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    On my main sandbox save, I pretend that each 3.75 m Omnibus crew container (from the Taurus HCV mod by bsquiklehausen), which has a maximum capacity of 8, has a capacity of 3 for permanent bases. (balancing part count with looking like a proper, not-too-crowded base) Therefore, this Minmus base, which has 4 habs (and 1 lab), has 12 Kerbals on it. If you want to worry about Kerbals more, then RoverDude's Modular Kolonization System might be for you. I haven't played with it yet (it's pretty complex), but there's a life support and habitation space mechanic (so you can't just cram Kerbals into Mk. 1 lander cans for an entire interplanetary mission), and you can make self-sustaining off-world colonies.
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    Mission 113: Project DIVA Extend (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) Description & objective: First reuse of an interplanetary vehicle: this time, on a mission to land the first Kerbals on Ike. (Important notice) The Duna Transfer Vehicle has been given a proper name: "Kasei Maru" Wet mass: 72328 kg Year 32, Day 37 (Duna SOI arrival) Year 32, Day 39 (Ike SOI arrival) Year 32, Day 40 (Ike landing)
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    This post by user "16807" on the KSP subreddit is the only time I've ever seen someone do an interstellar mission in a relatively short amount of time (a few decades) without warp drive (basically creating something like the Daedalus concept): I was impressed by how they made a Jool SSTO with a nuclear turbojet to mine the Helium-3 (they had to do a little save cheating because "it would take ~40 real life hours to fuel at x4 warp") and a massive tanker with radiators https://i.imgur.com/RRySL6G.mp4 The "Star Boom 1" as it's called, was assembled with Extraplanetary Launchpads https://i.imgur.com/uqtcN8o.mp4
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    Missions 114+115+116: Song Princess 7, 8, and 9 Description & objective: A semi-synchronous satellite network around the Mun (a synchronous orbit being outside the Mun's SOI) which will enable communication with any Kerbals that may happen to be on the far side at a future date. Mass (each): 6255 kg dry, 18755 kg wet Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Launch dates: Year 31, Day 239 (Song Princess 7) Year 31, Day 315 (Song Princess 8) Year 31, Day 390 (Song Princess 9)
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    (I was away because I needed to focus on tests and finals near the end of last semester, didn't have my main PC available over winter break, and was settling into the new semester - sorry for the lack of updates.) Mission 111: Project DIVA Extend - Ike Lander Module (edit: As of Year 33, Day 165, the lander was renamed to "Duna Rabbit 2." Duna Rabbit 1 was the name retroactively given to the first crewed Duna lander.) Description & objective: A lander almost identical to the one used on the Project DIVA 2nd Duna landing mission, which will be docked with the refueled Duna Transfer Module after rendezvous with the WiM-3 orbital propellant depot. Mass: 16748 kg Mission 112: Negi Star 08 Description & objective: Ike mission crew to rendezvous with the interplanetary vehicle. Crew (4): Camlorf, Lemzor, Haltrice, and Tiella Kerman Mission 113: Project DIVA Extend (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) Description & objective: First reuse of an interplanetary vehicle: this time, on a mission to land the first Kerbals on Ike. Wet mass: 72328 kg Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Launch dates: Year 31, Day 164 (PjD Extend) [note: end of previous day] Year 31, Day 164 (NS-08) Year 31, Day 165 (PjD Extend trans-Duna injection) Expected Ike SOI arrival date (after course correction): Year 32, Day 39
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    Mission 108-110: Wanderer-4 (Part 1, Part 2), Wanderer-5 (Part 1, Part 2), and Wanderer-6 (Part 1, Part 2) Description & objective: High-velocity nuclear rocket probes to fly past the new gas giants: Wanderer-4 to Neidon, 5 to Urlum, and 6 to Sarnus. Mass (each): 10515 kg Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Launch dates: Year 30, Day 199 (Wanderer-4) [ETA for SOI: Year 34, Day 176] Year 30, Day 282 (Wanderer-5) [ETA for SOI: Year 33, Day 23] Year 31, Day 123 (Wanderer-6) [ETA for SOI: Year 32, Day 188] Expected Sarnus SOI arrival date: Year 32, Day 188 Expected Urlum SOI arrival date: Year 33, Day 23 Expected Neidon SOI arrival date: Year 34, Day 176 Click below to see more: https://imgur.com/a/sO0Xs should I even bother making albums? nobody seems to click on them anyway.
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    The reason I'm asking this is because there was a person who had their save file edited to have 5000 kerbals (mentioned in 9:51), and it took a long time to load the astronaut complex menu.
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    That's a great-looking ship, but this question is about the most actual (not hypothetical) Kerbals you've ever had in a save file. Basically: the total, actual population of your Kerbol system (or a planet replacement mod like Galileo's Planet Pack). These kerbals could mostly be in one giant space station, or they could be spread throughout the system. It's also about how long does it take to load the astronaut complex menu, or load the save file itself (and again, please give your PC processor and graphics card [if it has one] specs) when you actually have, for example, 1000 kerbals.
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    Could be any game mode (sandbox, science, career), although sandbox is better for this as you don't have to worry about spending an increasing amount of funds to hire each kerbal. I'm asking this because I want to know how it impacts your performance (can you please give your CPU and graphics specs, too?), such as the time it takes to load your save, load menus, go to a selected vessel through the tracking station, etc.
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    Sent a probe that will arrive at Plock (OPM) in 4 years instead of 40
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    Mission 107: Wanderer-3 (Part 1, Part 2) Description & objective: The first of four flyby probes to the outer planets, featuring KASDA's first use of a nuclear thermal rocket engine. With over 6000 m/s of delta-v, the spacecraft will rendezvous with Plock in just over 4 years, instead of taking 40 years with a minimum-delta-v trajectory. Mass: 10515 kg Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Launch date: Year 30, Day 110 Expected Plock SOI arrival date: Year 34, Day 395 Click below to see more: https://imgur.com/a/StxQ2 should I even bother making albums? nobody seems to click on them anyway.
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    (by the way, the statement you had quoted was wrongly attributed to me for some reason)
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    If you came to hate crewed spaceflight so much, just call yourself RoboticProbe7.
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    Mission 104: WiM-3a Description & objective: Expansion node to the WiM-3 fuel depot. Mass: 3560 kg dry (19560 kg full) Mission 105: Moon Rabbit 4 Description & objective: 2nd crew lander for Hope Base 1 on Minmus. Mission 106: Negi Star 07 Description & objective: 2nd Minmus crew to WiM-3, in order to transfer to MR-4. Crew (6): Linsa, Herdred, Lelenna, Genedrin, Daphta, and Ludvis Kerman Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Launch dates: Year 29, Day 406 (WiM-3a) Year 29, Day 407 (MR-4) Year 29, Day 409 (NS-07)
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    Here are two other maps (they take place in a different universe, unrelated to the previous map) by Sera-Fim for Mercury with several space habitats and an antimatter production facility in the L1 Lagrange point (ULA in this case is the "United Lunar Agency") and Venus with even more space habitats as well as clusters of floating cities in the atmosphere
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    Sera-Fim (or Serafim) is an alternate history map maker from Russia. This kind of map depicting various space colonies can be an inspiration if your headcanon is that Kerbin is and will be divided into various competing nation-states (or at least, competing space agencies). (yes, I know roleplaying is not allowed on this forum; let's also not get into a flame war over current and/or hypothetical political ideologies)
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    Expanded my Minmus base (haven't sent the additional crew yet; note that each habitation module [there are 4, along with 1 lab] will have 3 kerbals each [the maximum is 8 for each hab]) The stock-alike 3.75 m crew containers are from the Taurus HCV mod.
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    Missions 101+102+103: Hope Kibo Base 1c, 1d, and 1e (note: retroactively named MIKU-03 through 05 for Mobile Interplanetary Kolonization Unit) Description & objective: Expansions to the Minmus base: 1c and 1d are habitation modules with small solar arrays; 1e is a science lab with large solar arrays. 1c also utilized the Kerbal Inventory System to carry small radiators that would improve the thermal efficiency of the WiM-2 mining vehicle. It was determined that 3 kerbals per Omnibus crew container (max 8 kerbals) was sufficient for long-term habitation [i.e. looking like a proper base], so 6 more Kerbals will be launched to Minmus for a total population of 12. Mass: Hope Base 1c (MIKU-03): 8813 kg (18991 kg with tug) Hope Base 1d (MIKU-04): 8573 kg (18751 kg with tug) Hope Base 1e (MIKU-05): 9270 kg (19786 kg with tug) Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Launch dates: Year 29, Day 380 (Hope Base 1c) Year 29, Day 387 (Hope Base 1d) Year 29, Day 396 (Hope Base 1e)
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    A propellant depot in low Kerbin orbit, served by ore miners on Minmus + reusable tankers that travel back and forth.
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    Missions 98+99+100: Song Princess 4, 5, and 6 Description & objective: Identical to the first three Song Princess satellites, these synchronous orbit satellites are meant to provide constant communication with any kerbals on Minmus. Mass (each): 6255 kg dry, 18755 kg wet Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Launch dates: Year 29, Day 345 (Song Princess 4) Year 29, Day 357 (Song Princess 5) Year 29, Day 367 (Song Princess 6) Click below to see more: https://imgur.com/a/GMUuF [I could've done something more interesting for mission 100, but that would mean wasting time until a planetary transfer window opened up. Also, this is like a new start for this series.]
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    I swear, a few days ago there used to be a icon (eye symbol) to mark things as spoilers (mostly used here to hide long sets of images), but now it's not there anymore. Existing spoiler tags still seem to work, but I can't make new ones. edit:
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    Missions 95+96+97: Song Princess 1, 2, and 3 Description & objective: Next-generation communications satellites (using a large-scale satellite bus) to replace the old network of Songbird satellites in kerbisynchronous orbit. Mass (each): 6255 kg dry, 18755 kg wet Launch vehicle: Kappa-1a Launch dates: Year 29, Day 342 (Song Princess 1) Year 29, Day 343 (Song Princess 2) Year 29, Day 344 (Song Princess 3) (Kappa-1a, with SpaceY legs) Click below to see more: https://imgur.com/a/mv6xJ
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    New Worlds, New Challenges As four kerbals were returning home from the first crewed mission to Duna, a massive change in the universe had taken place. Everything looked more vivid and detailed. 28 years on Kerbin had passed since the launch of KASDA's first satellite, and it now orbited a Kerbin that was even more beautiful than before. What excited KASDA even more was that there seemed to be four new distant dots in the sky. Four new planets beyond Jool. They would come to be named by astronomers as Sarnus, Urlum, Neidon, and Plock. But Eeloo was seemingly gone. But they received a signal. It was from their Snow Fairy probe that had been sent to Eeloo. Eeloo was now a moon of Sarnus, so they already had a probe "for free" in the Sarnus system. The data that Snow Fairy 1 could collect about this new planet was limited, as Snow Fairy 1's instruments were only meant to analyze Eeloo. But Sarnus seemed to have a massive ring around it, never before seen in the Kerbin system. "If only these planets had existed from the beginning," many kerbals thought. They also felt that the Kerbol system was more "complete" now. The advent of these new worlds would also bring a change to KASDA's operations. Over 29 years, KASDA only focused on one mission at a time, to fully ensure the safety and success of the mission.* It took several years to get Snow Fairy** 1 to the original Eeloo. These new planets would take even longer to get to (however, they could possibly get there somewhat faster by expending more delta-v). This would mean that they would have to operate other missions as spacecraft traveled to these new outer planets. And keep better track of time as well. **Snow Fairy was the name reserved for the probe to the farthest planet from Kerbol. Now it would have to be used for the new farthest planet.
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    I really like your Starbuses.
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    Okay, I just reuploaded the images for mission 43-57. Again, I was too lazy to backup missions 35-42 before imageshack deleted them, so I apologize for that. Also, the links in the table of contents of the first post should be working again. edit: I guess maybe not, as some just take you to the bottom of the page for some reason.
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