Would you press "z"?

[Jimbodiah]

[Dman979]

Yes.

[RixKillian]

From the looks of it he isn't actually in the plume path, but rather in the distance. So yes.

[Just Jim]

Absolutely not! 

Edited March 14, 2016 by Just Jim

[YargJay9991]

It depends what outcome you want and where the Kerbal is actually positioned.

If you want him on an orbital escape, and he is actually next to the motor, then YES.

If not, then NO.

If you want to leave him behind, and he is not in front of the motor's exhaust, then YES.

An interesting question with some interesting results... 

Also, I'm not sure the Spacecraft Exchange is the right place for this thread, you're not sharing a craft, just a pic.

Maybe get it moved to General KSP Discussion or something.

Happy Flying

YargJay9991

EDIT: Oh, and the engine actually needs to be ON to work anyway.

Edited March 14, 2016 by YargJay9991

[Stocchinet]

Only if it's billy-bobfred or any other variation of that name, i'm sick of his family

[Logan.Darklighter]

I wouldn't. 

Based on the above, it's impossible to tell whether the Kerbal and the ship are falling toward the ground or in orbit. If in orbit, this is just a standard EVA, and pressing Z will either fry him or strand him in orbit. 

If both are falling, it's a slightly different matter. If, as I and others suspect, the Kerbal is not actually lined up directly with the engine, then pressing "Z" will do nothing except move this dangerous hunk of falling metal AWAY from him. 

In my game saves this would be a GOOD thing, as I equip all my Kerbals with parachutes by default. (Vanguard and default plug-in) So he can land safely and watch a great fireworks show! 

Besides - how often have you seen Danny2462 use engine exhaust to launch Kerbals between planets? Yeah - they can survive that. So pressing Z won't necessarily kill a Kerbal in this situation, but it's definitely RUDE. 

[TopHeavy11]

Is it a villain, or a hero? If villain, BURN BURN BUURRRN! If hero, NO!!!

[Evanitis]

I would, without a second thought.
Especially since keyboards are silly in my country, and Y-Z is switched.

Edited March 14, 2016 by Evanitis

[Jimbodiah]

The Kerbal is directly behind the engine, so it is to scale and both are in a stable orbit (just rescued him so he is EVA-ing to the command module and I just spotted the photo oppertunity). The engine is a J2-X, which is huge, but you should see the F1

10 hours ago, YargJay9991 said:

Also, I'm not sure the Spacecraft Exchange is the right place for this thread, you're not sharing a craft, just a pic.

Last time I did that, a mod moved it here, so I just place pictures here now

 

The ship in the photo is my Kerbin Tourist shuttle, it brings 6 tourists on a orbital tour of the Mun and Minmus before returning. I also have a lander version that can do the same trip but also land 6 kerbals on both Mun and Minmus. I could use smaller engines like the RL10, but I have no patience for the long burns and the J2X just looks cooler  

Edited March 14, 2016 by Jimbodiah

[Dman979]

Yeah, but if you zoom in you can see that his foot is behind the back of the engine bell. I don't think that you're right, Jimbodiah.

[Spaceception]

If it's a orange suit; no

Any other Kerbal; YES

[Jimbodiah]

10 minutes ago, Dman979 said:

Yeah, but if you zoom in you can see that his foot is behind the back of the engine bell. I don't think that you're right, Jimbodiah.

Then he just floated beyond the engine while I made the screenshot, I will make another one where you can see the size

Edited March 14, 2016 by Jimbodiah

[Spaceception]

Just now, Jimbodiah said:

Then he just floated beyond the engine while I made the screenshot, I will make another one where you can see the size

Hey, we have the same sig quote

Edited March 14, 2016 by Spaceception

[Jimbodiah]

I don't know where I found it, but it seemed appropriate for KSP

[Jimbodiah]

So, the majority would make roasted marshkerbals in this situation

[Castille7]

Looking at the first screen shot, if calculated correctly hitting "Z" could reduce the Kerbals descent to just enough where his jet pack will give him a safe landing. Keep in mind that suit can resist those temperatures this is Squad Product were talking about here....... 

[max_creative]

The kerbal in there is a strutty eyed missile kerb.

[PTGFlyer]

I would totally press Z if

A) It wasn't one of the orange suits or someone with a really cool name

B) A Kerbal had already died (if in career or science mode)

[Frank_G]

Never ever... 

[justmeman117]

Depends on whether or not it's bob. That coward needs to fry. GO TEAM JEB.

[max_creative]

23 hours ago, justmeman117 said:

Depends on whether or not it's bob. That coward needs to fry. GO TEAM JEB.

JEB FTW!!!