CONTACT - The First Voyage to Talaoon

[Gatrnerd]

This a fiction about my planet idea, Talaoon. If you'd like to know more about my idea, here: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/40218-Shinji-s-Planet-Ideas

Some things:

This is sarcasm mode.

This is an action.

This is a date.

Also, there will be at least one image per chapter.

Chapter 1

January 1, 2035

Observatory Worker 1: I swear! It's true! I saw another planet!

Observatory Worker 2: Yeah, right, liar.

Observatory Worker 1: I'll even prove it to you through the telescope!

Observatory Worker 2: Sigh. Fine...

Observatory Worker 1: See? Right there! Close to Jool!

Observatory Worker 2: In the name of Jebediah Kerman...send this image to the space center!

For the next few weeks after the reveal of the planet, the presses were berserk about this new planet, causing many conspiracy theories, protests to send a spacecraft to the planet, and worst of all, coffee consumption went up by 666%. After about four months of this madness, they sent a probe to the newly-dubbed Talaoon. It orbited the planet for 4 days, and then mysteriously disappeared without a trace. The next day, there were reports of probe wreckage on Minmus. It was later revealed the wreckage was of the probe that went missing after four days of orbiting Talaoon. It was assumed that one of Talaoon's moons contained a wormhole, and that it got sent into Minmus, destroying it.

At the space center's headquarters...

May 8, 2035

Jeb: Damn it! Billions of kerbits wasted to only have a probe get destroyed by the kraken!

Jeb slams the table hard.

Bob: I swear! It's not our fault that it happened!

Jeb: Well isn't THAT fine and dandy!

KSP CEO: Well, what if we send a manned orbiter to orbit Talaoon and it's moon system?

Jeb: Sure, why not? After all, it'll prevent another incident from happening...

Bill: Well then, we need to get this started.

The space center got to work constructing the largest, most powerful and strongest space rocket in history: Orbiter Hope. Day after day, they spent testing, building, changing, re-editing, and programming to create a lander/orbiter capable of reaching Talaoon and still having half of it's resources. The next day, they sent a prototype to activate a satellite in order to map the gas giant and it's moons, revealling Minthay, Maxmus, Goliyu and Colossoid. But then it spotted something suspicious...

June 6, 2035

Jeb: Wait...they said there were five moons, but we've only found four...where's the fifth?

Space Center Worker: We've found another moon! It's...it's...

Jeb: It's what?

Space Center Worker: It's Eeloo?

Jeb: WHAT THE HELL? WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT EELOO WAS ACTUALLY A MOON?!

Jeb facepalms.

Jeb: Let me see a screenshot.

Space Center Worker: This is an above-angle shot from the satellite.

Jeb: Just...unbelievable...what's the status on Orbiter Hope?

Space Center Worker: Test complete! Returned from Jool orbit via Tylo Gravity Assist with about half of it's resources left.

Jeb: Perfect! Now we just need some pilots for it. I'll do it.

Bob walks into the control room.

Bob: Hopefully it's slow, and I'd really want to see it all!

Jeb: Now we just need one more pilot...how about Shinji Kerman?

Space Center Worker: That'd be a good idea...if we knew where he was.

[Gatrnerd]

Chapter 2

Shinji Kerman is watching the television news, with the usual news as the hype of Orbiter Hope being launched to Talaoon when a third member is obtained.

Reporter: And that concludes it! See you next day, same time, same hour!

Shinji gets up and hears some knocking on the door. He goes to open the door and opens it.

Shinji: Jeb?

Jeb: Shinji, we need a third crewmember for the Orbiter, and we thought that you would be the best choice.

Shinji: Okay...

Jeb and Shinji head for the space center, and enter the control room. All the screens on the wall have a camera feed of the orbiter.

Jeb: What do you think?

Shinji: Just...wow...I want to get things started!

Jeb: Heh, you're right. Now plugsuit up, this'll be a long ride.

Later...

SC Worker: All three pilots ready for liftoff. Here goes.

5.

4.

3.

Ignition! 2.

1.

The clamps detach and the rocket goes flying up at a starting speed of 359.8 m/s.

SC Worker: WE HAVE LIFTOFF OF ORBITER HOPE TO TALAOON!

Within 15 minutes, Orbiter Hope has already exited Kerbin's atmosphere. Within an hour, Orbiter Hope has gotten halfway to it's destination, having used gravity assists to get further.

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Jeb looks out the porthole, showing a magnificent view of Duna.

Jeb: Nice view, isn't it?

Shinji: Yeah...what do you think awaits us at Talaoon?

Jeb: Probably something we've never seen before.

Bob: Guys? We're close to Dres.

Jeb and Shinji get back into their control seats.

Jeb: Here goes. Gravity assist time!

The ship approaches the celestial body from behind. It then makes a turn to the front and flings it towards Jool.

Shinji: We're closer than we thought we were.

Talaoon is in view, a bit far behind Jool.

Bob: Here.

Jeb: Goes.

Shinji: Nothing.

[Rainbowtrout]

Quite good. Like the idea of the planet!

[Gatrnerd]

Quite good. Like the idea of the planet!

Thanks. Here's Chapter 3. No pictures, as I am posting this from the computer I don't do my art on.

Chapter 3

July 20, 2035

Jeb looks out the porthole. From there, he can see Pol, Talaoon, Maxmus and Eeloo within sight.

Shinji: Let's try opening the communication channels and see if anyone's there.

Shinji flicks some switches and the communication pieces activate.

Shinji: This is Shinji Kerman. Awaiting response!

No response for twenty minutes. Then a red targeting laser comes over the command pod...

???: ...that is not advisable.

Shinji: Huh? What's going on? Why is the communication channel swapping frequencies?!

Space Center: Shin------thi----s----K----space----center. We'------losing----you----what's-

Words light up on the communication screen: COMMUNICATION TERMINATED. REASON: DAMAGE TO COMMUNICATION MODULES.

Jeb turns around and looks at the screen.

Jeb: What the hell? Who did that?

Suddenly, the error message breaks up and turns into "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT MAXMUS. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE"

Jeb: That's bullcrap! Show yourself, saboteur!

A probe, armed with a laser cannon and four targeting lasers flies by.

Jeb: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!

???: This is Cthulhu Probe 10813-6664. Target identified as Kerbal spacecraft. Scanning pilots...

Shinji: Darn...Bob's quite a heavy sleeper. Let's just try NOT to provoke it, otherwise we'll have to abort the mission, use the HyperEdit warp program, and get back to Kerb-

Cthulhu Probe: Data recorded. Homeplanet is Kerbin.

Shinji: Crap! It knows where our homeworld is!

Jeb: You REALLY shouldn't have done that, Shinji. You really shouldn't.

The Cthulhu Probe aims it's targeting lasers at the LV-909 Engines.

Shinji: I know what you're doing. Have fun trying to catch us!

Shinji steers the craft towards the Cthulhu Probe and rockets it into the probe. It sends both craft flying.

Cthulhu Probe: Target locked. Summoning reinforcements.

Shinji: JUST USE THE HYPEREDIT PROGRAM BEFORE WE'RE SCREWED!!

Shinji's panicking wakes Bob up, and Jeb tries to start the program.

Bob: H-huh...what's going on?

Shinji: Don't you understand?! We're being attacked by a probe! And it's going to kill us all!

Cthulhu Probe: Not so fast.

The probe unleashes an EMP that shuts the ship's systems down.

Jeb: We're boned.

More Cthulhu Probes appear and they all aim their targeting lasers at the engines and fuel tanks of Stage 4.

Probe 10813-6664: Please hold fire until timer is completed.

Probe 10813 shows a timer. It starts from 10 and begins counting down.

Probe 13664-7777: Timing is perfect.

The timer reaches zero. They all fire, causing the fuel tanks and engines to explode violently, taking out stages 6-3.

Jeb: Crap! If they blow up Stage 1, the landing stage, it's over!

Probe 10813-6664: Not advisable in the slightest. Capture craft and move to Talaoon.

Jeb: Great. They're feeding us to the space kraken.

The probes use pincers to grab the spacecraft, slightly crushing the fuel tanks on stage 2. The probes fly towards Talaoon.

Bob: WE'RE GONNA DIE!!

Shinji: Nice job breaking it, Jeb.

Jeb: It ain't my fault we got ourselves fed to the space kraken!

The probes breach the gas giant's cloud...and it reveals, through the clouds, a planet somewhat similar to Kerbin.

Jeb, Shinji and Bob: WHAT THE?!

The Space Center manages to contact them.

Space Center: Orbiter Hope, this is Kerbal Space Center. What's going on?

Jeb: Looks like we just got captured by some probes.

Space Center: We weren't alone after all...what's your status?

Probe 10813-6664: I know you're contacting your "friends".

Space Center: Uh oh. How much information did you give it?

Shinji: It knows the homeworld.

Space Center: Well done. Well done.

The probes drop the spacecraft onto a small launchpad.

Space Center: The other systems are shut down...we'-re losin-----g con-----tac----

The communication terminates...again.

Edited July 16, 2013 by Shinji-The-Kerbonaut
Added chapter. Enjoy.

[Sesni]

MOAAAAAAAR

'Nuff said.

[Gatrnerd]

I won't bother with imagery, as it's painstaking to do and pushes back the date.

Chapter 4

The launchpad opens up in between and allows the craft to fall down into a large shaft.

Shinji curses.

Bob: BAIL! QUICKLY!!!

Bob opens the hatch and jumps, enabling his EVA jetpack and flying up.

Jeb: Great. Bob freaked out and now there's just the two of us. Let me try initiating the HyperEdit warp drive now.

Shinji: Systems online! This should buy us time! Teleport to Eeloo!

Jeb: On it!

Jeb starts the program, edits co-ordinates to Eeloo, and activates the warp drive. The ship turns white and disappears, re-appearing in low Eeloo orbit. The inertia carries over.

Shinji: At least we can land...

Jeb: Great. Where's Bob?

Meanwhile...

Bob: Where the heck am I...

The atmosphere is surprisingly breathable, containing a vast amount of oxygen. Bob is exploring near a river's edge.

Bob: Where did everyone go...

Unbeknownst to him, a Cthulhu Probe is stalking him.

Bob: And why do I have the feeling I'm being watched?

Probe 13845-832: Because you are.

Bob: Crap.

Back on Eeloo, Jeb and Shinji have landed on the surface.

Shinji: I'll go explore. Let's hope none of those Cthulhu Probes are out there.

Shinji suits up.

Jeb: Just so you know, we have a 10-minute delay of comms. They're probably not going to send help until the situation becomes critical.

Shinji: How critical?

A massive explosion erupts close to them.

Jeb: THAT CRITICAL!

The craft goes flying.

Shinji: Screw this, I'm outta here!

Shinji bails.

The craft slides towards a fissure and stops.

Jeb: That was too close for comfort. What happened out there, anyway?

Meanwhile, somewhere in high Eeloo orbit...

Probe 10813-6664: Particle cannon has damaged Eeloo surface. Condition of target unknown.

Probe 12345-6789: Fire again. Target locked and identified as Shinji Kerman. Avoid murder of subject and instead capture him.

Probe 10813-6664: Do you remember the manual of the Kraken-Class Battleships? The particle beam cannon takes four minutes to recharge. Still, keep the lock-on on the subject.

Probe 12345-6789: Affirmative. Soon, we shall conquer Kerbin and become supreme rulers of the Kerbol System. Then we'll go for Sol and annihilate mankind.

[Gatrnerd]

I realized I haven't updated this in quite a while. Hopefully I'll make Chapter 5...one day.

What I plan to do is to cause as much mayhem as possible. Mayhem = Well...

-Stuff blowing up

-Someone dies

-Cthulhu probes nuke a moon to pieces

-Purpose of probes and Talaoon is figured out

-Many more things.

Edited October 12, 2013 by Shinji-The-Kerbonaut