The Secret Lore of Kerbal Space Programme
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Surprisingly, Kerbal Space Programme does actually have some lore.
0:00 Is there Kerbal Lore?
0:58 Who are the Kerbals?
1:50 Cloning
2:25 Kerbals are Plants
2:54 Kerbal Mentality
3:20 Kerbal Society
3:40 Where do they live?
4:30 Mysteries of the Kerbalverse
5:00 Cut Backstory
6:10 The Future of the Kerbals
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Video title: The Secret Lore of Kerbal Space Programme
#kerbals #kerbalspaceprogram - Hry
You forgot that some fans depict the Kerbals having a popular video game called “Human Space Program” as a comedic parody of the game they are in.
"I really like Squishing Humans With a rocket engine on!"-Jeb
It's set in a fictional version of the real solar system that's 10x larger with planets 100x less dense, and with several additional gas giants including hypothetical "ice giants". It also uses anomalous "n-body" orbital dynamics
he forgor💀
planets in HSP: Merho
Veve
Humin
Muna
Jupol
Surdamma
Uranad
Nepten
@@alecboi777 Satnus
Uralum
Neitune
We actually know they don't live underground - when you do experiments in Grasslands biomes, they say "I think I can see my house from here!"
so they sleep on the grass
@@theairacobra or ARE the grass
Maybe they mean the astronaut complex
@@theairacobra y e s
invisible cities
Knowing that KSP was originally meant to have lore, someone should really turn this into a mod. I really wanna have a mod that adds this mysterious, far out planet, and makes me chase transmitters all across the Kerbol system.
I would love to see this as well! I'd especially love if the devs actually included something about it in KSP2!
Until I believe a few years ago, the game would still generate a spooky radio signal if you ventured deep into the reaches of the solar system, well past Eeloo. I guess Squad and especially Private Division really weren't into those elements, so that probably means we won't see any further references in 2, unless it comes from the community.
The former Dev who started that wrote down exactly what he had planned.
I'm gonna have to dig up the file again, but a mod with that story, with the Interstellar Engines, makes the mind wonder.
Idk, you could make some really good lore with the Easter eggs that you find on the planets already. Like the kraken Easter egg
@@devikwolf that dev left on less than great terms. why they didn't use the idea.
@@devikwolf Have you been keeping tabs on the secret transmissions left at the end of every KSP2 video? There’s actually decent reason to suggest a variant of the story will be in 2.
Kerbals living underground certainly explains how their big eyes, why they seem unphased by being trapped in tiny spaceships for years, and how the Mün’s discovery ‘didn’t happen all that long ago’. Seems inconsistent with the idea they’re plants since there’s no sunlight down there, though it certainly is consistent with them being fungi.
KSP’s lore is very simple: Kerbals have always been there. Always have been, always will be.
Always have unlimited money too, for space exploration.
@@veramae4098 there's nothing they don't have, so money is just a paper that satisfies them
There’s actually a set of mods that expands the games lore. There are 3 mods all made by Linx. I can’t find the name of the first 2 mods but the story went something like this: In the first mod it states that Kerbals actually started on Eve, but their wrecked the planet and forced them to escape to Kerbin. Then the stock game takes place. In the second mod Kerbol (the system’s star) starts to die causing Kerbin to become inhabitable with everyone escaping to Duna. Eventually the Kerbals are forced to leave the system leading to the third mod; Beyond Home.
I should note that the planets have different names per mod and that the Kerbal’s technology is set back to square one every time they run.
I believe you're referring to "Before Kerbin" and "After Kerbin".
I read somewhere that the reason Kerbal's are described as bad-ass, apart from their happy-go-lucky 'fly or die trying' attitude, is because their skin tone is based around the hex-code #bada55.
Not sure how true or lore-worthy this is, just thought I'd mention it 😁
Great video though 👍
Yes! That's true! Any Kerbals with the badass trait have that hex-code. Love it
If Kerbins would live underground wouldn't they contradict that they are sone kind of plant using photosynthesis? There's no sunlight underground.
Maybe they aren't using photosynthesis but radiosynthesis (i.e ionizing electromagnetic radioation).
Using the decay of radioactive material like uranium as food underground and the radioactive radiation of Kerbol (Sun) in space.
Radiosynthesis is a thing in mushrooms.
It would also explain how there’s an endless supply of them, and why they seem to do fine no matter the environment.
The Kerbal being weird sentient fungi make sense.
They are just gigantic humanoid bacterias .
ORKS !!!!!!!! !!!!
You assume Kerbals are smart
@@WwZa7 how would they be able to build such technology if they weren't
Also, don’t forget their ability to warp time, with Revert to Launch and Time/Physics Warp, and their resurrection ability after smashing into a planet or moon
Here's a bit of information to add:
The Kerbin Grasslands' Crew report says "I think I can see my house from here."
I think they do have houses, just so sparsely scattered around the biome.
Well, the lore I have for the game is as follows:
A dying species created the kerbals, like very recently, and that's why they are, well, stupid. This species delved into genetic manipulation and can no longer survive using their bodies, so they transferred their minds to a very advanced computer, and from there they send commands to the kerbals via the monoliths (that's why there's one near the KSP), and they instruct them on how to build rockets and other things. The plan is to eventually perfect the kerbals and use them as vessels to find a new planet to colonize and transfer their minds into them, but before doing so, they need to do research on how resilient they are, and that's why they can survive for so long without water and food.
You, the player, are one of these beings, and whenever you build a ship, you're sending them commands to build the ship for you.
That's my take on this.
And we have the ability to warp time
This is a deeply creative and interesting way of thinking about it and i want to keep this in mind next time I play it!
In ksp's tutorial and 'story' mode there's a Kerbal named Kerman Von Braun, whose name mimics Wernher von Braun, a nazi scientist who was later part of NASA after operation paperclip
You know where I'm going with this
Don't ask him what he was doing during Kerb War 2...
Kerman von braun escaping to the mun after being exposed
It’s actually Wernher Von Kerman
@@wut1727 He better keep going until Laythe or he's going to be caught.
Some Kerbal with a funny moustache built a giant war machine, went to war with half of Kerbin while also trying to exterminate the “undesireable Kerbals”
4:18 I don't personally buy the "underground" explanation, for two main reasons:
1) it conflicts with the photosynthesis hypothesis, which has been all but confirmed
2) it's implied that they live in the grasslands, since when you do a crew report while flying low over Kerbin's grasslands, you get the message "Hey, I can see my house from here!"
Well thing like meerekats do live underground, in grasslands.
This is really good! I would definitely recommend this to some of my kerbal obsessed friends!
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Kerbals do have an uncanny colouration of lichen. And Lichen can survive almost everywhere as long as they have some moisture and sunlight.
I am amazed at the amount of unseen (for me) footage you've got! That's really cool!
It's all from animations on the Kerbal CZcams channel. They're worth a watch!
Might consider an update with the latest videos hinting at an actual official lore in the sequel. From hidden messages in their youtube videos depicting strange beings, to stargates recently unveiled on the moon in a patch a few days ago.
So, they get their energy from the sun, but live underground. Makes sense...
As another comment stated, could be radiosynthesis instead of photosynthesis, basically they use ionizing radiation (like from the sun or uranium) and not light.
No one said the kerbals were smart
The Mamooth (or some other huge engine) description says it has enough power for a small city so cities do exist there somewhere...
FYI, the engines are Skipper and Mainsail
@@notjebbutstillakerbal
Thanks
Fun fact: The game was actually supposed to have FNAF-levels of lore (For anyone that doesn't know the FNAF lore, its as deep as Mariana trench), however one of the main developers left the game in 2013 due to personal reasons, so all were left with is that Kerbals are some funni sentient walking plants able to do photosynthesis and are really curious about space.
I'm so glad you mentioned that original story, it would have been so fun if it was finished and would have had an actual incentive to visit every planet.
There's some new easter eggs recently added to the game it seems, an arch on the Mun seems to be some sort of alien gateway or something. Looks like KSP2 might actually add on the lore!
@@LoreTours That's sick!
WE NEED MOAR LOREEE
holy jesus is this video underrated. Really good stuff.
Thanks!
Great video!
Thanks! :)
They should put the precursor home world in ksp 2 because then we'll have the means to get there
My personal lore is that they live underground, and have a relatively human like life. Big cities, small towns, villages. But it could also be like fallout with vaults.
"Door Monster" has a series of episodes ... even pulled Scott Manley into one.
There are also a lot of fan made movies.
that image of the 4 pre-kerbals sends a chill down my spine
great video
My personal lore is:
haha green frog go boom
My head cannon is that they are gigantic humanoid bacterias . It gives them efficient metabolism allowing to shrink the digestive system yet slow one forcing them to compensate it with bigger brains .
I like it!
If their digestive system is slow then how can they supply their bodies (particularly their large brain) with energy? Also I don't think bacteria have brains
@@iR-80 not literally brains but a cellular organoid which performs the function of a brain. As for metabolism it's like a clock frequency of a processor , high energy consuming clock frequency allows to save on size similarly slow clock rates are energy efficient yet they require more processing matter .
KSP Lore but my version (this is just a joke).
Kerbals, dumb and clumsy try to make it to space! They try but then fail after fail after fail. Kerbals knew that there was something beyond Kerbin, something better. But every time they got somewhere, either a dumb employee or a clumsy move caused the entire mission to fail. They needed someone who knew more about rocket science than they did. So, we decided to come in and help. The Kerbals built a space center for us, but it was pretty bad. So as we did the contracts they wanted us to do, we upgraded the space center. After exploring more parts of Kerbin and seeing what was beyond Kerbin, we decided to do some trolling. We failed a lot of the missions and tried to launch some Kerbals out of the solar system (Kerbals liked it tho for some odd reason) and we even made some Kerbals stranded out in space. Then we restarted and started a new game.
Welp, that was fun. Ima go play KSP and sacrifice another Kerbal. Cya!
hopefully they add more lore in ksp 2
Fun video!
I learnt so much!
Kerbals are fungas or mold or plants and live off sunlight/starlight.
Kerbals live underground like Dwarves.
I think they do live under ground, but I think that the only reason kerbin is devoid of any buildings is because they evolved underground, because of their short stature and funny walk is because they are not used to walking directly upright, no I’m not saying that they are walking on all fours but I do think they were at least used to crouch walking, making them look more weird walking upright, but I think the green skin might be because of living underground and probably eating roots and greens when they were primitive ground hobbits, caused their skin to shift from whatever other color to the funniest shade of green.
The new update may actually be building on this lore
"A hidden deep dark lore about funny goofy buddies", this is like murder mystery but with cute ducks and adorable little kittens XP
well, them hinting at a planet beyond Eeloo makes this video so much better
This is the video I need.
my favorite ester egg is the sputnik crash site , but i don't remember any mysterious signals and cant find anything with google ?
look for slow scan on the kerbal space program wiki
Calling kernels dumb or reckless is exactly the sentiment that made ksp2 trash at launch. They aren't reckless and dumb, they're careful and highly intelligent, we are making them do reckless and dumb things. The exceptional performance of their rockets with very little technical failure is proof of their carefulness, and their technological advancements being further than our own is proof enough that they're highly intelligent.
that "mysterious monolith in a hidden world" had a couple of My Little Ponies standing in front of it. Even this video researched partially through Easter eggs has itself, some Easter eggs.
Nice work
Thanks Mouaz!
You have a good day
One personal lore I have when I play the game is that all the kerbals are related and they all know each other because their family. Thats why they all have kerman as their last name. So when they fly with each other its really just siblings exploring the solar system
I like your theory very much:)
@@rertar4499 Oh thank you lol!
The pre-cursor civilization was Laythe; it got pushed out to jool
Right before watching this an ad played and it was about kerbal space program 2
I'm looking for the forum post that talks about the cut storyline, where did you find it?
forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/54893-duna-sstv-transmission/page/3/#comment-854276 here you go
@@LoreTours Thanks!
I read somewhere that Kerbals were descended from crustaceans, and that they eag rocks and ore, sparingly
There's been a few new additions to the KSP system as of late, including the mun arch, and....something on Dres, one of the experiments returned another...interesting result.
ksp 2 has come out and your right about the precursors of the kerbals
Judging by the strange new construction on the mun, I would guess we are getting that precursor plot line after all in KSP 2
I swear that everything has lore, literally everything
Never knew there was lore tbh. Very interesting
there are city lights on kerbin
you missed all the part descriptions. there's a lot of stuff in there.
you should revisit this, as the ksp 2 and 1.12.5 reveals have strengthened the loor
Stratenblitz proved there is a singularity in center of every planet
And also doing science of the effect on standing infront of a engine blowing out superheated gas
Former Gremlins(WW2 type-original); It would explain a lot.
I kinda have the feeling they are adding precursor planet after the recent ksp2 dev video and the mun arch change.
yeah, i love Kerbal Space Programme
My headcanon regarding Kerbals is this:
Personality: Kerbals are friendly and optimistic creatures that also exhibit a childlike innocence and curiosity even into their senior years. This has served them well as they have become a civilization capable of spaceflight mostly through trial and error. They are generally pacifists but will defend themselves or others only if absolutely necessary.
Religion: Their main religious belief is basically deism though some believe in a legendary entity known as the Kracken which is an invisible, mischievous creature that sabotages spacecraft and aircraft.
History: The Kerbal's attempts at spaceflight have stretched back centuries. When they discovered gunpowder they then figured out rocketry and began making upper atmospheric flights within a decade. A few hundred years later they discovered how to make liquid fueled engines. These first rockets ran on paraffin oil and nitrous oxide and later liquid oxygen and kerosene. Modern rockets run on hypergolic propellants. While these are somewhat toxic, the lack of need for cumbersome ignition systems is what makes these engines popular.
Lifespan: Kerbals are technically immortal but since they tend to take risks they generally don't live past 15-20 years.
Biology: Their skin contains chlorophyll so they can make their own food however they can't produce it on their own and have to eat leaves to obtain it. They also have the ability to go into a hibernation state to conserve energy and can stay alive for years with minimal food or co2 intake. Their skeleton is primarily made of cartilage this allows them to handle more g-forces than the average person. They also possess an organ called the Khart which is a combination of both the heart and lungs. Their digestive system is similar to ours but has the ability to digest cellulose. The average weight of a Kerbal on Kerbin is about 40lbs. They reproduce sexually by rubbing themselves together and releasing pollan onto the skin of the opposite sex. Their female mate then rather painfully extrudes seed pods out of their brood pouch and this seed pot germinates into a baby Kerbal. Also, Under certain conditions they can reproduce asexually by budding though this is so rare it often makes national to global headlines.
Famous Kerbals:
Goddard Kerman: The great great grandfather of the modern Kerman family. He invented the first liquid fueled engine. Was killed when his experimental rocket exploded due to a turbopump failure.
Motto: "Where there's a will, there's a way."
Whittle Kerman: Founded Kerman Brother's aerospace company. Invented the J-20 Juno. The first successful jet engine.
Motto: "Never give up unless you're dead."
Jebidiah Kerman: Originally a famous racecar driver. He left racing for spaceflight after a horrible crash nearly killed him. He was soon persuaded by his sister Valantina Kerman to join the Kerbal Space Program because "there are fewer things to hit in space."
Motto: "I wanna go fast."
Bill Kerman: The youngest of the Kerman family,he was originally a member of Jebidiah's pit crew. He joined KSP and became an engineer responsible for repairing spacecraft. According to his older brother Jebidiah: "Don't let his age fool you, this kid knows more about engines than anyone you'll ever know."
Motto: "That went better than I expected."
Bob: Known for his shyness, Bob has always been the one to sit back and observe the world. He's also quite the bookworm, so it's no wonder he became a scientist. He is one of the many brilliant minds behind the nuclear and ion engines.
"I'm more of a thinker than a flyer."
Valentina "Val" Kerman: The oldest of the Kerman children she is also the most adventurous. She was obsessed with rockets and airplanes and joined the KSP Kerbonaut core as soon as she was old enough. Motto: "Any landing you can walk away from is a good one."
I want to be able to send that cute baby octopus into space too!
I'd call him Octavian Boppusse. Imagine him with a little space suit ♡!
Oh my god now he's a little radioactive lamp boi slayy!
game theory: they are aliens on earth before people because kerbin looks somewhat like earth but before the continents separated
My version of the lore is that our solar system is a rumor among Kerbals, and that they build the rockets in a sort of space race against people who don’t exist
"They sent out monoliths in hopes of seeding new life" Miore evidence that the ksp monoliths are obvious 2001: A space odyssey reference
Does anyone know about a Kerbal called "Geneler" Kerman? I saw a Kerbal named that in a playthrough on CZcams where there weren't any other names besides Jebediah, Bob and Bill at that time. I think his name was Geneler, or Genelar, something like that.
they're like the orks but instead of screaming WAAAGH they scream SPAAACE
in the second game they need to include a mock solar system somewhere
Cat: Hmm yes, the book here is made out of *BOOK* 0:13
Hold up, I’m red-green colorblind. Have they really been green this whole time?!
Precursor Kerbals? There is that Ancient Temple in the desert on the other side of the planet.
IMO the kerbals experience time the same as we do (when time warp happens they also experience time warp)
The kerbins are real, but they're robots identical to the original life forms they sent to a different star system
it took me a sec but I got the whale reference , one of my favorite parts of the book.
I wonder what Whernher von Kerman's backstory was
We don't talk about it...
Whatever it is, there was a WW2 on Kerbin.
I just realised something. In a ksp 2 development video the kerbals are seen pointing to a possible new planet this could be the planet that the ancient civilization lived on
You should see one of the photos on the Xbox one S in the Microsoft store, one of the first photos you see is a rocket crashing into the sun
Please i just want to know where you got these kerbal animations
They're all up on the KSP CZcams channel, they have a playlist of all the cinematics :)
My idea is that kerbals don't need anything, as a result they are looking for a sense of purpose. IDK just an idea
Not just the few things you listed
they just are the prequel to the irken empire from invader zim
i like Scott Manley's version. XD
We just got some new lore, a Mun arch got cracked open and there’s something inside…
Ooooooh 👀
New lord just dropped, the mun arch has been fully exposed in KSP 2.
Also in the first comment I left on this video I mentioned that someone was making mods to explain the game’s lore. One of the things add was a solid surface to the gas giant Jool.
In the first game Jool didn’t have a surface to land on but it does now in KSP 2.
I guess the devs really liked that mod.
"An ancient precursor race sent out monoliths in case another species arose to figure them out."
Completely unintentional, but that's almost the backstory of "Outer Wilds."
Great. Now my theory is...(OUTER WILDS SPOILER AHEAD).
The Kerbals exist in the universe created at the end of "Outer Wilds" and spawned as the embodiment of Feldspar. They are a race of Feldspars.
(Better then my original origin of "descended from that Minion in the first 'Despicable Me' that floated into space).
Me: "Cool, a video that will dive into the goofy descriptions of the construction parts; so much lore in there"
The video: "the kerbals are clones and no one knows where they live". Facepalm.
Yeah probably could have dived into the item descriptions a bit more tbf, rather than taking a broarder view of it. Always time for a part 2 when KSP 2 comes out :)
The clones lost intelligence from excess uses?
How would they live underground if they use photosynthesis?
Funny Green Man
I require a part 2
Ahaha well when KSP 2 comes out next year I'll see what I can do :)
MASSIVE UPDATE: SOMETHING ON MUN ARCH, THERE IS LORE
Lore of kerbel space program momentum 100
gameplay: landing on mun with 36m/s of dV
Kerbals themselves are simply advanced forms of mystery goo
That makes sence 🤔
has anyone ever heard of all tomorrow's I have an all tomorrow's eyes version of the kerbals the pilot
Real or not this video was fun
Ah, Yes Programme
I love the idea of the Kerbals being some Halo-esc inheritors of ancient all powerful science gods and then just being, stupid.
Kspc2 wasnt cancelled?
Another reason they can’t live underground is their supposed reliance on the sun for their energy.
funny theories live off of photosynthesis but underground
Snacks are made of people!