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    How many star systems do you think there will be in KSP 2?

    in Prelaunch KSP2 Discussion

    Posted

    On 10/23/2022 at 8:26 PM, mcwaffles2003 said:

    Well it's been revealed that there will be at least 2 new star systems:

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    And perhaps the "To Be Revealed" portion implies that everything we have seen so far is from the Debdeb system.

    According to Nate not all new planets shown are in Debdeb

    On 10/24/2022 at 7:07 AM, GoldForest said:

    Nah, we've seen that ice moon in the "To Be Revealed" background. It was part of the annoucement trailer. At least, that's my opinion on the matter. I could be wrong.

    The Ice moon "Merbel" is in Debdeb, that was stated in feature video 4

    I'm guessing that there will more than two systems after 1.0, there will two by the end of E.A but with the chance to add much more after the full release.

    Kerbal Space Program 2 Release into Early Access Feb 24th

    in 2022

    Posted

    36 minutes ago, The Aziz said:

    The part is blurred because everything that was originally planned for the game is already marked to be added during EA. Whatever is beyond that is probably still unknown even for the devs, or at least they're not sure if something should come or not.

    I'd assume there would be at least one more system down the line, two is awesome but it feels like the full potential of expanding the universe of the game could be higher.

    KSP 2 Skybox

    in Prelaunch KSP2 Discussion

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, mcwaffles2003 said:

    uhh?

    Orion_Nebula_-_Hubble_2006_mosaic_18000.

    Antares_and_Rho_Ophiuchi_by_Adam_Block.j

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    just sayin....

    I meant the overall colors of the skybox just felt off to me, the galaxy looks weirdly blue and the amount of nebula in the sky is just a little to much in my opinion, though now that I think about it this could be a young galaxy and nave a lot of hot blue stars and as a result, many nebula.

    Still looks off to me though :/

    Non-Binary Kerbals and Gender Non-conforming Kerbals In KSP2?

    in Prelaunch KSP2 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Minmus Taster

    29 minutes ago, BigStar Aerospace said:

              Hello everyone, I start this thread hoping first and foremost it does not bring any controversy in the KSP community.  I start it to ask the developers  if - what I believe to believe to be a small percentage of the KSP player base and community - may get representation in the new game? I ask this in good heart, especially being one of those players myself because in the original game, I was able to create kerbals, but I couldn't create one to be like me. They had to be either male or female, but personally, it hurt because it made me feel that people like me won't get to one day explore the universe.

              Keep in mind, Sally Ride, the first American "woman" and third "woman" in space, did not personally follow the gender binary, she was in fact an important part of the LGBTQIA+ community after she admitted her secret on her deathbed. I bring this up, not to be political in any way, I believe politics should stay out of space as to preserve a better future for the younger space explorers and to ensure that it is a welcoming environment for explorers of all backgrounds. I've been playing KSP since I was little in fact, since before I understood I was a non-binary person. Which is why it's so important to understand that space isn't just about discovering what is out there to explore, but also discovering what is inside of your wonderful and kind brains to understand yourself.

              This is why I ask the devs to give me and many other players some representation, as we are all explorers. Not a single one of us could explore the entire universe alone, nor was it made for any singular person. It was made for the each of us to go out and explore together, learning new things and sharing it with others. Slowly, but surely expanding our wondrous horizons.

             A simple way that this may be added, is through a kerbal creator that allows us to customize each kerbal to our liking, whether it be a kerbal that follows the gender-binary or a kerbal with a little bit of everything from everywhere. This would also be great for multiplayer, because then every single beautiful person here will be able to greatly express themselves as well as have a little bit of them exploring a far of universe with near limitless bounties.

     

    Sincerely,

    BigStar Aerospace

     

    Note - I ask that each one of you be understanding and unprejudiced, the KSP community is meant to be unpolitical and accepting. If you do not agree, then I apologize greatly, but I ask you politely to move on. I do not believe that this thread breaks any rules and if it does, I ask you to tell me so I may fix it myself.

    I feel you, I often deal with feeling left out because of who I am, though to me playing kerbal never bothered me since I always saw kerbals as "the little green frogs that go poof" rather then male or female, but with multiplayer being a thing now kerbals are basically your avatar and I totally get why that could cause some discomfort for people.

    Will Dres have a moon?

    in Prelaunch KSP2 Discussion

    Posted

    Yes I just copy-pasted the post I made but I think it would work better as it's own discussion.

    I know it was said that there would be no changes to the Kerbol System but plans do change and if it does exist it's probably an asteroid moon of some kind so not a major change, and they've already added rings to Dres, I guess the rings already existed in KSP 1 but it was a distant asteroid field you had to find as opposed to a full-on ring system you could crash into.

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    Now you can't see the moon with Dres in any footage but in the video there is some interesting footage which could allude to this new moon being in the game, I'm gonna codename it "Tal" for simplicities sake.

    First of all there is an interesting bit of footage from the surface of some kind of brownish smaller object, this could be explained away as just a new interstellar object like Skutt (more on it later by the way) but the video doesn't at any point show something outside of the Kerbolar System from what I remember, so this is probably in the base system.

    This could also be Gilly or Bop but judging by the speed that lander took off from it's surface it's probably smaller than even Gilly, also worth mentioning is that the features of this object are unlike anything we've seen in the first game or footage of Bop or Gilly, there's clearly a massive crater just next to the lander and it takes up quite a bit of the object.

    X4uQfBs.png

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    Ok so it's probably not Bop or Gilly unless one of them got hit by the other, so what could it be? the answer is a totally new celestial object and probably in the Kerbolar System as well.

    But where will "Tal" fit into the game, what about the most bland and boring place in the original game? Dres of course, it's already being spruced up with a ring system and new terrain, how about put a cherry on top by adding a small moon? but why am I going with Dres for this theory? because of this image right here;

    Iq5gEIy.png

    The outer orbit is more than a little suspect for a celestial object, it could be mistaken for the orbit of a spacecraft but why would a craft be parked in an orbit like that? I do recognize that the debris craft were seeing on the screen does seem to have an inclination that's the same as the mystery objects orbit but it could be the craft had been trying to reach Tal and then was destroyed.

    I'm gonna go a step farther with this too since I'm feeling bold today, Tal is actually Skutt;

    6GeXh9U.pngThe crater does look like the one seen in the new video, and it has the right color, shape, and terrain, it's also quite small like Tal which is why it rotates so fast, this object could very well be Skutt regardless of if it's in the Kerbolar System.

    Anyways that's my theory, a moon for a now ringed Dres would really add to the main parent and adding a fast rotating rubble pile would make it stand out on it's own as opposed to Bop or Gilly.

    Change release date to march 1

    in Prelaunch KSP2 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Minmus Taster

    4 minutes ago, Vegatoxi said:

    I hope you know why feb. 24 is not a good date for celebrating anything...

    I better wait a week more.

    Guessing your thoughts have to do with current world events, I understand the reasoning but KSP is not a politically oriented game and the timing is probably a coincidence and the date isn't that big a deal in terms of releasing a game about space frogs, if anything KSP 2 would be a sort of hopeful message to the world in trying times.

    Also I don't think we can discuss politics here so yeah :/

    Kerbal Space Program 2 Release into Early Access Feb 24th

    in 2022

    Posted · Edited by Minmus Taster

    Ok so this is a crazy theory of mine but I just can't get this out of my head;

    Spoiler

    Does Dres have a MOON?!?!

    I know it was said that there would be no changes to the Kerbol System but plans do change and if it does exist it's probably an asteroid moon of some kind so not a major change, and they've already added rings to Dres, I guess the rings already existed in KSP 1 but it was a distant asteroid field you had to find as opposed to a full-on ring system you could crash into.

    NuoYByS.png

    Now you can't see the moon with Dres in any footage but in the video there is some interesting footage which could allude to this new moon being in the game, I'm gonna codename it "Tal" for simplicities sake.

    First of all there is an interesting bit of footage from the surface of some kind of brownish smaller object, this could be explained away as just a new interstellar object like Skutt (more on it later by the way) but the video doesn't at any point show something outside of the Kerbolar System from what I remember, so this is probably in the base system.

    This could also be Gilly or Bop but judging by the speed that lander took off from it's surface it's probably smaller than even Gilly, also worth mentioning is that the features of this object are unlike anything we've seen in the first game or footage of Bop or Gilly, there's clearly a massive crater just next to the lander and it takes up quite a bit of the object.

    X4uQfBs.png

    hvAOuym.png

    Ok so it's probably not Bop or Gilly unless one of them got hit by the other, so what could it be? the answer is a totally new celestial object and probably in the Kerbolar System as well.

    But where will "Tal" fit into the game, what about the most bland and boring place in the original game? Dres of course, it's already being spruced up with a ring system and new terrain, how about put a cherry on top by adding a small moon? but why am I going with Dres for this theory? because of this image right here;

    Iq5gEIy.png

    The outer orbit is more than a little suspect for a celestial object, it could be mistaken for the orbit of a spacecraft but why would a craft be parked in an orbit like that? I do recognize that the debris craft were seeing on the screen does seem to have an inclination that's the same as the mystery objects orbit but it could be the craft had been trying to reach Tal and then was destroyed.

    I'm gonna go a step farther with this too since I'm feeling bold today, Tal is actually Skutt;

    6GeXh9U.pngThe crater does look like the one seen in the new video, and it has the right color, shape, and terrain, it's also quite small like Tal which is why it rotates so fast, this object could very well be Skutt regardless of if it's in the Kerbolar System.

    Anyways that's my theory, a moon for a now ringed Dres would really add to the main parent and adding a fast rotating rubble pile would make it stand out on it's own as opposed to Bop or Gilly.

    I should probably have done this in a forum post in retrospect so Il just copy paste I guess.

    Barge 129 finally found in Lake Superior

    in Science & Spaceflight

    Posted · Edited by Minmus Taster

    This fella is a big deal locally as she was one of the most searched for vessels in lake superior!

    Barge 129 was an unusual ship, it belonged to an unconventional class of vessels called "whalebacks" they were unusually rounded and sat low in the water, the design was native to the great lakes but some ships were sent out to work on the ocean, like the City of Everett which was the first US steamship to pass through the Suez Canal.

    Barge 129.jpg

    129 was a barge which meant she had to be towed by another freighter, in this case the Maunaloa, almost 120 years ago to the day she was hauling Iron ore across lake superior when the ships ran into a storm which snapped the tow line.

    Maunaloa

    The Maunaloa tried to turn back around but the heavy sea's forced the ships together, the Maunaloa's port anchor ripped into 129's starboard side, sinking was inevitable so the crew abandoned the ship and were picked up by the Maunaloa.

    Whalebacks are now an extinct class of ship with only one surviving today, the SS Meteor tanker in Duluth, the whalebacks that sank in the great lakes have mostly been found and 129 until recently was one of the last one's to remain unfound, it was considered one of the most searched for ships on the great lakes, and just days ago the discovery was announced:

    Barge-129-Sonar

    Barge-129-Bow-Sonar

    The ship is lying just under 200 meters under water around 35 miles off Vermillion Point, the vessel is badly broken up and is in in several large pieces and thousands of smaller ones on the lake bottom, it is now thought that the Iron ore the ship was carrying ripped it apart when it slammed into the lake bed.

    Wreck Pics:

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