I am in the process of ranking up to Duke, to purchase the Imperial Cutter. so beware it is a grind. I have been playing since 2014, for a total of 0ne month in game time or 720 hrs. So far I have 135million in credits, one Imperial Clipper and a Python and a T6. For the new player that wants to trade , I would recommend that you work your way up as follows, quickly get to a T6, good cargo hold and decent range for trading and travel. than when you have the cash or find a short range trade route with 1000 credits a ton, Buy a T7 and grind enough credits and rank for an imperial Clipper or Python. I tried a T9 but I found that the range was very short, to many jumps for the money. my favorite Trader so far for my trade route is the Imperial Clipper, I can turn over 200000 every fifteen minutes on continuously. At the moment I am ranking up to Duke using a Python and focussing on reputation enhancing missions, and I am running a 2M and hr credit run. My reason for getting he cutter is to achieve Elite Trader status, I am now at Tucoon with a long way to go, but the Cutter with over 700 tons cargo space will help me along. Also I wan to have enough Credits on hand when the Targoids make their appearance , that I can go Hunting.