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Kerbfleet: A Jool Odyssey-CHAPTER 22 pg 2: Yet >another< narrative device!

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  On 7/20/2016 at 10:04 PM, Kuzzter said:

Annnd let's do the other one:

So just because there wasn't any on-panel radio chatter with Jeb doesn't mean he wasn't directing Tedus into the bay: I just decided repeating the sequence wouldn't be as interesting the second time around :)  

 

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Russian words... Shadows of the Kraken?

Zombies...... Emiko Station and Carlenna?

woah...

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Mister Dilsby

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Russian just comes from the fact Nimzo is some sort of Russian-speaking Kerbal; zombie references are for both @Just Jim and @Geschosskopf :) 

So, the ships are recovered and I'm getting ready to attempt a landing. And am wondering if it'd be easier just to send Qwammer down about 20 times. Here's the current draft of my worksheet, for your amusement:

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  On 7/21/2016 at 4:28 PM, Kuzzter said:

Russian just comes from the fact Nimzo is some sort of Russian-speaking Kerbal; zombie references are for both @Just Jim and @Geschosskopf :) 

So, the ships are recovered and I'm getting ready to attempt a landing. And am wondering if it'd be easier just to send Qwammer down about 20 times. Here's the current draft of my worksheet, for your amusement:

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Thank you!   And for the record, I haven't put any on Pol... yet.... so Nizmo is safe... I hope...  :rolleyes:

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Awesome 'that's no Mun' shot of Intrepid and Pol. Really nails down quite how durned big that bad girl is.

 

Yeah, yeah, I know. Pol aint much of a mun. Shush - you're spoiling it.

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  On 7/22/2016 at 7:46 PM, 0111narwhalz said:

I didn't realize she had so many NTRs. That's a lot of nozzles.

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Well, with a mass of 600-1200 tons depending on fuel load, we do need a lot of 'em! Those 24 LV-Ns give 1440 kN thrust, which I find to give acceptable acceleration in most circumstances.

In other news: phhhhhheewwwwwwwwwww......

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Well then, you both might find yourself trying to drag THIS one around :D 

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The amazing thing isn't that I hit the LZ, five meters from dead center, with 5000 units of oxidant to spare, on the first attempt... the amazing thing is that I got all the screenshots in one take. :cool:

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  On 7/23/2016 at 1:50 PM, Just Jim said:

Wow, the only thing missing from that last chapter was a super-dramatic soundtrack!

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I find this works perfectly. :) Congratulations on a successful landing! It also occurs to me that some kind of glow-in-the-dark stakes that you can put down would be really helpful for night landings...

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  On 7/23/2016 at 3:31 PM, Angel-125 said:

I find this works perfectly. :) 

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Actually, that is exactly the piece of music that was going through my head while I was putting the scene together--really! In fact, 2:10 of the video is the exact moment when Kenlie gets the roll stable, the ship is hovering over the LZ, and Val orders the descent. Wow! I guess this proves that you can, indeed, commumicate sound with pictures and vice versa :) 

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Kenlie is turning out to be quite the skilled pilot. It's nice to have followed him all the way from blundering hero worshipper to where he is today: still blundering on occasion but a confident and meaningful member of the team.

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  On 7/23/2016 at 4:06 PM, SpaceplaneAddict said:

*Sees a perfect landing square within the flags*

*Dies *

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Yeah, you weren't the only one! :) I spent more time 'hovering' and trying to translate on vernors than is reflected in the panels, but it really wasn't bad. The ol' girl handles pretty well for 650 tons!

  On 7/23/2016 at 7:28 PM, Deddly said:

Kenlie is turning out to be quite the skilled pilot. It's nice to have followed him all the way from blundering hero worshipper to where he is today: still blundering on occasion but a confident and meaningful member of the team.

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Thanks! I'm liking him more and more myself--of course he couldn't have done it without Val's expert direction, Bill handling thrust balance, and Dilsby managing some of the other tasks. I had considered Bob or Dilsby saying 'Captin, don't you think we need our best pilot for this?' upon which Val takes the helm herself-- but there's a bunch of things wrong with that. First, of course, that's not really the kind of leader she is--her goal is always to build up the crew. Second, I wouldn't want to give the impression that a ship like Intrepid gets flown by a single jock with a stick and a throttle (even if it's really just me with a mouse and keyboard) Third, I'd just spent twenty minutes running my checklist, sliding engine throttles and sloshing fuel around and I didn't have patience to make anyone change seats :)

  On 7/23/2016 at 7:37 PM, Geschosskopf said:

Who hallucinates and listens to "voices", and might one day go kerbicidal, but yeah, otherwise not too bad a guy :)

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Oh yeah, that too :)

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