Not sure if it has already been asked, but can you upgrade your spaceships when you advance in technology? If this is the case, is this an automatic process or manual? Are spaceships individually upgradeable or by a design template that is bound to a class?

I like very much that your game shows up with a broader set of resources at least the screen shots seem to indicate so. Can they be traded with other players?

I am looking forward to preorder. Thumbs up to the devs and testers! Make it be a good, stable and bug free game.