Drescapades. Ended due to major Kracken incedent.

[Sanic]

1 minute ago, SpaceplaneAddict said:

I can make an accretion and let you use Hyperedit if you still want to expand in the name of Dres Awareness...

Indeed.

*hides in shame*

[Geschosskopf]

On ‎1‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 9:26 PM, Jakalth said:

Why does this game hate me so much?  Everything...  All the work...  Gone...  Just like that. 

I feel your pain.  This happens to me all the time.  I drink to the shades of your doomed expeditions, even though they have crossed Lethe and so can no longer even acknowledge that I do so, much less benefit from it.

[Jakalth]

2 hours ago, SpaceplaneAddict said:

I can make an accretion and let you use Hyperedit if you still want to expand in the name of Dres Awareness...

I don't have Hyperedit and have never used it, so no clue on that part.  But I plan on doing things a little differently anyways.  Although, it seems the Descapade Station is still around Dres, so it looks like I might not of lost as much progress as I though.

 

Anyways, got two options to progress the resurrection of the Drescapades.  Not sure which one I want to try using.

 

Option 1: Trinity Starship.  This is basically an upscaled version of the Lamp Post.  It has 6 rear facing sr. docking ports for hauling cargo instead of just 1, and a lot more engines to do the pulling.  It still has to sling its cargo behind it but with the multiple attackment points it should be able to haul more cargo at once and still be more maneuverable.  Some of the attachment points can be used to attach more engines instead of cargo if I so choose.

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Option 2: Evolution mega ship.  This craft is a combination craft using a slightly larger octopus style mining ship for its command and control core, 4 shuttles as the engines, and a 32 crew capacity central structure with 3 attachment points behind it for towing extra cargo/fuel.  The craft it's self is made of 6 different vessels that split up and act as the cargo instead of hauling more with it.  It's designed to be assembled in orbit before transfering and shouldn't need much of anything else to bring along.  It is a surface base, orbiting station, and return vehicles all rolled into one.

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note: the design has changed in a couple ways since this picture.  the craft is still evolving.

 

The Evolution is mostly untested, but the design is promising.  The command core or Gig, is designed to act as a refueler and go between from the surface and the core of the craft.  The shuttles are designed to operate in low gravity environments, like Dres, but are also completely capable of reentry into higher gravity worlds that have atmospheres, like Kerbin/Eve.  At least in theory...  I haven't fully tested them in atmosphere yet other then doing full speed taxi runs into the water at the end of the runway.  Like the space shuttle, they fly like a brick.  A flattened basicly wingless brick...  That's why they have landing parachutes and airbrakes.

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note: older picture missing the control surfaces and parachutes.