Question about PS5 version

[Hood Knight Lil Sir]

I recently bought this game on the PS5 and it's quite fun, but I was wondering if we get the same updates as PC or if we are lagging behind (Are we on different servers etc?)

Also, I can't find the mission board, only the mission leader or whatever he's called and he won't talk to me. I need money to buy chips for a hyperdrive. Any ideas?

[zorocancor]

Yes, it's the same updates and servers (at least if you have crossplay enabled). For money you can go to a galactic trade terminal on a space station and sell some resources

[Johnny in the Clouds]

On the ground floor of any space station there is a Mission giver on the left side under the arches,as you enter and the Guild envoy is on the right hand side on the 1st floor tucked away in the corner at the top of a small raised platform.

The Mission giver at every space station will give you missions that also will increase your rank with the local guild. The missions provide you with useful rewards and money. Just collect as many as you want and they can be completed simultaneously.
Many can be completed in other systems and handed in at alternative space stations but it can be useful to do them while you are in the system you collected them. If you lose track of secondary missions they can be abandoned or complete them when you return to the NPC mission giver you collected them from.

As you gain rank with each race the Guild envoy will unlock better items you can redeem. The higher rank you are the Guild envoy may give away many items for free. Also being a higher rank with any race you may also get discounts off trade prices in certain interactions or exchanges and buying components or blueprints from some NPC vendors at trade hubs or minor buildings or settlements. It helps to collect a bunch of missions at each space station to gain rank quickly and abandon missions you decide you no longer need.