I have no idea what's going on!

[Treefur]

So I bought the series, and I enjoyed Sw1 a lot. It was good fun.
Now I started SW2, and I have no idea what I'm suppose to do. I followed the loose quests that killed the aliens, took the dreadnaught for the empire, and then they transported me across the galaxy.

My next mission is to rescue Phantom from the prison. I'm stuck. I don't have nearly enough money to pay, I can't break him out in any way I've discovered, and I've been wandering around the galaxy doing pretty much nothing. No missions, no jobs, I can't dock anywhere except patrol stations to unload pirate capsules, and nothing else.

So.. wtf?
How do I even dock so I can swap systems and weapons for my mothership? Where can I even buy weapons and systems and fighters? Where can I find some missions to do, or jobs, something that gives money? I've been wandering aimlessly. Wtf is this?

I hope somebody responds soon. For the moment, I'm just going to skip this game and play SW3.