Gem of Sacrifice would have been the obvious way to go, but I wanted a fair fight and I feel that I more than held my own until bad piloting did me in (I ran into Avalanche range and couldn't get out in time).
The QAC was another option but it's high-maintenance and tricky to aim in a freighter. In any case, Teratons mugged me and took it the first time I visited one of their nests- oops. It's hard to get a lot of rins when your best customers keep beating you up and taking whatever they want

One of these days I will win with no reactor, but I'm probably not going to try again for a while.
And here are the gory details:
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Adventure Domina & Oracus I: The Stars of the Pilgrim
Black Market rank Enforcer
Commonwealth Fleet rank Fleet commander
Commonwealth militia rank Colonel
Domina relationship Canon
Fate Destroyed by an Iocrym command ship in the Heretic System
Game Registered
Genome Human male
Korolov rank Legend
Money (credits) 4,537
Money (rin) 74,757
Score 805,755
Ship class EI500-class freighter
Time played 6 hours and 59 minutes
Version 1.08l
ACHIEVEMENTS & REGRETS
Became Defender of the Huari
Became Legendary Hero of the Arena
Cleared the Charon system for Korolov Shipping
Defended Point Juno
Found and delivered Professor Dall's alien sphere
Killed Rama
Killed Volkov
Liberated Raisu station
Lost Jenna
Rescued Mr. Katami from the Black Market
Rescued Project Lamplighter scientists
COMBAT
Enemy ships destroyed 1763
Enemy stations destroyed 166
Friendly ships destroyed 45
Friendly stations destroyed 5
COMMERCE
Profit on arms 146,052
Profit on goods and materials 533,756
Profit on illegal items 27,135
Profit on luxury goods 50,308
Profit on medical supplies 23,297
CONDUCTS
Honored permadeath
ENEMY SHIPS DESTROYED
Xenophobe ark 1
Iocrym sentinel 17
Gaian processor 2
Ferian warrior 12
Deimos-class destroyer 6
Dragon Slaver 1
Chasm-class heavy gunship 9
Cometfall-class missileship 8
Ventari destroyer 4
The Slicer 1
Tundra-class heavy gunship 15
Kobol gunship 17
Ranx dreadnought 2
Centurion/X-class heavy gunship 3
Tripoli-class destroyer 4
Polar-class freighter 10
Luminous drone 24
Aurochs-class mine layer 2
Xenophobe defender 11
Earth Slaver 8
Zoanthrope behemoth 1
Wolfen-class gunship 2
Sandstorm-class gunship 286
Ares sentry 38
Dwarg master 10
EI500-class freighter 2
Huygens Explorer 1
Urak destroyer 3
Centurion-class heavy gunship 39
pirate ship Kronosaurus 1
Manticore-class heavy gunship 2
Atonement-class heavy gunship 7
Charon frigate 7
Steel slaver 22
Ranx gunship 61
Barbary-class gunship 15
Xenophobe fighter 122
Drake-class missileship 8
EI200-class freighter 2
Repentant-class gunship 18
T55-class armed transport 1
Ferian miner 22
Heliotrope destroyer 3
Meth enforcer 13
Marauder raid platform 3
200A defender auton 1
Viking II-class gunship 97
Zoanthrope raider 124
Wind slaver 130
Heliotrope gunship 12
Revelations-class missileship 14
Sapphire-class yacht 1
heavy IAV 1
Plague-class gunship 20
Hammerhead II-class gunship 25
Arco Vaughn 1
Urak sentinel 19
T31-class armed transport 2
Corsair II-class gunship 39
Oromo-class gunship 1
EI100-class freighter 6
Viking-class gunship 69
Centauri heavy raider 2
Borer II-class gunship 36
Ronin/A-class gunship 4
Earthzone-class armed shuttle 12
Zulu II-class gunship 2
Himal interceptor 11
medium IAV 1
Zulu-class gunship 10
Hornet-class battlepod 64
Hammerhead-class gunship 6
light IAV 4
Borer-class gunship 33
Corsair-class gunship 131
Tenhove-class sentinel 17
Centauri raider 22
ENEMY STATIONS DESTROYED
Ares commune 3
Ares shipyard 2
Kobol Warlords camp 5
Ranx fortress 1
Ares outpost 10
Penitent sanctum 7
Ranx outpost 5
Rogue Fleet cache 4
Ventari colony 1
Dwarg fortress 3
outlaw pteracnium mine 5
Sung citadel 4
Sung fortress 11
Heliotrope colony 2
Marauder stronghold 3
outlaw duranium mine 4
Penitent shrine 6
Death Drug Cartel outpost 3
Marauder compound 2
Marauder outpost 1
outlaw ceralloy mine 3
Sapiens compound 7
Sung slave camp 4
Urak fortress 1
Anarchist settlement 1
Charon Pirates stronghold 7
Fortress of the Charon Pirates 1
Heliotrope outpost 1
outlaw palladium mine 8
Sapiens camp 2
Urak mine 2
Abbasid outpost 1
Centauri Warlords stronghold 1
Charon Pirates outpost 3
Himal refuge 4
outlaw base 1
outlaw camp 1
outlaw titanium mine 5
Urak outpost 2
Centauri Warlords camp 3
Charon Pirates cache 1
Anarchist gathering 13
Arco Vaughn's container habitat 1
Dwarg colony 11
EXPLORATION
Systems visited 29
Never reached the Galactic Core
EXTENSIONS
Human Space
FINAL EQUIPMENT
enhanced omnidirectional thermo cannon [+150%]
NAMI heavy launcher
enhanced superconducting shield generator [+150%]
3 segments of light Iocrym armor
enhanced segment of light Iocrym armor [+50%]
enhanced tritium propulsion upgrade [+Enhanced]
Heisenmachines quantum CPU
solar panel array
FINAL ITEMS
144 M5 Nemesis missiles
10 M2 Vulcan missiles
7 barrels of orthosteel nanos
heavy armor repair kit
S3 Medusa missile
3 crates of cryofrozen prime beef
3 gems of contrition
3 Luminous 7ame algorithms
portable autodoc
13 Luminous 5care algorithms
2 crates of Icelandic salmon
2 decayed etherium field crystals
26 pteracnium fuel rods
359 thermo cannon shell cartridges
4 chests of jinn-khan
6 gems of despair
Neuros personal media player
10 longzhu spheres
8 Scramble1.5 algorithm cubes
Commonwealth Medal of Honor
2 Commonwealth Medals of Distinction
3 optical knowledge arrays
Commonwealth military identification chip
military map ROM
2 weapon optimizer ROMs
black market identification chip
125 helium³ fuel rods
FRIENDLY SHIPS DESTROYED
Kate Morgental 1
Rama 1
Volkov 1
Molotok bounty hunter 1
Britannia-class heavy gunship 3
Centurion-class heavy gunship 2
1M battle auton 1
Ferian miner 18
300D defender auton 1
Zoanthrope raider 4
T31-class armed transport 2
AutoSentinel® 1
light IAV 1
Zulu-class gunship 5
Borer-class gunship 1
Tenhove-class sentinel 2
FRIENDLY STATIONS DESTROYED
Ferian colony 5
ITEMS INSTALLED
light Iocrym armor
heavy ithalium armor
heavy Tharsis plate
NAMI heavy launcher
carbide carapace
light ithalium armor
omnidirectional thermo cannon
Rasiermesser launcher
Gusoku armor
Akan 600 turret
blast plate
Duralloy armor
Heisenmachines quantum CPU
superconducting shield generator
Cyclotron S1200 deflector
MAG launcher
omnidirectional turbolaser cannon
plasteel armor
smuggler's cargo hold
double titanium barricade
NAMI missile launcher
omnidirectional laser cannon
solar panel array
tritium propulsion upgrade
cannon accelerator
heavy recoilless cannon
heavy titanium armor
class I deflector
MISSIONS & ACTIVITIES
Commonwealth habitat missions 1
Commonwealth militia missions 4
CSC missions 10
Korolov escort missions 12
Money earned on missions 9,350
Psionics offered to Domina 6
Slaves freed 7
Slaves offered to Domina 23
Value of supplies donated to Commonwealth Fleet 12,337
WEAPONS FIRED
M5 Nemesis missile 74
Gotha-400 seeker 70
M2 Vulcan missile 7
NAMI heavy launcher 81
Gotha-10 missile 268
omnidirectional thermo cannon 4,989
Rasiermesser launcher 338
XM900 Lucifer missile 267
Akan 600 turret 4,668
800F hexagene MAG 39
KM550 Broadsword missile 325
600 hexagene MAG 93
KM500 Stiletto missile 359
MAG launcher 132
omnidirectional turbolaser cannon 5,826
XM300 Reaper missile 117
KM110 Starburst missile 372
KM120 Brute missile 6
NAMI missile launcher 1,985
omnidirectional laser cannon 749
KM100 Longbow missile 539