Will mining extractors and other processors automatically eject boxes allowing anyone to just tractor them away? Or will we have to eject them by hand?
TL;DRMost machines hold output in an internal buffer or can fill boxes, and boxes are mag-locked under the base's usual permissions so others can't take them, while some machines can send output directly to storage such as a hangar.
There's a few things here. So there's lots of different crafting machines that do their processes a little differently. But most of them will have an internal buffer that lets them hold the results of their process until you're ready to pick them up. That being said, you can also have them directly put stuff in boxes as soon as it's ready. But if you're worried about people nicking it, you don't need to be so concerned because they'll be subject to the same sort of permissions as anything else in your base. So that's like the mag lock that stops people stealing your chair will also stop them stealing your cargo boxes. Unless they have permission to move them, they'll be mag locked to the output grid. Also, there's going to be some machines that will be able to send their crafting results directly to your location storage, whether that be your hangar or a freight elevator or something. So there'll be options.