Talk:Search and Rescue/@comment-2603:9000:8F0B:500:6135:E533:1134:FF2B-20190409024500
In two days I have been promoted three Federation ranks (Ensign to Lt. Commander) by prioritizing the smaller groups & collecting the reputation reward when the credit reward was less than 100k.
If any of you want to try it out without sinking too much into it, here's a good Python build which can be cusomized to suit personal needs/interests.