Chapter 1: A swing and a miss
As mentioned before, our friend Jebiediah Kerman is going to pilot a ship called the K.S.S. Trans-universal.
While testing, we quote Gene and Wernher.
Jeb: Um, Gene, are you sure it's safe to warp to Jool with such unstable XO?
Gene: Ye- wait, wasn't it TP in the blueprints?
Jeb: I'm sort of confident with XO, but we'll have to control it. Was it Wernher that changed TP for XO?
Wernher broke in. Yeah, I thought TP was sorta low quality, so we used XO instead.
Bill said just then, Are you sure guys? i think Wernher is exceeding a bit.
Gene said: Get ready to launch, T-10 Seconds left."
Gene: 9, 8, Cutoff Nitrogen, 7, 6, 5 ,4 Launch clamps released, 3, 2 ,1 And Launch! This crew is going to do a Breakthrough in Science and Spaceflight!
Meanwhile, in the ship:
Jeb: Val, do you think it's safe?
Val: In my opinion, we have several life support systems, and more Crew Will get into orbit, so i think it's safe.
Bill: Guys, please, just get ready to launch.
Some time happened until they got to LKO.
Then Gene got in the radio.
Gene: K.S.S Trans-Universal, do you hear me?
Jeb and Val responded: Loud and Clear!
Gene: Is Bill afraid?
Jeb: Yeah, he's shaking in his seat. When are we gonna warp?
Then, Wernher came in:
We're gonna warp to Jool in... T -5 Hours. is it a nice view up there?
Val: Yeah, it's a nice vi-
Suddenly, Jeb broke in worried.
Gene: is everything Alright, Jeb?
Jeb: No... there's an alarm on the back of the ship.
Gene: Wha- what does the Panel say?
Jeb: it says: "Warp fuel tank broken". Oh wait, The Compound! it's leaking out!
Gene: Begin the Manual reentry procedure, inflate heat shields on the back of the ship, you'll be reentering in T-2 Minutes.
Wernher broke in.
Wernher: What's Happen- oh gosh... did a fuel tank break?
Bill replied from his seat:
I guess so!
Wernher: The warp to Jool will fortunately be on the next launch, but we were really near this time.
Linus came in.
Linus: Guys, You're on the cloudtops. is the heatshield deployed?
Jeb: yes, all ready to go.
Linus: Alright, communication is cutting in T-30 seconds, prepare for plasma cutoff. we'll be constantly calling if you have survived.
Jeb: okay, we-
a burst sounded.
Gene: Guys, you'll need to bail out at 6,000 Meters, get your EVA suits on and the parachutes on.
The crew replied: Yes!
Gene: you're getting plasma cutoff at T-8 Seconds, at an altitude of 30,000 Meters. we'll call at 10,000 Meters. "Good night".
And that was the last crew communication to the KSC for a few minutes.