Talk:Pilot Aptitude Test/@comment-3522837-20150819091605/@comment-1824272-20150819143923

Look again at the debriefing screen.


 * He did not use an Elite Mercenary Contract.
 * He did not get any reimbursement for closed research.
 * And he crashed once during the video (losing 8,793 credits because of it). If he didn't crash, he would have earned ~36,000 credits.

Consider all of that, and consider how much more the payout would be if he did use a contract or if his research was closed off. Like I said, the only lines that are worth for comparison to other missions is the Rank Reward and Team Victory Bonus, which are 17.5k each for Pilot Aptitude Test. They're 20k each in a II raid.