elite money

SYSTEM: Edin, Veihbock Dock. 70ish LY from San Tu. It's the only station in the system
MONEY/FED RANK/EFC/(DECENT) CRACK: Good ole fashioned skimmer stacking 17 Draconis style at certain bases.
WHAT TO BRING: I suggest a biweave FDL with about 1000 mj and 50 resists with enough spare power to run 4 medium dumbfires. You can buy those here. Ultimately the ship choice is up to you, just bring enough ass

STEP 1: Get allied. Super easy. There's 7 factions here, 6 of which are at war and civil war. You'll be pissing off 1 of the factions with your missions, so the brunt of your work will be done with the remaining 6. Just do skimmer missions to the locations I'll detail below. There's plenty of donations to help you along as well.
STEP 2: Get rich fast. Here's how. You can use these techniques to help you get allied too.

EASY MISSIONS: Use a viper 3 with 2 dumbfires. You can buy all that in Veihbock Dock.

Thomas Lab/Antonio de Andrade beacon: These bases are on the same planet and belong to the same faction. Therefore kills at one count as kills at the other. Pick whichever base you want. Each spawns 3 skimmers per log. Kill all 3, relog, kill, repeat until all missions are complete. Once done, take all those pips out of your shield and boost into the planet Quince style. You'll respawn at Veihbock to turn in your missions and grab more.

Leiber Beacon: Same thing. Bring your Viper and suicide back when complete. THERES A TRICK TO GET THE SKIMMERS TO SPAWN HERE. Near the central most structure of the base there's a "skimmer bay" where the little bastards come out of the ground. Bump your viper on the dirt next to it several times until they pop out. Should be 3 skimmers and occasionally 3 stingers. STINGERS COUNT AS SKIMMERS FOR THE MISSIONS
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HARDER MISSIONS: This is where your FDL comes in to play. You'll have to fly back to Veihbock when complete if you don't want to suicide your Ferdie.

Klink Legacy, Person Enterprise, Bowen Works: Once again, all 3 are on the same planet and same faction. Load up these places and go to Klink Legacy. You'll do all your kills here. At least 5 Skinner's pop in the middle of the base when you hover over it. One volley should kill them all. When they're dead go hide your ship on the downslope of the hill it's on. You'll be covered during your 15 second timer. Rinse, repeat.

George Stop: The biggest money maker. 5 skimmers and occasionally 5 stingers. You'll have to do some testing here to see where the skimmers pop. I can tell you it's in between the "silo" tower and the middle structure. Once you figure it out, just hover over that spot for each log and blast them as soon as they come out. You have to be VERY close to the dirt for this to happen. If you get the perfect spot most of the base defenses won't even shoot at you. Regardless, 4 pips to shields.

Salgari Beacon: I don't recommend salgari. It has HEAVY defenses, a Goliath, and it's hard to get the skimmers to pop. Lots of money to be made there the though, if it's to your liking. The skimmers spawn on the exact opposite side of the base from the large tower.

Expectations? I've made a little over 2 billion in 2 days of medium grind. A ton of fed rank. And of course those glorious engineer mats. Biotch, EFC, and crack are all here, so choose missions as you see fit for your needs.(edited)