hm... I am in Terratus from Tyranny, bronze age transitioning to iron age civilization... and I'm in the Anaconda from Elite Dangerou. I'd just scan the planet from space, since it's habitable and so worth a good chunk of credits, and jump to another star system after a few minutes, never even knowing that civilization…
I played so many games.... I could be The Witcher, a pirate (loved playing Pirates! as a kid) or a leader from Civilization. In any case, I get cool loot: a silver sword, a pirate ship and Nukes!!! hell yeah!