Here lies Squirrel...

[tommytom]

So, after some hardships on the coldest region on the world I generated (never above freezing, or only a few seconds) that I named Hoth (appropriately), I had just gotten my crematorium up and finally got to burn those bodies that were in the graves.

I marked the bill for strangers only as I like to keep graves of my colonists and burn the rest.

So a few days had passed and I noticed one grave still being "used".
I checked it and it was "Squirrel".

I don't remember recruiting Squirrel on Hoth, but I did in my previous playthrough. I remember having 2-3 prisoners and 1-2 dying on me. I assumed it was one of them that, for some reason, died as I was releasing them (terrible people) and was considerd a colonist.

I let Squirrel lie in peace for about a month. Decided enough was enough. Squirrel had to go. None of my colonists died, but this freeloader gets a permanent grave on my colonists land? Nah. Not having it.

So, I set my crematorium to burn colonist corpses. No one burns him.
I check his info. Left leg blown off. Pistol shots to the chest. Sounds about right. I had to install a peg leg onto two prisoner as one was blown off and the other had an extreme infection.
Then I notice he is 4 years old. How the?

Whatever. He has to go. Deconstructed all the graves but 3.

Check back later and I see "Squirrel" laying on the ground.

Literally a squirrel. Not "Squirrel" but "squirrel".



Apparently, Mr. Squirrel went on a rampage, got his front left leg blown off and then shot in the chest to finish the job, then promptly buried himself in the grave he was standing on.

Now I'm tempted to put him back in a grave...

Edit:
Yes, I have decided to keep Squirrel the squirrel.

Here lies Squirrel. We did not get to know you in the 4 years you lived, but we will always remember you.

[CodyRex123]

*Wipes tear from eye*
So sad... so beautiful....
Anyways, serious, Its like burying a pet now.

[lusername]

So, I set my crematorium to burn colonist corpses. No one burns him.
I check his info. Left leg blown off. Pistol shots to the chest. Sounds about right. I had to install a peg leg onto two prisoner as one was blown off and the other had an extreme infection.

You didn't notice the at point where it said FRONT left leg? Humans don't have front and rear legs...

Check back later and I see "Squirrel" laying on the ground.

Literally a squirrel. Not "Squirrel" but "squirrel".

And he's still fresh! Bon appetit!

[tommytom]

I don't spend much time looking at dead animal/mech corpses, so, no, I didn't notice at first. I was blinded by the fact it said "Squirrel" as if a proper noun (name) and that I had colonist before with that exact name. I like to think he was reincarnated as an actual squirrel and went mad from being a tiny animal for 4 years on a frozen tundra planet.

[Wastelander]

the really weird part is it says "Male Squirrel, Age 4 (5)". I think the five in parentheses means it spent a year in cryosleep!?

[CodyRex123]

Spent 5 years in cryosleep, which basically means it was trasported to the planet, perhaps by the ship you were aboard.

[tommytom]

I believe it's 1 year in cyro + 4 years alive = 5 years chronologically.

[lusername]

I think that the cryo-age on animals thing is a confirmed bug and animals are not supposed to have frozen ages.

[tommytom]

Well, there was one that had a longer biological than chronological, seeming like he was a "time traveling squirrel" going back in time or maybe some type of accelerated growth (body 4 years old but only a year passed, etc).