To be honest I haven't worked on this mod for some time. But where I left there are some big improvements like:
No Lightside or darkside check so you can call sith if you're lightside.
Added so you can turn your allies to enemies. This way you can create some epic battles.
Added a droid faction
Added a 1337 faction
Added a option to install mode without female mandalorians
Now about your ideas scout the area may work with a script but have no idea about which.
I won't add the option to spawn beast since then I would feel like have copied BoS to much.
And lastly there won't be a new TSL version. Why? Well it's because the game won't start on my computer thou I have tried to reinstall the game 2-3 times. Sorry guys for this If any one want to take over the TSL version and it's creation please be my guest.
Finally I would like to add that the new version is almost sure to be realised this weekend.