Kerbal reproduction?

[Cloakedwand72]

Any modular manager configuration that makes the Kerbals reproduce every 9 Kerbal months if you have a 1 man & 1 women in a crew container so you can make a generational colony & you can premote the new kerbal from colonist to the three standard classes?

[KerbolExplorer]

I think this mod can make that happen:

 

[lajoswinkler]

Resource: Contraceptive pills

When it runs out, you get a new Kerbal each cycle. xD

[Cloakedwand72]

Too challenging rather have stock parts but the re-population aspect.

[DStaal]

18 hours ago, KerbolExplorer said:

I think this mod can make that happen:

 

I know it's planned, but I can't remember if it's actually implemented here.

At least one iteration of the Civilian Population mod has had this as well.  (Though that mod has gone through more maintainers...)

[KerbolExplorer]

40 minutes ago, DStaal said:

I know it's planned, but I can't remember if it's actually implemented here.

At least one iteration of the Civilian Population mod has had this as well.  (Though that mod has gone through more maintainers...)

Acoording to this video it is implemented:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jpfculIliw

 

[Tyko]

Do we know for sure Kerbals reproduce that way? Maybe they reproduce by splitting in half or budding off little kerbals? They're green and dont require food so maybe they're an advanced form of plant?

[Nightside]

16 hours ago, Tyko said:

Do we know for sure Kerbals reproduce that way? Maybe they reproduce by splitting in half or budding off little kerbals? They're green and dont require food so maybe they're an advanced form of plant?

Or fungus, like a slime mold maybe.

[DStaal]

Nah, there are three sexes and two sub-species.  Historically, the square-head subspecies has been more prominent than the round-head, though the round-heads are starting to catch up, with their spokesperson Val leading the way.

[CobaltWolf]

I've definitely come across visual depictions of this but I don't care to share them here.

[Tyko]

53 minutes ago, CobaltWolf said:

I've definitely come across visual depictions of this but I don't care to share them here.

...Rule 34...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_(Internet_meme)

[kerbiloid]

Chromosome combination should define Pilot/Engineer/Scientist/Tourist and Courage&Stupidity.

Like blood types.
There are A & B factors, so: 0, A, B, AB major types.

Kerbals could have A(cting) and T(hinking) factors.

If a Kerbal has A factor, he is permanently doing something by hands. 
If a Kerbal has T factor, he is permanently thinking about something. 

So, A = Pilot, T =  Scientist, AT = Engineer, 0 = Tourist.

Both factors are recessive.

So, there are alleles A/a and T/t.

Only homozygotes with AA and/or TT receive the corresponding factor, while most of Kerbals are Tourists.

So,
AA + tt/Tt/tT = Pilot.
TT + aa/Aa/aA = Scientist
AATT = Engineer (they often write this as AT&AT, because that's what they get from the parents)
other combinations = Trashourist

(So, you have a lot of pilots for one-way flights, a lot of scientists for expendable scientific dropships _{Hi, Venus!}, but you have to care about the Engineers, as they are a real elite.)

***

Courage and Stupidity don't correlate with these factors. They just enforce them or vice versa.
But they are also defined by the chromosomes.

Alleles of two more genes define the level of two corresponing hormones production, which in turn defines Courage and Stupidity changing level.
These two hormones are NOT hormones of Courage and Stupidity, but their combination defines these characteristics non-linearly.

Edited August 21, 2018 by kerbiloid

[lajoswinkler]

9 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

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This would open room for proper Mengelian genetics (pun intended). Horrible.