Most distant Imperial outpost?

JimMaddog · Dec 28, 2015

Does anyone know what the most distant Imperial system is?

I'm looking for a location to run long range missions similar to the famed Robigo run while boosting my Imperial ranks.

This does not have to be as profitable as Robigo, the ranking is part of the incentive.

PM me if you want to protect a favourite location. Thanks.

Bartizan · Dec 28, 2015

I honestly can't think of any Imperial systems outside the bubble. I play 99% Empire and have never seen one like Sothis/Ceos or Robigo out there for the blues. If someone knows of one, I too would be interested.

FEYBUHL · Dec 28, 2015

Fehu, don't know if it's the farthest out though

JimMaddog · Dec 28, 2015

Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

Kled7 · Dec 28, 2015

JimMaddog said:
Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

Fehu used to be similar to Robigo, i ran out there a while back after 1.5 dropped, the missions are not as good anymore. But, it is still a decent place to grind rep as there are a number of Data missions to be had. Quince is another that is also very far out, i have not jumped to that one yet.

choices · Dec 28, 2015

Kled7 said:
Fehu used to be similar to Robigo, i ran out there a while back after 1.5 dropped, the missions are not as good anymore. But, it is still a decent place to grind rep as there are a number of Data missions to be had. Quince is another that is also very far out, i have not jumped to that one yet.

Some good smuggling missions but yeah there is not like 10 you can stack anymore. Mostly cause they added the quantity to be like 10x the amount than before.

I went to try it for the courier missions and saw a 6 million smuggling mission. Wasn't my taste so only did one run of it.

Destreuer · Dec 28, 2015

JimMaddog said:
Thanks guys. Much appreciated.

Let us know how this pans out... I'm curious about trying this myself but not sure which ship to take out there, i.e., will I need lots of cargo capacity for the new smuggling bb missions.

MrWhippy · Dec 28, 2015

Aditi is near Fehu, both are a good way outside the bubble.

goemon · Dec 28, 2015

another imperial system (fehu and aditi have been mentioned) is quince. it beats fehu for 12 ly distance to sol. still need to visit it...

Sparta117Tetsuo · Dec 28, 2015

goemon said:
another imperial system (fehu and aditi have been mentioned) is quince. it beats fehu for 12 ly distance to sol. still need to visit it...

Ah, interesting take on the question. Going in that direction (most distant Imperial system from Empire space, I assume) there's a few Imperial systems near 109 Piscium and that is on the opposite side of Sol from Empire space, if my galactic map reading skills are up to snuff.

(Not that this helps the OP any...)

JimMaddog · Dec 28, 2015

Fehu worked out ok. I picked up about 8m cr between two light smuggling runs and 4 data packages. The first jump got me pulled over by security and was joined by two pirates post interdiction. Nice to see the cops didn't care about the two rabid pirates shooting my butt off. I out ran everything fairly easily in my lightweight Asp load out which runs to 393mps on boost.

Main issue is the high paying missions so far have not been with imperial factions do I've made a profit at a cost to reputation.

Oh and my nav comp going nuts and dropping the route every other jump.

I'll try the other locations now and report back later.

JimMaddog · Dec 29, 2015

In summary;

Quince, not bad, a few missions available but it's further out from my usual base of op's.

Fehu, much better. There's a good mix of delivery missions so I can grind ranks while making a profit.

Robigo, still the best for pure profit and a very exciting run. Being independent there's no opportunity for naval advancement for the Empire.

All in I made about 40m cr between the three over about 5 hours which about equals my best trade routes. It's paid for my military bulkheads on my FDL. Just have to grind Fehu for my Clipper next.