Back a while ago, when i played as terran, i got to almost 32 000 points by focusing on unlocking ships and making them, You can build or get recyclers and recycle Debris, You can also kill pirate and take debris, but the easiest way is to invade inactive players, like inactive 28+ days, if there is no defense or ships you can just send some cargo there, and try to make some fighters. If you are a farmer I recommend you upgrading Mines, refinery,well,lake,geyser, and research Espionege tech and energy tech, shielding and armoring tech for colonization. and if you are an raider you can upgrade shielding, armor,weapon,laser,ION,plasma, Impulse and hyperspace drive for ships. When you reach pro stage like 25 000, you can get resources by invading pirates. And ANY other question you are facing, you can post it on forums or see in the TUTORIAL page in your help tab. Hope that helps you:)