So I’m not the only one who has noticed the large space between the row of cards and the semi-circle the board fits in on the playmat - and I can’t be the only one who has thought of this, but I would love a mid-rim/core expansion that was vaguely wedge-shaped that added a new area similar to the add-ons to Talisman.
The Outer Rim could have a more wild-west feel while the mid/core would be less like that and more like infiltrating an authoritarian state, heavier military presence and different types of missions, maybe focusing around one key system (like Corellia) at the narrow end of the wedge.
Maybe design the map around running along one of the core-to-rim trade routes...