[Colonol Dekker]

I don't feel it was explained enough to the casual / infrequent flier.

[Sushi]

I'm having an adventure.

I might not be entirely sane. :)

[Colonol Dekker]

Good luck mate.

Add CMDR Dobbsy.
He will support you.

[Jeff Vader]

Nice!

[Colonol Dekker]

Sushi. ..........

What's your commander name because I have this guy on my in game friends list already.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/350723-quot-The-Aquarian-Job-quot-goes-badly-wrong-How-I-lost-a-ship-mid-race-but-am-still-in-the-running

[Sushi]

I'm CMDR Tannik Seldon. And yes, you're already on my friends list IIRC.

Reached the halfway mark last night, woohoo!

[Lorric]

Do you enjoy such journeys, or is it just a grind?

[CKid]

Been keeping an eye on your thread on the ED Forums. Good Luck with your journey.

[Lorric]

Been keeping an eye on your thread on the ED Forums. Good Luck with your journey.

*Reads it*

It's a very good thread.

[CKid]

Congratulations on finishing Sushi! That was quite the adventure, even the Devs are impressed. I wouldn't be surprised if you make it into the next ED newsletter.

[Lorric]

That puts a new spin on this little cliche.

[Sushi]

Do you enjoy such journeys, or is it just a grind?

Apparently. I had just shy of 10000km driven in the SRV before I started! I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think I would basically enjoy it. (Admittedly, by the end I was quite ready to be done, the short timeframe meant some uncomfortable squeezing of my real-life schedule and a bit less sleep than I would have liked).

Hooning around planets is something I've always enjoyed. You can get into a nice sort of zen zone leaping from hillock to hillock, trying to plan an optimal course through the terrain ahead, listening to the pleasant ambient soundtrack.

[Colonol Dekker]

Been rinsing quince planetary scans.  Made 32 million yesterday.   How to invest it......

[IronBeer]

Been rinsing quince planetary scans.  Made 32 million yesterday.   How to invest it......

Into your ship of course. Unless you'd be interested to hear a deal I might have on some seaside property on Mercury...

[Mpez]

Bought the game 2 days ago. Everything is clunky as hell. I love it.

It's good that I don't have the time to actually play it too much, as I can look up all the guides when commuting to work. Currently doing 50-100k delivery missions, as it seems that trading is not the way to go with the sidewinder. Will probably have a go at bounty hunting.

[Cobra]

Don't do bounty hunting in a Sidewinder. You will get murdered.

[Mpez]

Heard about going to safe systems and waiting for police to attack pirates and then joining in to collect bounty at the end. That isn't an option I take it?

[The E]

Not in a Sidey.

The problem is that Sideys are very fragile and can't dish out much damage; if you do get into a fight and the enemy concentrates on you (which is very likely), you will get shot down. As your accumulated bounty vouchers vanish upon death, it's very hard to to make more money than what you can get for doing courier missions (those are, after all, explicitly designed to let you get through the early game).

My recommendation would be to get enough money for a Viper and a couple decent guns to put on it, then you can go bounty hunting.

Also, assuming you are in a timezone compatible with Europe, you can try our elite Discord here, if I have the time, I can give you a leg up towards your first few millions.

[Mpez]

I actually joined the discord through an old link posted in this thread will say hi there once I've got more than 20-30 minutes to play.

Thanks for the advice regarding first steps. Bought myself a better frame shift drive, so will be easier to do a few more courier missions.

[Colonol Dekker]

Stack data courier missions with a goal of achieving a cobra. You could upgrade your sidey shields and try a has res site. If you get lucky and the cops are in anacondas you only need to get a few cheeky hits in on confirmed wanted (after scanning) BIG ships then RUN while the cops do the hard work.  Cash your multi hundred grand bounties in and you could have a million in an afternoon.