I've tried looking for answers to these in the forums, but no luck....

1) When one scraps a ship, what % of resources is returned, and how long does it take for those resources to be returned?

2) My newest home system spawned in a great wasteland of empty sectors. Is it possible to start over on a server? 4 planet homeworld system; first possible expansion 3 planets adjacent to another player 7 sectors away; next available 2-world expansion 13 sectors away). This may not be the worst possible spawn (no ice planet!), but if the random universe generator puts people at this much of a disadvantage, there should be an option other than waiting for the next game to pop....