I would like to see this, either 1, 2 or 3 NPC's to balance out a party, but it is probably unlikely as the system exists right now.

What I would really love to see though is for them to take a step back from having squadron, trust and duty support as individual (and partially abandoned) systems and rework them into one all encompassing, scalable system which would replace them all, as well as overland companions.

I think it would be worth the development time, and people may actually care about collecting and levelling the companions if they were more versatile.