Wow, I can't believe a game that has the space combat stuff that this one does doesn't properly support HOTAS. That's pretty bad.
I guess in fairness the space combat portion of the game is just a portion of the overall game, which also includes a lot of FPS elements and that sort of thing. Perhaps they didn't add HOTAS because this isn't a dedicated spaceflight sim like Elite Dangerous or Star Wars: Squadrons?
Regardless, I'm kinda sad about it. I probably would have liked playing this with my new T16000M Thrustmaster flight pack HOTAS device.