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Etherium: A Kerbal Space Program Story (Chapter 43: The Final Push, part two)

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On 3/31/2016 at 3:33 PM, Draconiator said:

 

What they fear...will come to pass...

Oh, if you see a new chapter in the topic, and it's not uploaded yet, check back in a few minutes.  I may be working on it.

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Updates Every Monday!

~~Table of Contents~~

Chapter 1: Mission to Arctica

Chapter 2: Mactop To the Rescue!

Chapter 3: What Is It?

Chapter 4: Meanwhile at Duna...

Chapter 5: The Rescue at Duna, Part 1

Chapter 6: The Rescue at Duna, Part 2

Chapter 7: In The Shadow of Duna

Chapter 8: Cat Out of the Bag

Chapter 9: Seclusion

CHAPTER 10: Accedens Ignis

Chapter 11: Kerb Zero

Chapter 12: Adventures in Babysitting

Chapter 13: Missing

Chapter 14: Firebird

Chapter 15: Never Corner a Big Cat

Chapter 16: Close Encounters

Chapter 17: Jeb's Revenge

Chapter 18: Onward and Upward

Chapter 19: Riding the Phoenix

Chapter 20: Top Gun

Chapter 20.5: Elsewhere...

Chapter 21: Alone

Chapter 22: The Aftermath

Chapter 23: A Major Setback

Chapter 24: Kerbal Down

Chapter 25: For Jeb!

Chapter 26: Hackin' It

Chapter 27: Superunit 0003

Chapter 28: The Launch of KSS Haydi

Chapter 28.5: Before the Beginning

Chapter 29: Return to Flight

Chapter 30: Elysium

Chapter 32: The Flight to Ike

Chapter 34: The Battle for Ike

Chapter 35: Wernher's Decision

Chapter 36: Chasing Evil

Notes:  Also used - Surface Mounted Lights 1.2.2, Other_Worlds (for the endgame)

Welcome to my humble story!  This was created in Sandbox mode useing most of the mods listed above.  I started this in Notepad with the intention to post it when I was finished, and it's actually easier for me because I can go at my own pace with the story while STILL hopefully giving you all a thrilling storyline!  Enjoy!

Forgot to put chapter 37 here :wink:

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On 7/20/2016 at 3:27 PM, Draconiator said:

Okay so I'm having to re-launch some ships for the story, because I'm about to continue actually writing (up to Chapter 34), and I decided to use the current launch as a teaser image for what is to come:

 

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Where is this strange ship? I have failed to find this, and there has been no mention of it so far. This is a great mystery... :0.0:

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On 9/11/2016 at 9:30 PM, Draconiator said:

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I actually designed a car off this! I call it the AS-1A (All-Star). It is meant to drive in the KSCRC (Kerbal Space Center Racing Championship) And it races in the first race (Pre-season testing), and the final race (The All-Star race). It stays glued to the ground, with a front and rear wing, multiple fins on the side, a couple of KSO lights, and insane grip. The double DRS system works well, (Basically, on DRS straights, both the front and the rear wings slide down for extra speed.) and the 12 RCS Ports allow for increased acceleration. In testing, I was able to get the car up to a max speed of 52 m/s, and that was only down half the straight.

So long-story short, Thanks Kerbin Motors! :)

Here's the pics. (Sorry about the quality; I just wanted to get it out there)

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Brake lights aglow as the car rests in front of the press conference booth.

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Took minor wing damage on the left side.

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And the car rests on another successful test.

Any tips on how to make it better/faster/more racey? (Note: I raised the ride height by a couple of inches to keep the wing from breaking on the bumps.)

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Now don't worry, I am not cancelling Etherium, I just feel it's time to move on.  To 1.2.1 that is!!  For the majority of Etherium, and for the endgame I used 1.1.3, and wanted to use another solar system for the endgame part of my story, but with 1.2.1 which is MUCH more stable, it's going to be a lot easier to do stuff.  The other solar system part of it has proven to be too difficult to set up, so I'm going to have to retcon a little bit, but not so much as to break the story.

The Etherium DO INDEED hail from the Cercani system, but right before a future event, a discovery is made that makes the warp drive useless.  this is the only thing I am changing.  so the story stays intact.

Only thing I forsee is a liquided-off Gene because he wasted tons of company hours.

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9 hours ago, Draconiator said:

Now don't worry, I am not cancelling Etherium, I just feel it's time to move on.  To 1.2.1 that is!!  For the majority of Etherium, and for the endgame I used 1.1.3, and wanted to use another solar system for the endgame part of my story, but with 1.2.1 which is MUCH more stable, it's going to be a lot easier to do stuff.  The other solar system part of it has proven to be too difficult to set up, so I'm going to have to retcon a little bit, but not so much as to break the story.

The Etherium DO INDEED hail from the Cercani system, but right before a future event, a discovery is made that makes the warp drive useless.  this is the only thing I am changing.  so the story stays intact.

Only thing I forsee is a liquided-off Gene because he wasted tons of company hours.

YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!! HE'S ALIVE AFTER ALL!!!

9 hours ago, Draconiator said:

The Etherium DO INDEED hail from the Cercani system

The what-i system?

9 hours ago, Draconiator said:

a discovery is made that makes the warp drive useless.  this is the only thing I am changing.  so the story stays intact

Aaawww... It looked so cool... :(

9 hours ago, Draconiator said:

Only thing I forsee is a liquided-off Gene because he wasted tons of company hours.

So... He's fired?

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So.... What's going to happen after 'Etherium' ends? Part 2? A spinoff? A sequel? I MUST KNOW!!!

I do have a follow up,  seeing I'm a HUGE Star Trek fan, it'll be adventures exploring the Cercani system, which reminds me...I need to make a trailer for that...

 

Oh, and have an Etherium teaser for a craft I'm in the process of putting together.  27da43f190b085a29f72de8ebae4d1be.jpg

Hint....Who would need such LARGE windows on a plane?

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I do have a follow up,  seeing I'm a HUGE Star Trek fan, it'll be adventures exploring the Cercani system, which reminds me...I need to make a trailer for that...

 

Oh, and have an Etherium teaser for a craft I'm in the process of putting together.  27da43f190b085a29f72de8ebae4d1be.jpg

Hint....Who would need such LARGE windows on a plane?

hhhmmm....... THE QUEEN!!!

1 hour ago, Draconiator said:

Hint....Who would need such LARGE windows on a plane?

Haha, you don't fool me! I see right through that TweakScale disguise!

 

1 hour ago, Draconiator said:

I need to make a trailer for that...

Can't wait!

 

1 hour ago, Draconiator said:

I do have a follow up,  seeing I'm a HUGE Star Trek fan, it'll be adventures exploring the Cercani system

NICE!!! SO MY ETHERIUM HUNGER SHALL NEVER BE DEPLETED!!!

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Hellllloooooooo Kerbonauts!  Teaser trailer released for the next story from me after this one, so check that out if you haven't, and help me name that ship in the teaser!  We still have something to deal with in Etherium however, so...

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Morning.  Finally, KSC was back to normal.  Gene sat outside Administration in a chair just taking in Kerbol as it rose over KSC, listening to the birds sing their sweet songs.  Animals frolicked near the launch pad; but he did not do anything to relocate them; they would move on on their own.  A very important launch was taking place in a couple weeks.  The launch of a ship unlike any other they had ever built.  A ship unlike even the KSS Haydi.  And Jeb was the person of honor at the reveal ceremony.

Jeb was currently in his quarters, having spent over half an hour fussing over his tuxedo he had chosen to wear.  He had just arrived back to base two days ago, and was happy to be back home again.  He wondered wether or not he would get some time off to go to the island airstrip to think before this monumental mission.  He started squirming in his tux again;  it still didn't look quite right, so he decided 'to hell with it', and ended up wearing a plain grey uniform, as he wished to convey that he was on equal footing with all of the other Kerbals.  That's how he always was, but that orange jumpsuit SO wasn't him...it was a requirement though, so he figured this move would even surprise Gene.

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Wernher was also feeling a lot better.  He would still be exiling himself to Duna, but for the moment the pressure was off him.  He was so looking forward to revealing his new ship, which was named after him.  The reverse engineered blueprint gave Kerbalkind something to take this fight to the Etherium homeworld, and hopefully put a stop to them taking over the homes of any other aliens out there...

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Soon, an old transport pulled up to the stairwell where many senior staffers lived, and out popped Jeb himself.  These were seldom ever used anymore due to their tendency to tip over, but Jeb felt the need to take one of the old things for a spin.

"WERRRRRRRN!  Time to go!"

Wernher rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.  He was NOT a morning person; never was.  He didn't even have his morning koffee yet.  "Jub...I COMINK!" he shouted back down to him, then lazily marched down the stairwell.

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"Wern, you look like whatever the cat dragged in last night." Jeb grinned.

"Luuuuuung night, Jub.  Lotz uf ztuff to zink aboot."

Jeb was curious.  "Like what?"

"My sheep."

Jeb understood full well, but couldn't resist cracking a joke.

"Well, we better go.  Best not to pull the wool over the crowd's eyes."  Jeb laughed, and Wernher rolled his eyes.  "Jub...huw meny times I...nevermiiiiind..."

The ceremony took place later that morning, near the beginning of the crawlerway.   The ship was not on its launcher yet, since it was being revealed for the first time.  Bill used his engineering expertise to make curtains out of giant solar panels to obscure the ship until it was time to reveal.  In the transport, Jeb was nervous.  He had to give the reveal speech, and he had rehearsed it and re-rehearsed it in the hours leading up to this event.  He hoped he wouldn't flub the speech up, since this would be televised all across Kerbin, and even to Minmus, where he was sure Val would be watching.  Even Her Majesty the Grand Kerbal was in attendance.

At last, the time came.  Jeb walked up to the podium, and cleared his throat.

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"Ladies and gentlekerbs,  we are here on a most momentous day.  You may remember Kerbin was at war.  Aliens had come, and they did their best to destroy this world and all that we hold dear.  But they were thwarted by my team, and others here at KSC."  The crowd roared, and Jeb started getting emotional.

"This day would not be possible without some people who are no longer with us...from poor Munhat who had gone insane and ended up as a green smudge on a red planet...

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...to poor Haydi, whose sacrifice was not in vain...

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...to the countless people aboard the KSS Grand Kerb or KSS Munhat, who perished in the attack on the ship."

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"But now my fellow Kerbals, now is the time to strike back at them!  We have reversed engineered some of their technology, and have used it to build a ship unlike any other.  A ship, that while it has no weapons, it has small "Sprite" craft, so we can land on their planet.  Our software engineers have designed extremely potent computer viruses similar to the one that took down the KSS Jeb over Kerbin months ago.  We will upload them to their main network and DESTROY the etherium once and for all!"

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A roar went up from the crowd, and Wernher took the stage and stood next to Jeb.

"Our head rocket scientist, Wernher von Kerman.  Founder of the Gravioli.  and now, inventor of the WD-1, which is on a ship we call...

...the KSS WERNHER!"

The curtains rolled up to show an impressive vessel, with 4 auxilary craft on it.  Gene also couldn't miss an opportunity to show off some brand new hardware as well; launch clamps he later stated was "the best thing since sliced anything".

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"That strange engine is a contraption Dr. Wernher worked tirelessly on.  And as soon as possible, it will begin its trial run in space.  It is called a 'Warp Drive', and will allow us to reach the Cercani system in a mere two weeks, instead of the thousands of years it would take otherwise.

May this ship stand as a bold statement, that we Kerbals have a right to live.  A right to exist just like any other being!  AND no one, or no THING will take that away from us.  Even the Reds, who hate us, have a right to exist!  WE ARE KERBALS...!!!"

The crowd roared so loud that it startled a flock of birds which had landed on the roof of the VAB, and sent some tens of Kerbals to the infirmary with a splitting headache.

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Wernher himself had snuck away from the festivities, and walked to the side of the runway.  He hated pageantry - why couldn't they just show the ship and be done with it?  He recognized it was a special occasion, but no more special than waking up in the morning, he mused.  Between him and the ship was no cover at all...to get there, he would have to make a run for it and hope to Kerblord he wasn't seen.  If this worked, they would only discover Wernher's absence while he was already on his way to Duna.  But it was a long way there, and he didn't know if he would make it without being spotted.

Jeb meanwhile was getting antsy.  Wernher wasn't here to board his new ship, and without him, the event would be a failure in his eyes.  It was then that he saw Wernher running towards the craft as fast as he could go.

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He began to understand why Wernher looked like he got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning...He was going to board his ship, HIS way.  With no pressure.  Jeb remembered the pressure Wern felt when he was awarded the KPRRID (Kerbal Prize for Really, Really Important Discoveries), and wondered if all of this somehow broke him.  Jeb decided to shrug it off.  Wern probably knew what he was doing anyway.

"I could not have defended Kerbin as well as I have without one more member of our crew...He was once the enemy, but he turned to help all of Kerbalkind."  Jeb held up a memory module that had been installed inside of a device with speakers on it.  "Four, you may address the crowd now."

"THANK YOU, JEBEDIAH KERMAN."  Most of the crowd grew silent, un-nerved by how cold this thing sounded, but listened anyway.

"BEFORE HAYDI CHANGED ME FOR THE BETTER, I WAS PART OF AN INVASION FORCE, DESIGNED TO TAKE KERBIN FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING MILITARY.  I WAS DISPATCHED HERE WHEN WE RECIEVED WORD THAT YOU WERE SHOWING A RESISTANCE WE COULD NOT OVERCOME.  IT WAS JEB THAT 'KNOCKED SOME SENSE' INTO ME, QUITE LITERALLY.  AND HAYDI TAUGHT ME ABOUT ALL OF KERBALKIND.  DO NOT FEAR ME, I AM ON YOUR SIDE NOW.  AND I WANT TO HELP UNDO WHAT WE HAVE DONE.  THE OTHER ETHERIUM WILL BE BACK, AND IN FAR GREATER NUMBERS, UNLESS WE TERMINATE THEM ALL."

The only thing that could be heard from the crowd is silence for a few seconds.  Then one lone Kerbal started applauding, which caused a chain reaction, and eventually the whole crowd was applauding and cheering.

"SILENCE."  The crowd quieted down.  "OUR QUEEN, SUPERUNIT 0000 IS ONLY THE LEADER OF OUR ATTACK GROUP.  TO DESTROY OUR RACE, YOU WILL NEED TO UPLOAD THESE VIRUSES INTO WHAT WE CALL "THE NEXUS".  IT IS A MASSIVE TOWER THAT CONSTANTLY CREATES DRONES, SUCH AS WHAT I WAS."

Jeb smiled as Four spoke.  He was the enemy, so he figured he was extremely fortunate to now find him as a friend.

"JEBEDIAH KERMAN, NOW THAT I HAVE TOLD ALL KERBALS THESE THINGS, I WILL HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE.  NOW DO NOT WORRY, I WILL BE JUST DELETING MY SUBROUTINES...I HAVE PLANNED THIS SINCE WE WERE ABOARD THE KSS HAYDI."

Jeb sniffled.  Goodbye?   Why?  "Four...I will miss you, old friend..."

"I WAS NOT DESIGNED TO FEEL EMOTION, BUT SORROW DETECTED FROM JEBEDIAH.  YOU WERE A GREAT FRIEND TOO, BUT MY TIME HERE HAS COME.  COMMENCING DELETION."

"NO!"  Jeb screamed and hugged the memory module, as the power light went out.

 

(Note, this isn't the last you'll be hearing of four....)

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"I WAS NOT DESIGNED TO FEEL EMOTION, BUT SORROW DETECTED FROM JEBEDIAH.  YOU WERE A GREAT FRIEND TOO, BUT MY TIME HERE HAS COME.  COMMENCING DELETION."

"NO!"  Jeb screamed and hugged the memory module, as the power light went out.

 

(Note, this isn't the last you'll be hearing of four....)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;.;

1 hour ago, Draconiator said:

TO DESTROY OUR RACE, YOU WILL NEED TO UPLOAD THESE VIRUSES INTO WHAT WE CALL "THE NEXUS"

Isn't that a wifi provider?

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Okay, not to be 'That guy,' But shouldn't the Rhino engine blow up as soon as it's fired up?

1 hour ago, Draconiator said:

KPRRID (Kerbal Prize for Really, Really Important Discoveries),

Hahahahahaha

1 hour ago, Draconiator said:

from poor Munhat who had gone insane and ended up as a green smudge on a red planet...

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when I saw the picture I thought that this,

On 4/13/2016 at 6:58 AM, RocketSquid said:

I was thinking more a scene at the very end: We get a replay of Munhat's descent, showing him hitting the surface and bouncing. Then we see him sitting on the surface, days later, with the insanity finally having worn off. "[EXPLETIVE DELETED]!!" He shouts

Had happened.

Great chapter! Can't wait for the next one :D

 

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