At least had a event driven economy...
IE Police crack down on brain implants, the price of brain implants sky rockets.
You could always find the Planets that were noted for producing certain products for a reasonable price, but selling them at a huge profit depended on closely watching the news and being in the system when the demand was there.
The economy getting fixed would lend a lot more credibility to this game. If you fix the ridiculously fast aquisition of money, then items might actually have some value in the game.
I do like the idea of losing all your equipment if you are destroyed. No doubt getting killed will actually be a pain to overcome.
The auto-found-you-via-the-chat-function would be the last thing to go as well =[