LeonG17 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Yay, we finally have some backstory for PfL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekkette Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 As someone who read way too much in pretty much every category, I have to agree. There's the initial vertigo of being thrown off a cliff of new information, followed by a wonderful period where the world feels more like reading a documentary than anything. Plus, you don't have to write awkward bits introducing things.I'd recommend keeping a codex of stuff that no amount of context can tell us. Background stuff primarily. Also: Descriptions! I always get yelled at about not being descriptive enough in my writing. Especially character descriptions. Although the whole prosthetic things was very nicely done. Made it seem like nothing terribly special. "Yeah, she's missing a leg. So?" kinda feel.And I'm rambling. Anyway, great job so far! Looking forward to more.About the codex - yeah, probably should have posted those first. I just wanted to get this scene done and out of my head. Fear not, such a thing exists.I always worry about writing descriptions. Seems like I either have none at all or WAAAAY too much. I'll work on that.Nice. I can already see the character background building. Is col = colonel? Abbreviations best avoided. Me likes. Whoops, thought I caught all those. Dirty little secret? I can never spell colonel right on the first try, and trying too hard makes me lose my train of thought. I have the same problem with lieutenant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satcharna Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Kernel and Lew Tenant, of course. T'is quite nice with some story, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OdinYggd Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Keeping to the german theme though, you should almost call it Leftenet. I've heard it called that a few times when said by people with a german accent. Loving the teaser so far though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmPMSFmM Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I think it should be Leutenantin Nadari, Hauptmann Dariya und Oberst Freya... For the extra bit of Deutsch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist290 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 The reason why it wouldn't make sense for kerbals to have either one or the other gender: Most flowers (plants have flowers) are both male and female.Why it would be important: It would make the storyline of PfL more fun (I suppose.)I seriously would like to know where this silly "Kerbals are plants" idea got started in the first place.On topic: Any plans for showing off a Silbervogel-derived craft in the near future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonG17 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I seriously would like to know where this silly "Kerbals are plants" idea got started in the first place.Likely because they are green, a sign that they would have chloroplast in them as the chlorophyll in them which makes them green. Also, what would they evolved from? There are only grass and trees on Kerbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canopus Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I seriously would like to know where this silly "Kerbals are plants" idea got started in the first place.On topic: Any plans for showing off a Silbervogel-derived craft in the near future?Sibervogel or A4 derived launcher. That would be amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist290 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Likely because they are green, a sign that they would have chloroplast in them as the chlorophyll in them which makes them green. Also, what would they evolved from? There are only grass and trees on Kerbin.So all green things are plants, eh? I guess the government has been lying to us about yet another thing, and all those street signs just sprouted on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonG17 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 So all green things are plants, eh? I guess the government has been lying to us about yet another thing, and all those street signs just sprouted on their own.Only living things, so those signs haven't sprouted, at least, not if their metal. Has your government been producing plants to make signs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist290 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 How about praying mantises, then? Or alligators? Are those moving plants, too?The point I am trying to make is that just because something is not shown does not mean it is not there at all. I don't think that Kerbals are any more walking plants than that I am an actual Chinese terra cotta soldier. Plus, I think I recall someone mentioning a developer stating that Kerbals are most definitely not plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonG17 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 They might be both? They could have the chloroplast in their cells to produce glucose yet are animals? It would explain why they can survive so long, they are their own life support, as long as they are exposed to a light source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satcharna Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 It was my understanding that Squad themselves had gone out and explicitly said that the kerbals are not photosynthetic, and not at all plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonG17 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Shame, we will then have to eventually take care to provide our Kerbals with oxygen, water and food instead of just sticking them in a capsule and using Kerbol to feed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felsmak Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 They might be both? They could have the chloroplast in their cells to produce glucose yet are animals? It would explain why they can survive so long, they are their own life support, as long as they are exposed to a light source.Or maybe life support is currently one of those things that just "happen in the background". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonG17 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Or maybe life support is currently one of those things that just "happen in the background". Perhaps as a future expansion? Or for the harder difficulties? Such as Realism mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felsmak Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Perhaps as a future expansion? Or for the harder difficulties? Such as Realism mode?Nevermind, I just saw that Satcharna had covered the photosynthesis thing already. But real life support would be a cool feature, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonG17 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Wonder whether we would have different difficulties in future updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist290 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I think we're getting just a hair off-topic, though.So to put us back on topic: What sort of vehicle would everyone like to see chobit eventually do? (I already mentioned the Silbervogel.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaydeeDem Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I read a theory somewhere that Kerbals are actually a sentient fungi and that their goal is to explode so that they can spread their spores to reproduce.I think that's a nicer theory than the *shudder* alternative. "OH JEB! I WANT YOUR POLLEN ALL OVER ME!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chobit-389 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 I think we're getting just a hair off-topic, though.So to put us back on topic: What sort of vehicle would everyone like to see chobit eventually do? (I already mentioned the Silbervogel.)I'll eventually be drawing a full inventory of VSA vehicles and designs, probably as part of the "Making of PfL" documentary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonG17 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I think that's a nicer theory than the *shudder* alternative. "OH JEB! I WANT YOUR POLLEN ALL OVER ME!"Jeb would be the one receiving his own pollen.I'll eventually be drawing a full inventory of VSA vehicles and designs, probably as part of the "Making of PfL" documentaryI want this NOW!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needles_10 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Raumstationskern auf Schwerheber ProdukteinführungsfahrzeugThat means "Space Station Core atop Heavy-Lifter Launch Vehicle". What if that was in the documentary? Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaydeeDem Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Jeb would be the one receiving his own pollen.Exactly. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trekkette Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Loving all the feedback on the teaser post. Thanks, guys <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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