Well that ' s 32 k from just four events . and any player will constantly be doing other quests and trading in addition to that . I didn ' t mean to suggest that I had enough echoes lying around to just screw around and waste resources endlessly without ever making another echo again rather I meant that I have enough spare echoes that if I continue the course of normal business so I ' m continuously making small profits here and there I have enough of a safety net that I don ' t need to pay any attention to being economical with fuel , supplies and crew . That ' s what evaporated the tension and challenge for me . Perhaps there has been a misunderstanding on that point ? Otherwise I ' m not sure where you are coming from .