Posted by: Jorgen_CAB
« on: Today at 11:12:50 AM »I'm not fully at ease, gameplay-wise, with using small civilian ships with infinite autonomy; it feels abusive. It's acceptable if it's a freighter of 40,000 tons—you can imagine complete recycling of resources and enough spare parts—but here... IDK!
I have the same feeling... I think it is to some degree against the spirit of the game. But... it is up to each and everyone to decide how their world works and it does not interfere someone else's game anyway.
I just use buoy as that is what they are made for rather than using manned stations for such tasks. You can have explorers equipped with a large missile launchers and some buoys and deploy them as you explore or as part of your patrol vessels.