(IMAGE HEAVY) My first ever rescue mission! :) (IMAGE HEAVY)

[Custard Donut (In Space)]

Hey guys,

I realise a Mun rescue is no great shakes in the world of Kerbal, but for me it was my first ever rescue attempt where before i just used to end mission if something went wrong, i decided to try this after the new ability to add and remove pilots made me realise i could send up a two-man pod with just one Kerbal inside it.

Earlier i had flown to the Mun with a pre-update rocket and to my surprise i ran out of fuel just as i landed, it was a design that had safely returned me to Kerbin many times before, perhaps it was unfamiliarity with the new ASAS or simple lack of practice, none of that was of much importance to poor Bobly Kerman however, all he knew was that he was now stuck on the Mun with nothing to do but climb up and down his ship's ladder and read his own flag plaque.

At the launchpad:

Whether by skill or good fortune, Barbus manages to land within a couple of Kilometers of Bobly's landing site, all that remains is to let mission control tell Bobly help has arrived.

Without any need for further prompting, Bobly takes off with his Jetpack in the direction of the rescue ship.

An overjoyed Bobly finds his rescuer, never before in it's ancient history has the Mun witnessed such an occasion.

Time to leave for home:

The Mun in all it's pockmarked glory:

I had a mad amount of fun doing this mission, i'm really happy with the new update, if you've read this far thank you for your kind patience.

Edited July 26, 2013 by Custard Donut (In Space)

[Death Engineering]

Great story!

[Deejay2000]

You left me laughing out loud, not slightly giggling on the inside (I'm way too happy today).

[Tw1]

Love a good rescue mission. That was nicely done!

The pics are all very well selected.

My favourite:

His expression is perfect for the dialog.

(P.S. This is probably better in mission reports.)

Edited July 26, 2013 by Tw1

[Custard Donut (In Space)]

(P.S. This is probably better in mission reports.)

Thank you guys you left me very happy, you right mate, if a mod could transport this over there i'd be grateful, i didn't know we had a place for mission reports.

[The Destroyer]

My my, this is great!

My first rescue mission was on Gilly. I'm not kidding, in 0.17 I stranded Edan Kerman on the surface, because I forgot ASAS, tough to land. I decided I wanted to attempt a rescue mission with DYJ crewtank. So I did, and sent jeb there. Managed to bring Edan home. He couldn't get out, however, because I put the parachutes on the wrong spot.

[Scotius]

I like this one. I have this mental image of Bobly running madly for the toilet as soon as the airlock cycled

[Captiva]

You did a good job with the pictures. They have a sort of charm to them.... Good job capturing/creating that and Good job on the rescue as well.

[BostLabs]

Nice mission! Well done.

[Tankbuster32]

Now to fly out there and save them...

[Ferrit]

Always good to see no Kerbal left behind

[AbuMaia]

Ah, this is just what I needed, a proof-of-concept. I'm in the planning stages of my own rescue mission, after this happened on my first attempt at a Mun landing:

The Kerbals survived the "landing" (and a multi-kilometer roll across the surface), so I've gotta go get them. Here's hoping my second landing attempt works better.

[AbuMaia]

My rescue mission failed with my 5-passenger ship (carrying two with space to pick up 3) crashing into the Mun at over 500m/s. Who put that hill there up so high?

[DeepSpaceDutch]

Haha well done! Loved the narration

[Custard Donut (In Space)]

My rescue mission failed with my 5-passenger ship (carrying two with space to pick up 3) crashing into the Mun at over 500m/s. Who put that hill there up so high?

Sorry to hear it mate, any chance of being able to revert the mission so your Kerbals don't die? Sorry for the late reply, i don't seem to get any alerts for when people quote me or a thread i posted in gets more posts.

[mellojoe]

Great write up! love the character you added to the images, too. Great mission. :-) also, good job nut just hitting "end flight".

[Hallofo]

Excellent story and mission! The screenies and commentary really make it.

I have a ratehr bad case of "revertitis" and tend to try again instead of salvage. Also, when I screw up it's "mess up big or go home"... like, mess up at 600+ m/s and have a little bit of dust to rescue.

Ohh, that's an idea! make a "broom and dustpan" mod to collect the little fragments of Kerbal left of from "energetic kinetic force transfer events" (EKFTE).