Editing Making ISK as an Explorer (section)

==Low-sec space==
Relic sites are more valuable than in high-sec space, typically yielding between 1M and 10M ISK.  Not terribly exciting, but worth checking quickly with a cargo scanner.

A wide variety of data sites occur in low-sec space, with the '''ghost sites''' being the most rewarding for non-combat explorers:
* Vanilla pirate data sites ''without'' Composite Molecular Condensers are marginally more valuable than their high-sec equivalents -- just like relic sites.  However, the percentage drop rate for the most valuable cans with Composite Molecular Condensers is signficantly less than in high-sec space, perhaps less than half.  As a result, the ''average'' ISK per site is actually not much better than in many high sec regions.
* Covert Research Facilities (also known as "ghost" sites) have a slightly harder "green 70" hack than their equivalents in high-sec space.  However, potential loot drops can also include High-grade Ascendency blueprint copies and valuable advanced manufacturing components such as the Electro-Neural Signaller, with values in the 50 to 100M range.
* Sleeper Caches can be found in low-sec space, with similar loot drops to those in high-sec.
* AEGIS Secure Transfer Facility is a site frequently seen in low-sec space.  While appearing as a level-3 data site, it is actually a high-end combat site with some data-can hacking.  It is recommended to run these with a fleet of battleships.  The rewards are regarded as disappointing with respect to the value of the fleet that needs to be put in the field for these.
* SCC Secure Key Storage is a site frequently seen in low-sec space.  It appears as a level-2 data site, but is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_3rGEunpCg a combat site with some data-can hacking]. 
* Faction Operation Centers are data sites only hackable by capsuleers signed up to a faction opposing the owning faction of a given Operation Center.  For example, an Amarr Operation Center can only be hacked by a Minmatar faction warfare pilot.  Only one can contains anything of real value, namely Encoder Splices or Decoder Packages (with buy orders for about 10M ISK).  Hostile NPCs spawn in when cans are successfuly hacked.  ('''Note:''' Taking part in faction warfare is not Credo-compliant for Signal Cartel alts.  Read our faction warfare policy [[Policy:Faction_Warfare|here]].)