I already add a lot of planetary mods, so disabling story isn't that much of an issue. Tho, I wonder if you're able to rewrite the story not state specific planet types and instead just tell you how ya might have to go further to find these colonies. I'm not against traveling and risking my neck for some scans. It's how progression works.

Can confirm that it works

I'll try it out and tell ya how it works.

Then I guess it could work, maybe?

What if it's used with a mod that allows any planet to spawn with any difficulty, rather than one that disables the story?