I was just idly thinking about various Sci-Fi stories regarding the standby "Grizzled Asteroid Miner" (see: http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starcraft/images/2/20/SCV_SC2_Head1.jpg/revision/20151118231258), and thought it would be a neat idea to be able to equip a ship with a sort of Ship Launched Fighter Bay, or in this case, a sort of Ship Launched Miner bay; like a player controllable, small mining ship/mining pod, which would allow the player to get in nice and personal with the asteroid and do some up-close mining; possibly returning their bounty back to their mothership.
This could also work with multi-crew; where one person pilots the dispatched mining ship, and the other pilots the mothership/retrieves the ore.
This could also work with multi-crew; where one person pilots the dispatched mining ship, and the other pilots the mothership/retrieves the ore.