You can switch off the ships voice if you want, it's under the audio options. You can only have it say somethings or none at all if you want. The hyper space intermission is used by the game to do two things ( probably more ) first is load in the System you are going to, so it has to take at least as long as that. Second it needs to matchmake you once you and all that jazz.
Each time I hear that it conjures the visual image of Pinky Pie running past, singing of friendship while leaving a trail of hearts.... it has something meditative. I've somehow even started to like it.
Estimate I found that option a little to late for my sanity.
btw, it's "Friendship drive tcha-tching." Quite sure the voice actress misread the sentence.
Edit: finally found a fitting sig, thnx OP.