Tell me about it :D
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea that these game pieces are worth actual money. I finally started a planet for Carrie yesterday. She's way over in the outer ring, but I've already got Corvettes on the way to her. She's got a fully inactive mine with 360 Uranium about 2.5 squares away.
I also found a good wholesale seller of ship and made a purchase of 50 Transporters. Now I don't have to pay the hefty resource cost for those bad boys :D