So in this forced break while the hamsters are spinning up, I had some time to reflect on how things are going.
Commanders: Can we at least have some commitment to improve the systems we colonize? It's going to stink for everyone if there's just a layer of systems with 1 small station at the edge of the original bubble because everyone just finishes their initial station and then goes on to colonize the next system. This may never improve as players stop playing as they move on to the next shiny game in their wishlist, and stop working on their systems. Let's make these new colonies something worthy of the potential this update offers.
FDev: Can we have an automated colony improvement path? Once a colony system is set up with certain minimums, it would logically expand itself slowly as the population settles in. This would prevent the above mentioned single small station systems, as each would slowly grow into something nice. It would also free commanders to choose how active they want to be in growing their systems, or colonizing new systems.
Just some thoughts.