Resources (Warpcraft)

In space there are few resources. While technologies have been developed to allow warpcraft the ability to garner such resources while not in transit, almost always they are used on concentrated resource areas, such as debris fields, asteroids, and the like. Even in dense nebulae the rarity of matter makes resource gathering through the infinite voids of space a bad proposition. Warpships can also land on the planetary surface to obtain materials in that manner, but anywhere from 0% to 95% of the resources thus gathered may end up being expended as fuel in the effort to get back into orbit. Thus, while populated planets generally have production facilities, military commanders are quick to see the importance of the asteroid belts flung throughout the galaxy.