rescue kerbal that ran out of EVA propellant

[Belphegor]

so.. after a few in game years i'm finally going to retrieve bill from orbit. he got stuck there when working with KAS struts and somehow he attached a strut end point to his own helmet, this sent him spinning off into space and in a futile attempt to regain control he ran out of EVA propellant.

the strut detached from bill's large head after switching to the space center and back to bill, but now whenever i manouver the door of an empty command pod within his reach i don't get the prompt to grab the ladder. when i get too close and touch bill there's usually a baby kraken that slings him away from the craft quite violently.

now what are my options to get him back apart from terminating him? thanks

Edited September 1, 2015 by Belphegor

[Bloody_looser]

Since you are a mod user - install KIS and get him an extra EVA tank.

[Dafni]

Or maybe try grabbing him with the claw??

[Belphegor]

ah.. i have KIS installed, completely forgot about the EVA tanks. problem solved i guess, thanks

edit: can kerbals survive re-entry with the claw?

[Reactordrone]

Claw him with a ship that has an external command seat. Once he's grabbed you can transfer propellant to his backpack from a crewmember in the command chair and fly him to a hatch.

[Bloody_looser]

Or maybe try grabbing him with the claw??

Nah, I wouldn't advise that to anyone. Klaw is a Kraken-invoking item. Last time I used this thing it broke my universe.

can kerbals survive re-entry with the claw?

Nope

Edited September 1, 2015 by Bloody_looser

[Padishar]

Nah, I wouldn't advise that to anyone. Klaw is a Kraken-invoking item. Last time I used this thing it broke my universe.

Check out the "Stock Bugfix Mods", specifically the ModuleGrappleNodeFix part. It fixes lots of problems with the claw...

[Belphegor]

^ thanks for that.. i've been avoiding the claw because of it's glitchyness, maybe i can put it to use now

however bill will have to do with an extra eva tank , i'd like him to survive re-entry

[Pinchy]

Aside from the loss of poor Bill (hopefully not) - I find it hilarious at the thought of him attaching a strut to his own helmet!! Hilarious and for such a ridiculous mistake He should be demoted to 0 star and high stupidity

Brilliant!!

[cantab]

You could try catching him in a cargo bay and bringing him down that way. However he is liable to drift out when timewarping. If your orbital period is long you may have to keep recatching him. If it's short just use physical timewarp only, you can force it in space with alt+.

[ajburges]

I would recommend a klaw in a cargo bay.

The retractable landers lack a collision mesh. Use one of those pointing away from the craft if you want him to grab on.

If you can get a Kerbal through reentry, I believe you can still bounce them off their head. Use conspicuous amounts of airbrakes and a shallow descent to minimize heating and you may get away with an external Kerbal.

[Claw]

A bare kerbal isn't going to survive a reentry.

There are lots of ways to do it, but if you deliver another tank of fuel, might as well bring a pod with. In the past, I've also built a scoop type device with a seat or capsule hatch at the bottom. The seat is handy because it doesn't require contact. So you could hide a seat inside a cargo bay also, rather than a claw (if the bugginess is a concern).

Cheers,

-Claw

[FlyingPete]

You could grab him with a cargo bay or one of the inline service bays. If you can get him inside he should survive reentry