Jack of Harts

The reason there are relatively few starships is the cost of hyperdrives.  Spaceships are extremely common though.  Most star systems are teaming with small ships moving between planets and moons carrying cargo or passengers.  People take weekend trips to vacation moons, or perform a daily commute to a job in the asteroid mines.  Humanity stretches across every system we have colonized, islands of civilization in the dark of space.