It would be nice to be able to buy or hire one or two wingmen bots
to help out with mining, fighting, or what ever.

Or just hire players whose intelligence will (hopefully) be higher than any bots.

Problem with players are the facts that they are not always there when you need them, and, as much as I can trust some people in the game, you never know when you could get ripped off...

Really I think people are better than bots, but there is a definate plus to bots.
Helping to trade is one example, very dull and boring to be hired for that. (usually)

~The Penguin

The devs have said that wingman AIs are a possibility.

Perhaps, instead of a wingman AI player to help out, we could have some sort of, pay to rent ai gun.. sort of thing. 1-3 guns, that shoot to the sides and back, with AI help to guide them and fire them. Sort of, mini auto turret guns for ships. :)

That idea would only work on the Prometheus, Atlas, Wraith, Centaur, and Ragnorok.

can you imagine a Valkyrie with all three of those guns on it?

T.T instant death from any angle...

I said 1-3... not 3.
A valk could be re-config'd to be, 2 guns forward, 1 auto gun backwards. Since its unlikely to be loaded with missles as it would run out right away, and would still drain a battery for power, it wouldnt be that horrible.

And i did say "Mini" guns, they dont have to be as powerful as everything else to be helpful.