Stations and supply chains

[AngryAdam]

It would be great if i could create a way to make supply chains work either though a ship on an automated route or some kind of connection (visibility optional).

 

example 1: if i have an ore mine and a steel factory, id like to be able to move the ore into the factory automatically.

example 2: If i add another steel factory to example one and a ammunition factory have one (or both) of the steel factories supply the ammo factory.

example 3: If the ammo factory needs additional resources either create a route to buy the additional resources or better be able to request the resources be filled by npc ships.

 

I know that example 3 happens today but unless your in a system with a gate the deliver is unpredictable and  infrequent thus unreliable.

 

this could extend the games life span considerably. I know I played the X games for ages using similar scenarios.