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Contents ------ Prequel Mission: Gilly Superstation 1 ------ 1. Mission Profile 2. Payload Omega (Cthulhu In Space) 3. Payload Iota (Money Problems) 4. Payload Delta (The Abomination) 5. Payload Sigma (Orbital Assembly) 6. Refueling Intensifies (A Mothership is Named) 7. Interlude (Size Comparison) 8. Leaving Minmus (Marathon Burn) 9. Arrival (Hello Ike) 10. Iota Deployed: (Ike Mining Base) 11. Ike to Duna (Orbital Re-assembly) 12. Descent (Ride of the Valkyries) 13. Duna Ultrabase (Surface Assembly) 14. Last Mission (TARDIS) 15. Duna Science Collection (Road Trip!) 16. Leaving Duna (Homeward Bound) 17. Welcome Home (Epic Climax) 18. Epilogue ------ Heyo all! This is a sequel of sorts to Gilly Superstation 1, my previous feat of stupidity courage. It will feature many of the same characters and the same thematic sensibilities (or lack thereof). In summary: hour-long burn times and perfectly calculated delta-v are for people who have time to kill and any expectation whatsoever of things going to plan (Also, since we have finally harnessed the infinite supply of minty ice-cream rocket fuel orbiting Kerbin, rediculously oversized tugs can actually prove cost-effective with enough reuse) There will be a few differences from GSS: in part because I'm just starting to experiment with mods, but mainly because I actually have a budget this time! I used up most of my money in GSS, but a few science contracts from Jool space (accomplished by a single xenon-powered probe) have left us with 2.5 million in spare funds. I'm sure that's a big budget by some people's standards, but I'll probably blow most of it in the first launch. Much like the Gilly mission, I started this one by picking up a few missions in the system and appending a few goals of my own. Unlike the Gilly mission, which only had two contracts to fulfil, this one has six: So here's the mission summary: 1. Primary Goal 1 (contract): Establish a base on Duna. This is the most challenging contract by far: this base requires space for 5 Kerbals, 2000 Ore and 5000 Electric Charge. This is the contract I'm most worried about: it requires a number of things to go to plan, and I don't have the best track record of "things going to plan". 2. Primary Goal 2: Establish a complete mining/refueling operation on Ike, with a base and a refueler. Mining Duna is necessary for the ore requirement, but it's hardly the most efficient place to refuel. This is part of my ultimate goal of having a refueling operation in every system. 3. Secondary Goals 1&2 (contracts): I have two seperate contracts to recover small parts from Ike and Duna orbits and return them to Kerbin. 4. Secondary Goal 3: Provide the Duna base with a passenger SSTO. This is for crew rotation and tourism purposes: I like to have a plan to bring my Kerbals home, even if it doesn't work. 5. Tertiary Goals 1,2&3 (contracts): Science from space around Duna, Science from surface of Ike, and "Enter Duna's Atmosphere". That last one is a world first contract: this mission will be our first time in Duna's atmosphere. Naturally, these three will all be accomplished in the process of achieving other goals. 6. Tertiary Goal 4: Provide some sort of rover, hopper or plane to gather experiments from biomes near the Duna Base. The logical thing to do to accomplish all these goals would be to build a series of smaller ships, but since that's slow, boring and sensible so I'm going to pour every cent of my funds into assembling an enormous mothership in orbit instead, and hope like heck it actually works. ----- Funds: 2,503,852