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Take cover.

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"Interesting. Also possible that they're the small fish in the big pond, so they're going to try and be big fish in the little pond. If you're going to read that book, could you find another for me to use? Any book will do, I just need a model."

what is it that you need to learn, tell me, and i will provide you an useless tutorial free of charge

The controls.

I think the built in tutorials have been untouched since .... before .21? Something like that.

...And?

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on February 16, 2014, 03:25:27 pm

Quote from: Aseaheru on February 16, 2014, 03:22:39 pm

those tanks you can shove on sides.

You just using ions?

I haven't successfully flown a craft with ion engines ever.

Reset attempted. Mun orbited again. No change. Burn continued. No change. Attempted to crash into the surface of the Mun. Noticed that the thing progressed. Whee! I don't think I've ever intentionally landed a craft before. This should be fun.
Getting the orbit low is easy. Circularizing isn't something I've ever practiced...and I get it! Whoo! The first thing is over. I slowly reduce my orbit height and...suddenly things explode! I thought my periapsis was still above 2,000 meters!

nah, there are so many chars already, *doubling* them would be a horrible idea

We wouldn't be doubling it unless everyone actually made a mirror for all their characters. And some probably don't even fit.

they should wait until there is a proper plot connected to them. afterall, wouldn't the mirror versions of magical girls be magical villains?

And how often do we act like magical girls?
On a more serious note, this is one part foreshadowing, one part character development for the future villains, and two parts we have nothing better to do.

((if you were a proper bay12er, you would use the darkling theme, newb :3))

I've discussed this with other Bay12ers, and they agreed that changing it from the default was treason. Have a nice day, traitor. *pewpewpew*

((Because she can't read the cyan text? Seriously, put a glow on that.))

<Quite well. Although Kyle got accused of sexual harassment.>

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on February 16, 2014, 03:13:43 pm

The problem with the ion engine attachment was that there wasn't anywhere the game would let me put it, unlike most things which you can just stick on the sides.

Struts.

...They can be connected to parts not already connected to the ship?

those tanks you can shove on sides.

I could, but it feels a bit cludgy. Especially without anythirng to do with those tanks.

Anyone have any idea why To The Mun! Part 1 won't advance past the part where it tells me to be captured into an orbit when I already am?

alt F12 and turn no clipping on. It's the last toggle in the list.

Isn't that kinda cheaty?
Also, what problem does that solve?

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Back to jets. I design a "snub jet" that has the same exploding (a couple control surfaces hit the hangar) and not-turning issues as older jets. Two perpendicular reaction wheels should solve the latter issue, and not crashing will need to solve the first. Of course, they also make it even less likely that we'll be able to lift off without driving off the end of the runway, but eh.
It should probably go wothout saying that my attempts to lift off by leaning backwards lead to lots of shrapnel in the crowd (why do they keep coming to the KASA base? We aren't inviting them). Trying to launch without touching the controls works, until I confuse the "up" and "down" controls. Most of the shrapnel lands in the ocean this time. Fish fry tomorrow. Be sure to pick out the metal bits, those are just garnishes.
Trying to launch again, but using the real up button works well until I go upside-down and crash. Jebediah survived this one, much to his surprise and mild irritation. The flight after, we took off well, and things were going swimmingly until I realized we were going sideways. Note to self: Maneuverability sucks.
The flight after that, Jebediah crashes straight into the ground. Same with the next one. His qualifications are brought into question briefly until someone brings up that we have a copy of his birth certificate on file. More crashes. A test of the eject button is attempted; as far as can be told, the fuselage ripped free from the everything from the decoupling force before smashing into the cockpit. A monodirectional decoupler was ordered and nearly installed backwards; a Post-It note warning not to press the button while the engine was engaged was put on the eject button. The intern who did so was given an icepack to deal with the sudden fall and commendations for his creativity. Also, one of the reaction wheels was removed on account of being unsightly and not helping much.
The new design showed a remarkable inability to rise as the previous one had. While the head engineer declared that this had nothing to do with the removed reaction wheel, he allowed one to be installed anyways. After much consideration, one was placed in each wing.
Jebediah reported that the new design allowed him to maneuver the craft much more effectively but made loop-de-loops more difficult and less enjoyable. He also tested the emergency eject, determining that the cockpit and wings could be recovered by such activity. He also determined that it was a lot harder to get back into the cockpit after leaving.

I try the To the Mun! training again, still having no idea what it wants me to do. I attempt a clunky set of maneuvers which leave me with no fuel and no idea what to do. I decide to just fast-forward and see if I can intersect the Mun's orbit. Somehow, this works. I try to burn retrograde to get captured, but I think I wound up burning prograde or something because I ended up on an escape trajectory with Kerbin, which is something I just had to abandon my Mun mission to investigate. I ended up in an orbit similar to Kerbin's but separate. Also, Jebediah became the first Kerbin to be stranded in interplanetary space, followed quickly by Bob trying to rescue Jebediah after a flyby failed and then Bill trying to rescue Bob. I hit Reset and retry...yup, I had my Prograde and Retrograde mixed up. I pause because holy carp I need to get going.

And, of course, it'll be easier to diplomance if Torban doesn't attempt to murder them the first chance they get. Some historians suspect that the inability of the Greenland Norse to coexist peacefully with Newfoundland natives during their expeditions there was due in part to their first interactions apparently including a test to see what happens when they are wounded.