Having problem with Campaign 1 first mission

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Or, it reloads if you quit the game completely, and restart.

It will keep the same components, even if you reload the game.
Which can transport components back in time if you sell some stuff, then reload (without quiting) from an earlier save file.
(Evil mind starts thinking of ways to transport level 25 components back to level 1 ship... Go back to earth, sell components, reload newly started game... Hmm. There is a question of how to pay for the level 25 components with level 1 cash flow...)

Since this implies that reloading does not reload all attributes of the game, one wonders what other things are not cleared on a reload, and what other evil things can be done.