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Go to Arkadia and do the new arrival mission. You start at the New Arrival and talk to the bartender to start. About 15-20 minutes through the experience you will recieve your hoverpod from Commander Chen at Resolute Firebase.
Well I must say, I am very impressed by the Arkadia new arrivals missions. The flow of information is neatly wrapped in a bit of storyline, and the freebies gathered along the route are very cool. The pod is an absolute blast, and makes exploring so much fun. By the time you reach the mining training, you have been thoroughly introduced to the main EU activities, and have enough equipment to have a bash at it all. Well done to the dev team responsible, good job.
I agree. The new area is well laid out, the missions are easy to follow, yet introduce large parts of the available functionality, and all the freebies are awesome. No more crap clothes that set newcomers apart, and with 15 PED TT on the Mako, that ought to last people a while. I'll try to get a review of the newcomer experience up soon. No ETA, though, as I'm fairly busy with work for several clients.