Tristen Simon Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 So, I heard that it will be possible to travel to different star systems in Kerbal Space Program 2. Is this true? If so, if anybody knows, what other stars are there and how far away from Kerbol (The Sun) will they be located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 3:00 AM, Tristen Simon said: So, I heard that it will be possible to travel to different star systems in Kerbal Space Program 2. Is this true? If so, if anybody knows, what other stars are there and how far away from Kerbol (The Sun) will they be located? Expand About a year in interstellar craft travels I recall a dev saying for some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvinandRusk Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Simon Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:45 AM, The Doodling Astronaut said: About a year in interstellar craft travels I recall a dev saying for some. Expand So, if I'm playing Sandbox mode, Career mode, or Science mode, if I unlock the Warp Drive and use it, it would take an entire year to get to the closest stars?! Good thing time warp exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:05 PM, Tristen Simon said: So, if I'm playing Sandbox mode, Career mode, or Science mode, if I unlock the Warp Drive and use it, it would take an entire year to get to the closest stars?! Good thing time warp exists. Expand Not that bad considering a normal Hohmann transfer from Kerbin to, say, Jool takes the better part of a decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerkyJerkyWreaksHavoc Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 1:25 PM, OvinandRusk said: where Expand Only the devs know the answer to that question... Yo nate simpson... you got a client asking a question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Simon Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:16 PM, Geonovast said: Not that bad considering a normal Hohmann transfer from Kerbin to, say, Jool takes the better part of a decade. Expand And now that the Kerbol system is getting more planets, Puf, the Rask and Rusk binary planets, and Ovin, getting out of the Kerbol system might take longer. THAT IS, what if the 4 new planets aren't part of the Kerbol system? What if they're part of a seperate star system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerkyJerkyWreaksHavoc Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:16 PM, Geonovast said: Not that bad considering a normal Hohmann transfer from Kerbin to, say, Jool takes the better part of a decade. Expand and if you are impatient its gonna get the better part of your Delta V costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Simon Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:23 PM, DAFATRONALDO2007 IN SPACE said: and if you are impatient its gonna get the better part of your Delta V costs. Expand OH YEAH, didn't really think about Delta v. You're probably also gonna have to change direction from time to time to get to other stars too, although, stars move pretty slowly. And if Squad decides to or not, we could be able to explore the ENTIRE KSP GALAXY! Although, that's a lot of data for a game from 2022 to handle. Maybe if we get a KSP3, it will be possible? By the way, what's the name of the KSP Galaxy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdwlrd Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:23 PM, Tristen Simon said: And now that the Kerbol system is getting more planets, Puf, the Rask and Rusk binary planets, and Ovin, getting out of the Kerbol system might take longer. THAT IS, what if the 4 new planets aren't part of the Kerbol system? What if they're part of a seperate star system? Expand The kerbin system isn't changing, all the planets mentioned are in new solar systems. That has been confirmed and reconfirmed from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Simon Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:29 PM, shdwlrd said: The kerbin system isn't changing, all the planets mentioned are in new solar systems. That has been confirmed and reconfirmed from the beginning. Expand Oh. I only watched the KSP2 announcements video on YouTube and it only mentioned the 4 planets, not where they would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shdwlrd Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:33 PM, Tristen Simon said: Oh. I only watched the KSP2 announcements video on YouTube and it only mentioned the 4 planets, not where they would be. Expand It was mentioned in one of the first interviews with Nate. Then there are a few threads discussing the subject already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerkyJerkyWreaksHavoc Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:28 PM, Tristen Simon said: OH YEAH, didn't really think about Delta v. You're probably also gonna have to change direction from time to time to get to other stars too, although, stars move pretty slowly. And if Squad decides to or not, we could be able to explore the ENTIRE KSP GALAXY! Although, that's a lot of data for a game from 2022 to handle. Maybe if we get a KSP3, it will be possible? By the way, what's the name of the KSP Galaxy? Expand Slow??? Maybe in a GALACTICAL perspective but our sun travels at around 200,000 M/s. I estimate there will be in between 5 to 20 star systems in KSP2. And maybe if NATE SIMPSON takes notes on my advice we could see a black hole boi or Neutron star boi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Simon Posted December 8, 2020 Author Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 6:28 PM, DAFATRONALDO2007 IN SPACE said: Slow??? Maybe in a GALACTICAL perspective but our sun travels at around 200,000 M/s. I estimate there will be in between 5 to 20 star systems in KSP2. And maybe if NATE SIMPSON takes notes on my advice we could see a black hole boi or Neutron star boi... Expand Well, if they move too fast, it's gonna be easy to miss other systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvinandRusk Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Hmm what would we name the KSP Galaxy though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Simon Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 9:21 PM, OvinandRusk said: Hmm what would we name the KSP Galaxy though? Expand What about Kerbalia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 12/8/2020 at 4:05 PM, Tristen Simon said: Warp Drive and use it, it would take an entire year to get to the closest stars?! Expand No warp drives, the time will depend on the trajectory and the engine technology used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 7:51 AM, Master39 said: No warp drives, the time will depend on the trajectory and the engine technology used. Expand The only reasonable trajectory for interstellar is a straight line. If you are traveling slow enough for your trajectory in interstellar space to curve noticeably, no amount of time warp will help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Simon Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 7:51 AM, Master39 said: No warp drives, the time will depend on the trajectory and the engine technology used. Expand Wouldn't it take over 300 years to reach the next star without a warp drive, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConArt70 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 4:32 PM, Tristen Simon said: Wouldn't it take over 300 years to reach the next star without a warp drive, though? Expand Why 300 years? How far is the next star and at what speed? Nearest star might only be two light years away and ship velocity might reach 0.5c so potentially only four years travel time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirkidirk Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 4:32 PM, Tristen Simon said: Wouldn't it take over 300 years to reach the next star without a warp drive, though? Expand Depends on how good your rocket is. with an orion drive you can get there in 100, and with an antimatter drive you can get to the closest star in 5 (assuming your talking about proxima centauri). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tristen Simon Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 5:32 PM, Dirkidirk said: Depends on how good your rocket is. with an orion drive you can get there in 100, and with an antimatter drive you can get to the closest star in 5 (assuming your talking about proxima centauri). Expand Isn't anti-matter a mod, tho? On 12/10/2020 at 4:56 PM, ConArt70 said: Why 300 years? How far is the next star and at what speed? Nearest star might only be two light years away and ship velocity might reach 0.5c so potentially only four years travel time. Expand Some people predict the closest star will be 1 lightyear away. From Voyager 1's position, it will reach the Oort Cloud (which is 1 lightyear away from the Sun) in 300 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 8:42 PM, Tristen Simon said: Isn't anti-matter a mod, tho? Expand At least one of the ships in the initial trailer looks a bit like a beam core antimatter drive. But hard to say. We definitely have a Project Daedalus style fusion drive, though, which is also a decent improvement on Orion. Finally, we don't know what distances are going to be like. Sun is in a less dense portion of a galaxy, so 4ly to nearest neighbor is definitely not on the low side for stars. And star systems in KSP have already been shrunk. So having all neighboring stars fall in 0.1ly - 0.3ly range wouldn't be unreasonable. That would let you reach nearby stars within a few decades, which would still require major time warp to make it playable, but within reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConArt70 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 8:42 PM, Tristen Simon said: Isn't anti-matter a mod, tho? Some people predict the closest star will be 1 lightyear away. From Voyager 1's position, it will reach the Oort Cloud (which is 1 lightyear away from the Sun) in 300 years. Expand But we're not talking about voyager are we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OvinandRusk Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 No we aren't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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