How could we make Dres more interesting?

[DerpenWolf]

As many of us know Dres is rather uninteresting compared to many of the other planets such as Eve, Duna, and Jool. For the most part it feels like (to me at least) another Mun or Ike that is sitting out in a semi painful to reach sector of space (Not super hard to get to for an experienced player but not as easy for the interplanetary noob looking for their first target). Dres may have a few neat geological features such as the giant canyon and a less crater ridden terrain but at the moment I feel as if Dres has been left rather bare and uninteresting (this will probably change a bit if we get an asteroid belt with Dres as the equivalent to Ceres). So I ask upon the community for ideas on how the relatively bare planet could be made into a more worthwhile target!

A few of my ideas for how we could accomplish this include:

-Putting Dres in a Tidally locked orbit around Kerbol (so only one side ever faces the sun for the most part. This would also present an interesting challenge for those who haven't unlocked RTGs), and put a bunch of crazy Easter eggs on the dark side of the planet. Also the dark side be covered in ice planes in order to make the terrain more unique! In the end I feel that some very interesting base/ survival scenarios could come to life with a tidally locked planet!

-Give Dres more Canyons and maybe a thin atmosphere that is only really usable in them? (I remember the devs had a plan for the mountains of a moon to reach out of the atmosphere but I still feel this could be interesting)

[RSwordsman]

Those all actually sound pretty awesome. And along with easter eggs on the dark side, I'd like cool stuff in the perpetual twilight belt as well. Maybe really good science boosts for a thin ring-shaped biome?

[Deathsoul097]

IIRC, NovaSilisko had plans for Dres to be a Ceres equivalent, and that it is where the asteroid belt was (is?) going to be. If that is still the plan, I would be happy for that to happen, though I would rather it was reduced in size significantly in that case. (Maybe to ~15km instead of the 100Km (?) it is now.)

[problemecium]

Put docking ports on it. For no reason. Why are they there? Can we use them to pump fuel in and out of Dres? xP

Also - am I the only one who wonders if it was meant to be pronounced "Dee rees"? Since it's kinda like Ceres?

[astropapi1]

Maybe they could give it a little moon, like the crystal one Novasilisko made for Eve, that unfortunately ended up being shelved.

[Whirligig Girl]

I think Eeloo should get the crystal moon.

[Whirligig Girl]

Dres needs to spin on an axis 90 degrees to it's orbit, similar to Uranus. So should GP3.

[Kasuha]

Give it some unique resource deposits once resources are available.

And a few easter eggs might be nice, too.

Apart of that I don't think Dres is any less interesting than Bop or Pol.

[Poryy]

I actually support the OP's ideas. I'm doing a mission to Dres right now, so I'll check out what's wrong with it and what can be improved.

[Inconvenience]

I think there needs to be a full asteroid belt with Dres in it. Jool is a popular place because there are so many places to visit in short proximity with each other, so doing something similar with Dres would likely give interesting outcomes.

The problem of course comes with implementing it.

[Whirligig Girl]

Perhaps the Asteroid Retrieval Mission may also include an asteroid belt near Dres Orbit, with a few more gravitational bodies inside it.

[Scotius]

I would like to see more really deep canyons on Dres. Driving or flying inside them would be an unique experience.

[kiwiak]

I would like to see more really deep canyons on Dres. Driving or flying inside them would be an unique experience.

Or orbiting inside.

[cantab]

Wait and see what Dawn teaches us about Ceres.

If we do get other asteroids, maybe there could be one made of a shiny, slightly yellow, metal