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Interplanetary Business Machines Please note: Any resemblance to International Business Machines is entirely coincidental, and if you bring this up HAL 9000 will sabotage your mission. For unrelated purposes. Your new com network may let you stream in 8k as far as Eeloo. But can your kerbonaut's PC handle the hi-res video? More importantly, can it run KSP lag-free? Interplanetary Business MachinesNTM (Not Trademarked) has recently done a lot of work in bringing KerbNet access around the Kerbolar System. But we have a slight issue! Such big relay networks are complicated to coordinate, only further worsened by the time lag from the speed of light. Why, just yesterday, we lost a dozen brand-new COMSATs around Duna because we couldn't send instructions to them in time! So, we are taking the logical first step, and asking third-party companies for help. First prize: Invent communication faster than the speed of light. What do you mean, too far-fetched? A guy on the Kistory Channel said it's possible! Fine. For companies that can't figure out how to violate the laws of physics, we offer an alternative. If we can't coordinate our far-flung probes with supercomputers on Kerbin, then we'll coordinate them with supercomputers- in space! Second prize: Land computers around the Kerbolar System on a planet or moon to help us coordinate that object's COMSATs. Now this, we know you can do. What kind of computers, you ask? Good question. Make something fun. Whatever looks like a computer to you, be it a server rack or a laptop. Bonus points if it looks like one of those old computing machines the size of an entire room, with flashing lights and spinning tape. The point is, the higher the computer mass you land, the higher you'll go in the Hall of Fame! And the more we'll think really hard about paying you! Because people like lists of rules and instructions, here's one: List of Rules and Instructions: Make some kind of computer. Do something to make it clear it is one, but that's a matter of personal taste. Land it on a celestial body. Any one you want. Of course, you get more respect if it's a place like Eve or Tylo rather than Gilly or Bop. The higher the mass, the better! You go higher in the Hall of Fame if you land a 100 ton supercomputer than if you place a .001 ton kPhone. Modded parts are fine, but if you think it's too powerful (for example, FFT) run it by me first. As always, no cheated parts. Have fun! Please don't torture yourself with an impossible mission. That seems to be everything, then. As always, thanks for doing our job for us, and fly safe! Disclaimer: Interplanetary Business Machines takes no responsibility for accidents occurring because challenge participants did not "fly safe." Kistory Channel is a trademark of KerbTV and is used with permission. kPhone is a trademark of kFruit and is used with permission.