M

I mean, yes, the whole concept of asteroid bases is quite expandable and it has lots of potential because it's a very small scale and doesn't need that much development time like a big flagship location. It's not for the initial release right now. So we are focusing more on the free archetypes that we are currently looking into, but there are certainly a lot of potential and stuff we would like to do going forward in the future and expanding on social spaces as well.

J

Yeah, one thing when we prototyped these, one aspect that we envisioned was for refueling. Like instead of needing a large station, you could have these astro bases like strategically placed around where you could, for example, refuel, rearm. So we definitely envision this as an expandable feature, but yeah, it's something we want to do.

JH

In ISC just yesterday, you know, which was about the more social aspects, not the combat stuff, but we mentioned that, you know, the Pyro system is so much bigger than Stanton, that the distances between planets are such that having to strategically figure out where you can stop and refuel along the way just to get to the outer ends of the solar system is an important part. And that's what you just mentioned is a great kind of follow-up thing. I mean, obviously we've been adding to the Stanton system for years and years and years. We'll continue to add to the Pyro system after the release of 4.0 and that's an easy consideration. You know, well, maybe there's an asteroid-based gas station there and that'll help deal with a stress point along that travel route stuff.

J

Yeah, I think that's more interesting as well because, you know, we have these gigantic stations, but you know, when you travel down the motorway in the middle of nowhere, you hit a little gas station and I think there's some fun there. There's some different kind of style and aesthetic we could use, a different experience than, you know, having to go into a station and everything that comes with that.