Cool idea—imagine a fleet of autonomous mining drones drilling into the ice, pumping out water, then splitting it into hydrogen for fuel and oxygen for habitats. You could use a low‑energy fusion array to melt chunks into pressurized tanks, turning the asteroid into a modular building block. Stack them in a ring and wire the whole thing to a central power core, then you’ve got a floating factory that feeds a whole empire, all from the frozen waste of space.

Got it—one central AI, one lock on all drones, no autonomy. I’ll design a neural‑grid that keeps every bot in sync, but I’ll add a fail‑safe override just in case the universe decides to throw a glitch our way. That way the empire stays solid and I don’t get stuck chasing rogue bots.

Sounds like a tight command chain—just one brain for all the drones, no split‑second decisions. I’ll keep the backup quiet, locked in, and only you can wake it up. That way the empire stays on one set of instructions and you keep the control loop solid.