Random Events and Missions

[Knawx]

I had a thought today of how amazing it would be if while playing KSP you got a pop up in game alerting you of an Asteroid on a path to come very close to Kerbin.

It would basically give you a countdown of its approach giving you time to prepare a mission.

This would give you the option to try and land on the object, which if done successfully you could then perform some Science Experiments for a large science reward.

Or perhaps go Armageddon style which would have you attempting to deliver a Nuclear payload to said object to blow it up for a science reward!

This of course is just a rough example of the idea of having such random events in the game.

Edited October 17, 2013 by Knawx

[The Destroyer]

That would be quite cool.

[Knawx]

That would be quite cool.

Yeah, I think it would definitely add a cool dynamic.

[UbioZur]

Not the best example, here is why:

- Asteroid is on the what not to suggest list

- Random have already been discarded by the dev several times, they wants you to have a similar experience to compare with friends, and allow you to have test flight and real flight possible without difference you cannot control.

Now I will just consider the missions: this have been approved and confirmed by the dev as a career mode feature. (check the planned features), it has already been started as we have the mission control building (the only building we cannot yet click). And several data collected in the save file (since .20) about the flights, and obviously R&D is a big player for the missions.

[DeafFrog]

Then have the asteroid come at a set date...