Titan Cronus:
A Ringed Mystery
Titan Cronus:
A Ringed Mystery
The Start
After finding success in the Jool System, the Kerbelian Government started to fund N.S.P. to go further, and to explore other possible places in which Kerbals could live. After a lot of consideration, Saranus was picked as a place to look for places to live. However, only the Gas giant has ever been photographed, and it is unknown if it has moons. So, Titan Cronus was launched on an Astra Sailor off of Celestial Shores in Laythe.
Transfer
Now that the Astra Sailor was in orbit of Laythe, it began it's long burn towards Saranus. After roughly 10 days of burning at peak efficiency , it was on course to intercept the planet at it's orbital line to begin the adventures of Titan Cronus.
Approach
After traveling 280 million kilometers in 2 years, Astra Sailor finally started to get pulled into Saranus, and while this was happening, scientific data was collected along with pictures. The data collected showed the Kerbals that there are 4 moons Orbiting Saranus: Hale, Ovok, Eeloo, Slate, and Tekto. After taking a look at many of the moons, Tekto was selected as the prime place to explore with the probe that was onboard the Titan Cronus.
Capture
Hour by hour, the Astra Sailor came closer and closer to Saranus. When it was at its Perigee, it fired its thrusters to slow down to an orbital speed. After this, it released the Titan Cronus Probe to allow for it to be free and roam the Saranus system. After this happened, the Astra Sailor returned back to Celestial Shores in Laythe.
Maneuvering
Now that the Titan Cronus Probe was free to do whatever it wanted around Saranus, its first objective was to go explore Tekto, and what made it so special. At the start of the burn, all was going good, until a radiator started to malfunction. Due to this malfunction, the burn was abruptly ended, and the probe went into safe mode for a full orbit. Then, after a full orbit, it resumed it's mission toward Tekto.
Arrival
After coasting in orbit for 15 days, the probe finally made it to Tekto. Now, all that the probe needed to do was slow down, and it did so perfectly. Now, scientific experiments started to run, and the data showed that Tekto had an exosphere that went all the way to 900 kilometers. Furthermore, surface scans showed that Tekto had surface liquids, and also resources.
Tekto Exploration
Now that Tekto was found to be an ideal place to set up a colony around Saranus, the explorer probe was launched off of the Titan Cronus, and it fired its retro-thrusters to enter the atmoshpere. After atmospheric entry, beautiful sights were seen, and clouds were detected too. Oddly enough, the surface liquid was seen too, as the probe landed right on a beach! After it landed gracefully, scientific data starting piling in, showing that the atmosphere is made up of 97% nitrogen, and 3% chlorine. Furthermore, this atmosphere reaches out to 95 kilometers, while the surface gravity is fairly weak at 2.45 m/s^2. Now, most intriguingly, the ocean seems to be made up of Ethane, or a form of crude oil. How odd, could this mean there was plant life here before that produced this carbon fuel? Another piece of data indicates that the atmosphere is very windy, but somehow not corrosive like EVE's.
Orbit
After the probe landed, the Titan Cronus stayed in orbit of Tekto to continue doing surface scans, and to allow for the probe on the surface to continue transmitting data back to Kerbin. However, an intresting piece of data was sent to Kerbin that shocked everyone: Sulfur exists at the bottom of the ocean. This means that Methanogen Bacteria could be the cause of this Ethane-like ocean.