@clipclopboom@snouts.online Elite's learning curve is immense. But it can help when the friendly neighborhood Dragons have battleships to form up on.
But yeah, it's a terrifyingly wide sandbox. You can actually earn a ton of credits stupidly fast if you know what you're doing, but even getting equipped to that point takes a While.
That being said, I have a cargo hold full of Void Opals that would set you up nicely in a good ship to start.