The Space Core

Alright not promising an entry just yet. But I have a question. How did you place those two ion engines inside the utility compartment. How do you attach things to your craft in places without a green glove on them (I'm sorry I'm kind of a noob, I only have 1155 hours.)

Thats incredible but you'd ahve to be a LOOOOT more patient when going to eeloo with Ion engines. Given eeloos inky blackness.

Can't complete entirely, body fused to chair. Instead of "Drinking some water" I ate a bag of pork rinds. Instead of "Focusing on something in the distance" I watched some mythbusters. Instead of "Stretching" I scratched my armpits. Instead of doing a situp I did some vigorous mouse movements Instead of doing pushups I typed for a while. And instead of doing "jumping jacks." I ate a bowl of apple jacks.

Nicely done! I decided to add a bonus point option for craft that are SSTO Your score total is -109.082 Good job!~

It is 2018 on Kerbin and space travel is all the rage, but the planet Kerbin has reached a predicament, they have mined out almost all usable resources needed to make space craft. And due to debris exploding, crashing into Jool or being stuck in a ridiculously bizarre Kerboliocentric orbit they can't get much for salvage. They have already scrapped everything in orbit and salvaged the most they could from interplanetary bases. However there is still hope, on the recent mission to Eeloo named "PARTY BUS Mk 50" they met a strange race of creatures whom they invited aboard for drinks. They exchanged phone numbers and departed. Right now on Kerbin Jeb has phoned the aliens and outlined their predicament, they can't get ore back from other planets because they cant reach their interplanetary bases. And the aliens agree to help, on the condition that they land on Gilly and return. Jeb asks them why they can't just help out a friend and the aliens just respond with a vague gurgling sound before hanging up. The KSP has now decided their obvious course of action, build the lightest, cheapest craft to be able go to gilly, land and then return. Or else they'll just have to settle with kerbin. Rules 1 Any form of craft is allowed, space plane, rocket or something that I haven't even heard of. 2. Any method of control is considered fine, except for command seats. 3. Must be a single launch. 4. Mechjeb is allowed All mods except for hyper edit and part mods are allowed Scoring Everyone starts with 10 points, just as in golf the lowest score wins, yes negative scores are possible Score= (10+Weight of craft at launch(in tons)+(Price/1000))-(Bonus points.) Bonus opportunities. Kerbifest destiny: Do the mission manned, conserve that weight to make room for your kerbal! 20 points Nuclear option: Use NERV engines to transit to gilly or to transit back, conserve weight elsewhere. 30 points Prehistoric: Use a mammoth engine to help you escape the atmosphere, slim down everything else. 250 points. Horned beast: Use a Rhino engine to assist your escape from the atmosphere, slim down everything else. 150 points. Aerodynamic: Do not utilize parachutes for reentry, conserve weight to pack room for a slow down stage. 50 points. Techno-phobia: Do not utilize mechjeb. 50 points. Electrophobia: Do not utilize ion engines. 30 points Vertabrate: Do not utilize spider or ant engines. 30 points Huff-Puff: Do not utilize Puff mono propellant engines 30 points. Twitchy: Do not utilize twitch engines. 30 points Sparky: Do not utilize spark engines. 20 points Aerophobia: Do not utilize air breathing engines 100 points. Single stage: What sort of challenge is complete without a SSTO bonus! 150 points More to come. SCOREBOARD 1. JacobJHC: -109.082 (I decided to restart this challenge, it's been a while and last time I did it it kinda got the shaft.)

Ahh! Thank's. Plus I have to add self sufficiency to my Colonies on Dres, which will add extra challenge.

Can I use roverdude's USI mod's like Kolonization? Because I like the aesthetics that USI Kolonies have.

He only has two posts so far, so likely not.

Good because that's something I can actually do

Love to see what you concoct.

I thought I included the scoring cost/1000 thing XD, daylight savings is rough on me. Same thing with the values, editing OP Yep. This one is a good one, editing OP. Keep in mind I'll eventually make a badge for this, just don't count on it being soon XD.

It is 2018 on Kerbin and space travel is all the rage, but the planet Kerbin has reached a predicament, they have mined out almost all usable resources needed to make space craft. And due to debris exploding, crashing into Jool or being stuck in a ridiculously bizarre Kerboliocentric orbit they can't get much for salvage. They have already scrapped everything in orbit and salvaged the most they could from interplanetary bases. However there is still hope, on the recent mission to Eeloo named "PARTY BUS Mk 50" they met a strange race of creatures whom they invited aboard for drinks. They exchanged phone numbers and departed. Right now on Kerbin Jeb has phoned the aliens and outlined their predicament, they can't get ore back from other planets because they cant reach their interplanetary bases. And the aliens agree to help, on the condition that they land on Gilly and return. Jeb asks them why they can't just help out a friend and the aliens just respond with a vague gurgling sound before hanging up. The KSP has now decided their obvious course of action, build the lightest, cheapest craft to be able go to gilly, land and then return. Or else they'll just have to settle with kerbin. Rules 1 Any form of craft is allowed, space plane, rocket or something that I haven't even heard of. 2. Any method of control is considered fine, except for command seats. 3. Must be a single launch. 4. Mechjeb is allowed All mods except for hyper edit and part mods are allowed Scoring Everyone starts with 10 points, just as in golf the lowest score wins, yes negative scores are possible Score= (10+Weight of craft at launch(in tons)+(Price/1000))-(Bonus points.) Bonus opportunities. Kerbifest destiny: Do the mission manned, conserve that weight to make room for your kerbal! 20 points Nuclear option: Use NERV engines to transit to gilly or to transit back, conserve weight elsewhere. 30 points Prehistoric: Use a mammoth engine to help you escape the atmosphere, slim down everything else. 250 points. Horned beast: Use a Rhino engine to assist your escape from the atmosphere, slim down everything else. 150 points. Aerodynamic: Do not utilize parachutes for reentry, conserve weight to pack room for a slow down stage. 50 points. Techno-phobia: Do not utilize mechjeb. 50 points. Electrophobia: Do not utilize ion engines. 30 points Vertabrate: Do not utilize spider or ant engines. 30 points Huff-Puff: Do not utilize Puff mono propellant engines 30 points. Twitchy: Do not utilize twitch engines. 30 points Sparky: Do not utilize spark engines. 20 points Aerophobia: Do not utilize air breathing engines 100 points. More to come. SCOREBOARD None so far... Will you be the first?

Okay, I finally have figured out what Imma do. I'm going to make a giant sign satellite that says ILY facing Dres and send down Dres hug colonies down to the surface. Would that be good? Or is dres in a continual state of neediness?

Ah hell, I took a hiatus and this challenge has already grown so much. Unfortunately I am still having mod troubles, and the installer you suggest does not work, due to me being forced to use a mac system. If any mac users in this forum could help me out with getting all of the mods in place that would be great otherwise I'm keen to observe.

Can I see your game data file so I know how to drag the files in there? Because I tried to install all of the mods together and and a great majority of the parts were missing.... Otherwise IM not sure I can do this...

Np might want to add it to Op. Got any suggestions for the mod issue?

There free of charge as always, I know its total crap but there you are. Also I'm trying to install USI survivability but the link that says download from the USI catalogue page just takes me to the main KSP forum page. In addition the USI kolonization mod does not appear to be working. Under the kolonization tab there is only the two drills for water and minerals.

This sounds fun will take me a little to download mods but still... Mechjeb is allowed I presume? If you want I can make a badge while Im waiting for mods. Interested?

That sounds good but I heard that asteroid mining for fuel depots it's worth very little.

We do what we can because we want to! Aperture aeronautics is devoted to the exploration of the kerbin system, unfortunately due to massive incompetence most of these craft are about as efficient as a elephant wit a muscular deficiency. Lets all laugh at the pathetic creations we have made, and don't worry there is not a lot... CURRENT CRAFT: Bacteriophage series The bacteriophage probe is a manned permanent science settlement, named for its shape and ability to drain science from the biome she is landed at, Very adaptable and ships with body that can get you to moho theoretically. Return not probable. More images to come.

You're right, in order to make dress feel better Im going to get him a lot of pals Im going to take those dresteroids and give does a bunch of small moons, give him some company y'know?

You know now that I can finally do interplanetary travel... Dres seems literally perfect for a fuel depot. I mean its good for IRSU because of its gravity and lack of atmosphere so IRSU landers can easily land then reorbit and dock. But spacecraft can easily get a kick off of its gravity. It's not as good as Ike but still has potential...

You can get that mod that allows for dumping of fuels it was allowed.

Got it! What about quantum struts though?

Couple of quick questions. Is mechjeb allowed for construction, everything else I could probably do and or figure out but docking has always been a challenge. Can I use Hyperedit to check if a lander is viable before attaching it to my to and fro vessel? ( I don't mean attaching it with hyper edit, I merely mean checking wether it is viable.) Is quantum struts allowed? (If these have already been asked I apologize.)