[AAR] Geronimi Program - Finished with Part 4!

[Wayfare]

GERONIMI 4: WHAT GOES AROUND

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GENE: Remember Jeb, no swear words, no G-words.

JEB: Gooooo... Got it Gene.

MISSION CONTROL: *laughter*

GENE: Very funny, rocket man. Are you ready for the main event?

JEB: I was born ready.

GENE: Handing over to CAPCOM. Godspeed, major.

BOB: Geronimi four, CAPCOM, all green?

JEB: All green CAPCOM.

BOB: Gemini Four you are reminded to not, I repeat not break the altitude record set by one Bob Kerman.

JEB: Roger that – it's the speed record I'm after, Bobbo.

BOB: Ten, nine, eight...

JEB: Whoa that button is twitchy!

BOB: Seven... Uh, lift-off! Ignition and liftoff of Jebediah Kerman who can't help but push any button he comes across.

JEB: Whoooooo!

BOB: Booster sep, Geronimi Four.

JEB: Goooo... Going for booster sep – now!

*KLANG!*

JEB: Main stage sep... Ouch!

BOB: Jeb?

JEB: The goooo... Godwit came free from the control panel.

BOB: Godwit?

JEB: I'm doing the best I can here, CAPCOM. It was the internal camera. Got me square in the jaw.

BOB: Roger that Geronimi Four, godwit cam is out.

MISSION CONTROL: *laughter*

JEB: Igniting orbital engine.

JEB: Wow CAPCOM, this is... Man you weren't lying.

BOB: Quite the view eh?

JEB: No I mean, I actually can see my ego from here! It's the most wonderful thing on Kerbin. I wish I could have taken it up here with me.

BOB: Werner did the numbers on that, Jeb. The delta-vee would have been prohibitive.

JEB: I've got twenty-two hundred on the speed dial now. That's... That's orbit!

BOB: Telemetry confirms that, Geronimi Four, you're in orbit! Congratulations old buddy. Bill was the firstest and I went the farthest, but you get the fastest.

JEB: Careful with the F-words there, CAPCOM.

BOB: OK Jeb, you're clear for EVA once you cross the terminator.

JEB: Oh my goooo... Goal tracker. Goal tracker, confirm I have left the spacecraft and am soaring free above Kerbin.

BOB: Uh... Goal tracker confirms, I guess. What's the view?

JEB: It's amazing.

BOB: Alright now Jeb, stop me if you've heard this one before but... Flip to page two of your mission checklist.

JEB: Roger that, I have... What?

MISSION CONTROL: *laughter*

BOB: You have five more spacewalks to go buddy.

JEB: …

BOB: Geronimi Four, confirm?

JEB: HOW COME EVERY TIME I GET INTO ONE OF THESE THING I END UP DOING [bLEEP] WORK?

BOB: Gopher is a G-word, Jeb.

BOB: Report on the seas?

JEB: I see them.

BOB: Deserts?

JEB: Deserted.

BOB: Grasslands?

JEB: Grassy.

BOB: Shores?

JEB: Sure.

JEB: Firing retro-rockets in two, one... Whooooo!

BOB: Good fire slick, you're on a sub-orbital trajectory into Booster Bay. See you in a bit.

MISSION SCIENCE YIELD: 67

TECH UNLOCKED: Science Tech

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

After putting a Kerbal in orbit, the Kerbal Space Center reached a watershed. Astronauts pressed for the continuation of manned flight – the process was proven and there were things a Kerbal could do that a probe couldn't. Like swearing. Which was why the Kerbin Family Association joined professor Werner in pushing for unmanned flight to explore the solar system.

Jeb, Bill and Bob proposed a way to settle the argument to which Gene agreed: an arm-wrestling contest. Some say Gene was drunk. Either way, the scientists and the KFA lost by a fair margin.

Bill went on to grab his gold pin on Geronimi Five, a fly-by of the Mun which used the new materials bays to gather no less than 166 science in a single mission. Bob one-upped him in Geronimi Six, orbiting the Mun for almost an hour and returning with 188 science to show for it.

In an attempt to placate the KFA, Gene authorized the Kaputnik probe fly-by of Minmus. It yielded 295 science when it returned to Kerbin. In spite of clear evidence that unmanned exploration was the way forward, Gene greenlighted the next phase of manned spaceflight.

The Geronimun Program was born.

Edited October 26, 2013 by Wayfare

[KSK]

Ahhhh - the Mun. Muse of generations of Kerbal poets and inspiration for some of the most beautiful and moving works of Kerbal literature ever. I can't wait to see what linguistic celebrations it inspires in Jeb and the boys.

[Krevsin]

Great stuff! I really like this, it's a nice counterweight to my other reading on these forums (czo's dramatic Grand Tour of Drama). Keep it up!

[OrtwinS]

I have been thinking of doing the exact same thing, but procrastination struck again. I'm actually glad about it since you're doing a far better job then I could have done.

This is extremely entertaining, keep up the good work!

[Wayfare]

Well I'm really happy with the great response this AAR has gotten and I'm delighted by the encouragement to write more, but when I put finished in the title I meant "finished the AAR"

Writing a mission report takes maybe three times as long as flying the actual mission and, dammit, I'm enjoying career mode too much to spend that much time writing funnies and tweaking pictures instead of playing the game. Don't worry too much though - I'll be back with another AAR, or just a few one-off mission reports, as soon as the writing bug bites me again. For now I'm glad you folks enjoyed the show!

[BostLabs]

Gosh! This is geeping great! This is better than my beep bugs by golly!

[Lar-E]

Geepering golly, this is quite awesome! I'm glad somebody is giving kerbal science literature the serious treatment it deserves!

[The Error]

Geronimuuuuuuunnnnn!

[wminsing]

Really fun report, great writing and characterization. Looking forward to more!

-Will

[Sylandro]

Great geepiring golly! When will this update? I've read a couple chapters, and, geepiring golly this is hilarious!

[Generalstarwars333]

Honestly the first thing I did in science mode was plop a pod, parachute, and some fins on a booster and send it up. Didn't even make a crew report since I didn't know about them yet.