Hi guys, I think it would be amazing if we can have 'Kerbal Activities' so that the characters can run around doing activities while not in direct control of the player. The idea of this is to 'level up' Kerbals, and you can then 'bank' their experience when (or if...) you return them to Kerbin. In-orbit activities could be: - zero G experiments - operating space telescopes - zero G exercises Extraterrestrial activities: - mining - alien archaeology - digging fossils Each activity might require X number of equipment in a docked station, or require a specific number of characters to do. It would probably work best as part of some sort of career mode, so that it encourages the player to take Kerbies out, do all sorts of adventuring, then returning them to Kerbin to unlock resources. It would also get players more attached to the individual astronauts.
