You could make this into a Western. Or, let's say this is a Western, set in space, with high tech weapons and space ships. You've got two big ranchers feuding and the sheriff in town. That's the way most sci-fi is today. You'd think hundreds of years in the future and outer space would provide some bizarre new stories, like Forbidden Planet or Blade Runner. But lazy Hollywood keeps plugging cliché stories into the "space" template.
What's just as annoying is to read people critiquing the story, oblivious to the formulaic "diversity" casting that ruins the plausibility of any story. No, in a few centuries biology will NOT change, and missions-earthbound or extraterrestrial-led by alpha-females will still be as far-fetched as they are today. But I do understand the marketing value of pandering to diversity.
What's just as annoying is to read people critiquing the story, oblivious to the formulaic "diversity" casting that ruins the plausibility of any story. No, in a few centuries biology will NOT change, and missions-earthbound or extraterrestrial-led by alpha-females will still be as far-fetched as they are today. But I do understand the marketing value of pandering to diversity.