I mean hey, me walking killing monsters having fun and stuff then eventually getting bored... :/ Then all of a sudden you help a village from sudden death so you have there loyalty. Then you can raise and army and stuff (buying them weapons ships, maybe even having them build it) Another cool factor would be an aid call. Imagine your stranded in a planet with friends and your ship is wrecked so you started building a signal (maybe finding one in a guarded base ?) then your troops can arrive and save your Lovely armored ass ?