Starfield on Very Hard without any combat changing mods is Very Hard

Go Figure. So what's happening here is the char has an injury so sneaking causes loss of o2 which means no power attacks or sprinting or generally being good at things. In this engine I was able to build a FOB where essentially I can manufacture bandages & 'survival' related items. In the default setting of the game it is so comically and trivially easy that you never even need to utilize all the extensive detail such as the research trees for medications.

Here I have been testing baiting the enemy into running into my mines. It's hard to do but when it pays off, it pays off.