Independent teams

Hey, danzig70! Just actually answered a similar question on our Discord It's not something we are particularly designing for, since it would require various simulations beyond that of the current player area. But never know how things shape up in the end. Right now another faction can grab your crew member and you can still get them back even if you meet them later on somewhere else. All of these are still open though, because they affect so many things, like saving and keeping data in memory for example.

Not entirely impossible you could leave crew members on bases though, but at this point it's too early to say one way or another.