This is a universe with faster than light travel and near infinite resources. There's a homeless shelter in one of the major cities. I helped them out. Why the fuck is there a homeless shelter in a universe with FTL and near infinite resources?
I'm starting to think Fallout under Bethesda isn't a satire and their writers are just incapable of imagining anything beyond capitalism.
Ah yeah you're right! You can totally make exploration dangerous and exciting though. But it would change the feel a bit for sure. If you wanna blast people with laserguns then you're out of luck.
A lot of the things that are fun to do in Starfield wouldn't be as fun in a star Trek game: piracy, taking down the main faction, stuff like that. I would have loved a star Trek game too but it would be a completely different vibe.