>>718218060
Starsector is a tactical ship combat game with a strategy layer strapped on, a bit like how Total War is a tactical army combat game with a strategy layer strapped on. Alex has been very clear that factions, colonies, story, etc, are all secondary and only exist as an excuse to get the player into tactical battles and encourage them to try out different loadouts and fleet compositions. If you were hoping for some kind of in-depth 4x gameplay to be added at some point, you bought the wrong game.