I thought I read somewhere that the only "Death" penalty would be collected items and Bridge station upgrades.
So making those Bridge station upgrades will be the other form of "crafting"...(in addition to training up Bridge officers)
I had enough fun in PotBS that if this game is modeled on it...it would be a good start.
I think it just happened to turn out like PotBS. Like the Devs have said..they wanted play to be like an episode of Star Trek.
Meaning on the ship and …