Kragrathea

Interestingly you are the first to ask. And since it is getting close to closing time. I will whisper in your ear... The plan was to have the pub go out of biz about the time the factory came back on line. But the building (its already modeled, that was a rendered 'sketch') was to act as the basis for the new plugin I was working on. A spacecraft dealership. A plugin for an immersive in-game way of sharing spacecraft files. You park a ship somewhere near the "dealership" and "Sell" (i.e. publish to a common server) and then other users visiting the ingame location of the dealership can see and "buy" it (download seamlessly in game). That idea is now free and a bargain at half the price.

Hey, are you really from Pegasus Galaxy? That must be nice....

Well, mission accomplished. I feel highly discouraged.

Ah Mr Shiftly! I missed your spiked visage... I am, alas, still on "holiday" from the factory while the engineers do their thing. They come in from time to time (ah here come a few dozen now..) and from what I can tell (between pours) progress is indeed being made. And apparently the new 0.21 will allow us to produce even better planets! Good news indeed eh Kerbals? The bar is going swimmingly. In no small part because it is currently parked halfway between the engineers break room and the executives private loo.

No, the Bar at the Bottom of the Mun (or wall). Or as I like to call it "Krag's Pub". Also we will serve no drinks with a name ending in "blaster". Anyone asking for one of those will be summarily beaten unconscious. It amounts to the same thing but is slightly cheaper. (Krag Rule #23)

I truly missed you Kerbals! I show you a pub and you start thinking about how to pluck it into orbit! How about coming in for a pint or two before you upset the kegs with all the sloshing about eh?

Hello Kerbals! Welcome to my latest venture! As you may know our factory floor is shut while the engineers deal with "The Big Two One" as it is being called. So, I decided to take a break* from fighting with marketing and trolls and just get back to basics. Ahhh, yes! Just the thing, I already feel like a new being... Inspired by the engineers truly epic bender I decided to open a Pub. Here is a sketch we did on a napkin. I admit it needs a bit of ooomph, but its early days indeed. You might say its a bit small. All the easier to move about I say! And may I remind you that I have eons of experience with hyperspace folding, and it will be at least 15% bigger on the inside than on the out. Ha! And lots of kitch and extra plenty of faux charm (whatever that means) I do assure you! Not sure where I am going to put it. Maybe at the foot of Herings Wall (rest in pieces my friend) or perhaps near that saucer on your Mun. I fancy I could tinker with it in my spare time. Maybe get it running again. Nothing like the classics... Krag Krag Rule #8. We will refuse to serve you if you do not appear intoxicated. *layoof <Reserved for the fictionally challenged> For those of you going Wha??? I make mods. And I choose to do status updates in character because it amuses me (and I hope others). It meant as satire.* Bottom line: -I am making a Mod. Current plan is a deployable base with "special features" -No release date yet. More details to follow *And for whatever whacky reason it is protected up the wazoo by US copyright law

Fair enough. In simple terms; squad used to make planets one way, now they make them a completely different way. I don't even know how different yet. But about half the code is now worthless and we need to go back to the drawing board on a few critical systems. No idea how long that is going to take but a rough guess is "a while". <frowny face> Kim.

Broke. Very Broke. Our engineers went from confident to recriminations and snarling at each other in record time. Now they are at the pub to "let it soak in" whatever that means. But I see one small group in the back almost sober and they are smiling and scribbling on a napkin. So maybe all is not yet lost Kerbals... Barkeep!! 'nother round here! <hic> Sent from my brainPhone.

I suspect I the only being here who's extremely appalled by the PSystem.

Yes, I suppose the scale didn't really come through in those photos. http://imgur.com/a/igmmb In the second one we had landed at the edge (9528m). Hering went charging out to look down the cliff side. I stayed well back. He was all ready to jump off and "RCS" down the face when I pointed out that the gravity was too high for his quaint rcs thrusters. He went a bit pale and moved back a bit from the edge, which was a relief. I am not that good a pilot you know. Then he got it in his head to visit the bottom so, down, we, went, <shudder>. Thats the rest of the photos. You can see in the shot where Hering is frolicking that the height is (1m). The last shot is us finally getting the hell out of there. That black bit is the outer core. Nice eh? Nothing but the best for you delightful Kerbals. Half way down.

Well, not unexpectedly, 0.21 has gummed up the works. The engineers are poking at it now... The cliff face is (or was! god knows what the "version update" did. Probably just a pile of slag now...) 9500m. Hering insisted we get an accurate height as he too planned to "repel" it. I expect that is the last we will see of him poor chap.

Ah! Good Question stupid underscore chris, might I hazard a guess? You are a skier,Yes? Well, we can and will accommodate you! Many slopey planets await. But this is Krag. My namesake. I dare say it is likely to be more awkward corners than smooth supple curves.

Hering insisted we go down and "check it out" (whatever that means). I admit the ride was shall we say, exhilarating. It took Hering three goes to get to the bottom. And my bottom puckered each time. A few shots from the "fun" in this album. http://imgur.com/a/igmmb

In a screw you to marketing here is another brainCam shot. When my driver Hering saw it he said "GoT" and snickered. I don't know what that means but it sounded nasty. And very likely to offend marketing. So enjoy.

Mr, Maul. The idea is not mine, nor the poor guy I got it from. Many, many have suggested new planets and a few have tried. Turns out it is much harder done than said. But keep going my friend. I would point out to anyone who doubts you that that you have more posts than I did when I started raving about new planets to anyone who would listen. Everyone took me for a lunatic. How right they were... But screen shots go along way to dispelling the irrational Kerbals doubt.

Hellooo Kerbals! I'm back after a long holiday. And quite refreshed indeed! And it appears there is a lot to answer for. The marketing department mounted a bit of a coupe over the video I posted. Very nasty allegations were made and even some personal remarks. Such as suggesting requiring proof-of-brain (with a core drill no less!) before allowing a brainCam to be used. But I got wind of it and brought in doughnuts this morning and now everyone is friends again. What did I tell you, lazy sods can't even be bothered to mount a proper revolt. Plowing through the back log of posts a few caught my eye: -Stupid_chris re:craters. what? -Re:Lighting. Of course it is not final. We use LEDs to save hydrogen until actual sun ignition. That way you get the absolute maximum burn time out of your new star! -Re:Lag. Ah! Yes! Finally a term the Kerbals fear! "Memory issues" and "crashing" were not strong enough it would appear. Yes, Renovations to an existing system ain't cheap. "New stuff costs somethin!" my pappy used to say. Frame rate and "loading time" in this case. How much depends on how much I can free up elsewhere. That's why I am trying to get you fools to agree to a few bloody minor moons. And Eve of course. Mmmm... what a delightful purple. -Re:Atmosphere. We are doing the best we can. Your Kerbal optics are something of a puzzle. We thought about asking for a few sample eyes. But that was around the time everyone was huffing over the moons and we thought "better not". That said, we are confident that we can give you the perfect shade of what you delightfully call air. -Nutt007 Re:Space engine. We welcome inspiration from our clients. But learn compression my friend. Merely post the planet location and a beauty-shot. We can take care of the rest. A credit will be given in the unlikely event a planet is eventually produced. We get millions of submissions you know... I did try out the surface you proposed. Not bad... but my surface guys tell me there are not nearly enough "pixels" (whatever those are) for our use. I am afraid WhyNutt is to be recycled. But don't feel bad old chap! Happens even to the best of us, you know.

So that's the take away from the video is it? Lag and bad lighting. I can feel the marketing department snickering at me. Very well Kerbals. All future press releases will be polished until they shine, I do assure you.

Yes Mekan1k! You are a very keen eyed Kerbal indeed! As you observed we have vast quantities of lag in stock! I am afraid it is like manure in our business. Would you like some? No charge of course...

Yes! That is Exactly it! Thank you Kerbal crooks4hire. If I ever need a crook (whatever that is) I shall give you a call at once!

Quibblesome Kerbal! Why spend time moving your quaint Keythane between Ike and Duna when the very Stars await?!? And I am afraid I must <spoiler> undeceive you my friend. The magic bolder is no more...

Ah! Hello Kerbals!. I am using my new brainPhone for this update. So embrase brevity and ignor typos not to mention non-sequitur and brain frts. In other words, business as usual. I am out doing field inspections in your new system and I must say it is coming along! The idiots in marketing are still blocked on the video. But on my way home tonight I had my pilot (Hering) take me by Krag and I used the brainCam on my new brainPhone to make this quick (but boring!) video of the new surface. <brainCamCapture> </brainCamCapture> Don't mind the white splotches... I assure you they can be buffed out quite easily. They are the result of a rather spectacular accident... Hrmmm. You Kerbals like explosions right? You'll get a kick out of this...What?. Really? Very well,....Sign, Unfortunately the <redacted> "lawers" tell me I "can't comment further" on the "incident". Bah... But I will tell you this there was a LOT of exploding involved... Wrote on my brainPhone. Last edited by Kragrathea; Today at 01:24. Reason: My pilot Hering Kerman is apparently upset that I didn't give him a "shout out".Fine, thanks Hering, for doing your bloody...

Ah! Good news Kerbals! Your Eve was most most admired by every team that looked her over. There is the odor of course... but I believe we have a line on an elderly customer with no sense of smell. So this could be ideal for both of us. More importantly the memory... er monetary budget is in line with your proposed system! Our counter proposal is this: Moho, Eve, Ike and (since you mentioned it Shifty) Dres. That will leave some credit to maneuver (Ha! manure nodes! I just got that! Haw!) on the options. You Kerbals should also start thinking about palettes for the 12(!) minus class. If you ask for something absurd (as I expect you will) I am going to have to order the paint special. That takes time you know! Video is not even started. Bloody marketing dept. writers are "blocked" on a "concept". Bah! Lazy if you ask me...How hard can it be?

Managed to place?? I assume you are joking. Those damn things seem to popup every time we make a planet! Bloody nuisance if you ask me. Always being "proof of god" and causing problems. Bah!

Of course Mr. Devo...Sir! Whip it good aye! You heard the man, get to whipping you lot... Faster! I want it whipped good by morning...