Why are these in the game? What purpose do they have? And is there any gameplay that can be had from them beside blowing them up and them being rather silly and annoying?
Wedding barges and cruise ships.
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They are a fine source of some particular engineering materials... 
They are a fine source of some particular engineering materials...
So I was right, they serve no other purpose except as cannon fodder. Oh well.
I'm not sure what's bugging you. They are NPCs. They add liveliness into the game world, just like any other NPC in any other game.
Does everything need to have a purpose? What are Zebras for?
Likewise the skybox: Pointless as regards gameplay and no need for it: Paint it black and save loading times. And those parts inside stations which aren't docks, like the pools of bubbling metal: Pointless. And textures on ships: No gameplay, so pointless. Michelangelo's David: Big useless rock, what a waste of time. Asteroid belts: No exploration money, so waste of time being in the game. :|
Content for lions.
Zerbas serve several purposes:
1. Lion food
2. Designer Seat Covers
3. An illustrative method for the principle of Occam's Razor (aka "If you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras.").
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Who said they were bugging me, I just wanted to know why they're there. What other thing do they do besides broadcasting useless messages to everyone in range?
Exactly. So they don't have more purposes than Wedding barges.
Not presently, though I could very see some missions built to take advantage of these. Picture if you will:
Passenger: "Oh, I can't believe it! After last night's bachelor party I completely missed my ship! My bride-to-be will never forgive me, and her father.. he'll cut of my... Look, I can pay, but you have to get me to that ship!"
Reward: 450,000 Cr + Exquisite Focus Crystal
Time: 1 Hour
Mission Detail: Locate Wedding Barge in [Some System] to deliver passenger.
Dom could probably make these sorts of missions happen.
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Chained with... hey honey, some really cool pilot in this snazzy white luxury passenger liner brought me here, I'm sure they'd take us to *insert interestingly appropriate POI here* for a fee.
Chained into... hey pilot, remember me? Well I only married her for her money. I'm now wanted galaxy-wide for murder.... take me to *insert some backwater anarchy system here* but make sure we don't get scanned. I'll go 50/50 on the insurance money with you.
The Beluga's are there to slam you in the docking slot of course!
Wedding barges are maybe a sage warning, to always think twice?
You can have a little bet with yourself .. will it be the happiest day of the groom's life this time? Or ... is he (or she) not so sure they'll be going through with it? If you guess right, then .. respec'?
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Along with Wrinkles like:
"Greetings commander. We represent another interested party who do not want to see this wedding go through. If you could deliver that passenger to this location, we'll offer you more than you're getting paid, and you'll have our gratitude."
Or: "Sorry, CMDR, I forget to mention, there are some people who really don't want to see this wedding happen, and I just thought I should mention mid-flight they might someone to try to kill us both...."
Or... chained into:
"Mayday! Mayday! This is the Mea Culpa, we are under attack by unknown hostile forces. Any ships in the area, please respond!"
Defend the besieged Wedding Barge from hostiles.
Ah, the possibilities... and lol yes, all Wedding Barges are hereby forever dubbed the Mea Culpa
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True, they're cannon fodder but for specific purposes - (a) engineering materials and (b) manipulating the BGS.
Also if you DON'T shoot them, then the system's population goes up by one in nine months time.