Seeing as the game has things like independent miners (im assuming later on in the game it will also have corporate miners ect...), I was thinking why not have another awesome addition to the game with various minerals/metals that they can mine from asteroids or appropriate planets (provided they have the proper equipment).
They can then convoy them and supply stations which can then be used for ship/weapon production.
This would also maybe provide a decent way for the player to earn some money using an alternate path aside combat.
Asteroids would then become either dead weight or valuable locations for pirates to raid unsuspecting miners.
This also opens up a whole new area once multiple systems get introduced. You can have an entire system composed of nothing but asteroid belts and valuable mining grounds that corporations and private companies could "fight" for .
Thoughts on this idea?
