Flexilis Anatis
Eater of Waterfowl
TEAM HAWK
Swingin' on a Star
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Deja Vu
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I’ve never actually tried to make a large surface base. The largest “colony” that I have is left over from my first month in the game.
Not very impressive. I had another one on Mars that disappeared, probably glitched out due to how many crafts there were in close proximity to each other. So for this new base, I wanted to make it one craft, which means building a platform to put the buildings on. And, just to annoy myself, I want it to be on Ganymede. Io’s terrain is too rough, Europa is flat and boring (and the obvious place for a base), and Callisto just isn’t fun. Of course, I suck a gravity assists, but what better time to learn than when lugging large buildings around the solar system?
But, without further ado, the first launch, the main platform.
Once I reached Ganymede orbit, I realized that I didn’t have a landing stage. Great. Time for another excruciating trip to Jupiter.
Switched it in where the transfer stage was, and began the descent.
And I waited too long to start burning, so I had to use the engines in the drones. So, I now need fuel. You can probably tell where this is going.
Yay... Another trip...
It’s just a modified version of the landing stage, fewer engines, and side docking ports. Also, the first time I got more out of a gravity assist than I thought I would!
But with the drones refueled, the disassembly could begin.
And after moving it to a level area, it is ready for the actual base. Granted, looking at it now, it may be too small, but that can be fixed later. I don’t know how fast I will finish this, nor how big it will be. I think there was a reason why I had ignored Jupiter for so long.
Why couldn’t I have chosen Mars? Mars is fun...
Not very impressive. I had another one on Mars that disappeared, probably glitched out due to how many crafts there were in close proximity to each other. So for this new base, I wanted to make it one craft, which means building a platform to put the buildings on. And, just to annoy myself, I want it to be on Ganymede. Io’s terrain is too rough, Europa is flat and boring (and the obvious place for a base), and Callisto just isn’t fun. Of course, I suck a gravity assists, but what better time to learn than when lugging large buildings around the solar system?
But, without further ado, the first launch, the main platform.
Once I reached Ganymede orbit, I realized that I didn’t have a landing stage. Great. Time for another excruciating trip to Jupiter.
Switched it in where the transfer stage was, and began the descent.
And I waited too long to start burning, so I had to use the engines in the drones. So, I now need fuel. You can probably tell where this is going.
Yay... Another trip...
It’s just a modified version of the landing stage, fewer engines, and side docking ports. Also, the first time I got more out of a gravity assist than I thought I would!
But with the drones refueled, the disassembly could begin.
And after moving it to a level area, it is ready for the actual base. Granted, looking at it now, it may be too small, but that can be fixed later. I don’t know how fast I will finish this, nor how big it will be. I think there was a reason why I had ignored Jupiter for so long.
Why couldn’t I have chosen Mars? Mars is fun...