CharlieMBTA

Okay so I am currently 13 hours in and in the naonite section of the system, and I have mostly gotten money through selling upgrades and weapons at equipment docks. I am at a complete loss at how to do missions. So I got a mission yesterday to organize a bunch of fuel in 30 minutes. Okay, I thought, I will just go to find a fuel factory. It took me about 20 minutes to get to the absolute closest factory on the map (and i have an upgraded jump drive with naonite hyperspace cores on my ship, about 12 spaces in any direction), and when i finally got to the factory, they were out of stock. However, if you go to the selling tab, it clearly states that they have some stock, just not in the buying tab. So what gives? Regardless, are "easy" missions like this supposed to be this frustrating lol? Should I get a trading upgrade, because I know they show effective trading routes or something like that but I am still unsure as to what that means. Thanks

So I just lost my ship for the third time in a battle to some unexplained sudden explosion, and I was wondering if you could set a new starting point. Also, how do trading routes work? Thanks

I have about 4 hours in the game now and have only made it through a couple sectors after losing 2 ships. I have collected and sold all sorts of enhancements from various wreckages, but have no clue how to actually get the metals from the wreckages. I've tried shooting them, and using a mining laser (both iron and titanium) and have only got 1-10 out of 2200 iron/titanium in a ship. Am I doing by something wrong? Thanks