wiring, piping and simple ammo conveyour belts are on my list but they would be built automatically when you build that specific block. as for the cockpit controlling everything, in the past there were and still are consoles that can manage most ship functions but it is to much of a chore to get off the seat to interact with them, I want to add dedicated consoles in the future that will let you customize things at a much more detailed level compared with the cockpit, like, for example, the dashboard of a nuclear power plant for a wide console and the simple button set on the cockpit for the fission reactor.