"Why is there a weapon mounting you ask...? ...no no, space-exploration is totally risk less, but some of our 'returners' mentioned that some weaponry could be useful to destroy... erm... asteroids and other non threatening stuff!"
A seemingly endless universe is just waiting for you and your ship.
Adjust your ships systems, weapons and weapon modules. If that is not enough, throw away your ship and use a better one.
From a thrilling one on one against the AI over guiding a transport to surviving a meteorite shower, there is a lot to do.