Thank you for your reply! I am aware of the initial courses of action, but what when you come to the last point of the STAR, since many STARs end up with a heading and "expect rdr vectors to final" rather than to take you to a final approach? Yes, maintaining at lest MSA is a very good "2 cents worth"
(or ESA if military and outside 25nm/inside 100nm of the point out of which MSA is based on)