Confirmed!!: Establishing Your Own Colonies/Settlements (Update: possibly defending colonies)

But you see, the thing is that the OT was already incredible for me and I don't need to spend hours and hours crafting my gear, managing a settlement or driving from point A to point B to care more about the setting. In fact, I don't see how any of that can possibly make me care more about the world, while a good story and interesting characters to bring that world alive, are sure going to make me super invested in it. I loved the MW and I'm always going to resent the ME3 endings for breaking it and it wasn't because of the time spent there doing any of that. All this kind of features can do for me is just break the pace of the narrative, which is why I can enjoy them in games like Skyrim and the like, where there's no narrative at all to break, and why I definitely don't need them in a BW game... It might turn out that I love them, but for now I can only hope that they're completely optional

Of course, I understand that we all want different things, and there's a lot of people who want something like this,what can I say, I wish I could just be happier for all of you  but I don't care about longer pts per se at all, and when I'm not super hyped and optimistic I'm afraid that I'm going to be super not interested in 80% of what the game has to offer and, what it's worse, that I might have to go through at least a 20% of that to get to the 20% I really enjoy Anyway, we'll see, I guess

Most of my fallout 4 quests are dominated by me trying to find as many bits of oil, crystal and fibre optics as possible, and weighing up whether a telephone is more valuable to carry than a typewriter.
And then if I want to fast travel away and then back again to restock as I progress.


That is not what I want in a mass effect game. And as noted before, if Cora tells me about a colony being under attack every 5 minutes then it's the airlock for her.

ok, if the management part is only about how you use your "human resources" picking one type or another of settlement, sounds accpetable. Not something really interesting for me, but at least not a chore in case I'm forced to do it

Our jobs is literally to find a new home for humanity. It makes sense we find planets were humanity can settle down.
You, as well as others, are assuming the system will require us to grind for materials to build up settlements. While it's a possibly, the system from what was said on choosing between different types like science or military settlements is close to how originally the keep system worked in DAI, and that system didn't require us grinding material to build them. 

"Pathfinder, another colony needs our help"  

*Ryder turns and walks away toward the sunset*
"Hey! Pathfinder didn't you hear me?"
*Ryder responds without turning around*
"Yes. I heard you. I am responsible for finding you a new home in this galaxy. I have done that. Now if you need a roof, bathroom or medical aid. I suggest you call the Nexus for I am sure there are far more qualified individuals out there than me."
*Ryder walks off out of sight across the horizon as colonists hang mouths open*

www.giantbomb.com/mass-effect-andromeda/3030-46631/forums/why-bioware-might-wanna-check-themselves-before-th-1775818/

Found this post from 1.5 years ago so don't take it as concrete evidence. The post discusses the leaked survey from over a year ago stating:

"From the survey it appears that humanity and whoever else from the Milky Way is accompanying them will 'search solar systems for rare habitable planets to establish a settlement.' This is not uninhabited space though: 'as [the player explores] this sprawling series of solar systems..., collecting resources and building colonies, [they] will encounter the savagery of untamed lands in the form of cut-throat outlaws and warring alien races'....The survey also mentions an activity for players will be defending their settlements from Khet attacks...Finally: 'allies will reward [the player] with praise and increased narrative options as you fight to remove the Khet presence from the region.'"

So it is very possible that we will be defending the outposts/settlements after we pick the spot and decide its purpose. The author of the post also mentions their desire of the possibility of eliminating Kett outposts similar to mechanics of the Far Cry games.