What's next after reaching the stars?

Was hoping to get a little coaching or guidance here. So I've played about 126 hrs and have been able to reach the gas giants. I finally got the piece of tech I was focused on getting, exocraft summoning unit, that allows me to call any exocraft anywhere that I am, very cool piece of tech. I was wondering what do I do now? What is the purpose of mining the resources once you have what's needed? I've got a couple of exotic ships, not the colors I was hoping for but they're great otherwise. I'm not so much a base builder. I was really enjoying exploring but it was exploring with a purpose. Well, help and discussion is appreciated if you've got the time to drop a comment.