The Moon Tour
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Good morning fellow SFS engineers!
Last night I decided to partake in the challenge by launching my M1 Abrams (ish) to the moon!
Story time....
Intel General: Sir.. We've got intel that terrorist have setup base on the moon. We need to act now...
Commander in Chief: What is the tactical significance of this location?
Intel officer: They are enslaving the Moon folk and building forced labor camps. We should act to free the local population.
Commander in Chief: Hmmm... What are they building? Guns? WMD's?
Intel General: No sir.
Commander in Chief: Hmm.. All in all I really don't think its worth the risk and cost.
CIC economic advisor: *Cough* oil.... *Cough" space hotels... *Cough" cheap labor...
Commander in Chief: Upon further advisement I recommend that we send an sizeable peace keeping force to secure assets and suppress extremist activities.
Intel General: Sigh... Yes sir... *rubs forehead and walks away*
Space force General: Shall we deploy the USSF Dreadnought?
Intel General: Yes, send it and secure an Lunar Orbital TOC (Tactical Operation Command). Send a fighter to scout the area. Once the TOC has secured orbit we will deploy the mechanized space marines.
Space force General: Aye sir!
***USSF Dreadnought 765***
Platform Class: Command and Control Assault Frigate
Armaments: 14 Long Range Fighters / 224 High Explosive Inertia Rounds
Location: Terra low orbit.
Time: 2345hrs
Mission: Classified
USSF Dreadnought 765 secure comms channels buzz to life with a large mission data transfer. Download completed. System checks verify parameters and sends back a good stats to ground command.
USSF Dreadnought 765 prepares all systems for lunar transit. Crew mission brief completed. Fighter crew briefed for it's solo mission to secure lunar orbital point.
USSF Dreadnought 765 - Deployed USSF Starfighter 251 on lunar trajectory. ETA 2.5 days.
USSF Dreadnought 765 fires up interstellar engines on a lunar trajectory. ETA 3.5 days.
USSF Starfighter 251 lunar trajectory set. Engines fire up and and on route.
USSF Starfighter 251 on lunar trajectory ETA 1.5 days. Lunar trajectory recalibrated after close encounter with uncharted small objects.
USSF Starfighter 251 has secured lunar orbital space. Intel data has been decrypted. Fine location data updated. Fighter begins ultra low lunar orbit maneuver.
USSF Starfighter 251 has reached ultra low lunar orbit. Secured sensor data channels patched to USSF Dreadnought 765 as it arrives in high lunar orbit. Scans confirmed intel reports and data is transmitted back to Terra.
Space Marines Calvary 434 is green lit for take off!!!
Space Marines Calvary 434 hits space for the first time as it accelerates into a high orbit. Craft shakes tapered off after 2nd stage separation. Crew sets in for orbital burn.
Space Marines Calvary 434 high orbit reached. Command and control transferred to the USSF Dreadnought 765 currently in lunar orbit. Lunar encounter ETA 2.5 days.
Space Marines Calvary 434 has entered lunar gravitational field. USSF Dreadnought 765 target intel received. Trajectory updated for aggressive lunar landing.
Space Marines Calvary 434 on fast approach at aggressive angle of attack:
Space Marines Calvary 434 - Landing burn initiated. Dropping altitude over landing site.
Space Marines Calvary 434 landing orientation maneuvers.
Space Marines Calvary 434 swing out maneuver to support lunar landing touchdown.
Space Marines Calvary 434 has touched down on lunar surface. USSF Dreadnought 765 has received the landing coordinates. Real time target telemetry network is up.
Space Marines Calvary 434 real time target data synced. Deploying to target at full speed..
Space Marines Calvary 434 - Day 153. Lunar Moon folk have been liberated from terrorists.
Continued peace keeping patrols rove the lunar surface as the USSF Dreadnought 765 keeps watch from orbit.
Story mode feedback? Good post? Too long? Does it meet the challenge?
Last night I decided to partake in the challenge by launching my M1 Abrams (ish) to the moon!
Story time....
Intel General: Sir.. We've got intel that terrorist have setup base on the moon. We need to act now...
Commander in Chief: What is the tactical significance of this location?
Intel officer: They are enslaving the Moon folk and building forced labor camps. We should act to free the local population.
Commander in Chief: Hmmm... What are they building? Guns? WMD's?
Intel General: No sir.
Commander in Chief: Hmm.. All in all I really don't think its worth the risk and cost.
CIC economic advisor: *Cough* oil.... *Cough" space hotels... *Cough" cheap labor...
Commander in Chief: Upon further advisement I recommend that we send an sizeable peace keeping force to secure assets and suppress extremist activities.
Intel General: Sigh... Yes sir... *rubs forehead and walks away*
Space force General: Shall we deploy the USSF Dreadnought?
Intel General: Yes, send it and secure an Lunar Orbital TOC (Tactical Operation Command). Send a fighter to scout the area. Once the TOC has secured orbit we will deploy the mechanized space marines.
Space force General: Aye sir!
***USSF Dreadnought 765***
Platform Class: Command and Control Assault Frigate
Armaments: 14 Long Range Fighters / 224 High Explosive Inertia Rounds
Location: Terra low orbit.
Time: 2345hrs
Mission: Classified
USSF Dreadnought 765 secure comms channels buzz to life with a large mission data transfer. Download completed. System checks verify parameters and sends back a good stats to ground command.
USSF Dreadnought 765 prepares all systems for lunar transit. Crew mission brief completed. Fighter crew briefed for it's solo mission to secure lunar orbital point.
USSF Dreadnought 765 - Deployed USSF Starfighter 251 on lunar trajectory. ETA 2.5 days.
USSF Dreadnought 765 fires up interstellar engines on a lunar trajectory. ETA 3.5 days.
USSF Starfighter 251 lunar trajectory set. Engines fire up and and on route.
USSF Starfighter 251 on lunar trajectory ETA 1.5 days. Lunar trajectory recalibrated after close encounter with uncharted small objects.
USSF Starfighter 251 has secured lunar orbital space. Intel data has been decrypted. Fine location data updated. Fighter begins ultra low lunar orbit maneuver.
USSF Starfighter 251 has reached ultra low lunar orbit. Secured sensor data channels patched to USSF Dreadnought 765 as it arrives in high lunar orbit. Scans confirmed intel reports and data is transmitted back to Terra.
Space Marines Calvary 434 is green lit for take off!!!
Space Marines Calvary 434 hits space for the first time as it accelerates into a high orbit. Craft shakes tapered off after 2nd stage separation. Crew sets in for orbital burn.
Space Marines Calvary 434 high orbit reached. Command and control transferred to the USSF Dreadnought 765 currently in lunar orbit. Lunar encounter ETA 2.5 days.
Space Marines Calvary 434 has entered lunar gravitational field. USSF Dreadnought 765 target intel received. Trajectory updated for aggressive lunar landing.
Space Marines Calvary 434 on fast approach at aggressive angle of attack:
Space Marines Calvary 434 - Landing burn initiated. Dropping altitude over landing site.
Space Marines Calvary 434 landing orientation maneuvers.
Space Marines Calvary 434 swing out maneuver to support lunar landing touchdown.
Space Marines Calvary 434 has touched down on lunar surface. USSF Dreadnought 765 has received the landing coordinates. Real time target telemetry network is up.
Space Marines Calvary 434 real time target data synced. Deploying to target at full speed..
Space Marines Calvary 434 - Day 153. Lunar Moon folk have been liberated from terrorists.
Continued peace keeping patrols rove the lunar surface as the USSF Dreadnought 765 keeps watch from orbit.
Story mode feedback? Good post? Too long? Does it meet the challenge?
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I mean not trying to fight but still no... I lost it after I landed (booster). I did not turn off the RCS system after landing so when I rocked it forward the vehicle rotated forward. I pressed back on <- and it slammed down on the booster engine. I wish I had a screenshot a proof. The tanks engine was lost messing around with the disconnect and landing leg.
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Ha dude, I'm not questioning your integrity. I had a feeling you'd lost the kolibri after you'd chopped the booster off cos the game is weird like that.
I was just saying to Blazer that you'd have done the vast majority of the de-orbit and landing burn using the booster engine, struck the cone on the ground either on landing or transitioning between vertical and horizontal when going 'tracks down'.
I was just saying to Blazer that you'd have done the vast majority of the de-orbit and landing burn using the booster engine, struck the cone on the ground either on landing or transitioning between vertical and horizontal when going 'tracks down'.
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