(Quote) My experience has been that when one is starting their first char on the server, or creating a char in singleplayer, it is a very slow start if one doesn't trade black market goods in a freighter and ladder up to a APC or BP3 before getting a Soulforge. Alternatively, a person can spring for a VHF and do missions (but the pods are much more valuable than the mission rewards themselves). Once a person has a train, like Azadur said, it comes down to how much time per hour a person has to …