"Eve: Order Zero" -- a KSP Graphic Novel (POSTLUDE COMPLETE...bet you didn't see THAT coming.)

[Starhawk]

I kept wondering what G.R.I.N.D. stood for.

I agree with Wernher. Definitely a work of genius.

That was three whole pages, but I can't refrain from wanting more!

Happy landings!

[Mister Dilsby]

Surely you must be joking?

Admiral Shirley is Kuzzter's obligatory Airplane reference. But he may become a major part of the series, who knows?

She might, yes, if I ever get around to making a proper uniform for her in Texture Replacer.

"Mort" and his pressgangs are often seen as evil by the kerb-on-the-street, and they often organize flashmobs in protest using technology Mort's efforts have created and made available to consumers. But being a nob, he pays no attention to the clamoring of peasants .

Yes, a benevolent despot must after all remain above the fray.

I have read the entire Duna, Ore bust and Eve Order Zero series in one night. Whelp, back to my physics assignment...

Hope you enjoyed! Just remember, F=ma and you can't push a rope.

Hum, may I remind Mortimer that one of the biggest part providers for KerbFleet is Jeb's Junkyard? If Jeb wants to put a ship on Eve he probably can do it by himself and he probably can arm wrestle the Board of Directors to submission just by menacing to up prices

Intriguing! Though in Kerbfleet continuity Lt Kernel Jeb Kerman does not own a junkyard or provide parts. Maybe there's a different Jeb Kerman who does, or maybe the famous pilot Jeb just licenses his image for advertising. Dunno.

Tose last few boxes reminded me more than a bit of the Martian...

What? Me, use ideas and references from a story about a stranded astronaut? The very idea!

[Sharkman Briton]

Still don't understand why Mort is now the CEO.

[Deddly]

Still don't understand why Mort is now the CEO.

Just like many times in real life projects: Once the initial goals have been reached and the initial curiosity and public support dies down, the only thing that keeps a programme going is money. Once money becomes the object, the kind of people who want money to be the object shoulder their way into command, because they are better at achieving the new goal than anyone else on the project.

But then you also have characters like Jebediah, Bill, Lisa and Valentina Kerman, as well as loyal people like Dilsby and Clauselle already at Eve... Not to mention the one and only, the incredible GREGMORE KERMAN!

[Geschosskopf]

Just like many times in real life projects: Once the initial goals have been reached and the initial curiosity and public support dies down, the only thing that keeps a programme going is money.

The usual stages of a project:

1. Enthusiasm

2. Disillusionment

3. Panic

4. Search for the guilty

5. Punishment of the innocent

6. Praise and accolades for the non-participants

4-6 are collectively known as "the bayonetting of the wounded".

[passinglurker]

WOO! Space piracy! grand theft rocket! Bill's 11!(stops to count...) we need more kerbals!

[Flow]

The M7 Lander looks great, Bill truly is a genius. But achieving a cool enough Eve entry to avoid turning it into the M7 White-Hot-Glowing-Lava-Ball might turn out to be krakening difficult. Or will it use powered landing? Looking forward to new pages already!

Edit: I realised I actually like "M7 Lavaball"

Edited September 7, 2015 by Flow

[Parkaboy]

The M7 Lander looks great, Bill truly is a genius. But achieving a cool enough Eve entry to avoid turning it into the M7 White-Hot-Glowing-Lava-Ball might turn out to be krakening difficult. Or will it use powered landing? Looking forward to new pages already!

Edit: I realised I actually like "M7 Lavaball"

If I were to guess, I'd say he's going for a powered landing, with refueling on the surface. Why would the lander have a docking port on the bottom, if not to dock with a ISRU module?

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

Oh, the suspense!

I like it so far.

[Flow]

If I were to guess, I'd say he's going for a powered landing, with refueling on the surface. Why would the lander have a docking port on the bottom, if not to dock with a ISRU module?

Ooh, I didn't notice that on the vehicle. Well then, I hope Bill knows how to refine purple ore.

[Alchemist]

Just stumbled upon a great quote:

“The moment the person leading a company thinks numbers have value in themselves, the company’s done. The moment the CFO becomes CEOâ€â€it’s done. Game over.†- Elon Musk

[Mister Dilsby]

WOO! Space piracy! grand theft rocket! Bill's 11!(stops to count...) we need more kerbals!

Hm...what do we have now? The Duna four, plus the four still in space over Eve. If you count the two on the ground we just need one more. Well, I think we have enough characters to keep track of anyway. After all I only have four colors of word balloons, two colors of suit and two genders to visually differentiate.

The M7 Lander looks great, Bill truly is a genius. But achieving a cool enough Eve entry to avoid turning it into the M7 White-Hot-Glowing-Lava-Ball might turn out to be krakening difficult. Or will it use powered landing? Looking forward to new pages already!

If I were to guess, I'd say he's going for a powered landing, with refueling on the surface. Why would the lander have a docking port on the bottom, if not to dock with a ISRU module?

Ooh, I didn't notice that on the vehicle. Well then, I hope Bill knows how to refine purple ore.

Thanks! M7, by the way, is for its seven Mammoth engines. It is indeed meant for a powered landing and refuel on the surface. I suppose it's not giving away too much to point out that the Billmobile Mortingale has a docking port, a drill, and an ISRU module

“The moment the person leading a company thinks numbers have value in themselves, the company’s done. The moment the CFO becomes CEOâ€â€it’s done. Game over.†- Elon Musk

:shudder: That's Mort all right, KFO to KEO, and then the whole program gets fried to a crisp like KFC.

Now back to purple scenery for a few pages:

Is this another "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" situation??

I guess I dropped enough hints

Edited September 8, 2015 by Kuzzter

[Sharkman Briton]

Hah, Tedusday!

[lukethecoder64]

That communication method is genius, but couldn't you just rename the cockpit?

Happy Tedusday!

[smjjames]

That communication method is genius, but couldn't you just rename the cockpit?

Happy Tedusday!

They're out of power, so they can't. They do have an unlimited number of flags though.

[Mister Dilsby]

That communication method is genius, but couldn't you just rename the cockpit?

I suppose, but there's no animation for that so it wouldn't give me any good visuals to work with

So I suppose if I really thought about it I could also come up with some way for a ship in orbit to communicate back...maybe if Evestation were passing overhead at night it could toggle solar panels to send a visible Morse code message. In-story, as GM I'm ruling that with the battery on Dipperkraft dead they can't receive voice/data transmissions including map view--otherwise someone could re-name a passing ship to send a message back. They could also travel the ~100km to where the Impactor probe is, but after walking Bob 9200 meters from his crash site to the Dipperkraft I am NOT about to go to all that trouble

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They're out of power, so they can't. They do have an unlimited number of flags though.

^^

A pretty good definition of 'kerbal' as an adjective, right there.

[smjjames]

I suppose, but there's no animation for that so it wouldn't give me any good visuals to work with

So I suppose if I really thought about it I could also come up with some way for a ship in orbit to communicate back...maybe if Evestation were passing overhead at night it could toggle solar panels to send a visible Morse code message. In-story, as GM I'm ruling that with the battery on Dipperkraft dead they can't receive voice/data transmissions including map view--otherwise someone could re-name a passing ship to send a message back. They could also travel the ~100km to where the Impactor probe is, but after walking Bob 9200 meters from his crash site to the Dipperkraft I am NOT about to go to all that trouble

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^^

A pretty good definition of 'kerbal' as an adjective, right there.

Well, apparently they've spent a year there already, plenty of time to do an expedition to that impactor probe and bring it back. So, you could just hyperedit it over and say that they brought it back over. Unless it doesn't seem logical that the two would be able to bring it over that much of a distance.

[Mister Dilsby]

Well, apparently they've spent a year there already, plenty of time to do an expedition to that impactor probe and bring it back. So, you could just hyperedit it over and say that they brought it back over. Unless it doesn't seem logical that the two would be able to bring it over that much of a distance.

Well, I admit I did walk Bob about 4km, said "forget this", and hyperedited him the rest of the way with exactly that justification. But I think a 100km journey is a bit too far for plausibility, even in a Kerbalverse. Besides they would not be able to carry any of the probe back, I don't use KAS ...just saying that if Bob was standing next to the probe I'd rule him able to use some kind of interface panel to send/recieve mail on his kpad.

Of course they still have infinite power and comms in their spacesuits, otherwise they could not have continued their conversation when Bob went to change the flag. I've just always assumed that suit radios are short range only and need a boost from an actual vessel.

[lukethecoder64]

-snip-

I guess. Oh well.

[Starhawk]

Wonderful stuff as always!

G.O. #1 = NEEDS_MANYKERBS >>> NEEDS_FEWKERBS

Eve sure gives some stunning visuals. Nice graphic design.

Happy landings!

[Mister Dilsby]

Well, I admit I did walk Bob about 4km, said "forget this", and hyperedited him the rest of the way with exactly that justification. But I think a 100km journey is a bit too far for plausibility, even in a Kerbalverse. Besides they would not be able to carry any of the probe back, I don't use KAS ...just saying that if Bob was standing next to the probe I'd rule him able to use some kind of interface panel to send/recieve mail on his kpad.

Of course they still have infinite power and comms in their spacesuits, otherwise they could not have continued their conversation when Bob went to change the flag. I've just always assumed that suit radios are short range only and need a boost from an actual vessel.

and ETA: I never did intend to run the Dipperkraft out of power--I was genuinely so excited that Tedus lived that I forgot all the solar panels had exploded. So I made Tedus send reports back until the batteries died. He got off the crew report but the power ran out midway through the EVA.

[Parkaboy]

The Bob/Tedus banter is so fun I find myself hoping they don't get rescued too soon...

[Scotius]

Of course they still have infinite power and comms in their spacesuits, otherwise they could not have continued their conversation when Bob went to change the flag. I've just always assumed that suit radios are short range only and need a boost from an actual vessel.

This is exactly how Antenna Range mod works. Kerbals can only send report from EVA, if they are close to a craft with full sized antenna. Anyways, this chapter was both good read and food for thoughts. Someone really should smack Mort in the head with a hard drive, while shouting "FOR SCIENCE!".

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

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http://i.imgur.com/PNbXx1X.png

I guess I dropped enough hints

I thought the Prime Directive was noninterference with other cultures and civilizations.

[Edax]

Interesting that Sharkman and I both made Mort the badguy; but then again, isn't that the case in real life space programs? Financials have done more to inhibit exploration than krakens ever did...

He's just getting some snacks, we'll see him again soon...

Aww...I like Mort better as a plucky over-worked stressed-out money manager barely trying to hold the space program together with duct tape and underhanded contracts dealings.