Good idea think I will do the same to unlock said permit too.
As for the other replies is good to know I am not the only one not bothering with random stuff, I was just jumping to Momus Reach myself but will try what Saint is doing!
Me too. Got my Alioth permit last night by bringing in a few hundred tons of Diso corn (the fact that Diso is also Alliance meant that my rep with the Independents was already at Friendly from all the machinery I sold during the CG). It's almost at peak profit distance (~140LY away) so I didn't mind a bit of a loss. I'll be trying Ben's suggested system to up my rep with other Alliance factions to get Allied overall with them.