Kerbal vs Human

[Souper]

How would a single unarmed unarmored 20(kerbal)yr old Kerbal go up against the average 20yr old male Human?

How strong are they? How would we calculate a Kerbal's fighting power?

What would make this fight fair?

[kerbiloid]

Their strongest part is head.
Not that they are suffering under the weight of their intellect, but can you hit the ground with your head at 300 m/s speed, stay alive and continue smiling?
So, they would be good in butting (with horns they would be even more dangerous, and they have Pro Props pack for this).

They have short legs, so unlikely they could run very fast.
They have long gibbonish arms, probably they are good in wrestling.

Another point, often ignored. If you take screenshots and measure, you can see that a sitting Kerbal in a seat or any Kerbal in shoulders has the same size like a human.
They are shorter only when staying on feet, mostly because of short legs.

They have big mouths with ideal white teeth.
The teeth have the same shape and size, without tusks, so probably they are mostly herbivorous.
So, they can't bite as a dog, but could easily crack _unprotected nuts as a nutcracker.

Also, as their head is almost a half of their height, and is very solid, a human could only be beating their head with fists getting his hands damaged.
While a Kerbal would firmly hold his legs with hands crushing a thigh with teeth.

Making them a foot sweep is hard, as they should catch your feet and drop you.

 

Their weakest part is their hivemind. Only one of them can be active at once.
So, while one tough (or expendable) human is wrestling with one Kerbal, his companion could gather moveless Kerbals and put them into a cage.

Edited December 27, 2016 by kerbiloid

[Bill Phil]

Well if Kirk is any indication... We're pretty dangerous.

[Kerbart]

The Kerbal will head-butt you, leaving you bend over and screaming in anguish.

[Souper]

9 hours ago, Kerbart said:

The Kerbal will head-butt you, leaving you bend over and screaming in anguish.

And humans will rip their eyes out.

[Bill Phil]

10 hours ago, Kerbart said:

The Kerbal will head-butt you, leaving you bend over and screaming in anguish.

Do we know their running speed(sans spacesuit)? I mean, they might not go fast enough to do much harm, even with a thick skull. 

[kerbiloid]

Btw, a challenge: crash the VAB with Kerbal's head.

[LordFerret]

1 hour ago, Bill Phil said:

... they might not go fast enough to do much harm, even with a thick skull.

I'd be more concerned with them biting my ankles.

[Bill Phil]

42 minutes ago, LordFerret said:

I'd be more concerned with them biting my ankles.

Jaws are pretty powerful, even on us. But if we work on our kicks, we could kick the poor guy away. Just don't hit his head.

[Parv Kerman]

well I think Kerbals would make more powerful than humans.

They can tolerate almost anything!!

you cannot exactly say who is more powerful because kerbals are not real

 

[cantab]

Kick the Kerbal then run. They're slow as snot on foot. It's why they like rockets so much.

If you want to stick around, then it's anyone's guess. You could pummel the Kerbal and throw them off a tower block and they could survive. Or you could just back away and the Kerbal could trip over an invisible bump and die instantly.

[Spacetraindriver]

Human: "What is this a dumb alien ki..."*Gets hit by random Kerbal craft*

Kerbals win.

[nascarlaser1]

you could always punt em like a football. They seem pretty darn light .

[KSK]

Kerbal beats human at wrestling. Human beats kerbal at arm wrestling. Both protagonists see the futility of fighting and repair to the local cafe for a latte. Later, they open a highly profitable import/export business trading coffee, koffee and other exotic beverages between Earth and Kerbin. The End.

[0111narwhalz]

On January 3, 2017 at 3:56 PM, nascarlaser1 said:

you could always punt em like a football. They seem pretty darn light .

Mate, they're 95 kilos. You're not punting one.

[nascarlaser1]

4 hours ago, 0111narwhalz said:

Mate, they're 95 kilos. You're not punting one.

oh.... well... umm... I'm not sure what else to say

[Randazzo]

I highly suspect that if humans ran into real kerbals, the meeting would be something like this:

 

[Souper]

Couldn't the human just stick his arm in the Kerbal's mouth and break his neck with the other one?

[0111narwhalz]

I ain't stickin' my arm in that.

[kerbiloid]

As they have bug eyes, they should be disoriented if they get covered.

As the have big teeth, they should use them to bite. They should be held from closing.

So, an anti-Kerbal melee weapon set:

Spoiler

 

Tutorial:

Spoiler

 

Edited January 8, 2017 by kerbiloid

[GDJ]

On 2017-01-06 at 3:12 AM, 0111narwhalz said:

Mate, they're 95 kilos. You're not punting one.

My guess a pretty high cellular and skeletal density. They could probably peel apart a car with their bare hands like a pop can.

[kerbiloid]

6 hours ago, GDJ said:

They could probably peel apart a car

A car...
They survive in exploding rockets!

[0111narwhalz]

But they survive much better outside exploding rockets. What does that say about their durability compared to engineered safety items?

[Scientia1423]

Give them spaghetti. They'll spaz out and turn into spaghetti and go poof to become part of magic boulder.

On 12/27/2016 at 6:06 PM, Kerbart said:

The Kerbal will head-butt you, leaving you bend over and screaming in anguish.

Reminds me of shrek is love, shrek is life.

 

On 12/27/2016 at 11:10 AM, kerbiloid said:

Their weakest part is their hivemind. Only one of them can be active at once.
So, while one tough (or expendable) human is wrestling with one Kerbal, his companion could gather moveless Kerbals and put them into a cage.

No. Their weakness is a watermelon with sock-like-tentacles. Along with magic boulder taunting.

[NSEP]

The head of a Kerbal can survive everything hitting at sub sonic speeds, they also use spagettification as a self defense. Yoy better watch out, kids.