PassengerActivity Guide

The passenger role swaps cargo racks for passenger cabins and freight for people. Instead of a market spread, your income comes from missions taken at a station's Passenger Lounge — each with a destination, a fare, a time limit, and sometimes a list of demands the passenger insists on. It is trading's sociable cousin: same logistics instincts, different cargo, and a few unique twists in who you're carrying.

The loop is mission-driven rather than market-driven:

1. Accept

   Fill cabins at the lounge.

2. Route

   Plan the multi-stop trip.

3. Deliver

   Visit beacons / reach the port.

4. Return & bank

   Drop off, collect the fares.

Most passenger work is low-risk transport, but two wrinkles add spice: VIP demands (a fast trip, a specific cabin class, no scans) and criminal passengers (wanted fugitives whose presence draws interdictions and scans you must evade). The role's signature is the high-density sightseeing loop, where a hull full of tourists earns far more per hour than its tonnage would in cargo.

Cabin classes

Passenger cabins come in four tiers, and missions specify the class their passengers require:

A passenger will only board a cabin of their class or higher, so a mixed cabin layout lets one ship take a broad spread of missions. Higher-class cabins are larger and rarer per slot — the fit is a deliberate trade between fare quality and headcount.

Mission types & demands

• Sightseeing — visit a list of tourist beacons / scenic locations, then return. The high-value bread-and-butter.
• Transport — carry passengers from A to B; bulk economy groups or single premium fares.
• VIP — demanding single passengers who may require a minimum cabin class, a time limit, or that you're never scanned.
• Criminal — wanted passengers who attract interdictions and station scans; pay more, riskier.

Range, comfort & risk

Sightseeing destinations are often far apart, so jump range matters almost as much as cabin count — a passenger liner needs enough legs to reach distant beacons inside the time limit. Passengers have patience and comfort thresholds; taking too long or taking damage can make them disembark early and forfeit the fare. Criminal and some VIP runs add scan-evasion: run cold, avoid security, and high-wake away from interdictions.

1. Get a hull with cabins

   A small dedicated passenger ship like the Dolphin is cheap, cool and long-legged — perfect for first sightseeing runs. The Passenger — Ship Comparison page will help you pick an appropriate passenger ship.

2. Fit a mix of cabin classes

   A spread of Economy/Business/First lets you accept the widest range of missions from one lounge.

3. Stack sightseeing missions

   At a busy Passenger Lounge, take several missions whose beacons overlap, so one circuit completes many at once.

4. Plan the route for range and time

   Order the beacons into an efficient loop and check every leg fits your jump range inside the deadlines.

5. Fly smooth, fly cool

   Avoid damage and long detours — uncomfortable passengers leave. For any criminal fares, run cold and dodge scans.

6. Return and bank the stack

   Hand in all the completed missions at once; a well-stacked sightseeing loop pays far above its hull's cargo value.

Mid-game passenger work is about cabin density, range and the high-value loops.

Step up to a liner

Move to a dedicated liner — such as the Lynx Highliner — with its passenger slots packed with the highest-class cabins that fit and an FSD tuned for the loop's legs. More premium cabins per trip is the income lever.

Run the signature loops

• Robigo–Sirius — the classic high-density sightseeing circuit the Highliner is built for.
• VIP charters — chase the demanding, high-fare single passengers when your cabin classes can satisfy them.
• Criminal premiums — when you're confident in scan-evasion, the wanted fares pay a useful bonus.

• Long-haul tourism — the biggest passenger fares come from sightseeing trips to genuinely distant landmarks; a high-range liner carrying luxury tourists thousands of light-years blends the role with exploration for outsized pay.
• Luxury liners — the largest passenger hulls (Orca, Beluga Liner) packed with First and Luxury cabins for premium VIP and sightseeing work.
• Optimised Robigo grinding — running the signature loop at full cabin density for sustained, fast credits.
• Passenger Community Goals — large evacuation or transport CGs for tiered rewards and exclusive modules.

Full ratings, cabin counts and costs live in the comparison dossier — shortlist by stage below.

• Stack overlapping missions. The whole income model is taking many sightseeing missions whose beacons share a route, then flying it once.
• Mix cabin classes. A spread of classes lets one hull accept the widest range of missions; passengers board their class or higher.
• Range can matter as much as cabins. Distant beacons under a deadline need legs — balance cabin count against jump range.
• Keep passengers comfortable. Damage and delays make them disembark and forfeit the fare; fly smooth and don't dawdle.
• For criminal fares, run cold and dodge scans. The premium is only worth it if you avoid security and station scans.
• Honk as you go. Long trips pass unscanned systems — a discovery scan banks free cartographic value.
• Don't expect Powerplay merits. Passenger work pays credits and rep, never merits.