Would it be possible for the Item Manipulator to have a passive mode, allowing the workers to gather whatever items are nearby? It's irritating that I can direct a factory ship to mine out an entire massive asteroid but have to babysit it to get them to actually harvest the materials as space becomes available. Giving them an order to just collect resources as storage opens up would let them keep up with production while my attention is elsewhere. Is this already a thing, or could it be added to streamline...

I read some earlier posts that you cannot claim a ship defeated in battle without an airlock. Curious if that will change in the future? I know games like Space Haven allow you to show up on a derelict ship with a hole in the side and patch it up to take it over. I took out a really nice ship here that is mostly intact. Having a lot of fun so far. Looking to see how this progresses in the future!...

making bombers is kind of annoying because there isn't a keybind that will fire the nukes on command unless you cycle through the different firing orders. a dedicated keybind for better control would work well.

So I have tried the demo, and I didnt know what to do. The tutorial wasn't helpful has it didn't indicate objectives or step by step guides... Are there any hidden tutorials?

Well, you did. I have something like 50 years experience of computer games. Every now and again you unearth a potential little gem and cosmoteer looks to me like the spiritual successor to Master of Orion II. That's a complement, by the way. There is a long road ahead, and I have studied the roadmap, but I have not read every suggestion here so I apologise for any repetition of ideas. The biggest addition I would like to see is >crew promotion. This would help alleviate the problem of finding enough cre...