Kerbal Space Program - Interstellar Extended Tutorial - Episode 4 - Discovery Fusion Engine

Hey folks, Darth Alpha here my first of hopefully many KSP-IE tutorials! Most information about Interstellar Extended is woefully out of date, so I intend to show (almost) every engine, reactor, and some tips and tricks I've picked up along the way. Come and join me on this adventure!

Little bit of a shorter episode today, today we're going over the discovery fusion engine. This is one of the earliest fusion rocket engines that one gets access to in the tech tree. Nothing crazy special, but definitely something that could carry your new colony to Laythe, perform a Grand Tour of Jool, or anything else (short of interstellar travel) your heart desires!

Modlist:

B9 Part Switch
BetterTimeWarpContinued
Breaking Ground
ClickThrough Blocker
Community Resource Pack
Community Tech Tree
Community Terrain Texture Pack
Filter Extensions - Plugin
Galaxies Unbound - Alpha Centauri
Hangar Extender
Harmony 2
Hide Empty Tech Tree Nodes
Interstellar Fuel Switch
Interstellar Fuel Switch Core
Interstellar Redistributable
Kerbal Joint Reinforcement Continued
Kerbal Space Transport System
Kopernicus Planetary System Modifier
KSP Interstellar Extended
KSP Recall
Making History
MechJeb 2
ModularFlightIntegrator
Module Manager
Near Future IVA Props
Outer Planets Mod
Patch Manager
PersistentRotation Upgraded
ReStock
SpaceTux Library
Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux
Stockalike Station Parts Expansion Redux - Internal Spaces
Toolbar Controller
TweakScale - Rescale Everything!
TweakScale Redistributable

[davidsooley]

That fusion engine you passed over is great early on, but by the time you can reliably refine lithium in the wild you have access to way better engines.

It has great thrust, better isp than the forbidden lightbulb, and im pretty sure it doesn’t irradiate your friends. I have a cluster of 7 at default size that I use to push around all my early interplanetary hardware. It’s by no means an optimal setup but it gets the job done safe, quick and easy.

I have one or two cycling around somewhere and I should have ten.

[Max-wefe]

Interesting, but please upgrade your Voice recording skills!