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Chapter 17 - Interplanetary/Plans For The Future With our first nearby interplanetary window nearing in, it was about time we sent an unmanned probe to a place outside of the Gael system. We do believe that we can do this and still communicate with the probe while it is there. In due time, a probe was constructed with the prospects of flying by Gratian, and potentially it's moon. Ilios III Year 6, Day 114 Our plans for future Nova missions were released to the public last night. If you didn't catch them, here they are: Our fellow mission planners were tempted to throw in a "D" option, which would've been tourism missions, but I don't quite think we're ready for tourism outside of Gael's SOI. At this moment in time we have 1,100,000 in the bank, which should be enough to fund several A & C type missions, with some room left over for C-2 missions. Obviously this doesn't involve any funds we may get from various contracts along the way, which means we may have room for extended missions beyond that! Hopefully by the time those roll around, our technology is ready to land on a fairly larger moon we call Ceti. Until next time folks -Jimeno Gaelan

With future missions to Iota and Ceti planned for the future, we first need to collect funds to fund these missions. Also, several interplanetary windows are lining up. Is it about time we sent probes to these worlds? Chapter 16 - In For The Long Haul Year 6, Day 345 So.. We have gotten some requests from a certain eccentric billionaire Tito Gaelan to fund a spaceflight with the main purpose being tourism. His up front offer is rather decent, and it is believed that we can construct a rocket for only 50,000, making it a viable mission Nova VII Pila Iotian Scansat Nova VIII Our program is becoming something much larger than I would've ever imagined. Once we can get our interplanetary windows lined up, our expansion will become exponential -Jimeno Gaelan

Did the first tourist mission in our space program. Pictured is Kirbald Gaelan on an EVA during the mission in orbit of Gael

More GPP Stuff Also, it appears as if Nova V has landed in a populated town. Let's hope they don't scrap the ship apart for scrap metal!

I can't get enough. Absolutely stunning.

Following the largest mission of our space program's history, we are struggling to get consistent funds. We are sitting at about 500,000 (As of Year 6, Day 17). For example, the Nova IV spacecraft + booster cost around 315,000. This means we need to build up some funds until we will consider doing a mission similar. Chapter 15 - Paychecks Galore Odyssey Iotian Lander Now, we are sitting at around 900,000 funds. Good, but not exceptional. Shortly after, Nova V is constructed. At this time in our manned space program, we have not yet touched Ceti. This is mainly due to it being much farther out that Iota. Shortly, that will change. Nova V is intended to include more than 50 days of life support. While the mission should not go on for that long, our communication has also extended it's range, meaning that we should keep communication with the ship for most of the mission. Nova V Following rescue, our funds are put into the millions. 1,350,000 in fact. With our extra funds in hand, we are not quite yet ready to go interplanetary with probes. Most windows are still a year or two away. In the meantime, we decided to use these funds on an actual comms relay system, and we also reserved some funds for future manned missions to Iota & Ceti. Comms Star And we are left off with about 1,100,000 in the bank. This is enough for at least one or two more Iota landing missions. We already have some additional missions in the Nova program planned in regards to Iota landers, some of which we may discuss in future mission briefings. I still absolutely cannot believe that this program is nearing a decade old. Unbelievable! -Jimeno Gaelan

*Shameless plug* I just landed on Iota 3.2x career save. Full story is in Mission Reports. I honestly don't think the stock game could bring as much excitement and nuanced feel to starting up a career save for the 5th time just to do the exact same thing you did in the previous 4 as GPP does. An utterly amazing experience. And I've never brought a Kerbal (Or Gaelan) to the surface of another world in any career save! Well, haven't brought them back alive at least

The largest event in the history of space travel is quickly unfolding here. The construction of the Nova IV is underway, and will bring 2 Gaelans to Iota, 1 to the surface. It is very close to be fully complete, and with it brings a mission many of which never thought were possible. Chapter 14 - Footprints On Iota Nova IV Shortly after on their landing the crew were given many accolades and were dubbed national heroes following their daring mission. Kirbald's name to be remembered for years to come. Surely the first Iota landing of many. -Jimeno Gaelan

Did not know how to stage, so I made a single stage manned spacecraft with about 8 or 9 LV-909's. Pretty sure it got to like 500 km and flipped over This was in May 2013

LOL

We are very quickly closing in on timing for a manned Iota landing. Prototypes for an Iota lander have been discussed, but no official prototype has been given the green light for construction yet. Before that, we need to work out a few more things, such as docking in orbit. Chapter 13 - Almost There Nova II & III Another big step towards an Iota landing checked off. Year 5, Day 300 We finally got the greenlight towards an Iota lander ship. Construction time should not be too lengthy. In the meantime we tested some heavy launchers, including an Iota unmanned lander We are still sort of struggling with the lack of stable large fairings, but we can manage. And that about does it for our progress in the past 40 days. We are getting very close. If we don't land a Gaelan on Iota before the year is out, who knows when we will do it. I will leave you all with a glamour shot from our Polaris Research probe. -Jimeno Gaelan

Just a little teaser

Had our first docking in our space program. Here's Poody and Philemy Gaelan having some fun on EVA whilst being docked

After we recovered Thomrey and his craft, we immediately put him into interrogation. We seem to have gotten him to cough up everything he could. We learned that the other program is not coming from a sovereign state, but rather from a private company (much like us). We also learned the intentions of their program was for spy satellites + space tourism. Obviously they were a little too unprepared. Thomrey also told us that they were not aware of our space program. With that, the other space program forked over the 45,000 (they also did not know that we interrogated Thomrey ), and Thomrey became a member of our space program. Hopefully he will become a good utility. With that out of the way, it was time for us to *Officially* set our sights towards a manned orbit of Iota. This time for real Chapter 12 - Iota Bound! With the Solaris program finally done, we were ready to begin the Nova program. Hopefully this one will end with an Iota landing! The first few Iota orbiter prototypes were developed, and then work got started on one shortly after. Between the time this was being built, the Integrity Ceti Lander was launched to complete a few contracts to boost us on funds. The probe landed in the Lowlands, and we got some science & other goodies from the mission. Soon enough we'll be leaving the Gael system and setting our sights on Niven or Tellumo with probes! Nova I The ship was quite costly, at around 280,000. We did gain some of that back, but it certainly put a dent in the bank. Obviously the next step is a manned Iota landing, but we still have some stuff to work out in the meantime. We are progressing quite quickly though [One last shot of Nova I around Iota] -Jimeno Gaelan

I'm in love

Finally got around to going for a manned orbit of Iota in my 3.2x Mission reports GPP save SPOILER:

As the title suggests. I'd have to say I could not play KSP without Ven's Stock Revamp. Absolutely love it. Don't think I've played a ksp save since at least 2015 without Ven's Stock Revamp installed. Love it.

..So we got a signal from an unknown sender, and, it appears that it is coming from space. Obviously means there's other space programs. We have no clue where it would come from though. I'll summarize the call below Ground Control: Uh, yes? Unknown Ship: Ah, I'm in a bit of trouble, and you're the only station I could get in contact with Ground Control: Ok. ...Who is this again? Unknown Ship: Thomrey Gaelan. I was sent on an orbit mission by people who obviously don't know much about space travel, and I'm stuck in a tin can with 20 days of life support. A rescue would be nice Ground Control: Ok. What would you do for us in return? Unknown Ship: I'm a good utility to your group of astronauts! I can pilot ships & do various science experiments. If you guys take me under your wing I'll also relay some valuable information from this space program. Ground Control: Ok, sounds dandy. And then there we were. A mission without much of a paycheck, and some new knowledge that there are in fact other space programs out there! Chapter 11 - Near Disaster In Space On a whim, the Recon I program was assembled. In about 15 days in fact. We really only had one shot to flyby this ship close enough. Recon I It looks like the short 15 day construction time came to bite us in the you-know-what. Luckily the engineering team somehow did not forget to pack 10 days of life support. Yeah, we have 10 days to send a ship up there. Not fun. Recon II While this was a little setback, we are certainly still sending Gaelans to Iota. A flyby is next on our list, and in fact it should happen before the year is out. I will leave the readers with a spacecraft launched earlier this month. Nothing monumental, just a little weather satellite intended to grab a little science.. or is it? -Jimeno Gaelan

Getting closer and closer to a manned Iota landing. We are somewhat short on funds at the moment, so tackling Ceti first seems like a good idea. Within the next year or so, the Solaris program will be scrapped in turn form a new manned program. Exciting times are coming soon! Chapter 10 - New (And Borrowed) Technologies Year 4, Day 194 So uhh, an unknown manufacturer gave us a new 2.5 meter capsule. They had a sweet deal on a bulk of them, and so all we needed to do is figure out how they work. For this, an unmanned flight was set out, and then a manned flight after that. [Solaris V, an unmanned test flight utilizing the 2 man capsule]. It's green tinge is fairly unsettling, but I guess our crew can use it as some sort of camouflage just in case their capsule lands somewhere in the wilderness. After the test flight, it was go time for the real deal, Solaris VI Solaris VI Gamma Ceti Lander We are left of in probably the best shape this space program has ever been in. Tons in the bank, and plenty of science for the boys in the lab to analyze. At this point, we do certainly have more than enough funding for a manned program directed towards orbit and then landing on Iota. Let's see how that goes shortly! -Jimeno Gaelan

Sick. Never. Ever. Gets. old. (Oh yeah, and I got on summer break today!)

This sin to humanity It is legit stuck in my head as we speak

Overwatch. Lots and lots of Overwatch

It has been done

After our first manned mission to another celestial body, we decided to lay back a little bit and focus on sending probes to our 2 neighbors in the Gael system, Iota and Ceti. There is still much more to be learned from the two bodies that we can use to further our space program. Let's see how it goes Chapter 9 - Another Cold And Lifeless Rock Monument Iotian Lander (Mk I & II) Zeta Ceti Comms Orbiter With this mission's contracts completed, we are left with about 1,100,000 in the bank. We are also left with about 180 , which will most likely go to the development towards manned spaceflight. A manned Iotian orbit is not that far off! It's making the trip bearable for the astronauts that is the hard part. -Jimeno Gaelan

Haven't played today or yesterday (just had my 2nd to last final today!), but I did play some on Saturday + Sunday. Not gonna spoil a future chapter too much, but I landed one of our last Iotian landers to fulfill a contract. Hopefully soon we will set our probe sights towards Ceti, and soon land some manned landings on Iota!