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

[Mister Dilsby]

Uh oh. 

I think we might have to take away his kpad if this keeps up. Comic update later today  

[KAL 9000]

Kerbfleet knows better! #ImALootyComderCanKuzzterReccomendMeForPromotion

Edited October 27, 2016 by KAL 9000

[Mister Dilsby]

  On 10/27/2016 at 3:01 PM, KAL 9000 said:

Kerbfleet knows better! 

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Well.... not always. Remember when they grappled that asteroid in Chapter 7?

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[KAL 9000]

  On 10/27/2016 at 3:09 PM, Kuzzter said:

Well.... not always. Remember when they grappled that asteroid in Chapter 7?

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Good point... I've been constantly laughing ever since Grand Theft Spacecraft happened in E:O0. I hope Jeb and Bill were being sincere about Kenlie being the fifth Hummlebeetle, he's just such a nice guy you want the best for him.

[Alchemist]

As much as people claim him to be dead, Kraken sometimes returns if not to swallow his prey right away, then to stick his tentacles into the controls and make it turn itself into a better dish.

And then the crew of the Intrepid will find some body on this small brown moon, won't they? I still recommend caution - never presume the Kraken fully dead even if you see that with your eyes.

[Starhawk]

 

 

  On 10/26/2016 at 7:10 PM, Deddly said:

Loving the story, especially the appearance of the Space Beet. But it does feel like they left Vall rather suddenly after making such a ground-breaking discovery. One might have thought they would have stuck around a bit - for science.

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I think I might leave quickly too if my science officer reported a huge EM spike from the enormous and mysterious alien artifact I just activated.

Happy landings!

My, but this forum software truly sucks when using from a tablet.

 

Edited October 27, 2016 by Starhawk

[Mister Dilsby]

  On 10/27/2016 at 7:36 PM, Starhawk said:

I think I might leave quickly too if my science officer reported a huge EM spike from the enormous and mysterious alien artifact I just activated.

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Yes... YES! *waves hands*

Poor little evil dude, I actually feel sorry for him now  

And yeah, I really am pretty low on oxidant--Qwammer reached Intrepid with only a few drops left. There's only enough left in the ship's tanks for one full refuel of Qwammer, meaning that if anything went wrong there would be nothing left for Skimeroo. So, it's legit! (what? Pay no attention to that 1500 units of unconverted ore!) Off we go to Bop, to refuel! Let's see if Sub-Legate Newdun gets away before Sarge's scansat arrives, and if Bill really can "take care of" the rest of the evidence.  

[Deddly]

Nice handwaving. I feel that this episode made the whole story run more smoothly! And yeah, poor Wehrford.

The biggest mystery now is: how come the Kerbulans don't explode into a cloud of dust?
I'm willing to assume that it's the same for the Kerbals, but we haven't observed a Kerbal death yet in this universe.

 

EDIT: Oh, and ... four guys with space madness?
 

[Mister Dilsby]

  On 10/27/2016 at 9:33 PM, Deddly said:

The biggest mystery now is: how come the Kerbulans don't explode into a cloud of dust?

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Well, generally when we see a death poof it's the result of a high-speed impact or other extreme trauma. Asphyxiation due to being yanked out of your cockpit without a helmet, that's different  

[Deddly]

Ah, interesting point!

And who are these four mad guys? I thought there were only two in each space program...

[problemecium]

I thought the reason for Kerbal death poofs was to release the spores contained inside them so they might grow into another grassy mat that spawns new Kerbals. o_O

[Mister Dilsby]

  On 10/27/2016 at 9:38 PM, Deddly said:

And who are these four mad guys? I thought there were only two in each space program...

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Ah! There are of course Kurt, and Not-Kurt who is also Melgee, who lived in a large piece of cheese on Mimnus. But you forget pilot Dongun, who is bread, so you should butter his arm and not put salsa on it, and his engineer Billy-Bobby who made to home-go ALL the cheese with a spectacular claw grab! 

/madness

 

[Dman979]

  On 10/27/2016 at 9:33 PM, Deddly said:

...we haven't observed a Kerbal death yet in this universe.
 

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And hopefully it'll stay that way. But we don't know, and I wouldn't put money on it.

[Angelo Kerman]

I think the the S.A.V.E. was uploaded to Kerbal X.

Edited October 27, 2016 by Angel-125

[Chemp]

  On 10/27/2016 at 10:49 PM, Angel-125 said:

I think the the S.A.V.E. was uploaded to Kerbal X.

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You actually made me go and look for it. I'm new to KerbalX, is it really possible to upload saves?

  On 10/27/2016 at 9:17 PM, Kuzzter said:

Let's see if Sub-Legate Newdun gets away before Sarge's scansat arrives, and if Bill really can "take care of" the rest of the evidence.

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I wonder when the Kerbals figure out that the uploaded data not only contains al the information about them, but also includes everything about the Kerbulans. And since the kpad is connected to Kerbnet every F5 gives them an update.

 

Edited October 27, 2016 by Chemp

[waterlubber]

I wonder what would happen if somebody typed 

sudo rm -rf / 

into Vallhenge...

[max_creative]

Why do Kermulan ships not have armor? That probably would have saved him. Although armor vs. 32 missiles doesn't help so much... I don't even know who to shoot missiles at anymore... I don't want to hurt the almighty deep space kraken, but I feel a little sorry for the Kermulans now... 

Jeb: Oh, by the way we were testing a new probe at Bop recently. It had bloaking devices and all kinds of cool stuff, but something smashed the viewport and threw it into Jool. 

WHAT?!? 

Jeb: Jool. Not Bop. I think it was the deep space octopus. The deep space kraken's cousin. 

GRRRRR...

Jeb: It didn't have any weapons on it. It was just a probe. 

GO AWAY! 

Jeb: awwwww...

Edited October 28, 2016 by max_creative
JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEB!!!!!

[Garrett Kerman]

Looks like the Kerbulans have expended all their ammo. Heh. Wait...

AAGHHHH!!!!!!!! (Ducks as Japanese Zero misses aircraft carrier).

[Zhetaan]

  On 10/27/2016 at 9:36 PM, Kuzzter said:

Well, generally when we see a death poof it's the result of a high-speed impact or other extreme trauma.

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Does that include being bludgeoned to a paste with a Koffee mug?  I wondered how that mug got so clean so quickly, given the big *splorch* of blood on it.

[Mister Dilsby]

  On 10/28/2016 at 12:04 AM, max_creative said:

Why do Kermulan ships not have armor? That probably would have saved him. 

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From a Kraken? I doubt! However...well, to 'film' that scene I needed Newdun to lose two missiles, and for Wehrford's ship to end up in pieces. I'll let you out two and two together. I thought the ship held up pretty well, considering...

  On 10/28/2016 at 12:18 AM, Garrett Kramme said:

Looks like the Kerbulans have expended all their ammo. Heh. Wait...

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And that's why Val Kermulan only sent two fighters out of the four we've seen. Despair is also still fullly loaded.

And if you think a Kerbulan fighter with no missiles isn't dangerous...

  On 10/28/2016 at 12:44 AM, Zhetaan said:

Does that include being bludgeoned to a paste with a Koffee mug?  I wondered how that mug got so clean so quickly, given the big *splorch* of blood on it.

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Yeah, I was a little worried about 2.2c (gore) when I did that one. But if you look closely at the next scene, you can see there's still a bit of a stain on the bottom  

Edited October 28, 2016 by Kuzzter

[Wildcat111]

  On 10/27/2016 at 9:17 PM, Kuzzter said:

Poor little evil dude, I actually feel sorry for him now

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Agreed. No one wants to die a painful death in space without a helmet.

  On 10/28/2016 at 1:16 AM, Kuzzter said:

And if you think a Kerbulan fighter with no missiles isn't dangerous...

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Let me guess.. KAMIKAZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[greenTurtle1134]

  On 10/27/2016 at 10:12 PM, parameciumkid said:

I thought the reason for Kerbal death poofs was to release the spores contained inside them so they might grow into another grassy mat that spawns new Kerbals. o_O

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This is @Geschosskopf's cannon canon, used in his Traveling Circus series.

Edited October 28, 2016 by greenTurtle1134
Artillery.

[Zhetaan]

  On 10/28/2016 at 1:16 AM, Kuzzter said:

 But if you look closely at the next scene, you can see there's still a bit of a stain on the bottom  

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Indeed; that stain is the *splorch* to which I refer.  I'm also referring to the scene after that (though the mug is much brighter) and the one two scenes later, where the Koffee mug, in all its pristine glory, sits on the map of the world.  I assume that the dear departed Supreme Leader surely must have had a delayed *poof*.

Now that I think about it, that may explain some of the allure of violent murder among the Kerbulans:  there's no body to hide.

[KAL 9000]

  On 10/27/2016 at 9:36 PM, Kuzzter said:

Well, generally when we see a death poof it's the result of a high-speed impact or other extreme trauma. Asphyxiation due to being yanked out of your cockpit without a helmet, that's different  

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Actually, I think you may be able to revive him if you give him an atmosphere and CPR. Would be an interesting scene if Sarge's SCANSat finds him and the Intrepid brings him aboard to find out what happened, and learns about the Kermulans! 

[Andem]

Whoo! Just caught up,  and I can only say this: Holy Cow.

Edited October 28, 2016 by Red Iron Crown