u/stephensmat

Back in Season 3, Karen essentially pulled off a coup; and took over Helios. Dev tried to take everyone with him, and failed, because he was a billionaire, and they all needed to eat.

The thing is, that was the last we saw of Dev, until the plot needed him. We found him at the start of the next season, holed up in a beachfront mansion, a recluse; telling people to get off 'his' beach.

The ten year time jumps hurt the plot sometimes, because any rel growth as a character has to happen on screen; which means a lot of them are stalled between seasons.

I've been half-hoping that Dev has a 'deus ex machina' to throw at the current situation. But thinking about it now; it's in character for him to hunker down in 'his' patch of Mars, within his private mountain. Last time, he was sulking because Karen hurt his plans. This time, it's because the revolution made him bleed. A war is one thing, but actually being beat up? "Lock the doors, steal all the medicine!"

But it's done better this time, because they took the time to build a rapport between Dev and Alex.

After all, how did they get Dev back in the game at the start of Season 4? Kelly showed up and gave him a swift kick. Having her son show up to do the same would be a great callback.

I love space. I was raised on Arthur C Clarke and Robert Heinlein and Gene Rodenberry by my father. One of my earliest memories is going to the movies with my dad to watch Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks on the big screen; and at least once a month i still watch The Martian, Interstellar...

I bought KSP1 when it was very EA. I was too young and impatient, and the learning curve was outrageous, and my PC at the time was a potato. So I never really bothered with it.

Then, years later. I saw the first teaser for KSP2. I got inspired. I sat down, tried to learn the theory. This time I had years worth of playthroughs and tutorials on YouTube. I got... passably good.

Today I have almost 1800 hours in KSP1.

I was newer to the game than most when it became clear that KSP2 was going to break our hearts; but i wept along with everyone else, just the same.

If nothing else, the trailers were amazing enough to inspire a guy with serious attention span problems to sit and build a space program. I still watch those trailers.

Like most of us, I look to KSA as what KSP2 should have been. But I'm still grateful that the failed game existed at all.

Its brought me here.