Will a lore ever be added?

[Nuclear 123]

I was wondering if there would be any lore due to the Duna sstv transmition if there isn't i guessing someone would have to make a mod for that.

[Gaarst]

Probably not. From the words of the ex-dev that made the SSTV signal:

On 20/02/2017 at 9:03 AM, NovaSilisko said:

"Scrapped" gives the implication that it was begun - the Duna SSTV doesn't really count as a beginning because that was put in before the idea of connecting things existed in any meaningful way. That writeup was practically spur of the moment when it was posted. It was the first summary of a lot of vague ideas I had had floating around in my head at the time.

There was a small writeup by NovaS that was supposed to explain the SSTV as leading to a hidden planet, but as you can read above there was never anything serious.

 

Now there may be mods that have Easter eggs referencing the SSTV or expanding its lore, but I don't know which ones do.

[NSEP]

Maybe as an easter egg, but not something open. I don't think there will be a 'story mode' either.

Use your own imagination.

[razark]

Please, no.

I create my own stories, and I don't want someone else's constraints imposed on me.

Edited December 5, 2017 by razark

[KerBlitz Kerman]

On 12/2/2017 at 1:53 PM, Nuclear 123 said:

I was wondering if there would be any lore due to the Duna sstv transmition if there isn't i guessing someone would have to make a mod for that.

If you want it, look for planet packs or Kerbal Konstructs people as they know how to mod terrain details and learn to mod. You never can have too many mods! 

[DoctorDavinci]

I like to think of kerbals as the ancestors of the Ork's in Warhammer 40K 

[FleshJeb]

1 hour ago, DoctorDavinci said:

I like to think of kerbals as the ancestors of the Ork's in Warhammer 40K 

I blame TAPE and Beardy for making them this way.

Perhaps I should deploy my 6000 pts of Raven Guard...

[Geonovast]

On 12/5/2017 at 12:33 PM, razark said:

Please, no.

I create my own stories, and I don't want someone else's constraints imposed on me.

I would hope any story mode would be in addition to what we already have.  So instead of Career, Science, or Sandbox, you could do either Career, Story, Science, or Sandbox.

I think a storied campaign would be good.  Would probably actually get me to play Career.  I doubt it'll happen, and if it did, I highly, highly doubt it would be forced.

[Just Jim]

3 hours ago, Geonovast said:

I would hope any story mode would be in addition to what we already have.  So instead of Career, Science, or Sandbox, you could do either Career, Story, Science, or Sandbox.

I've said the same when this has been brought up in other threads... I'll even volunteer to help write the story, if Squad wants...

But I would also insist on a 4th "Story-mode" category, so it doesn't effect or change the three we have now.

 

[OrbitalBuzzsaw]

As with most things of this nature - Good idea, but the devs a) probably won't, and b) have better things to do cough cough Making History cough cough

[Cheif Operations Director]

What SSTV message

nevermind

Edited December 10, 2017 by Cheif Operations Director