The vetting state here is for a reason. It actually could be a completely different node, than when you started it: you may migrate it any time.
I support the idea, that node should gain a reputation on each satellite independently (and vice versa), I do not like an idea of preferences only because you stored data for other satellites. Because it also requires that the system should have a memory, and each new node started after the failed one must be considered as unreliable in this extreme case.