Ermahgerd! Debris!

[Kerbart]

One can only imagine the sheer horror when I found this orbiting Kerbin...

So, a plan was deviced... Scoop up the debris, and deorbit it. Of course, now a "scooper rockit" is needed. BEHOLD:

Launching Kerbal style. When you see the mainsails dangling like christmas tree balls in the wind before launch your first thought of course is "nah, she'll do fine". Yes, programming the abort button and having an emergency facility duct-taped to your capsule pays off.

Sadly the intercept was on the night-side and the pictures weren't very clear. But here's the scoop in all it's glory. And it worked. KESSLER SYNDROME PREVENTED!

[Captain Sierra]

Isn't that a little OCD to do all that for one freaking decoupler?

[Kerbart]

Isn't that a little OCD to do all that for one freaking decoupler?

You mean CDO? (you put the letters out of alphabetical order)

[Captain Sierra]

YOu did that on purpose . . . .

[Specialist290]

For some reason I was expecting the scoop to explode in a shower of parts in orbit, thus leaving far more debris than it would have picked up in the first place.

That would have been hilarious.

[Lohan2008]

For some reason I was expecting the scoop to explode in a shower of parts in orbit, thus leaving far more debris than it would have picked up in the first place.

That would have been hilarious.

RollOnFloorLaughingMyA$$Off

[lajoswinkler]

The plates actually pick it up? Weird. My Borg cube, made of the same plates, behaves as it was transparent, without collision mesh.

[Kerbart]

The plates actually pick it up? Weird. My Borg cube, made of the same plates, behaves as it was transparent, without collision mesh.

Maybe i got lucky? It might have been picked up by one of the girders or the struts?

I do get to test it. I revamped my fuel depot (LESS parts, not more) and was busy shuttling leftover fuel to the new depot. One of the runs after undocking, I got distracted with a few more pressing things (like Mousehunt, for instance) and a bit later I made a 90° turn followed for a retrograde burn. I did see something flash in view but before I could hit F1 the unplanned rapid disassembly (consisting mainly of mixing large orange tanks filled with oxidizer and fuel) was over in a... well, flash, quite literally.

Now I have a cloud of a dozen pieces of debris waiting for me. To be continued...

[Specialist290]

Keep us posted on the details.