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|shipname     = SCSS ''K-1''
|shipimage    = 
|caption      = 
|hull         = Custom ([http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/kislerk1.htm Kistler K-1])
|length       = 
|width        = 6.7m diameter
|height       = 36.9m
|mass         = 382,300 kg
|drivetype    = 2x Aerojet/Russian NK-33 engines plus 1x Aerojet/Russian NK-43 engine (LAP)<br />Kistler AJ26-60 engine (OV)
|driverating  = Max velocity 0.04c
|weapons      = 
|manufacturer = Rocketplane Kistler
|owner        = [[Artemis Foundation]]
|flag         = Woomera, Australia, [[Earth]]
|faction      = 
|registry     = AF-99-1
|datelaunched = 6 July 2014
|purpose      = Station resupply, [[International Space Station]]
|crew         = K-1 (ship's AI)
|supcrew      = 
|auxvehicles  = 
|status       = '''Active'''
}}
The '''K-1 Vehicle''' is the [[Artemis Foundation]]'s primary non-crewed resppply spacecraft in [[Cislunar Space]].

==History==

The K-1 was originally designed by Kistler as a two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle for [[NASA]]'s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program of the 1990s. Despite a sound design and substantial progress in turning that design into reality, Kistler's bankruptcy and merger with Rocketplane caused delays in the project that caused the K-1 to be mothballed.

The plans and what existed of the prototype sat in storage for over a decade, until being purchased by the [[Artemis Foundation]]. The contract to turn the prototype into a space-capable, handwaved vehicle was awarded to the [[Soviet Air Force]],<ref>The contract was accepted by [[Sora Hasegawa]], over the objections of [[Malaclypse Fnord|Mal Fnord]].</ref> who took less than a month to complete the job. Perhaps because of the involvement of engineer Hasegawa, the K-1 developed a personality based on that of Keiichi ("K-1") Morisato from ''Ah My Goddess.''

K-1 is content to serve as the resupply vehicle for the [[International Space Station]] and [[Beta]], with only a few trips off each year to take part in [[asteroid racing]].

==Quirks==

* G''oing to pieces:'' The AI for K-1 is located in the Orbital Vehicle (OV), which can separate from the larger Launch Assist Platform (LAP). When detached, the LAP is dead weight, while the OV has a top speed of 0.055c but cannot lift cargo into orbit.

* ''I call all lands home:'' With a body by a US company, thrusters of a Russian design, and a home base in Australia, K-1 sees himself as a citizen of the world.

* ''Should I or shouldn't I?'' K-1 wouldn't mind a girlfriend, but is hesitant to try to find one, lest he summon a goddess to Fenspace.

* ''I can't drive .055:'' Avid asteroid racer (OV only) in his spare time.

==Notes==
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