>>10663496An actual carier mode where you explore random solar system and gather useful science data about new bodies. Like height of the atmosphere, temp, pressure. And then you build landers that can survive this particular environment. And after bringing back samples you discover how usefull it is. So you start mining and with that you are able to build special parts.
(right now science has no meaning, it's just points)
AI competition - a couple of agencies competing who gets there first.
Random events - for example megastorms on planets, reusability rage, probability of life on Planet X - go check.
All that in the form of newspaper news.
Random endgame goal - creating an interstellar spacecraft, colonizing another planet, building a city in space...
In stock procedural tanks, life support, starting unmanned, alarm, transfer planner, coloring your parts.