Oouuphhh, when I open this thread I was expecting some spin-off discussion about how much money MM made   

  and how we are going to support SEIV when Sharpnel goes out of business   
  
Instead it is a benign discussion about the game itself  

   Well, rename "minerals" to $, "mineral mines" to "NY stock exchange" and the concept of galactic war financing become obvious. Or do you really expect to pay your crew members wages in rocks ?  
