Overheard

[MegaFlop10]

I decided to write a space story for myself, tell me what you think. It would probably work even without Kerbals, but whatever. I have the first chapter up here and a little part of the second.

CHAPTER ONE

A MILLION BULLS

Edward Kerman was working as a communications officer at the Kerbal Space Centre Mission Control. He started talking into the microphone on the desk he was at.

“Cheesecake 5, Trans-Munar Injection in 5 minutes.â€Â

“Roger. TMI in 5 minutes.â€Â

The Cheesecake 5 was the rocket used for the full dress rehearsal for the mission to the Mun. It was the largest and most powerful rocket built by the Kerbal’s Nation of Kedden. Kedden was a fairly new country at the time, only 74 years old, but that didn’t hinder the nation at all.

Sat in the Cheesecake 5 itself was Rayden, Oscar, and Thomas Kerman. They were waiting for the Mun to rise and the signal to go, after taking a quick picture of the view from above. The capsule itself was quite roomy, lots of space to float around.

“Guys, the Mun!†exclaimed Rayden. The Mun was slowly revealing its white, glowing surface from the Kerbin horizon. The crew gazed at it and felt something that made their hearts warm. The pictures sure are pretty, but seeing it for real was absolutely breathtaking. Oscar floated back to the communications panel.

“How long to TMI?â€Â

“One minute, twenty three seconds. How’s the view up there?†Edward was talking again. “Oh, it’s absolutely beautiful. You need to see it for yourself!†Edward chuckled. “I wouldn’t be useful in space. Be sure to bring back some pictures, though.†“Oh it looks way cooler in space than the pictures.†“I’m sure.â€Â

They spent the next minute looking at Kerbin and the Mun. They could even see Minmus as a tiny blue dot beside the Mun.

Then it was time.

“Trans-Munar Injection in five, four,â€Â

Rayden was ready to push the throttle up.

“three, two,â€Â

They were all braced.

“one.â€Â

Rayden pushed the throttle, and they felt the valves open, and fuel flowing through the tubes and pumps, the whole ship shaking to the complex mechanics of the engine, a split second before it roared to life, and the entire spacecraft lurched forwards with the force of a million bulls.

“Engine cutoff in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.†Rayden pulled the throttle back again.

And it all suddenly stopped. It was just a few hours coasting before they got to start the circularisation burn to orbit the Mun.

CHAPTER TWO

OVERHEARD

“Orbit established, telemetry is good. Fifty-three minu-†Mission Control was cut out by static. When the static cleared, a completely different voice came up.

“--eesecake 5, Trans-Munar Injection in 5 minutes.†It was a Kedden accent.

“Roger. TMI in 5 minutes.†It went to static again, and back to their original communication. “-int 7, do you copy?â€Â

“Yes, we copy."

Edited July 7, 2014 by MegaFlop10