And so it begins.

[Wolf Baginski]

The early days of KSP v1.0, oringially reported via Twitter.

The first #kerbal orbital mission is telling us a great deal about the upper atmosphere of Kerbin, but we cannot yet predict the landing.

Jebediah Kerman says he can find a farmer's daughter and is not worried.

Our other pilot-kerbonaut, Valentina, says she has ground hog-feed back home, and, as cap-com, advised him to be careful.

Wernher von Kerman admits we don't know how Jebediah landed as the site was over the radar horizon, but KSC had regained contact.

Valentina Kerman explained that the local wolves are friendly, unless you run out of sausages. Bill & Bob Kerman looked scared

Gene Kerman explains to the journalists at KSC: "The throttle-valve stuck. Jebediah lost his de-orbit fuel, and was in the wrong orbit."

"He was grazing the atmosphere, and came down eventually, but we couldn't predict the landing. We got a lot of Science."

"As planned, Valentina Kerman will fly the next mission. She insists we find room for Snacks. And a proper survival kit."

^{Kerbin News Network}

^{With dusk arriving in the predicted landing area, the air-search for Jebediah Kerman's capsule will cease. Kerbin is a nice bijou planet.}

At the Astronaut Center

Bill and Bob Kerman were lucking worried. "Valentina," said Bob, "How sharp was the LOS?"

"It wasn't sudden..."

"It was the battery."

Gene Kerman nodded. "It's possible," he agreed. "It's enough to move some of the search, but where to?"

"There" said Valentina

Her finger pointed at the map. "The radar track is a good line. Trust that. Jebediah just flew further than we thought."

The High Plains of Kerbin

The sunlight was putting a streak of light into the capsule, and the scratching at the hatch had stopped. Jebediah was hungry

Jebediah looked at the illicit Duna Bar. Not yet, he thought. And then he heard an engine, and the beat of kopter rotors.

He opened the hatch. It looked as though more than one something had been scratching. He threw out a smoke candle. Rescue!

The Voyager's Return

"Good bread, and a little salt. It is a tradition," said Valentina. "I baked the bread," she added proudly.

Jebediah sniffed the bread. It smelled of sun and open skies and Kerbin. "Gene, Valentina..." He broke the bread into three.

"Share with me," he said, passing bread to his Cap-com and Mission Controller. "You travelled with me." So Jebediah came home.

Edited April 30, 2015 by Vanamonde
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