Now that you have a pretty firm grasp of the basics of manufacturing, it is time to take your budding empire to the next level. So far you have maintained a very narrow scope for the type of items for manufacturing, but now it is time to expand that scope to higher profit items that are more costly to produce. At this time it is good for you to venture into ship production. Continue with the mission hub markets and start producing the more popular ships with mission runners. To get an idea of what ships are popular, simply take some time to undock and sit outside the station. You will very quickly get a sense based on the ships you see flying to and from the station. Also in Chapter 3, Mission Running we covered what types of ships are good for the different levels of agent missions. You can also use that information as a basis when starting ship production.
Above and beyond ships is the realm of tech II and tech III production. Tech II and tech III production...