I felt it was a bit underwhelming that when I traveled to the center of the galaxy and got that staff of life thing that instantly makes a planet level 3 habita

I felt it was a bit underwhelming that when I traveled to the center of the galaxy and got that staff of life thing that instantly makes a planet level 3 habitable. The character that gives it to you tells you to find the 3rd planet from Sol (Earth). I found Earth, expecting another cutscene of some sort, but nothing happened. Earth was just a level 1 (if i recall correctly) habitable planet, so I used the staff to make it level 3 and then I just colonized it and kept it as my main base for a while. I didn't bother trying to kill all the Borg but I did manage to ally myself with them, which makes the rest of the galaxy your enemy.