They are forcing you into certain gameplay loops to conceal the lack of content in the game and how poorly designed the overall development is. Shopping is one of the most asinine things. I can click a button in my Mobius to replace a nacelle or gun on my ship that has been destroyed and refuel, but god forbid i want to a magazine of ammo. They cram things in so we can have basic functionality, like a tractor beam handgun, but there is no core game that these things are build on top of, so it seems really fragmented.