I have finally decided that Aegis can't be trusted with their actions. That's why I will help rescue civilians, I won't help restore stations. Also obviously I won't annoy Thargoids.
It is quite obvious we are being used in larger scheme of things. Maybe people just looking for profit are ok, but I am not.
Huh, I never thought about the "restore stations" as helping Aegis, but you're right... I wonder if player agency determines whether these stations are repaired or not. It would be nice if it did (as in, stations aren't 'magically' fixed after an arbitrary time regardless of materials gathered).