You can get a lot through Helium mining in Penny then shipping it into IC base in Okinawa.
Note: in order to mine, don't buy other ship than Sunburst. Eventually, I think that Kamome (bought on Honshu) still has bonus to Helium mining on Miner ID, due to be fusion of trading ship and a miner.
Also, IMHO Sunburst is already a pretty nice freighter, not only for beginners.
how do you get pirated
you fly a sunburst?
man I lived a lie all along
someone give this guy a dromedary so he never ever ever gets pirated ever in his life ever