Hi Sir Emi
I think nova speed is too fast...
The game pace is normal slow, but now the game have Nova with turbo on..
1. Mining...
Normally mining a big deposit with station takes time, but now you don't have time cause of nova..
So you need to stabilize the system.
A stabilizer cost $$ 20 M, you need 17 SHI + ship in alpha orbit.. that's $$ 340 M + ship (This ship has to stay to stabilize the system, so no income).
A big deposit is + 150000 m3 on a 4 slot planet @ 400 m3/6h, will take ~ 94 days to extract and be worth $$ 30M.
But the system goes nova before 94 days.. So you only portion of the deposit..
2. COM's
You gets COM's pointing to systems that is unstable (+500) or worse..
The COM's should only point to stable systems.. in this way should you have a chance to complete the mission, before the system goes nova..
Or the game should give you the mission reward, if you have a active mission in the system going nova.. You still handle the pirates but with a nova instead of weapons.
I hope you make some changes to Nova...
NoBrain