Aash,
Most people on this forum don't use plasma accelerators, so they wouldn't know how ridiculous trying to use them now is. I think you already know that.
There is a silver lining to this Odyssey debacle though, and that is more Commanders are realizing that Elite Dangerous development is not the focus of Frontier Developments anymore. That Frontier is about corporate growth. That out- sourcing is favored over core designer retention. That Frontier knows full well what the majority of the player base would like, but does not listen and gives us a mediocre first person shooter instead. That Frontier falsely advertises a DLC as finished when it is early access. That Frontier uses and abuses our good will by having us test the game and charging us for it. That Frontier does not actually tell us its Actual Roadmap because it would probably crush many of our souls.
I have over 5000 hours in this game and played it for hours every day from August 2017 until May 16, 2021.