Kerbals Of Honour (WIP)

[Yuri kagarin56]

Kerbals Of Honour

(This is a work in progress I'm trying to do a new chapter every couple of day's any suggestions, tips or constructive criticism is welcome.)

Chapter One

John Kerman looked out the window of the classroom, his mind restless. His teacher spoke "John, we have to talk about this morning." John turned his gaze to his teacher. "Look Mr Kerman I'm sorry. The guy called Jeb stupid." Mr. Kerman sighed "John, I know you admire Jeb but punching Nilrod just for calling him stupid. Come on that's a little much." John's eyes darted across the school yard to Nilrod surrounded by Kerbalinas. "John??" Mr. Kerman said. John turned back to his teacher. "I'm sorry, what more do you want me to do?" Mr. Kerman sighed yet again. "Just don't do it again, okay?" Mr. Kerman stood up and opened the classroom door. "Now get out of here, You'll miss the landing." John grinned and rushed out. "John!" Valentina called out as she ran up beside him. "Hey Valentina" John said as she caught up with him. "I heard you punched Nilrod." Valentina said. "How'd you hear that?" John asked. "Um you did it in the Cafeteria at lunch, everyone saw." Valentina replied. "Well he deserved it." said John "I don't doubt it." Valentina said. John arrived at the bus stop. "Hey you coming over tonight to watch the landing?" John asked. "No I think ill stay at home and listen to my father complain about me going out with you. Of course Ill be there." Valentina Laughed. "See you later tonight." john said with a smile as he stepped on the bus.

"Ten feet" Jebediah Kermans voice echoed through the TV. John sat on the floor his eyes fixed on the screen. His arm draped around Valentina the entire living room of twenty or so Kerbals silent as everyone waited. "Two and half down." Bill Kerman's voice called. "Contact light" Called Bill through the tv set. "Okay engine stop." The tension in the room could be cut with a knife as everyone waited. "Uhh Kerbin Tranquility base here, The Eagle has landed." with those words everyone in the room began cheering. The screen switched to a view of mission control, Kerbals shaking hands, jumping up and down and a few running wildly around the control terminals swinging their ties above their heads. John's living room quieted down as the kerbals at mission control took their seats again as they prepared for the first steps. Snacks were passed around the living room as everyone waited to watch the first Kerbal walk on the Mun. A few minutes later the screen flickered and switched to a camera on the lander. Movement could be seen as Jebediah stepped out the hatch onto the lander's ladder. He began to slowly step down the ladder one rung at a time as all of Kerbin stared silently into TV. screens. John squeezed Valentina's hand as they watched. Finally Jeb stepped off the Ladder onto the Munar surface. Kalter Kronkites voice called out. "Jebediah is on the Mun, Jebediah Kerman a thirty eight year old Kerbal standing on the surface of the Mun. On this July twentieth nineteen hundred and sixty nine" Jebediah Kerman pressed his foot into the Munar soil and echoed his famous lines "That's one small step for Kerbal, one giant leap for Kerbalkind." As John's face slowly turned to a smile a tear of joy rolled down his cheek. He knew exactly what he wanted to do with his life.

Chapter Two

Program Director Fimlin Kerman strode into the office of flight director Gene Kerman. Gene stared out over the Kerbal space complex. "Gene, where is everyone?" Fimlin asked. "They've been here and gone Fimlin, your late again." Gene replied. Fimlin gave a light sigh as he laid the weather reports for the next few days out on the table. "If we don't choose from one of these four days we won't get a chance to launch the mission this year. Kongress will never approve a second mission while the first is still sitting on the pad." Gene nodded picking up the papers and skimming through them. "One of these four?" Fimlin sighed lightly "We must choose one." Gene chuckled and set the papers back down "We can't launch under these conditions." Fimlin nodded lightly "Normally no we couldn't. But I've talked to Wernher and he says that the Cerura could launch in these conditions. Besides, we only came up with these new fangled safety regu, regu..." Gene frowned "Regulations?" Fimlin nodded "Yea those. We only came up with them last week." Gene gave a Fimlin a disappointed look. "Okay, We launch on Thursday." Fimlin grinned collecting his papers. "I'll let everyone know." He said as he rushed out the door. Gene sighed and looked out across the complex to the launch tower where several engineers were banging a solid rocket booster with a mallet "Safety regulations, whose idea was that anyway." He scoffed taking a sip of koffee from his rocket ship shaped mug.

Wernher Von Kerman ran aimlessly around the lab as he chased a large blob of goo as it slid away from him.

"Get back here you!" He said in a heavily thick accent. Fimlin walked through the door and grabbed the blob as it slid past him "Got him." Wernher rushed over and grabbed the goo quickly stuffing it into a science container. "Thanks for that, I've been chasing him for about half an hour." Fimlin smiled. "Happy to help, also I need a favor." Wernher nodded "Ja Ja what is it?" Fimlin poked the locked up goo a few times with his pencil. "If Gene asks the Cerura can launch in Thursday's weather." Wernher looked at him confused "But the Cerura needs perfect conditions." Fimlin turned. "We either launch Thursday or we don't launch." Wernher pondered for a moment "Ahhh yes of course the Cerura can launch." Fimlin grinned "That's good news. Now go load the science containers into the payload bay." He said turning to leave. "I will after this." Wernher nodded and set back to work pouring random chemicals into beakers and mixing them.

John Kerman sat at the desk in his room at the astronaut complex playing on his computer. Bargon Kerman walked in "Whatcha playin?" John stared intensely at the screen "It's this new Indie space simulator called NASA space program. It's pretty cool. You control these little guys called Humans and launch them into space." Bargon nodded. "Sounds epic. Anyway's the launch is Thursday so get your affairs in order." John nodded as he pressed the launch button on his computer. He frowned as the launch escape tower fired but the rest of his rocket failed to launch. "Damn staging." He said with a sigh as he turned off the monitor and walked over to the closet to pack his bags.

Edited October 25, 2015 by Yuri kagarin56