I got other problems about realism in this game. Self replicant crew, heal spell, ship resurection, ship cloning.
So yeah, I think there is far too much magic going on here. Must of this could be deal with better OW design and don`t even start that magic is needed for game play, as that argue is false and thin like an air. If they wanted to have magic in their game I would rather prefer that they went full fantasy route then, like dreadfleet ship game or something like.