Goliathud 2: Beyond Kerbin

[Pds314]

Awhile ago I made a challenge to build an SSTO using only the Goliath and Thud engines (and you must use at least one of each).

This challenge is to do that, but instead of optimizing it as a payload carrier or minimalist Kerbal to orbit launcher, actually bring it somewhere.

 

Scoring:

1. Every object besides Kerbin encountered below its nearest natural satellite (or within its  SOI) is worth 1 point.

2. Entering orbit with a periapsis below its closest natural satellite is worth an additional point.

3. Landing is worth 3 additional points.

4. Your score is reduced by 1/25th your vehicles' tonnes per Kerbal. I.E. A vehicle which weighs 100 tonnes and carries 2 Kerbals would subtract 100/25/2=2 points from the total as a penalty.

5. Stranded or killed Kerbals don't count towards your number of Kerbals and you lose 1 point for each.

6. An undamaged landing back at Kerbin is worth full points.

7. Damaged but operable after landing: -10% non-penalty points.

8. Any landing you can walk away from (all crew/passenger cabins intact): -20% non-penalty points.

9. One or more crew/passenger cabins destroyed: -40% non-penalty points.

10. All crew/passenger cabins destroyed, one or more engines lost before final burn, or vehicle doesn't make it back but Kerbals do: -60% non-penalty points.

 

Rules:

1. You must have at least 1 Goliath and 1 Thud, but can have as many as you desire. No other propulsion is allowed.

2. No lawn chairs. This is a deep space mission. Every Kerbal should have their own passenger or crew cabin.

3. No get out and push.

4. The vehicle needs to actually go somewhere for it to count. A Kerbal jetpacking there isn't enough.

5. No refueling.

6. No debug cheats.

7. No mod parts or physics-altering mods. Graphical, informational, and piloting mods are allowed.

8. No deliberately staged designs. Losing or detaching any engines before the final burn incurs the 60% non-penalty point reduction.

9. Vehicle should be designed for horizontal takeoff and landing on Kerbin.

 

 

 

Edited June 21, 2022 by Pds314