Convention used: Keys that get pressed in game are in []. Like this - [F1].
- At the start, SAVE OFTEN and DO NOT fight anyone.
- Use your [F1] key to "talk nice" to every ship you can [t]arget in all factions you can [t]arget, especially ULN, ULN Citizens and Purist citizens but not Luddites. SAVE OFTEN. We will hunt Luddites later to build faction relations, so do not care if they LOATHE us. SAVE OFTEN.
- If you are attacked and can't get away, be willing to "die", then quit and start with your last saved game. SAVE OFTEN.
- Buy entertainment, wines and coffee on the Ocean planet in Cephid-17 to trade with the mine on the other side of Cephid-17. SAVE OFTEN.
- Buy *ium crystals/metals, Anti Corrosives/Gold/Rare Earths/Alkali Metals/Base Metals to trade with the Ocean planet on the other side of Cephid-17. SAVE OFTEN.
- When you run out of items on the mine, quit and restart the game for the mine to be restocked. SAVE OFTEN. Do the "quit and restart" as many times as you need. SAVE OFTEN.
- As soon as you get to about 500,000 to 1,000,000 credits doing this (which should take about an hour or two of game time) then buy a jump drive for your Llama and beef it up just a little on capacitor, reactor and shields for some exploration. SAVE OFTEN. Make sure to keep at least 100,000 credits for trading. SAVE OFTEN.
- Jump through the near systems and look for one with a Commerce Center and Ice, Ocean/Arid planet(s) in that order. SAVE OFTEN.
- Start trading PAI Wetware (Buy for ~9,600 credits each.) from the Commerce Center to any of these planets for ~12,000 to ~14,000 credits, preferably Ice as you get more profit from Ice. SAVE OFTEN. Do not worry about trading back to the Commerce Center, just fly back to it empty so you can trade PAI Wetware faster. SAVE OFTEN.
- When you get to the point you are emptying the Commerce Center of PAI Wetware then save and quit for it to restock. SAVE OFTEN. I do the save + quit + buy over and over until I use about half my credits on hand then go sell and do it again. SAVE OFTEN.
- Do this until you have your first 11,000,000 credits, then start trading AI Cores (Buy for ~10,600,000 credits each and sell at an Ice planet for over 14,000,000 credits each!). SAVE OFTEN. Now you are making serious credits on each transaction. SAVE OFTEN.
- Quit and restart as needed to restock the Commerce Center. SAVE OFTEN. Do this until you have as much credit as you want. SAVE OFTEN. My rule of thumb is to get double what it would cost me to by a Clydesdale at 300,000,000 credits. SAVE OFTEN.
- Oh, in case I forgot to mention this ... SAVE OFTEN.