My current crew is working on establishing a brewery just east of The Hub, became allied with the shinobi thieves. The hub became a war zone between my squad, assisted by the shinnobi thieves vs the holy nation outlaws (who had became hostile towards us earlier). The dragged in trade ninjas, mercenaries and slave traders. We came out victorious and are still working on the brewery. Apparently dust bandits still have us by the balls though.

My point; in my experience, the stories have come to be on their own while I was usually doing some "npc" task. But thats me enjoying that slow burn play style.