This mod has great potencial and need more development

The hosts were never meant to be playable so they probably aren't gonna be fun to play

Also fly around near one of their ships in campaign to see what they do :)

what exactly do the parasites do?

alright played it from around 1000 P and 1. The stations need actual weapons instead of Parasites because the stations just end up dying / beginner stations and they all vanish / destroy them self around 5-10 min in (so i'd say for stations / mobile stations) have it as non parasites because it's a tad hard or at least it requires planning ahead to work successfully
(note the parasites are a good / bad thing)
they help upon allies death
but
they give you a disadvantage because you lose so much ships under so little time

Hey just to let ya know (there isn't any stations meaning unable to gain C through R until you buy the manufacturing unit)
and it's harder to secure you're zones without a station