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  1. Mister Dilsby
    Well he read your comment over my shoulder, then started jumping around yelling "I'm mature! I'm mature!" until he crashed into a doorway. I think maybe we'll wait a bit And yeah, I think it is a pretty good start. Of course I like that he took a few cues from my work, and I like even more that he went his own direction in a lot of ways.
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    My son is still too young to have his own forum account, but he is old enough to take screenshots, and use powerpoint. He asked me to post this for him--so, here's his entry into the world of KSP webcomics! Yes, my kid really did this. You can tell it's not my game, because of all the part mods
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    Brilliant! Very much honored, thank you!
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    Whoops, I spelled it wrong--I suppose I could just blame it on Kenlie though. Glad you're liking him, he deserves a break of some kind after everything I've put him through. Someone has already correctly identified the inspiration (other than real, terrible fanfic) for Kenlie's story-- here's the link to the 1939 original. Fun Kuzzter fact: it was one of the pieces I used to read for speech competitions in high school. ETA: ...though whereas Walter Mitty is daydreaming about being an action hero while on an errand to buy puppy biscuits, Kenlie is daydreaming about a difficult mission in a state-of-the-art spaceplane while flying a difficult mission in a state-of-the-art spaceplane. Kerbals be cray cray.
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    Hey, you have to be at least a little weird to want to write good fiction.
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    And that would matter to Kerbals how? Here's the page I wanted to post this morning along with the others:
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    My guess (for why they are modelled but not enabled) is that the spaceplane parts already outclass rocket parts in terms of crew capacity per ton. The Mk3 cockpit masses 3.5t (not counting mono) and carries four, while the Mk1-2 pod masses half a ton more and carries only three. The Mk2 inline cockpit carries two Kerbals at half a ton less than the Mk2 lander can, and despite its lower weight the cockpit has a much higher crash tolerance. Allowing 6 Kerbals in the Mk3 cockpit would be over the top.
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    Yes those are RAPIERS. They are not as efficient as the Whiplash and have lower thrust at medium Mach numbers, but will keep thrusting well several kilometers higher than the Whiplash before flaming out. I was as surprised as anyone that the new Gliido made orbit first time out. Taking off the third engine made balance a lot easier; I just had to learn to fly a smarter profile to compensate for the reduced thrust. Fully fueled it has a vacuum dV of over 3.4 km/s, so pending a successful landing I think Kerbfleet has a new workhorse for Kerbin-Mun-Minmus service. Only trouble is the docking port needs to move forward, I could not nose into the dock at Micarooni and had to "angle park". Dream is for Micarooni to be able to comfortably manage multiple Gliidos as well as other visiting craft.
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    Latest in my Gliido series: 2xNERVA and 2xRAPIER in airbreathing mode only--carries no oxidant. Meant to ferry passengers around in Kerbin SOI but could easily do long haul interplanetary with refueling. In the last album image the Gliido is arriving at an orbital station 400km up with 99m/s deltaV to spare. I think I was not climbing fast enough in the 30-55km region and wasted some fuel fighting drag longer than I had to; I'll squeeze a bit more out of it next time.
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    Yes, it's right here. ETA: Oops, I thought you wanted to "Ask the Forum questions about the mods"? Sorry.
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    Granted, and gladly! Thank you xD
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    Nope, Kenlie's fine. And this interlude will be all about him! I don't mean to leave you hanging at the end, but I ran out of time to do the next page before work. That lime speech balloon belongs to Wehrford, the Micarooni Station chief. What's really going on in the save is that I'm transferring crews back from various orbital and surface bases in the Kerbin system. For one thing I have indeed run out of pilots, and for another I expect that in 1.1 Kerbal life support resources will become finite (and even if they don't I will likely install RoverDude's NOMS mod before the next big mission) It wouldn't do to have everyone on Mun and Minmus suddenly go hungry, so they're coming home.
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    @KasperVid, do you have any use for graphic novel mission reports/fanfic? Right now I don't publish anywhere except here, but maybe there are some other external channels for images that could work.
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    I do take a bunch, yes. Typically when I am about to play through a segment of a mission that will be in the comic I have a general idea of how I'm going to present it on the page, so I take the shots I think I'll need from various angles as I go. I'll often take the same shot with and without F2 so that I can paste the character portraits somewhere alongside the 'uncluttered' image. More than once I've had to re-play a scene because I didn't get the right shot the first time. For scenese such as Dilsby's mohole nightmare and the Kerbahashi Maru scenario, I have a separate save where I hyperedit and mess with the persistence file to get the kerbals and ships where I need them to be. Teaser while I work on the next bit:
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    Will indeed install that, thanks Parkaboy and Minmus for pointing it out. In the save, both the KraneM7 and Mortingale have cleared Kerbin SOI and have solutions for Eve intercept. 53 days in-game until the first planar correction burn. At present am doing some 'maintenance' work in and around Kerbin SOI--thinking of a good way to present that as an Interlude and hopefully will have that for you before too long.
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    I've made heads asplode before by demonstrating that the 'dark side' of the moon is actually in full sun half the time.
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    "50 shades of gray".
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    Just for the record there is no smoochyness in my Kerbalverse, gay straight or otherwise. You'll have to write you own bob/bill I'm afraid!
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    My youngest just started middle school. Yesterday he ran up to me, VERY excited, pointed at my feet and crowed, " " I was not actually wearing shoes at the time.
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    Welcome! Here's your monogrammed smoking jacket (since this is KSP the jacket has in fact recently been on fire) and your membership card for the clubhouse. Thursdays we have a 2 for 1 hydrazine special.
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    I've decided that only an Engineer can change the settings. I might set a probe for Polish or Portuguese one of these days, to name a couple other languages I know my friends speak--though I will mess that up even more than i mess up French! Thanks! I had the same feeling when reading Order of the Stick, which started out as a crudely drawn collection of in-jokes about a game, and evolved into a LOT more. Won't give you spoilers but there are a lot of scenes there which are guaranteed to jerk a tear--and these are bloody stick figures! Now that, friends, is writing! Thanks Scotius! I am really enjoying exploring this friendship and glad you are too. Already thinking ahead to that moment when they meet again! But don't worry, there will be two or three "pulling the wings off a fly" (to quote Mr. G) style cliffhangers before then
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    Thanks guys Sorry to keep you waiting so long today! We'll have an Interlude of some sort (possibly featuring some business in and around Kerbin, dunno) and pick up Chapter 6 when the rescue flotilla gets to Eve SOI.
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    !!!! Whooo! 'Artie' for Artifact? Whatever. This is awesome. Great effect showing Jeb and Artie at all the simultaneous locations of Artie.
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    I suppose it's a good feature for people who REALLY love it when the 'notifications' tab lights up.
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    That is pretty darn funny. Love the shot of the spycraft crushing that dude
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