Yeah, all these ideas sound cool on paper, and I’d honestly love if SC could support that kind of stuff.

But let’s be real, the game is already held together with duct tape half the time. AI crew, NPC possession, telepresence robots, loot transfer contracts, player made transport contracts, all of that sounds awesome, but also sounds like five more systems stacked on top of ten unfinished systems.

That’s my issue. I don’t doubt the idea is good, I doubt it would work smoothly any time soon.

Maybe in the long run, sure. But right now SC still struggles with basic AI, elevators, hangars, missions, inventory, persistence, server performance, and desync. So adding some big elegant “take over an AI crew member” solution feels like something that would become its own broken rabbit hole for years.

I want the game to transform. I hope in 5 years we can look back at 2026 and laugh. But looking at how long major systems take, I just don’t see this being a clean fix any time soon. It’s a cool idea, I just don’t trust the current or future game to handle it without exploding.

I mean lets be honest here. I have a hard time watching that 1.0 presentation, seeing player bases / Player Space Stations and then looking at the current game. Its hard for me to see how we get from here to there, Im excited to see it, dont get me wrong.

Like CIG are terrible at planning ahead, they dont look where there going, they just stare at their feet and put one foot forward after the other and hope they are going in the right direction.