I just started thinking about random spaceship battles. Like when you start traveling to another planet. It is a chance that you might meet up with some pirates or mercenaries. And you will have a choice to either pay them, try to escape or fight them! And you should be able to craft weapons on your ship that you can use. And upgrade the ships armor so you can take more punishment! And the weapons and armor upgrades should be different tiers just like armor. Like if you meet a gold upgraded ship as a copper ship you will probably get destroyed! And if you lose the fight, your ship should maybe have a little hole in it? so you need to repair it somehow. This encounter should not come until mid-late game. because you might need stuff to repair it with if you lose.
It would be awesome but i believe the devs have already said that in the future space battles will be coming.
Sounds like a good idea! If you can have customizable weapons on your ship and/or have your ship bigger, that would be fantastic. Like the idea!