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    Capsule goes MIA

    in KSP1 Gameplay Questions and Tutorials

    Posted

    Once a ship gets beyond 2.5kms from you, it is no longer fully simulated, but becomes an abstract point travelling on rails. But in atmosphere, the game hasn't yet been given the ability to apply aerodynamics to that ship, so it's simply eliminated. Circling around to stay within 2.5kms until the other ship lands, as you discovered, is the only way to drop something intact.

    What gender are the Kerbals we see in the game?

    in KSP1 Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Vanamonde

    Find me one person who, upon first interaction, saw Jeb, Bob, or Bill as anything but male and I'll send you a Starbucks gift card.

    I saw them as little green aliens who might be male, female, neither, both, or unclassifiable by our familiar labels. As someone who grew up reading science fiction, I do not make that kind of unfounded assumption. But more importantly, I just didn't care. They are merely cute little pilots for our ships, and it doesn't matter if they have genders.

    You have to be either purposely glib or just obtuse to see true gender neutrality in their design.

    Kerbals have a mixture of the features, some of which are associated with one human gender or another.

    hips wider than shoulders: female

    androgynous voices: no help for either side there

    short hair: male or merely so their helmets fit?

    no facial hair: female, or clean-shaven?

    names: mostly male, but not exclusively

    no bust: male, or simply non-mammalian?

    three-fingered hands: neither male nor female, nor even primate

    green skin: not even human

    Etc.

    The evidence is equivocal at best, and to look at these alien creatures with their mix of features and declare that they are all male is itself a projection of the viewers' biases.

    (Since this issue tends to result in arguments, I should state that I am expressing my feeling on the subject as a player, and not speaking in this post either as a moderator, and certainly not on behalf of Squad.)

    It lives!

    in Kerbal Network

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    Most outdated threads die natural deaths and there's no need to close them, because no one ever posts in them again. Some threads are still relevant, so reviving them doesn't harm anything. But in a periodically updated game like this in which new versions can render the contents of old threads misleading, it's better to close the thread so that players are not being confused by and acting upon old information. In other words, it's a judgement call and not something automation can take care of for us. But don't feel bad about it if it happens to you, because it's not intended to be a punishment. It's just a matter of keeping the forum moving along effectively. (So we'd rather you folks didn't call each other stupid about it [glares]. )

    Also, since this thread is about the forum itself, it has been moved to Kerbal Network, also not as a punishment. :)

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