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This was based on many other fanmade stories about Kerbals contacting humanity, including this one and this one, and is partially based on Liu Cixin's Death's End and Micro Era, but mostly it is original. Enjoy! Prologue Chapter 1: Narrow Escape

We Who Witnessed A KSP Novel Written by Lo var Lachland The Lord Kraken tooketh the Kerbal and putteth on Kerbin to worketh it and care for it. And the Lord Kraken Commanded the Kerbal, "You art free to roam Kerbin, but if 't be true thee enter the Garden of Nat'peh, may the Kraken forsooth strike thee down, for thou has't disobeyed the Lord thy Kraken. But the Kerbal didst enter the Garden of Nat'peh, and lo, that Kerbal wast cursed by the Lord the Kraken, and banished to the surface world to serveth the rest of his life in loneliness and fear of the mighty Lord his Kraken, for the Kraken rules all. Coequal after that Kerbal hadst been warned of the trembling power of the Lord his Kraken, the Kerbal didst not obey and wast therefore still ill-fitted to the Kraken. From that day on, the Kerbal wast looked on with distain by the other creatures and the Kerbal wast hath used as an example of obedience to the Lord thy Kraken. Table Of Contents: Prologue Chapter I - Discovery Chapter II - Awakening Chapter III - Arrival Chapter IV - Thoughts Chapter V - Rift Chapter VI - Juliet Chapter VII - One Week Later Chapter VIII - Aftermath Chapter IX - USS James E. Williams Chapter X - UKSS Edlu Chapter XI - Lucy Chapter XII - Creature Chapter XIII - New Beginnings

Made it for my multipurpose (training, stunts etc.) jet, the K-36 Terner. Comments appreciated:)

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So yeah I want to make a movie in ksp called 2019: A Jebedian Odyssey and all I have for it so far is the script for the prologue and chapter 1. Tell me what you think and what changes I should make below! PROLOGUE: The Year: 1999 Date: August 5 Location: Kerbal Space Center, At The Launchpad The large rocket stands tall on the pad as a light breeze blows over at the crack of dawn. Jebediah, Bill, and a few other kerbals are preparing to launch on the first mission of Gene's brilliantly named project, The Grand Tour. The mission, which will happen over several launches, with this one, the Munar Minmus Exploration Mission I (or MEM I), will go on a grand tour of the kerbol system. By landing on every planet and moon possible at the end of the mission and returning home to kerbin on the final mission. And, if possible, intersect and refuel at an asteroid or two. The first launch in the mission, MMEM I, will land Jebediah, Bill, and the aforementioned kerbals on The Mun before going and landing on Minmus, and then hopefully succesfully return back to Kerbin. But... Chapter 1: ACT 1 - THE LAUNCH Gene Kerman: T-5 minutes to launch. How's everything going? Jebediah Kerman: Me, Bill, and Bob are good, finished fueling tanks on MMEM I. Gene: T-200 Seconds. Bill, are the fuel cells recharged? Bill Kerman: Yes, its great to be on this mission with you guys. Gene: T-60 seconds. Bob, did you pack the snacks? Bob Kerman: No, but i got TV Dinners! Jeb and Bill: Bob! Ok, TV dinners will do. Good thing we brought some extra heaters. Gene: T-10 seconds. Prepare for liftoff! Jeb: I Can't wait to get this mission started! Gene: T-5,4,3,2,1... We have liftoff! Gene: Looking Good Jebediah Kerman, T+10 seconds. Jeb: I think i can already see space from here. This is great! But... ACT 2 - FLASHBACK 2 Years Earlier: July 4, 1997 Gene: I'm thinking of doing something... Gene: Something Bold... Werhner Von Kerman: Like what? Gene: A new project... better than previous ones... Werhner: Even better than Kerpollo 11 in 1989 and the Koyager Program? Gene: Yes, better than that. Gene: Remember when we launched the koyager 1,2, and 3 missions on a great tour of the eveian, joolian, and dunian systems? Werhner: Yes, i helped design Koyager 2, which flew past the Jool System on June 5, 1993, one year after launch... Gene: Well, i want to do that, but with kerbals and we would land on every planet and moon possible over several launches in the project. Gene: I will call it, the Grand Tour Project! Werhner: Great, we shall begin development immediately! ACT 3 - FROM KERBIN ORBIT Bill: You ever see anything like that before? Jeb: Yes, Bill. It's amazing. Kerbin in all her glory. Gene: Prepare For TMI Jeb: So, i can't wait to get to the Mun, but i'm worried... Bill: Why? Jeb: I think im just being paranoid, but im worried something bad will happen. Bill: Oh, you are just being paranoid, just don't think about it. Jeb: Okay Gene: Start Trans-Munar Injection Burn Now! Bob: I can feel the power of the engine behind us, its amazing! Gene: Ok, burn is complete, see you soon... Jeb: We're off to The Mun, and Kerbin is already getting smaller. Jeb: Mission Control, we will see you again tommorow when are about halfway there, at T+18 hours into mission. Jeb: I just hope my suspicions aren't right... I think this is good so far but if I should change anything tell me below!

I did this music video for Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone a while back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rY0vNDgEGw

A timeline of my canoniverse, up to 2,000 years before the present day. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE AS WE KERBALS HAVE COME TO KNOW IT: est. 8,900,000,000 cycles B.T: The universe is created. It takes another 500 million cycles (est.) to develop any sort of planets/galaxies, and Kerbal scientists are determined to find out why the hell it waited so long. Maybe it wanted a nap. est. 8,400,000,000 cycles B.T: First galaxies are formed, with boring proto-stars and planets. est. 5,200,000,000 cycles B.T: Supposed birthdate of the Kerm- the greatest deity of the Kerbpalooza. est. 3,700,000,000 cycles B.T: Kerbol forms in a secluded corner of the Meelky Wahy Galaxy. est. 3,150,000,000 cycles B.T: Kerbin is formed, one of six (sorry, Dres- seven!) planets orbiting Kerbol. est. 2,800,000,000 cycles B.T: A mysterious object only known as K-1627 (yep, the scientists love naming cool stuff after photocopiers- sigh) passes through the Kerbol system at a distance of 8,000 light-years. A space sucker of the worst kind, this sent a flurry of huge projectiles at the still-forming planets. What a meanie! est. 2,675,000,000 cycles B.T: A huge asteroid some 1,500 km across impacts Kerbin, sending it into a spin and blasting bits that would soon become the Mun into space. est. 2,200,000,000 cycles B.T: The first microbes begin to flourish in Duna's cold oceans. Laythe would soon be habitable a mere 40 million years later. est. 2,000,000,000 cycles B.T: Kerbin gains oceans, and early bacteria. est. 1,850,000,000 cycles B.T: Kerbin's atmosphere stabilizes, prompting a comfy surface temperature of 67 degrees Kanticular. (Author's note: this is oddly the same as degrees Celsius- huh?) A fragment of obsidio matter hits Tylo, blasting Bop and Pol into existence. est. 1,800,000,000 cycles B.T: Ike wanders into the party from way out in interstellar space, settles into a nice orbit around Duna. Eeloo isn't so lucky after encountering Joold being shot to the edge of the Kerbol system. est. 1,450,000,000 cycles B.T: Kerbin cools to a cushy 41 degrees Kanticular, prompting the first multicellular life to evolve. Ike is hit by and asteroid and moves to its current orbit of Duna over the next 100 million years. est. 1,300,000,000 cycles B.T: Duna begins to lose it's hospitable climate thanks to Ike siphoning off it's atmosphere- too close for comfort mayhaps? est. 1,000,000,000 cycles B.T: Laythe begins to develop bacterial life in its oceans. Duna is now at its present state. est. 920,000,000 cycles B.T: A 70 km across asteroid hits Eve, the biggest fragment enters orbit and becomes Gilly. est. 800,000,000 cycles B.T: Kerbin more or less enters its current climate- the Mun is hit by several tiny, metallic objects-possibly alien in nature. First aquatic life evolves in Kerbin's oceans- among them the far descendants of the Kerbals. est: 550,000,000 cycles B.T: Minmus is captured by Kerbin's gravity well and begins to orbit it. A strange sort of race called SQUAD lands on prehistoric Kerbin and leaves weird monoliths dotted across the Kerbol system. est: 475,000,000 cycles B.T: Believed departure time of the SQUAD. est. 380,000,000 cycles B.T: First land-walker animals on Kerbin. The ancestors of Kerbals gain basic intelligence- about one-thousandth of a modern Kerbal's brainpower. Only a million or so Kerbals are alive. est. 275,000,000 cycles B.T: Millions of land-walkers roam Kerbin. The prehistoric Kerbal ancestors declare it a fad. est. 110,000,000 cycles B.T: Kerbin goes through the Kuraconian Volcanism period. Kerbin's temperatures drop to 9 degrees Kanticular, slowly warming back up to 23 degrees over the next 700,000 years. Land-walkers all die off- Kerbals survive. est. 109,300,000 cycles B.T: Kerbals come out from their new underwater heatvent shelters, greatly more intelligent. est. 80,000,000 cycles B.T: The First Great Civilization is built underwater, in huge cities glittering with beauty and purpose. Kerbal population reaches 10 million. est. 45,500,000 cycles B.T: The First Great Civilization-ender event takes place over the next few million years. Modern Kerbal scientists believe that resource over-consumption and gradual climate change were the causes. est. 37,000,000 cycles B.T: First Kerbals step foot on land. They die. est. 36,900,000 cycles B.T: Ud Kerman manages to Not Die on land. His friends follow him, and they didn't die either! He becomes the long-forgotten hero of the Second Great Civilization. est. 32,500,000 cycles B.T: Most of the Kerbal race moves to land, bar a few outsiders, who remain in the ocean ruins. est. 18,000,000 cycles B.T: The Second Great Civilization is established. It took the land Kerbals roughly 14 million cycles to develop the Second Great Civilization- markedly better than the 30 million cycles it took for Kerbals to build the First Great Civilization. Large explosions occur in Kerbin's oceans- might explain why the ocean ruins and the ocean-dweller Kerbals were never found. est. 9,000,000 cycles B.T: The first little skirmishes occur on Kerbin- a grim foreshadowing of what is to come. est. 8,000,000 cycles B.T: Kerbals discover 'star-splitting' the first experiment ends with the city razed to the ground and high radiation levels in the air for the next 2,000,000 cycles. est. 7,200,000 cycles B.T: The first 'star-stone' weapons are created, so named because they 'look' like big stones, but when activated 'bring a star to the surface of Kerbin for a second.' est. 6,820,000 cycles B.T: Kerbal population reaches 50 million. est. 6,600,000 cycles B.T: The Second Great Civilization vanishes almost overnight- only a few hundred thousand Kerbals remain. Radiation levels ensure that modern civilization does not recover for another 2 million cycles. The disaster is still being investigated... est. 4,500,000 cycles B.T: The Kerbals are now their trademark hue of green, thanks to radiation. est. 3,000,000 cycles B.T: The Third Great Civilization rises after just one and a half million cycles. Kerbal population reaches 100 million. est. 2,600,000 cycles B.T: The Kerbal population reaches 500 million- the Third Great Civilization locks away the star-stone weapons and flourishes. est. 2,300,000 cycles B.T: The Kerbal population reaches a billion. est. 2,100,000 cycles B.T: The space program of the Third Great Civilization is believed to have been founded in this cycle- explaining the strange Munar satellite found by MunSurveyor One, and the conical ancient lander found by the Duna Insight rover. est. 1,150,000 cycles B.T: The Kerbal population reaches 5 billion, the modern-day Kerm religion is founded. est. 30,000 cycles B.T: Thetus, a 120 km wide comet, is knocked out of the Nova Kirbani system and hurtles towards Kerbol. est. 250 cycles B.T: The hubris retained by the Second Great Civilization returns somewhat: Thetus is found and the Kerbals are confident that they can blow it to bits. est. 5 cycles B.T: The mission to divert Thetus fails. A wave of fear grips The Third Great Civilization and mass suicide is common. The Kerm religion dwindles to just a few thousand followers. Shortly before, the highest Kerbal population ever is reached: 8.7 billion. THETUS IMPACT: 33,407 cycles before present Thetus's impact occurs into the sea, 600 kilometers off the coast of the modern-day Aquan Empire. Waves 3 kilometers high swamp coastal areas, while a wave of molten crust incinerates up to 300 miles inland, radiating from in every direction. Ejecta from the impact enters the atmosphere and causes a global night lasting hundreds of years. The Kerbal population dwindles from around 6 billion at time of impact, to 150,000 after 500 years. Civilization has never- and will probably never reach the glory of before the impact. The Kerm religion kept survivors determined, word spread and was passed down generations to ensure that the mistakes caused by previous civilizations would never be repeated. To this day, the Kerm religion is the most followed religion on Kerbin, with over 170 million believers out of a population of nearly 260 million. 500 cycles A.T: Civilization begins to recover. 11,000 cycles A.T: The Fourth Great Civilization is established. 16,000 cycles A.T: The Santi impact occurs, in a thankfully unpopulated area of Kerbin (in what is now the Third Great Desert). Santi's affliction, a plague brought from space by the Santi impactor, spreads by air across Kerbin. Over half the population is infected, and 20% die. 22,000 cycles A.T: Jool's Big Green spot is found. 28,600 cycles A.T: One of the 'star-stone' hider vaults is opened. Over the next thousand cycles, various Kerbal nation-states engineer their own versions of the weapons. 30,000 cycles A.T: The first 'star-power' plant is opened, proving that the reverse-engineered star-stone techology can be used for good as well as bad. 30,800 cycles A.T: The Star-stone Skirmishes occur this year, and kill an estimated 5 million kerbals between them. 31,143 cycles A.T: The Great Shifting occurs, killing another 20 million kerbals, raising the sea level 4 meters and causing huge earthquakes. 32,000 cycles A.T: Civilization recovers, this guide ends. If you need a newer timeline, why not check out the soon to be published 'Modern Kerbal History Handbook'?

Hey! So I spent an hour or two making this video about reentering Kerbin's atmosphere. It ain't a masterpiece, but it sure was fun making it. Anyways, here you go! Enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR7lk-bAkFs