I have a dream | Realism on a budget | Career with arbitrary rules

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Yes, I do know that I have made a British mission thread before. I can't find it. So excuse me, I'm making a new one. Also, the in-game time is useless. I'm basing the time periods of the current tech unlocked. I can't use KCT because my computer is a potato. 

Also, my thanks to @track for inspiring me to get off my lazy butt and play KSP

And shout out to The British Tea Company for funding Mitchell 

 

The Arbitrary rules

Kerballs require company and space when in space. 

No Quickloading once in space. Reverting into the atmosphere is fine.

there will be more

MOD LIST

-Near Future Electrical and Propulsion

-Heat Control

-HabTech 2

-Restock/+

-Waterfall and EVE

-KER

 

 

 

Also 

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Video Series

Warning : More of a general playthrough, forums are where you get the heavy details

 

 

 

I Have A Dream
 

 

 

 

The year is 1936. Rockets where an unknown. Cars where all the hype. But yet, a small kerbal, Mitchell Kerman, saw the future. He knew what was coming. He knew that one day, kerbals would ride rockets, and hopefully, he would to.

1946

After 6 years, the largest war in the history of kerbal kind was over. The Allies where successful, and the world was at peace. For a while. Mitchell saw during the war, the use of rockets was shown to the world. They where used on his town, his city, his country. But this did not deter him. That was during the war. During the peace, they would change there explosives for that sweet, sweet science. 

 

1956

Now, with the developments in spaceflight, with the Jool-C successfully launching, Mitchell founded a little club. Their goal? Launch the first British Payload into orbit. With some bank loans and a bit of his life savings, he and his friends made their first rocket. The Spaceball. A single solid rocket booster, with a simple probe core and a thermometer. For science. The launch was a partial failure.

 

 

 

 

Due to a miscalculation in electricity consumption, only two experiments where transmitted, not the 4 planned.

 

Unfazed, they went and upscaled to the Quail. It had a much larger booster, with the same comms package, more electricity, and another science experiment, the Barometer. This allowed for even more science.

 

 

This mission was actually successful. All the mission parameters where achieved. However, and odd tendency with uncontrolled rockets is there tendency to start pitching over, causing it to fly a ballistic path instead of straight up. This definitely wont cause problems? Right? Right?

 

 

Because all the easy science is mostly gone Because of Mitchell's dwindling supply of SRB fuel, and a limit on the amount of launches he could due to his permit for using government property, a small rover, designed as a testbed for future rover missions, was constructed to gather all the easy science around the KSC demonstrate roving abilities and mechanics. 

 

With 2 science instruments, 2 solar panels and 4 wheels, it was affectionately named the Morun, because it looked moronic. It did however, get a lot of science demonstrate that rover where cool, and could work.  Sadly, it was then scrapped for parts to produce the Gerbill, a manned rover. Maned by Bill, because he's an engineer, and officials where worried that it could break down. 

 

Luckily, it didn't, and further proved the advance roving concept that Mitchell was pioneering.

1958

A new year, a new launch permit, and much more fuel. And an exciting new prospect. The British Tea Company released a challenge, stating that whichever British rocket company passed the Kerman Line first would receive a little prize. Of 150,000 Kredits. Naturally, this excited Mitchell, and immediately threw all of his attention into helping design the most powerful rocket that so far had been built in Britain. 

Meet, the Magpie.

A multistage rocket, with the standard payload package on top. 

 

 

First stage nominal passing through Mach 1.

Stage Separation at 10000 meters ASL

SECO! Apogee unknown (No flight computer)

THEY HAVE DONE IT

After 5 months of work, the Magpie passes through the Kerman line, and nets Mitchell a nice little sum. Mission control notices, and so do others...

Stay tuned for more.

As i re upload these photos, i am also doing a little more progress.

Edited January 17, 2023 by Superluminal Gremlin
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Your images did not load for me, but nice report anyways! Consider using imgur to host your photos. 

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I'll fix that soon enough.  (Aka within a day hopefully).

They work for me. Hmmmm.

 

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Into The Unknown

3rd May, 1958

Langley, Virginia

CIA headquarters

McPherson - Sir, we have credible intelligence that the British have launched a rocket.

Jackson - And?

McPherson - It appears it reached space.

Jackson - ...

McPherson - Yeah. I know. They are catching up. Quite blooming fast as they would they say.

 

 

United Kingdom

Boyd with the success of Magpie, he starts designing with the help of his engineers, the Condor. A multistage rocket, which was much more powerful than Magpie, it has 4 SRB's with a central liquid core. Complications arise when it turns out, in order to receive the funds, he actually needed a business, in accordance to British Consumer Law. Hurriedly thinking of a name, he settles on Ghost Aerospace. One of his engineers asks why, and he replies dryly " Because no one knows we exist".

 

 

2 months later, 17 July 1958, Condor is ready, 

5... 4... 3.. 2... 1...

LIFTOFF!

 I really need to use F2 more sorry:(

Stage separation!

 

Casually cruising at 300.000 meters, with a butt-ton of science transmitted

 

After its fiery destruction, the engineers rejoice at the seemingly epic 45 science.

Enough to unlock the fabled

Science JR!!

Of course, the only way to celebrate properly was to build a car

Meanwhile

CIA Headquarters

Mackall - The Brits, are being Brits

McPherson - And you do know what they do best.

Mackall - Coloni.... I need to inform the president right now!

And drive it at night!

A few little exploratory hops later, and a long drive, enough science has been gathered to unlock the Thud and Torch engine, major improvements over the Cogswell engine before them. These engines would be crucial in creating an orbital class rocket. How fast, remains to be seen.

Stay tuned. 
Notice- Post still under editing and additions.

 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Superluminal Gremlin
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Due to the pitiful state that the KSC’s contracts… I’m making my own, arbitrary, and on here, for all to see.

 

 

Lunar Scout 

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Luna 1 : Launch a scientific payload and intercept and fly by the Mun’s sphere of influence

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 70,000

Science : 2

 

Luna 2: Perform a VLF (very low flyby <40,000m) of the Mun

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 80,000

Science : 2

Luna 3 : Launch a scientific payload and orbit inside the Mun’s sphere of influence and return the payload

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 100,000

Science : 2

Luna 4 : Impact the Munar surface

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 70,000

Science : 4

 

Ranger 

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Ranger I : Launch a scientific payload and intercept and fly by Minmus's sphere of influence

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 100,000

Science : 5

 

Ranger II: Perform a VLF (very low flyby <40,000m) of the Mun

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 100,000

Science : 5

Ranger III : Launch a scientific payload and orbit inside the Mun’s sphere of influence and return the payload

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 100,000

Science : 5

Ranger IV : Impact the Munar surface

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 100,000

Science : 5

 

Ranger V

Impact Minmus's surface

Accept : 30,000

Achieve : 100,000

Science : 5

 

 

Trafalgar

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Trafalgar I : Launch a Kerbal on a Sub-orbital trajectory and return him safely

Accept : 20,000

Achieve : 80,000

Science : 5

 

Edited January 11, 2023 by Superluminal Gremlin

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29^th December 1958

In light of the progress that the Soviet Space Program and NASA, UKSB and Ghost Aerospace turned their eyes to the titanic challenge of accelerating a craft to ~2300m/s parallel to the ground at an altitude of over 70km. Orbit. So far Sputnik 1,2 and 3, Explorer 1-5, the mostly unsuccessful Pioneer 1 and SCORE, the Brits where roaring to catch up. The rocket designed was the new Norfolk class. A 1.25m diameter rocket with 2 Mk-15 “Torch” Liquid Fuel Engines, with the upper stage being a single LV-303 “Pug” Vacuum optimized Liquid Fuel Engine. Onboard, it carried the basic OKTO-1 Science satellite, carrying 2 Heat Energy Analyzers (aka, Thermometers), 2 Barometric Pressure Sensors (aka Barometers) , and 2 Advanced Liquid Space Reactivity experiments (aka, Mystery Goo).

 

29^th December, 14:00 Hours

BBC Reporter – We come to you today from Great Britain’s National Space Center in Kourou, on the pad is Norfolk 1 rocket, designed to carry the scientific payload OKTO-1 into an orbit of Kerbin. This Is the first true step in Britain’s conquest of outer space. While not being the prettiest rocket, she has the 2^nd best payload capabilities in the world, only second to the USSR’s R-7 Semyorka Converted ICBM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mitchell Kerman, Flight Director of Norfolk 1 – We come to the pedestal today to announce our glorious success at becoming the 3^rd nation, behind the superpowers of the USSR and the USA to launch a payload into the orbit of Kerbin. We are now planning further missions to LKO, and even some Mun Flyby missions are on the books. That is all for this press conference.

 

3^rd May, 1959.

The launch of the first upgraded Norfolk 1A.

This would be the launch of the OKTO-2 space science satellite.  The Norfolk 1A just barely meets the delta-v requirements for this mission. However, it will provide a wealth of scientific and technical data for the engineers at Ghost Aerospace to study. The added weight is from a Mark 1-B Heatshield, and an Experiment Storage Device, which would protect the experiments upon their return to Kerbin.

 

 

 

 

May 4^th

Meanwhile in Ghost Aerospace’s Aerospace division they were working on hard on setting a new record. To break the sound barrier with a British pilot at sea-level. That extra challenge of the denser air made for hard work, but eventually, a slightly modified T-4 Crew Trainer, and Jebediah and his unrelenting inability to say no, he eventually became the first to do so,330.1 , at a mere 570 meters above sea-level, with a pitch of 28 degrees! During the pull out, he briefly experienced 10 gees of acceleration change, which his G-suit handled just fine. This netted the Aerospace division a neat little sum of money from a contractor.

 

 

 

More is on the way

 

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October 4, 1959

NENSC, Kourou

Reporter – On this historic day, 2 years ago Sputnik 1 was launched into Low Kerbin Orbit. Today, we further push the boundaries, this time, launching into Lunar Orbit. Not only will this be a historic day for all Englishmen, as we push the boundaries of exploration and science just like our forefathers before us. This is the heaviest payload ever launched, second to Sputnik 3, which never left Low Kerbin Orbit

 

 

Mitchell Kerman, Spokesperson – This was the final launch of the year and lets just put our hands together for all the amazing engineers, mathematicians and everybody else who made this record breaking launch possible. We promise that next year, is going to be even more insane.