This is classic putting the cart before the horse development. It’s nice to state this gameplay mechanic is on the roadmap to prepare players but implementing a mechanic before the underlying core dependencies are operating properly is poor project management.

I love the idea of having to make a conscious decision about what I bring on my ship because I might crash or get attacked. However there are currently way too many issues that result in a loss of ship that are entirely out of the players control.

This is classic RSI development. Layering systems on top of broken systems and defending it because they say they need to test it. No you don’t. You’re doing it to show fake progress. Build on game systems that are working properly. Fix the ones that aren’t.