No screenshot for this one sadly, but if im right then outposts are treated as an entity like creatures since they attack npc ships, i built one not too long ago and it had 8k food when i left it, i came back after a few mins and it was gone. My theory is that they are wiped off the map when no players are currently active on that map which would make building outposts redundant. Im going to test this theory by building another on a map that people do not commonly go through, and make sure no players are in the area to make sure