I love this game and want it to do well. I think a good addition would be co-op escort. Something like this 4-6 players team up escort a convoy of trade ships and big cap ships to point a to b. Objective defend convoy from attacking ships and get convoy to worm hole for jump. Just like the storms pop up and stop you at jump.
So should the attacking ships.Just a thought.

I agree, some escort missions would make a very nice addition. Just a quick mention, there is a weekly competition between Itani & Serco called Capture the Cargo (CtC), that players act as escorts for. It isn't actually a mission, although I think maybe it should be. You can read about it in the FAQ: http://www.ratelis.com/guide/faq.html#_Part_H._CAPTURE_THE%20CARGO

CtC is not the same as an escort mission. CtC is more pvp and does not give combat xp to the participants unless they happen to kill another player. A "true" co-op/group mission would reward you with xp as long as the cargo got to it's destinatoin point in one piece. It also would encourage players working together instead of against each other, something the game is lacking IMO greatly.

Personally, I like Beolach's idea and can't wait for the mission generater to be up and functioning so that we can create something like it.