Well, this is a kind of overlapping topic of Exploration, Powerplay, and BGS. But as the main questions at hand are related to the latter, I am posting it here.
Last weekend I returned to the bubble from a wide-arching 3 months ~5.5 billion exploration trip from Colonia to SagA and via the eastern outskirts of the galaxy back to the bubble. Sold some 2.3 billion worth of data on Explorers Anchorage and some DSSA carriers, as well as already bribing me the favour of some local factions in the bubble.
To maximize my gains from the trip, I worked hard for Li Yong-Rui to unlock his 200% exploration data bonus, which might result in a total of ~12 billion I might get out of the trip.
That done, I am now also looking to improve my Empire rank to unlock the Imperial Cutter; currently I am 100% allied with the Empire and rank Earl +73%, so I need to complete that and the next (Marquis) rank to unlock the iCutter.
Tomorrow morning with the Thursday PP tick, I will be able to sell my exploration data with the LYR bonus. Now the quesiton is, how to smartly invest all that exploration data such, that I get the most out of it and also improve my Empire rank in the process.
I might already have fluffed it a little by getting allied with a couple of Empire factions on stations in LYR space (~30-40 million per faction). Especially the East India Company PMF holding 43 of the 78 LYR Empire stations... (and still there is only one station in the bubble to buy the iCutter with the 15% LYR discount...)
Last night I also helped an AI Empire faction in a civil war against an independent PMF - considering that that AI Empire faction is at civil war, will selling exploration data at their station help at all toward reputation gain (not influence, I only care for reputation/rank)?
Last weekend I returned to the bubble from a wide-arching 3 months ~5.5 billion exploration trip from Colonia to SagA and via the eastern outskirts of the galaxy back to the bubble. Sold some 2.3 billion worth of data on Explorers Anchorage and some DSSA carriers, as well as already bribing me the favour of some local factions in the bubble.
To maximize my gains from the trip, I worked hard for Li Yong-Rui to unlock his 200% exploration data bonus, which might result in a total of ~12 billion I might get out of the trip.
That done, I am now also looking to improve my Empire rank to unlock the Imperial Cutter; currently I am 100% allied with the Empire and rank Earl +73%, so I need to complete that and the next (Marquis) rank to unlock the iCutter.
Tomorrow morning with the Thursday PP tick, I will be able to sell my exploration data with the LYR bonus. Now the quesiton is, how to smartly invest all that exploration data such, that I get the most out of it and also improve my Empire rank in the process.
- How much data can I sell in one station to still get an Empire reputation/rank gain from it?
- Is it strictly bound to the increase with my rep to that faction (e.g. being allied means little or no more gain)? And just the faction or can I hop to different stations of the same faction in and out of the system?
- Or is there maybe a daily quota or whatever, disregarding my initial standing?
I might already have fluffed it a little by getting allied with a couple of Empire factions on stations in LYR space (~30-40 million per faction). Especially the East India Company PMF holding 43 of the 78 LYR Empire stations... (and still there is only one station in the bubble to buy the iCutter with the 15% LYR discount...)
Last night I also helped an AI Empire faction in a civil war against an independent PMF - considering that that AI Empire faction is at civil war, will selling exploration data at their station help at all toward reputation gain (not influence, I only care for reputation/rank)?
