Remember that epi is a liquid. Argano/termis is ok, anything above has a higher risk compared to gain.

Thanks for your input so far.

I knew that there were "license" agreements between corps.  And while Syndic indicates the existence of individual licenses, I did not think such a commodity was affordable for a single independent miner.  Nor do I have contact info for any such provider.

And I understand what Norrdec and Hunter said.  It is Hunter's comment "everybody will try to kill you" that is the topic of concern.

I was wondering about specifics : good techniques for scouting in and out, best times with fewest roaming gangs (if there is such a thing in Perp), how much time you can realistically expect to suck up Epi before being sighted/ganked, etc. 

I suppose I can just dive in and learn from the school of hard knocks...  Maybe what I really need is a link to a Perp PvP guide with a section for miners...

KK - thnx for the info !  This seems way better than dodging PvPers.

60" tvs with 9 accounts works too.

Pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel yourself subdued.

I can share a bit of what i did before Cons having a terminal on beta.
1st of all u will need a minimum 2 accounts , 1 termis in t1 fit > 2mil overall? more or less , i make them myself so the loss technically is close to nothing and 1 sequer , don;t go higher not worth it.
2d thing u should do before deploying is to scan 2-3 islands in a fast bot , there are a few that can do 110+ kph and find that location that is easy accessible with a interzone cause most entry gates are camped . What u should look for a field to be good , 1st of all the island itself , some are full of probes , avoid them , the field should be ~4k away from any terminal and any connecting teleports , also would be a good thing to get it close to a "gamma teleport" for easy access.
  Interzone there , or even use a standard if u want (assuming gate isn't camped) log the hauler out and start mining , once u get a decent amount of epri (~500k) log in grab loot and log out , at this point u payed for both bots . As soon as hauler is full , 1.6mil for a sequer , drop an emergency and get the hauler out to a safe terminal to unload loot . If the gate is camped (assuming u didn;t knew and went in with interzone ), u should evac with the termis aswell , cause it's 100% sure they will start detecting and roaming to find u , if not go back in with a standard and start all over again . There where times that i managed to snick ~10mil epri per 1 run like this , but u will get caught eventually.
Why use emergency , simply cause of detection range , standard can be picked from 10k , more or less , never checked , emergency acts the same way as a heavy bot , so should be ~3.4k with high skills and terminal bonus.
As u do this more often u will find new and better ways to do this and what u should be looking for . Be prepared always to die and don;t abuse 1 spot 2 many times .
Also if u got a 3d account , i would go for another termis rather then a detection bot . From my point of view , detection works when u own a terminal on the island otherwise it just draw more attention to yourself . The faster and the more u mine the better.
I probably missed a few things i wanted to say and there are a few that u might wanna learn them the hard way .
Take care and drive safe o/

It's basically 1 interzone to get everyone to the spot , 1.5mil , then 1 emergency  350k to get out after that i start using standards xept from the field location , i always use emergency from there. and 2 bots are lets say 4mil . So 1st haul is 1.6mil epri = lowest 10mil but it's more like 14mil . And i get a haul every 40min. It always depends on how many runs u get before fun ends. So a total of 6mil for 1st run for a ~12mil profit , after that is just pure profit or close anyway. If u don;t lose the bots it's only 2 mil in and out operation for 12 mil reward. Efficient? probably not , fun ? yeah it is . U can alpha rat and get epri or do this , it's all about what u wanna do! And tbh if u running for epri just to sell it , meh! ure better off doing something else unless u get a good run and haul a few mils of it.