I found a sweet Federation ranking deal between the systems of Chime and Vasing...Vasing has 2 medium pad outposts and Chime has 1 medium pad outpost...Chime currently has a state of None and Vasing is in a Boom state...Chime's outpost is at approximately 260,000 ls and Vasing's outpost's are at approximately 70,000 ls...I know most pilots will groan at the distance, but go run Hutton a couple of times and this will seem like a cake walk...Concentrate on data missions from Vasing to Chime (do not even worry about the planet bases in Vasing)...You can load up on them from Chime to Vasing but it takes too long (only an outpost in Chime)...My advice is to eat the return run from Chime to Vasing and just load up in Vasing...Once you are allied with everyone, you can get data runs between 100,000 to 800,000 a pop...I was making 10 to 15 million on each trip to Chime...You can concentrate on just the Federation factions to rank up faster, but I just grabbed everything 500,000 and up and made tons of money...I made it to Admiral in 72 hours and had money to A grade my Corvette as well...I ran this with an Alliance Chieftain but a super fast Cobra or Viper will do the job...You will get interdicted occasionally but once you hit 20C, ain't nobody gonna catch ya till the end run and a loop of shame will grav lock and mess up most followers...Watch out for the Deadly and Dangerous FDL's...They are fast killers for the uninitiated...Best to boost away or just not get interdicted in the first place...I pass this on to all future Admiral's because I am already there...And congrats to all the future Mostly Harmless, Novice and Competent Corvette owners...This game is most fun in a cool ship and combat know how just comes with time...I will gladly grab your six if I see you being griefed...Have Fun and Happy Halloween!!!