Always read the fine print!!

[1of6Billion]

So, there I was. Accepting a contract to build an outpost around Eve.

Only to find some overlooked text (when I was already in the VAB) about the outpost needing be build 'into' a newly discovered E-class asteroid

Whut?!?!? Are you serious?!?!? I cannot discover asteroids around Eve!

How should I ever manage to fly an Armageddon type of behemoth rock from Kerbin to earth?

[Starwhip]

So, there I was. Accepting a contract to build an outpost around Eve.

Only to find some overlooked text (when I was already in the VAB) about the outpost needing be build 'into' a newly discovered E-class asteroid

Whut?!?!? Are you serious?!?!? I cannot discover asteroids around Eve!

How should I ever manage to fly an Armageddon type of behemoth rock from Kerbin to earth?

Heh, yeah, the game is evil sometimes...

Also, how are you getting to Earth?

[SAI Peregrinus]

Could be worse. Could be a contract to test a Launch Stability Enhancer in orbit...

Contracts aren't missions. They aren't guaranteed to pay more than they cost, they're not even guaranteed to be possible. Selecting the right contracts to ensure maximum profit is a big part of career mode.

[SaturnV]

Kerbals that starts those contracts are KERBALS after all. Most of little green man, you know, are stupid and crazy. Never reason with any creature on Kerbin.

[Axelord FTW]

Couldn't you get a class E asteroid into an Eve orbit with all the other required contract stuff attached?

[StainX]

What would Scott Manley do!?^^

[cantab]

Putting an asteroid into orbit around Eve or Duna isn't that difficult. The basic steps:

Meet it in solar orbit. There's a tutorial on that.

Make a course correction so it gets a gravity assist from Kerbin into an Eve/Duna-crossing orbit.

If needed, make a course correction at the intersect so you get an encounter in a few orbits time.

Aerocapture into Eve/Duna orbit.

For an E-class you will want a good sized tug. With nuclear engines, I reckon 100-200 tons of fuel would be about right. Compared to what some people shove asteroids around with that's actually not too bad.

I strongly recommend Precise Node for any kind of gravity assist work.

[1of6Billion]

Heh, yeah, the game is evil sometimes...

Also, how are you getting to Earth?

Eve! I meant Eve

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Putting an asteroid into orbit around Eve or Duna isn't that difficult. The basic steps:

Meet it in solar orbit. There's a tutorial on that.

Make a course correction so it gets a gravity assist from Kerbin into an Eve/Duna-crossing orbit.

If needed, make a course correction at the intersect so you get an encounter in a few orbits time.

Aerocapture into Eve/Duna orbit.

For an E-class you will want a good sized tug. With nuclear engines, I reckon 100-200 tons of fuel would be about right. Compared to what some people shove asteroids around with that's actually not too bad.

I strongly recommend Precise Node for any kind of gravity assist work.

Well. it's a challenge. But probably not a very profitable one...