(OOC: I agree with McNeo completely. Raise everything so that mining can make a decent amount of money, without the need of a "mining mine" or things like that. Sell it for 1K per unit after spending a long time mining could still make decent cash.
And yes, I signed up to be an escort, though the ship has yet to be bought... I'm still building up my ships for AW. After my fighter I'll be making my PMG ships. Already have my cruiser and BS, so it won't be long until I have adequate AW ships to start working on other things.)