Kerbal

Kerbal astronaut in EVA

Kerbals are the native denizens of the planet Kerbin. Kerbals appear to be bipedal. Mature kerbals stand roughly 0.75 meters in height.

Kerbals have a massive head with respect to their bodies, being nearly 50% of an adult kerbal's body mass.

Biology

Kerbal from Kerbalizer

• Although kerbals appear mostly hairless, they have notable hair growth occurring chiefly on the top of the head.

• Kerbal skin hues appear to range from light green to pale green.

• Kerbals are capable of spending years in space without showing any signs of muscle atrophy or other ill effects.

• Kerbals can survive for years with minimal food and oxygen supply. One theory is that they are able to enter a state of hibernation to endure long space travels.

• Kerbals are prone to dying from shock when exposed to unexpected technological innovations. Anecdotal evidence for this can be found in the descriptions of the Rockomax Hubmax Multi-Point Connector and the RoveMax Model 3.

• All kerbals seem to be male, judging by their names. They might also be genderless.

Language

• Kerbals can speak, as of some recent trailers. Currently they do not speak in-game.
• In trailers they speak reverse spanish

Material culture and technology

• Limited observation makes this difficult to determine. Kerbal technology and architecture appears to share many similarities with the modernized nations of Earth during the 1970-2000's.

• Due to the humorous descriptions of parts in-game, it can be assumed Kerbals are, to some extent, less intelligent than Human Beings.

Gallery

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  Kerbalizer's Kerbal example

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  Bob Kerman on the Mun

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  KSC staff