Bug or by design? Cruisers Thread - Shattered Origins - Guardians of Unity

I have returned to the system with the traders after escorting the transports and going to the system above the central one. Both times I had to rebuild the cruisers infrastructure (mining, research, shipyard). I am wondering if that is by design or a bug?

Also I collected the junk (without making this a spoiler) in a system and got credits for them. Those credits vanished after I left the system....that kind of bothered me because I spent so much time collecting them.

thanks
PS I am enjoying the game

wishlist: small minimap, ability to command ships to dock. thats it so far

Yes, that is by design... Well, from a story point of view it seems like a glitch though (I am assuming, since you posted this in the story topic, that is what concerns you), so this is actually one of those few design decisions we made that does not make much sense related to the story.

The credits collected are for that sector only, in case you need to repair your ships or equip them.

Thanks for taking the time to answer that. Although it may not be what I wanted to hear at least I know I haven't been hit by a bug.