Kerbal Commonwealth Space Agency - A modded career play through with added artwork

[Promii]

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Kerbal Commonwealth Space Agency. The Kerbal Commonwealth is a global union of the nations of Kerbin, formed for the purpose of fostering cooperation between nations and undertaking big projects, such as the exploration of space, on behalf of all Kerbal-kind.

In this series I will be playing through a custom tech tree I have created myself (prior to 1.0, I was using the Tech Manager mod for this). I am also playing with FAR, DRE, Dang-It and TAC-LS for additional challenge. Below, you will see that I have many parts mods listed, but almost all of these are partial installs. In some cases, I'm only using a single part that I wanted from a particular mod. Hopefully, despite all the mods, the game will still have a stock-ish feel.

Here is the current roster for our space program:

And here is the first episode, where we survey the region around the KSC using the aircraft shown below.

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Mod List (as of Episode 21):

Adjustable Landing Gear
Antenna Range
Astronomer's Visual Pack
Atomic Age
Camera Tools
Chatterer
Coherent Contracts
Collision FX
Contract Configurator
Contact Pack: Field Research
Contract Pack: Tourism Plus
Custom Barn Kit
Dang It!
Deadly Re-Entry
Distant Object Enhancement
Dmagic Orbital Science
Docking Sounds
Dynamic Texture Loader
Engine Lighting
Environmental Visual Enhancements
Ferram Aerospace Research
Field Scientist Pack
Firespitter
Habitat Pack
Infernal Robotics
Improved Chase Camera
Kerbal Alarm Clock
Kerbal Aircraft Expansion
Kerbal Attachment System
Kerbal Inventory System
Kerbal Engineer Redux
KerbCam
Kronal Vessel Viewer
KSPX
Landing Height
Minimum Ambient Lighting
Mk2 Essentials
Module Manager
Nav Ball Docking Alignment Indicator
Near Future Technologies
Orbital Survey Plus
Pilot Assistance
Planet Shine
Procedural Fairings
Quick Hide
Raster Prop Monitor
RCS Sounds
RealChute
RealPlume
Retro Future Planes
RLA Stockalike
SCANsat
Scatterer
Science Alert
SmokeScreen
Spacetux Unmanned Contact Pack
Stage Recovery
Stock Bug Fix Modules
Surface Experiment Pack
Surface Lights
Texture Replacer
TAC Life Support
Taurus HCV
Transfer Window Planner
Tweakable Everything
Universal Storage
Waypoint Manager
Wider Contracts App
Wheel Sounds
[x] Science!

 

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Episode 2 - In which Bob and Bill survey the space center grounds in a science runabout and we fail to satisfy an unwritten requirement of the World's First Record Keeping Society.

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Edited March 26, 2016 by Promii
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[Promii]

Episode 3 - In which Jeb sets a new altitude record and performs a temperature survey of Bobrod's Periphery using an experimental aircraft design and Halnie takes her first sub-orbital rocket flights while testing parachutes in unfavorable conditions.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 4 - In which Halnie manages to complete the parachute test from the previous episode and goes on to become the first Kerbal to reach space and orbit the planet Kerbin.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Yukon0009]

Is Henrietta Kerman a reference to the TF2 Administrator?

[Promii]

Her appearance is partially inspired by the TF2 administrator, yes. Her name was originally going to be Valentina before the official Valentina was revealed, so her name is instead a tribute to Henrietta Swan Leavitt

[Promii]

While I get my save file and mods sorted out for updating the Commonwealth Space Agency series to KSP 1.0, here's an overview and demonstration of the new features in the stock game.

[Promii]

Episode 5 - In the first episode post-1.0, the administrator lays out a set of near-term goals and we embark on a series of missions to test parts and ferry tourists in order to fund badly needed facility upgrades.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 6 - SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains major easter egg spoilers. Bob and Valentina take the newly redesigned SA-2A Kestrel to Kerbin's desert to perform experiments and end up discovering something unexpected.

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Ancient painting discovered by Bob at the archaeological site:

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 7 - Bob and Valentina return from the desert and Bill conducts tests on experimental equipment.

Apologies for the few seconds of black in the middle of the video. The footage there didn't render for some reason and I didn't catch it before uploading.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 8 - Jeb takes our tourists on a second flight and reaches high orbit, where they get to see orbital science in action.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 9 - The agency launches its first probe destined for another world.

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Additionally, we visit the managers in the admin building for the first time:

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 10 - Moonbat Automaton collects data on a round-trip to the Mün. The data collected enables us to research new sensor technologies.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 11 - Bob, Jeb and Halnie perform laser ablation imaging test around KSC while also taking surface samples. Afterwards, Jeb tests an experimental jet-powered aircraft.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Yukon0009]

Now, why does Wernher also look like the TF2 medic..?

[Promii]

I suppose he does a bit. Completely unintentional though. Same clothes as in-game and the hairstyle is a stylized version of a young Wernher von Braun's hair.

[Promii]

Episode 12 - Valentina rides our new lifter into a polar orbit to perform multi-spectral analyses of all of Kerbin's biomes.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 13 - In this episode, we construct a survey plane with room for 4 crew and begin a long distance mission to perform experiments in Kerbin's northern regions.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 14 - We continue our mission for the previous episode but have it cut short by treacherous terrain. Still, the crew manages to get some stunning nighttime views of the northern skies.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 15 - The official Kerbal Space Tourism Agency kicks off with the flight of Tito Kerman. This provides an opportunity to test our space agency's experimental 3 kerbal command pod.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 16 - SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains KSP easter egg spoilers.

The improved Albatross takes flight to finish our Arctic research expedition. While exploring the frozen North, our crew makes an unexpected discovery.

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Unexpected discovery:

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 17 - SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains KSP easter egg spoilers.

While investigation of the mysterious monoliths continue, Bob heads out in our new research boat to gather data from Kerbin's oceans.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 18 - We finish off our field research contracts and glean the remaining science from around KSC to unlock some new technologies.  Then we begin constructing our new Mün probe.

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Edited December 1, 2015 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 19 - The Münar Trifecta lifts off into space and heads for the Mün loaded with experiments and mapping equipment.

 

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[Promii]

Episode 20 - The Münhopper collects data from two different landing sites while the Lilypad maps the Mün from orbit and the Skipping Stone impacts the Mün's surface.

 

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Edited January 9, 2016 by Promii

[Promii]

Episode 21 - After researching new technologies with the data collected from the Mün, we design and launch a series of satellites to map Kerbin and act as communication relays.

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