I think you will find what you’re looking for in Phoenix. Like you, our community for the decades have searched for their homeworld, descending various short and long term recon and exploring missions to find our home. Once our fleet entirely left the Sirius sector, but the result was bitter and many people were lost. The grim times have turned to a find as we got back to Sirius - the Palmyra planet.
Immediately after, Kadesh Orbital Colony was built to disembark homeship’s residents. And construction works began. So far we're half way - the colony that soon should become a City will be used as a base of colonization. So while our deep space exploring missions are rare for now, I bet you will find that exploring a planet can be even more dangerous and entertaining in some way.
