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== The quick method ==

~~While~~ all ~~NPC~~ rats from missions, deadspace ~~complexes and belts will~~ give ~~you~~ a ~~security~~ status gain~~, to gain~~ security ~~status quickly we take advantage~~ of the ~~gain timer being system based~~. ~~Find yourself~~ a ~~nice chain~~ of systems to ~~rat~~ in – 10 systems ~~long should be enough~~. Find a rat in the first system and kill it. Jump ~~to the next system. Find a rat in the new system. Kill the rat and jump~~ to the next system. Keep doing this until you are back in your original system. If you time it right, you should only get back to this system after the original 15 minute timer is up. Keep it up until you get the security status gain you want or you get bored and go do other things.

Depending on your current skill level there are three methods to pick from which will provide for a rapid increase in security status. Each take advantage of a 15 minute timer per system that you need to pay attention to. In either case the basic principle is the same: kill the highest value rat available, leave the rest, and switch systems. Do the same in each system you jump into. You can return to your original system after 15 minutes and start the process over again.

Example:

1. Kill rat in system 1 - note the time

2. Move to system 2 - kill rat - note the time

3. Move to system 3 - kill rat - note the time

4. etc... until 15 minutes have passed for system 1

5. Return to system 1 - rinse and repeat

6. There is no #6

Note that for each of the three methods below you can mix and match as the local conditions dictate. Don't feel that you have to only stick to one method if another opportunity makes itself available.

=== Method 1: Mission Rats ===

If you are a low level character capable of doing L1-L3 security missions you will want to pick up a number of security missions within 3-5 systems of each other. DO NOT PICK FACTION MISSIONS (Check http://eve-survival.org/ if you are unsure). Note that not all rats from missions and/or deadspace give a secuirty status gain. In general if it involves the Angel Cartel or starts with Pith.... then there is a good chance you will get a security increase).

Pop into the mission space - kill a high value rat as part of the mission pocket and then move on. Keep track of the time.

The nice part of this method is that if you get a couple of good missions in different systems you can milk each mission across 5-7 days. This is due to the mission reset that occurs each day so long as the mission remains uncompleted. So you can essentially 'mine' the mission for secrurity status for a few hours each day until the mission timer runs out or you decide to complete the mission.

=== Method 2: Belt Rats ===

If you are comfortable operating in low-sec or null-sec and have a ship capable of taking on rats in these areas, then belt ratting will be faster than mission ratting. Essentially you would find a decent string of 5-10 systems and just start belt hopping. Find a rat in the first system and kill it. Jump to the next system. Keep doing this until you are back in your original system. If you time it right, you should only get back to this system after the original 15 minute timer is up. Keep it up until you get the security status gain you want or you get bored and go do other things.

While you could also do this in high-sec, in general the value of belt rats in high-sec are so low as to not be worth it unless you come across an opportune target (i.e. complete random chance) and have no other options available in that system.

Also, expect to have travel time built into your belt plan. While it may be possible to find 5-10 systems in a circle this won't always be possible. Obviously however this is preferable to having to back-track 5 systems.

The nice part of this method is that all rats will provide a security status increase.

=== Method 3: Anomally Rats ===

Scanning down anomalies is an often overlooked method of finding rats in a system. If you can't find a security mission or a belt rat in a system you are mining for security status, it is always a good idea to check for anomalies. Rats in these pockets almost always lead to a security increase. Pop off a rat and then move to the next system same as before.

There are up-sides and down sides to anomally ratting. One of the down sides is that anyone can obviously warp into the middle and finish it off while you are out security mining other systems. The upside, especially in high-sec, is that other people will often leave an anomally pocket alone if they see that there are wrecks in the area -- it is not guarenteed but certainly a pocket will persist until all the rats in that pocket have been eliminated.

== Which systems should I do it in? ==

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 == The quick method  ==
-While all NPC rats from missions, deadspace complexes and belts will give you a security status gain, to gain security status quickly we take advantage of the gain timer being system based. Find yourself a nice chain of systems to rat in – 10 systems long should be enough. Find a rat in the first system and kill it. Jump to the next system. Find a rat in the new system. Kill the rat and jump to the next system. Keep doing this until you are back in your original system. If you time it right, you should only get back to this system after the original 15 minute timer is up. Keep it up until you get the security status gain you want or you get bored and go do other things.
+Depending on your current skill level there are three methods to pick from which will provide for a rapid increase in security status. Each take advantage of a 15 minute timer per system that you need to pay attention to. In either case the basic principle is the same: kill the highest value rat available, leave the rest, and switch systems. Do the same in each system you jump into. You can return to your original system after 15 minutes and start the process over again.
+Example:
+. Kill rat in system 1 - note the time
+. Move to system 2 - kill rat - note the time
+. Move to system 3 - kill rat - note the time
+. etc... until 15 minutes have passed for system 1
+. Return to system 1 - rinse and repeat
+. There is no #6
+Note that for each of the three methods below you can mix and match as the local conditions dictate. Don't feel that you have to only stick to one method if another opportunity makes itself available.
+=== Method 1: Mission Rats ===
+If you are a low level character capable of doing L1-L3 security missions you will want to pick up a number of security missions within 3-5 systems of each other. DO NOT PICK FACTION MISSIONS (Check http://eve-survival.org/ if you are unsure). Note that not all rats from missions and/or deadspace give a secuirty status gain. In general if it involves the Angel Cartel or starts with Pith.... then there is a good chance you will get a security increase).
+Pop into the mission space - kill a high value rat as part of the mission pocket and then move on. Keep track of the time.
+The nice part of this method is that if you get a couple of good missions in different systems you can milk each mission across 5-7 days. This is due to the mission reset that occurs each day so long as the mission remains uncompleted. So you can essentially 'mine' the mission for secrurity status for a few hours each day until the mission timer runs out or you decide to complete the mission.
+=== Method 2: Belt Rats ===
+If you are comfortable operating in low-sec or null-sec and have a ship capable of taking on rats in these areas, then belt ratting will be faster than mission ratting. Essentially you would find a decent string of 5-10 systems and just start belt hopping. Find a rat in the first system and kill it. Jump to the next system. Keep doing this until you are back in your original system. If you time it right, you should only get back to this system after the original 15 minute timer is up. Keep it up until you get the security status gain you want or you get bored and go do other things.
+While you could also do this in high-sec, in general the value of belt rats in high-sec are so low as to not be worth it unless you come across an opportune target (i.e. complete random chance) and have no other options available in that system.
+Also, expect to have travel time built into your belt plan. While it may be possible to find 5-10 systems in a circle this won't always be possible. Obviously however this is preferable to having to back-track 5 systems.
+The nice part of this method is that all rats will provide a security status increase.
+=== Method 3: Anomally Rats ===
+Scanning down anomalies is an often overlooked method of finding rats in a system. If you can't find a security mission or a belt rat in a system you are mining for security status, it is always a good idea to check for anomalies. Rats in these pockets almost always lead to a security increase. Pop off a rat and then move to the next system same as before.
+There are up-sides and down sides to anomally ratting. One of the down sides is that anyone can obviously warp into the middle and finish it off while you are out security mining other systems. The upside, especially in high-sec, is that other people will often leave an anomally pocket alone if they see that there are wrecks in the area -- it is not guarenteed but certainly a pocket will persist until all the rats in that pocket have been eliminated.
 == Which systems should I do it in?  ==