DMSP Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) Hi all, I'm posting this because I "accidentally" stranded Val and Kerlee Kerman on Laythe (not in my main save). This is a quick step away from DMSP, playing with an underdeveloped space program can be tedious sometimes... So, this is Kerlee's log. #18 Well, Moho. I mean, what the Moho. What the actual MOHO! Well, as I said last time, the ship is doing fine. Except we aren't in it. It's in a deteriorating Low Laythe Orbit. And I'm sitting on a slope near a massive crater lake. This is exactly what happened: So it was pretty normal, having just arrived in LLO. We were waiting for Jeb and Bob to arrive in their ship, known as Transport 3. It carried this little plane that I had helped design back on Kerbin. Nice plane and all, meant to send down stuff to the base we were going to be setting up. Once we landed it, we could land the drop pods near it (which itself would be near the Laythe Ascent Vehicle) and set up shop. But there was a problem. It was little at first, just a coolant leak. Val told me to get into the Drop pod, and I obeyed. Sure, I'm the engineer, but I can't help the problem. The engines turning on frightened me. The light turned red. I noticed that we were starting to rotate. I thought, 'Ok. Ok. Everything's ok. Val will get this under control. Val is good a...' Only to see Val swing in to the drop pod with me. Her left hand was white with a burn, and I didn't even know what to say. Before I knew it, both makeshift escape pods were rocketing out, ours and the empty one. The empty one lost one of its thrusters and careened into the heatsheild of the command ship. I was speechless. Blacking out seemed like the best thing to do. When I woke up, Val was outside, on Laythein soil. She caught me up and told me that she couldn't override the "Return" function of the pods and now they were a couple hundred kilometers from their only ride home, the blasted Laythe Ascent Vehicle. It took me a moment to take that in. I asked Val if I could head outside, and I felt it was nice to stand on a moon after all these years in deep space. Well. That's me signing off. Bob will be here in a few days so we'll wait for our plane. But Moho, Moho, MOHO. [Log Shutdown] Edited February 28, 2016 by DMSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geschosskopf Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Shipwrecked! Should be a good tale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMSP Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Geschosskopf said: Shipwrecked! Should be a good tale Oh good grief, what was that?! Thanks, I actually am hoping to get them off sooner or later. Edited February 28, 2016 by DMSP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Optimist Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Something about this seems familiar yet different...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMSP Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, The Optimist said: Something about this seems familiar yet different...? Really? I don't think I've ever seen something like this before. WAIT [Edit] The Martian. *Brain Re-setting due to computing faliure* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMSP Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 #19 Sometimes... There's nothing in our KIS box. No pipes, no wrenches, no bases, NOTHING! The other escape pod must have had them and this one must have had all its stuff left on board. Val's freaking out. No one knows we are alive. Heck, wasn't there some movie made about this? "Evestranded" or "Evesick" or something. Starring Merk Kerman. We just have to hope that our 20 days of food are enough to escape off this rock. On another note, we tracked a pile of debris to about 24.9 Kilometers away from here. It seems like they're parts from one of the large cargo carriers. Probably Jool Expedition 2. What a disaster that was. It's a miracle that right now, all 9 of them are safely at home. I hope our luck will turn out the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalBuzzsaw Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Have you given up on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMSP Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 On 3/10/2016 at 10:01 PM, OrbitalBuzzsaw said: Have you given up on this? Nope. #24 Stupid Probes... Bob arrived in Laythe Orbit today. We noticed the light reflecting off his spacecraft from the ground. It was about two days later when we saw DropPlane-1 coming in Hot. It was one fireball, that's for sure. Val and I watched it until it vanished behind the hill that we rest on. When we saw it jump over and skid, we knew it wasn't going to make it to the pod. One of the fuel tanks must have exploded. We're checking it out tomorrow to make sure no fuel gets on our suits. That's it for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitalBuzzsaw Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_creative Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Well... At least they aren't stuck orbiting kerbol... Like my Jeb and Bill... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andem Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 So this isn't realated to your ither story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMSP Posted March 18, 2016 Author Share Posted March 18, 2016 On March 17, 2016 at 6:46 PM, max_creative said: Well... At least they aren't stuck orbiting kerbol... Like my Jeb and Bill... That must be bad. Send them some KIS stuff and they may or may not find a way home! 3 hours ago, Andem said: So this isn't realated to your ither story? Nope, not at all. I am away from my home computer for about four days so stay tuned and hold on. Next part in four! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_creative Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Just now, DMSP said: That must be bad. Send them some KIS stuff and they may or may not find a way home! Nope, not at all. I am away from my home computer for about four days so stay tuned and hold on. Next part in four! I don't have any mods. Just really big rockets that like to spontaneously combust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMSP Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 I'm actually considering quitting KSP for a few months. I had made it really far, Kerlee and Val's ascent vehicle was almost done, and then the Kraken came and hit them. I had quicksaved before, and after I reloaded the quicksave, Kerlee was attached to an Inline Reaction Wheel (0.625), which must have been a KIS glitch. She went flying off. No matter how many times I reloaded, the same thing happened. This save is corrupt and unfortunatly it is time for it to go. Thank you guys for reading this. If you were just reading this and don't have another story, I do have DMSP-The story of a space program. Thanks again guys, DMSP out. The full album is below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frybert Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Locked at OPs request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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