As the functional capital of the federation and HQ of starfleet, its like living in DC comics Metropolis. Every damned alien race capable of plotting has a secret plot on Earth. Whether its some weird parasitic bugs taking over the admiralty, the borg, the romulans, the Dominion, or the upstart of the week, the casualty/injury rate has to be pretty horrific.
Mars is theoretically ideal, but get targeted because of the massive public shipyards, so it has a time limit of being good.
Jupiter, however, has less well known shipyards and all those moons to explore. It never gets outright attacked or destroyed, even the Borg just go past it. Jupiter is the place to be.
Heck, if you’re the people type you could probably get a place on Risa and make a living out of hanging out in a bar and telling the tourists where they can get the best Bolian food on the planet. That’s a perfectly sensible life trajectory in the Federation.
My general idea would be to be somewhere important enough that your quality of life is closer to TNG or Earth than DS9, without being in the constant danger and risk that TNG and Earth provide.
No, don’t live on Earth in Star Trek.
As the functional capital of the federation and HQ of starfleet, its like living in DC comics Metropolis. Every damned alien race capable of plotting has a secret plot on Earth. Whether its some weird parasitic bugs taking over the admiralty, the borg, the romulans, the Dominion, or the upstart of the week, the casualty/injury rate has to be pretty horrific.
Mars is theoretically ideal, but get targeted because of the massive public shipyards, so it has a time limit of being good.
Jupiter, however, has less well known shipyards and all those moons to explore. It never gets outright attacked or destroyed, even the Borg just go past it. Jupiter is the place to be.
Risa.
You want an m class planet, not just a dome. There are tons of nice planets that were early colonies that are fully developed now.
Heck, if you’re the people type you could probably get a place on Risa and make a living out of hanging out in a bar and telling the tourists where they can get the best Bolian food on the planet. That’s a perfectly sensible life trajectory in the Federation.
My general idea would be to be somewhere important enough that your quality of life is closer to TNG or Earth than DS9, without being in the constant danger and risk that TNG and Earth provide.
You forgot when aliens travelled across the galaxy to delete Florida from Earth.
Thats a net positive.