Please remember:
The whole point to this project was to develop a 3D 'real time' combat engine for SE V. The other elements of the game are just added fluff to make it worthwhile to release it as a seperate game.
In another year or two maybe you'll be able to pull your SE V ships into Starfury and play 'practice battles' or even run missions on game maps from SE V. Then it will not seem so incomplete!