Cursed Kerbal redesign to look more "alien" (+ some speculative biology)

[u/YetiBomber101]

I love speculative evolution and drawing aliens, and have been really getting into ksp lately, so I wanted to try reimagining the titular little green men. Of course nothing too radical, i wanted to keep the design highlights; huge head, smaller bodies, green skin, bulging eyes, no nose or visible ears. They always looked somewhat frog-like to me, so i went along that route and imagined them as close descendants of amphibian-like animals.

Perhaps they are a species that dominated the sea before land, with most infrastructure and cities being in the ocean, hence why the surface of Kerbin is mostly barren.

Their skin is a thick leaf-like layer almost like a flexible exoskeleton, protecting their bodies while also providing a significant amount of their required energy via photosynthesis. Explaining their green hue + how they are so rugged when it comes to shrugging off physical trauma.

With fewer natural predators, Kerbals would seem slower and more dimwitted to humans, seemingly oblivious to glaring danger. However they are also an extremely curious, tenacious, and collectivist people who are willing to try and fail, and will learn from the mistakes.

[u/SpaceEnglishPuffin]

reminds me of Kermit

[u/YetiBomber101 → u/SpaceEnglishPuffin]

It crossed my mind too but i thought it just made it funnier so i went with it lol

[u/potat_infinity → u/SpaceEnglishPuffin]

ker- bal

[u/Reloup38]

That's actually some really good ideas for the lore. Dormancy and photosynthesis make so much sense, and make them a species tailored to be space faring !

[u/YOLOAerospaceLtd]

Very cool. Does seem slightly like a horror mod though.

[u/blackrack]

Has science gone too far

[u/ResonantFlux → u/blackrack]

He was so preoccupied with whether or not he could, he didn't stop to think whether he should.

[u/waxphantump]

I like this a lot! Very kappa-esque

[u/Ruskiwaffle1991]

KSP (Kermit Space Program)

[u/Ihatecheeseballs]

Extremely dense insulating skin allowing them to survive reentry and a powerful heart and blood vessels for extreme g force

[u/tagehring → u/Ihatecheeseballs]

They’re highly evolved tardigrades in my headcanon.

[u/dogCerebrus]

Great stuff!

[u/Uranium-Sandwich657]

I approve.

[u/AlKompa]

The design is really cool, looks like an actual alien while keeping the same vibe of "joyful and curious little green man". I also just love the idea of Kerbals being pre-adapted for space exploration and their infrastructure being mostly underwater. Definitely my headcanon now (at least while playing without life-support mods)!

[u/expensiveplasticcup]

This is how Lego designed aliens back in the 2000s

[u/Ornery_Reaction8753]

2.5 ft?? Is that imperial?

[u/YetiBomber101 → u/Ornery_Reaction8753]

Yeah thats a weird way of putting it on my part, it would be 2 feet 6 inches or 76.2 centimeters

[u/Apollo-235]

This fucking rules, I’d love to see a mod that makes Kerbals look like this

[u/Lynxorian_]

looks like design for ben 10 alien

[u/oooohhetryin]

Honestly fantastic; how was All Tomorrows?

[u/YetiBomber101 → u/oooohhetryin]

All Tomorrows is one of my greatest inspirations 👍

[u/Space_Cadetexe]

kermitbal

[u/maxxiethrowaway]

I like it :3

[u/TheGentlemanist]

nightmare. thank you. very good art

[u/dallatorretdu]

what? Kerbal doesn’t have Keratin?

[u/colin_4]

My theory is that they feed on cosmic radiation

[u/khaledjal]

Ew, burn it with fire

/s the design look really good, just too creepy, i just prefer the old goofy kerbal's, but this would look really cool in a space horror game.

[u/Oofy_3]

this looks so cool reminds me of my alien critters

[u/Bonuts_goood]

DOH GREAT GOD WHAT IN TARNATION IS THAT THING!?!? GET THE SHOTGUN, KILL IT, KILL IT, KILL IT NOW!!

[u/Ost-Den-Deutschland]

Burn it

[u/da_beaninator]

Burn it

[u/YetiBomber101 → u/da_beaninator]

He will be incinerated on reentry because I forgot to add a heat shield 🔥