Flag-planting captions- what do you write?

[FlyingPete]

Title says it all really. What's everyone's favoured engraving on the flag plaques? Whenever I start a new save, my first Mun landing usually ends up along the lines of 'Here Kerbals from Kerbin landed on the Mun. They came in peace for all Kermen' or something like. When I'm doing detailed exploration of all the biomes, I use flags to keep track of where I've been. In this case I usually just mark it with a simple 'XX Kerman landed here' If it's for a contractor, I make a note of this instead 'This proves to Strutco that we landed on the Mun'.

My favourite one was when a Mun mission got redirected mid-flight when a chance slingshot to Minmus came up. The kerbonaut aptly marked the flag 'Always shoot for the Mun. Even if you miss, you may end up on Minmus. As you've probably figured out at this point, this is why we're here.'

[Rithsom]

I usually type who planted the flag and when it was planted. For example, "This flag was planted by Jebediah Kerman on Y01, D50, at 3:44."

[Uncle Mort]

I stick to site and kerbonaut, e.g. Great Flats (Jeb)

[Srpadget]

My first flag in a given save is inevitably something along the lines of "Small step, giant leap, yadda yadda yadda, you know the drill. -Jeb". The next few flags generally seem to be a testosterone contest between the First Three and a few of the early Generic Kerbonauts: "Jeb only landed ONCE. This is my THIRD landing in ONE mission! Go BILL!" "WAY farther from Kerbin than those orange-suited gloryhounds on the Mun! signed, Nedrie" And then come the smugly self-assured flags for contracts and/or training missions: "Another flag? I can't believe they pay us for this! Oh well: Ka-CHING!" or "As I plant this flag, I can feel my Mad Kerbonaut Skillz increasing!"

I tend to have fun with those captions. It's not as though many of them ever get read again. (Except for the one at the west end of the KSC runway, which is usually a complaint from the Pilot's Union that KSC management won't spend a few Kerbucks on a proper ILS.)

[Mister Kerman]

I start with the crew's names and roles, then purpose of the mission (Whether it was testing new craft or techniques or routine scientific expedition.)

I try to put an inspirational quote for the first few. Once it gets less significant, then they become more routine/generic.

[r4pt0r]

"THERE IS NO LEAVING THERE IS NO LEAVING THERE IS NO LEAVING..."

usually it's "______ Landed here", with maybe a description of the mission.

[The Jedi Master]

"This flag marks the spot where (mission name), crewed by (crew names), landed on the surface of (body name). (something cool)"

[Lar-E]

"Holy @#$%&$@!! I landed on the #$%@&%$ Mun!!" --Jebediah Kerman

[Nathair]

"Jeb was here"

[Starwhip]

I sometimes am serious, sometimes not.

"Site of the Munbooster I landing. Commemorated to the transfer stage which took us here, that perished without remorse."

And

"Dammit, we blew up the engine. I blame Bob.

--Jebediah Kerman"

[maltesh]

Most of my flags have been pretty basic. I'll usually name a flag on the First Landing Site, and if I have to do a surface visual survey, I'll usually plant a flag on at least one of the sites.

This sheet contains all the flags that have been currently planted in my Career Save.

[chrisb2e9]

If its' Duna, "I Duna want to be here" if it's Ike, "Ike want to go home!"

[Robotengineer]

Most of the time like this. (Planet Name) (1, 2, 3, etc.) So my first mun mission would be Mun 1, second would be Mun 2, etc. I occasionally name specific features, like mountains, craters, and easter eggs.

[Musil]

"Jeb was here" is a classic one. Also "Bill almost used all the fuel", or "Barely not dead".

[Barefoot Friar]

I generally try to keep it serious and Meaningfulâ„¢. Lately that's been getting a wee bit harder. There are only so many variations on "Here Kerbals landed on another world. We came in peace..." whatever. I think I'm going to switch to something like "This marks the place where [mission or ship], crewed by [crew names] landed on [planet/moon]." I might add "...boldly going where no one has gone before." to the first one on that body. But who knows. It's not like I ever go back and read them again.

[BrainiacBlue]

"Boldly going where 12 kerbals have been before, including myself - twice" Or I once had: "After extensive experimentation we can confirm that Bob's tongue does indeed stick to this flag pole. 12 units of fuel were used to remove it."

[Bay23]

I normally just write the name of the biome, then on the plaque type the Kerbal's name and the date (in real time) that he landed there.

[Slam_Jones]

Honestly, I just click "cancel" so it goes up blank. I tend to take them down right after putting them up (no reason to clutter up the planet) so it doesn't matter much anyway.

[eddiew]

Jeb's Midland Crater

(Not as bad as it sounds.)

Basically, biomes and crew names. Helps me track what I've been to for science, and who I haven't sent yet

[Randazzo]

Site number as title, experiments performed in description. Such as:

Mun Site 1

Crew Report, EVA flying, EVA surface, surface sample, temp

So I know what I've done, where.

[superm18]

I always wright "(location name eg. Mun Midlands) by (whoever did the landing)" ex. "Mun Midland by Jeb" or if it's the first landing i always wright "Mun Midland, first landing by Jeb" and if i do a sub-orbital hop too another place i wright ex. (Mun Midland Crater, hop from Midland"

[Seshins]

generally something wirrten in exasperation.

"Finally!"

"About time"

"Whoops"

"well f___"

[PB666]

Title says it all really. What's everyone's favoured engraving on the flag plaques? Whenever I start a new save, my first Mun landing usually ends up along the lines of 'Here Kerbals from Kerbin landed on the Mun. They came in peace for all Kermen' or something like. When I'm doing detailed exploration of all the biomes, I use flags to keep track of where I've been. In this case I usually just mark it with a simple 'XX Kerman landed here' If it's for a contractor, I make a note of this instead 'This proves to Strutco that we landed on the Mun'.

My favourite one was when a Mun mission got redirected mid-flight when a chance slingshot to Minmus came up. The kerbonaut aptly marked the flag 'Always shoot for the Mun. Even if you miss, you may end up on Minmus. As you've probably figured out at this point, this is why we're here.'

Biome Elev and Slope

[CelticCossack51]

I usually state the Kerbonauts' name, the vessel they landed with, the place they landed, and the place I think they're going to crash and die.

[Scotius]

Usually its a name of the biome and who planted the flag. Sometimes i get bored with dry formalities and try to add something more personal - "This is a place of first landing on Duna. Flag was planted by Bobgee Kerman...Hahaha! In your face,Jeb!!!"