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First of all, i am not a good player. In fact, i'm bad. So this is not fully legit. (I used orbit setting to put the mothership in Kerbin orbit.) 1. Introduction This is my first grand tour and the first grand tour in the planetpack "Beyond Jool". I used 4 vessels, 3 landers and 1 mothership to get to the planet. The whole tour was packed with flawless moments, and mistakes, making it truly - follow the Kerbal Way. The "Pre-Update" is there because Anune will be accompanied by another gas giant, and two other moons. Otherwise: The Anune 3. 2. Anune Itself Anune is a small, purple, ringed gas giant in Beyond Jool, far away from Jool and Sarkin, the largest planet. It has 3 moons - Merrink, Merza, and the atmospheric Arachnid, and i went to every single one of them. 3. The Vessels. 1. NS "Landerling", used as a lander for Merrink. It had enough deltaV to land and go back easily. 2. NS "Stern", a lander for Merza. 3. NS "Sandpiercer", the atmospheric lander for Arachnid. 4. The mothership, NSIPM-019E "Nauren" So, how did we get there? 4. The Mission Start - Getting out of Kerbin The mothership had 13 Kerbals, but only 5 of them were important: Jeb, Bill, Bob, Val and Gradock Kerman. Here's the mothership in orbit, just before leaving it. This thing has a TWR of pain and suffering, so the mission was lengthy and stressful. Year 1, Day 161 - Anune Transfer Burn The mothership began it's burn on this day, for Anune. Year 12, Day 332 - Anune Arrival After 12 years and 332 days, the Nauren finally captured itself in orbit of Anune. It began to start it's journey to Merrink, the innermost and smallest moon. Year 12, Day 335 - Arrival at Merrink It took 3 days to get to Merrink. The mothership started to prepare Valentina and Gradock for landing. Anune looks beautiful here. Departure for Merrink Shortly after, Val and Gradock left Nauren for the moon. Merrink - Landing Valentina and Gradock landed flawlessly at Garantina Hills, and planted one of Neospace's unoriginal flags into the regolith. The lander proved itself to be very reliable. Merrink - Rendezvous I used MechJeb to rendezvous and dock with the mothership. There were some problems but in the end, i did it. Merrink - Departure for Merza Shortly after docking, Nauren proceeded to burn towards Merza, Merrink's bigger cousin and the biggest moon of Anune. Merza - Arrival (Year 12, Day 341) After starting to orbit Merza, Jeb and Bill prepared for undocking. However, one of the stupid engineers in Neospace welded a docking port the wrong way, rendering the lander unable to dock, and the lander itself accidentally jettisoned supporting lander tanks. Merza - Landing Despite the inconveniences, the spacecraft landed quite easily, thanks to Jeb's good piloting. Unfortunately, Jeb forgot to plant a flag on Merza, so we don't know how to name their landing region. They were rewarded with a distant view of Sarkin, however. Merza - Ditching The Lander Unfortunately, Jeb and Bill couldn't take Stern to dock with the mothership, so they had to ditch it nearby and EVA to Nauren, followed by departure for Arachnid. Arachnid - Arrival (Year 12, Day 349) The crew arrived at the frigid desert moon of Arachnid 8 days later. This time, Valentina and Bob would land on it. Arachnid - Landing The lander worked without any problems, and the duo planted the flag in it's sand, at Iznyoska Valley. Arachnid - Departure Bob and Val, spending 4 grueling days in orbit of Arachnid due to mistakes in MechJeb's programming in their lander, finally docked with Nauren, but they broke off the top part. Year 12, Day 361 - Anune Departure After 26 days of being in the Anune System, the Nauren departed from it. Year 18, Day 5 - Kerbin Transfer Burn 2 years passed, and the engines started up again, to make a burn one last time - to The Pale Blue Karble. Year 28, Day 273 - Kerbin Arrival The crew celebrated coming to their home after 28 years, making history as the first ever mission recorded to Anune, and the first ever Anune Grand Tour. A retrieving spaceship arrived to them shortly after. 5. Conclusion Although it was my first grand tour and i've met some problems on the way, it was fun. Beyond Jool is an amazing mod, i highly recommend checking it out. There are even more interesting objects than the three moons and Anune, i just chose them because they were fairly easy. So goodbye, and sorry if the post is bland, but i'm tired. Special Thanks to: @Mr. Kerbin - The Developer of Beyond Jool, and for making this awesome mod @FTLparachute and @Kevin_kerman for being the cool guys i've had fun discussing this mod.