bad form quoting my own posts, but yes....
Surrogates should be able to transfer data remotely... For, isn't a surrogate basically data? So why can't transfer Bloops... or Schematics?
And for that matter why not a few basic skills, like, say up to Level 3..... (completely pulled out of my arse, I will admit).
Sure, while I can understand why people don't want fully skilled L5 pilots to be able to spawn in to PVP battles, I still think the game would have been better if players could administer remote mining stations with at least some skills... and then fly their haulers in to lift the goods home.
The two Mining Rules of DU:
Mining is painful: like probing those little white spots that appear on your tongue.
Mining via surrogate is painful: like a man having his testicles crushed under the heel of a dominatrix.... (though admittedly this is not entirely disliked, I have heard...)