Ideas Match Characters with different personality types for a fun read. Have the main antagonists simply want to help other normal humans and have the main characters have this heroic gene. While the habitable planets are sent large rings to connect them to the rest...

AI and Robots Try to Make Uninhabitable Worlds Livable or at least Useful Send Machines to uninhabitable planet with the goal of maximizing value. Set up initial parameters for value but allow them change it as needed. Some machines crap out due to lack of resources....

Background Humans have advanced to a space faring race. The main stories take place after humans have colonized nearly 100 million worlds. NASA says there are about 500 million worlds with conditions capable of human life in the milky way. My story will say that only...