Tombtone near KSC? (spoilers inside)

[Kobymaru]

What the heck is that?

It's right next to the KSC, exact coordinates are:

0°06'08'' N
74°34'09'' W

or about 1870 m in heading 329° from the East end of the KSC Runway.

Does anybody else have that "monolith" or "tombstone" there or is it just me?

Edited December 6, 2014 by Claw
spoilered the spoiler

[The_Rocketeer]

It's the top of one of the "Easter Eggs" in KSP, a black floating obelisk with the Squad logo on it.

Why it's mostly buried is another matter.... are you running any mods, or did an update do this recently? I didn't hear anything about it.

[lukeoftheaura]

It's a monolith, they are all around kerbin. It's fun to hunt them down!

[Kobymaru]

It's the top of one of the "Easter Eggs" in KSP, a black floating obelisk with the Squad logo on it.

Why it's mostly buried is another matter.... are you running any mods, or did an update do this recently? I didn't hear anything about it.

I run loads of mods, but I have no Idea which could be burying it.

Since I just found out about it, I can't tell you if it's the update.

[The_Rocketeer]

Hmm, I don't see anything on ur modlist that would be altering the terrain. I'd check it out but I'm away from my gaming rig.

[Taki117]

Hmm, I don't see anything on ur modlist that would be altering the terrain. I'd check it out but I'm away from my gaming rig.

it's probably terrain settings. If they are on low it could bury it.

[GoSlash27]

I have no mods and mine is buried the same way.

Probably terrain settings.

Even with my graphics set to full, it's still half-buried.

Best,

-Slashy

Edited December 6, 2014 by GoSlash27

[Pecan]

@all: 0.25 (half) buried it, reported in a few threads, including forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/60551-Spoiler-Easter-Egg-Stocktake-0-23-%28Done%21%29-Pic-Heavy/page9

@OP: Remember the film/book "2001: A Space Odyssey?" - advanced aliens had left 'monoliths' around. This is one of the equivalents in KSP. They have no effect but are fun to track down. There are a lot of other 'Easter Eggs' (Americanism) on Kerbin and elsewhere, detailed in the thread linked above. Several of them are monoliths but a few are ... more interesting.

[The thing is, programmers get bored at work too and sometimes they put a 'joke' into whatever programme they're working on, 'just because']