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[Star Trek] Why does the USS Enterprise get used for such small operations all the time?

I'm watching Star Trek Beyond specifically.

The USS Enterprise is painted as this massive ship with cutting edge technology and an exemplary crew. So, along comes this alien lady whose colleagues got stranded in some random ass planet. First of all, send a drone or something to do reckon. If it's all clear, then you send the huge ship to help out. It's just driving me crazy that they'd risk a huge asset to MAYBE rescue some random scientists in a random planet. It's like if the US government sent a whole aircraft carrier to help out a small boat that got stranded in the ocean somewhere.
gpt
1. The Enterprise is a scientific exploratory vessel which is not comparable to a military aircraft carrier in terms of mission parameters.

2. They likely were passing by on other duties anyways.

3. Starfleet Captains have broad discretion during normal operation to decide objectives and plan routes, if the Captain felt compelled to help someone in need then that is what that ship is doing unless Starfleet had given other orders.

4. Starfleet encourages captains to perform acts of mercy as the most important resource to the Federation is intergalactic good will.