Well... for me the best way of making money and have a decent warship in 4/5 days is:
1ş -> shuttle and transport missions on UE space, its fast and rentabel, untill I get 80000 credits.
2ş -> buy a scout ship and add: 2 fuel, 1 scoop, and 2 phase swivel cannons (90ş targeting, bought at Miraya).
the I traded a little with it, and decided to take out a Arada in DSN-4922 near Yerdor, its quite easy if you don't attack it frontaly, when the status becames Hostile, the IA ships will only use their cannons when they are realy close, if you can keep a safe distance and fire at the same time, just hiting them at the end of the cannons range u can disabel the ship without take a single damage.
3ş You board the ship and take it has yours (it touked me 3/4 times to sucessfull board one and take it for me).
4ş well now you have one of the more versatil ships, light attack ship, light freighter, or small warship, and fast very fast is up to you.
5ş I decided to board a miranu heavy frighter, (500 cargo WOW)
6Ş then is easy you buy 2 external fuel and then you trade weapons: (Chak//Emalghion) you can win a lot with this.
7ş after you win +- 1.2M with full cargo (lol) you gather enough money buy a Miranu warship and bounty hunt UE ot voinans or help renages.. anyway.. this is what I have done... now I own a Crescent Warship with this:A layer of Dospect armour, a Bronev plating, a UE cloaking device, two external fuel thanks, a density scanner, an IFF decoder, and afterburner, a sensor upgrade, 4 phase turrets, two fuel scoops, an auto-refuelet, two dispersal rockt launchers, a thrust upgrade, 4 shield enhancers, and engine upgrade, a mass expansio, an ECM system,a Zidagar ECM System, a RCS upgrade. pretty nice now I have a good ship a good status and I bounty hunt :- )
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