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alexkehling: I plan for there to be BDArmory parts in here, and they'll make a cameo as a completely new company (Like Rockomax, Jeb's Junkyard, ect).

MrMorriss[Guest]: Definitely fighting, I dunno about diplomatic relationships. Probably; a story with only explosions would be boring.

The group of two KSP jeeps moved across the landscape.

Bob Kerman, being the scientist of the group, was jotting down notes of the local wildlife, flora and fauna, of the area. The species here seemed a lot more diverse than the ones on Kerbin.

"This is Valentina Kerman of Rover 1," Val spoke into the radio of the front jeep. "Bob, Bill, we see a small group of buildings up ahead. Should we go and check?"

When there were buildings, there were beings. Where there were beings, there was potential for friendly relationships.

Or not.

But they were an expeditionary team. Go out, make some friends, make an army out of those friends, blow some stuff up, and come home for dinner at the end of the day.

The group of buildings ahead of them were simple. They were made of some of the local trees.

Driving up to them, Jeb stopped the jeep and jumped out.

It was unusually quiet here.

Jeb then saw one of those strange Kerbal-like pale colored creatures walking around. It was holding a stick in its hand.

"Ey!" Jeb exclaimed to him. "Hello!"

The Kerbal-like creature froze, turned its head around, yelped, and ran into a building.

According to the Public Relations branch, anyone that isn't attacking them is friendly.

So Jeb just left it at that.

Returning to the jeeps, Valentina asked,"Any luck?"

"No. I saw one, but it ran away."

Bob Kerman, who was rummaging in the trunk of one of the jeeps for science supplies, poked his head up. "You need help?" he asked.

"Probably."

Jeb and Bob both went to the cluster of buildings together, and they stopped by one particularly large building. Bob knocked on the door.

The door opened, and one of those Kerbal-like creatures opened the door. It was taller than the one Jeb saw earlier.

It spoke something in gibberish, before slamming the door.

Bob knocked again, and when they didn't open the door, he opened it himself.

The Kerbal-like creature retreated back.

Bob just made a few hand gestures. He was holding out a Kerbal book, pointing at it and the words, and then pointed at a bookshelf inside the building.

The Kerbal-like creature realized Bob had no malicious intent and gave Bob one of their books. Bob didn't have much on him except for a few spare Cubic Octagonal Struts, so he gave those.

Headed back for their jeeps, Jeb asked,"What did you do, Bob?"

"Oh," Bob Kerman replied. "I just asked for a dictionary."

Seemed reasonable.

Later, the group were headed towards a forest fire they detected nearby.

Because fire and Kerbals mix very, very well, right?

Really, they were bored and just wanted to see a bit of the local wildlife burn to the ground.

What they didn't expect was to see a huge winged beast fly through the air. When they arrived at the site that was on fire, they found out it was a village.

Or what used to be one.

The only parts of the village intact were the stone parts of buildings. There were also a few burnt creatures laying about. None of them were alive.

However, Jeb happened to look at a hole in the ground lined with rocks around. There was water at the bottom, along with one unburnt and uninjured creature.

According to what Bob has managed to translate from the book, this particular creature had pointed extrusions on the side of their head called ears. The ones with pointed ears are Elves, while the ones without pointed ears are generally this other species called Human.

They decided to bring the Elf specimen with them. Driving the jeeps through the burnt buildings and then through the forest, they planned to get home quickly, since the Kerbals at main base had proper medical equipment.

Upon arriving at that village they encountered earlier, Bob Kerman managed to converse roughly with the villagers with what he learned. He told them about that weird flying winged creature that fired fire out of its mouth like a Rockomax-brand engine.

They promptly panicked, and said to the Kerbals that they witnessed a large flying creature called a Fire Dragon burn down a village.

They then explained that the Fire Dragon would most likely attack the village if it isn't evacuated. The villagers also told the Kerbals they should leave for their safety.

The Kerbal refused, and insisted to stay to help the evacuation.

"I'm helping these people load their cargo, alright?"

"Okay, then. I'm going to see if there are any bumps or holes in the road."

"I'll radio to the base. They'll probably send a few escort vehicles to help us."

"Hustle, everyone!"

All four Kerbals were busy helping with the local populace. As of now, almost the entire village was ready to leave.

That was, until disaster struck, in a way.

One of the wagons in the front of the convoy collapsed under its own weight and was blocking the road. Jeb Kerman was getting everyone out of it.

However, the creature pulling that wagon (it was called a horse, according to the villagers) had panicked and nearly knocked over Bill when he tried to calm it. It was also dangerously close to one of the smaller Humans, one that was thrown out of the wagon and laid on the ground, injured.

This one strangely dressed blue-haired human ran over and kneeled beside the injured Human.

And then, the horse, still bound to the fallen wagon, flailed around, ready to fall onto the two Humans.

It was then that Jeb knew he could only do one thing.

Pulling out his Seperatron-powered gun, he fired three of his twelve shots into the horse.

This red liquid sprayed everywhere.

Later, Bob would tell Jeb that the red liquid was blood, a thick liquid that all creatures in this world have to survive. Lack of blood, he said, would cause death, and overdose of blood would cause unplanned spontaneous detonation and thus, death.

Jeb really wished Bob didn't tell him that.

With the two Humans saved, the wagon cleared from the road and repaired, and everyone ready to move, the convoy of wagons moved out.

But these are Kerbals, so something weird is bound to happen sooner or later.

Agh, I keep writing in first person. It's getting annoying for me to have to go back and check.

Bob can learn a new language in less than two hours. CauseTheyreKerbals.