I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but considering all the BGS changes with 3.3, I figured I'd ask anyway.



If a faction has no populated systems around it within the expansion range (20ly I think?), can it expand?

If it was to expand to an unpopulated system, then some base or outpost would have to be added, right? Is this something that can only be done manually by FD?



Follow-up question: What about station services? Can services offered (like outfitting or shipyard) be added to an existing station when they are in a boom or expansion state? Or is that stuff static as well?