TorTorden wrote:I think you can be allied in about one million of carto data. That's a lot less than 20 systems.
Better than doing missions.
or they way I did spend a full week in ceos just doing various crap data missions.
If you start from scratch, you are at the high end of neutral, and it typically takes 6-12 million to get allied status. However, if you have scanned too much, you can fly to 78 Ursae Majoris and sell the remainder at a station owned by the Alioth Independents. They will offer you a mission for the Alioth permit once you are allied, and there is another engineer in Alioth.
If you should have even more data left, more data sold helps reaching cordial or friendly with the Party of Yoru and the Eurybia Blue Mafia for access to two more engineers.
But yes, doing a quick R2R is definitely better than grinding missions for reputation.