Kerpollo - A Complete Science Mode Run In 9 Acts

[Richmountain112]

Are planet mods allowed? Like OPM and Planet Cyran (A note: Since Cyran replaces Dres, the Drespollo could be modified a bit)

Edited January 29, 2023 by Richmountain112

[Superfluous J]

5 hours ago, Richmountain112 said:

Are planet mods allowed? Like OPM and Planet Cyran (A note: Since Cyran replaces Dres, the Drespollo could be modified a bit)

While not technically allowed, I wholeheartedly support you doing one. There's even a place for you on the winner's board, down at the bottom in the Rogue's Gallery.

[Richmountain112]

Though I think the Sarnuspollo would be tricky because you have a light moon with a thick atmosphere (Tekto), a Tylo clone with slightly lower gravity (Slate), Eeloo, and 2 small Shepard moons in low orbit that are just like Gilly but lighter (Hale and Ovok).

The Neidollo would be tricky because Thatmo is in a retrograde orbit so you would likely want to arrive retrograde. But the second moon is in an erratic prograde orbit and tricky to transfer to.

Edited January 30, 2023 by Richmountain112

[Superfluous J]

The hard part for me when I was doing to do it with some planet pack (I don't recall which) was that this challenge worked with the default game balance. I couldn't see a way to guarantee that it would be doable with any given planet pack, or that another planet pack wouldn't be so ridiculously easy as to be unfun.

The challenge itself is basically repeating the same thing multiple times. It doesn't get old because you're constantly getting new parts from science unlocks and all the stock planet systems are different enough to pose unique challenges. Well, except Moho/Dres/Eeloo but hey nobody's perfect

Edited January 31, 2023 by Superfluous J

[farmerben]

I started this challenge.  I found it extremely difficult to get to Minimus with a wet spagetti rocket.  But, after that I had enough science for autostrut.  The Mun and Dres were easy, I know that Eeloo and Moho will be easy too.  I don't know if I will complete the challenge.  Landing on Eve and doing a Jool 5 mission in accordance with the rules is super hard.  But, I can nearly max our the tech tree before attempting those. 

[Python User]

I'm not sure if this challenge is still going on, but I am working on a video showcasing my experience with the Kerpollo missions. I have actually finished all the missions except Joolollo (Screw you, Tylo) but haven't edited Mohollo or Eveollo yet. Either way, here's the video of my other missions, with the Kerbals frantically trying to complete their mission without being killed by the kraken:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ASgxRp85RtX7vFet9n2yVr2Zx9GTLsrZ/view?usp=sharing

You don't have to download the video, you can just watch it in Drive. I don't really want to go through the trouble of verifying my account on youtube, I might upload the final challenge to Youtube though.

Settings: All normal, with no ISRU or extra Kerbals allowed.

Mods: WarpEverywhere, HangarExtender, varying visual mods, Kerbal Joint Reinforcement (Eveollo/Joolpollo only, because I use an apple laptop with 8gb of RAM and the lag was already unbearable without the extra struts), and the DLC.

Also, this is my first challenge run ever, and I make constant mistakes (All Kraken attacks are just me timewarping too far, for instance)

Finally, during Dunpollo, the kerbals jump out of the craft due to a notable lack of parachutes, but Kerbals don't provide science when recovered. I flew a plane over, which did not net any science.