Kerbal Space Program - Interstellar Quest - Episode 86 - The Return Of The Duna Express

[@AltereggoLol1]

My favourite part of this plot line was the way it took advantage of and emphasized unique characteristics of all the spacecraft. It's normal to see a ship "working as designed", even _more_ normal to see "exploding in weird ways", but pretty rare to see "design forced into a role it wasn't intended for".

[@WMarcilVA]

I think the best name for the Interstellar ship is "Joger Kerman," in memory of the first kerbal to give his life for the dream.

[@chrisl.6211]

Send that to Scott!

[@jordanjay29]

What an amazing episode! I haven't seen a plot twist like this since a plane mysteriously exploded close to the old KSC. I think the Asteroid Diverter should be re-christened USS Enterprise; only the Enterprise could manage to pull off a grab like that whiel being the only starship in the sector.

[@HALLish-bl3bm]

Or the ship from rendezvous with Rama. (Endeavour).

[@majncraftchlapik]

4:00 Didnt you know that kerbals place the rcs packs low because the mass of the inside of their head is equal to 0

[@cadeypie]

Exactly that was what i was thinking :D

[@majncraftchlapik]

Their space shoes are heavier than their brains :D

[@Cooliotso]

I'd guess that their EVA propellant is extremely high-density (I mean, it does after all have nearly 600 m/s of delta-V), so their center of mass is actually really close to their jetpacks.

[@HolidayTheLeek]

Andrew Hansen OMGOMG YOU (sorry)

[@transcendentmoose8750]

Somehow I doubt he's the real one...

[@TheTiberione]

Episode 86 and I'm still interested... Thats rare. Really enjoy this Scott, thanks for doing this!

[@psmitty840]

One of my favorites in the series! Most of the videos were amazing beyond my skills, but still pretty much just running around gathering science. There actually being stories with protagonist/antagonist characters is great.

[@TheMohawkNinja]

"A game that controls you to control it". I think that's just called every linear game ever.

[@TheNathanDrawdy]

Thank you Scott Manley, I think we are lucky to have you making these videos.

[@malomalovids]

When my first Kerbals were marooned on the mun: Text of William Safire’s speech for President Richard Nixon in the event of a disaster besetting Apollo 11. Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their sacrifice. These two men are laying down their lives in mankind’s most noble goal: the search for truth and understanding. They will be mourned by their families and friends; they will be mourned by their nation; they will be mourned by the people of the world; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown. In their exploration, they stirred the people of the world to feel as one; in their sacrifice, they bind more tightly the brotherhood of man. In ancient days, men looked at stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times, we do much the same, but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood. Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man’s search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts. For every human being who looks up at the moon in the nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.

[@malomalovids]

And now we've got you preparing for the SOLAR SYSTEM MODS! With multiple suns and the fanciest planets EVER.

[@sm12904]

Thank you for posting! I'm down with the flu right now, and an episode of Interstellar Quest was just what I needed to cheer me up!

[@abrr2000]

11:30 I've always found turning RCS on and off helps when kerbals fall off ladder and cannot seem to do anything.

[@99arsenii]

Lol, Scott, I didn't expect that. You are roleplaying like real space program, and then doing that to Duna Express... That was cool, indeed. And sudden.

[@Skyangelz1998]

There's a beautiful 4k Skybox Scott, it looks great.

[@scottmanley]

And it's still too low res to do stars properly.

[@Skyangelz1998]

I wonder how much would be good?

[@cadeypie]

Scott Manley I think, we aren't able to do them perfect at the moment :/

[@dundevil666]

could it not be possible to possibly map stars as vector textures that scale with zoom somehow?

[@Pyro627]

Skyangelz1998 From what he described, the best way to approach it would be to not use textures at all, but some sort of dynamic visual effect that renders stars as points of light.

[@caramida9]

Just what the hell is going on...? I though Sean was the guilty guy, but now it's also Lanbur... and how did they change bodies... we need to put the entire space program on a halt for a throughout investigation... the lives of many kerbals could be at stake...

[@Techno_Idioto]

Use Your Plague powers caramida..

[@iamthechanceman]

1:35 Would you kindly, Scott?

[@WorldOfLag]

Anvilshock hahaha, that actually really works!

[@acathosh]

I really appreciate the work you put into this series, great episode, keep it up! :D

[@Turisan_from_the_Internet]

Chaos! Mayhem! Intrigue! Everything we love from Kerbals! Once I get my desktop back up and running, I'm getting back into playing this regularly... I miss it so.

[@49shax]

that plot twitst was awesome, i think you are a genius Scot! No more booring things that works perfectly!

[@Stijning]

That astroid capture ship you used to catch lanbur looks really nice, especially from the inside

[@sevenzaam203]

I like what you did Scott keeping The IQ test longer for the fan (thank you)

[@MusicMusketeer]

i love this series, this is the only series i follow where i see another episode and i'm like "sweeeeeet"

[@LordOverlord]

that bit of storytelling sounded like a secret agent movie. I mean, coming up from behind so lambur couldn't see him. Awesome

[@tecknitian4514]

FYI, you can control any rocket's thrust, as long as it is powered up previously, by cutting off fuel flow/allowing it via the little button green/red when you right click on a tank. Scott Manley

[@SilentdragonDe]

Oh wow, was not expecting this. I really love to finally see some plot development though!

[@connorV96]

18:47 Uh oh... *hides maths C grade*

[@theeldermillennial561]

Hand up! I actually cannot do basic arithmetic :(

[@VenseyNess]

He's Shaun the kerb! *He's Shaun the kerb!* He screws about with planes that he found on the curb! He's got a mind, that's one of a kind! It's splattered across the whole entire street! *He's Shaun the kerb!* He's Shaun the kerb! *He's Shaun the kerb* He's Shaun the kerb! He never loses a wing or kills a whole space bird! Perhaps one day, you'll save his soul! And and then you'll come and meet with Shaun the kerb, Yeah, come and meet with Shaun the kerb!! SYLLABLES WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME!?

[@aubreys.8308]

thay have... MUAhhahahahHAHHAHA

[@sandwich2473]

10:45 MY IMMERSION!!!

[@JimClonk]

"The computer is controlling you to controll it." I think that would be The Stanley Parable maybe?

[@duane9385]

Scott, love all of the ISQ episode and I think that it is great that you try to make it a learning experience as well as a fun story. I wish to make a request. I was watch an old 007 movie, "You Only Live Twice", last night, and I thought it would be interesting if you recreated the launch of the Japanese shuttle capture vessel, successfully "capture" a personnel pod, and then land back on Kerbal. I'm sure it shouldn't be too difficult for you, but it might be a challenge given the "cargo"/capture bay is at the front of the spacecraft. Watch maybe the first 30-45 mins of the movie and you will see what I mean. Again, awesome series, I await new episodes everyday. Cheers!

[@evandouglas3814]

The rendezvous reminds me of the space-jackings in You Only Live Twice...

[@NathanielSheppard]

Just send another crew member to sit in the capsule.

[@strikerevimus]

And I'm sure a few other besides myself have made Back To The Future references. Especially with you mentioning being able to generate 1.2 gigwatts of power in that transmission system now. Which yes, that is a bolt of lightning. Also the same kind of power that a few rods of plutonium can generate. It's also enough to power a flux capacitor. Great Scott, the puns that can be had here!

[@elFulberto]

Excuse me, could anybody explain me the drama that's going on in the video? Why did Landbert (if that's his name) jettison Archibald into a solar orbit and why is Kerbal Command so eager not to let Landbert land back on Kerbin?

[@scottmanley]

elFulberto Lanbut was lost in episode 10 then during sean's mission to the mun he returned posing as sean, then went to duna before the truth was discovered.

[@silvercomic]

Scott Manley and Kerbals, being Kerbals, didn't notice that the guy that climbed into the rocket that day was actually supposed to be on the Mun.

[@artos607]

Scott Manley Hey Scott, if physics is your bottleneck, and u have a beefy GPU, then u may want to use openGL, for whatever reason, it seems to reduce RAM by close to a GB. There is derpiness sometimes, link here: forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/84203-Less-memory-usage-by-using-OpenGL

[@Paul-oi2wz]

Scott Manley so all this drama going on is to return Lanbut to kerbal an arrest him for posing to Sean?

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

Scott Manley That was merciful, I wouldn't have bothered with the rendezvous, i'd've put some debris on an intersecting trajectory towards the capsule... Or perhaps kick it up into a solar orbit and leave it there

[@Bladmapples]

Makes me laugh every time you mention Seanlock, I keep imagining he's a Kerbal riding a backwards centaur making jokes about Boris Bikes.

[@damonschooler3411]

One minute I'm watching old Kerbal videos and suddenly I'm hearing all the Sean Connery references on the weekend of his passing. I would ponder or start calculating the odds but I'm playing with the Kerbals.

[@LMixir]

"once we get past the 50% position on the board meetings, then its okay to step out at that point" - Scott Manley, 2014

[@ThePred2009]

wish i had time to play this game as much as you scott

[@sheiber]

And so intense!!

[@FourthRoot]

1.2 gigawatts!? That's a bolt of lightning!

[@strikerevimus]

Great Scott!!! That's also enough to power a flux capacitor. XD

[@nayyar9]

Maaan, that moment when you had to detach the Asteroid Diverter because Lars Kerman got hit by Petrificus Totalus for all I know. Died laughing! XD

[@Madhuntr]

well, i bet you landed it safely with all the science at Kerbin and then noticed. Oh shit i can make the warp drive now. so you made this up so we had more to watch.^^

[@twig4661]

i cant do basic math and i enjoy this series. to me its like a magic show, only i know that the stuff you are doing can be calculated.

[@navuek]

Masterfully done! i loved it!

[@Cenc9]

Great Job Scott - I liked it!

[@CommandLineVulpine]

Dat plot twist tho. I wonder if there is some kind of way to make a skybox that would seem to work properly.

[@FoolishDoug]

Kerbals could be complete air heads. No liquid brain suspension, but rather air filled pockets like bubble-wrap surrounding a peanut in the dead center.

[@LyrikTech]

Great video I can't wait for the next one!!!

[@moekitsune]

Scott, try the Custom Asteroids Mod. It makes newly spawned asteroid orbits MUCH more realistic.

[@warspite1995]

more please!!! i lvoe this series

[@virtualsplash72]

Scott it's my B-day today :D IQ to celebrate

[@2001kraft]

HAPPEH BDAAAAAY

[@Sabel12]

Oh another swede that has a birthday today :) then we are two

[@Fireheart318]

It's my birthday today! Seriously!

[@SupComRaiden2]

Can someone straighten this out? Lanber was the one who disappeared on kerban while flying that experimental plane and investigating that hidden base? Or am I confusing him with someone else? Lost has a simpler plot to understand.

[@smallstripes]

Was not expecting that Lanbur Kerman stunt. -.-

[@Chief1lung]

All I can say is, nice catch!

[@snowthemegaabsol6819]

Scott, do you enjoy making challenges for yourself? Don't get me wrong, I do to, but this? This is extreme, man. Truly you have defeated this game.

[@LawfulGreen]

Well, that was unexpected.. Would you mind doing a quick overview on all the missions currently active? It is easy to lose track of all the stuff going on, over the weeks..

[@mickles1975]

That Lanber... What a bastard.

[@toryunaminosaki1022]

O.o finally, unplanned shenanigans! ;p

[@JordyRidge]

You should film some vlogs where you just talk about astonomy and physics because it's really interesting

[@ianabruce]

Hi Scott. I was reading the description, and thought, "Wow. This reads like an episode of an actual TV show." Seriously. Why can't we have animated shows like this?.. instead of colossal wastes of human time, energy, and resources like "Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures"? If I were emperor, I'd execute the moron at Bandai who green-lighted that particular abomination, and retask the entire animation department to produce "Kerbal Space Program - The Series".

[@TheReaverOfDarkness]

Archibald, nooo!! What have they done to you!?

[@micah887]

I didn't know you could use the grabbing unit to grab other spacecraft! Plot twist!!

[@0ldManGaming]

PLOT TWIST!!!

[@kramstrom1]

Scott! In the first place why did you even do that poor Archibald

[@fsmdf]

The craziest maneuvers ever. How come you don't screw up?!

[@Whiachy]

Is there a wiki page or something detailing the plot of this series? I don't recall why Lanbur went rogue.

[@Archgeek0]

What the heck is that thing from 5:56 to 6:08? It's going the wrong way to be Minmus...do asteroids just turn up from time to time if one has a sharp eye or happens to look the right way?

[@sheiber]

Maybe this is a station or probe or something. I do want to know what that is too and I wonder why Scott Manley didn't see this or mentioned this...

[@JB1978]

What a plot twist! :)

[@charlesbatkin8722]

What if lanbur ditched. Tried to hijack the asteroid diverted/ just ditched and floated around (suicide)?

[@wouldyoukindlyfuckoff7966]

0.25 really dissapoints me, I personally think that the financial side of the game is very non-important, and since 0.24 the amount of career mode I played has nearly diminished entirely, and yes, I know about the 'Science' mode, but 0.24 just pushed me away from that mode, which I loved so much up to then.

[@mike14991498]

I'm sure that you're not the only one with such opinion, but I'm also pretty sure that many players (myself included) mostly play Career mode and will be very happy to find new challenges in the upcoming administrative upgrades. It is, after all, a simulation of a space program, which will be a bit more realistic in 0.25. But of course, there's still a long way to go, in realism, gameplay and other aspects of the game.

[@pyr0b1rd]

Not sure why you're posting this and not on his video on the patch but okay... In any case, there are new parts in 0.25 don't forget, plus the other additions are an incremental step towards the system they want. Yes as things are it isn't perfect. Didn't me take long in (the new) career mode to max out the tech tree, and funds were only a problem on the first launch. Contracts were nice, but many were just providing a challenge that you could easily avoid. So really the .25 update won't provide anything particularly different to career mode, short of a way to dispose of the now redundant science. *But* it's part of an incomplete system. What we get in .25 may pave the way for something better and more useful in .26 or .27 for example. And, at the end of the day it's an early access game, not a full release. If you don't like the game as it is, just shelve it for the next year or two, or until a new patch makes things more interesting. There's nothing wrong with getting bored of a game you were enjoying until just recently.

[@sokarsokar]

I have almost dreamt of KSP developping into a new type of MMORPG. Like a next generation sort of eve / planetary manager game. it would be so awesome

[@alvictor1291]

Don't know why I think that career is not so important. *raises heat shield*

[@pyr0b1rd]

Al Victor Well... arguably sandbox can be tricky enough (e.g. landing on Eve and returning), but Career gives you clearer progression. It's not for everyone of course; career mode will likely involve managing all the various aspects of the Space Centre. Whether it's important or not... well that's a matter of personal opinion. You don't have to like or want to play it, just don't forget others do like it, and enjoy playing it.

[@markush1003]

SCREW MOVIES, SCREW TV SHOWS!!! THIS IS MORE EXCITING THAN ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!

[@trolltheburrito5123]

Your voice in the beginning sounded scarily like the Stanley Parable voice. Whoah

[@kieranclarke8899]

I'd love for this to turn into a wwk type series

[@alvictor1291]

Not gonna happen.

[@10airsoftguy]

I've watched all of the IQ episodes but I forgot the backstory with regards to Lanbur, Sean, and Archibald Kerman. I think Sean was the original secret agent right, when he took that mysterious expedition to the moon? Although he dies and now Lanbur is the new agent so he tries to kill Archibald? Sorry can someone explain, it has been awhile since a plot twist has happened.

[@Mitchz95]

As I remember it: Lenbur disappeared during an aerial survey of the Kerbin badlands, and was presumed to have crashed. Meanwhile Sean visited the Mun, and was later the captain of the Duna Express. However, the more recent Outland mission discovered that Sean never actually left the Mun; the Sean who went to Duna was actually Lenbur in disguise. We haven't learned Lenbur's motivations yet, but Sean is kind of doing secret research on the anomalies in the solar system.

[@manoftehsea]

Hi Scott! I had an argument with a classmate today. We argued about how the International Space Station is actually in space, and where space is. He talked about KSP. So what is the definition of space? Is the ISS in space? And what's the relation to ksp? He watches your great videos too, I would like if you answered these please :)

[@randomnickify]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit

[@vrandagamer5935]

To hell with the haters! I love the added intrigue of a storyline, and if it makes it more interesting for you, Scott, so that you keep posting, all the better.

[@RTKeulen]

Oh my, adding layers of intrigue to kerbals makes them a lot more interesting. Still, i am unable to see them as evil plotting masterminds. Their eyes just wont agree.

[@Anvilshock]

1:35 There once was a man named Manley ...

[@winterarkwright4743]

Scott and you please tell me what mods you are uesing for the EnvironmentalVisualEnhacements Minmus looks sooooooooooo good

[@vidsfsx]

amazing as always! :D

[@boogermother5000]

What's that mod that removes the deletion of parts in the atmosphere > 2.4km away and allows for an infinite render distance of stuff in space (preferably compatible with darkMP)?

[@Slasher331]

What ever happened to the mission to Eeloo that launched in episode 27? Did it ever arrive or is it still on its way?

[@evilfuzzydoom]

FanTASTIC

[@JRexRegis]

have you thought about adding in the star systems mod? you could really go INTERSTELLAR with it. :p

[@PsyckoSama]

Fly a probe body over and dock it do the Highlander.

[@sheiber]

Why not bringing a spare Kerbal to the command capsule?

[@noluckst2]

Never noticed he's called Sean Locke, is Ed Byrne also on the way ?

[@JDSleeper]

The Duna Express is really old tech by this point.

[@SpacePotatoMan]

"That actually sounds like a cool idea for a scary type video game where you imply that the computer is in fact controlling you to control it or some meta thing like that." The Stanley Parable sort of implies this in a couple of its endings. It's not exactly scary in the traditional sense, but the adventure line music is kind of frightening.

[@RaxeCAT]

Good video!

[@RAFMnBgaming]

did i hear 50% on the board meeting in there? receiving internet radio? have i missed the metaphor context here?

[@The1Annihilator]

How did you fit something on top of the ISRU refinery?

[@jonasschulter]

Why do you capture and safe a Capsule, wasnt it a big spacecraft with no Command pod you gonna safe `?!!?

[@LucTimmerman]

Hey guys, do you have any nice ideas for what i can put on my ISS?

[@pontusieg]

is it possible to have a high latitude geostationary orbit? say for example one satalite constantly above Iceland?

[@jeffjeffreys7111]

no because iceland is above the equator and your orbit cannot stay just above or below the equator. only places on the equator would be able to have a ship constanly above them

[@Orionn225]

What episode did he find seanlock on the mun in a damaged spacecraft and the seanlock on his way back from Duna was fake?

[@TheSkyShaft]

when i clicked this it said interstellar quest episode 84, i see you fixed it

[@swagmaster6922]

Wait... But the initial Crew of the duna express Was bigger!!!!

[@inigma_ITC]

Hi Scott. Check out a mod I discovered: Through the Eyes of a Kerbal for your next series. Nothing like an EVA through the eyes of a Kerbal in their helmet. :)

[@aus109]

BRAVO!! this was a good episode.. and i really suck at math :D

[@donbionicle]

I knew Shaunbur was a Space Commie! Going to give all our hard-earned science to the glorious motherland.

[@PyrusFlameborn]

If there are clouds on Minmus, why does the atmosphere meter say that there is zero atmosphere