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The goal of this challenge is to build one or multiple bases of operations on or around other planets. These bases need to be able to service craft and kerbals that pass through on their missions. You just need to pick an base LZ and an orbit for a space station and start setting up your constructions wherever you want. These bases and stations need to be able to house kerbals, refuel craft, have sustainable power, have backup ships, have crew transfer systems, and anything else that would improve the operational performance of your base of operations.

How to do the challenge: Pick the planet or moon you want to build on. Then select what that base or station will be used for (the more the better). Then send out your constructions and show their usefulness.

To win this challenge, you should have bases and stations that can service and be used for a variety of tasks on every planet and moon. However, just tackling one is good enough. I'll use my current Duna Command Center and Gagarin Station as an example.

My Duna Command Center and Gagarin Station can be used for: Rover missions, orbital refueling, crew transfer, crew housing, ship storage.

Improvements would be: satellite storage, rover storage, planetside refueling, Duna SSTO landing strip, ship hangar, science gear.

All of these things serve a purpose and would make the base and station more efficient. When you max out the efficiency of a base or station, then you're done and can move on to the next planet.

My Duna base would be a good mid way point between the Kerbin planet and a transfer out to Jool, so having bases and stations out in the Jool system would be my next move.

You move up on the leaderboards based on how much your base or station can do, and how many planets or moons you have them on.

This challenge is an engineering challenge mainly, so you are free to use mods of your choice, just no use of the debug menu. Doing this in career mode earns you a career mode tag next to your name. For submissions, just post the launch vehicle and the final result on the planet or moon, then tell us what it can be used for. Also tell us what mods you used if any and if it's in career mode or not. Examples are below, minus the launch vehicles.

Leaderboards:

1. 700NitroXpress - 2 bases, 3 stations (Duna, Kerbin)

Gagarin Station (Crew transfer, crew storage, ship storage, orbital refueling)

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Big H.O.S.S. (Ship storage, orbital refueling, crew storage)

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Helios V (Orbital refueling, crew storage)

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Duna Command Center (Crew storage)

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Duna Command Center, Duna Control Tower, Duna Rover Garage (Crew storage, rover storage)

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