Thought it would be cool to have a base structure you could add that would allow loyal members to deposit any artifact they don't want into a sort of "bank" where the items would be free to anyone in the legion that wants them.

Could have something like "-0.5 hull for each item deposited" for some sort of balance. Thoughts???

If you stuck it to sendable artifacts, then no penalty would be needed and it would all but eliminate any form of multiabuse.

Didn't think of that. Since common items would be readily available it would make "alts" pointless. +1 on that.

This has been suggested in many forms ever since bases were added to the game. I'd say the main reason why it's never been considered is not potential multiabuse, but because it would completely undermine the very purpose of cargo limits. The most cargo space you need for materials for any one module is 650. That's for a couple mods that require 150 aido to build. Anything above and beyond that is superfluous, and is only for hoarding materials to buy stuff, artifacts and to save clicks on collecting minerals.

That's why I mentioned the "-.5 hull per item" to balance that out. If every member stored 4000 items that would seriously add up and put a dent in your base hull. However, if people only tossed in a few extras here and there that others need for missions or lab creations, it wouldn't adversely affect you that much.