I started a game where none of my crew members had any farming skill and I didn't notice until after I had built a food grower and none of them could use it (which is odd since one had been a florist, but I guess backstory modifiers haven't been programmed in yet).
I think crew should at least be able to attempt something if they have zero skill, even if they'll do badly at it. Otherwise have some way to get a skill up to one, like a computer library or something.

How often can we expect updates to be rolled out? And does the game update itself or do we have to manually download the new version?

If there is a way to take control of derelicts I can't figure it out. It would be nice to be able to repair and claim them. Right now in scenario 2 my crew don't even have the skill to construct a hyperdrive so salvaging a derelict with one and adding onto it from there would be ideal.

I built the tool facility.

How do I get tools????

While aboard the merchant ship I was unable to initiate trade so I tried to pirate my way to their goods.

I couldn't seem to damage the two crew members and they managed to jump while I was running around their ship.

There was the flash of the jump followed by the program crashing. Here's a pic.

Space Haven crash 001

This game is really nice but is there a trading system in place? I met a merchant ship but couldn't figure out how to trade with them.
Also, I think it would be dead useful if you could scroll through your crew rather than having to click through them separately.
And you need to stop shuttles leaving crew on derelicts, they keep passing out from lack of oxygen. ?