The (Mis)Adventures of FASTNAO: Chapter 9: Update (sorry. it isn't totally dead, tho)

[Lithobrake]

The (Mis)adventures of FAST-NAO

The Three Flags

Hello!  This is the story of my newest career: FAST-NAO.  A space program just taking its first steps into the final frontier.  The program names are all inspired by Dungeons and Dragons: Here are the mission logs so far:

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Mechanus Program (Orbital flight and Mun flybys):

Mechanus 1: Val Tried for suborbital, staging failure, (accidentally decoupled capsule)

Mechanus 2: Bob Tried for Suborbital, not enough fuel, but he got some good science.

Mechanus 3:  Bill tried for Suborbital, rocket spun out of control.

Mechanus 4: Val tried for Suborbital, had excess fuel and made it to orbit. Ran low on fuel, and had to use the decoupler to deorbit.

Mechanus 5: Jeb went to Orbit, and managed to come back easily.

Mechanus 6: Bob tested a new long range spacecraft, but his lack of SAS caused the flight to fail.  It barely made it to orbit.  All non pilots were suspended until more SAS units are developed

Mechanus 7:  Jeb Flew the long range spacecraft to HKO

Mechanus 8: Valentina flew by the Mun, barely making it.  However, a design error caused most of the science to be lost.

Mechanus 9: Jeb Orbited the Mun, and barely made it back.  This time all the science was collected.

 

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Misc:

NERD expedition 1: Jeb flew a "Plane" to an area over the ocean.  ditched it once the contract was completed.

 

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Acerak Program:

Acerak 1: Rescue mission, required it's own rescue do to lace of torque during reentry

Acerak 2: Rescued Acerak 1, successful reentry

Acerak 3: Jeb Rescued more kerbals

Acerak 4: Minmus orbit, got science, still coming home

Acerak 5: Rescued even more Kerbals

Acerak 6: First Munar Rescue by Frotop, ran out of fuel, got out and pushed

Acerak 7: Second Munar rescue, Lacergal is a-ok, didn't need to push

Acerak 8: Minmus rescue, successful.

 

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Tiamat Program:

Tiamat 1: Munar probe, landed on the Mun and got science

Tiamat 2: Minmus probe, landed and hopped

Tiamat 3: Orbital test of mun lander Tiamat spacecraft

Tiamat 4: First mun landing, crew: Commander: Tamara Kerman Science officer: Bob Kerman Senior engineer: Bill kerman

Tiamat 5: Second mun landing Commander Doodson kerman

 

Edited January 23, 2019 by Lithobrake

[Lithobrake]

The first chapter is coming soon!  I just have to play a little.  I'm currently working out a rescue mission...

[Lithobrake]

Chapter 1: Acerak Program

 

Jeb studied The planet Kerbin as it slid below him.  He felt a twinge of Jealousy that Val would be getting the glory for rescuing his mission after a simple design flaw had crippled it.  However, the crafts rendezvoused successfully.

 

The rescue was required because Acerak 1, Jeb's first craft did not have the torque to hold retrograde.  It spun around and acted like a missile, slamming into the ground when It reentered.  The new craft had more torque and electricity.

The reentry went well.  To the ridiculous amount of drogues, the chute deploy caused the crew do pull 18.5 gees.

Jedediah and Val received commendations, and soon Jeb was back at it, and rescued 3 kerbals.

FAST-NAO decided that it was time to go to minmus, and so, Podgun, one of the rescues was chosen for the honor.

Upcoming: More grind rescues, and maybe some landings.  (And Yes that was a very, very short chapter, but I wanted something on here)

 

[obney kerman]

I never got up the courage to post my own fan fiction, so good job! Looking forward to more!

[Butterscotch]

Cool story!

Edited March 1, 2018 by Butterscotch

[obney kerman]

13 hours ago, Butterscotch said:

Cool story!

Welcome to the forums, butterscotch.

[Lithobrake]

Hey, both of my followers have commented!  Thanks, guys!

Also, update: More grind rescue missions (won't be recorded), and Munar Rescues coming soon!  I recently acquired Frotop, Fredgun, and this guy:

[Lithobrake]

On 2/28/2018 at 5:47 PM, obney kerman said:

I never got up the courage to post my own fan fiction, so good job! Looking forward to more!

Thank you so much!

[Kerbalstar]

Very nice @Lithobrake!

[Lithobrake]

Thanks! Hopefully chapter 2 will have more of a narrative.

Edited March 8, 2018 by Lithobrake

[Lithobrake]

Oh, and BTW FAST-NAO stands for Federal Administration of Space Travel and National Aviation Organization.  Gene Kerman Maintains The acronym was not made to sound cool.

The Three Flags

[PredawnElk1]

Well done @Lithobrake! I especially like your acronym (you might want to add that to your op). You're doing well so far!

[Butterscotch]

Hello!

[Butterscotch]

BTW, Thank you obney kerman! 

 

[obney kerman]

On ‎3‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 6:21 PM, Butterscotch said:

BTW, Thank you obney kerman! 

 

You're welcome!

[Lithobrake]

The Munar Hop

Tamara’s arms were getting sore.  She hoped all FAST-NAO missions wouldn’t be like this, but she was doubtful.  The worst part was, she would have to fly the next one.

This was outrageous, (and walt was complaining from the ground that this was “cheating” and a rescue would be “cooler”) and after over 30 EVAs to lower Acerak 6’s periapsis into the atmosphere, the pushing was complete.  And as the weary spacecraft flew home, a meeting was going on on the ground.

“This is ridiculous,” said Gene.  Half of our missions end this way.  We need looser margins.

“To be fair,” said Walt, “This is pretty BadS.”

“Oh, Ok,” said Gene sarcastically.  “When she gets back and her arms recover, Tamara will be deliberately stranded on the mun for better interest!”  Walt nodded enthusiastically. It was at this point that Mort butted in,

“Gentlekerbs, we need to think in the long term.  If we keep doing this, we’ll lose the public interest.  I propose the following: all missions must have better abort procedures, and larger margins of error. Also, on Acerak 8, i propose we test a personal parachute”  And thus, the first law of FAST-NAO was passed by the committee. Tamara, also did not burn up, and neither did Frotop, her rescuer.

 

And next, Tamara flew a mission to rescue the scientist Lacergal.  They used a different launcher, and it took two tries. On the first try, Tamara lost control.  She bailed out, fell into the ocean, and got FAST-NAO 18,000 kerbucks for going 20 feet into the ocean.  The second try succeeded, and a larger margin of error was in place. One thing of note about the new launcher was that it had a booster that fell into the atmosphere, and blew up.  There was no junk left in space!

Finally, Acerak 8 went to Minmus to rescue Hancas.  It was successful, and it flew by the mun on the way back.  Podgun also made it home from minmus and got ~500 science from the orbit.  FAST-NAO accepted contracts to rescue Elon from kerbin orbit, and build a minmus station.

Jeb testing the parachute

Here is a shot of the Acerak 8 booster during reentry:

FAST-NAO is getting faster... now (dumbest outro ever)

Edited March 8, 2018 by Lithobrake

[Lithobrake]

Coming Soon... Munar probe landings, and...

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The Tiamat program...

 

Edited March 9, 2018 by Lithobrake

[Lithobrake]

Tiamat 4

 

“Easy, easy” Gene Kerman’s voice broke out on the speakers.  This would be the first landing of a probe, Tiamat 1, on the mun.

The ground crew held their breath, and the air in the room was so tense that a pin drop would have probably deafened them.

“Gear down,” said Bobak. Outside, many reporters took a moment to look up at the mun, where history was being made. “And… touchdown!”

The room was silent. And suddenly everyone was celebrating.  This would allow for the development of munar landing technology.  But first, there were press conferences. And, Tiamat 2, the minmus lander probe.  The minmus landing was considerably easier, and large flat areas and low gravity made many FAST-NAO administrators feel certain this would be the place for an outpost.  The probe also flew around to different biomes.

FAST-NAO denies that the following picture is real:

Soon, came Tiamat 3, the orbital test of the Tiamat spacecraft to take 3 kerbs to the mun.

Due to the fact that both side boosters almost survived reentry, booster recovery technologies are being considered.

And finally, Tiamat 4, the mun mission.  The crew included Tamara kerman as commander, Bob kerman as the science officer, and Bill as senior engineer. The launch was successful, and once in orbit, they prepared to depart.

The Tiamat spacecraft had no transfer stage: it was all one direct ascent package. And all was going to plan as they captured into munar orbit.

Tamara was in a daze.  Her, the first kerb to walk on the mun? She was having trouble focusing. What would she say?And then suddenly there was Gene’s voice telling her she was go for the deorbit burn.  The jolt of deceleration, and then the feel of weightlessness again. What if she messed up the suicide burn? What if she landed hard and broke the engine, or worse, died. If I made it home, they’d ground me for life! She thought. Focus, Focus!  They floated down, gaining speed. And suddenly there was a jolt of deceleration. As the spacecraft came to a hovering stop, Tamara allowed herself one sigh of relief. She slowed it down, and came to a gentle stop on the munar surface.  And every single kerbal on kerbin yelled in celebration. After a brief moment to catch her breath, Tamara was suiting up.

“Ow. I tripped over the parachute, and fell.  Why are there no ladders!? Darn it, who designed this” and with those historic words, Tamara became the first Kerbal walked on the mun. The science was done, and soon, the historic flag as planted.

Comparably, the ascent to orbit was a piece of cake, (though everyone was screaming, and all of the space sickness bags were used) and before they knew it, the the crew was reentering.

After the crew was recovered, the crew for Tiamat 5 was selected. This science will be used to develop a mun orbital station. However, Tiamat 5 will have to wait until the next chapter.

FAST-NAO is getting faster… now

[obney kerman]

4 minutes ago, Lithobrake said:

“Ow. I tripped over the parachute, and fell.  Why are there no ladders!? Darn it, who designed this”

"PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL SIDEWAYS!!"

 

(shameless plug for @Ultimate Steve's story)

Edited March 21, 2018 by obney kerman

[Lithobrake]

 

3 minutes ago, obney kerman said:

"PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL SIDEWAYS!!"

 

(shameless plug for @Ultimate Steve's story)

What is that from? I haven't read that one.

Edited March 21, 2018 by Lithobrake

[Ultimate Steve]

16 minutes ago, Lithobrake said:

 

What is that from? I haven't read that one.

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but here it is!

[Lithobrake]

Thank you!

[Lithobrake]

Today marks the day I first discovered KSP!

[Butterscotch]

[Butterscotch]

Good Job keeping the story interesting!

I'm hungry for moreeeeeeeeee!