Elite: Dangerous PvE - Mobius

I signed up for EDSM. My profile is here, but I haven't started anything with it yet :p

https://www.edsm.net/user/profile/id/12456/cmdr/Emma+G

Thanks Tor - I tried again and managed to get some That was also my first experience with cargo scooping!

I'm trying this now, I've just found half a dozen by randomly flying around my current system, and failed at point #1, selecting them. I can't target them, they just sail past me, and I don't see them in my contacts. How do I "select" a USS?

Cometborne, that was a great, really detailed reply. I'll definitely look for an expedition when I go to Jacques, and will try some shorter trips first - as well as finding out how to do more detailed scans on stars and planets. However, if it's up to an hour per system, and there are around 1000 ju...

I liked Loriath's reply. But I am quite interested in exploring etc, so I might try this, at least once. I think it would probably take me at least an hour per 1000 lYs. And I guess you need some special setup on your ship, if there are no facilities out there. With mining and SRVs, can you make you...

Thanks all - that's helpful, and it also explains how I managed to get a slight amount of faction gain already, although without realising it!

Em

I thought I might come across the answer to this while just playing the game, but I haven't yet. I'm probably missing something very obvious! But how do you gain ranks with these groups? And what are the benefits/drawbacks? Is it just a way to get better ships, or is there more to it? And where does...

I suppose both the financial and the fun factors.

I'm sorry, I'll stop in this thread now. You know how it is, one question leads to another...

So, how do you start to get Federation/Empire promotions?