Space Engineers Contact DLC

When Contact dropped I created a new save with NO MES mods. I started on Earthlike and selected everything having to do with economy and NPC encounters. This is what I noticed:

1. Got the initial planetary encounter, then nothing. I flew all the way around the planet (390km circumference) and had 1 (one) additional encounter spawn on the opposite side of the planet from my initial spawn location.
2. Contact Space encounters are good, but they move around and then disappear after a set time. Mostly moving away from me.
3. The Planetary encounters were both SPRT (Space Pirate), but there were 0 (zero) SPRT in space. I did get a couple of neutral NPC ships spawn in. I traveled around space quite a bit (2x), going 50km and then 100km from the planet. I did find a Platinum asteroid (yay!!!!).

I started this save right after Contact dropped, so I don't know if it benefits from the adjustment in spawns that was patched in later. I also have not tweaked any of the .cfg files.

We need more planetary encounters. I'm not saying we need MES level of spawns, but a few more would be enjoyable.