I don't think you understand how the dilithium market works.
First, you can only refine 8,000 dilithium a day per character. You can already hit this mark by running daily and duty officer missions
even if you don't do the dilithium mining mission. You also get dilithium from STFs. The 8,000 dilithium limit helps to control the market and keep the dilithium value from dropping.
Second, dilithium has a real world value because it can be exchanged for zen, which allows silver players to acquire zen without using the offers (which can be buggy, sometimes don't pay out, etc.). Opening the dilithium mining to be 24 hours or making it a one-to-one ratio will cause a sudden influx of dilithium into the market.
You do not want this. It will cause dilithium's value to drop drastically, making your mining and other activities
less profitable, particularly if you sell your dilithium for zen.
Think of it like the government simply printing more money. The value of the currency plummets because there's too much of it.
As for dilithium powering the ships in game and getting dilithium from the enemies you defeat... use your imagination.
Dilithium is fine as it is now; if it's changed, another currency will just take its place, which will just confuse people.
By the way, starship captains have rules they have to obey too. You can't just go mine a planet because you command a starship.
