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Unfortunately, ocean-going vessels can't travel up the rivers (the map was designed with entry on the edges in mind).

Also note that, with the exception of Viking longboats (which mostly travel near shore anyways), basically no oceangoing vessels can go into rivers.

((Could we get the numbers again?
On that note, why was I #3?

Finally, do we get knowledge of our hit chances like in the game?))

I don't know like doesn't a military organization imply it serves a nation?

No more than being an intelligence organization or something would.

That and the game constantly refers to your personnel as operatives...

True enough.

Jet engines need intakes to provide air.

Guessed when I saw that intakes existed.

Anyways, I got a craft into orbit on the first try. A bit elliptical (A 448 km, P 71 km), but hey. First design, first launch, orbit. I'm guessing the Mainsail helped a lot.

The GoldJet had two air intakes added and...huh. Maybe if I added a third for the third engine?
There we go. Things were going fine until one of the wings smashed into the ground before it could get an inch off the ground. Then the rest of the plane hit the ground and exploded, probably because I filled the whole inside with jet fuel.
I think this counts as a failure of the highest degree. RIP, Jebediah Kerman. Oh look, a Revert button!
While trying to redesign the GoldJet, I discovered a way to zoom! Celebrations!
The redesign was slightly better, in that I remembered to eject the pilot before everything exploded.

I fiddle with the Orbital Rocket Mk I to add another stage and some solid-fuel boosters. What is not added, however, is a common-sense staging thing. I straighten it out and prepare to launch. Will I reach the Mun today? Bob Kerman, first-time pilot, is interested to know. And terrified.
The answer is no. I think one of the solid fuel boosters came off, but I'm not sure; I lost track of what was going on in my frenzy to eject and whatnot. So...not a terrible failure, but a failure.

Cool.

Although sadly, downloading the full KSP overwrote the demo, so the two kerbals I got into orbit were deleted.

-snip-

"You are no longer biological. Your only purpose in life, reproduction, has been compromised. As a direct result, you are now useless. There is no further need for you to exist."

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"Cure to disease in biological lifeforms have been the result of millions of years of evolution. The cure for polio allowed weaker humans to continue their lifes and reproduce, and as a whole was detrimetal to the quality of the human genome."

Will feels like he's needed somewhere to provide a rebuttal.
Repeatedly.

So, GWG, did you buy the full version already?

No. Partly, I'm waiting to invest until I can reliably get things into orbit; partly, I'm not eager to leave the save with my first successes on it.
Might not hurt to buy, though, to get more options...

If you get to the point where you can't properly launch your rockets becaues they're exploding, it's time to stop trying. Massively overengineered things are a MASSIVE PITA to get into orbit, you're better off launching them in seperate parts and then docking them in orbit.

Most of the "seperate parts" are stages intended to help get it into orbit. But yeah, I think you might have a point.