Though it is certainly possible to stay mostly on the good side of the law in Starfield, players will find out early that the criminal underworld is thriving throughout the settled systems. Space pirates attack players for seemingly no other reason than they can, making it very hard to not be tempted into doing the exact same thing. Making it even harder, an extremely valuable resource known as Contraband appears very early, tempting the player into bending the law during the credit-scarce early game.