Full Garrison + 2 Mechs for Harper's First Listening Post?

[ETSubmariner]

Confused by the first Listening Post being a full-on garrison with multiple mechs when Torin clearly says in space that the post is "much smaller". Smaller my arse. I had a different character with Watchtower and some other mods, but one of those mods was broken(!), so I created a new character without those mods. In that other character, the Listening Post was just a simple POI with a single building, a few enemies that spawned, much more like I would have expected considering what Torin says about it while in space, etc etc.

Is this randomized POI intended?

I had a previous post about being jumped by a massive fleet including battleships in some rinky dink solar system not part of the main hub - seems something is amiss with how it's calculating levels and such? I saw the Gameplay Setting, and set it to VERY EASY. Yeah. A full garrison + 2 mechs = easy at that early level with the mod? idts.

 

[twolargepepperoni]

Yes, the randomised POI is intentional. The listening posts are smaller than the first one visited as part of the main quest, which was an abandoned facility consisting of multiple rooms. These ones are not abandoned however, and some plans do have more than on AI mech patrolling. There are five different listening posts, each having several plans that may be used, and it is completely random as to which one you might get.