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The ION PRINCESS

The ION PRINCESS

7/2/25
v.3.1
finial version
Crew of 7

NO MODS
ONLY STOCK GAME/DLC PARTS USED TO CRAFT

If it won't fit in the ION MAIDEN then it's up to the PRINCESS to get it into Orbit ... they're special, plus it's just a damn good looking Ship.

Comes with an Hands Free Auto Orbit Launch Sequence and two K-38 Spaceplanes.
To use it turn SAS and RCS on and go full Throttle, then just use the Action Group.
The Schwartz 400 Lifter will decouple at a point where it will reenter to avoid clutter around Kerbin and the PRINCESS can finish off the Orbit on ION power.

The ION PRINCESS is the sister ship to The ION MAIDEN, it is a Kerbal Spaceplane Carrier and Bomber. The ION PRINCESS carries two K-38 Space Planes into orbit. You can Bomb stuff with the remote-guided AUX Fuel Tank, so it's a Bomber too.
I like to keep a Princess on standby Orbit because it's the easiest Vessel to re-dock the K-38's to, a 90 deg approach works out great, so The Princess makes a good Pit-Stop for wayward K's coming Home. I can disembark one of the K's onboard to make some room and go out and meet the incoming K. It can replace the K's deployed by the TIGER CLAW on it's patrols. It's more of a transport than a Vessel of the Line. It remains a favorite with my Kerbal's because they all like to practice reentries with both types of K's.

Like all the Craft in the Home World ION Navy it has an ION Cruise speed of 2/3rds and an AFK Speed of 1/3 and over 8 hours of ION power. You can set up maneuvers in the distance (time) and then dial in the Throttle to match and it's like setting a course. It arrives on station in orbit with over 18,000 units of Liquid Fuel and has LF Engines For Maneuvers and Captures. It was designed to be able to patrol Kerbin and it's Moons and be able to deploy the Detachable Remote Fuel Cell someplace if desired (it has it's own Guidance Pod). It can also be used as fuel for the PRINCESS just enable cross-feed on the Docking Ports. Or substitute other Payload. There is a 7 Kerbal Crew Reentry Capsule with Heat Shields and Parachutes. The 4 Terrier Engines are useful in balancing out different loads in place of the AUX Fuel Cell and or running without it.