The Aisling community has come up with a trade route that's highly profitable, "12k credits/ton/trip profit" I remember hearing from the guy who found the route.
Another quote involving the route from commander Sun: "Each half hour I make 4.33mill and spend 6mill on mats [we're in a prep war with 5th column people] for a 700T mat delivery every 30min."
I've done even better: I went from about 34 million credits in my wallet, fast tracked 400 out of 450 prep mats, and had 33.6 million after doing the trade route. So I added 450 merits to Hip 77470 for the princess for only 400,000 credits. I spent 4 million on fast tracking, so this route covered 90% of my fast tracking costs! Furthermore, I got back about 90 second before the next quota was ready, just in time to pick it up and start the next quota's cooldown right away!
So what's this million dollar route that can get you to rating 5 in just a day or two while supporting the abolition of slavery in Imperial space without breaking the bank? Here ya go (compressed version follows, but you should start at either Halbara for prep material pickup or Caledo if you need money first):
Start at Halbara, Wasden Colony to pick up preparation materials, send them to Hip 77470 (an optionally buy mineral extractors, but they're not worth much profit), fly to Caledo, Brosnatch Station to pick up Palladium, sell that at Guuguyni, Shen terminal and pick up resonating separators, sell that at T'u Tu, Fallows Hub and get gold, and finally go to Halbara to sell the gold and pickup merits (fastracking them if you wish, as you'll be able to afford to when you get back).
HIP 77470[Chelomey Orbital] --(none)-> Caledo[Brosnatch Station]--(palladium)-> Guuguyni[Shen Terminal] --(resonating separators)-> T'u Tu[Fallows Hub] --(gold)-> Halbara[Wasden Colony] --(fasttrack mats)-> HIP 77470[Chelomey Orbital]
You can alternatively, if you don't want to fast track merits, skip dropping off merits at Hip 77470 and head straight for Caledo, if you don't mind those merits taking up part of your cargo hold.
Note, however, that the amount of profit depends on the size of your ship's cargo capacity. However, one of the bigger bonuses here is getting a high rating with Aisling Duval while supporting her cause (and her power could really use the support with the heavy blow landed last cycle). If you're a newer commander and/or curious as to what kind of trade ship you could fly and are interested in working towards earning a 50 million credit salary with the princess, I can recommend the following:
1. Cobra Mk. III (costs 2 million, 60 cargo): http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_iii/02D4D4A3D2D3D4C------030303010101.Iw1-kA==.Aw1-kA==
2. Asp Explorer (costs 12 million, 128 cargo): http://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/02D5D5A4D3D5D5C----------05040202020101.Iw18WQ==.Aw18WQ==
3. Type-7 Transporter (cots 23 million, 232 cargo): http://coriolis.io/outfit/type_7_transport/02D5D5A4D2D3D5C--------0505040403030101.Iw18aQ==.Aw18aQ==
4. Python (costs 62 million, 292 cargo): http://coriolis.io/outfit/python/02C5D5A4D6D6D5C---------050505040403020201.Iw18eQ==.Aw18eQ==
I'd say the Type-7 Transporter (number 3) is the best bang for your buck if you want to haul a good chunk of goods. You can also add a shield to it like so for 2 million more credits if you want some protection (the heat sink is for if you get too close to a star): http://coriolis.io/outfit/type_7_tr...----040702-0505040403450101.Iw18aQ==.Aw18aQ==
I'll conclude with saying PLEASE don't send preparation materials to other systems, especially DO NOT PREPARE CHNUMAR. Aisling is further in the red than ever before, and her anti slavery movement may grind to a halt if matters get even worse. The Aisling community's situation with having another large scale prep war with it's apparently organized 5th column is my primary motivation for posting this, I'll admit, but I promise you there's more to be had in supporting Aisling than harming her power. What if Aisling going so far into the red causes her power to be removed from the game and Prismatic Shields with it?
Besides, I bet the 5th column my folks and I are up against don't have as good a trade route, so you're practically losing money if you prepare other systems in comparison (if you do the trade route)
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Update: RedJedi asked what group you should join to support Aisling's anti-slavery movement. The best group to join is the Aisling slack, a large chat room that has over 400 people so far, many of which are quite helpful. The form you fill out in order to get an invite is here: https://dinusty.typeform.com/to/ewQU8A.
Alternatively, you can also check out the Aisling Duval reddit, even though there's not as much action going on in there: https://www.reddit.com/r/AislingDuval
Another quote involving the route from commander Sun: "Each half hour I make 4.33mill and spend 6mill on mats [we're in a prep war with 5th column people] for a 700T mat delivery every 30min."
I've done even better: I went from about 34 million credits in my wallet, fast tracked 400 out of 450 prep mats, and had 33.6 million after doing the trade route. So I added 450 merits to Hip 77470 for the princess for only 400,000 credits. I spent 4 million on fast tracking, so this route covered 90% of my fast tracking costs! Furthermore, I got back about 90 second before the next quota was ready, just in time to pick it up and start the next quota's cooldown right away!
So what's this million dollar route that can get you to rating 5 in just a day or two while supporting the abolition of slavery in Imperial space without breaking the bank? Here ya go (compressed version follows, but you should start at either Halbara for prep material pickup or Caledo if you need money first):
Start at Halbara, Wasden Colony to pick up preparation materials, send them to Hip 77470 (an optionally buy mineral extractors, but they're not worth much profit), fly to Caledo, Brosnatch Station to pick up Palladium, sell that at Guuguyni, Shen terminal and pick up resonating separators, sell that at T'u Tu, Fallows Hub and get gold, and finally go to Halbara to sell the gold and pickup merits (fastracking them if you wish, as you'll be able to afford to when you get back).
HIP 77470[Chelomey Orbital] --(none)-> Caledo[Brosnatch Station]--(palladium)-> Guuguyni[Shen Terminal] --(resonating separators)-> T'u Tu[Fallows Hub] --(gold)-> Halbara[Wasden Colony] --(fasttrack mats)-> HIP 77470[Chelomey Orbital]
You can alternatively, if you don't want to fast track merits, skip dropping off merits at Hip 77470 and head straight for Caledo, if you don't mind those merits taking up part of your cargo hold.
Note, however, that the amount of profit depends on the size of your ship's cargo capacity. However, one of the bigger bonuses here is getting a high rating with Aisling Duval while supporting her cause (and her power could really use the support with the heavy blow landed last cycle). If you're a newer commander and/or curious as to what kind of trade ship you could fly and are interested in working towards earning a 50 million credit salary with the princess, I can recommend the following:
1. Cobra Mk. III (costs 2 million, 60 cargo): http://coriolis.io/outfit/cobra_mk_iii/02D4D4A3D2D3D4C------030303010101.Iw1-kA==.Aw1-kA==
2. Asp Explorer (costs 12 million, 128 cargo): http://coriolis.io/outfit/asp/02D5D5A4D3D5D5C----------05040202020101.Iw18WQ==.Aw18WQ==
3. Type-7 Transporter (cots 23 million, 232 cargo): http://coriolis.io/outfit/type_7_transport/02D5D5A4D2D3D5C--------0505040403030101.Iw18aQ==.Aw18aQ==
4. Python (costs 62 million, 292 cargo): http://coriolis.io/outfit/python/02C5D5A4D6D6D5C---------050505040403020201.Iw18eQ==.Aw18eQ==
I'd say the Type-7 Transporter (number 3) is the best bang for your buck if you want to haul a good chunk of goods. You can also add a shield to it like so for 2 million more credits if you want some protection (the heat sink is for if you get too close to a star): http://coriolis.io/outfit/type_7_tr...----040702-0505040403450101.Iw18aQ==.Aw18aQ==
I'll conclude with saying PLEASE don't send preparation materials to other systems, especially DO NOT PREPARE CHNUMAR. Aisling is further in the red than ever before, and her anti slavery movement may grind to a halt if matters get even worse. The Aisling community's situation with having another large scale prep war with it's apparently organized 5th column is my primary motivation for posting this, I'll admit, but I promise you there's more to be had in supporting Aisling than harming her power. What if Aisling going so far into the red causes her power to be removed from the game and Prismatic Shields with it?
Besides, I bet the 5th column my folks and I are up against don't have as good a trade route, so you're practically losing money if you prepare other systems in comparison (if you do the trade route)
.Update: RedJedi asked what group you should join to support Aisling's anti-slavery movement. The best group to join is the Aisling slack, a large chat room that has over 400 people so far, many of which are quite helpful. The form you fill out in order to get an invite is here: https://dinusty.typeform.com/to/ewQU8A.
Alternatively, you can also check out the Aisling Duval reddit, even though there's not as much action going on in there: https://www.reddit.com/r/AislingDuval
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