New Quickest(?) Empire Rank Grind - [Possibly Short-term]
This method was discovered and inspired by this post here by u/BypassedBivalve
Things you need
Small size ship - used a Cobra Mk5, the perfect ships for this job
Things I strongly recommend
SCO FSD gen 2 ship
~ 32 cargo space (If you decide to do any cargo delivery rank up missions)
Method
- Enter Synuefe YE-Q C21-4
- Enter Stumbling Hobos Retreat
- Pick up courier missions only for:
Synuefe YE-Q C21-2
Synuefe YE-Q C21-3
Synuefe YE-Q C21-7
Synuefe YE-Q C21-8
- Once initial missions are selected, go to the system where most are due, from here due to the amount of available missions, try to prioritise 2 out of the listed systems at a time. I found this will keep you at the near cap of 20 missions and constantly being time efficient for the amount of jumps per hand in.
I found a loop of 4 - 3 - 7 - 8 - 2 - 4 sort of worked as well.
Tips:
- At Synuefe YE-Q C21-4 (the only system with 2 mission locations) a station is 220k LS away, missions to here give extra rep so prioritise these as with the SCO the journey takes seconds
- All other systems only have one available mission location and can be accessed very quickly with SCO (hence why i recommend the cobra mk5)
- Pick up any donation missions as well, this will help you gain extra rep. I spent around 150M credits on donations.
As the trailblaze update allows for new outposts, this perfect scenario may change at any moment so its efficiency might be reduced over time as more stations appear. o7
Posted May 20, 2025, 4:03 PM UTC