Sigfried666 said: It's too high maintennace. She has to sell all working power-ups from time to time, 'cuz there is not enough work going around.
Also, her average powerup is either a legendary ancient artifact of the Chozo centuries or even millennia more advanced than anything humans or Space Pirates are capable of producing on their own, or a cutting-edge prototype of some sort. Either way, any given powerup of hers is probably worth more than most people make in a decade; it'd be bad business sense NOT to sell the things.
Zaku_Zelo said: Well maybe if she actually asked for payment for her work...
Who needs money when species both living or dead would give you free supplies any day? Her house is a flying death machine with no loans left on it, too, and obviously she has excellent insurance, what with new ships showing up every other game.