Hello.
I have been enjoying the game a lot after the new updates, especially colony building. The current issue is however that there is way too much micro management involved - Defending your colonies, looking for ludic path bases or pirate bases that decrease your stability, defending from expeditions and so on.
While expeditions are not such a big issue after you get high tech blue prints and bigger colonies, pirate bases and ludic path are.
That is why I would like to ask to overhaul these features.
There are many options which would not impact the gameplay in any negative way. For instance, why not give us an ability to invest into a specialized recon squad which would look for possible pirate threats within the colony range, or why not give us an ability to use diplomacy and our good relations with other factions to get information about their whereabouts. Obviously, since they are also the ones giving you the bounties against these bases, they should be also able to explicitly tell you the information you seek or help you look for them.
Or if such a raid happens, give us an ability to track back the ships to their home system, or something to that regard.
Looking around sectors hoping to find a single pirate base that is harming your colony is a chore and a lot of micro management.
