Hi, I finally have time to sit down and play with Rubia consistently. I'd love to be able to use the Planet Hopper to get off, go fix a mess on another planet that I can't fix with remote view (whole planet froze like a turkey because of an imbalance), and come back.

Would you consider adding a setting to adjust the spoilage % obtained through mining, or bumping it higher if Planet Hopper is detected maybe? Spoilage is the only fuel I could find before unlocking the rudimentary pack.

Spoilage on Rubia is intended to be consumed for a specific unlock. It should really not be used as fuel, and doing so can make your life much more difficult when you want to get said unlock after completing the Makeshift science stage. The amount you get is very carefully metered out for this. As such, I will not be adjusting the drop rate of spoilage, nor providing a setting to adjust it.

If your issue is that planet hoppers need fuel to function, I recommend bringing this up to thesixthroc in his planet hopper mod, to make it possible to operate the Planet Hopper without fuel. Otherwise you will need to wait to be in the ghetto science stage.