Just a thought, but could we have a kind of investment mechanic in game? Those of us with lots of money could make financial pledges to factions, corporations, governments and other large organisations to help them with their business, then periodically - depending on how the organisation is doing - they pay out a dividend to their "shareholder" Commanders? Obviously if they aren't doing well, you don't get paid much (if at all...) and if they start to go down and all the Commanders withdraw their funding... Could add an extra element to the game to occupy those of us with more money than sense... There's not much left to spend the cash on when you own at least one of every ship 