Events #1 - Data Mining (Alliance)

Data Mining can be rather annoying for an event, because it takes a long time to reach the nodes even if base is close to Augment space. In addition, research makes data mining even faster, so you are hitting OPC sooner.

When competing in the Data Mining event, it is key to have a Botany Bay (BB) ship with maxed out ship XP because that affects the mining rates. Sometimes players will be willing to rotate a node with you instead of attacking. It is most beneficial if you can rotate your own node with a 2nd BB.

The leader boards are bracketed, so you will only see players within a few levels on the same board. Some other players didn't max Ship XP, others don't complete research. If you want to compete in this event, you will need to do both, and mine like crazy.