Choose a specific tool per Kerbal

[deiwy]

It would be nice if we can have a selection of tools for a kerbal to bring along. A kerbal should only be allowed to bring one item, which makes it more useful to bring multiple kerbals on a single mission.

Tools which could be used with the current game are:

- A flag

- A repair kit, to fix broken parts like rover wheels.

Later things could be added like:

- A rock collection kit, to be able to bring back rocks

- A scientific device, for measuring things like atmosphere composition

- A camera, for taking pictures

- A backup generator, for attaching to a probe which was out of power

- ...

Because a kerbal can only bring one item, you must decide which items you bring along for the mission.

[Beeman]

I'd be okay with that. Seems to mesh well with that whole crew training thing that they'd talked about oh so long ago and may or may not have dropped for whatever reason.

[SaturnV]

I like this idea. Imagine if we can repair slightly broken engine with a chief rocket engineer, or we can re-attach RCS thrusters with a experienced mechanic!

[technicalfool]

Cooo.

Inturresting idea. Could work well with training kerbals up in specific fields of expertise perhaps. A kerbal could carry any particular item, but they get bonuses for having an item that's relevant to their field(s) of expertise. Provide a non-monetary cost to a kerbal so people don't just splash them into the floor and buy another one like they're an easily-replaced toy.

[shand]

they were working on a toolbox and assosiated system a while back - i presume it got shelved for career mode to take centre stage. but fundamentally it would do just that - the kerbal would be able to hold one item, use it, return it, then pick up another. possibly with limited bits in the toolbox to start with.

[thereaverofdarkness]

would be nice if command modules would have extra tool storage too. Could even have modules with less kerbals and more tools.

[CosmicX1]

Rather than assigning a tool to a specific Kerbal, you should just be allowed as many tools as there is space for Kerbals within the capsule. Like in a real space program, you'd want your astronauts to be proficient with all the tools in case of an emergency. Or perhaps that's something you'd have to train your self if you didn't want to take risks. More specialist scientific tools however would have to be assigned to particular Kerbals.