s ▁if ▁wished ▁for . ▁By ▁eng aging ▁in ▁military ▁miss ions , ▁the ▁player ▁g ains ▁a ▁military ▁rank ▁that ▁allows ▁bu ying ▁more ▁powerful ▁military ▁craft s . ▁ ▁C raft ing ▁A ▁new ▁feature ▁is ▁called ▁craft ing , ▁in ▁which ▁players ▁use ▁raw ▁comm od ities ▁to ▁create ▁second - level ▁comm od ities ▁or ▁us able ▁items . ▁This ▁is ▁done ▁at ▁special ▁constructor ▁stations , ▁which ▁allows ▁the ▁player ▁to ▁create ▁items ▁and ▁more ▁valuable ▁comm od ities . ▁An ▁amount ▁of ▁plat in um ▁can ▁be ▁converted ▁into ▁a ▁long - range ▁pro be , ▁and ▁amounts ▁of ▁metal ▁can ▁be ▁craft ed ▁into ▁arm or ▁pl ating . ▁Some ▁items ▁can ▁only ▁be ▁craft ed ▁by ▁combining ▁multiple ▁comm od ities ▁together . ▁ ▁Com mod ities ▁New ▁comm od ities ▁include ▁o xygen , ▁water , ▁gold , ▁and ▁silver . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁( ox y gen , ▁water ) ▁can ▁be ▁gathered ▁from ▁planet ary ▁atmos pher es ▁and ▁surface . ▁Gold ▁and ▁silver ▁are ▁rare ▁comm od ities ▁that ▁are ▁both ▁valuable ▁and ▁cru cial ▁to ▁create ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁craft ed ▁items . ▁ ▁En viron ments ▁While ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁environments ▁from ▁E vo chron ▁Ren eg ades ▁return , ▁including ▁plan ets , ▁cities , ▁stars , ▁stations , ▁ne b ula e , ▁astero id ▁fields , ▁and ▁c aves , ▁the ▁ne b ula ▁class ▁that ▁dist urbed ▁weapon ry ▁has ▁been ▁replaced ▁by ▁a ▁high