re: TD Kerbal Space Challenge (2/11 new challenge page 8)

I'm beginning to not like you, Vol.

I misread the first challenge and was the lowest putting a Kerbal down.

If you can put a Kerbal down and hit several biomes on Minmus for $12,000 I'm damned interested to see it.

ETA: not being a smart arse. I honestly want to see how that can be done.

I'm aware that there is a difference between being pretty good with a sword and being a ninja. If you post a video where you hit several biomes with a Kerbal for $12,000, I'll learn something. Looking forward to seeing it.

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I'm beginning to not like you, Vol.

I misread the first challenge and was the lowest putting a Kerbal down.

If you can put a Kerbal down and hit several biomes on Minmus for $12,000 I'm damned interested to see it.

ETA: not being a smart arse. I honestly want to see how that can be done.

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Well here's the deal with all of that. If you get a Kerbal to land on Minmus for cheap, then you can spend infinite amount of time walking around and gathering samples.

So getting a Kerbal to Minmus for cheap basically means you win, no matter how many biomes you do or don't get.

The challenge should have been how quickly you could do it.

However, no one wants to play the game for 4 hours traveling from one biome to another on foot.

So I guess it works out.

I got to Minmus for pretty cheap.


Now I'm going to get there for a little more to be able to pick up lots of samples.

Yeah you can go to Minmus walk around and get the biomes for almost no cost but damn that takes forever. I used to do that in science/career mode as my first mission and bring back a ton of science.

I really hope I get to finish my mission, I've got the flu or something been sick since Wednesday.

You can always push it back, I certainly won't complain

Lots of screenshot nightmare for this challenge

Minmus Challege Ship B, 32,134

The B is because I tried to frick around with electrical power and it ended poorly. Got two flags on it though...


Coming into my first landing site


First Minmus Touchdown


Greater Flats


Back in the ship for a flag and a Kerbal only flight to the Slopes


Back to the ship for another flag and a flight to the Midlands


Off to my next site, figuring out directions and learning fuel on this one conserves well, I can DO EET!


Hit up the Flats next


Back in the ship for a flag then a quick flight to the Lowlands


Progress so far


Off on another adventure


Great Flats


Coming in


Lesser Flats


Ploting my pole trip, notice the highlands are northeast on the biome map and could kerbal it to the pole if I messed up because of how dark the highlands are and no shadow. I used alot of fast time to rotate Mimus and make sure I could use light to my advantage since I forgot to put lights on my craft


Highlands


Here we go...


Poles


Back in the ship for a finishing time of 17 days and 5:35:11


Minmus with all my flags



I probably could of gotten home with the fuel I had left, but that was enough Kerbal for one day. He is still there if I want to try it later...

I can see them

Good job.

I'm postponing the deadline for a few days. I feel like hell.

I've done 4/5 of the biomes, but I reall don't feel like finishing, posting pictures or going through everyone else's. So, I'll move it back to Wednesday.

Well I guess I confused on scoring now... Is it just biomes visited, then cost? I thought it was time, but I didn't see it on the page 4 one.

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Biomes first, then cost in the event of a tie

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Ah cool, well then my frick up of making sure to miss the Mun didn't cost me, not putting on lights helped a little. Probably could of gotten it a little cheaper shaving off some fuel/solar panels, but I don't feel like redoing this one any time soon.