Reducing/eliminating crew costs

[DerekL1963]

Is there a mod to reduce/eliminate crew costs?

Thanks!

Edited June 15, 2015 by DerekL1963

[Ferdoni]

No, but there are rescue contracts. Because you get the kerbals wich you rescue afterwards.

I've now over 40 kerbonauts and only paid for the first ones when I didn't knew this

[Streetwind]

Yes, there is.

In fact it can do a whole lot more than just editing crew costs. But you can just leave all the other values at the defaults and not worry about them.

[Evanitis]

Not to mention the easiest solution: use probes!

[Warzouz]

When I launch a mission, I always let 2 empty seats in the return vehcile. They are mosltly always filled with free new recuits. I even have to do a special mission to minmus space station to get them back. The previous return vehicle was too small...

[KerikBalm]

The problem with rescue contracts, is that you don't know the specalization of the kerbal you are rescuing.

I got to 16 kerbals... by doing 12 rescues... only 1 was a scientist...

[Warzouz]

I think you can, I've dicovered that lately. I don't remeber where though, since I haven't done such a mission for 3 weeks now. I think you must accept the mission first.

[KerikBalm]

Well, that doesn't help much if you have to accept the mission without knowing what kind of kerbal you will get...

[DerekL1963]

Yes, there is.

In fact it can do a whole lot more than just editing crew costs. But you can just leave all the other values at the defaults and not worry about them.

Thanks Streetwind!

[Warzouz]

You could cheat in the save file. I'me sure the data is in that file and editable.

I got a lot of engineers, at stat. I bought 2 scientists and 1 pilot, Now I've quite average of all.

[Evanitis]

(...)you don't know the specalization of the kerbal you are rescuing.

I didn't find that too much of a problem. The rate of specializations fees pretty ballanced, though I guess RNG can play jokes on specific players. But scientists slowly lose their value as the tech-tree fills up, while engineers get more welcomed as mining operations spread. So it's kinda' doesn't matter who you get on the long run. Yeah, it's harder to find a good use for pilots, as a cheap OCTO-core can do what they can (and Jeb overshadows them anyways). I have a secret tendency to send noname pilots on missions where returning is a not-so-high priority.

[Nich]

Yes the fly by wire is game breaking for pilots. A little challenging to design around if you like docking head first. But it is low in the tech tree, it is very light and it is better until your pilot hits level 3. They should add in pilots have a chance to recruit free recruits of the opposite gender after returning to Kerbal from a mission. Percentage chance depends on the challenge of the mission i.e. first time back from orbit is practically 100%. It could also be tied in with upgrading the administration building.

- - - Updated - - -

And yes the RNG played a major joke on me. my first 15 rescues were 13 pilots 1 scientist 1 engineer. To top it off the price of hiring new recruits goes up when you rescue someone. I need 3-4 scientist but they were 600k and at the time i only had 1.2m in my bank.

[MarvinKitFox]

Crew....costs?

I'm assuming that there is some sort of fee involved in buying a new kerbal into the space program?

I wouldn't know.

My current roster has Jeb, Bill and Bob. and 23 fanboys rescued from deep space.

[Evanitis]

my first 15 rescues were 13 pilots 1 scientist 1 engineer. To top it off the price of hiring new recruits goes up when you rescue someone.

Oucs. Hope that RNG won't play that trick on me once I start my very hard career run. Makes me wonder if a kerbal's role is decided upon rescue, acceptance of the mission or at the generation of the offer. Guess I'll do some save-hogging to check it out.

I also wonder if the recruiting price goes down if you happen to... umm... lose some pilots during... unforseen and unexpected accidents during generally totally safe asignments. Like gathering surface samples of Jool or Kerbol... or such. Wheren't you tempted to try?

[amorymeltzer]

Oucs. Hope that RNG won't play that trick on me once I start my very hard career run. Makes me wonder if a kerbal's role is decided upon rescue, acceptance of the mission or at the generation of the offer. Guess I'll do some save-hogging to check it out.

It's a hash based on the Kerbal's name.

[Evanitis]

It's a hash based on the Kerbal's name.

I like hash! Nope, I wanted to say... thanks!