You need the blueprints, even with the bonus content.
You can and will come across crashed ships that could be worth repairing and using. Most will come with hyperdrives, but some may not.

Who gives a fudge? Only SJW jerks.

Why not any outcry that PacMan was only available in yellow?
Or that Megaman was only a man, and only blue?

It’s a freaking game, a simple one at that.
Stop looking for reasons to be pissed off.
It’s not like this is the SIMS, where the point is to simulate life.