User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/SYUTK's V5E6 -Known By It's KRAAAW - Impressions/Recap/@comment-26397825-20171122003657/@comment-25936766-20171122131325

On the other hand, why use Terminated instead of "Failed" or something less vague?

Remember that "Terminated" doesn't necesarily = "Guy got murdered". It simply means "brought to an end", and it can easily = "End of someone's employment".

Positively: "So, you killed that demonic cat that was terrorizing my dog? Thank you for your services, here's your 500L"

Negatively: "Dude, it's been 3 months and you still haven't killed that cat? Get out of here, you're incompetent, I'll find someone else"

Very Negatively: Employer is dead.

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Another thing to note is that the Mission boards only say that Bob is on X mission, and the Y status of said mission.

They never say stuff like "Available" or "Open". Which would be the case if someone died before finishing the job.