Allow users to change vessel type even with no charge in CM.

[Themohawkninja]

Just after I got my space station core into orbit, I undocked my probe from my station core (I only have the Stayputnik probe right now, so it isn't very aesthetically pleasing to leave on), and just as I was about to stage to fire my Seperatrons to deorbit the probe core to inevitably smash into the ground... I ran out of electric charge. In wanting to keep with the spirit of not making orbital debris magically disappear, I decided to re-designate it as a piece of debris. I was unable to do this however, as the button for changing a vessel's type seems to have disappeared as a result of my electrical charge running out.

Now, I don't see the logic of having that feature be dependent on electric charge, because in reality, once a satellite dies, it is considered a piece of debris. You didn't need the satellites electric charge to do that, as you just do it on the ground in mission control.

So, I suggest the simply suggestion of making the "change vessel type" feature independent of electric charge (and anything else for that matter).

[Dunbaratu]

I think the suggestion needs to go even further. Not only should you be able to do this with a dead battery but it shouldn't even require any command core at all. The naming of space objects is a thing people on the ground are doing. We name asteroids and comets sll the time. They don't have commmand cores

[Murph]

Yes, not being able to rename and reclassify objects because the battery is flat is a frankly daft restriction. We should also be able to rename and reclassify from the tracking station.

[Frostiken]

Being able to rename them from the tracking station is the ultimate solution here, but yeah, I ran into this same situation. I currently have a 'satellite' drifting randomly around Kerbin because of exactly the problem you described. I just haven't gone into the persistence and fixed it myself yet... mostly because I shouldn't have to.