User blog comment:Sifenchar/Novel/@comment-25021327-20141014014240

It's an idea that's been done a lot, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have appeal. Quite the oppostie. I'd say the reason that it is such a familiar setup is that people tend to really like the Sci-fi Space Opera, and it's a lot of fun to write and create that universe.

One piece of advice I would give would be, since you have your backstory roughed out, try to develop some interesting characters, relateable, but with some real dimension, If You like the characters, and like writing them it will probably make the story evolve more quickly and make it ore fun for you as an author.

As far a having an over-arcing and complete story, that depends on how you like to write. SOme people like to have the whole story planned out, while for others it works better to just start off with some ideas, wing it, go back and revise, and wing it again.

I'll be interested to know how this all comes together. Do you read much Science Fiction?