Misguided Kerbal

Liftoff of Callisto 12 Callisto 12 docked with the EV-4 Tempest Callisto 12 undocking from the EV-4 Tempest Callisto 12 doing reentry Callisto 12 descending to the ocean Komrade 36 lifting off from the KSLC Komrade 36 performing stage separation Komrade 36 docking with the EV-4 Tempest Komrade 36 undocking from the EV-4 Tempest Komrade 36 performing reentry Komrade 36 parachute deployment Komrade 36 descending to the ocean Komrade 36 splashed down in Booster Bay Advertisement for realplume Callisto 13 flying through the atmosphere ANTS-1 depositing the EV-4 in a higher orbit Komrade 38 ascending Komrade 38 booster separation Komrade 39 in the upper atmosphere The Ares 2 landing site as viewed from the DAV

Question here: what brightness setting do ya'll use, and what's the most realistic? I thought the default was too dark, so I turned it up to 75%.

Ah, I see. It is a little confusing though, but it makes sense.

Wow... amazing work. Just one thing that I noticed, you might want to check your autocorrect. Jeb is spelled as 'Jed' for the whole story.

Lynx

I am here! Hi Colonies! @Dman979

My new fuel station, the KOFD. Attached to the bottom truss are 2 ANTS nuclear tugs.

Oh my god... this was absolutely amazing. Words can't describe how much effort and time you put into this project... Thank You for creating this masterpiece. I just got around to watching it, and I must say, this is one of the best cinematics I've ever seen. The time and effort put into this is, dare I say, on par with major film studios. I must say, watching this was a much better use of time than watching Interstellar. Imagine if you had the scale or resources of the big film companies! Now, I do have a few things I would like to point out, though they're all mostly minor and me just being nitpicky: So, I watched the Kerbalish version (which gives you the most immersive experience in my opinion) - Numerous typos in the subtitles - Typos in the credits Other than those few typos though... this is absolutely amazing! I hope you keep on creating in the KSP community, and I can't wait to see what comes next!

I was going to land on Gilly, but I guess I am Gilly now. @HansonKerman

I am here, and I am an engine. Deal with it. @AccidentalColonies

Tempest Fuel Section approaching the EV-4 Tempest Komrade 28 lifts off on the new Glushko lifter Komrade 28 heading towards the sky Komrade 28 Booster Separation Another view of booster separation. Should this be called the Korolev Hexagon? Controlled Chaos. The Komrade II vehicle separating from the Glushko Blok-D upper stage. Komrade 28 in orbit Komrade 28 near Tsiokovsky Station Komrade 28 performing Service and Orbital module separation (SOS) Komrade 28 enduring a fiery reentry Komrade 28 deploying it's parachutes on the eastern side of Crater Rim Komrade 28 descending Komrade 28 landed on an alpine slope Pegasus Heavy lifting off from the KSC Pegasus Heavy lifting off from the KSC The EV-4 Tempest fully assembled in LKO, awaiting the arrival of Crew and the Gilly lander

Interlude 1: The Meeting

Granted. There is no snooze button. I wish for Kerbals to be.

You have summoned me early! 20th I said! Heresay!

Huh, new page! It's legal for me to post another update! Anyways... First order of business was assembling another EV for Eve and Gilly, the EV-4 Tempest: *montage music* And... done. The Tempest has 7772 m/s of delta-v unladen, which means about 6500 m/s after I send up the Gilly lander. Now, a rational person would design the Gilly lander next. But I'm not a rational person. So I made this abomination: Basically my version of the Soyuz + my version of the Proton. Proton-Soyuz, or in other words, Komrade II-Glushko (The original Komrade/Soyuz launches on the Korolev/Soyuz rocket. But c'mon, that sucks. Then we have this.) It's been a while since I've launched anything from Kojave Sands, which, in my headcanon, is the Von Kerman empire's launch site. But since I was busy doing all of the Duna missions for the Kerman space program, I forgot to get around to the Von Kermans. Oh well, I guess the Von Kerman empire collapsed or something. It's the CCKP now. The desert certainly is nice-looking, that's for sure. Definitely better than the old desert shaders. Booster separation was so quick I couldn't get a screenshot of it at the proper camera angle. I tried out a new concept with these boosters: instead of having just one angled Separatron at the top, I had that and 2 seperatrons on the side. That's probably the standard for most of you, but I'm lazy. It looks like not-lazy paid off though, so I'm definitely doing this for future lifter designs. Stage separation was also quick. Note to self: Only add 4 Separatrons instead of 8. And... holy cow! We made orbit with almost a full second stage. That's also a double-edged sword though. If you try to use all of it's capacity, once the boosters separate the core stage TWR will be something like 0.5, when it's already 0.98 just for this. Not good news. I'm going to add 8 verniers on the bottom instead of 4 for the next launch. Yes. Look at it! I definitely think it's an improvement over the original Komrade. (Picture for comparison) If you can't tell, the original Komrade only had a single Spark engine, whereas this has 3 Goldfish engines from NFLV. This extra TWR will be useful for the [classified] Program to land on the [classified]. Realplume is the best. Here we are! Just to test out it's abilities, we rendezvous(-ed?) with an old Von Kerman station. Sadly, it doesn't have a spare docking port. You can see the old Komrade attached to it. Anyways, I'm going to be retiring this station soon. On this new iteration, I used a stack separator instead of docking ports. Much quicker. And... Oh no. We're coming over just east of the Crater. Stress Level: >1000 Phew... the parachutes opened in time. Why do we even need floats on the side of a mountain? Idk, but it looks cool. And... landed. That was a nerve-wracking experience, but the view was worth it for sure. Next Time... Building more EVs! That's right. We're sending 2 to Duna this time, a crewed one, and a Cargo one that can actually carry a decent base and rover.

That's part of why I play sandbox and give myself limitations as we go. What's hard for me is doing stuff all by myself. I could, but I don't think I can, so I always try to search up some design reference. Then I realize the design references are wrong and realize that the tons of time scrapping designs in the VAB could have been avoided.

Here are two of mine:

Well, I did bring the science with me. I couldn't actually bring the Hab because I don't have KIS and launching another mission just to do that would be a pain, so I cheated it there. Theoretically though, they could have done it as the lander has enough storage capacity, I just don't have KIS on this install. Next mission I'm sending 2 crafts, a dedicated crew section and a habitat and rover section.

EV-3 Scorpius leaving Kerbin EV-3 Scorpius arriving at Duna The DAV undocking from the Scorpius The DAV descending down to the surface The DAV descending down to the surface The DAV landed on Duna Valentina Kerman making the first steps on Duna Leo Kerman descending down the ladder Posing for the camera Valentina plants a flag on Duna Leo Kerman inspects the DAV Setting up the Hab and the Science Ooo... white rocks!

Granted. Everyone's name is now colored black. I wish for math to non-exist.

Thanks a lot!

Granted. Everyone is now addicted to tea. I wish for more wishes.

Soup @Souptime

I am misguided sandwich. @adsii1970