The problem is, on one hand Frontier are demanding we fly from a central star and then take up potentially ages with super-cruising to a destination in that system... There are claim that this is for realism, when it's more likely to be because they want to introduce a higher chance of the annoyingly frustrating interdiction mini-game (which can be virtually impossible to avoid if you're in something with low agility, like a Type-9). People would love teh ability to jump directly tot he station or planet your objective is at, but this is disallowed. Yet, they're willing to fly in the face of that logic with instantaneous teleportation for entire ships.
It's contradictory.
Not that it's the first time nonsensical 'balance' compromises like these have arisen. ECM is an EMP weapon, for instance, while cargo drones get magically 'consumed' by space fairies when they return to you, instead of get refuelled. And, soon, apparently unmanned combat drones are designed with cockpits...
None of which would matter if it weren't for the production team releasing videos which praise the level of their adherence to scientific accuracy.
This is why things like this can feel slightly frustrating. Every so often we're given a new development which sounds like a fantastic theoretical addition, only for it to be realised in a bizarre fashion for the sake of artificial (and often completely unnecessary) balance.
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