The Beginning of it all: A story of Jeb's first Launch.

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Warning grammar errors Punctuation mistakes and laziness to check them both fully....

I put some song sin cause they fit the moment >_>

Also I probably screwed up a few names...

(Re-posted since it was lost in the dataloss)

The Beginning of it all: A story of Jeb's first Launch.

General: Good Morning Kerbalnauts.

Kerman: Sir, Good morning Sir!

General: Welcome to the Kerbal Space Program. You all "volunteered" in some form or another to be here today.

On this specious occasion we will be training you how to fly these rockets! Now i know what your saying.

"Sir wouldn't it be easier and safer to train us on a flight simulator first?"

To answer that question is simple. We don't have a simulator.

Crowd: mumbling

General:With that in mind we have to press on for the greater good!

General: This is the Kelta 3, Don't ask what happened to the other two.... This rocket can "achieve" LKO with

some fuel to spare. Now go do you pre-launch preparations you read about in the KSP handbook

Kerman: Sir we didn't get any handbooks.

General: ...... pulls out a handbook Here share it.throws it to him

Now any questions? No? Good, crew dismissed!

Kerman scatter, some kerman stretch others read books on math. one kerman is drawing on the floor with chalk.

Some time later.

The General steps in

General: You their with the chalk!

Kerman: Sir, yes sir!? (Jumps up to attention)

General: What in the Kerbal are you doing!?

Kerman: Drawing flowers Sir! (show the flowers)

General: (Facepalms) What is your name?

Jebediah: Jebediah Sir But you may call me Jeb Sir!

General: Jeb, Why are you drawing flowers on my floors?

Jeb: Cause Bill is drawing trees on your walls Sir!

Jeb points at Bill and the general goes to look. Bill stares back at Jeb scared (LIKE ALWAYS) and does that

quickly sprint off and leave a smoke cloud behind him thing found in cartoons.

General: So why are your two Drawing on my walls...

Jeb: (pointing to the ceiling) Bob is also drawing on the ceiling.

General: (annoyed (looks up and sees a beautiful piece of art (Think this just Kerman style http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Sistine_chapel.jpg )

General: (Jaw drops in amazement) What in the world (Begins to speak but is cut off when Bill comes screaming back into

the room being chased by Sheley on a rouge Forklift)

Bill; AAAAAAAAAAAH (jumps out of the way knocking Bob off his ladder and his paint can goes flying and falls onto the Generals head)

The forklift runs into a storage locker and out pops some party streamers confetti and other things. They all land on the general

The crew stares at the general with bug eyes and jaws dropped

The general slowly opens his eyes and has a scowl on his face.

He wipe's off the excess paint.

He lifts his finger to speak but then a engineer comes running into the room

Engineer: Sir, the rocket is finished and is awaiting the Kermanauts on the launch pad!

General: (Still annoyed but also pleased) Okay then, You (Pointing to Jeb) Get your gear your going first.

Jeb: Yes Sir! (runs off to get his gear)

General: (sighing heavily)I need a drink (under his own breath)

The engineer is still standing there looking towards the general

General: Is there more?

Engy: (in a hushed tone) Sir we couldn't install the parachute...

General: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T"T INSTALL THE PARACHUTE!

Everyone surprised.

General: QUICKLY STOP JEB BEFORE HE LAUNCHES!!!!

Everyone desperately try's to get to the command room to stop the launch. Pushing and shoving till their finally there.

They burst into the room panting heavily.

General: STOP THE LAUNCH!

Flight Director: Whats wrong General?

General: I was told there is no parachute installed on the rocket. How is Jeb gonna land?

Chief: Jeb was already informed that their was no parachute on the rocket. He didn't care and ran off to the rocket.

So were launching.

Everyone jaw drops

General: (gets onto the radio) Mission control to Kelta 3 come in Kelta 3 over.

Jeb: This is Kelta 3 over.

General: Jeb are you sure about this? the rocket has no parachute. you wont be able to land.

Jeb: It's fine Sir. I have an idea.

General: Okay Jeb. Kob Speed (god reference btw)

Computer: T-minus 10 seconds and counting.

9

8

7

6, Initial Sequence start

5

4

3, Initiate fuel flow

2,Start Igniting agents

1

LIFTOFF

The rockets engines kick into life as the word is said. Jeb is thrown back into his seat. clenching his handles tightly.

As the rocket starts to break away from the launch pad and debris from the break away starts to bounce off off stuff. The

engineers all wonder if they built the rocket right since they left out a few bolts and screws.

T+20 into the flight Jeb is nearing fourteen thousand meters

Computer: Begin Rollover.

Jeb struggling to reach for the joystick grabs it with both hands and starts to tilt the rocket into its new course

Faster and faster he goes (Where he stops nobody knows!) Things become hazer for him.

Time feels like its going slower for him.

He doesn't dare look at his speed gauge.

Soon he reaches thirty thousand feet. He feels the rocket getting faster and faster. forty thousand then fifty thousand meters passes. He is really hauling kas now!

Finally Jeb punches through the last bit of atmosphere!

Computer: Begin orbiting Burn.

Jeb Remembering his training pitches the nose over and starts to orbitize his heading. soon hes in orbit at seventy six Meters!

Mission control bursts with cheers

MCC: Mission Control to Kelta 3, Mission Control to Kelta 3, Come in Kelta 3.

Jeb: (exhausted) Kelta 3 here.

MCC: Good job Kelta 3 we see a fine orbit on our screens

Jeb: Roger that.

Roger: why does everyone keep calling my name?

Everyone is silent...

MCC: at T+2:34 You can begin your de-orbital Burn. Hope to see you here soon.

Jeb: Roger that Delta 3 over and out.

as time to the burn gets near. Jeb wonders if he made the right choice. Since there is no turning back now he shrugs his shoulders and takes a couple of deep breaths.

T+2:34 arrives.

Jeb rotates into position and starts the de-orbit. He slows the ship down so he dips to fity eight Km's as he read in the guide to use the atmosphere to aerobreak.

he points the ships nose towards his pro-grade. As his ship fly's through the atmosphere slowly collapsing his apoapsis.

As he looks towards the planet he sees a glint on the window. He turns to see the moon as big as ever in the distance.

Jeb: Someday....

As he says to himself.

Jeb Has aerobreaked for a while now hes finally in the atmosphere the rest of the way.

his ships somehow able to hold together through all the reentry's shows no signs of giving up now.

40,000 meters to go the ships hull has cooled down enough. Jeb points the ship at the retrograde. He looks at what his fuel is left. He has about 6 seconds of burn left.

30,000

20,000

10,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

Jeb floors it.

His speed is at 350 M's and slowing down rapidly.

1,000 meters

500 meters

220 m's almost out of fuel.

300 meters to go.

The ships speed is at 60 m's

Oh no fuels out!

Jeb launches the decoupler!

He braces himself for the impact!

The rocket slams into the ground and exploding.

The pod crashes into the ground at 15 m's per second!

The rescue team starts to head to the crash site expecting the worse!

Wreckage is all over the place!

They find Jeb's Helmet with its visor cracked rolling towards them.

As they go over the hill thinking it was the end of their friend, they see to their amazement.

Jeb is standing on top of the wreckage. Staring off towards the moon.

The End