jinnantonix

The mission was done in Science mode. I collected 44,516.8 science points when recovering the Hitchhiker.

OK, I have finally completed my first Jool-5 Challenge mission: Phew! Summary Album here. Full album is here Single launch of entire craft. Craft file is here Craft includes 5 docked components· Mother (Prime Mover) craft with ISRU, may be landed / refuelled at Pol, Bop and Vall. 12 x Liq fuel Atomic engines. Lander craft with ISRU, science devices, including Science Junior and storage container. 1 x Liq+Ox fuel Vector engine. 1 x Hitchhiker with heat shield, chutes, M700 ore scanner, and science storage container: Crew : 1x pilot, 1x scientist, 2x engineers 2 x Mk1 lander cans for providing a base with extra flags on the surface of Laythe and Tylo. Mission includes: Kerbin to Jool transit, with Jool aerobrake. Refuel at Pol. Setup Relay satellites in highly eccentric polar orbit on all moons (2x RA-100, 8x RA-15 dishes) Multiple probes specifically designed to find ore bodies on each moon surface (16 x probes) Setup lander cans as bases on Laythe and Tylo Visit all biomes (including Laythe water biomes) and collect all available science on all moons Flags on all biomes except Laythe water biomes Return from Pol to Kerbin orbit with entire craft for re-use. Lander craft recovered at space center Landed 4 x crew aboard Hitchhiker on Kerbin with all science in storage recovered to the space center (~50,000 science) All stock components, V1.3. Only mod added is WorldStabilizer. (couldn’t cope with craft randomly exploding for no reason) Note: Bug: In version 1.3 on Laythe, there are two biomes for Crescent Bay, and no Crater Bay exists on Tylo, there are two biomes for Gagarin Crater, and no Grissom Crater exists Let me know if you have any questions. If I get some time, I will create a Youtube video (or two).

ISRU sorted, and includes the following: 1 x Converter-Tron 125 1 x Small ore tank 2 x Drill-O-Matic junior 6 x RB-NUK RTG 5 x Fuel Cell It's slow, but produces net fuel night and day, and works at any warp speed. My mission includes two identical mining rigs, one for the Lander, and one for the Mother (prime mover) as below. https://imgur.com/rsVcaaW https://imgur.com/mevUklO [I don't know why I can't upload these images direct into the post, any ideas?] I have now completed collecting science at all biomes on Pol and Laythe (the DeGrasse Sea and Crater Bay were a challenge). I have also tested landing and launching on Bop, Val, and Tylo, and expect no problems in putting a flag on every biome. It's taking many hours in game time, but I expect to complete all biomes and return the Hitchhiker to Kerbin very soon. I expect I will post an album on imgur when completed, I have a lot of screenshots.

I am inspired by the Jool-5 challenge. My aim is build a mission that has a Kerbal scientist visit and collect max science from every biome in the Jool system (including Laythe water biomes), and return to Kerbal with a storage container. I am pretty sure I can do it without any mods. The trick I think is to be able to mine ore for fuel on the surface, and get to orbit in a single launch re-usable craft. Tricky for Laythe and Tylo, but I think I have nailed it. I am not sure how to submit though. Where do I send my pics and videos?

Hi I was just wondering if you ever found the Crater Bay biome? I have been searching for it and cannot find.