help fro a newb ( old player)

Sry but first you have to make heavy $ for good fighters or BSes... and then, you can explore on yourself how to be the best... as not many(if somebody) knows it I know some best stuff of thei'r type... but I still have to explore

Buy one of the freighters and trade BMG (black market goods) or collect pods/prisoners after a fight and sell them to prisons.

I am also an old player who hasnt been here for 3 years so i cant tell you exactly which prison offers the best price for pods/prisoners but im sure it is relatively close to New York, not sure is it Berlin or one of the USA states named systems.

Good luck exploring mate!

The universe is yours to explore

Go in any Bar(station or planet) and read about initial quest, try to solve this...pretty boost for the start

Firebird76, without going to particular details, IMHO the quickest way to gain cash on here is to do missions(that aren't over your head so to speak, get you blown to pieces in space) and slaughter pirate faction fighters for their escape pod(the pilots) and sell those back to various prisons around Sirius for big $$$.

As for the actual equipment on hand and/or best ships,(granted my knowledge is limited to CF 1.7 era, but I'm finding new stuff every day) ask around or give me a PM in game if you see me on the server and I'll tell you exactly where and what you need to do.

Good flying, good hunting and good fortune to you in your travels Freelancer, hope to see you in space.