Yep, couriers, safety guards, smugglers, prospectors, ship tuners with own workshops somewhere at abandoned planets or asteroids, places to build up your own small (probably illegal) spacestation, found a shipyard and build your own ships ... so much potential ... I mean RCE ... let people run a business or even offer a free market. If piracy is allowed, shiptuning shoud be allowed as well. Or even illegal trade with skill-pills ... kinda.
all good ideas but it's ok, we get zero development and president of the galaxy instead. That's enough right? ;) =_=