[AAR] Development- A Journey to space

[Fox62]

Worst First Words

"One Small step for a Kerbal, One giant leap for WAAAAGH! Damnit Ground Control, you forgot the f**king ladder!"

[botse]

First words?

Hmm..

"I'm standing among a cluster of..eggs, or something."

(Kudos to those who get that particular reference.)

F'ing xenos are evey wear we go!

[Mekan1k]

Worst First Words

"One Small step for a Kerbal, One giant leap for WAAAAGH! Damnit Ground Control, you forgot the f**king ladder!"

I said that one first!

The munar chapter!

[Mekan1k]

Chapter 8- So, what next?

*It has been nearly a year since the Mun landing. After the first rousing Success, his attempts have all been rather explosive failures. Currently, the krew at the spaceport is a bit pissed, since they heard that a private company is sending up a 1st-gen Munar-fuel harvester, and was able to do so before they could. Due to some obscure laws that is part of the kerbal government, private space ventures have not allowed close-up images of their craft. However, the telescope was able to track from a distance.

*Jeb, Bob, and Bill are sitting around a table in the spaceport cafeteria, watching one of the television sets as the announcer provides background commentary...

Jeb: Bob, Bill, I am pissed. This company will be the first to harvest the delicious fuel from the mun, and I wanted to be the first to light an engine with MunFuel.....

Bill: Well, it could be worse. Just think- the next time we get to the mun we will be able to refuel! That should allow us to bring bigger and better rockets!

Bob: Wait- the announcer is saying something!

Announcer: Standing here in the KerbOil command center, the controllers are receiving telemetry data regarding the descent of the first privately-owned munar lander, the Here Come the Drums, and many seem very excited...

*sounds of scuffiling, swearing, and then kerbals running past in the background*

Announcer: ... Hold a moment

*Announcer puts hand to ear*

Announcer: It seems like there is either a telemetry error, or the vehicle is falling too fast for the engines to compensate.

*a crazy-eyed kerbal with a lab-coat runs up to the camera*

Crazy Guy: A year of work, wasted!

Announcer: Sir, can you tell us what went wrong?

Crazy Guy: It's all in the crater, yup. All in the crater!

Announcer: Okay.... I am getting a report from the studio that even ground-based telescopes have seen the impact of the Here Come the Drums

*Leo the kerbal, a fellow employee of Jeb, Bob, and Bill runs into the cafeteria*

Leo: Guys- I just got this picture from the watchers on the last telescope download. Look!

Jeb: Ha. Haha. HAHAHAHA! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! SUCKERS!!! HAHAHA!

*everyone watches as Jeb leaves the room, still laughing*

Bill: Well, that was unexpected. Nice explosion though.

Bob: Yup. I wonder where they tried to land?

Jeb: JUST LOOK FOR THE GLOWING CRATER! HAHAHA!!!!

Leo:... I don't think he's wrong.....

*a couple hours later, Bill is in the simulator, Bob is making space-food for the next journey, and Jeb is playing Human Space Program....

*Beep*Beep*Beep*

Bob: I think that's the Duna Probe.

Bill: *Steps out of the simmulator* Why did we send a long-term Duna Probe again?

Bob: Because the massive flaw in the triangular-strut, a space kraken attacked it.

Jeb: *looks up from game* Really? A space kraken?

Bob: No, just an error in the autopilot made it enter the atmosphere and explode when it hit the denser air layers.

Jeb: So that's why this went to duna.

Bob: Yes. Anyway, the ship has not really been able to do much, since we have been so buisy, with paperwork, so the probe was only able to set up a sat relay network for the two flight-capable probes it has.

*Bill walked over to a console, and pushed a few buttons*

Bill: Hey guys- check out the pictures it sent us!

Jeb: Nice. Duna AND one of the Muns.

Bill: This one has an annotation. "Debris shield stuck in deployed state. No other errors detected" Well, that's ok then.

Jeb: OOhh! What's that blue glow?

Bill: That's the interplanetary ram-jet concentration field.

Jeb: Why did I not get to test that?

Bill: Because the one test we did the field cut a researcher in half, and made the rest of the people in the room sterile.

Jeb: Alrighty then! I retract the question.

Bill: another annotation: "Massive hydrogen mass detected, as well as other elements. Fuel scoops may be effective in cloud."

Jeb:

Jeb: Is it going to launch the probes yet?

Jeb: Yes. Yes it is.

Jeb: Another burn?

Bill: The inclination was rather steep.

...

Jeb: Well, that seems like the end of the pictures. What did the sat-grid look like?

Jeb: Ok, that's alot of satelites.

Bill: It had better be. We are dropping the probes later, when the window opens for transmission later.

Jeb: Call me when that is.

Bill: Will do!

To all my readers- Thanks for all the funny sayings! Keep inventing them. I may use one, or not at all

Also, please check this out: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/35424-Requesting-asistance!

I cannot seem to make a large Munar lander for some reason... I will keep trying, but until then I will be asking for help from the modding community.

Next chapter in a few days, so please, comment.

Edited June 12, 2013 by Mekan1k

[Designer225]

That's one small ball... Ball? What ball? I don't see a ball!

That's my new worst first word. I can't think of any.

[Mekan1k]

"Hey guys- I can see what happened to the last munar mission!.... Eww..."

[Mekan1k]

Chapter 9 - Here Comes The Drums

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Jeb: So.... Why is that engraved on all our probes?

Bob: Who knows. Come on- you are going to miss the first commercial launch that they are letting the public videotape!

Announcer: I was asleep, but I am glad to see this historic launch. This will be the first cough second launch of the Kerbal Commercial Space Lander, or KCSL Here Comes The Drums

Jeb: Was the first one covered up?

Announcer: Yes, it was covered up. Anyway, time to countdown! 10!

Jeb: 9

Bob: 8

Bill: 7

Lee: 6

Kreiger: 5

Jeb: 4-3-2-1 Blastoff!

Announcer: Jeb, that was a bit too fast.

Jeb: No it's not. I'm bored. Liftoff!

Jeb: Wow. That thing's booking incredibly fast....

Bill: Looks like a stage separation.... Wait- are those orange tanks falling?

Jeb: Scatter!!!

Bob: No, looks like it will probably miss us.

Kreiger: Well, I am going to swim out to sea, so that if it falls straight down, it will miss us.

Bill:....

Jeb:... Do you think we should tell him about the parabolic curve of the rocket?

Bob: I think the tidal wave will explain it.

Kreiger: HELP!! I CANNOT SHRED!!

Jeb: Well, that could have been worse.

Bill: Look- the satellites are getting images!

Jeb: Looks like a huge lander.

Bob: That's what it is.

Announcer: This just in: I am receiving word that there will be a dramatic image of the craft.... NOW!

Jeb: Wow. That IS dramatic.

Bob: Yeah. I think it's a 6/10.

Bill: Well, now it's on a Munar intercept. We should probably check back in a day or so to see if any of the long-range telescopes have caught a glimpse of it.

Announcer: I think I will go back to sleep. Jeb, the engineers want to test a new centerfuge on you.

Jeb: Not again...

*A few hours later*

Jeb: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'mmmmmmmmmmmm ggggggggggggoooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggg ttttttttttttttoooooooooooooooooo bbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeeee sssssssssssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bill: What did he say?

Bob: I think he said that he was going to be sick.

Jeb: BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bill: I think I got that one.

Announcer: Please turn off the centrifuge. We have some new data from our Munar satellites

Jeb: YYYYEEEESSSSS!!!! GGGEEETTT MMMEEE OOOUUUTTT OOOFFF TTTHHHIIISSS TTTHHHIIINNNGGG!!!!!!!!!!

Bill: Fine.

*Sounds of centerfuge De-celerating.

Bill: Ah- I see it dropped the larger nuclear engine after entering Munar Orbit.

Jeb (stumbling around): That sounds what good is that does. *Urp!*

Bob: Looks like it already made it's landing burn.

Announcer: I just got new information from the studio- We have fuel sensed and extracted!

Bill: Well, Jeb, we should be getting better ships now.

Jeb: Why?

Bill: Private companies will be going up now, right? We have the patents of the fuel extractor, and for most of the space-based engine technologies, and we have access to the only real spaceport, and the first large space station.

Jeb: I see. Well then. We will keep exploring, and let the private sector help us up there!

Bob: Should we get started?

Jeb: Yes! Lets get going!

This is the end of Development: A Journey to Space, and I will continue the story if people are still interested into a new arc.

Post your comments here, and keep playing, my friends.

[ramnrmeul]

Keep it going! This is excellent (and absolutely hilarious)!

[Designer225]

Yeah, I like the mushroom cloud explosion picture...

[Itsdavyjones]

Ohh great laughs from this chapter.

[Mekan1k]

Ah- My legions of adoring fans! I guess I will need to make another story.

Teaser picture!

Link to where the next part of the story will be:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/35928-AAR-Construction-A-Journey-to-Space-WARNING-IMAGE-HEAVY

Make sure to check there for the next segment of the story. (Expected update- soon[tm])

Edited June 15, 2013 by Mekan1k

[Mekan1k]

Um... How do I edit the title of a thread? I forgot to add something to the next thread...

[Railgunner2160]

what did you use for the centrifuge?? And does it actually rotate??

[Mekan1k]

Yes, it does actually rotate- it's from Lack-Luster's pack- this: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/24906-LLL-Lack-Luster-Labs-0-09-9

I don't use most of the pieces because of the way my design process works, but I like some of those components.

[Mekan1k]

A question before I start writing the script for the next segment- If Jeb got a house in space, would he have RTG power or Solar Power on it?

[Jacob01]

A question before I start writing the script for the next segment- If Jeb got a house in space, would he have RTG power or Solar Power on it?

I'd say solar panels, they look better! Just make sure it would have enough batteries to last the night if its orbiting a Planet.

[Designer225]

Um... How do I edit the title of a thread? I forgot to add something to the next thread...

Click on "edit" on the first post, then when the editing dialogue appeared, press "go advanced". Then you can see the title dialogue, edit it, then save it.

[Dynamo]

Wow. Just found this thread. I know where you got your probe ships, and i congratulate you on a wonderful representation of the Von Braun from Discovery's Alien Planet. I loved the series, and have even considered a Von Braun mod, but don't have the skills for modeling the parts yet. This is the first recreation of it i've seen yet, but hopefully not the last. Hope to see more on the new series!

[Mekan1k]

Thanks! The link to the second one is in my sig. I am glad you liked it, and I hope you enjoy the next one.

[Bioman222]

I'd like an RTG, they're more kerbal then solar panels

Besides, Jeb would break the panels before they did anything effective.

[briansun1]

Got a question for the op. what mods do you use?

[Mekan1k]

ALL OF THEM.

Ok, seriously... I use dozens of mods. Here is a picture of my modlists for 0.20.1

and for 0.21.1

...

So, yeah... I have alot of mods.

[The Error]

You have a Mass Driver?

O_O

do want

[Mekan1k]

Here is a link to the page where you can find the download link to the Mass Driver:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/45229-WIP-Mass-Driver?highlight=Mass+Driver

[kenbobo]

where do the davinci probe wings come from?