[Mod 0.90] KD Recon

[ihtoit]

OK, here's the idea: perform an IVA recon of any Easter Egg artifact on Kerbin *except*: KSC, KSC Monolith, Island KSC. Basically you have a choice between four Monoliths, a temple and a flying saucer. If you don't know where any of these are, better to send out a Googlebot to hunt them down. Easter eggs haven't changed in several revisions of the game.

The lower the pass the better (and the higher the score).

HOWEVER:

You must perform the capture while flying *supersonic*.

How to tell if you're flying supersonic?

There is still as yet no way to tell in stock KSP. From reading around I've managed to determine the closest I can get to a guess, and conclude that the assumption is 345m/s at sea level (surprisingly, the same as it is on Earth). Aerodynamic mods seem to agree with this value, at which point values relative to altitude diverge dramatically. I will say, therefore, that whether you use stock or FAR/NEAR or whatever aero mod, the speed of sound for the purposes of this challenge will be 345m/s at all altitudes up to 10km.

RULES:

- Aircraft must be manned.

- ANY part or mod valid.

- Challenge ceiling is 10km.

- Capture is valid only if the artifact is captured in IVA mode and at (or near, as in partly within) the centre ninth of the frame. Terrain altitude (most mod flight aids will have this, if not: not to worry, I may have to plant flags at the various artifacts and determine base altitudes) and airspeed *must* be shown in the same frame (for scoring purposes).

Scoring:

For each metre above terrain: -1pt

For each m/s above 345m/s: +1pt

Example: 100m above terrain at 345m/s scores -100. 100m above terrain at 445m/s scores 0. 100m above terrain at 545m/s scores 100.