Step One

Welcome to the Sapphire system.  This is the first system you enter in as a mercenary/miner in Evochron Mercenary.  To quote the actual game

"This is the main trading center in Evochron and is firmly in Alliance control.  It has jump gates to all 4 sections of the Evochron quadrant. Sapphire is considered the launching point for new mercenaries due to its strong Alliance presence resulting in a well protected system with a positive reputation level.  Few major conflicts ever occur in this system, mostly minor fighting between individual mercenary ships. Because of a saturated market, commodity values and contract pay is generally very low, but the safety of the system makes it a good starting point for new mercenaries to learn basic skills in trade, ship control, racing, equipment cleaning, mining, and other activities."

It's an excellent system to get started in the game as it has everything a new player (outside of a combat pilot) could possibly want.  There is excellent trading opportunities and mining from asteroids and planets in the area.

The next step will take you to an excellent place to get started doing some mining.

Open your navigation console and enter the following co-ordinates
X:62912
Y:-244
Z:-62234
SX:2
SY:0
SZ:-1