SpartanMario

I wonder if the first Death Star will be made out of dirt

Well hey, there is also costs involved in here. No matter how many upgrades are done, it could be that using stargates when possible is the cheapest method of moving vast distances in a short amount of time. Using the warp engine, while it could get faster in the future, could be really expensive power wise and only get more expensive as you try to push the warp engines to go faster and faster.

I'm hoping for them to show some more plans on anything, but if i had to say anything specific i would say information on the mining of resources and buildings would be nice. I'm curious as to what a factory producing everything will look like since that'll facilitate any combat. Can't shoot someone if you don't have the bullets or tanks for it .

Game speed
Limiting technology progress is a start. There is a bit of work gathering food, materials, crafting, surviving. Then you can focus on machines, automation, refining, mining. Then you need to find/ produce a sufficient power supply for a ship, some sort of fuel to get to space. These of course requiring research and effort.
All the while protecting yourself from harm, searching for resources and not getting raided.
 
Game speed may not be necessarily in real life time. 4hr long days could suffice making what would be a month of in game time would only be a week. Same could work for star gates.
 
When the true scale for a planet is chosen, there is a set amount of resources and open land. When you find a new planet, think about how much land is out there just for you. A week or two travel time is worth the investment.
 
For the lone wolf out there. Be wary of others. Other players must embrace independents and shelter them against griefers as a community and culture. Neutral trade zones and safe zones is what we must rely on for everyone though. If that much can be accomplished then civilization can advance at speed.