Parkaboy Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Now I'm hoping it ends up being called the Daschund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Earthworm. Wait...Kerbworm? It's long, tubular, undoubtly (is that a word? My english fails me. So is my brain. Too much Christmas food this week.) bendy. And it...y'know...digs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 1 hour ago, Angel-125 said: Maybe it's called the Longerboat. I did consider that. 1 hour ago, Parkaboy said: Now I'm hoping it ends up being called the Daschund. That's... not bad! *runs off to consider various Kerbalized spellings* 22 minutes ago, Scotius said: Earthworm. Wait...Kerbworm? It's long, tubular, undoubtly (is that a word? My english fails me. So is my brain. Too much Christmas food this week.) bendy. And it...y'know...digs. And people ride on it, so it's like a spice worm--the ore must flow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceplaneAddict Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I'm still going for, Le Space Baguette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 3 hours ago, Kuzzter said: So yes, I decided that with all the mining I'm likely to be doing, I could use a third engineer on the mission. Enzin Nimzo Kerman is fresh out of the Academy, where he was captin of the cheks team. And no, his name wasn't auto-generated; it's an homage. Poor bastid. But soon he will be assimilated given all the certified psychos he's shipping with Somehow, on the long trip to Jool playing cheks with Nimzo, I see Clauselle and Melbe becoming BFFs and developing a shared patois unintelligible to everybody but me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Nah. They will hibernate through most of the trip. At the worst, they'll start snoring in foreign manner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 2 hours ago, Scotius said: Nah. They will hibernate through most of the trip. At the worst, they'll start snoring in foreign manner Well, Kuzzter's added USI-LS. So either the Kerbals will be awake the whole trip eating NOMS or they really will be hibernating with the DeepFreeze mod. I don't see a DeepFreeze on that ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 I just could't call it the 'Oreworm'. That sounds too much like 'Earworm', and Kerbals don't have obvious ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceplaneAddict Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 because of the four drills? Sad face. ;( Anyway, Kuzzter, maybe you could send the B-team to Dres? I'm only asking, 'cause I don't think you noticed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjjames Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Given that he is a homage to a Russian guy, maybe he should have a bit of a Russian accent? Though it would be a little odd to suddenly break into an accent when he has been in two pages without one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 8 minutes ago, smjjames said: Given that he is a homage to a Russian guy, maybe he should have a bit of a Russian accent? Though it would be a little odd to suddenly break into an accent when he has been in two pages without one. Well, that's the interesting thing about Nimzowitsch. He was a German-speaking Latvian subject of the Russian Empire who escaped the 1917 revolution and became a Danish citizen. So I suppose I could throw in any or all of those accents--if I knew how to do any of them properly, and if we didn't already have a major German character. But as for Enzin Nimzo, I do intend him to be kinda-Russian.I almost called him 'Garry' instead, for Kasparov, but in the end decided I liked the sound of Nimzo better, and tying him to Nimzowitsch lets him represent a bunch of other Eastern European countries all at once. Also,I'm pretty sure I've played 1. ...Nf6 as Black in every Queen's Pawn game for going on 20 years now . However, since I'm not comfortable with doing Russian or other Slavic languages other than throwing in "da" and "nyet" and "wessel" and dropping all the definite articles, I decided to make Nimzo accent-less in Standard Kerblish. Maybe Nimzo is the Slavic version of Mr. Sulu: he represents a general ethnicity spread across a whole region of countries, and speaks the standard language as well or better than any of the 'non-ethnic' characters. 34 minutes ago, SpaceplaneAddict said: because of the four drills? Sad face. ;( And the four aerospikes. And the quadraphonic sound system stuck on a heavy metal channel ever since Sarge 'accidentally' broke off the tuner knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FyunchClick Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 40 minutes ago, Kuzzter said: I just could't call it the 'Oreworm'. I like Quadhammer for it. The 4 drill placement is a very neat look I think, and a nice flourish to the look that the Longboat and the Munhopper from the first duna ore bust panels share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deddly Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Docking system success - that's great! The name "Quadhammer" would seem in-keeping with Kenlie's character, though I would have thought he might have considered "Kenlistar" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikki Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I recall @venusgate mentioning once: "...this is a s*** "Kaddesh" Needleship..." Hell-a-cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 3 hours ago, Kuzzter said: And the four aerospikes. And the quadraphonic sound system stuck on a heavy metal channel ever since Sarge 'accidentally' broke off the tuner knob. Just as long as somebody doesn't go all .... http://www.rescuerooms.com/images/gig_guide/content/quadropheniacontent.jpg .... and drive it off a cliff :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Transcription time! Nizmo: Well, I think it looks more like a sausage. Melbe: Yeah! Or one 'a them cute 'lil weenie dogs! Kenlie: I dunno. Maybe something a bit more... awesome?! Sarge: Ventral port aligned, range two. Aft port acquiring. And if I may, sirs and ma'ams... Sarge: ...it's traditionally the pilot's prerogative to name the boat. Kenlie: Really? Cool! In that case we're calling it... The QUADHAMMER! As usual, Kuzzter's stuff, my transcription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotius Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Is Nimzo also an accomplished swordsman? Because we Slavs love our sabers. Not necessarily of the "light-" variety, mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Nimzo (or any of my Kerbals) would look at that picture and ask "Who would ever need such an enormous cake knife?" But as a collegiate sabre fencer and fan of these guys, I approve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 33 minutes ago, Kuzzter said: Nimzo (or any of my Kerbals) would look at that picture and ask "Who would ever need such an enormous cake knife?" But as a collegiate sabre fencer and fan of these guys, I approve I could see kerbals using it for Sabrage: https://youtu.be/innf--l5s9E?t=2m52s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 1 hour ago, Kuzzter said: Nimzo (or any of my Kerbals) would look at that picture and ask "Who would ever need such an enormous cake knife?" But as a collegiate sabre fencer and fan of these guys, I approve Nimzo et al might wish they had more than sabres when they meet the Bizarrokerbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspren Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Why, for an enormous cake, of course! With Minmus mint ice cream in the side! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanic Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) Kenlie should've called it the Kenlistar Awesum. Edited December 29, 2015 by Sanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlubber Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Why not the 4th Drill? For breaking the forth wall, of.course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 12 hours ago, Sanic said: Kenlie should've called it the Kenlistar Awesum. It's awesum, but not awesum enough to be Awesum. Good thing he doesn't get to name the [REDACTED]. 10 hours ago, waterlubber said: Why not the 4th Drill? For breaking the forth wall, of.course! What wall do you break when you meta-reference breaking a wall? Whoa... So, moving right along: Following the USI-LS thread I can see there are still some issues with time warp etc, so I am going to hold out installing the mod until the last minute so it's as stable as possible. And regarding the mission itself, I realize this book is a bit more haphazard than the last one; I do not have a central narrative (yet) other than "test all the things". But as I mentioned before, if I didn't do this then there would be no Kerbfleet comic at all until I finished all the ships! Am planning to close this chapter soon--we finally have the two hardest 'boats' done. Still to go are the probes, scansats and I think I'll re-do the Longboat to be more of a pure ore miner now that we have the Quadhammer for heavy duty mining and surface ops. Kuzz Jr. is eating cereal and looking over my shoulder--he says "I think this is going to be your finest armada EVER." I hope you all will agree Next chapter will cover the adventures of the Quadhammer Six on their tour of Kerbin's moons. Have played ahead a bit and...it's not as uneventful a cruise as I thought it would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starhawk Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 The Quadhammer (love the name, btw) looks like it'll need a steady hand to fly. Super-bendy is fun! I'm glad it's getting a full shakedown run. You know how issues can crop up when things aren't tested enough. The Skimeroo looks great. It appears to be all finished. Happy Concerned landings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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