I have been thinking about this a lot lately as my play style is very nomadish. I think instead of trying to get small structures, which likely won’t happen, we look at maybe T2 mobile depots or something like that. So far my idea is basically this.
T2 mobile depot (tether)
100m3 with 5000m3 storage
Can repair like any other tether
When reinforced can not tether
Anchor time 5 min unanchor 5 min
Limit 1 in space despawns 72hrs if inactive
T2 mobile depot (compression)
100m3 with 5000m3 ore hold 100m3 regular hold
Can compress ore
When reinforced compression is offline
Anchor time 5 min unanchor 5 min
Limit 1 in space despawns 72hrs if inactive
T2 mobile depot (manufacture)
100m3 with 5000m3 mineral hold 100m3 regular hold
Has 1 manufacture slot (making ammo and consumables)
When reinforced no new jobs can be started
Anchor time 5 min unanchor 5 min
Limit 1 in space despawns in 72hrs if inactive
Now obviously numbers will need to be sorted to ensure its helpful but not abusable or OP but something like this would go a long way for the nomadic player or the solo guy. You can setup shop in the system or WH of choice farm your content then pack up and move on. I think an idea such as this has far more likelyhood of being implemented than small structures. So if anyone wants to contribute to this idea feel free as I don’t do Indy or mine so I don’t really know what would be helpful there. The intent however is for this to not be OP or abuseable, but to allow for an easier nomadic experience I know players other than myself enjoy.
Figured instead of all the threads asking for small structures I’d float this idea and see if it gets any traction. If its trash well…flame on…