Right, early on, before I realized you could turn the light/dark dialgue option on, I had wracked up a bunch of light points. Now, in order to stay on track to get that gear as I come to new planets, I'm pretty much forced to stay on light decisions to have access to that gear. I'm making choices, I'd rather not make, and loosing all kinds of affection points with companions (and yes, I've even tried switching them out and so on).
Is this how this system is intended to work? I'm finding it to be more annoying as it's forcing me to commit to a path in a situation where we're apparently supposed to have freedom of choice. Or I could just forget about getting the gear.
I hope there's something I'm missing.