KSC, an eager young cadet just out of flight school. Since then he proved his worth with being able to fly just about anything. Even Gene's car once, which he wasn't happy about. He just stared off into the blackness...and then the same movement caught his eye. This time he stared intently at it, trying to figure out what it was. It wasn't until it got even closer that Jebediah recognized...oh good Kerblord blue lights. The Etherium!! Jeb IMMEDIATELY woke up Gene. "GENE, GENE, pick up damn you..." "Kerbal Space Center, Eugen--" "GENE, THE ETHERIUM!" "...Jeb, do that ONE MORE TIME....*click*" It's true Jeb was on edge, and he phoned in at least 2 false alarms in an hour, but what if... As it got closer...Jeb knew that this was NOT his overactive imagination. This was real. but what could he do? He was in no condition to fly...KSC grounded him for the time being. He was certain other pilots would be scrambled though... But it wasn't until the first bomb hit that alarms could be heard throughout the KSC. This one hit the R&D, these damn Etherium REALLY wanted to stop research. And another hit took out the radar center! By this time, KSC lower staff were rushing for the VAB, a fatal mistake. This thing NEEDED to be stopped, but how? It did not show up on radar for some reason, weapons systems wouldn't track it... And the hits kept coming. It was around this time, an eerie voice came through KSC radios. "THIS IS SUPERUNIT 0003, YOU WILL NOT STOP US." Gene heard this, knew that Jeb was telling the truth, and hoped to HELL that mission control wasn't on the target list...but fortunately its last target was the launch pad, which wasn't destroyed. It had actually tried to kamikaze into it. But the rest of KSC was in shambles...

I dunno what creeps me out more...Thomp's parents Zombified, or....that hybrid....thing...

Yeah I kind of goofed up with that one, and had to change the number because it was taken already. looks a bit better now.

and see if I can get into online racing again. I wanted my own car as well, and I'm going to keep my old number too. This is what I came up with using paint.net and the ingame editor; I wanted to represent my favorite game:

I wanted to do two today because they go together really well. I have to get going with the story on my hard drive, I've stalled out on it and I know what I want to happen, just need to do the things in KSP itself and take screenies as usual.

Chasing after a target was somewhat fun, Bill thought. Thanks to the precise targetting, he did not have to do anything - he just pointed his craft - which he called the Meowing Lion - at it, and he just had to burn retrograde as he neared the craft and let the autopilot handle the rest. Aside from ground communication equipment, he only had a tiny transmitter on board, but for what he was planning, he hoped it would be enough. He theorized that it would have no radio shielding for ALL of it's frequencies...and if he hurried, he could reprogram the thing to deorbit itself in a way that would completely obliterate the craft. During his approach, he worked on his program, and hoped to Kerblord the Jeb would not be occupied. As Bill approached, he got his first real look at the craft. He recognized immediately it was the front half of the Jeb, and assumed that the rear half was still orbiting Duna, having been taken over by the Etherium as well. He loaded his program into his small ships computer, and then hit Transmit. To his suprise, he got into the Ex-jeb's systems, and it now looked like the KSS Jeb he remembered. He had full control over the Ex-jeb's systems, or so he thought. Something had started to block his hacking attempt! It was a battle of who could outlast whom at this point. Bill trying to keep a hold on the Ex-jeb, whatever was attempting to deny him gaining control of it again. Soon, it looked like he was getting the upper hand, when an eerie voice came over his radio... "UNKNOWN ASSAILANT, CEASE IMMEDIATELY." it was a Etherium drone. Bill wasn't sure that it could speak or not, but he knew now. "And what if I don't?" Bill smugly asked. "EITHER WAY, SPACE CENTER WILL BE TERMINATED." Bill just about had enough of the drone. "I am Bill the Engineer, and you've just been hacked!! HAA HAA!" Bill sent out a wide band of powerful radio noise to disrupt the drone at the controls, while he reconfigured the flight computer on board the Jeb to plunge into Kerbin's atmosphere. And he watched with delight as his handiwork took effect. He might not have been a great pilot, but with computers, he was a HELL of a programmer... Meanwhile at KSC, Wernher was overseeing initial construction of the battleship. He was instructing VAB crews how to construct the thing, because they had never constructed a ship like this in their lives. But now, countless lives on Kerbin depended on normally peace-loving Kerbals to be ready to defend themselves at a moments notice. And this ship would eliminate that threat. But the downing of the KSS Ex-Jeb had an unforseen consequence - a drone unlike any other seen before started rolling soon after Kerbol set, programmed to respond to such a circumstance...

It's MONDAY again, and that means....NEW CHAPTER! I've also been heeding Jim's advice about actually reading OTHER stories besides Emiko...you rock man . I may also do another mid-chapter if I feel like it. The next morning dawned clear and bright over KSC, as Bill sat in the small capsule waiting for launch. He had been mulling over this mission in his head, and ultimately decided he HAD to do this...for the injured Jeb...for poor Haydi...for everyone on Kerbin... "Kerb I to Gene, come in. This is Bill." Gene came right back. "Good morning Bill, hope you're up to this today!" "I had time to think about it. Jeb would want me to do this. Haydi would as well. I will do it......FOR JEB! For Kerbin!" Gene smiled. "Doc got back to me by the way, Jeb should be all healed in around half a year. My best flyboy will be healed in no time." "Not sure how I feel about that, Gene...Do you have any idea how many one-seater 'experiments' I found since Jeb was active last? He's gonna get hurt again...Anyway...control transferred to KSC Gene, anytime you are ready!" "Gene to Kerb I, have a good flight!" And like that, Bill blasted off into the morning sky. A few minutes later, Bill was high over Kerbin. And once the station came into sight, he recieved his first orders from Gene. "Bill, this is Gene. First order of business - That heavily damaged VLD is still up there, use the Deorbiter on the front of your ship to deorbit it. We will not need that any longer." "Roger, Gene!" "Deorbit underway!" Once the de-orbit was finished, Gene told Bill to find that "KSS Jeb" in orbit. It hasn't been seen since it participated in destroying the KSS Munhat, and he wanted it out of the picture so it could not cause any more casualties. It was found in the same orbit as Phoenix-Munhat, and appeared not to have moved in some time. The station's tether-cam view caught it, and even marked it with a red diamond, so it could be easy to track. "Bill, Gene here. If you get rid of the ex-Jeb, well the front half anyway...according to our sensors, the immediate threat to Kerbin will be eliminated. Tread carefully, Bill! Gene out." "Thanks Gene. Thank goodness this will be over...for now." "Bill, it's not over until the fat Kerbal sings, we still need to destroy the source of this threat. Wernher is in the lab now drafting up plans for a small battleship we could use to bring the fight to their home turf. Just destroy Ex-jeb for now." "Will do Gene, Bill out." If 26 isn't showing, keep reloading, I am workin' on it!