Hey guys, sup
This is my guide produced from my own experiences, 100% works, well tested, i still use it to this day.
Create a new trader (level 5)It doesn't matter the type of trader you use.
Do the beginning quests until you have enough money to buy a noob mineral miner :p then start to place down your installations and collect the ore and grind until you max out the Advanced Harvesting Technology General tab. this adds 30% more collection rates. Keep building up you're steel pile and selling 10k of them for 20k each (unless the rates on the ore are high then check your trade forums for a trade price), keep building up you're money and start to buy elite mineral harvesters and place these down (3 lots each, a total of 3 together and you can buy a fusion harvester). It only takes about 10 minutes to search for an 80% rate and after 1 night you get 120k steel in EACH harvester. so thats 360k steel a night. Plus you can sell the fusion power 7.5k for 20k creds. place 10k steel on the bazaar for 20k each. I myself place 250k steel every 4 hours and it's sold when i log on. 500k every 1-4 hours depending on your luck, but at max it'll be 4 hours. That is easy credits for doing 20 minutes of work a day. collecting ore and sepperating it then posting it on the bazaar =) I sometimes even find good rate ore. today i sold 1 million steel for 3.5m it has semi good stats.
There is no need to craft anything all you do is sell the steel itself! =)
Hope this guide helps fellow noobs. This is how I started on galaxies. Later Guys. Good Luck Harvesting