Pancake Space Enterprises MISSION LOGS

[Wabbit]

This has been made a hub for all my mission reports.

Missions:

Roving on Rayrod

Space Pickup on Minmus

Kelsey

Pixie 1 Failure

Joe Explores Minmus

Mini-adventures:

Guslo's Bad Decision

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Progress so far (as of 2/24/15 11:22 am)

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Crew Roster:

Edvey Kerman

Commander, senior

Missions: 8

Karla Kerman

Engineer, senior

Missions: 5

Lolorf Kerman

Pilot senior

Missions: 3

Kelsby Kerman

Engineer 2

Missions: 1

2/15/15: Muna 1 launches, but is aborted due to insufficient lifter TWR. PSE rethinks Mun program.

2/16/15: Kelsey launches, and puts the first object on the Mun. After some hops, it stays on the surface awaiting future explorers.

2/17/15: Darren probe launches, and gets into Munar orbit. Scans surface of Mun to identify a possible landing zone.

2/17/15: Alpha launcher tested. It will become the 1.25m launching workhorse of the PSE.

2/18/15: Pixie 1 launched . It failed, the side boosters crashed into the main core. No casualties.

2/19/15: Pixie 2 launched. It landed the first Kerbal on the Mun and returned him (Lolorf Kerman)

2/20/15: Pixie 3 launched. It failed, running out of fuel on a suborbital trajectory off of the Mun. Bill Kerman died, Tanzon Kerman survived by jumping out.

2/20-2/23: *camping trip*

2/23/15: Joe launches. Lands on Minmus, and returns to Kerbin orbit. Crew: Karla, Rodwig

2/23/15: Joe CR launches. Retrieves crew from orbiting Joe. Splashes down.

2/24/15: The Minmus Base 1 launches, and lands in Minmus' Great Flats, it will stay there and rotate crew monthly.

2/25/15: FAR installed

2/25/15: SH-C-1 launched into HKO

Edited February 26, 2015 by Wabbit

[Wabbit]

N Hello! First mission log report thingy. At this moment, no pictures. Sorry:(. So, this will be a mission report of the landing of the Manned Munar and Minmal Mining Module, or MMMM. It is a mining module with self-refueling capabilities and is used for Kethane mining on the Mun or Minmus. Right now the Mun is the main target, being the only one properly scanned. A bright green hexagon of sweet, sweet Kethane near the equator was a perfect spot. The MMMM was attached to a refueling silo I had in Munar orbit, so I simply unlocked it and used MechJeb's landing predictions to get there. Having more than enough delta-v to get situated and started the harvest. Thomlie got out to plant the KH4 flag to go with the mission. I like to imagine Thomlie was taking readings in the cool particle effects that accompany drilling and analyzing how concentrated the Kethane was in the area. So, upon tanking up, Thomlie and Seanvan blasted into Munar orbit to rendezvous with the OARS, or Orbital Automated Refueling Silo. I suck at rendezvous and docking. The only reason I know how to do them at all is from watching Scott Manley's Interstellar Quest all the way through. I learned basically everything from his videos. Anyway, successful docking and fuel transfer.

[Taki117]

To take pictures hit F1 (F2 first if you don't want your HUD) then upload them to a sight like imgur.com

[Wabbit]

Thanks. I'm using steam, and my shortcut is F12. I just forgot all the screens. I'll load some saves, take some shots and post them here: http://pancakespace.imgur.com/all/

Edited June 14, 2014 by Wabbit
Screenshots!

[Wabbit]

The Munbase and MMMM just got landed, and I got everyone out for a group picture. We now have a full tank of Kethane to get the return ship back on. We will be keeping the base here permanently, but switching crew every couple months.

[Wabbit]

Today I messed with Texture Replacer and realized 1.Uniforms are cool, and 2.Replacer is not in the english dictionary.

"Whoa, check out these uniforms!"

Anyway, apart from the uniforms, I tested the Mini-Lander from the PSE ships. Brought it to the Mun, and flew over the Mun arch after takeoff. https://drive.google.com/#folders/0B__pTFM0hbu1T1B5MVphSFVlUVU

On the pad

Up high

Burning for the Mun

Landed

Rayrod plants the flag

Mun arch

Edited June 15, 2014 by Wabbit
Mini-Lander link

[Wabbit]

This is cool

Edited February 11, 2015 by Wabbit

[Zephram Kerman]

We will be watching your progress with great interest.

Thanks. I'm using steam, and my shortcut is F12. I just forgot all the screens. I'll load some saves, take some shots and post them here: http://pancakespace.imgur.com/all/http://i.imgur.com/qujKS7v.png?1

My God! He's full of stars!

[Wabbit]

Should I do just the mission logs, or maybe have dialogue or Kerbal personalities, too?

[Zephram Kerman]

Dialogue, definitely. That little bit of RP adds a lot for me.

[Wabbit]

I am sorry! I let this thread die! Agh! I will be starting stuff right now

[Wabbit]

I have another mission in progress! Be here sometime next week. I'm going to make a base and land a rover on Minmus. It is decided that I will have tow threads, one for sandbox and another for carreer. Carreer is gonna be awesome with 0.90!

[Wabbit]

So, the island airfield. I have some pre-existing stuff there, but it is outdated. Now with the KAS mod, I can have a refueling station that actually works! And with Firespitter I can have helicopters, and put a helipad with Hyperedit. It's gonna be awesome! Pictures coming later today.

[Wabbit]

From a little adventure I had the other day. It involved an external seat, an SRB, some fins and a few stupid decisions on Guslo's part.

[Zephram Kerman]

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

[Wabbit]

I have changed this from a place to post mission reports to a hub for accessing all of them in one place. Yay! I also read through these old ones from last year and I think this thread is gonna need some fixin' up.

[Wabbit]

Added a cool crew roster to the OP

[Wabbit]

Updating crew roster, and Pixie Project added. Working on a continuation.

[Wabbit]

The unlucky Pixie 1. It was the first of the Pixie missions, carrying Edvy, Kelsby and Lolorf Kerman to the Mun. It was launched on an undertested prototype lifter, and it had no separatrons on its side boosters. This is what happened next.

An all-too-common mistake, from something as simple as neglecting to add separation motors... The adventures of Pixie 2 and Pixie 3 coming soon.

But, despite the failure, there were no casualties and it turned out a great crew picture.

Also, it seems Kelsby and Lolorf are twins...

Edited February 20, 2015 by Wabbit

[Wabbit]

OP updated with PSE's ribbons (updated regularly as things happen) and Joe Explores Minmus. More Minmus coming... Today-ish! Probably some kind of long-term surface base.

[Wabbit]

So, due to my laptop fan being a stubborn, loud, overheating bit of Kraken bait, I will not be posting any more mission reports until it is replaced/repaired (preferably the latter)

Sorry!