Greetings my friends. It is my pleasure to join everyone here at RepEx. I've had my eye on the organization for a bit and to my surprise, I was the one approached. Roughly a few hours after joining, the weirdest thing happened to me. I talked my way through being pirated. In the past, I've attempted to use my charm to slyly work my way out of things but I either end up paying in the end or start wildly shooting. And I don't usually win.
I had just purchased my new ship when I ran into a member of Hogosha in the Kyushu system. I had only 2000 credits and he wanted 2 million. After some very delayed responses from me, I told him I wasn't able to acquire the money and said if he was willing to follow me to my destination in Tau-31, he can have his money then. After that he just sighed at me and let me go. It was odd. I expected me to just shoot me in anger.
Anyways, the only trade route I have to report in with is the one I've been using for a week now.
Luxury Liner Shetland (VIPS) -> Augsburg Orbital Colony = ~14 mil profit
Planet Nurenburg (Military Vehicles) -> Battleship MacDuff = ~13 mil profit
It's been a very fruitful route but very time consuming. I literally travel in a circle from Rheinland, through Kusari, and into Bretonia. It's gotten quite dull. But I'm happy to hear from what you guys have had success with.