SubzeroSpartan7 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I want to know what are some of the most ridiculous or challenging contracts you have gotten. Also none of the impossible ones about the launch clamps on other planets. So far the weirdest one I have gotten involved testing a jet engine in orbit around the moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceSphereOfDeath Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Testing launch clamps on the mun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Dead McJones Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I had a rescue contract, simple enough, but the background information implied that the contract was supposed to be some sort of publicity stunt. Camnie Kerman must be the Kerbal equivalent of Evil Knievel, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzle Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Tested a turbojet landed at Minmus. The pay and science made up for the stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaiddragon Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've seen somebody get a contract for launch clamps on escape trajectory out of kerbin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KASA Space Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Test a parachute on the Mun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaG Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Test the TT18-A Launch Stability Enhancer landed at Gilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooz Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Testing a jet engine....while flying at jool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neamerjell Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Perhaps this thread should be moved to the "bug reports" section? It is impossible to take a launching clamp with you to any destination without mods enabling off-world launch sites. The others might be somewhat realistic, especially if the contracts to test air breathing engines on planets without oxygenated atmospheres appeared before you unlocked the atmospheric sensors in the tech tree. ("Well, that didn't work. Maybe we'll understand why when someone invents a barometer.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Perhaps this thread should be moved to the "bug reports" section?Nah, there's no need to. As far as I know, contracts are generated semi-randomly from a list of conditions and parts, so it would ergo be inevitable to receive such a contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neamerjell Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Maybe an update will tweak the algorithm that generates the contracts to account for impossible tasks (launch clamps anywhere but Kerbin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubzeroSpartan7 Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 The original purpose was to not have any contracts about launch clamps as it says in the description of the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javster Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Test a basic jet engine at 20000m...It could make sense, but not really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdFred Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Well, you test it to see if it works at 20km or not. How would you know it would or wouldn't work if you didn't test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russoft Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 most of mine have been sensible. But I have gotten a "test SRB while splashed down on Kerbin" which is a strange kind of test. Also, test SRB while in orbit of Kerbin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blind Dead McJones Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I tested a BACC SRB in orbit. Had to be careful to make sure I de-orbited myself instead of putting myself on an escape trajectory with Bob on board. And I had to research heavy rocketry to get it up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madrias Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Test a BACC SRB on the Surface of Minmus. That one sucked. I managed to luckily point my ship toward Kerbin (I know, not very efficient, but come on, I had a solid rocket booster exploding behind me.) and managed to carefully get Jeb back home.Another one that bugged me was "Test small gear bay at 30km on Kerbin" Wasn't until I realized I had to right click and run test that I managed to figure that one out. Kept opening and closing the landing gear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdFred Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 You guys do realize that you can empty rocket boosters in the VAB, to save on weight, and not worry about other issues with them, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biohazard15 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Mine were mostly realistic, except these splashing contracts - although I had great fun designing test ships for them (basically sepratrons + probe core inclined towards the sea, supported by launch clamp).You guys do realize that you can empty rocket boosters in the VAB, to save on weight, and not worry about other issues with them, right?Also you should set throttle to 0%, just in case (especially if you're hauling rocket engines to orbital test, you plan to recover them, and you didn't put any crossfeed-disabling part between test engines and your launcher) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FonVegen Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Well, the weirdest one I got was to test the smal gear bay on a suborbital trajectory. Not really impossible or dramatic, but...why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecat Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) Slightly less on the crazy side and heading more towards the sort of profit margins you expect from British car mechanics:√2.25 million for testing an engine in Minmus orbit Okay, it was a S3 KS-25x4 but using the big service engine to do the lifting it's a cake walk. I managed to returned it to the launch pad too.As a contrast I've just been offered a mere √1/4 million for planting a flag on Moho. Edited July 29, 2014 by ecat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusJimiKeith Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Well, the weirdest one I got was to test the smal gear bay on a suborbital trajectory. Not really impossible or dramatic, but...why?By the same token as "Test jet engine at 20,000 meters". What happens to a tire in space? This was a big concern for Shuttle, IIRC. Granted, Kerbals don't have the worlds best safety record, but it seems that at least some of the manufacturers are trying! My weirdest so far was "Test a Mainsail landed on the Mun". Not terribly strange, except for the fact that the Mainsail alone weighs more than my largest (and only) Mun landing at the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooz Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Test the ARM engine cluster landed at the mun..Also another weird one was test some decoupler on a escape from minmus I dont see how thats helpful.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FonVegen Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 By the same token as "Test jet engine at 20,000 meters". What happens to a tire in space? This was a big concern for Shuttle, IIRC. Granted, Kerbals don't have the worlds best safety record, but it seems that at least some of the manufacturers are trying! Okay, that makes sense. But, in that matter, it is weird that I got this contract on the same day from the same manufacturer after having to test the same part while in LKO... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r_rolo1 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Maybe an update will tweak the algorithm that generates the contracts to account for impossible tasks (launch clamps anywhere but Kerbin)Harvester answer to that ( in other thread some days ago ) was basically "you can decline contracts, you know ?" :/ True enough , but still ...On topic, the worst I actually fulfilled was to test a ion drive in a ridiculously narrow band of altitudes near 23 km at 150-250 m/s. It looked reasonable until I realized:a) No one goes that slow in that altitude , neither ascending or falling ... Ion engines in atmoshere? Cool story bro c) Related to a), it is relative hard to get that speed at that height. Most of planes would stall badly and trying to get a cheap ( read SRB ) rocket launch with a accurate atmospheric top height is hard .After a couple of tries, I ended shooting high with a tweaked RT-10 ( reduced thrust to not spend it all fighting the low atmo ) and a Oscar-B+48-7S to slow down things enough in the descent for the ion drive requirements. Blegh ...Oh, and I still need to fulfill that "test basic Jet engine landed on the Mun" that I acepted without reading that sentence up to the end ( "Oh test engine landed ... strap jet engine to capsule in VAB, launch ... and nothing. Rereads contract ... Oh , you mean landed on the Mun. That makes ( no ) sense ... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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