I love No Man's Sky. It's one of those games I can jump in and out of without worrying about having forgotten the story or now unable to play it because my skills have degraded XD

Early on in the game I trying to return to a space station to sell loads of rare minerals. Got ambushed by a pack of pirates and spent the best part of an hour trying to not die. At some point I was able to limp my way to a nearby planet. Most of my systems were down, had run out of boost, drive and didn't even have launchers.

That day I learned not to fill ALL the slots on my ship with emeril...