Just make sure to have at least 1 credit with the Melnorme first. And I found resourcing fun too.... for awhile. Then I accidentially, believe it or not, stumbled across the fuel bug. Exploit, yes, but I find it a bit more enjoyable not having to spend hours mining minerals, all the while pounding my head into my desk, wishing to win the grand prize in some interstellar game show.

You have to say it to the Mycon's at their homeworld, which is planet 1 in the Episilon Scorpii system.