Can my Engineer do this?

[Primal68]

Can my Engineer do this?

Ok I pulled a stupid, I did a mission to put a Kerbal in orbit for a week. Did that got ready to come home and found out I replaced my pod but did not put a parachute on it. So my question is if I send up another pod with a parachute in storage and match orbit, can my Engineer take over a parachute and put it on the other ship? If I can't do that, then if I transfer the pilot from the one with no parachute, to another pod to get her down will it still complete the mission, or do I need to bring the pilot back in the same pod she went up in?

Edited February 6, 2021 by Gargamel
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[Gargamel]

@Primal68, The formatting on the post has been fixed to be readable, and the question has been moved to gameplay questions.    Welcome to the forums!

 

To answer the question, it depends on the mission requirements.  Create a savepoint and try both options.  

[Primal68]

Thanks will try it.

[vv3k70r]

36 minutes ago, Primal68 said:

So my question is if I send up another pod with a parachute in storage and match orbit, can my Engineer take over a parachute and put it on the other ship?

Yes.

I keep some parachutes in orbit on engineering vessel in case I do something stupid AGAIN.

Edited February 6, 2021 by vv3k70r

[Anonymous49]

does the engineer have a personal parachute? If yes, he could eject himself and press p to deploy it while the pod crash

[jimmymcgoochie]

If you’re using KSP 1.11 or the KIS and KAS mods, you can send up another mission with an Engineer to stick a parachute onto the parachute-less pod. Otherwise you’re probably better off just re-entering then bailing out of the pod (go EVA and let go) then using the Kerbal’s own parachute to land (they have one by default in every version up to 1.10.1 and it’s an optional inventory part in 1.11). If all else fails, send up another pod with the parachute attached and EVA your Kerbal (and any science data) across to the new pod, then come down in that and let the old pod orbit forever or dump it in the ocean.

[Anonymous49]

2 hours ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

If you’re using KSP 1.11 or the KIS and KAS mods, you can send up another mission with an Engineer to stick a parachute onto the parachute-less pod. Otherwise you’re probably better off just re-entering then bailing out of the pod (go EVA and let go) then using the Kerbal’s own parachute to land (they have one by default in every version up to 1.10.1 and it’s an optional inventory part in 1.11). If all else fails, send up another pod with the parachute attached and EVA your Kerbal (and any science data) across to the new pod, then come down in that and let the old pod orbit forever or dump it in the ocean.

by default everyone have a parachute in 1.11 so duh just use it. I always bring it in case of a emergency like this

[jimmymcgoochie]

45 minutes ago, Anonymous49 said:

by default everyone have a parachute in 1.11 so duh just use it. I always bring it in case of a emergency like this

By default they do, but you can remove them to save weight. Parachutes are dead weight on the Mun, for example.

[Anonymous49]

3 minutes ago, jimmymcgoochie said:

By default they do, but you can remove them to save weight. Parachutes are dead weight on the Mun, for example.

i never remove them i could use it as a backup abort system

[Amelia Belli1]

Thanks, I'll try it.