Dreams of Erganium

[TtTOtW]

That we do. It's far, though.

Not too far for our Station Commander though. He's risking his life in an untested one-off spacecraft, so we may know how to prepare, and where for.

Commander, you are a hero already. Even if you do not make it there.

 

[James Brown]

Send the station to the Erganium system? What a challenge

 

[TtTOtW]

He will post a video of the craft he will use to go there.

 

[James Brown]

He will post a video of the craft he will use to go there.

Let's see the video then

 

[Soyuzturtle]

It's an honour to be the first out of our system. Here's the launch of Infinity , my shuttle to Erganium.

She's still sitting in low Kyjoo orbit with her booster. I'll update once I'm on my way.

This mission is a scout mission to find sites for a colony in the future.

 

[TtTOtW]

Infinity. If this bird makes it back, she gets an honorary display place on Kyjoo!

 

[James Brown]

You guys will soon, enter a new world

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

Infinity. If this bird makes it back, she gets an honorary display place on Kyjoo!

With plaque and nice words?

 

[TtTOtW]

Maybe.

 

[Earl]

how about a plaque that just says "first" with no other context?

 

[Mars Pathfinder]

how about a plaque that just says "first" with no other context?

First goop to land on erganium :3

 

[TtTOtW]

how about a plaque that just says "first" with no other context?

What a meme.

 

[Earl]

What a meme.

if you think about it, all of the civilizations that didn't have memes are now gone. Could be a coincidence, but do you really want to risk it?

 

[TtTOtW]

if you think about it, all of the civilizations that didn't have memes are now gone. Could be a coincidence, but do you really want to risk it?

Haha... I'm a meme already.

 

[Soyuzturtle]

how about a plaque that just says "first" with no other context?

Yes.

 

[Marmilo]

You're greedy
You've literally chosen the largest system in the pack, Two stars actually .

 

[Soyuzturtle]

You're greedy
You've literally chosen the largest system in the pack, Two stars actually .

TtTOtW reviewed every planet and moon (from map view) in the pack and chose the best out of all of them. Every single one of the best planets and moons just happened to be here.

Plus if you snooze you loose!

 

[TtTOtW]

Two stars actually

Point B on my A-B-C of why

 

[TtTOtW]

To be fair, this is the only system big enough for my plans.

 

[Soyuzturtle]

We're interstellar!

2 intentional and 1 accidental gravity assists later and I'm on my way to Minerva for a kick up to Erganium orbital height.
Me and infinity will be passing at 5000km so ill be bathing in factor 5000 sun-tan lotion.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Couple of deployable satellites in there?

 

[Soyuzturtle]

Couple of deployable satellites in there?

Those are it's atmospheric probes. Ill deploy them when i'm in orbit of planets where we might have bases in future and de-orbit them. They will give us information on the planet's atmospheric density and it's gravity. The separators on the bottom are designed specifically for determining the gravity of a celestial body.

 

[Horus Lupercal]

Those are it's atmospheric probes. Ill deploy them when i'm in orbit of planets where we might have bases in future and de-orbit them. They will give us information on the planet's atmospheric density and it's gravity. The separators on the bottom are designed specifically for determining the gravity of a celestial body.

Yeah, looks about right.

It's a good idea man.

 

[Soyuzturtle]

Yeah, looks about right.

It's a good idea man.

All credit for the idea goes to TtTOtW.

 

[Altaïr]

Those are it's atmospheric probes. Ill deploy them when i'm in orbit of planets where we might have bases in future and de-orbit them. They will give us information on the planet's atmospheric density and it's gravity. The separators on the bottom are designed specifically for determining the gravity of a celestial body.

The gravity of an unknown body can be deducted from the orbital speed. I even could do this under 1.35 as there were no planet files. You don't even need a probe for this.