Speculation alert:
Yet another goal for the cycler is to impart to it a system of propulsion. That's one of the reasons for the LFTR fission power generating device. It will provide electrical input to a DPF propulsion system ( assuming that it isn't self sustaining), which in turn, will allow the DPF propulsion device to expel alpha particles as thrust. This could work better than a Hall thruster, perhaps much better.
Therefore, it would be a type of hybrid fission fusion propulsion system. It would be aneutronic in the fusion part, and optimized for minimal nuclear waste and safety in the fission part. The downside of this proposition would be complexity.
If the thing could move, you could build an entire fleet of these things. They could go on mining and colonization missions throughout the solar system.
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