A massive fleet of military vessels with a capital ship as the flagship. Guarded by battleships and smaller sub-caps. Thousands of crew members as well as ground forces for when we land on planets. Basically a giant mercenary group..
From someone who has save edited the shit out of his characters I can say that you can't really edit most equipment. but you can do equipment warping to give yourself better stuff at the start. I know that you can edit the goo armor though. You can edit like everything about it using Minerva.
I don't think they'd all be dead offworlders would probably have a chance to get out before they glassed it. But even then you won't ever see them again.