Rocket in quicksand

[tomf]

The flagship of my space agency is sinking.

I landed fine on a piece of flat, gently sloping land near the sea, a bit bumpy but nothing was broken.

I EVAd one kerbal, I switched back for the other and the landing legs sunk into the terrain to leave me resting on the engines.

I EVAd the second kerbal and switched back to the rocket. One of the engines fell off.

Now every time I switch to the rocket it sinks a little lower and another piece falls of.

Unfortunately I seem to have backed up the wrong save file.

Does anyone have any ideas of how to restore a working rocket? I am willing to use any method necessary.

[Deadpangod3]

Did you happen to quicksave (f5) in orbit? If so, then try quickloading it (f9) It should return you to when you quicksaved

Any chance you could post pics?

[tomf]

Sadly I saved over the quicksave and was for some reason creating backups of the persistance file instead. I'll try to post screenshots tonight

[tomf]

Here it is when I landed

After unloading the crew

Note that all the legs have now sunk into the ground

The view is currently focused one one of the mainsails which is no longer attached

[wasmic]

Hmmm, might be due to the high gravity of Eve. A small burn might bring the rocket up of the ground.

[tomf]

Bit late, half the engines have broken off