Since the Asp-X is still a fairly small ship (but with great legs) you might consider trading in rare commodities, which earns good profits trading relatively small quantities of rare commodities. The Asp-X is a great ship for this:
Greetings,
JetsonRING is correct suggesting trading in rare commodities. It is a great way for new players to gain a lot of flying experience in the bubble traveling to many traditional systems that have been in the game since 1984 and making some decent profits doing it. The basic premise is purchase rare commodities then fly 200LY or more to sell them as the farther you fly the more profit you make. Still a player can only purchase a limited quantity of rare commodities. That is why an Asp Explorer with a great jump range is well suited to this task.
History: Years ago Frontier still dialing in this game there wasn't a limit and many players me included flew large cargo ships to fill up and make a lot of credits. Alas it was nerfed all about the balance of the game at the time. Later Engineers showed up with some requiring RCs which now require several trips to meet their needs or a friend to fly with you for twice the cargo. Frontier promoting multi-player seemed to be the thing.
Opinion: 2020 there are many other ways to make a lot of credits so allowing high quantities of RCs would not upset the balance now. But since they are connected to the Engineer's difficulty I don't see that happening. Those who complained about credit balance in the past, and Frontier listened, now have to live with it.
If a player wants to meet other players the last time that I looked a lot of these systems are populated in Open mode. Some players are not very nice per a few bad apples spoils a whole basket of good ones. Carrying high profit RCs go Solo or Group, dock, sell your wares then empty leave the station in Open mode to meet friends or enemies. Worse case have many rebuys so if you are killed you are back at the station that you just docked at with lots of profit with those RCs you just sold for more rebuys. Then load up and go Solo or Group to the next destination. Meanwhile you will make friends if they are not scarred trying to communicate with them.
Read any of the great Elite SciFi writing many authors have provided over the years starting with
The Dark Wheel short novella by Robert Holdstock (1948-2009) included in the early games and a player will get a ambiance connection to the game. Then visiting Lave and other systems have some meaning. Making a friend there will feel pretty good.
Regards