Korentin_Black:
You can legitimately put a small street gang or a couple of bar toughs barring the way to a contact into the game without too much thought. Power levels are low (to start with), stakes high, resources limited.
True, but elsewhere it needs only a bit more of effort.
Because are those really just local drunks who got belligerent, or was it set up by a serious adversary for some reason? And if they are, do PCs want to attract attention? Even if they don't care themselves, this may be bad for their contact.
When they try to be subtle, won't brandish high-end equipment. But if they aren't walking in power armor and with a small army of bodyguards, they need caution: “while you may command a flotilla of warships, the fact is that right here and right now there is just you and me and this hammer”.