What Happens When You Exceed Active Kerbal Limit?

[Khorso]

What happens when I rescue more Kerbals than my astronaut complex is rated to hold? I'm at my max of 12, and I have three or four rescue contracts underway... Do I get to keep them if I bring them down, or must I upgrade my facility to keep them? I don't want to lose valuable engineers/scientists this way.

-Khorso

Edited November 17, 2016 by Khorso

[Vanamonde]

Nothing happens. You just get freebie Kerbals.

[bewing]

It means that you will not be allowed to spend exorbitant amounts of money to hire more of them until you upgrade the AC. So the only negative effect is a hiring ban.