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Quote from: GiglameshDespair on February 14, 2014, 08:35:56 pm

A... a wall? What?

Actually it was just a spirit that inhabited that wall. They're good friends now.

It was wall-shaped at the time.

Six more struts have been added to the ML-Ic, and this is enough to stop it from falling apart! Unfortunately, those struts are also keeping the stages quite firmly attached! We did, however, manage to launch more or less uneventfully, even if we more or less wasted a stage, leaving us with basically no fuel for actual Munar orbit. And I accidentally hit the "next stage" button instead of the "turn on engines" button.

Back to the Ib, more or less. We add six different struts, hoping that the Id can hold up where the Ib and Ia collapsed, and reach orbit where the Ic did not. Unfortunately, we suffer critical falling-and-exploding. A quick modification adds two Launch Stability Enhancers to the design, letting us avoid this pitfall. Hey, what happened to Bill? Was that propellant explosion lethal? The NL-Vb is overhead at the time of launch...and by launch I mean "falling-apart, explosive failure". I think the LSEs smashed into the rocket or something. Ludeny Kerman was killed in the massive, fiery explosion.

The Mun Launcher Ie has no fewer than six Launch Stability Enhancers, as low and wide as can be. The launch goes of without much of a hitch, except that a fraction of a second after launch stuff started falling apart. But I've found the definite culprit! I think. And Geofemy survived, although the command pod was somehow embedded in the ground.

Okay...the ML-If is not successful. I have not solved the problem.

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Another project I've thought of has been started: A single-stage craft capable of reaching orbit. It has seven boosters, seven parachutes, and nineteen fuel tanks. People calling it an "aerodynamic nightmare" may be technically correct, but have gladly volunteered to clear wreckage from the Launch Pad. Without pay. For the next week. They are proven to have a bit of a point when it promptly flips over and crashes. This has been attributed, in large part, to structural failure between one of the engines and a fuel tank, causing it to (in layman's terms) fall off. Two LSEs were added, and another launch attempted. It started well, although some spinning was reported, as well as unexpected tilting. At just past six kilometers in altitude, fuel ran out and parachutes were deployed. Apoapsis of slightly over seven kilometers was achieved. At T+2:14, the parachutes deployed and were ripped out of their holding points. Experts recommend more fuel and more parachutes. Experts have been smacked for making such obvious suggestions.

Kyle smiles.
"It's the real thing!"

"Good, no regicide today."

The two of them take the box from Kyle's hand and open it. From inside they take out a gleaming goblet, covered in gold and silver and encrusted with jewels. As the grail is removed from the box, the sun seem to shine more brightly, and colours are more vibrant and, well, colourful.

"Is there anything else you need to ask of us," Guinevere asks.

"Yeah. How did Jesus, the son of a carpenter, get his hands on that cup?"

Quote from: kj1225 on February 14, 2014, 05:46:03 pm

"That and can we come back and forth or is this a one way thing?"

"You will not be able to come back and forth as you please. We simply lack the power to constantly leave the connection between the worlds open all the time."

"Such a shame."
Will tries to think of a way around this.

Hm. We are fighting a golem, I have no weapon, and I believe my only combat skill is with unarmed combat. Something tells me that I'm not going to be able to enchant stuff in a few seconds, so Carl will retreat behind cover.

"I...uh...no?"

GWG, that's already been done.  Look up Bishop's MBL design.  It's fairly effective against battlesuits, assuming they don't react quickly and break the cord.

Goddammit. Someone really needs to...wait, someone already indexed all the tinker stuff, didn't they? Where did that go and has it been updated lately?

Hm.

Determine how hot you need to get to melt or soften battlesuit armor. Ideally, this information would come with a suggestion or two on what (other than plasma) could easily reach such a temperature.

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on February 14, 2014, 08:27:36 am

I don't really see the problem.

I just prefer being a team rather than killing each other over and over going relatively no-where

We are being teams. Moreso than some allegedly coop games.

I added another stage to the Neo-Launcher Mk Vb, about half again the size of the whole original ship, and called it the Mun Launcher Mk I. Seven liquid-fuel engines, six solid-fuel engines, and a mess of fuel tanks.
It crashed into the rest of the ship, causing a catastrophic explosion. The pilot, Bill Kerman, was unharmed.
Twelve struts later, the Mun Launcher Mk Ib was ready to launch. It also exploded; Bill again survived, landing on top of the tower thingy next to the rocket.

Maybe I'll finish the Mun Launch Project later. Right now, I need to skedaddle.

Quickedit: I'll try the EVA thing later?