What Are the Anomalies in KSP 2 Telling Us?

[@Tortilla_wrapped]

I thought the destroyed creature on duna was a turtle

[@SoggywafflesPLAYZ]

Me too

[@darracqboy]

Tru

[@SoggywafflesPLAYZ]

@@darracqboy a

[@thirdboylol95]

Dude same

[@darkturtle9996]

@@thirdboylol95 same

[@Mis7ina]

6:51 I think its more likely that the statue has normal eyes, and its just that the narrow eyelids gives the impression of slit eyes

[@222cubing8]

When they give the Buddhist statue spit eyes 💀

[@Iamlurking504]

So, this statue might indicate that more anomalies are present in a white-starred or binary solar system.

[@bboi1489]

Asian Kerbals

[@demon_xd_]

I personally like the idea that the KSP2 team is using community-made lore, especially Matt Lowne's "Duna attacks" trilogy in one of the trailers, we see a bunch of Kerbals heading for an unknown celestial object, resembling a star but with a large debris belt around it, wich resembles a white version of the green star Synapse, featured in the third movie In the Duna ruin, there are four branches, most likely they all balanced a creature on top, this could be a reference to the story told by the Darbels from the second movie: As Eve became uninhabitable, 4 groups formed, one stuck to Eve, remaining as the Darbels, the other fled to Kerbin and evolved into the Kerbals, another fled to Duna and evolved into Dunans (no actual species name is revealed) and another group, wich is never seen, in the words of the Darbels, we don't know where they went. The ruin could be a family tree of the Darbel ancestor, the Darbels, their 2 offshoot species wich are extremely similar, and this mysterious 4th grup, wich might have changed radically

[@ahmed4363]

the star shown in the ksp2 trailer is a newborn star, shown by the protoplanetery ring around it This Star could be the DebDeb star, as Nate has mentioned that its a newborn star too

[@solecproductions]

looks like i need to expand my ksp2 current planetary map!

[@babch0]

what if they hired matt for it 🤔

[@demon_xd_]

@@babch0 a man can dream

[@vmmm-l5y]

Same

[@RadDude5601]

I love how the devs took a bug/glitch (The Deep Space Kraken) from the first game and made it the story.

[@DinoRicky]

Like the mohole

[@liberatetheforks]

My current idea on the minimus monument is that it is a sundial of sorts. Maybe it is supposed to denote a time, place or somthing where something happens.

[@informalchipmunk5775]

That wouldn't explain the six other orbs and the two circles

[@liberatetheforks]

@@informalchipmunk5775 maybe its a situation where they don't matter? No idea, just throwing the thought into the discussion.

[@endmybuffering]

when kerbin, the mun, and minmus line up like in the image maybe?

[@Bravo20]

​@@informalchipmunk5775 a sundial has little markers that tell you what time it is. Maybe the orbs are the markers

[@phailupe2941]

I think there gonna point to other civilizations in other star systems. Each of the statues look like a kerbal with something different, maybe they’re just evolutionary branches of kerbals

[@derpcade]

KSP actually has canceled lore about a dying civilization on a rogue planet launching monuments across the Kerbol system and beyond to try and seed intelligent life after they were gone, which lead to kerbals Maybe they picked this lore back up?

[@Messier42-handle]

i think that the message from the developers was essentially saying that a kerbal went to minmus, the kraken destroyed their rocket, and they ran out of fuel on landing, and so they created the statues and objects worshipping some being they found

[@llliiimmmeee]

"What are the developers of KSP 2 planning?" (from the description) That aged so well.

[@Dominian1]

I love that they did this and I like your video, now here's my 2 cents: People have speculated that the part of the Karecibo message you skipped (between the alien and the exploding rocket) are 23 dots for the 2023 release and that the five spread out dots represent the five major updates coming. If you check out the roadmap, you will see that there's a sixth update at the very edge of the picture, showing only pixelated craters on a gray planet or moon. I think it makes a lot of sense that the sixth update would lead us to aliens or at least an ancient world with their remains on it. At that point we will also have three star systems, hopefully explaining what the orange star (Deb Deb?) and the white star (Tuun, Qeg, Kerbol?) and that statue's hat are on Tylo. As far as the Kraken god statue on Duna is concerned, it is quite puzzling beyond the obvious that there are multiple species of aliens out there, possibly put into their respective systems by a precursor civilization looking like these Krakens. The symbols on the crown give me a headache. None of them repeat and I can't figure out any of them really. The Mun arch seems the most clear cut, showing that there isn't an extra hidden planet in the Kerbol system.

[@LazyChimm]

How does the Mun arch communicate that there’s a hidden planet?

[@Dominian1]

@@LazyChimm It communicates that there IS NOT another planet. As the entire systems is on the arc.

[@interopsty]

3:59 i'm just throwing stuff at the wall, but the message could be the "weird alien" or something else crash landing on kerbin and teaching the kerbins about space travel or something.

[@MatthewChenault]

The object on Duna might be a reference to Yggdrasil; the tree that is in the center of the universe in Norse Mythology. Some of the symbols used are Norse Runes or are meant to mimic Norse Runes.

[@curious_ksp_]

Interesting, i'll take a more in depth look into it

[@MatthewChenault]

I would also add that some of the runes look like merged runes, which is something that can happen and has been done in modern times as well. The symbol for Bluetooth is an amalgamation of two Norse runes; Hagall and Bjarken, which are the initials for Harold Bluetooth’s name.

[@limo1795]

2:40 i think Kerbol is "behind" everything and it is the big circle with the lines, just like the one on the Mun arc

[@garunixreborn2416]

I actually think the duna anomaly is a hint for a new planet. Jool is already supposed to be the analog for both jupiter and saturn, hence having 5 big moons for jupiter's 4 and saturn's titan. This easter egg shows a pale blue planet with a vertical ring system, just like uranus. and 4 moons. And as it turns out, urlum from the outer planets mod does have exactly 4 moons

[@Swagmaster07]

I have a good one, so you know that there are Theories that Venus and Mars maybe had life in the past? Similar to that the Duna monument suggests something similar, the Squid would probably be from Eve, and the turtle thing from Duna. Oh and maybe not cannon, but in the mod pack I have the mystery goo is visible and painted purple, we know that the mystery goo is probably from the Squid guys, and its painted purple like Eve.

[@Kerman_von_Braun]

Love the mysterious x-file vibes you were going for, made the vid a lot more enjoyable to watch.

[@Pan_Meduza]

5:52 I think the branches represent technology level, so the tenticle thing is most advanced and the least are kerbals or the broken one

[@thespacedinos4037]

Oh this is probably the best one yet! But I also have a theory about the tentacle mouthed creatures, could they actually be kerbals with beards? Maybe its someone important in their history, Aristotle, for example. Idk but its just what I saw at first

[@curious_ksp_]

Keristotle, or Karistotle?

[@Coolproko]

@@curious_ksp_ mabye they are a alien race from debdeb?

[@curious_ksp_]

@@Coolproko Debdeb is supposed to be a young star system, so I think it did not have time for life to evolve that much, but maybe

[@ahmed4363]

@@curious_ksp_ debdeb has a young earth that is just forming so probability of Life is still low so its probably not where those "kerbals" come from

[@musicduck2251]

​@@curious_ksp_ LOL 😂

[@Jowanoofy_ZO]

1:32 kerbal gonna experiment and learn its tech and make a warp drive

[@juneBug412]

my personal theory for the mun arch is that, due to there being multiple arches, it may be possible that they're a collection of objects. while it's possible they may just be entirely decorative, perhaps simply being artistic pieces, they may serve as maps of some kind. if they're stargates as some people theorize, perhaps we're only seeing HALF of the full structure, n under the ground there other half of the ring portrays another system, and each arch could house a similar ring portraying a different system alongside kerbin. my opinion on the minmus monument is that we might be lacking the context needed to fully understand it. the individual depicted is most likely the same species as the one portrayed in the kericibo message, but beyond that there's a lot that's hard to make out the exact meaning of. we might not get the information needed to deduce what parts of it are important or meant to be literal or figurative depictions, or even if this is the entire structure (keep in mind that we have no way of knowing how much of these structures is bein hidden underground), until we deduce what the kericibo message is trying to tell us. alternatively, maybe other structures or anomalies might hint at its meaning a bit more than it can on its own. speaking of, i think that KM is trying to tell us we need to go somewhere. the dots at the top don't just indicate the width of the message, they act as a unit of measurement for the kerbin system, which is depicted directly below them, essentially saying "this system is 12 units in length", perhaps as a frame of reference. if we work forward with that in mind, it would seem that the rest of the message is trying to tell kerbals that they will find something or someone 21 (or 23 if you count the lines leading in and out of the series of dots) units away from home. i THINK that maybe the 5 dots are meant to depict a similar structure to the minmus monument, with the central dot being the statue and the 4 other dots being the surrounding spires and spheres. perhaps this implies there are other similar monuments elsewhere with differing numbers of spires and spheres, and that the minmus monument is the 6th, and the one in the KM being the 4th? this might further imply that the carving in the ground at said monument is incidental or otherwise unimportant to the exact meaning of the structure, and it may simply be a marker for the order in which these locations were constructed. the duna totem is without a doubt lacking in critical information needed to fully understand its meaning. it shows that there are 4 or perhaps 5 humanoid (or i suppose you could say kerboid?) species, and that they all share a relationship of some kind, but we only know what two of these species look like due to damaged parts of the structure. once again we may also be missing additional information due to the fact that this structure very much seems half-buried. we don't know if this is all there is to it and the extra column sticking out of the ground is the broken branch, or if it's a full statue buried up to the neck and that's the end of a raised arm which is missing a hand. that said, i think that perhaps the symbols on the crown are meant to be an alphabet; none of fully recorded characters match, and it's just short of a full english alphabet, so it may be useful in decoding any other symbols we might encounter in the future. the tylo buddha is, by my best guess, an artistic or representational piece. i think it's meant to depict the same species as the alien from the KM, and that it simply has squinted eyes and exaggerated proportions, the same way us humans might make a caricature to depict an abstract concept with no literal physical depictions. it could represent the force of gravity balancing a binary star system, it would certainly be a fitting personification and the spheres could very well be stars, but it's also possible the spheres themselves are also representational, and not meant to be something as simple as stars. there's really no way to be certain. it's also possible that it's directly linked to the minmus monument, as the stone sphere on its head has very similar grooves in it to the ones on the spires around the MM. this may simply be a quirk of asset re-use, but it's interesting to think that perhaps the MM is mean to show that there are 6 related anomalies elsewhere.

[@Theooolone]

I love your style of video! Some of the best KSP content i’ve ever seen

[@boguekerbal]

Guess we'll never know

[@darkturtle9996]

I think it would be awesome if they added an outer wilds type story to this game using these monuments.

[@notNyxiann]

yeah!

[@elliesteele2027]

All of the species on the Duna statue at 5:42 looking up to this one bigger planet really reminded me of how the Owlks, Nomai and Hearthians all sought to reach the Eye of the Universe.

[@SameBasicRiff]

Kudos to the people who just found these anomalies in space on their journeys. I'm too curious to not check out this awesome video but seeing that for the first time while exploring in game would be amazing.

[@rapture_bishop]

Maybe the Duna momument references different star systems, including destroyed/developing ones? Awesome video!

[@averageanger7092]

They hinted that the game would never be finished...

[@hugofolpp1753]

7:08 perhaps the spheres represent Rask and Rusk?? The two lava planets, tidally locked with one another, in an endless dance of death. It makes sense cuz they glow similar to the spheres. Perhaps this species initially came from Rask or Rusk, and went interplanetary reasonably easy due to Rask and Rusk's close proximity?

[@Bolonis-boloniasca]

heres what i think: the mun arc and the mimmus monnument was created by one of the early kerbal species (that maybe came from planets like duna or eve). the kerbal that is in the monnument would be a specie that would become the kerbal that we know also,this monnument means that the tentacle like kerbals(that i also call the octopus kerbals) explored space and even got in mimmus,mun(kinda) and kerbin the tylo monnument is a representation of a specie of the octopus kerbals that discovered a binary star system and tried to get in the system.

[@Xristov-rb3ru]

There seems to be a somewhat logical "progression" to the anomalies. Here is what I see, in order. Mun: space arch/ "stargate"- possible hint at extraterrestrials, vague kraken themed artwork at the edges Minmus: Large "shrine", at first glance looks like a kerbal, but on closer inspection reveals a more squid like "Ker'thulu" (puns) answering the question posed the first anomaly: yes there are aliens. But who are they? Which brings us to... Duna: a large "tree", possibly evolutionary or "Family" tree. 4 branches, 4 worlds. 1 for Kerbals, 1 for the Ker'thulu, and 2 unidentified species, looking up to what appears to be a larger planet, but the decoration around it is possibly a star. The star is connecting to a root system with a crown...and eyes. Tylo: a mysterious statue, resembling the Ker'thulu, but with more pronounced tentacles and eyes resembling the root of the duna "tree". Possibly a member of a pre-Ker-sor (more puns) race? The crystal on the head of the figure seems related to the statue on minmus as well. In it's hands are 2 orbs, possibly stars. The first resembles the same star as the duna tree. Could the other one be Kerbol? Are they "connected" somehow? Possibly through the secret extra planet at the farthest reaches of Kerbol? What more secrets will be revealed?

[@jodysin7]

The deciphered text decoded is = original species dna

[@RealSagg]

Those tentacle creatures really remind me of a Cthulhu. And i think Cthulhu's are an example of an alien. Hopefully we can learn more once the next star system comes out.

[@PlatinumParakeet]

The Kraken is the kerbal's God. he is angry that they are trying to leave his creation (kerbin) to explore other planets. So, he destroys their rockets to prevent them from leaving.

[@Window_ig]

Theory: The creature on tylo is the same one wearing the crown on duna(at least the same species)

[@32zzo]

Interpretation of duna monument: spheres represent planets with an atmosphere and water (duna HAD oceans) Eve (the broken off one) Kerbin (Normal kerbal) Duna (Broken kerbal creature, sphere still there) Laythe (Kraken-Kerbal Creature) Tallest one, Bop, You CAN find a huge kraken skeleton there, and a dead kraken in ksp 1

[@The_Hybrid_Gamer]

It was in some video, maybe a trailer or devlog or tutorial video or something, where it showed kerbals making a trajectory to a far-off distant planet far beyond Eeloo. At first I thought it might've been a star, but seeing as it would've been *too* close for that, i think that this may be the planet that was talked about at the end of this video. Maybe it'll be added sometime in the future? Or it's already in?

[@kolibru]

They are telling us that the game is dead! And that we've spent 50 bucks on it!!!

[@Anarchy_Venus]

If anyone is able to find out what the Duna inscription translates to, know that kerbals speak lonapsE which is Spanish backwards.

[@radustana]

I managed to translate like half of it into the latin alphabet(the one used by english)and this is what i got: orn(?)y8(?)??p(?)3c(?)z???q(?)gn(or magbe ii)fg

[@AmBlueMan]

My theory is that the kraken destroyed their rocket and then the kerbin’s ended up in a different star system and they got scattered around randomly and formed colonies and the face deformation is most likely just evolution to adjust to the different environments

[@Coolproko]

I have a theory, please read it. I speculate that the “Kerbals” AND the “Tentacle Mouth Kerbals” (and perhaps others!) were descendants of the aliens that built the monoliths (the Duna statue shows they did) and they look very similar, so it’s likely. Edit: I realized you said something similar, but not entirely in the video! Also the Tylo Creature Statue looks like it’s related to the “Tentacle Mouth Kerbals” Also, they hold two stars in their hands, mabye an interstellar Civilization?

[@curious_ksp_]

First part of the theory: yes I agree, that was also what I am thinking so far. Second part: I also feel that the species found on Tylo should be/ have been more advanced, so well see when we get more star systems!

[@Coolproko]

@@curious_ksp_ more advanced as in what?

[@curious_ksp_]

@@Coolproko Well, they put a statue over there on Tylo, kinda a weird place as well, if they come from another star system

[@culmination8206]

I accidentally discovered this channel and watched all the videos now, you're doing a great job! Keep it up! I love the astrophysics videos

[@curious_ksp_]

Welcome aboard!

[@culmination8206]

@@curious_ksp_ I'm studying astrophysics at the moment so if you need any help or different ideas to a physics problem, you can contact me

[@curious_ksp_]

I have a discord, so you can join and we can talk over there! Edit: it would be really nice to talk to someone who also studies (astro)physics

[@culmination8206]

@@curious_ksp_ the discord invite you posted on your community tab expired, do you have a new one?

[@curious_ksp_]

discord.gg/hrCbksbY

[@lockheedx33]

I bet by the statues’ appearances that Kerbals are descendants of the Kraken. Think about it. The Bop carcass in KSP 1 may be the first generation, the base of the statue in KSP 2’s Duna may be gen 2, Tylo’s statue representing gen 3, Minmus statue is gen 4, and Kerbals are gen 5.

[@Makyn11]

7:11 I think it is Kerbol and Debdeb developers said something like this:Debdeb from Kerbol System will not always be in the same place in the sky

[@_K3PLR]

I think this alludes to multiplayer. Imagine players being able to be different species in different star systems

[@pupboi8023]

Yk, that last statement you read, actually makes sense, there is a scene is the KSP2 trailer or footage of something to do with ksp2 that shows the kerbals in a room with drawings of all the planets lined up on a wall with a line going way off the chalk board, scribbled on paper, all the way off to a distant world… this now makes sense

[@TheAmbasador99]

2:43 right "behind" Kerbin, the circle around it. The lines coming off of it onto another circle might symbolize sun beams

[@jodysin7]

The kraken broke their rocket and they ended up in a different star system is what the message says.

[@krio1267]

Please pin this comment. The story in the old KSP 1 was made by a former dev that there was a alien race that were the predecessors of the Kerbals. Their interstellar mission caught their planet ejected out of an orbit SO FAR away that all of those predecessors died off. Before they all died off, they planted dozens of green monoliths that hope to find new life. But they failed. With these new easter eggs, I think the predecssors' last of their races evolved to Kerbals. But we dont know.

[@curious_ksp_]

You can find this info at the end of the video, no need to pin 🙂

[@mussarelinhagames146]

I think i know what the monument of tylo could mean,maybe tylo was a habitable planet from the third solar system,and at some point it was ejected from it,as it got further from the star,the population living on it died,and then,after a very long time,it was captured by jool

[@notfeedynotlazy]

Question: I know not all of the old KSP1 things are in KSP2 (like the dead kraken at Bop), but are *_some specific ones_* of them (Vallhenge, Duna face, Duna message, Kerbin temple, Kerbin crashed UFO) still in the new game? Those _could_ be relevant.

[@gupikot5272]

7:15 i think they represent two star systems with life on them, one is kerbolar system with kerbals, and the other is some star system with thet tentacle mouth creatures

[@donutman4020]

i think the rays on the minmus monument represent kerbol

[@says_what87]

hear me out 1. that thing is like a god and it created all these kerbals. the broken branches on its head are dead species and something (the kraken maybe?) is causing some of these species to die out, leaving kerbals and those other things. that planet in the middle is maybe a homeworld 2. there are a bunch of kraken people on other star systems and they used those arches to travel around, they were very ancient and have all died out but they visited kerbol in the past and were trying to get them to go to these other places to meet these other species 3. a bunch of aliens under rule of one species, their homeworld being that ringed one on top of the statue of duna. the thing on tylo is showing unity between 2 races, one star being kerbol, one being a different one. all the statues and monuments are them trying to help kerbals join this grouo 4. random alien stuff with no purpose, its just cool edit; in any case the race(s) would be ancient and would have been dead for a long time. adding aliens would stray too far from the basic ksp

[@jeb-the-doomed]

7:12 i think that this represents a god, who created the kerbol system (yellow orb) and another star system (white orb) and then put kerbals in the kerbol system, and then another species on the other system, and the other species (kerbals with the tentacle mouth) advanced faster and then they snuck to our system and left hints of their existence and the existence of the god scattered on the planets. (i doubt it's a binary star system to be honest... but who knows?)

[@curious_ksp_]

Sounds reasonable, the thing is that at this point in time there are many hypothesis that work with the info that we have. We'll have to wait for a bit, but luckily the Science update will gave us more. Maybe new video soon?

[@peperoni_pepino]

Hmm I have seen a few theories that imply the Kerbals evolved from some precursor race that lost their home planet, but in that case one can wonder why they don't live on Laythe as well.

[@marshin209]

That was the plan for KSP lore, but the guy left squad before he could make it reality

[@junovzla]

I noticed that the symbols on the Duna statue's crown do not repeat, so I was thinking if maybe this was an Abecedarium (in linguistics an Abecedarium is just an inscription which contains all the letters in a writing system in alphabetical order). So maybe the crown does not mean anything by itself and is just a means for deciphering messages that will be revealed later? Edit: It appears the crown has 25 symbols, so a 1:1 correspondence with the Latin alphabet is ruled out.

[@notfeedynotlazy]

it _could_ be lilke the _actual_ Latin alphabet, that as you know (likely, by your use of the word "abecedarium"), had less letters. (For everyone else, pre-middle ages J, W and U did not exist).

[@junovzla]

@@notfeedynotlazy True, I did consider some more elaborate conlang rather than a simple transliteration but seeing as most of the KSP fanbase is not expected to have a very deep knowledge of linguistics I doubt the devs went the extra mile in this case (tho it's entirely a possibility)

[@notfeedynotlazy]

@@junovzla On the other hand, the were able to decipher both the Karecibo message _and_ the Duna SSTV in short time...

[@junovzla]

@@notfeedynotlazy yes but Karecibo and the Duna SSTV are simple picture transcriptions, deciphering an entire language would be different and require a couple bilingual texts

[@notfeedynotlazy]

@@junovzla that's why we have an entire dedicated coimunity for! ;-)

[@cyrusalexander950]

All of them look surprisingly intact, despite space weather. Especially the Duna one, where there might be dust storms.

[@TheGuyWhoComments]

I noticed that in the campaign mode, I believe in the mission to minmus the translated message, says something about like two planets interlocked. And I’m pretty sure that’s a reference to Rask and rough from the Deb Deb system.

[@jackmcslay]

They mention a precursor planet in an extremely distant orbit, and on one of the KSP2 trailers, there is an animation where they show kerbals having a meeting with a representation of the kerbol system on the wall but with a supposed distant planed sketched on paper and taped to the wall.

[@curious_ksp_]

But why is it not represented on the Mun Arch? That is what I wonder.

[@attilavs2]

I think that was to represent interstellar missions

[@robertcurry389]

That’s to represent interstellar travel. There isn’t a new planet in the Kerbol system.

[@Damian-cilr2]

@@curious_ksp_ in ksp1 there was another circle inside the mun arch(atleast i think),not ksp2 though

[@titan-1802]

given that there where planned Planet's to be added to the Kerbol System (I.E. Gas Planet's 2, 3, and 4), but of course they never made it into the final game. unless if they are planning to add a new Planet to the game in some future update. now yes, it could represent Interstellar Travel (I.E. the update to when Debdeb is suppose to appear in), but if that is the case, why isn't the Confirmed Planet's of Debdeb not included around it?

[@thirdboylol95]

6:17 maybe it’s a evolutionary system, with the highest one being the final form that reach some kind of entitlement or smt, with the height of each branch being how advanced they with the tentacle thing being slightly more evolved than kerbals

[@curious_ksp_]

I also think it has some evolutionary meaning

[@bboi1489]

Maybe the Duna statue represents three ancient civilizations on three different planets prior to the game. Perhaps the one all the way to the left represents an ancient Dunan civilization, the one next to the kerbal, an Eve one, and the one with the Kerbals of course being Kerbin. And they are all looking to Kerbol. Maybe the broken one is a Laythe civilization, or the precursor one that was thrown out of orbit?

[@ChiIIKat]

How is this not viral yet

[@Thatrdrplayer]

I’m shocked there isn’t anything on laythe. But I think more will be revealed when interstellar travel is released. Not to mention the tylo statue is holding two possible “stars”

[@Iamlurking504]

6:17 I believe these symbols to be letters in different alphabets. The first letter is similar to O, the second to R, both from Latin. The third letter is a Cyrillic P (П). The next is possibly runic or a derivative of, same with 6. The rest is unintelligible.

[@bim_buswick]

This is sick!!! There's potentially another planet in the system that isn't on the map view that players will have to find by skill of figuring out these easter eggs!!

[@ironrooster3539]

On the arch, notice how the kraken’s eyes intersect with the orbital line of the other planets. Could this hint that there may be another planet, possibly kraken themed?

[@gschlik]

I was trying to see if I could decode the one from duna by using an alphabet substitution. When I did it the first part was KINGFROM. I tried it many times but that was the only real text I could get out of it.

[@rosimatnik]

We'll get even more of those easter eggs in the science update. Just gotta wait two months

[@doctorgrubious7725]

Yeah this is probably what the Devs wanted in the first game, I'm lazy and just skipping through this to see the objects, so idk if you mention it but here it is for people like me : An ancient alien race that predated kerbal civilization was basically... kerbal civilization, they where doing experiments and going to other planets, eventually they pushed their own planet so far out, it can't be seen with telescopes, the monoliths in KSP 1 where meant to be them basically either trying to start life like in space odyssey 2001, or tell the finders of it where their homeworld is, or likely both making species smarter, and than guiding them to the planet, the player would find relay objects that would give them the coordinates to the planet and than they would be able to reach it, otherwise it wouldn't show up on the map. This is likely what this is doing, the weird Kerbal-Kraken thing is likely the aliens before they died

[@robertcurry389]

Alright here we go, The Mun arch is simply a cool Easter egg as of right now. I doubt it’s a “Star gate” or anything. But if it is it wouldn’t surprise me. For the Minmus monument, the monument itself is a map of another solar system. I believe it’s the home system of the Zoidberg like Kerbals. The center shows the sun, and perhaps another orbiting sun? Or just a planet. And then each large orb surrounding represents another planet. The Tylo monument is a statue of the “Kraken” holding the two stars in the Binary system. How it got on Tylo is another question that I can’t answer. But I am certain that the orbs it’s holding represent the binary system. Which could be the home of the Zoidberg like creatures, On Duna the branching monument is strange, clearly there are the Kerbals and the Zoidberg like creatures, and two others seem to have at one point been on the monument as well, but due to the monument being damaged we can’t clearly make out what they are. But we do see that there clearly were four branches, and in my opinion each branch represents a home planet for each species depicted and thus a separate system. But the orb that can be found on top of it is a sort of compass I believe. This link to the forums provides some more evidence for it. I theorized it was a compass when I saw it, it only made sense to me. But now, I think it’s almost undeniable. Link: forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/214395-major-spoilers-photos-of-anomalies/&do=findComment&comment=4259744

[@jonathanconey4552]

In that minmus anomoly , kerbol could be the lines coming out of kerbin. It could just be a stylistic choice, or it could be solar eclipse from the perspective of minmus, where kerbin would entirely obscure kerbol.

[@radustana]

5:10 I tought it was a turtle at first 💀

[@СергійСавелов]

"There are some things we are never meant to know"

[@CursedBystander]

the decoration on the Mun arches are most likely referencing the Kraken like someone has said, the Minmus Monument may be a sundial the odd line on the Arecibo Message inspired image might be for a new solar system, a single star with a singular orbiting body, with 4 moons around it or a specific asteroid in an asteroid belt the Duna monument might be the intelligence chart of the creatures, Kerbals being on the lower end of the scale, while the two unknown creatures are higher up with different levels the orb on the top of the monument might be the second star system that might be in KSP2's full release the bottom of the monument might be the Kraken the monument on Tylo might symbolize the balance between the two star systems, and the Kraken having something to do with the balance

[@darkturtle9996]

I think the big planet at the top of the tree with no species on it is the super big earthlike planet in deb-deb that hasn't had a chance to evolve life, while the other ones are kerbin and the mini mind flayer home world. I think that the tree guy and the tylo guy are the same species and that kerbals and the mini mind flayers as well as 2 other species are descended from them. They could also be gods that an ancient species worshipped, with one god creating all the habitable planets and their species, and another god creating the stars that the planets orbit.

[@RadDude5601]

I love the vid and I think they took the deep space kraken and made it a sort of god? The reason why its "sleeping" on duna is from the term "awaking the kraken," causing your game to bug out. The mun arch also represents a kraken-like creature in deep space, yeah you can guess what that one is. (Hint: deep space, and it's a kraken) This tylo thing is clearly holding 2 stars, Kerbol, and I'm guessing DebDeb, and its head is a barrier, meaning the deep space kraken WAS keeping kerbals from reaching other stars and vice versa. But that's just a theory, A KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM 2 THEORY!

[@cgbreeki849]

I think Kerbol is in the Minmus monument in the form of the large circle with all of its subdivisions.

[@charcoal143]

Kerbol in the minmus monument might be represented by the large circle with rays coming out

[@goten2652]

nice vid, but the visual effect sometimes made it hard to fully see everything. Maybe tone the amount a bit down

[@suso.7913]

I think that the broken statue on duna (the one that has only his down part of the body) is some kind of species that lived in laythe or smth

[@poland-lithuania]

The tylo monument looks like the the other tentacle aliens with their eyes semi closed and its tentacles may be loger due to it being older?(the end is sorta inspired by the space dinos theory that the tentacles are facial hair)

[@curious_ksp_]

What I forgot to mention is that the Tylo statue also has *more* tentacles, so that is another reason that I think it is another species.

[@poland-lithuania]

​@@curious_ksp_ you're most probably right.

[@Leky0188]

What if Kraken is THE GOD in the system, as seen in duna ruin, the 4 branches are the diferent species( and the top one would be their "Heaven" or the place were god is?) 1 is broken off which would represent lost civilisation( that could have been the first creation the big one on tylo, made me think of annunaki for some reason..) Kraken god could explain the interstellar travel flinging a whole planet out. As for the broken statue on the branch that could be the third yet to be announced system The face on duna is mission to mars movie easter egg Minmus is weird, maybe when planets align like that? atleast oh and the mun arch looks so much like x marks the spot slam 2 rockets at the same time in the eyes and open the portal

[@willowthesily672]

"flung out into a very distant orbit" eeloo?

[@clashofcraft9725]

I think that the specy in the Minmus monument might be an ancestor of Kerbals

[@williamsmith-gander8816]

The writing on the Duna monument looks like an alphabet. It has 25 characters which could be A through to Z. 25 is of course not 26. Maybe a letter is missing or a letter was omitted on purpose? But that monument could be a Rossetta stone of sorts to translate maybe a future text written in this alien language.

[@lightningbmw2309]

I’m pretty sure ther should be a couple pyramids on kerbin just north of where the dessert launch site would be. In ksp1 this has a statue of a kerbal with Egyptian pharaoh style clothing, so I’m currently looking for in case it has changed and reveals something important

[@snazzyostrich]

the sun is in the Minmus monument thing, it’s minmus’ orbit with rays coming out of it

[@alt8791]

Apparently, nothing

[@c.a.mcdivitt9722]

No one is going to mention that the tentacles- mouthed Kerbal looks very much like what would happen if a DnD Mind Flayer converted a Kerbal?

[@LeastNationalistPole]

4:35 i think that the head which the branches are spreading from is the race that has created the kerbals in KSP 1 and this maybe shows that they managed to create more intelligent beings

[@memesiclekickflip]

i predict that each solar system will have its own stargate, and once you visit all of them it opens a FTL travel network. it could have a hub on the precursor homeworld, lost in interstellar space.

[@tiny_desk_engineer]

I think that the statue on Tylo represents Kerbol and other star, probably Debdeb

[@brokensoap1717]

People have also found another face on Duna as well as something that sort of resembles a road on Eve

[@thatwormhole1760]

the first is the Kerbal system part of the binary statues and then the other Star got flung out with its own habitable system and the precursors were warning us by spreading out the arms not closing them.

[@bbunkey]

Probably that the kraken has even more lore now

[@Soupalicous64]

I think Ksp 2 is the sequel to the original Ksp, and fun fact, one of the developers once wanted to make lore for Ksp, but he left before he could finish it, but my theory is that, Ksp 2 takes place 10-100 years after Ksp 1 as your old space program closed after you could not do anything, and it was money wasting to keep that space program from opening, after a time skip, all documents of the journeys vanished, making the kerbals reactivate their space program, (just tell me if there are things wrong.) or just share your thoughts in the replies.

[@boooooooga]

Maybe it follows that one pastebin story the devs made when the game first came out.

[@sapphirefuture3]

This was very cool

[@memerorsomething8378]

6:13 try decoding it with the wingding’s alphabet

[@capapofa]

This is so interesting

[@GM_MartinDestroyer]

Theory for the tylo anomaly: I remember that tylo was assumed to be a planet because it was so large and its SOI is huge. My theory is that Tylo was ejected from that binary star system and it ended up being captured in jool orbit.

[@curious_ksp_]

That is a fun theory!

[@demondoggo2768]

My theory based purely off of the shrines thus far is that it's going to be something akin to the forerunners in halo, the kerbins were once a *very advanced* civilisation long before in ancient times but something happened that reset civilisation back to the stone ages and the kerbals had to start again what we see now could be the remnant of ancient kerbin society that spread across the stars. to learn even further into the halo analogy if it could be something akin to the halo 4 retcons were a similar race to the kerbals brought the first ancenstors of the kerbals to kerbin and shepherded their evolution over minellena to the point until they grew to evolve a race identical to the shepherd race ( the kraken people ) - and even inter-galactic however in these ancient times something would have happened that wiped out the kraken people and somehow reset kerbin progress back to the stone age the only surviving relics of this long lost shared history being spread across the kerbol system.

[@THE_CARBON]

3:09 moon lord in ksp