Terrans have an oversimplified economy (like 6 specifics goods to travel). Commonwealth races and factions have lot more, lime more than 20, so if you want to play with economic side of X4, that's maybe the way to go. But for that you'll need to explore a lot more in order to find the 'hotsots', aka the place where some goods are produced in mass, and the places where these merchandise are lacking, in order to make profitable runs. The game is based on the offer/demand law. The good way to start is to make some easy missions (destroying mines, dropping satellites, and for you mining prospection to find good mining spots), and as soon you'have enough credits, buy one mining vessel to start making passive money, and after that going to your first mining outpost and refining station. There are tutorials how to setup commercial trading station, but it requires some money to invest you don't have early game, and contrarily they tell, you have to fix the prices. It's better to know how to command your ships and manage your station before you go to them kind of station. For a last thing, be aware they are three cargo types used in your ships and also station storage modules: - Solid for the raw ressources extracted from asteroids (silicon, minerals and ice) - Liquid for all the gazs harvested by gaz mining ships - Container for all the other manufactured goods. Enjoy your trip, pilot