Fleet Of Worlds

[stellarator]

CHAPTER 1: MISSION STARTED

This is a new begin for a mission report posted below, but i decided to make it more interesting, so its written by another way, adding some dialogs, narrative texts etc, but is the same idea and i will use the same mission as background I'm presenting to you the fleet of worlds, the mos expensive mission in all my career.

Over 10 years ago, Henry Kerman, the biggest developer of our space program, died in suspicious circumstances after a trial Rockomax from the sale of a defective motor that killed two Kerbonautas on the lunar surface.

In his will, had left enough to build and launch the dream of his life, JSM (Jool Scout Mission), which after making a flyby of Tylo, aerobrake in Jool and be captured by Laythe, it splashed down in their seas about 5 -7 years.

But Henry did not anticipate this lightly. The in-situ verification of the presence of a breathable atmosphere in Laythe, coupled with the long experience of the program sending orbital laboratories missions and descending on Gilly, Duna and Ike that had been developed in parallel by the pupil of Henry, Andrea, laboratories like these:

Now, after all this time, it has released the latest resupply mission to the second laboratory using Recover 1 spacecraft.

For this mission have not been reused old laboratories, Ike Lab and Eve Lab, which are in a very eccentric and out of fuel in orbit of Kerbin, we have launched new laboratories, designed to maximize the scientific return, giving them the ability to land on airless bodies of Jool system.

Ships for the mission:

• Joolian Labs: Two new modern laboratories with nuclear propulsion designed specifically for this mission. Delta-v possess sufficient for transfer to Jool, braking on the system, transfer to another system and landing body. (1, Intrepid and 2, Acheron).

• Joolian fuel processors: Two twin spacecraft designed to land on the surface of one of the satellites and begin generating fuel. They will transported by BUS 2.

• BUS 2: Automated transport ship equipped with the new experimental nuclear engine 1500 seconds. 7800 meters per second in LKO with two coupled processors (Charon).

• Prometheus Requiem: An experimental ship 9.6 kilometers per second Delta-V. Up to 4 passengers.

• Laythe Lander: A modification of the Duna Lander designed for high radiation environment Laythe. It will be carried by the BUS 1(Spirit).

• BUS 1: A former nuclear transport designed to carry and return the lander Gilly. 4500 meters per second of delta-v. It will be used to boost Laythe Lander(Test Type).

But not everything in this mission are ships, the true soul of this adventure is the crew of all the transport of the fleet that are going to be sent to Jool.

In our space program, we have had three sad casualties:

• Valentina Kerman: Woman, pilot; He died during testing a SSTO whose engines failed.

• Gerbus Kerman: Male, Scientist; his fuel processor crashed onto Mun due to a failure in the two Mark. 55 of the ship.

• Tebe Kerman: Female, Pilot; He fought bravely, trying to control her ship until the last minute, trying to regain control of the Mark. 55. At 14 kilometers high, expelled Gerbus from command module and ordered him to use all its fuel to try to stabilize its orbit, unfortunately, it didn't work and both crashed into the surface of Mun.

On the last minute, few seconds before crashing, Gerbus sent his last message to his mothership, that we recovered from the black box by the second processor mission. The message was "I love you". Now, on their crashing site, a flag stills remembering future kerbonauts the importance of love... And check your engines.

Aboard the ships that will head to Jool, are 10 of our most courageous kerbonauts.

• Jendi Kerman: Woman, pilot, level 3; famous for being the first kerbal to set foot Duna aboard the Spirit Duna Lander, his feat has not been repeated. He also led the lab Eve during his trip to Eve. She commands the JOOLIAN LAB 1, Intrepid.

• Elwig Kerman: Male, Engineer, Level 3; permanent Engineer (and somewhat suspectede) ofJendi's crew, has accompanied her in all her important missions.

• Danla Kerman; Women, Scientific, Level 3; He has made such prodigious feats like landing on Gilly and out into interplanetary space, She's the boss of Intrepid's Research Lab.

• Dunfield Kerman: Male, pilot, pilot Level 3, JOOLIAN LAB 2 "Acheron" 's pilot. Danla partner and driver in the mission of landing on Gilly.

• Genedorf Kerman: Male, Engineer; Reserve engineer Acheron. It's hisfirst mission.

• Gemise Kerman: Women, Engineer, level 1; He was engineer of the mission to revive the first Duna Lab and make it space Kerbin Laboratory. Chief engineer of Acheron.

• Thomman Kerman: Male, Scientist, level 3; Veteran of two orbital missions of research, Duna and Eve. Chief scientist of Acheron.

• Joewin Kerman: Male, scientific, level 1; He participated in the mission of reviving the first laboratory and is the secondary researcher Acheron.

• Cerlee Kerman: Women, Engineer; mechanics aboard the Prometheus Requiem. It's her first mission.

• Sherdas Kerman: Male, Pilot, level 2; a veteran of the orbital research missions. Commander of the flagship of this fleet of interplanetary spacecraft, Prometheus Requiem.

In addition another 5 kerbonautas are in ongoing missions and two in reserve.

Bill and Bob are aboard Kerbin Space Lab, another three kerbals are stranded on Duna Orbit, waiting for a resupply mission. They landed on ike and the fuel remaining wasn’t enough for reach kerbin (it was planned add an extra detachable tank of fuel, but we weren’t able to afford that.

ACHERON LAB, TRANSFER'S DAY

-Here Acheron, applying double A communication priority. Here Dunfield Kerman, control center, are you there?

"Affirmative, Acheron, here control center requesting status report."

-Center Control, the entire redundant computers has given the green light for the operation. Requesting permission to turn on the twin reactors and start pumping liquid fuel to them, I repeat, we request permission to initialize the twin-"NERV" system.

"Dunfield, you are allowed to initialize the system. When engines were activated, communications will be cutted. We can not reestablish contact for another two hours. Good luck, Acheron. "

"Acheron, here Intrepid, we thank you that you should go first to check if the engines are so defective as it says by another companies, good luck, see you in Jool."

"Acheron, here Prometehus Requiem, thanks to pave the way, we'll see shortly, Sherdas, short and close".

Laboratory's twin engines began to drive preheated hydrogen in the two nuclear furnaces of the ship. The Acheron was barreled toward the stars.

INTREPID, 10 DAYS LATER

-Elwig From EVA, Jendi, get me?

"Here Jendi, what is the level of the reactor?"

-State Normal, it is ready for a boost of 55 minutes before exploding if you activate the control computer.

"KSC, here Jendi Kerman from the Intrepid, requesting permission to begin the quantum processing system, I repeat, I request permission to enable Intrepid Artificial Intelligence to manage the twin reactors".

"Here, KSC, before starting the IA, we order disconnect all telemetry systems or sending data except the E-34, we do not wan that the IA has the power to contaminate any computer on kerbin."

Affirmative, KSC, disconnect all antennas, starting Intrepid autonomous management, Elwig, I need you here with your control key.

Elwig appeared 30 minutes later at the control room of the Intrepid. Jendi was waiting with her respective key.

-Elwig, we're going to insert the key into the slot and the turn it on 3, ready?

1, 2 and ... 3!

A large screen that until then was off suddenly came alive, command lines and data lines urged her and after thirty seconds of waiting, a voice came from the speakers.

Good morning, Jendi, good morning Elwig is a pleasure to be back with you. Shall we start?

'Of course, Gerbus, we need controls the nuclei of the NERV and provide us a stable output.

-OK, it is a pleasure to work in space ... How long will I be on this time? Can I contact Tebe and Val?

You'll be active throughout the mission, Gerbus, we're going to need you in top form for collecting data. Tebe is in the Acheron and Val in the Prometheus. You can contact them once we get out of the sphere of influence of Kerbin.

Now, start the transfer.

And from telescopes located all throughout the night hemisphere of kerbin, two long tails similar to comet's ones eclipsed the sky.

A few years earlier, Eve Lab mission.

-Elwig, Your requesteddata are aboard the laboratory. You can now access them- Jendi said.- Are you sure about this?

-I Have not been more sure of anything in my life, Jendi, we must do this, I need to do this.

A month later, Elwig had dismantled half of the non-essential components of laboratory and linking to the central computer of the ship and a brain scan taken before Munar Prospector mission had revived the mind of the missing scientist.

The Laythe lander and Charon freighter were boosted at same time, and Prometheus Réquiem 4 days after that, activating Val computing system when they were out of range of Kerbin's sensors.

Test Type Burn:

Prometheus Burn:

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Here Eugene Kerman, from the news service broadcast to all kerbals in kerbin, the crew of the research station in low Kerbin orbit, the three crew members of the Duna Lab and all the intrepid kerbonauts who are going to Jool System.

We have great news, the high-speed path of Prometheus Requiem has been a success and is ready to make air braking in Jool after its gravity assist near Tylo, Sherdas and Cerlee Kerman have already done some extravehicular activities becoming the first kerbals to enter on Jool's SOI and perform EVA in the space around it.

In another vein, the two tanks of the Refuel Duna Lab mission are in orbit and ready to make its final maneuver and get in trajectory to refuel Duna Lab.

The launch window will be used to launch a second Duna lander, this already with docking capability, which will remain in orbit for Duna for use by future missions.

Prometheus Requiem, entering the upper atmosphere Jool.

-Cerlee, Prepare for aerobraking, we are entering in the atmosphere.

Val, adjusts the coordinates of orbital insertion, set up a meeting with laythe, let's see if the JSM can send more data.

"Ear Sherdas, preparing coordinates for orbit insertion, enabling RCS control of the ship. Adjustment of 2 m / s confirmed. Adjusted. "

A slight rattle due to friction with the atmosphere of Jool started to be felt not only by the accelerometers that Val has built-in, but the crew also.

"Cerlee, sherdas, I am registering a fluctuation in the gravitational field of Jool, there is a multiple disturbance in the system, the Prometheus is suffering too much pressure."

-MAYDAY, mayday, here KSS Prometheus Requiem, control center, gravity anomalies are resonating inside Jool, are destabilizing the ship ...

Those were the last communications received by the Control Center from the Prometheus. 1 hour later, Kerbin's telescopes were oriented to try to get visual confirmation of the whereabouts of the ship. All they caught was a strange radiation.

At the same time, a gravitational wave spread across the Kerbolian system, multiple objects of unknown nature had been detected throughout the system.

At the same time, low orbit about Harvest.

The gravity wave that swept through the system generated a solar flare that directly hit the side of the little pile of rubble, abandoned for centuries by its builders.

<ACTIVATING SYSTEM>

<CHECKING FOR ERROR>

<MINIMUM ERRORS>

<CHECKING POWER SOURCE>

<POWER SOURCE IS FUNCTIONAL>

<STARTING CONNECTION PROTOCOL>

<SEARCHING FOR RADIO SIGNALS>

<CAN'T CONNECT WITH CONTROL CENTER>

<STARTING PASSIVE SIGNAL SEARCH>

<DETECTED SIGNAL EMISSION'S SOURCE>

<STARTING PROTOCOL C.A.S.A.>

<ACTIVATING PROPULSION SYSTEMS>

<COURSE SET>

<RATE PARTICLE DISPERSION: NORMAL>

<ENGAGING TRHUST>

Edited June 19, 2015 by stellarator

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CHAPTER 2: CHANGES

KSC, tracking station, 1 day later.

Sir, we've detected an anomalous object!

-What is it?- Jebediah asked, he was serving as emergency controller.

-I do not know. Space Telescope 1 has detected it an hour ago by a very large increase in its luminosity, has just returned to normal a few moments ago. Comes from the vicinity of one of the planets ...? They have not told me how we should call the new bodies.

-Focus, now. I want data.

-The telescope has only sent a photo. Besides that, we only know its acceleration in the time that is propelled and his current speed.

-This Photo does not reveal anything for send to the guys of space defense. Give me the data.

-Max. accleration achieved: 25.84 g. Current speed: 97.7 kilometers per second. It places it in the path of Kerbin in less than 7 days.

At that time the experimented pilot Jebediah Kerman collapsed.

7 days later.

<TESTING SYSTEMS>

<DIRECTION: OK

COMMUNICATIONS: OK

PRPULSIÓN SYSTEMS: OK

POSITION CONTROL SYSTEMS: OK

PROPULSION: OK>

<STARTING COMMUNICATIONS ANALYSIS: 27 ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE>

<ANALYZING COMMUNICATIONS INCOMING SOURCE: CONFIRMED COORDINATES>

<STARTING DRIVE>

<TRANS-AM: ACTIVATED>

Control center

-I have confirmation from the Bases on Mun and Minmus, they also capture the deceleration of the object-reported one of the telephone operators.

-The Government has authorized the use of nuclear weapons for overthrow it if you believe appropriate.

"Negative, control center, we will not fly that thing."

-Here Commander, Jeb, what are you saying?

"I am aboard the X-2 in low orbit, I'm ready to dive into the atmosphere after the object and take possession of it."

-Why is it so important? I want information-replied the Commander

"That thing has accelerated to 97 kilometers per second and is decelerating, and its speed is just 30. The observations of the telescopes say that only has 10 meters long. I will cpature this and Tralenna will go to the other that has entered the Kerbin system. No piece of technology has more value across the system.

-Sir, is going through the Periapsis-informed a technician-. Its orbit is almost perfectly circular ... is decelerating further ... going to fall into Kerbin, Jeb was right! His engines have stopped, I will send the descent coordinates to Jebediah. A tractor surface is going there.

Three days later

Jeb had already done two and half days of driving that mastodon through half a continent, but finally he's approaching the KSC, he could see the glint of VAB.

Diligently, he parked his tractor outside the R&D building. Tralenna came in a car to meet him.

Hey, Jeb, what was your trip?

-Tired, but at last I arrived.

-So those two things are the most expensive thing on the planet there?

-It's the most expensive thing on the entire system, Tral.

-But why?

-That, we would leave to the R & D guys... Let's go to the complex and take a drink!

[Faile]

*gobsmacked* You sir, you deserve a donut!

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It was a bleak show for any rocket engineer in the control room the ship, the first-and possibly last as there is no more Engines- Eve Explorer model ship, the Daedalus put toward orbit with no rocket, no noise, nothing.

Jebediah, Tralenna, Bill and Bob put toward Eve. Seven minutes later they had reached orbital velocity and still accelerating, ready to abandon Eve Kerbin and achieve an ultra-fast path of 20 days.

The scientist would stay aboard the orbital research module and our two intrepid pilots, with the Engineer, would fall to the surface using the GN-Lander and carrying the module of extraction and processing of fuel, essential to provide a basis for future missions.

After the five minutes that lasted the braking maneuver, and with a much higher altitude than expected, the Daedalus was placed in orbit. Immediately, the Condensers were activated again and endowed ship an orbital inclination of 90 degrees. The maneuver of mapping had begun.

After refueling the capacitors, the lander separated from the mother ship along with the fuel extraction module, and quickly, the GN-Drives lander began their maximum performance mode, the "TRANS-AM" mode and changed their inclination to 0 °. After this, they proceeded to the landing maneuver.

-Jeb, I need help, the RCS not work, I will lose orientation.

-Easy, Tral ... No, can not be peaceful, monopropellant ducts are broken, reaction wheels are not enough to maintain stability ... Use speed brakes!

-They've just dismantled, Jeb, we have no choice, the weight of the module is turning the structure ... I'll turn their parachutes and will undock.

-You're going to destroy the module-said Bill.

-If not, the destroyed will be us-said as he pressed the controls and separated the two components.

-The Heat is returning to normal levels reentry, Tral, but the module is falling face down, not going to get it, will fall into the area but it will not do.

Trust me, Jeb, I'm activating his parachute and ... Now!

After a few minutes of intense terror, our intrepid kerbals left their lander and nailed the banner purple surface of the inhospitable world. They were the first and probably the last they would do something like that.

Bill came out first and ran to the module, after three hours, had managed to reconnect the refining system and solar panels to the control module, unfortunately, the drills had been completely destroyed, the refueling station had failed.

Meanwhile, both pilots had gathered all available surface science and from the nearby sea, ready to carry them to Kerbin for detailed study.

After two days on the surface, all the crew returned to the ship and began the ascent.

1.2 kilometers on Eve

-Tralenna, we are high enough, you can disconnect the systems of free ascent and put the engine in normal mode, I want maximum performance, right? Jeb said.

-You want initiate TRANS-AM? In the dense atmosphere of Eve?

-Oh, no, just put them in normal maximum performance.

-Roger, Jeb, initiating particle systems, preparing countdown to the switch to normal mode, 30 seconds, blocking and initiating countdown time.

-10 Seconds, Hold on and ... Oh, no!

-what's Up?

-The engines have turned TRANS-AM on on their own.

-it's Not possible.

-That will kill us, right?

-Yes, Bill, that will kill us ...

Lander's engines were pulled TRANS-AM mode, accelerating to four times its normal rate and destroying the ship in the process.

5 minutes later, from the mother ship, it was reported that two unidentified objects, emitting GN particles at an alarming rate, were leaving the atmosphere of Eve at 18 times the speed of sound and accelerating.

The unknowns are multiplied and several heads rolled on the incident that killed three of our best kerbonauts.

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FIRST INTERLUDE

In some unknown place, Kerbin, Territory of the Federation of the West.

-Thank you for doing that for me, all the people would appreciate it if they knew what happened.

-No mention it, sir, our duty is to obey ... Even if it means the death of those three. Do you really think that would be better?

-Of course, we could not leave the GN Drives in the hands of the military, will be a catastrophe. Trust me, we've done the right thing. Even without them, they have created something very powerful based on his technology.

HQ of the Space Agency of the Federation, KSC

-They've gave us the promised funds, Mr. We can still catch the launch window.

-Perfect, Prepare the launch of four more ships to form the second exploration fleet of the Federation. We have the way clear.