Do creatures provide cover vs. Reach weapons?

[BigNorseWolf]

Do Creatures provide cover against Reach weapons?

Cover Rules:

Cover does not necessarily block precise senses, but it does make it more difficult to hit a target. To determine whether your target has cover from your attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target’s square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover. Cover grants you a +4 bonus to AC and a +2 bonus to Reflex saves against attacks that originate from a point on the other side of the cover from you. Note that spread effects can extend around corners and negate these bonuses.
Cover And Attacks Of Opportunity
If you have cover relative to an enemy, it can’t make an attack of opportunity against you.
Low Obstacles And Cover
A low obstacle (i.e., a wall half your height) provides cover, but only to creatures within 30 feet (six squares). The attacker ignores the cover if he’s closer to the obstacle than his target is.
Soft Cover
Creatures, even enemies, between you and the source of an effect provide you with cover against ranged attacks, giving you a +4 bonus to AC. However, soft cover provides no bonus to Reflex saves, nor does soft cover allow you to attempt a Stealth check.
Partial Cover
If more than half of you is visible, your bonuses from cover are reduced to +2 to AC and +1 to Reflex saving throws.
Improved Cover
In some cases, such as when a target is hiding behind a gun port in a defensive wall, cover provides greater bonuses to AC and Reflex saves. In such situations, the normal bonuses to AC and Reflex saves are doubled (to +8 and +4, respectively).
Total Cover
If an enemy doesn’t have line of effect to you (see page 271), you have total cover from the enemy. A creature can’t make an attack against a target that has total cover.

Yes: to determine whether your target has cover from your attack, choose a corner of your square. If any line from this corner to any corner of the target’s square passes through a square or border that blocks line of effect or provides cover, or through a square occupied by a creature, the target has cover.

No: Creatures, even enemies, between you and the source of an effect provide you with cover against ranged attacks, giving you a +4 bonus to AC. However, soft cover provides no bonus to Reflex saves, nor does soft cover allow you to attempt a Stealth check.

[BigNorseWolf]

Pathfinder had a line that said that reach attacks resolved cover as ranged weapons. Starfinder appears to have lost that line.

Even without it there though, What I see is one direct statement that a creature would provide cover against an attack with a reach weapon (from determining cover) vs. Only an implication that it doesn't.

The statement "soft cover provides cover against ranged attacks" Implies, but doesn't actually say that it doesn't provide them against melee attacks. If a sign says "No purple dragons allowed in the bar" the status of a green dragon patron is technically unknown, not allowed. You would think that they added purple for a reason, but they haven't actually allowed green dragons. Concluding otherwise is denying the antecedent (A--->B Not A--X-> Not B) It looks like they forgot reach weapons were a thing, or were relying on a line that got taken out.

[Metaphysician]

I am inclined to say, yes, reach weapons use the same rules as ranged weapons. I'd probably exempt it if the creature in the way is a friendly combatant, though, on the assumption that they aren't trying to get in the way of their buddy's spear.