I always come back to the smooth lines of the imperial ships, and the Cutter was my daily driver until recently.

Step 1: Pledge to the power of your choice through the right hand panel.

Step 2: Find and complete the assignments either through the power menu or the transactions tab.

Step 3: You can now earn ranks and will progress as you collect merits - currently rare trading or collecting escape pods pays the best.

Step 4: Spread your power across the galaxy!

I suggest joining your Power discord to work with like minded CMDRs to greater effect.

Here I am, another day on the Thetis. 8 generations in and I bet they've all been the same. Nothing to do, but drifting along on this rust bucket hoping for a better life for our children's children.
Only distraction is that lout next door, always fiddling with his comm unit. He was bragging about finding something in the array from an uninhabited planet we passed years back, and was promising a listening party when he gets it decoded for everyone on deck C!

Jog on mate, nothing ever happens on the Thetis but I've still got better things to do than listen to that!

My first Thargoid experience was a terrifying encounter. 3 of us multicreed up, thinking we were invincible heading out to shoot some aliens.

We were dragged out of witchspace, lights flashing and strange sounds. Everything shut down - we were helpless! Finally the ship rebooted, there were these things flying around everywhere. The fighter barely scratched them, the turrets couldn't move fast enough.

Eject.... Eject... and we we were gone.

Time was against me. Visitors were arriving any minute as I plunged into the titan. With rusty skills I fired my pulse neutraliser..... And missed, getting launched back into space. With sinks running low I finally made it back through into the asteroid field, deploying missiles and damaging the core. 2M bounties collected, then the doorbell rang. Decal secured!