Greetings, I come in pieces.

[CodatheSpaceFox]

Well, I suppose that'd be the case. My previous account had not survived the unexpected forum collision, but ironically, I hadn't posted anything in the time I had it anyways. Heh...heh heh... Ahem.

Anyways, I do hope to keep some pace in the forum's traffic, I've certainly seen a lot of traffic since I originally bought the game sometime before Christmas, and plenty of wonderful vessels to be jealous about, and many tutorials to bring me to more spectacular failures.

I'm on the 94th stamp on my Success or bust card. So here's hoping it pays off huh? Since I bought the game I've nosed my way about the forums to Scott Manley's resources, and my best event was landing a pair of small landers within flopping and walking distance of eachother. As well as taking a rather fruitful liking to spaceplanes over rockets. Doesn't make me any better at balancing and getting them anywhere, but I've kept a steady diet of on board sausages and marshmallows thanks to the more recent addition of atmospheric affects.

Even made a flying campsite... thing... once with the new command seats. If it wasn't for the control panels and winglets bapping bill in the face it'd have been a pretty convincing piece for my wall of flames.

Ah, but enough of my showing off at how to do the same stuff every not so newbie has done. Here's hoping I fit into this collection of interplanetary lunatics that make up KSP's community. ^^

[Xiphos]

Welcome to the forums! From the looks of it, you'll fit in just fine!

[CodatheSpaceFox]

Thanks for the welcome. ^^

Looking forward to the .21 update, good thing I never seem to leave any craft intact since I started. No worries about the save breaking solar flare coming in.

But, I do hope that once it comes I can get my first docking, and maybe hit Minmus and Duna next... if I recall Duna has an atmosphere, thin one I believe. Give me a real reason to add a parachute or two to my first Velvet cake planet bound lander.

[SuperWeegee4000]

Greetings, and welcome to the collection of writing and explosions we call the forums!

[CodatheSpaceFox]

Thanks. ^^

Wonder about such writings though, if my skills in vacuum match what skill I have in the realm of storytelling, maybe I'll be able to put together some storyboards of my own like I spot every so often.

[Xiphos]

Drouge chutes on your duna lander will save some heartache! don't forget to mix in a few standard ones, as those will produce more drag when opened. Short burst from the lander engines before touchdown and you'll be fine!

[Capt'n Skunky]

Happy Launching!

Arrr!

Capt'n Skunky

KSP Community Manager

[CodatheSpaceFox]

Thanks again, and now I bring my first real open question.

So far in the months of lunacy and delight KSP has brought me, I've dug my nose into mods much like my past travels into Minecraft. Now though, I'm seeking some vanilla experience and ideas. With sprinkles like sub assembly, engineer, and DEADBEEF's building assistance mods specifically for knowledge and convenience.

My best work was building a half successful lander, settler can combo, dropping in skycrane style with a single Kerbal can on the Mun. I forgot the name of that object, basically the only not "cabin" crew module.

Sadly, poor design literally killed half the lander on a little hiccup to disconnect from the habitat, and since that mission has been lost to my update timed save sweep. Due to all the mods and no progress I have yet to truly preserve any built .craft or save file.

So, I've been trying to peace together some specific objective to keep myself sane, be it exploring Kerbin's wonders via space plane, or making a ghetto community of stranded Kerbals on the mun, or maybe shoot for Minmus. At least their KerbalCola will stay nice and chilled there.

Any ideas or input would be appreciated. ^^

[CCKinnison]

There are a few mods that give you a "sequence of missions", not unlike what we expect Career mode will someday be. There's also a series of Campaigns on the Wiki.

Also, there's always a few challenges on the forums, if you're game for something a trifle less reasonable.