Just a little feedback, i followed your advice
(partly... i went near the VTOL but spoke to the CDF guy)
And from there i literally spent 10 hours (if not a little more) following the chain of missions for CDF but also many other peeps, and whenever i encountered a npc with a questionmark floating above their head, i was speaking to them.
Courrier, Scouting, Robot camp, sunken cargo, cleaning caves, and now in a Fort surrounded by Robots
These missions are really a good way for a newcomer or a guy like me coming back after 11 years.
I am also surprised to often break even... 11 years ago i had to open my wallet every day
But i guess that's since the "Loot 2.0" update or something like that.
Anyway i am having a lot of fun. thanks again to you and the others