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There are a number of distinct roles that players can take on. Roles do not require prior experience or skills to take part in - by obtaining the necessary equipment anyone can perform any role. Trading, smuggling, exploring, mining, bounty hunting, and pirating are the six main roles. [[Frontier Developments]] have stated that they want all roles to be equally profitable.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gMbLjUjs1w&feature=youtu.be Dev Diary 3 - Player Roles]</ref>

Starport [[Bulletin Board|bulletin boards]] will often offer missions that require little or no cargo space and can be an easy (albeit low) source of income. Missions that require no cargo space will be marked with two horizontal arrows pointing left and right whereas courier missions that require some cargo space are marked with a cargo container and an arrow pointing to the right. Accepted missions can be turned in (completed) by travelling to the mission's destination and using the starport bulletin board there.

Mining in Elite: Dangerous is very manual as the player must use a mining laser to chip off pieces of an asteroid to then scoop up to be refined onboard. For newer players mining can be a good way to learn ship control, operation of the cargo scoop, and how to interact with the control panel in flight. With the fothcoming Powerplay expansion (due late May 2015), pilots of the larger ships will be able to employ drones to automate the mining process.