1. I would like to know are we going to be the only Player Character on the Planet at the start or are you going to be one of many and how many factions are you going to start with?
2. What type of resources are you going to have from say common resources, such as water iron copper, gas, oil, uranium. to rare resources such as gold silver to very rare resources that will give certain bonuses in the game? (very rare resources that you got to take risk collecting will cause wars and battles over them)
3. Are you looking at NPC crews both as allies and hostile forces (EG Aliens all out to exterminate of all existence to the easy pirate confrontation)? Breaking away from PVP to PVE.
4. Last one is most space games in first person characters such as Eve have you being able to colonise a planet by yourself watch that planets or city population and Economy grow establishing trade to other planets and factions and so forth. But you have no way of producing a military force to defend your planet. You can defend the planet with your ship and maybe a couple of friends but it would be unrealistic even with one or two of the biggest weapons in the game you would not be able to defend that planet with one ship. Is there going to be away for you to build up a military for defence or even the other way around a invasion fleet.
More of ideas but how are you going to work the game mechanics for this.
Thankyou