Originally written by anonymous, currently maintained by Winter Ihernglass (forbiddenlake).
Introduction
Robigo passenger missions used to be one of the better ways of making credits and earning engineering materials in the game, but after colonization was added and missions were rebalanced, it is no longer nearly as good. It’s still possible to stack a few missions, but you will quickly run out of new missions to take.
The Lynx Highliner is the best passenger ship in the game, but I don’t recommend concentrating on Robigo.
Requirements:
Some FSD engineering and/or a Guardian FSD booster, so you have at least 30.15 LY jump range. A Supercruise Overcharge FSD helps a little with range, and allows you to boost in supercruise.
Economy cabins for size 2-5, one size 6 first class, and business cabins for the rest of the size 6s.
Knowing how to manually supercruise & dock at an outpost. However, any empty spots in the builds and optionally the size 2 slot(s) may be filled with assist module(s).
Cheapest Asp Explorer. Requires a 1H Guardian FSD booster OR grade 1 FSD engineering.
The Type-8 is not better for VIP missions like Robigo because it has fewer slots, but if you are going fast you will drain the passenger lounge board either way. Here is a Type-8 Robigo runner, requiring full FSD engineering and/or a 1H Guardian FSD Booster.
Step-by-Step
Head out to the Robigo system. It is on the outskirts of the bubble, so you can always take your bubble taxi ship (not Apex) to Hauser’s Reach station and ship your Robigo ship over. (A bubble taxi is a ship outfitted for good jump range, and possibly not much else)
Dock at the Robigo Mines outpost, and check the passenger lounge board. You are looking for all of the Personal/VIP (not Group) missions with the destination of Sirius Atmospherics in Sothis. Try to avoid “high value target” passengers if possible.
Load up your cabins as you see fit, whether that is based on credits or engineering mats, then head out to Sothis. You want a ship with above 30.15 LY of range to keep it down to 2 jumps; this is why engineering/GFSD booster are important.
When you arrive in Sothis, use your Discovery Scanner and then check your navigation panel for Sirius Atmospherics. If you don’t see it yet, then head to Sothis A 5 instead, about 1700 Ls from the star. Sirius Atmospherics should appear in your nav panel when you are under 1000 Ls away.
Head to the Sirius Atmospherics beacon. You can use Supercruise Overcharge if you have it, just be careful not to overshoot your target.
Exit supercruise and scan the beacon (target the white object, not the waypoint, then point at it for 10 seconds), then head back to Robigo Mines for your payout.
Enjoy the profit and mats!
FAQ
Q. Why Robigo Mines and not Hauser’s Reach?
A: Robigo Mines has far less security, which is good because you will likely have multiple illegal passengers. It is also closer to the star than Hauser’s Reach, meaning less supercruise time (SCO may have changed the timing equation here).
Because of this, a Python working out of Robigo Mines gets better cr/hr than a Beluga out of Hauser’s Reach, despite the extra cabin space. Hawkes Gaming compared speedruns in both if you want to see it in video form.