@Nick, Yeah, It is a huge problem with mmos/mmorpgs and I don't know how with this kind of game. My main point, is, data persistence is horrible, just simply horrid. Without data persistence being fixed, all mmo tagged game, and game related to that, will be dead games. And those game creators will lose their fame. So if they want to prevent that from happening, they need to fix the data persistence.
My comment about playing this game about being richer that Bill Gates is true. Bill Gates is only a multi-millionaire. I this game, I have over 10 undecillion.
Thats because you have it equipped in a Research Capsule -- theyll show up in other parts of the game just for fun!