Are player or guild built stations currently in the plan for the full game? Not player designed, but there maybe could be certain desgins that can be upgraded by adding turrets or something? I think it would be interesting to see "Wormshole Gates" that are large circular stations around wormholes, with guns on this inside. This would promote the finding and explioting of secret wormholes, which means more exploration.

That would be really wonderful. Also I'd like an ever expanding universe in the full product, maybe month to month (or whenever a necessity appears) devs could add another sector or two to make things interesting.

Go surf the forums... I got a thread on this somewhere.

http://roguelazer.com/vendetta/vimages/octree1.jpg

Then guilds could have safe houses all over the universe:D

Player built and "owned" stations is all outlined in our original design spec. It's definitely not going to make it into the intial "retail" release, though. Maybe an expansion later on. We've had to try and simplify things down to a level that we can actually accomplish in the amount of time available.

Well, "soon" is good enough for me :D

I think this sounds awesome. The SDF could position defenses in s13, and s5 (maybe) and other nations and guilds could position their own stations inside their borders. however, Im not sure I like the idea of an Itani station in s5 or s13, there would need some sort of perimeter, like Guilds can position ARMED stations only outside their National Homesectors but Unarmed stations anywhere in the galaxy. That way Guilds and Traders could move safestation to safestation and be relatively well protected.

If there were stations, they would be destroyable, and take a while(1 or 2 hours for unarmed? or 1 day for armed?) to construct, but were buildable anywhere.

I would hope they would take longer then 1 day, for something that massive I would say 50 hours for basic up to 100 hours for the top line

On the note of defenses, they should be programmable so that they won't attack these people, will attack these people if they attack others, and will attack these people no matter what. Otherwise, it will be a big mess.

if a sector were stuffed with stations...
eh?

*contemplates opening up some "service" stations* Stop in, buy a Galaxy burrito, we'll pop the hood and recharge the battery. Free winshield cleaning with purchase of a large black-hole cone!