Best place to find passenger missions?

I've been out of the loop for awhile. All my elite documents were on another computer, so I've lost my pictures for rare trading routes and all of my in-game and out of game tools. After checking Inara I found out there is a vessel I could not worry so much about, and since I've always wanted a luxury liner I bought a Dolphin. Now, I own a Python, and I own a ASPX that is fully kitted and A rated. Problem is I stopped playing the game when Engineers came out. Now I'm back into it and have a Rift too. I had the most exciting time the other day looking for a crashed spaceship and once again I find myself sucked into the game. Before, exploration really hit me, but now with passengers I've found a new route to riches. I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. I have a few specific questions.

1. If a passenger wants to see a specific site, how do I find and jump to that? Last time I just jumped to the nearest station and was promptly blown to bits after finding out I was harbouring a criminal.
2. In VR, how do I use the starmap? It seems ultra hard to click anything I want.
3. A passenger requested a 1700 ly trip out of the bubble, how do I manage that if I can't plot a direct course? Also, how do I find stars in between me and their ultimate destination?

Those are the specifics, but I'd love any opinions about this playstyle and I sure could use some general advice, do's and don'ts and whatnot.
 
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1. If a passenger wants to see a specific site, how do I find and jump to that? Last time I just jumped to the nearest station and was promptly blown to bits after finding out I was harbouring a criminal.
Check that the passenger is not a criminal ;) If you read the mission description you should be able to tell (though it's nt as obvious as YOU WILL BE KILLED). If they are criminal then you need to avoid scans going into the destination, either fly fast & be lucky, use silent running or (current forum fave) pop a heatsink to break the scan.

3. A passenger requested a 1700 ly trip out of the bubble, how do I manage that if I can't plot a direct course? Also, how do I find stars in between me and their ultimate destination?

Use a tool like https://spansh.co.uk/ for long trips, or learn to use the galaxy map (though from your #2 it might be easier to use the website :) )
 
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Regarding 2,you'll have to get used to the keyboard or joystick controls unfortunately, there is no way to make the galmap play nice in vr. Most often I mouse to the search box and touch type the system name, but not everyone can do that. Even so I find it a major pain in the neck.

By the way, the secret to passenger missions is to do them in areas where you are allied with a lot of local factions, then they'll give you the big money missions and more variety of passenger to choose from. One way transport rich ceo etc are the most lucrative and give the most rep. Good luck!
 
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