The grind that is Chemal Tech

Aim
I would like to be able to move to Surkanan semi-permanently and mission there in-between the pirate hunting fun. There is a poor quality level 1 agent there and top quality level 3 and 4 agents in Surkanan. So I have moved Slayfoe back to Gallente Space to grind his standing up to the required level to use the Surkanan level 3 agents.

Slayfoe currently has a standing of 1.56, as modified by his social skills, with Chemal Tech.

Slayfoe is currently using L2Q-11 marketing agent in Meis (Hourbane Bolmolie).

There are more marketing agents and an internal security agent in Oursulaert that Slayfoe can use as upgraded agents as his standing improves.

Level 3 agents
Target: L3Q20 agents in Surkanan space – require standing of 5.0
To get there Slayfoe can grind the internal security agent in Oursulaert from 2.8 to 5.0. Chemal Tech seems to have a large jump in the level 3 agents between a L3Q-9 agent (3.55 standing required) to a L3Q16 agent (4.8 standing required). This seems like an awful lot of grinding level 2 missions, little money but easy.

Level 4 agents
L4 agents are spread all over the place but the ones in Surkanan are L4Q20, just like the L3 agents. This means grinding the L3Q20 agents until standing is 7.0 and access to L4Q20 agents. Being low-sec should mean a nice reward per mission though. Being admin I suspect a lot of the missions will be courier.

Synopsis
Chemal Tech is a bitch to get going, but once using the high level three agents in Surkanan space the rewards should be good. To help I should concentrate on leveling Slayfoe’s social skills – both social (for better rewards) and connections (for standing improvements)