Any chance of the Guaranteed Derelicts being given a purpose?

[dtpsprt]

"Initial grind" is not an exact measure. One could just as well think that the game has only two phases:
* "Initial grind" that ends when you can play God
* "Boring grind" that is all you can do as God

Maybe I'm alone in this, but "initial grind" is until you have the HQ up and running with the first three teleportation researches done and the module hacks. At the same time finish the Hatikvah storyline so everything is waiting for you to start the other two plots...
Between this point and "playing God" is a 200 million gap before your first operational Wharf, which is the "playground" (at least for me) with the win or loose choices to reach there...