[jimbob]

Oh, and one of the main reasons money even exists (besides being a universal replacement for bartering goods/services) is it's transferability. Resources are relatively bulky, and so difficult to transfer (you can even capture large quantities from retreating enemies) while money, especially once in the paper/electronic for is considerably more 'manouverable'.

So, I'd also like to see that resources are physically split between the storage facilities, and that the resources within the storage facility are captured when the planet is. Money on the other hand would not be a capturable commodity, or to a much lesser degree anyway.

Of course Money should just be one of the resources, not a universal replacement for resources. After all, when times get tough, ya can't eat gold!