The one who decides to apply the mechanims is a NPC (the structure). structures are NPC deployed by players. They are still NPCs.
There is no player station. There are only player structures. Just because CCP does not want/can grant the tethering mechanism to X or Y does not mean it’s not a NPC mechanism.
Dude just because stations were provided as tech by Upwell , doesn’t mean that they are NPCs , if players are the ones to anchor them and manage them .
What you are saying is just horseshit.
No they were not.
Stations are installed by CCP, period.
what is deployed by players are structures, not stations. You are just showing your ignorance.
Yes structures are NPC. They have their own mechanism that don’t rely on players to man them. They can be parametrized and react to player, does not mean they are not NPC - just like concord reacting to other players does not make it less NPC.