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Deployable antennas outclass non-deployable antennas in virtually all aspects


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Just a small balancing suggestion, with the removal of the direct vs relay distinction between antennas (all antennas function as relays), it gives the KSP1 relay parts very little reason to practically exist compared to their deployable counterparts besides being immune to aerodynamic forces (Which, while giving a genuine decision making process for the smaller antennas, falls off with size due to the larger antennas often being very draggy).

An example; comparing the HG-55 to its non-deployable counterpart, the RA-15, it's clear that the HG-55 outclasses it in virtually every conceivable way:

It's much lighter (0.075t VS 0.3t)
It has a much higher transmission rate (12.5 KiB/s VS 2.5 KiB/s)
It uses much less electricity per KiB sent (0.7e/KiB VS 5e/KiB)

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The deployable antennas are lighter, deployable, more efficient and (barring the 88-88 vs RA-100) have faster data transmission speeds than their heavier non-deployable counterparts, to remedy this in my opinion the non-deployable antennas should be given significantly faster data transmissions speeds than their deployable counterparts (on the order of 3x their deployable counterparts) and better electricity/KiB efficiency, this would them much more of a gameplay distinction than their deployable counterparts and gives a genuine reason why players might choose to go with the much heavier non-deployable antennas compared with their deployable counterparts (Especially for missions that include time-critical EOL situations, such as an atmospheric entry probe that needs to transmit its science before being obliterated)

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