Asteroid Armata: Preparation

Due to the growing concern of asteroids hitting and destroying life on Kerbin, the International Space Committee started a program to fund missions to better understand the Asteroid Belt which is in between Duna and Jool. So, the primary target for the mission was to send a manned mission to land on Dres, the main influencer of this belt, to see how it moves asteroids toward Kerbin.

Asteroid Armata: Launch

After a mission was set, N.S.P. quickly drew up the design for the lander of Dres, which could be similar to an average mun lander. And the vessel that would conduct this mission would be the mighty Astra Sailor. So, as launched day came around, Astra Sailor soared into the sky, and after 10 minutes it was already in orbit of Kerbin. And, with all systems ready to go, it started to aim towards Dres, the rocky asteroid planet.

Asteroid Armata: Transfer

Now that Astra Sailor was in position to start its burn, it primed its engines and blasted off toward Dres. This burn took roughly 12 minutes to complete, and yielded 3500 m/s of fuel left in the rocket, which was plenty to orbit Dres and return home. Along the way, though, many mid-course correction burns were done, which dropped it down to 3400 m/s.

Asteroid Armata: Landing

 After samples were taken, the lander inside the cargo bay was deployed, and it made its way down to the surface. On it's way down, it was able to make out some features of Dres. One of them, was that it seemed to be covered by big rocks that looked like Coal. Eventually, the lander touched down, and our brave kerbal, Aldo Kerman, went over to the rocks, and it seemed that it was in fact coal! How did this even occur? Possibly it had a lot of volcanic activity, which compressed the carbon into coal? If this is the case, then could there be diamonds?

After this discovery was made, Aldo Kerman constructed a science outpost that would transmit scientific data back to Kerbin, and his final act was to play golf on Dres. Then, he left the odd planet to return to the Astra Sailor.

Asteroid Armata: Return

Now that Aldo Kerman was on his way back to Astra Sailor, the mission was finally coming to an end. When he eventually docked back to the main ship, he programmed a flight path for the landed to take, which was to flyby Phissure, Dres' moon. After this, The Astra Sailor returned home, and all of the Kerbals were put on break for a while after their mission. However, data from the programmed lander showed that Phissure actually made the Dres system a binary system, meaning they orbit around a common center of mass known as a barycenter. Furthermore, Phissuer is oddly shiny, which may show that it is composed of metals. Perhaps in the future, a mission can be plotted to explore this unknown world. Perhaps Dres' gravity caused it to form by smashing asteroids together?

Asteroid Armata: Aftermath

Withholding new information about Dres, N.S.P., along with the International Space Committee, decided it would be best to send six satellites to near-Dres orbit to image, gather scientific data, and transmit signals to act as a deep space network. With this, N.S.P. would gain the much needed science of the region, and the flight paths of asteroids would be determined.