silentdragon

Meanwhile: No one dares to ask, but everyone is dying for the next chapter

What could this be? A probe? A lander? What ships we know have these round solar panels on them? Any conspiracies?

There is clearly too much silence here (or it's just me because i'm currently sitting at home all day with almost nothing to do) Any new ETAs or anything?^^

Whoa, you're right... Also, I wonder what's up with that radioactive debris cloud they went through, does that have a meaning?

That turned out better than expected (I knew I voted for the right thing^^) Nice chapter! Can't wait to see how the story proceeds. If they didn't pick up any signal at all, maybe their comms are fried? Otherwise this would probably mean... bad things

Well if an Ike gravity assist would be possible, I would of course do that, because, as you said, it has all the advantages of aerobraking but no disadvantages.

Insertion Burn I was going to vote for Aerobraking initially, but then I realised how fatal this would be with a ship (and crew!) in this condition and without BERTYs calculations. Sure, after all we know the fusion cores could just blow up, killing everyone, but I just don't think this is going to happen, and in case the engines fail, they still have the free return to Kerbin.

Please no! Either reactivate him the way he is or let him rest in peace (pieces?)

That's what keeps the story so interesting Once again great chapter, I'm really looking forward to the next one. And there will even be a poll of what the crew should do? Sounds awesome!

Epic chapter. I still think that it's nonsense to go to Duna, because by the time they get there it will likely be too late anyways (no matter what happened) - basically I get Rozers point and I think he is somewhat right. Right now I actually tend to like Rozer more, because he is acting more rational and Jeb is just a wreck. (I mean, you can't really blame him, but he's not able to lead a crew right now). Anyway, I'm still curious to see what happened at Duna and I think the Eve encounter will be... Interesting I also still hope to see BERTY get switched back on, but maybe Rozer is going to do something in that direction.

Psst, you are just going to make it take longer

Except when there is one

As awesome as this sounds, it makes absolutely no sense.

As far as I know SQUAD has plans to add two additional gas giants with muns and stuff anyway, so by the time you are finished here there might be a lot more to explore (I would just be curious on how to implement that into the storyline, like, "oh, we didn't even notice these two giant things out there" )

Yeah, and then there still is the Space Race AAR and of course that thing that he keeps teasing us about

He might be referring to the Duna Space Station(?)

I don't really understand why Jeb didn't get emotional this time, because here it would have made more sense than with the Duna crew, because just getting there will take quite some time, but well... Czo, you are the master of plot twists (and probably cliffhangers too )

Whoa, what might that be?

Well, I don't understand why 'the mission' is so important for Rozer, if he does not even know it's real background (or does he?!?) Other than that, he might be quite cold-hearted but he also seems ambitious and he got a dark background, so I can't really hate him for that... Anyway, the confrontation with Rozer and Jeb is certainly going to be interesting, I just hope no one will get killed Also, I'm curious to see who the crew will trust more...

Damn, you actually made me like Rozer! But why did they only get the transmission 43 days later or is that the mission timer?

Ah, I have been wondering what has been happening on Laythe while all this chaos went on above them - and this looks like we might find out

You should make a ZIP file containing all of your SSTOs, would be really handy after reinstalling, etc.

No, only if I then place a .cfg file somewhere in my GameData. I don't think the file itself is the problem though, as others seem to have it working.

When I install this mod to add RemoteTech to the AIES dishes, all parts except those AIES dishes disappear, is there something I might have missed?

Well, it's about time for another update to the space race but I also really want to know how the Grand Tour proceeds... I'd say do what you like more