Elite is an open world sandbox so I'm curious to see the different journeys we all took to get to where we are now.
Mine went like this:
Sidewinder – Courier and delivery missions
Hauler – Courier and delivery missions
Cobra III – Courier and delivery missions then eventually mining
Asp Explorer – Exploration and unlocking engineers/guardian blueprints
Krait II – 1st combat ship, went to Colonia via FC taxi to unlock engineers there and became my 1st fully engineered ship
Type-9 – Dedicated cargo trader, used to unlock Lei Chung and when I just feel like trucking. Pleasantly surprised with how many credits/hour you can get from just hauling goods from one station to another
Anaconda – started out as a HazRES miner but now fully outfitted and engineered for combat. Still my main ship for mining when I feel like it
That's where I am now after about 200 hours. Next plan is to either make a fully engineered Vulture with PAs/Pacifier Frags or get my fed rank grind going for a Corvette. And finally, my ultimate goal – a fleet carrier. I'm not exactly sure what I would do with one, but I'll definitely be asking on this subreddit once I have it.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/xhv31o/summary_of_your_ed_journey_so_far/