I was thinking about distant mining expedition*:
Imagine a player faction like Canonn which has it's megaship, can't directly control the megaship but could give order like "go to this distant system for a mining expedition*".
This would trigger a faction goal (with missions associated and/or counter-missions for opposite factions) for every player with a given rank in this faction. Player could follow/meet the Megaship there, mine and deposit the ore directly on the megaship, making profit and taking their share at the end of the faction goal.
*This could be extended for other kind of expedition.
I knnow I'm dreaming eyes wide open, though I bet there's more than meets the eyes with megaship at FDEV.