Kerbal Forensics

[Khesperus]

I discovered today that I have two kerbals listed as K.I.A. and I have no idea what happened to them.

Is there some kind of record in the save file? 

Were they victims of that overly complex rotating ring station that I made? Or did I fall asleep after their de-orbit burn late one night and forget to stage the 'chutes?

Or did I get them home safe and then send them on a collision course with Jool, but forgot to set a KAC alarm for the mid-course correction burn?

I need  to know !!!!

Edited January 20, 2020 by Khesperus

[Fierce Wolf]

Only God and the Kraken know what happened to those poor souls, may they rest in peace. I'm sure the vessel's blackbox won't be found neither.

[AHHans]

Well, if you look in the save-file for the entry of said Kerbals, then there is is a section called "CAREER_LOG" (and "FLIGHT_LOG", but I think for dead Kerbals that's empty) that lists all career related events of the Kerbals. That should at least tell you on what kind of mission they were (which CBs they visited) and in which SOI they were for their fatal mission.

E.g. if the last entry before their death was "Suborbit,Kerbin" then they probably had a fatal accident during re-entry.

Edited January 22, 2020 by AHHans
fixed typo

[Khesperus]

Thank you AHHans. There's the answer.

I fell asleep during de-orbit and failed to deploy chutes.

[έķ νίĻĻάίή]

Also, K.I.A means killed in action...

[Khesperus]

1 hour ago, έķ νίĻĻάίή said:

Also, K.I.A means killed in action...

Yes. I wanted to know why.

[έķ νίĻĻάίή]

3 hours ago, Khesperus said:

Yes. I wanted to know why.

I’m just saying... Because why not?...

 

On 1/21/2020 at 3:52 AM, Khesperus said:

I fell asleep during de-orbit and failed to deploy chutes

They were killed because of that event, quite obviously