Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-15422849-20150623072753/@comment-26540390-20150628101908
There are four minor possibility of making money, which depends on playing style:
A) Trader - Buy and selling goods
This site contains many usefull information how to make many fast. You need to enter 3 details:
1) how many cash you have;
2) where you are;
3) your cargo space.
It will find you best route for you.
B) Courier - delivery
You need to enter bulletin board and search for avaliable delivery mission.
At first it's low cash, but in future you will get better jobs.
C) Mercenary - fighting
Same as above, but you are ordered to go to conflict zone and fight some peoples.
D) Smuggler
It's like Courier, but you need to deliver prohibited goods for which you can get penalty or be attacked.
For beginig I prefer doing B and D, then you can buy better ship and decide what you want to do.
If you want be a trader buy Type-6 Transporter, fighter - Eagle, smuugler or courier some fast ships eg. Cobra Mk. III.
About dog fights, if you have some cargo pirates can attack you even if you make some missions so you need to be carefull.
Interface in Elite is simple, press 1 (default) and from list choose destination than pres J (default) to enter hyperspace (J works even with supercruise). If you don't feel good with docking buy Standard Docking Computer. Every docking manuver it will perform, but you need to fly out.
I think that will help you.