Ground Station Progression

Turn KSP's extra CommNet ground stations into something you earn. At the start of a career, only the KSC tracking station is live. Every other ground station begins locked, and you unlock and upgrade them with research and Funds as you progress.

How it works

• KSC is never touched. Only the additional CommNet ground stations are gated.
• Each station moves up a shared three tier ladder. A tier becomes available once you research its required tech node, and you then pay a per station Funds cost to apply it.
• Upgrading depends only on tech and Funds, never on your Tracking Station building level.
• Each tier grants that station a stock DSN power level (1 to 3).
• In Sandbox and Science modes, upgrades are free.

Default tiers

Tiers, DSN levels, per tier costs, and per station overrides are all editable in GroundStationProgression.cfg.

Using it

Open the toolbar button (available in the Tracking Station, Map view, and Flight). The window lists every extra ground station with its current tier and the cost of the next upgrade, plus an Upgrade button when one is available. A toggle controls whether locked stations are drawn on the map.

In map view, unlocked stations show a dish icon and locked stations show a marked icon, both with hover tooltips.

Custom stations (optional)

You can define your own ground stations with CUSTOM_STATION blocks in the config (name, body, latitude, longitude, altitude). They are created at load and gated like the stock extra stations.

Requirements

• Kerbal Space Program 1.12.x
• CommNet enabled, with "Extra Groundstations" turned on in the CommNet difficulty settings so there are stations to gate.

Compatibility

• Built on stock CommNet.
• Compatible with CommNetManager.
• Compatible with Kerbalism.

Installation

Copy the GroundStationProgression folder into your KSP GameData directory so you end up with GameData/GroundStationProgression. If you use CKAN, install it from there instead.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.txt.