You just skipped over the montage part lolWhat do you expect a fresh cadet to do? they are only a few days away from the MC's homeworld? you expect them to be thrown into combat? I'm not 100% into the disjointed flow either but within context it makes sense that VR "training" would be a thing.
This isn't supposed to be a VN dude, it's supposed to be a sandbox, or at least some kind of Sandbox hybrid.
It’s fine that you like it. I don’t care. I have a different opinion just like a lot of people here who think this game is in a bad place with the disjointed mission select crap.