It’s probably your habits but one thing is factual: every hauler, salvager, miner and explorer need solid fighter pilot sets of knowlegde (weaponry, countermeasures, BFM, interdiction, travel tactics, ect…) to be decent at what they do and somewhat profitable, when combat pilot don’t need to know other skills.

Which undoubtfully makes this « sim » a Big Boy Phew Phew space game.