Themes in Episode 01 - Trees in the Forest

What I would like to know is if they can add modules anyway, why they don't just use those and study the station?

And if they're adding modules, why can't they just dock ships to the station since ships are already equipped to house crew and offices?

I think, if there isn't a reason we're leaving the station alone other than for careful study (we don't even know if there are areas that have dormant diseases and other dormant life forms in it, or if it's still actually structurally sound enough that we can be bulldozing areas of it)... I propose that they did try to add more modules but the additional mass or whatever was beginning to affect its orbit and it was in danger of falling into the sun. Or the existing modules that have been attached became too expensive - it can't be that cheap to create things that can withstand orbiting a star.

That probably includes starships, which can only handle it for short periods. I propose that the added modules have always been intended to be temporary and they understand that at some point, those modules are going to succumb to the star (we're still orbiting a star, right?) while they've all realized the station itself somehow can last a very long time (as it already has) so close to the sun.

I think maybe people generally aren't encouraged to think about that as they might have ethical concerns researching such advanced armor/shielding that is probably highly beneficial in an arms race. They're racing to create spaces inside the station because they know it is extremely structurally sound and this strength is what everyone's most interested in. Wouldn't want to be in a temporary module when it finally gets burned up or gets crushed by the solar forces or whatever. Everyone should slowly realize what's going on there, everyone being moved deeper into the ship, being asked to reverse engineer technology, figuring out what sort of firepower is needed to demolish bits of the place. They expect the station will last longer than the additions to the station, ships can't dock for very long because of the star, but they need people to be in the station to study the materials and other potentially advanced (but ancient) tech of the station. So they hurry to move deeper into it, where it's safer. But are not in a hurry to tell people they might get crushed and burnt while they're sleeping in the new (secretly temporary) quarters.

I don't know, I'm just wondering what explains there being new modules at all instead of moving entirely in, or why not have more modules, and why not just have ships around the station sending people temporarily to the station to study it properly.

Apparently there are natives? Do the natives know they're occupying part of the station? Did they know the station was that big? Are they actually natives or are they just people the actual builders of the station left there? Did people know they were there or are we going to be finding out about them?

And will there be a dilemma where it turns out the modules *are* putting the station at risk and should they be jettisoned to save the "natives" and does that mean the crew will have to operate from a distance in star ships just shuttling in every now and then, or do they make a deal with the natives to occupy certain explored and already redeveloped portions of the station?

Also, I think there's potential for that sci-fi story line where we open a door and people get sick, or they discover some technology that they need to solve. Maybe a Freaky Friday dealio, too.