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REALLY good installment, lots of exciting plot developments. Seems the KIS and Rockomax are going to find there's new competition soon, or they are going to be forced to merge soon. I can't wait to see what comes up next! -Will

This made my morning! -Will

Good AAR series, I'm definitely enjoying it. Also liked the 'green around the edges' reference. -Will

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/51880-0-22-Engine-Ignitor-%28V3-0-1-Released-Nov-2-2013%29 This limits how many times you can restart an engine. Seems to be right up this AAR's alley. -Will

It's interesting so far; some of the character motivations are a little opaque (why did Gene send that fighter to shoot down the Keranian plane?) but I expect you'll reveal the motivations in time. -Will

I'm busy this weekend and won't have enough time to play but I'll be watching this with interest. -Will

Great story! Sometimes those unintended missions are the best. -Will

I miss the Kerbal-fication but this is still one of the best AAR series running right now. Keep it up! -Will

VERY nice AAR, a very different direction for career mode but also extremely Kerbal. -Will

Nothing wrong with your writing style in imho, just there are a LOT of career mode reports floating around. But yours is well-documented and illustrated, and I have enjoyed reading it. -Will

Haven't read the whole thread, but for orbital missions transmission is currently a waste of time; just land the craft and collect it, and then fly again. Then you only need power for SAS, which you can keep turned off most of the time anyway. -Will

Hah, that does remind me that I've nearly got nailed by a spent sustainer stage as I adjusted my orbit several times! -Will

My closest call was a manned mission that accidentally ended up within a kilometer or two of a satellite I had launched a few missions before, while the manned mission on the way out of the moon. Would have been a perfect rendezvous, if I actually WANTED to visit that satellite. -Will

Totally crazy solution, I love it! -Will

I like that Beagle probe a lot, nice design! Good reports so far. -Will

Truly a feat worthy of Jebidiah Kerman! -Will

EDIT: Nevermind, parts showed up.... Very neat mod! -Will

It's a good start, please continue! -Will

Amazing work guys; I am REALLY interested in writing my own tech tree, but in the meantime I'll check out the ones that have been provided! -Will

Just wanted to chime in and say fantastic thread; very interesting technical details and good use of modded parts. Really enjoying the story so far! -Will

VERY nice little AAR, exactly the sort of program I'm trying to do. Great designs and good writing. Thanks for posting! -Will

Fantastic AAR and great writing, very inspiring work! I do have two questions: 1. Those clouds! Added later or some kind of plug in? 2. The brown pressure suit for 'Yuri' on page 5 of this thread, is that available anywhere as a mod? -Will

Ah, I had not ever seen this set of notes! Well, I'm definitely interested if you want to start something up; happy to help brainstorm rule ideas, background story, etc. -Will

I agree that it would be hard to implement without taking the game in a very different direction (a program-management sim, not a space-flight sim). I think Squad has stated you will NOT have a rival in the career mode in any event, so it's only a pipe-dream. Maybe something to consider modding some day. -Will

But this assumes that Kerbals are not going to gain any additional skills or abilities in future updates. What if they were required to take samples for return missions or other sorts of science-gathering tasks? Science might not be the only 'currency' either; maybe you also need to gain prestige for more funding, and manned missions are far greater in prestige, or something similar. I would LOVE an 'opponent' for career mode though, I admit. The Space Race has always fascinated me. -Will