Finally bought my first station, a silicon mine which I've stuck on a 40-something yield asteroid in Herron's Nebula. I'm currently outfitting two new merchantmen to buy energy for it and sell its goods. I also plan on making Herron's Nebula my home area for early development. There's an acceptable ore asteroid there as well, so I'll eventually add on an ore mine and a solar power plant, and expand from there. I'll probably pick a different system for when I want to start working on a serious empire, but Herron's will do for my current low-level financial goals.

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What kind of fighter do you prefer to fly? I like the ones which are reasonably fast with good shields and ok guns. With enough cargo to have a few missiles and at least 100 NRG for the jumpdrive.
I'm currently in a heavily upgraded M3 Nova Vanguard, and I like it a lot. Yeah, I'm a lot slower than many other fighters, but I like having the shielding to stand up in a firefight as well as a whole lot of guns. I ended up ditching the heavy guns that came with the L version because they were too inaccurate at range and chewed through energy way too fast. Right now I'm sporting 8 PACs with a PRG in my turret for missile defense. I find those are accurate enough to take out even fast moving M5s and with 8 firing at once I can chew through a M6 with a little patience. After a little more experimentation, I'll probably swap out 4 of the PACs for 4 heavier guns and switch between the sets depending on target. I plan on upgrading to a M3+ eventually, but that's a ways off. My ultimate objective is to get myself into a fast M6.