I was on a server and asked everyone "What are you guys looking forward too in the upcoming update?" and i got alot of feedback out of the 3 or so people on the server but then i got on idea witch is probably already up in this thread but just wanted to state my thoughts on it anyway. I think that space stations could be a random planet type just like any other there can be abandoned ones and lively ones with merchants and some thing in the future ship merchants or they could have been taken over by space bandits maybe the game could start with a station within starting system. Now onto the system scanner as in a scanner that scans systems just to be specific add a radius so you can't see planets that are Light Years away from your ship just doesn't make sense and i know the games in beta and it could take a long while. Hope these ideas get read and considered See ya later Tweety out.
This could work! I'd imagine they'd work similar to Asteroid belts, how they're similar to a planet but specifically on their own. With a sprawling system of tunnnels inside of a giant space station akin to a super-sized ship. There could be merchant sections, an armoury to steal from, if you want to fight the local guards. Could even be pre-set quests to go after bandits or raiders having holed up in a section of the ship! The loot could even be more appropriately futuristic!
Yes i was just thinking of this and also there could be like a market place where you can sell and buy items with pixels and trade items.