Colony Dropping

[The Error]

Iiiiiincoming!

So I was thinking. While Hitchhikers are great for all your sardine-canning-of-kerbals needs, stock KSP lacks anything that really, truly can be lived in for a long time.

So why not colony modules? There's a fair few mods, yes, but the stock game has a certain charm to it, and slamming my new Laythe colony down with nothing but stock parts could be fun.

So:

/SB-102 "Stowaway" Habitation Module

-Stores 4 Kerbals in a science-lab sized module. Rather more comfortable than a hitchhiker, and also posseses a doubled snack load. A significant step up from its smaller cousin.

/VB-103 "Ridealong" Habitation Module

-Can pack 8 Kerbals in, if you don't mind bunks. While not as luxurious as the Stowaway, it weighs about the same* and carries more crew. Plus, it has Jeb's new Snack Box(little tm thing), as well as carrying a small battery. Oh, and it's 3 meters instead of 2.

*Plus or minus a ton or 2.

[Tery215]

i'm hesitant to believe that this has any real-world equivalent or purpose

also, ridealong is unreasonably and impractically large & stowaway can be made w/ 2 hitchhikers

Also, lander cans are literally sardine canning kermen

Edited May 10, 2014 by Tery215

[TheGeoninja]

I like the idea as something Squad might release in update 0.30 when space stations and maybe surface bases serve some purpose then having a lot of people present could help.

[nholzric]

I like the idea of a 3 meter habitation part! I rather hope the new part(s) looks like more than a just can - maybe a small artificial gravity ring or something.

When thinking about new parts you want something that a) can not "easily" be built with existing parts (aka stack several hitchhikers together) and is not so specialized that it cannot blend into a ship made with the existing parts.