KerbalX

Description

9:gen

A submarine base housing 70 kerbals, named Verne. Built in the KSP 1.11.2 SPH with 26 stock parts.

Contains the single-part component Subnautica dive controller. Simply download it and place it in a folder e.g. ./GameData/Hotel26/Submariner/.

I use Shift-F12 Set Position to move Verne to its surface destination. Right-click the Subnautica dive controller (looking suspiciously similar to a KAL-1000 controller) and then flood the ballast tanks. With full fuel, neutral buoyancy is achieved with 25,000 oreos (unit of ballast). You will need 28,000 to break drag and accelerate downward – at a gallop – so be prepared to immediately blow ballast back to about 26,000 oreos. Nearing the bottom, blow to e.g. 23,000 to slow and then flood back to or near 25,000 neutral. (Don’t worry: you’ll figure it out and Kerbals love to volunteer for dangerous antics…)

Once on the bottom, keep the Kraken away by maintaining near neutral buoyancy.

Docking Limpet (pictured below) permits easy transfer of krew. Docking Jetski (above) under the bridge and dismounting affords an opportunity to swim the kerbal to a base entrance. Similarly, exiting a lower hatch in the caissons permits a clever Kerbal to swim close enough to the Jetski to board it. (Good luck with that.)

Mods

• Squad (stock)
• Subnautica