I'm sure something like this has already been suggested but here it goes anyway. Allow the player to place something like "defense zones" and "safe zones". Then when you hit the "red alert" button all colonists designated as soldiers runs to the defense zones and all others tun to the safe zones. Would remove some of the annoying micro-management when attacked and removes some of the hand-of-god feeling. I don't really like having to take direct control of the colonists, prefer when they seem to act on their own. They could also automatically man mounted weapons if those are added in the future, might be more fun than auto-turrets.
With the addition of more walls etc. so we can build better pillboxes, bunkers, watchtowers and so on it would be real fun to plan and design your defenses... Perhaps your soldiers could even automatically go grab a weapon when this happens if they are currently carrying some other equipment.
With the addition of more walls etc. so we can build better pillboxes, bunkers, watchtowers and so on it would be real fun to plan and design your defenses... Perhaps your soldiers could even automatically go grab a weapon when this happens if they are currently carrying some other equipment.