I would like to suggest a new idea that Mining Ships be a possible. These could be made in the Starship Factory and used to Mine Empty Planets for additional resources. There could be three types of Mining Ships, one type for each resource. These could be built and sent to vacant planets and harvest resources similar to the way that the Recyclers work. However, there should be a limit on the type and number of mining ships a player can have. Th ships could be sent to a planet where they spend a predetermined amount of time to gather resources. There should also be an upgrade option for the ships to allow for greater capacity gathering resources. These upgrades could also be carried out at Starship Factory. Upgrades should be from level 1 Mining Ship up to Level 10.

they exist they called queens lol also you can ocupie