[TigerBlood]

I don't know how the mechanic works. I have had some Guru's reincarnate as a Brahmin. In that case I received a message that the commander has died and reicarnated.

I can't give any details other than the commander was a researcher. I don't remember if the commander was diseased or not, or whether the commander had simply reached old age.

I have not seen this happen as a result of being killed in combat.