That's an excellent question.
The answer is that nobody really knows the answer. It all depends on what the rules are for the virtual base or "satellite" base.

Just a couple BIG issues -

How will reserve work? Will there even be any reserves? The flight attendants can't call in sick without finding their own replacement. If they do, they get kicked out of the satellite base.

How will it be staffed? Normally when the company opens a new base it is put up for bid and open to any pilot regardless of any "freeze" and you are entitled to a paid move. I believe the last company proposal on satellite bases limited it to only those pilots already current and qualified on the airplane and there would be no moving benefits.
If they close or shrink the "virtual base" will the affected pilots be entitled to a mandatory displacement and/or a paid move?

Would it be a "domicile" for contractual purposes? That makes a big difference for domicile layovers and reroutes and all that.

There are a ton of other details that would need to be hashed out.

The company would LOVE satellite bases if we let them make the rules. It would reduce staffing and credit hours and deadheading and create lots of other efficiencies for them. Guys who happen to already live in a "virtual base" would love it also. But it would hurt everyone else by reducing the flying in existing bases.

The devil is in the details on "virtual bases".