Conquering Eve in Kerbal Space Program (KSP)
1First off... I was going to shorten this as it is a long one, but not going to bother.
I consider Eve probably the hardest targets in Kerbal Space Program. The Holy Grail or golden trophy as you might say. It not only wants to kill you going down as it does when you try to leave. It tries to hold on to any lander that lands there permanently. Knowing this, why is it only worth 13 points to Jeb's experience when something like Moho is worth 18? On the way home in this video, I even had Jeb stop off at Moho as it is an easy target as long as you have a decent amount of Delta V to get to it. I think the scoring system is wrong here but it is what it is.
Eve is one of the only planets or moons that you cannot build a fully reusable spacecraft for, or at least I have not found a way to design one that can keep landing and taking off as long as you provide fuel. It requires massive hardware and most of that hardware is left behind. It also requires the most efficient in-atmosphere engines that the game has to offer as its thick atmosphere really limits your available thrust. The point being, if someone manages to build a reusable spacecraft for Eve, I would like to see it. Send me a note.
For this video, I have probably assembled the most infrastructure I ever have for a single planet. I have a fuel transport for making fuel on Gilly for the lander, and it is almost as large as the lander itself. I have a space station for processing the science the lander will return, but it also functions as a hub for Kerbs, fuel storage, craft assembly area, place to level up Kerbs, and just a hub for general operations in the area. I am in the camp that thinks you need a hub around every major body due to the advantages of being able to go anywhere at any time with multiple simultaneous flights.
If you are interested in the mods I have used to enhance the visuals of this game, I have added a list of all of them near the end. I still don't know why Squad hasn't updated the graphics for this game to something similar, but it is what it is. At least we have mods to make the game look better.
Anyway, I hope someone finds inspiration in this video to do something even bigger and better than what I have done. Thanks for watching.
...And if you like the music at the end, you can pick up a copy here:
Nervous Test Pilot: https://nervoustestpilot.co.uk/
The track played is called Forgiven Geometry from the Frozen Synapse: Red EP.
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