New lattice and gray lands

[capiqu]

Trying out the new lattice system on the test server. It brings much needed clarity and I believe it is the way to go. I just have an issue with all the gray on the map we now have. so much of the land will not be fought over now.
What if all those gray areas are divided into hexes with facilities that can be instantly hacked without the need of any link or adjacency. Those captured lands can then give your empire resources.
The enemy on the other hand will be able to hack those facilities, also with no link or adjacency, and thus capture those lands depriving your empire of resources or in order to disturb your empires reinforcements and or resupply lines.
These facilities would function like Planetside1 towers. They can be instantly hacked and captured but they can not be used to capture a lattice link facility or base other then providing a near by spawn point.
These captured none lattice hexes can be lighter colors of the empires colors or could have highlighted borders so that the direction of the lattice will remain clear.
Thoughts?