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So a couple of us (me from Death by Beta and Brian from Space Game Junkie) got together and wrote up a Q&A article regarding the current VE alpha early access test.  We figured that perhaps having a perspective on the game from the player's point of view might be useful for anyone out there that is curious about VE.  Most of you around are probably already playing, but just in case you aren't (or you know someone who might be interesting in reading more about the game) feel free to check out:

http://www.deathbybeta.com/articles/voidexpanse-player-qa/

This isn't meant to be a shameless plug, but rather simply us trying to spread the VE love

Are there any plans for salvaging to be a career or at the very least a possibility?  I keep wandering past all of this floating space debris that I have to avoid as I travel around , and it bothers me that I can't stop and pick it up as scrap.

A dedicated salvager ship or equipment would be a nice touch I think

I am really liking the concept of the deployable weapons such as mines, although in practice I haven't yet found them terribly useful.  Is there any plan to have turret deployables?  When playing as a miner, it would be nice to be able to deploy some kind of automated defense turret(s) nearby.

Some additional thoughts about mines:

1) It might be nice to have some kind of mine that will move towards any target that wanders too close.
2) Having mines that emit some kind of pulse that drains shields or energy (or depletes shields or energy when they detonate), would be pretty slick.
3) Having some kind of mines that can be detonated manually.

I am really digging the latest update of VE!

Update: whoops I should have put this in the Suggestions board.  Perhaps a mod could move it over for me