Ah crap,
I was afraid of that. You said, "at the moment"? Does that mean there's a chance Aaron might change this in a patch? I sure hope so.
I was thinking it would also be nice to be able to vary the costs of weapons, ships and components based on how far you were from any races home system. The further way, the more expensive. In pirate systems, the costs would be cheaper and you might find some more exotic stuff there.
Right now the galaxy is just too uniform. Everything is the same. The sameness of it all detracts from the exploration and discovery experience that this game should be all about. If we can't mod this, that's a big minus in my opinion.
Did this ever come up in any of the beta discussions?
-ColdSteel