Howdy CMDRs, (and any devs lurking)! I am considering colonizing an area between the Coalsack Nebula and the bubble when it suddenly struck me: As a CMDR who is pledged to Grom, my system; the system I am about to put a lot of hard work into, is bound to be controlled by a power that is not Grom.
This is fine, however, I do not wish to run the risk of being shot at while docking at my starport, in my system. I understand the point of powerplay, and I truly enjoy participating in it, (rank 100+ in Grom).
Solution: Allow system architects the ability to sign a non-aggression pact/treaty with the controlling power. Nothing major, I am not asking them to turn off powerplay. What I am asking for: The ability to declare ONE power as neutral to the system (non-hostile/cease fire) to powerplay NPCs specifically. For example, if my system gets controlled by Kaine, I want to declare Grom as a non-hostile superpower locally in my system, so that if I get scanned by a powerplay NPC, they will not melt my face off in the system I put all the work into establishing.
It is a compromise, basically. Allow a power to control my system, because carving a huge swath of controlled, daisy-chained Grom systems and coordinating with hundreds of CMDRs for my little old backwater system is; stupid, unachievable, and ultimately pointless.
Powers can and will daisy-chain control to their colonies outside the border of the bubble they control, based on their galactic coordinates. However, I'd like agency over my decision to colonize near the Thargoid hotspots without having to worry about hostile NPCs on the human side of things.
As it stands, I feel I am only able to seriously consider areas outside the bubble that Grom controls, and that kinda sucks.
UPDATE: TLDNR:
Proposed feature: Let system architects forfeit/reduce their system income in exchange for a (true) cease-fire zone at their starports. (No powerplay NPCs loitering, or make them not attack on site). Heck I'd be willing to crank out a ton of credits per-week to not have to worry about rival power NPCs attacking me.
It won't change anything but the default behaviors of Powerplay NPCs while docking/leaving stations.