I am of two minds about this. I agree with the op in principle; however, we are prisoners. I wouldn’t even expect to be fully clothed as I just got out of a pod….
Finding weapons & armor as we explore the ship (e.g., that was taken off us/other prisoners) would provide a good tutorial of weapons & armor in 5e.
-You find a crate with one of each armor category (leather armor, scale mail, and chain mail). When you open that crate, a tutorial box pops up informing you of the merits/requirements/etc of each armor type.
-Same for weapons: finding a shortsword (finesse), longsword (versatile), greatsword (2H), and shortbow (ranged).
The game could just add your chosen starting gear to those crates.
