I'm more interested in seeing how a few other things work out. For example, collecting all the exploration badges in a zone whilst in SG mode unlocks the beacon badge to use for the telepad, yet it didn't when I tested it earlier in Atlas with some new SG member alts.
My theory on that is you firstly need to have CoV activated on your PlayNC account, since no CoV = no bases, and no bases = no beacons? I'll test it again as soon as my copy arrives at any rate.