The TSC Nebula Class Starship

[Togs8896]

Alright everyone, after dumping a ridiculous amount of time into this, I finally present you: The TSC Nebula Class Starship!

My first finished prototype, designated the USS Odysseus, is made of 7 separate parts which needed to be launched individually and then assembled in orbit. This ship, as with all of my ships, are made entirely from stock vanilla KSP parts.

The standard Nebula Class Starship (NCS) is a long-range, interplanetary ship designed to carry crew and equipment to within range of distant celestial bodies and then proceed to serve as an orbital base/station while shuttle ships perform surface missions. The ship sports four LV-N Atomic, and four LV-909 Liquid Fuel Engines for general maneuvering as well as 2 large Rockomax "Mainsail" Liquid Engines for large changes in delta V. Twin Toroidal Aerospike Rockets are also placed opposite the main engine blocks to provide retrograde burns without requiring the ship to turn around. In addition to the command bridge, the NCS features crew quarters to support up to 11 Kerbals at one time (not including space on docked shuttle ships), allowing for diverse crews on long range missions. Two docking bridges in the center of the ship are available to accommodate and carry up to two space planes as well as an additional two docks in the stern of the ship which are available for either lunar landers or remote-control refuel tankers (not pictured) with which to provide additional range to space plane missions. Finally, at the port just behind the command bridge, each NCS carries a payload of four long-range probes for advance scouting and information gathering on destination planets.

Two TSC SP11-A Explorers docked with The Odysseus

An SP11 docking

A launched probe maneuvering with its ion engine. (Note the three docked probes in the background)

All the engines firing. Unfortunately due to the current game build, the rear left docks won't connect yet because it would form a loop

The spaceplane docked on top is a TSC SP11-C Pelican, a variant of the SP-11 with two lander cans behind the cockpit which allows it to ferry perssonel from the KSC to the Odysseus and back.

I can't wait for the looped docking ports bug to be fixed so I can explore the solar system with this

[DisarmingBaton5]

That thing looks like it took ages to construct.

[Captain Sierra]

You have a whole fighter wing worth of jets there. Where you going? Eve, Duna, Lathe?

[Togs8896]

Took me about a week, only because each peice had to be sent up about 20 times before I got them to fit right with proper RCS placement, docking posistions, etc.

As fas as destinations, I think my first shot will be at Laythe only because I've always been interested in good Earth analogs. Currently developing an STOL space plane for Laythe since it dawned on me that the ones pictured require about 3/5 of the flat KSC runway to land... something which i'm sure the other planets will lack haha.