Whether a crafted item or simply a button to click, I was thinking it would be nice to have some sort of alarm that one could ring to gain your colonists' attention.
I was just watching the night pass in my colony, and a dry thunderstorm rolled through. Lightning struck and I had two choices: let the fire spread and damage half my structures, or select half my colonists, then draft and un-draft them in order to have them go and combat the fire. This lead me to thinking that the could benefit from some kind of alarm, whether manually triggered, or even automated. Perhaps even a tower that could be built and my colonists could take turns watching for such things... though I guess that might be over thinking it because it would only really be useful for fires that start at night... or maybe not? If a colonists spots something that requires immediate attention, they could ring the bell and all colonists within range would interrupt their current task, rather than complete it. There's nothing worse than having everyone doing something and an event requiring immediate attention occur only to be left unattended due to colonists needing to finish their current task before attending the event unless the player intervenes... I'm just rambling now.
Anyway, alarm... of some kind. Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions? Go!