What is the most HORRIBLE way one of your kerbals died

[Dat Kerbal Dude]

the most horrible way i killed my krew mates?

Making a unstable Space Shuttle,and launch it with the krew aboard the shuttle,6 kerbals died from that incident.

[GDJ]

I killed Jeb. He went parasailing in Jool's Atmosphere. It was glorious until the end.

I think he managed to get down about 75 km before he poofed.

[kerbiloid]

A Kerbal turned into a spiky deformed geometrical figure due to some common bug in 3d.

I had seen that many times before, in Fallouts.

[kpdavatar]

When I first started playing KSP, I went into sand box mode.

Try for orbit by adding MORE boosters.

Reached Kerbin escape velocity and no fuel left.

The flight path was out past the planets and back into the Sun.

Jeb took a long(years) ride out and then long(years) ride back to burn up in the Sun.

Jeb had plenty of time to think while waiting to hit the Sun.

 

 

 

[Dave Kermin]

Other than a reentry mishap in career mode, it had to be in sandbox mode in a make up of the SR-71 (the KR-71) that both Bob and Jeb went head first into the hangar during a failed landing attempt. 

[The_Arcitect]

I mean, like a year ago, I had a kerbal EVA. He got thrown by ike back to duna.

He did not open his parachute in time. (I don't remember if he had one...)

[s_gamer101]

I wanted to test my lander which has command seats. So I teleported it to orbit using Hyperedit - but I forgot that the Kerbals should put up their helmets (of course I reverted the flight)

I never let Kerbals really die, I always load a quicksave or revert the flight.

[T-20000]

Well, I over heated a Kerbal. 

 

Edited October 14, 2020 by T-20000

[Corona688]

On 10/11/2020 at 8:24 PM, kpdavatar said:

When I first started playing KSP, I went into sand box mode.

Try for orbit by adding MORE boosters.

Reached Kerbin escape velocity and no fuel left.

The flight path was out past the planets and back into the Sun.

Jeb took a long(years) ride out and then long(years) ride back to burn up in the Sun.

Jeb had plenty of time to think while waiting to hit the Sun.

Hitting the sun is not easy for experienced players!  Kudos.

[Commodore_32]

During a crew bailout in my (failed) space shuttle, It was falling backwards (?) straight into the ocean, so I got everyone out and when I got Bob out, the shuttle started rolling, causing the wing to struck Bob's head and possibly making brain damage, he died by saving the other 3 members.

[Sarxis]

Had a Kerbal start rubber-banding after he landed head-first onto the ground and just wouldn't stop accelerating. 

 

Don't even ask! It's still giving me nightmares 

Edited October 18, 2020 by Sarxis

[Vezbot]

I was landing a class C asteroid on Kerbin, for scientific reasons. But the thing went so fast through the atmosphere at such low altitudes that I knew I had no hope of landing the thing with parachutes. The asteroid hit the ground at about 1100 m/s, exploding every part attached to the asteroid, the resulting impact also killed the asteroid recovery crew instantly (r.i.p crew pod attached to back part of asteroid, the poor guys had no chance of surviving, I wouldn't either after instant deceleration from 1100 m/s to 400 m/s, if not for the sheer force of the impact disintegrating every part, the g forces would reduce a kerbal to green paste. 

Rest in peace, f for respects. At least the asteroid came to a stop, future kerbals will remember the space rock that claimed the lives of two brave kerbonauts as they gather science from it.

Kerbonaut names:

Marsted Kerman (pilot)

Bartdard Kerman (engineer)

Edited October 19, 2020 by Vezbot
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[Vezbot]

On 10/10/2020 at 2:10 PM, purpleivan said:

I'm guessing this kerbal was found with their sticky fingers in Jeb's snacks locker, then not so politely being told they could walk back to Kerbin, by being chucked out of the airlock.

Hopefully the pressurized air to vacuum will cause the kerbal to fly in the right direction to most likely not survive atmospheric re-entry to Kerbin.

[Regor]

"""""ACCIDENTALLY"""" turned on 12000kN engine in space while poor Jeb was in line of sight... RIP

[Kerbernicus]

I'm sure this one has already been posted, but Mirger Kerman got up to about 40 m/s on a Munar EVA and didn't quite make it over a rise.  Poof.  Never did that one before.  Usually they just tumble and bounce.

[JcoolTheShipbuilder]

well doing a test.... a kerbal was recycled in a recycler and i got organics......
oh god

[noname_hero]

Picked up a rescue contract, got a hold of the target capsule, had to save and exit.

Came back to play a few days later, forgot I didn't transfer the rescuee, deorbitted the wreckage, pushed the rescue vessel back into orbit, switched vessels.

Didn't even notice I'm missing a kerbal and was surprised to see a dead one listed in my kerbonaut center some time later.

[Turf]

On 10/23/2020 at 9:12 AM, JcoolTheShipbuilder said:

well doing a test.... a kerbal was recycled in a recycler and i got organics......
oh god

A kerbal walked on an EL recycler.... No scraps for me.

[MaksutBaba]

I forgot ı was using a old version and jumped then the bad end

[Fraktal]

Mine was pretty low-key: I physics-warped while walking downhill on a steep slope. Tripped over and instantly spaghettified.

[paul23]

I was happily landing head first into the ground, so should be safe.

 

When I suddenly accidentally rotate the kerbin making it land on its lags and going 'poof' when traveling nearly 100 meter/second.

[KSC Internal Affairs]

I was testing a rocket in sandbox mode before putting it in my science mode save. Apparently, I made the noob mistake of  putting the coupler first, and the Airstream Protective Shell second. I was burning through my  second stage when I press the button to decouple it.  What happens is, the de-coupler shoots the Airstream Protective Shell forward and the pieces explode while the de-coupler smashes into the service module, containing valuable donut fuel tanks for the trip home. The tanks explode and my kerbal is ejected out of the capsule. I then attempt to EVA to one of my space stations and end up dying due to re-entering the atmosphere and having jeb become a meteor man. 

 

[tosha]

not dead, but I stranded Jeb on eve, where he tried for two hours to swim to shore before accepting his doom

[Guest]

Got a contract for rescuing a kerbal, stranded in low Kerbin orbit. Accepted, got there and brought him back to the KSC.

He was then immediately strapped back on the very same SSTO that rescued him and sent alone on a one-way mission to Eve's surface

Edited October 29, 2020 by Guest

[kerbiloid]

When KSC has first time exploded, one of my Kerbals was sitting on that toilet seat...

We knew about that from partially melted iPhone on the bottom...