Well, Bench has rail tutorial videos, did you miss the weapons update? Also Saber has a video on the HP system today. I dont think there have be.. FACTION POINTS! That's what I was missing. Basically... ALSO GALAXY UPDATE!... I am bad at things :S
Faction points are gained when a faction member is online every hour. Claim systems (not sectors) to increase its mining output based on server configs. Basically.
The galaxy is made of stars in a spiral shape, with different colors and sizes doing different amounts of damage to your ship when you get close enough. Planets now spawn in orbits, and there are asteroid belts.