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Patupi

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Part of it is that Berty doesn't think he IS a villain. As he said, he isn't really human. I'm guessing that he'd be perfectly happy with taking the blame for the whole thing... after it's all over. Once the objectives are met they can wipe him, dismantle him, doesn't matter. As long as the mission was a success. Computer fanatic anyone?

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Also, a dot usually means that what follows is a decimal number. If you want to separate the thousands, it's better to use a comma.

They do that where I live, it's commonplace to see a washing machine for 299,99 euros. Quite funny really.

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czokletmuss

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Is it me, or is BERTY falling into the Dangerously Genre Savvy category?

He's savvy and he's potentially dangerous, that for sure :)

EDIT: Sneak-peek into the next chapter (coming Soonâ„¢)

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BTW which word is more appropiate in this situation - "sneak-peek", "teaser", "trailer" or something else?

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"peek", not "peak"!
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He's savvy and he's potentially dangerous, that for sure :)

EDIT: Sneak-peek into the next chapter (coming Soonâ„¢)

BTW which word is more appropiate in this situation - "sneak-peek", "teaser", "trailer" or something else?

Let me guess, they try to land on laythe but burn up upon re-entry?

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You'll find out tomorrow.

Oh, and this is just probable ETA - no obligations. And don't be angry if something happens and it gets postponed, please :)

Every damn time you write a reply in this thread, I am running like a little puppy after a ball hoping its a new chapter. Grr... :D

Edit; Dang, not 100th page either

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CHAPTER 42

ROBOTIC EXPLORATION: LAYTHE

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DANREY: Everything's ready, Sid. Shall we wait for the connection with “Proteus†to be reestablished before we release the probes?

SID: Actually-

ROZER]: There's no need for it. They'll go into the parking orbit, that's all. We don't need BERTY for this. You may proceed.

DANREY: Sid?

SID: Do it, Dan – there's hardly anything which can go wrong.

DANREY: Roger. Releasing the first probe.

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SID: And?

DANREY: All systems nominal, probe is ready for the transfer into the parking orbit.

SID: Good. Proceed than.

DANREY: Okay. Switching to automatic control... done. Probe is now executing the maneuver.

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DANREY: Parking orbit achieved.

SID: Great! Let's take the other one for a ride.

DANREY: All right. Releasing the second probe. Autopilot is on.

SID: What are you doing?

ROZER]: Visual inspection.

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SID: There's no need for a visu-

ROZER]: Professor, there are days of work ahead of us. Right now however there's nothing to do for me, so I would appreciate if you just remain silent while I'm admiring the view.

SID: :sigh:

DANREY: And the transfer burn is completed. Another bird on its way.

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SID: So now we wait.

DANREY: Yeah. Hey, maybe we should take a closer look at the LV-NB engine in the meantime?

SID: Good idea. I still can't believe they used one of these old nuclear thermal rockets for the Payload. I mean, which generation is it, second? It shouldn't-

ROZER]: Cost.

SID: Excuse me?

ROZER]: “Proteus†alone is worth trillions in R&D and engineering work, even more with all the equipment and landers. Most of it is a cutting edge technology. It's only natural they decided to cut costs by using more crude solutions in the non-critical systems.

SID: The nuclear engine is non-critical to you? The LV-NB is dead, in case you didn't notice.

ROZER]: Good. If it was operational during the rendez-vous, we would be dead. Because of him.

DANREY: Hey, I apologized for that!

ROZER]: It's not enough.

DANREY: What do you want me to do than?!

ROZER]: Improve. One mistake may be one to many so far from Kerbin.

DANREY: I-

ROZER]: Try to remember this next time.

SID: All right, that's enough. We're going to check the engine. Come on, Dan.

ROZER]: Good luck with that.

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DANREY: …such an asshole, you know?

SID: Mhm.

DANREY: You have no idea how glad I'll be when he's gone.

SID: Ahem.

DANREY: What?

SID: He won't be going alone, you know.

DANREY: I know, I- crap, I didn't mean this. Listen Sid, when you two-

SID: If, Dan, not when. I'm not sure whether it would be possible at all.

DANREY: But haven't you said that we'll find a way?

SID: I was wrong, it turns out. There is just no other way to get inside the lander than EVA. I thought maybe we can repair the common berthing mechanism – I mean, the software that handles it – but it's just dead, non-responsive. And whoever goes outside...

DANREY: Lethal dosage?

SID: No. At least not immediately.

DANREY: So how long would it take to-

SID: After 40 minutes there is a high probability of severe acute radiation syndrome to occur, which would lead to irreversible damage to the central nervous system and death.

DANREY: Holy frak…

SID: Could we change the subject please? For now we have to concentrate on the engine, we gonna need it to-

ROZER]: Orders from “Proteus†- probes will land ASAP.

SID: We have contact with BERTY? But we didn't gather enough atmospheric data for a safe-

ROZER]: Have you checked your dosimeter, professor?

DANREY: What's wrong with the – 4,8 milisivert?! But how?! Yesterday it was-

ROZER]: 0,6 milisivert. But we were in the LAMGML.

DANREY: So what? The radiation-

SID: Bremsstrahlung. Frak!

DANREY: Brems-what?

SID: Braking radiation. Charged particles, protons and electrons, create x-rays when they hit lead.

DANREY: But we have radiation shielding with carbon nanotubes and bags of water and-

SID: Hydrogen in water stops ionizing radiation, this is x-rays we're talking about.

DANREY: We don't even have lead in LAMGML!

SID: But the Payload C does.

DANREY: What?! Why-

ROZER]: Concentrate, lieutenant. It is used to shield from the radiation emitted by LV-NB. It's probably in the hull and not only of the Payload but CHMs as well. The lander should be completely protected against it – but we didn't dock to it.

DANREY: Oh crap... Our radiation shield is the source of radiation?

SID: Of x-rays. Yes, it is.

DANREY: So what do we do?

ROZER]: We're leaving. Come on.

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SID: Wait a second – we're not leaving before we-

ROZER]: I'm not talking about abandoning the mission, professor.

DANREY: You said we need to leave.

ROZER]: Yes – we need to leave the orbit.

SID: So we're continuing the mission, right?

ROZER]: Yes. We just have to hurry. Autopilot online. We need the data from the probes if we want to land. Initiating landing protocol.

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BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 1 on course. Deorbit burn in 8 minutes and 55 seconds.

DANREY: Why didn't you warn us BERTY?!

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Unfortunately, the radiation sensors of the LAMGML give only environmental readings. Personal or spacesuit dosimeters are used for the measuring of the radiation level.

DANREY: What about the Payload C sensors than?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: They are non-responsive. It's possible that the cause of this malfunction was ionizing radiation causing a glitch in the on-board computer.

DANREY: That's just great.

SID: Dan.

DANREY: What?

SID: Take the pill. Unless you want to have iodine-131 in your thyroid.

DANREY: Frak!

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BERTY v.2.0.8b: Executing deorbit burn.

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BERTY v.2.0.8b: Deorbit burn completed. Laythe Probe 1 on course.

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DANREY: Frak. Fraking crap. ****!

SID: Calm down.

DANREY: Are we in danger Sid? Are going to be irradiated?

SID: For the hundredth time, no! At least not yet.

DANREY: Frak!

ROZER]: Put yourself together.

DANREY: Crap! You think that's how they died, Sid? After coronal mass ejection or something?

SID: What are you talking about?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Engine module separation confirmed.

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DANREY: The Krussians, on Mir-2. Hell, I'm sure that's how it happened! After all, it wasn't the hydraz-

SID: Shut up, will you!

ROZER]: No, let him finish. You were saying that it wasn't the hydrazine what killed them?

DANREY: I, err, I didn't say that, err, that it was-

ROZER]: Interesting.

SID: He's panicking, he doesn't know what he's saying.

ROZER]: Fine material for a kerbonaut, isn't he?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 1 is entering the atmosphere.

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SID: History is happening right now, so I suggest we concentrate on the probe, shall we?

ROZER]: Fine with me.

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Altitude 25000 meters, velocity 1702,8 m/s.

SID: So fast?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Increasing temperature and friction.

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ROZER]: New data. You should be happy.

SID: I would be but-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 1,3g. Heatshield's temperature 500 degrees.

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DANREY: Isn't it too much?

SID: It's way too much! The atmosphere is much denser than we thought!

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 1,9g. Heatshield's temperature 600 degrees.

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ROZER]: Could it burn?

SID:I don't know, the ablative material-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 1,4g. Heatshield's temperature 400 degrees.

DANREY: It's dropping! It's cooling down!

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SID:It's still coming too fast, with supersonic speed-

DANREY: What?

SID:BERTY! Override the-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 8g.

DANREY: What?!

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Parachute deployment failure detected.

SID: Frak!

ROZER]: Let me guess – too dense atmosphere ripped the parachute at this speed.

SID: BERTY, initiate the pow-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Powered landing protocol initiated.

DANREY: But it's not BERTY who's controlling the probe, the on-board computer won't handle this alone!

ROZER]: We'll see about that soon enough.

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SID: :sigh:

DANREY: Well, in the worst case scenario we still have the second probe.

ROZER]: Data from both probes as possible would minimize the risk.

DANREY: But we're not landing on the pole, right?

ROZER]: We aren't. However, the sunlight on the north pole will power the-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 1 has landed.

SID: Yes!

DANREY: Yeah!

ROZER]: What's the status of the scientific equipment, BERTY?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Fully operational.

DANREY: Yes! It could've been much wor-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Attention. Solar panels unfolding failure detected.

SID: Is it software or mechanical failure?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Analyzing.

ROZER: You should've waited with celebrating, lieutenant.

DANREY: How serious could it be? If BERTY fixes the glitch of whatever it is, than we-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Analysis completed. Data implies mechanical failure during descent, 0.3 second after the heatshield detached.

DANREY: Can you fix this?

SID: Heatshield hit the solar panels, Dan – they were ripped off. There's nothing to fix.

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DANREY: ...

SID: ...

DANREY: ...

SID: We should-

ROZER: Was this your dosimeter?

SID: Yes. 5 milisivert and just know the alarm went off. :throws it: Piece of junk.

DANREY: Wasn't it 4,8 milisivert not so long ago?

SID: It was.

ROZER: BERTY, use the data gathered from the probe during descent to reprogram the second one.

SID: We better hurry.

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SID: Here, exactly where this blue dot is.

ROZER: Are you sure?

SID: Absolutely. There the radiation would be at its lowest level.

DANREY: But it's the leading hemisphere, right? So it should be exposed to the Jool's magnetosphere while the planet is moving on its orbit, right?

SID: Good point, but here's the thing – Jool's magnetosphere moves quicker than Laythe. So it is hitting the trailing hemisphere, on the other side of the planet. But you're right, the leading hemisphere is exposed to micrometeorites – they all should burn in the atmosphere though.

ROZER: Fascinating. But you better be sure about it – it's the last probe we have and you want to land on a peninsula.

SID:BERTY reprogrammed the descent protocol and the powered descent has already been proved to be possible. If it lands, it will serve as sort of a radio navigation beacon for us. And it's a great location with easy access to the ocean.

ROZER: If it lands.

SID: Yes.

ROZER: BERTY?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Professor Sidely's idea is very sound. I've analyzed the alternatives and this proposal is one of the best ways to secure safe manned landing.

ROZER: So you agree?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Yes.

SID: It'll work, you'll see.

DANREY: I wonder what would Jeb do.

ROZER: He's expertise are manned flights – we could use Johndon's help but the signal delay between Vall, us and the probe would be to big and data transfer to slow for him to land the probe.

SID: It''s decided then. Probe lands on the peninsula.

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BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 2 on course. Acceleration equal to 3,6g predicted at maximum during the descent.

SID: Everything depends on that engine working again. We can't even leave the Laythe's orbit without it. Plus, even after it's operational once more we can't use it as long as the LAMGML is docked to CHM – the center of the mass is way off.

ROZER: Agreed. We need to detach the lander and dock LAMGML to the main docking port. Than you'll be able to get the Payload to Vall.

DANREY: What if something happens down there? If I'm gone, who's going to rendez-vous with you after emergency ascent?

ROZER: Nobody.

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Engine module separation confirmed.

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DANREY: Nobody?

SID: If you wait for us in orbit even for a few days you'll be dead.

DANREY: Well, you'll be dead too if you get to the orbit and there won't be anyone to rescue you!

ROZER: You'll wait couple of hours. If everything will be fine, you'll leave.

DANREY: But-

ROZER: We'll take a risk.

SID: Listen, we still need the probe to land safely, so it's pointless to go through this right now. We didn't even repair the engine yet, so-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 2 is entering the atmosphere.

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Altitude 25000 meters, velocity 1874,5 m/s.

DANREY: It's coming quicker than the last one.

SID: Descent profile is more aggressive. Probe can handle additional gees, it's not a problem.

ROZER: Unless the heatshield fails.

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 3,6g. Heatshield's temperature 700 degrees.

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DANREY: Oh.

SID: It'll be fine, trust me.

ROZER: Whatever happens, it must be a spectacular view from the surface.

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BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 2,1g. Heatshield's temperature 600 degrees.

DANREY: Yes!

SID: Crap, it should be approaching the landing site by now. I hope-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Approaching the landing site. Acceleration 1,8g.

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ROZER: Temperature is still too high.

SID: It'll cool off quickly once it's deep enough in the atmosphere, the velocity-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Acceleration 1,3g. Heatshield's temperature 350 degrees.

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SID: You see?

DANREY: Uff. At least this time nothing bad happ-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Warning. Predicted landing site 0,9 km north and 0,3 km west of target.

DANREY: Damn!

ROZER: Is it on the peninsula?

SID: Negative – it'll land in the ocean.

ROZER: ...

SID: Frak!

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Parachute deployment successful.

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DANREY: There is still the powered landing.

ROZER: If there's enough fuel, yes.

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SID: We don't have a choice – splashdown is not an option. BERTY?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: I agree. Powered landing protocol initiated.

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DANREY: I wish Johndon was here.

ROZER: He isn't and nothing will change this. We can only wait now.

DANREY: But it will reach the peninsula, right?

SID: Probably. Problem is not the fuel, or rather delta-V – it's atmosphere itself. Near the coast strong wind could cause severe troubles and if the computer fails at one point, I doubt it will recover the probe from a dive. There's also-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Landing site in range. Beginning the final descent.

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DANREY: Ha! You see, it wasn't-

ROZER: If you finish the sentence before the probe is on the ground safe and operational, you'll be in pain.

DANREY: Hey, take it easy! It's not like there is a connection between-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Laythe Probe 2 has landed.

SID: Status report?

BERTY v.2.0.8b: All systems nominal. Unfolding the solar panels.

SID: Koddamit...

DANREY: We did it!

ROZER: Congratulations, professor. You were right.

SID: Thank you. Now as soon as we start receiving the data, we should-

DANREY: Look, it's transferring it already!

SID: What?

ROZER: On this screen.

SID: Amazing! We're getting readings from the surface of Laythe, for the first time in history! This is-

DANREY: What?

ROZER: What is it, professor?

SID: The readings are... good Kod!

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MISSION STATUS

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Mr. Pseudonym

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Good chapter, but there are a few problems...

DANREY: …such asshole, you know?

should be:

DANREY: …such an asshole, you know?

SID: If, Dan. not when. I'm not sure whether it would be possible at all.

should be:

SID: If, Dan, Not when. I'm not sure whether it would be possible at all.

Also:

ROZER]: You should've waited with celebrating, lieutenant.

DANREY: How serious could it be? If BERTY fixes the glitch of whatever it is, than we-

BERTY v.2.0.8b: Analysis completed. Data implies mechanical failure during descent, 0.3 second after the heatshield detached.

DANREY: Can you fix this?

SID: Heatshield hit the solar panels, Dan – they were ripped off. There's nothing to fix.

Up until here, Rozer's name has a bracket at the end of it.

Other than that, I cannot see any more problems! Great chapter!

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