Day 3:
"Hey, Y/N, wake up! We gotta execute the burn to get into orbit around Minmus!" You clamber to your station, still half asleep... You buckle in, preparing for the kick of the RE-M3 Mainsail engine. You stare down to the rough, blue pearl that has been complimented with smooth lakes of what scientists have presumed to be crystal salt. It is impossible to tell however what it is due to the limitations of Kerbal tech, and the fact that any samples brought on board have a tendency to dissolve due to the heat of the cockpit. "It's a shame we're not landing down there, it looks so beautiful from up here." You utter in a low tone. "Are you kidding me? Minmus might look nice from up here but you'd be surprised how monotonous it gets down there, no adventure, all blue rocks, trust me I've been down there a dozen times. This mission though it might seem to you like touching down on a big rock around another planet but for me it's a huge opportunity, the first time kerbals have been outside of the gravitational influence of Kerbin. Anyway, I'm rambling... we should probably be focusing on the task ahead and conserve the only conversation we have until we get to Ike, the maneuver should be coming up in about 3 minutes." And with that you focus on your station and await the kick of the engine. "Burn initiating in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" All through the burn you monitor the remaining fuel you have in the tanks, occasionally giving updates to Valentina while she is focusing on the pitch of the craft. "Burn completed, we're now in orbit around Minmus, now for the hard part." Valentina says as she flicks a small switch, just as she does this a green light shines on your station revealing the RCS fuel counter. "Keep an eye on that, I'm sure they packed extra but keep an eye on it just in case." she says as she grasps a secondary joystick. About 30 minutes later of maneuvering and slowing down to get at it's speed, things you can't help with apart from keeping an eye on the RCS fuel counter (Needless to say it was a boring 30 minutes), you come close to the Minmus Fuel Station. "Alright, we are about 3km away from the Minmus Fuel Station now Y/N, maybe you can have a chat with it's crew about fuel." Valentina says in a joking tone. Because of the amount of fuel you had before you never really checked the RCS fuel, you checked up on it now and find it is extremely low! "Hey, Valentina, we got no RCS fuel!" you say in a panicking tone. "Shit, shit, shit... got any ideas Y/N?" As a matter of fact you do! "I have one, turn the ship around and use the engine as the force to get us closer to it slow us down when we get close to it. We can use whatever RCS fuel we have left to get closer and farther away from the docking port once we have rendezvoused with the station." You say, proud of your quick thinking. "It's worth a try... hold on, gonna turn the ship around now." About 5 minutes later you were coming up close to the Minmus Fuel Station. You feel yourself rotating as you prepare to do the second burn to slow yourself down from 145 m/h relative to the target to the same speed as the target, you're glad you have an experienced pilot at the helm. You feel the kick as you are slightly pushed forward by the force. "It worked Y/N! It worked!" Valentina stretches out her arm between your two stations and a high-five commences. "Woah, where the hell did they come from?" said a voice through the intercom. "This is Valentina Kerman requesting to dock at the MFS for refuel for the mission to Ike." said Valentina Kerman whilst pressing a few buttons on the control panel. "Request granted, welcome to the MFS Val and Y/N." You and Valentina stay the night at the MFS after successfully docking with them. You meet Bill kerman on the MFS and chat about it's construction. Fortunately for both you and Valentina, Bill and the other crew of the MFS are taking the night shift. You complete a few more levels on Super Jebediah Land and get to bed.