It Kind of is. Every MMO has server down time. The downtime is actually used (in case as I think you don't know) to improve and update the game. This actually makes the money you spent on the game a better deal as when you do log into the game the next day, the game is better than when you had originally spent money on it.…
Agreed. It would be incredibly useful to be able to make the android science or tactical. Those added abilities would really turn the boff from being a circumstantially useable reward(depending on what type of bridge officer you need) to an always usable reward.