Semper Paratus

The Nathan Kell entered the orbit of Jool about a week after the Beale left. Firing up the, what was state of the art when they left, but ancient by the time they arrived, nuclear twin engines. Karlong and Leely Kerman were remotely woken from cryo-sleep. The procedures were pretty sleek though by now, no […]

Struggles of an Interplanetary cruiseliner

With all the excitement in the Murph system, one would forget there is a whole space program still very much active in the Kerbin system as well. Most of the commercial operations in the Mun/Minmus economy are not newsworthy anymore, just as regular shuttles for space tourism had become an everyday life thing. But what […]

The Quest for Propelium

It was hard work, Mito and Valwig had been at it for hours. Disassembling the large chunks of Galahad 13. The greenhouse sections had been moved to the station and the rover guidance and deploy mechanism was disassembled. They were now shifting the control unit and stability assistance. Two large configurable containers were the payload […]

The Mystery of Vall

Scott looked at the stars and daydreamed. It had only been a few weeks since they had gotten to the Jool system, she had really expected to go through with the Jool-5 mission. Her thoughts went back to the trip to Laythe and then Vall, back when the ShadowMage was a magnificent vessel. Sure she […]

Jooltopia Planetia Shipyards

Times of change ‘Sometimes the loss of something inspires us to do something greater.’ – Kelvin Kerman, Chief Designer of the ShadowMage Class The reports on the damage to the drive of the ShadowMage were conclusive, firing it for a long period of time was extremely risky and it was with a heavy heart that […]

The Jool ecosystem

Setting up a refueling system The first part of a permanent presence in the Jool system would be to set up a refueling system. For this purpose, Galahad 05 and 06 would land on Vall. They didn’t have much fuel left, but that would not be a problem. The Galahad refuel system was thoroughly tested […]

Footsteps on Laythe

The Hikimo “Be careful that you don’t scratch the paint,” Judith said to Katerny who was juggling to get the Hikimo to dislodge from the cargo hold. Bob was smiling in the back, the whole team was excited to be underway. As they drifted away from the mothership, they said their goodbyes. The Shadowmage would […]

Traveling to the moons of Jool

The refueling station In the days that followed the remainder of the flotilla arrived. It was interesting to see how minor changes in trajectory had resulted in large fluctuations of arrival time. The Galahads had departed hours apart but arrived days if not weeks apart. After a few maneuvers, mainly gravity breaking and plane corrections. […]

The Shadowmage

The secret briefing “Welcome people,” Gene began. “I’m sure you are wondering why you are here.” he looked around the room. There was the charming Scott Kerman, one of the original kerbonauts, Bob Kerman renowned scientist, Valwig, and Judith Kerman veteran engineers with moon landings on their name, Dr. Erilof, and Katerny Kerman. “This is […]