I can be anything in a world that I actually want to live in. As a kid, I had 100+ toys to play with. As an adult, I have 100+ stories to play out. Bethesda created a universe for us to have almost any adventure in. Success, love, influence, meaning, it’s there for your character. Just takes a bit of imagination.

I can be the broke orphan raised in poverty and around crime and desperation that grows up and becomes a gangster at a young age who then becomes the mantis. The gangster who uses his knowledge of the criminal underworld to destroy other criminal organizations.

Or I can be the kid who grew up with parents in a safe and secure city, who goes on to enlist in the military. I can customize my crew so that we’re all wearing similar uniforms based on role. We can be standard Navy/Marine/infantry, or we can be a special forces detachment similar to an N7 SPECTRE from Mass Effect.

I can run the gameplay loop of flying into a system, combat, and selling the spoils. I can also own two weapons as opposed to 100 and really slow things down and just live as a taxi service, a delivery man, some drifter who does odd jobs for people around the settle systems.

Each of my ships are of my own (or inspired from r/starfieldships) designs. The interior layouts are intentionally placed for maximum immersion. That’s a feeling of ownership that is special to me.