I appreciate everyone's feedback. I am right now composing a checklist for Bounty Hunting and Core Mining...as these are ways to upgrade your income and ships.
Right now I am focused on:
Bounty Hunting sorts of issues for beginners - "Nav Beacons vs. Extraction Sites?" "What is the fastest way to upgrade your Sidewinder and move to the Cobra Mark III where you can increase your income in bounty hunting even more?"
Mining: As I have watched videos one after the other on core mining, each one leaves out something. "What ship is best for core mining when you have limited money?" One never mentioned "You need a Refinery" and another never tells you "How to build your limpet pool plus/minus ways." "How is a prospector limpet different from a collector limpet?" "How to handle a pirate when your mining ship is full of minerals and you are heading home." Exactly "HOW do you sell your cargo load of minerals to the highest market?" E.G. I have a boatload of Void Opals, but my current terminal does not buy them. How do I find, travel to and back, and actually sell the load for the best price?" "How do you get the Alexandrite OUT of the asteroid, and use the Galaxy Map to make the most money and put it in the bank?"
I know to ask these questions because I screwed up over each one, e.g., Finally had built up enough income to buy a Keelback and outfit it to the max, finally found a Void Opal asteroid belt, finally found an actual void Opal asteroid, and discovered that I travelled all the way there only to discover I had no limpets on board. Duplicate same situation to discover upon arrival and blasting the asteroid open that I had no refinery onboard. Too bad you cannot stick a flag in that asteroid and go home, get outfitted again and come back. right to that roid.
But I never quit. I am one of those weirdos who masters something before I leave it...except for psychedelics...had to leave those undone due to the unpredictability of the experience. [In other words, "Just be prepared to be unprepared" is the best way to describe the Preparation Process, so - in other words - the Checklist Mentality is useless.]
Still looking for that mentor who I can just zip a question off to...
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