Business Agent

This mission chain is Balancing the Books. Its 10 missions will have you doing salvaging, hacking, mining, and a bit of running around delivering things to agents in different systems. These are ways that you can make money in EVE without having to use your weapons.

If you get stuck, there’s a video guide to the missions that begins here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RtjAYs8spU

Since the video guide was made in 2015, the older interfaces may look a bit different from what you see now, but the general steps to complete the mission will be the same.

As you complete the chain, you’ll earn a couple of new ships, some skill books, some modules, and a good chunk of ISK.

Common Stumbling Blocks

• In mission 2 of 10, the Black Box will be ejected into a Cargo Container when you destroy the last pirate. Remember to pick it up before returning to station. If you forgot, you can warp back to the mission site within 2 hours and it will still be there.
• In mission 3 of 10, the Veldspar must be mined in the mission site.
• In mission 6 of 10, the Tracking Computer I is most easily acquired from the Market. See the Use the Market section if you’re having trouble.
• In mission 9 of 10, you can use 1MN Afterburner I modules acquired from other Career Agent missions or from the Market. Make sure they are Repackaged (right-click -> “Repackage”) or the agent will not accept them.
• In mission 10 of 10, the manufacturing process will take substantial time; you can do other things (such as other career agent missions) while the build is in progress. Some of the minerals required may be most easily sourced through the Market rather than via mining. You can also just buy the ammunition off the market, despite what the agent says.