SERENITY Aerospace - New Horizon's

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Serenity Aerospace

A small start up. Owned and run by a group of friends who all have the same thing in mind. Push the boundaries of the aerospace industry one day make

space travel a reality for the population of Kerbal.

These are their stories as they follow the path to interplanetary travel.

Tyler Smith (M.Sc Aeronautical Engineering)

The founder of the company and the Chief Engineer

Did most of the design work on the Firefly class VTOL Transport/research/utility plane

Cpt. John le Roux (Chief test pilot) ex Kerbal Air Guild

Made a name for himself as one of the air guild's chief test pilots.

Met Tyler while working on one of the experimental planes the guild was testing and ever since then have been great friends.

Natalie Wallace (M.Sc Mechatronics)

Serenity's electrical and mechanical systems engineer. She does it all. Met Tyler at The Great College of Kerbin whilst studying.

Secretly she likes him but they never seem to have gotten anywhere.

Mikhail Mills aka "M's" (Professional Noob)

Rocked up in the early days of the company as an trainee, still trying to find his path. Can be a bit of a trouble maker and provides much amusement

to the others.

Alex Schubert ( the coffee guy)

New to the company, rocked up one day looking for a job and got one. Tends to take part in Mikhail's antics.

The company recently came across some substantial funding for space program. The Kerbal Air Guild would like to put a man in space and hopefully put a space station up.

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Current Ship specs

Designation : Firefly Class VTOL

Type : multi-purpose VTOL (Research/transport)

Crew : 2

PAX : 6

Max altitude : 19 000M

Cruise Speed 510 m/s @ 17 000 M (C7 turbo jets only)

Max speed : 840m/s @ 17 000 M (will do up to 1500m/s at 24 000M but controlability issues have caused a reduction in specs)

Turbine flame out at 24 000M

0-10 000M in 1 min

Tech specs

Total engines : 10 (6 VA1 VTOL, 4 C7 Turbojet)

Hover control : RCS and Stabilators

Fuel type : Liquid fuel (turbine)

Fuel Capacity : 920

RCS Propellant capacity : 640

APU Electricity generation : 6 Radioisotope generator's (night)/2 Solar panels (day)

Floodlights : 18 (standby/ Ground use)

Landing gear : 3 Main + (2 rear roll on)

Wepons : 2x SUNBEAM lasor's

Comms: 2x VHF radio , 1x HF radio, 2x Long distance 500W Communications dish, 30W weather/ground radar

On board equipment : TCAS, Terrain LIDAR, Ground penetrating Radar, Short range Sonar, Radio altimeter, GPS, Weather probe's assorted

On board analysis micro laboratory, Microwave, kettle, black and white TV.

Crew quarters: 4 bunk beds, small bathroom, tiny kitchen, fold out foose ball table

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Tyler walks into the Board room. Everyone is sitting around the table with a cup of coffee at the ready expecting a scolding about why the company is running through

toilet paper so fast.. again.. "Today is a great day for this company" he begins. "This company was formed to advance the boundaries of aerospace, and we have shown

promise in this field. This has not gone unnoticed. The Kerbal Air Guild has granted us 350 million Kerbals to improve our facilities and pioneer a space program. All the details will be revealed tomorrow but tonight we celebrate!!!"

The next day Tyler reveals the plans for the runway upgrades. A new launch platform. Upgrades to the workshop and a new Vehicle assembly building. As well as a Satellite tracking station and a new office block.

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6 Weeks later.

Construction is progressing smoothly the VAB is massive and there is even a control tower. Which Mikhail likes to go to the top of and test out his paper plane designs. Occasionally a roll of toilet paper is seen flying from the tower windows. The offender has still not been found...