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@SpaceBadger007 Workin on it literally this this second! Edit: I just finished hard mode. In it you must first shoot a parked VTOL (stock, NO BD ARMOURY) on the roof of the VAB before extracting the scientists, at night. It is really hard, especially if you haven't done in atmo missile stuff before. As a stock vehicle I have retrofitted the M-7 Phoenix, a VTOL I built back in alpha that is still going strong now. Here is my Entry: Taking off i power towards the VAB. Now this is the hard bit. It took me around 10-15 tries to consistently hit the VTOL. Dropping the Weapons pod as they are just dead weight now, I swing round to the roof. After swinging the camera around to confirm its destruction, I pick up the scientists. As there isn't space and I wanted to really scare the scientists, they are both attached to one small ladder. I come in slowly (thinking about it I probably could have cut off a few seconds here) to not knock off the scientists. Landing, my time is 2:29. Though scientist fell off on touchdown, the craft and both scientists are completely stopped on the runway, so it counts. (The navball shows 0.3ms in relation to the target, which I didn't realise until going through the screenshot to upload them, though i was completely stopped in relation the the surface) With the Backpack bonus, that makes my time 2.24. Here is the hard mode save download: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8ovi10fb9ym8gki/AABpjvgTXArHhsoP0SzjqghDa?dl=0

@ShadowGoat here is the fixed persist, sorry I still havent figured out why the other one broke. Persist: https://www.dropbox.com/s/38zwsnjztqfmktq/Battle 2.sfs?dl=0

@qzgy Ok, I confess, because there were so many new entry's i kinda just skipped to the last half of the videos. I just saw that though, and that's -5 seconds.

@EpicSpaceTroll139 Didn't see your entry in till now, that was amazing! I was waiting for someone to do a full on helicopter-rotors-still-spinning helicopter Extraction, and a really impressive score to boot. I would have done mine with the Extraction Helicopter, it (in theory) works perfectly but it's just so damn hard to fly!

@ShadowGoat Um... not really, no. Good weapons aren't to hard to make if you follow the basic principals of really pointy, really fast.

All these great new entry's! I'm working on the leaderboard right now.

Hello, this is a general progress uptdate, I'm currently working on a hard mode, wherein you shoot a turret located on the top of the VAB before extracting the scientists, at night. I'm also trying to figure out how to make a badge, because they are in this season. @ShadowGoat Sounds good, would you mind submitting its craft file along with your submission? (off topic: can we do a few a battle turns on Wednesday?) I need to post my favourite craft I have ever made, the M-7 Phoenix. The only reason it's not my go to craft for this thread is that it only has space for one, though thinking about about it I could probably cram the 2 scientists onto the one ladder...

@Toastie_Buns Great entry, thats the fastest so far, well done! I will add you to the leaderboard Shortly. In other news, I just shaved off 10 seconds redoeing my run. with the Backpack bonus that makes 1:29 seconds! Looks like convential VTOLs arent to bad after all. (sorry my button mashing didnt catch me completely stopped in 1:54, but I did.)

@Eidahlil you're added to the leaderboard. I can just imagine your pilot's mission debriefing: "you didn't say the scientists had to have their legs and ankles intact, sir!" @ShadowGoat I'd like to see that.

@Eidahlil Great submission! Good idea blowing up the VAB so you didn't have to fly up there. That's the Michael bay bonus, backpack bonus and I have awarded you -5 seconds for doing it in style. That gives you 2:16, just 4 seconds off First place. I'm sure you'd be able to cut 4 seconds off, you wouldn't need another video, just a screenshot. (Also, what is your craft called for the leaderboard?)

Hello, Sorry if this is a necropost but this thread still seems to be active, anyway I have this screenshot of my fleet in orbit that I really like, and I was wondering if anyone here would mind sketching it out?

I just added another bonus, the "This is a Backpack? Then where's m-" in whitch you gain 25 seconds off your time if you don't use parachutes at any point, as they seem to be the way to go for speed and require a bit less pilot skill. In case any of you thought I was corrupt, I didn't apply it to my time.

Sorry for the late replies, but here goes! @ManEatingApe I had no idea that rovers were that fast! Were the wheels modded? Really well thought out recovery. That puts you at the top of the alternate craft leaderboard. @Vinhero100 Good job, You don't need a screenshot, I will take your word for it as 2:28 seems like a reasonable time. Sorry though, i have removed the thinking outside the box bonus and given it it's own leaderboard as I think the 10 second bonus dosent make up for the generally slower speeds in alternate transport. You can choose whether you want to go in the stock or alternate leaderboard, Since neither of us know exactly what the banana VTOL car is. @Potato_King347 sorry again for the late reply, I should have clarified in the original post: Any part mods will put you on the modded leaderboard, jetsounds and any thing like it is fine. As for entering 2 runs, it be fine if they where in different category's, but not on the same leaderboard. Also well done finishing, do you have a screenshot to "verify" your time? Also what is you craft called for the leaderboard. @Cipher_077 Good luck!

@THIRTY9CLUES Okay, but what if you use a F-Tech ship, which wouldn't fit into the lore at that time? Or what if one of my ships get into the main series and it's already in yours? It wouldn't make sense. I build a lot of ships though, this is the only one I haven't submitted is this right now. If you really want some ships of mine, I could quite easily build some of different classes?

@ShadowGoat Ah. Really Sorry, i was away from computers at that time. I will try to get the link fixed as soon as possible, sorry I have no idea how it broke.

@ShadowGoat it's 3600 feet away, and they are 10 minutes behind.

@Numerlor Okay, you can try again and I will uptdate your time if you want. Also, what is your craft called for the leaderboard?

@Numerlor that was exactly the sort of custom built craft I was looking for when I started that challenge, well done! That's the "where we're going, we don't need runways" bonus, and I have awarded you -5 seconds for doing it in style, but as it says here in the rules, you had to land back on the Same section of runway you spawn on. As you could have quite easily have just kept turning and landing, I think instead of making you do the entire run again I will give you a penalty of 15 seconds, giving you a time of 1:21. Let me know if you think the penalty is unfair, I'm just trying to balance up the entry's so they all have to go the same distance. I have added you to the leaderboard.

@0111narwhalz that makes sense, but I think to balance that out so the other side doesn't suddenly have 3 more ships than you, it should be that for attacking all the segments count as one craft and you can attack as many different segments as you've like during your turn.

@ShadowGoat sorry, I think there's a rule against ships getting split into separate parts: You could only use the section with the root part or cockpit, the other parts would count as debris.

450 tons is a lot, if I rout you in the battle (which I doubt I will) you could maybe edit in the capital ship. I bet it has an open exhaust port though.

@Vinhero100 Any intentional staging is fine, but I might have to add a few seconds if you hit the side of the VAB and bounce off.

I think we're in different time zones but okay, I'm looking forward to seeing how your ships perform against mine.

Ok, when will you be able to do your turn?

@Vinhero100 No you don't, all you need is a screenshot of you landed with both scientists back on the runway completely stopped.