As it stands now, every galaxy, nearly every system and every planet, has each type of resource needed to survive and thrive in the world of StarMade. Plenty of each type of resource. With all resources plentiful and distributed equally, resource/item scarcity is usually only derived from player laziness. Someone doesn't want to go mine out all the resources needed to make something, so they trade with someone who happens to already have lots of it. This is kind of okay, but...
Uneven Resource Distribution and Density: Getting the Wheels Turning